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LT @route22ny.bsky.social · Nov 14

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www.wired.com/story/the-wi...

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

www.wired.com

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LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3h

Bill Bramhall political cartoon showing Trump with paintbrush covering "Department of Defense" with "Department of WAR" while lamenting not having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...the cartoon appeared in the October 12, 2025 edition of the New York Daily News.

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LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 1d

Facebook is not the answer.

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LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 1d

The presidential hopeful who decides that now is the time to present themself as a genuine alternative will attract attention, and right now, attention is what matters most.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Who will run against Trump in 2028? Please step forward now – don’t wait | David Kirp

A leading Democrat, backed by substantial funding, should enter the 2028 presidential race right now

www.theguardian.com

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 1d

TV is a perpetual disappointment.

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 2d

So there it is...white grievance.

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 2d

I fear for a Gaza ceasefire agreement that suddenly falls through.

In his zero-sum mentality someone will have to suffer for his humiliation.

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 2d

Trump probably despises Vance privately, the way he despised Pence. A couple of hicks.

Plus, it's certain Trump hasn't forgotten Vance's earlier Hitler remark. Trump never forgets a slight.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jd-...

JD Vance once compared Trump to Hitler. Now, he is Trump's vice president-elect

Eight years ago, in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, JD Vance was a bitter critic of Donald Trump.

www.reuters.com

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe that "someone" is you.

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 2d

He's being eating too many tallow fries. The tallow has congealed in what's left of his brain.

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 2d

His ship has sailed.

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

Political cartoon by Bill Bramhall from the October 8 edition of the New York Daily News shows Trump seated at Oval Office desk with big boxes marked "$1 Trump Coin" saying, "Only $1.50 each"

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

I'd like to see a source for that quote, but it's clever.

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LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

Troops in our cities, foreign nationals blown out of their boats in international waters, complicity with Netanyahu's genocide...

I guess the MAGA view is that war is peace.

Also, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength.

We've fully arrived at an Orwellian dystopia.

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

Threat of ICE raids shadows every shift in Chicago’s food warehouses.

With Trump’s end of a program that once safeguarded whistleblowers and a focus on deportation, advocates warn the nation’s food supply chain is at risk.

investigatemidwest.org/2025/10/06/t...

Threat of ICE raids shadows every shift in Chicago’s food warehouses - Investigate Midwest

This story is supported by funding from the Chicago Region Food Systems Fund. Each day before sunrise, David Huerta checks his rearview mirror for immigration enforcement agents as he drives through t...

investigatemidwest.org

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

Historical precedent:
www.foundsf.org/The_General_...

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

When demonstrations are not enough...

ptzenki.bsky.social @ptzenki.bsky.social · 3d

General strikes ended the Uruguayan dictatorship in ‘85. We can do it here.

medium.com/thinkpiece-m...

How Uruguay Ended Right-Wing Dictatorship in ’85

Someone might need to take notes

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LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

Meme of Trump telling ABC News he has "concepts of a plan" for a healthcare replacement for the ACA

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

He has a concept of a plan...

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

Bernie, isn't it true that we don't need the speaker--or any Republican--to swear her in?
Isn't any duly-appointed federal judge able to administer the oath?

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

A perfect example of how the word "conservative" has been twisted into a pretzel because terms like "reactionary" and "rightwing radical" are too obscure and unpleasant for the corporate media to apply.

There is nothing conservative about MAGA or Project 2025.

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

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LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

Democrats were seen as out of touch, corrupt or simply ineffective: “falling behind on what’s important” and having not “represented their constituents in a long time”.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Democratic candidates can win Rust Belt voters by … attacking the Democratic party | Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara

Voters support progressive economic populism, our survey shows. They just don’t trust Democrats to deliver it

www.theguardian.com

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

And Elise Stefanik

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

And Toby Keith is similarly indisposed.

LT @route22ny.bsky.social · 3d

"If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen." --Harry Truman