abeltrev
@abeltrev.bsky.social
Media critic, news junkie, reader, writer and grammar nerd. Member of the semi-colon appreciation society, but anti-Oxford comma. PAO. US Army OIF Veteran. Posts are clearly my own.
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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NEW — RFK Jr.’s HHS sent out a survey asking employees to report instances of anti-Christian bias during the Biden administration, and the Dept. of Labor announced its inaugural prayer service. These are just the latest instances of Trump’s extreme Christian creep within the federal government.
RFK Jr. is very worried about anti-Christian bias at HHS...under Biden
Employees received a survey Monday asking them to rat on each other.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
NEW — RFK Jr.’s HHS sent out a survey asking employees to report instances of anti-Christian bias during the Biden administration, and the Dept. of Labor announced its inaugural prayer service. These are just the latest instances of Trump’s extreme Christian creep within the federal government.
It just occurred to me that I look like a walking 5.11 ad right now - pants, polo, parka and backpack. *smh*
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It just occurred to me that I look like a walking 5.11 ad right now - pants, polo, parka and backpack. *smh*
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
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The Dallas Express, a right wing "news" website that routinely quotes groups that were secretly funded by the website's publisher Monty Bennett, has been given a White House press pass under the "new media" program that also includes folks like Russian-funded podcaster Tim Pool.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Dallas Express, a right wing "news" website that routinely quotes groups that were secretly funded by the website's publisher Monty Bennett, has been given a White House press pass under the "new media" program that also includes folks like Russian-funded podcaster Tim Pool.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Mark Kelly: "The message he sent a couple days ago was he declared that loyalty to the Constitution is now punishable by death. Those are serious words coming from the president. He's trying to intimidate us. But I'm not going to be intimidated."
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mark Kelly: "The message he sent a couple days ago was he declared that loyalty to the Constitution is now punishable by death. Those are serious words coming from the president. He's trying to intimidate us. But I'm not going to be intimidated."
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These many great legal scholars had tears in their eyes, called Donald "Sir," and disappeared as the sun rose over the White House.
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
These many great legal scholars had tears in their eyes, called Donald "Sir," and disappeared as the sun rose over the White House.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
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Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
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This. This is precisely why I requested an independent investigation into the excessive use of force by Trump's agents in Chicago.
Read some of this stuff Trump's agents are doing and how DHS is lying about it to mislead the public.
It's harrowing.
Read some of this stuff Trump's agents are doing and how DHS is lying about it to mislead the public.
It's harrowing.
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This. This is precisely why I requested an independent investigation into the excessive use of force by Trump's agents in Chicago.
Read some of this stuff Trump's agents are doing and how DHS is lying about it to mislead the public.
It's harrowing.
Read some of this stuff Trump's agents are doing and how DHS is lying about it to mislead the public.
It's harrowing.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
Ugh. The two worst teams continue to stay in this race. #TAR #TheAmazingRace
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Ugh. The two worst teams continue to stay in this race. #TAR #TheAmazingRace
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SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
I admire that Donald Trump doesn't drink or do drugs, so you know when he sucks off a guy named Bubba it's for love.
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I admire that Donald Trump doesn't drink or do drugs, so you know when he sucks off a guy named Bubba it's for love.
AKA they won't release the files on an active investigation, so everyone voting to release them gets credit for voting the right way without actually risking anything.
Bondi on the Epstein investigations that Trump demanded: "We're not gonna say anything else on that because now it is a pending investigation in SDNY"
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
AKA they won't release the files on an active investigation, so everyone voting to release them gets credit for voting the right way without actually risking anything.
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Welcome to the loophole.
Bondi on the Epstein investigations that Trump demanded: "We're not gonna say anything else on that because now it is a pending investigation in SDNY"
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Welcome to the loophole.
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“Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy.”
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy.”
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
If I were a shrewd political operative, I'd burn Trump. He is an old man with dementia, failing numbers, cut him loose and claim, "Trump was a Democrat in the 80s & 90s, catering to perverse liberal elites, and we're the party that punishes pedophiles--even the highest ranking member of the GOP!"
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
If I were a shrewd political operative, I'd burn Trump. He is an old man with dementia, failing numbers, cut him loose and claim, "Trump was a Democrat in the 80s & 90s, catering to perverse liberal elites, and we're the party that punishes pedophiles--even the highest ranking member of the GOP!"
This Commanders-Dolphins game might actually be the worst football game I've ever seen. It's a good thing Madrid fans are used to long stretches of nothing with low scores.
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This Commanders-Dolphins game might actually be the worst football game I've ever seen. It's a good thing Madrid fans are used to long stretches of nothing with low scores.
Oh man, there is going to be ketchup all over the White House tomorrow morning! #snl #saturdaynightlive
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Oh man, there is going to be ketchup all over the White House tomorrow morning! #snl #saturdaynightlive
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So Stephen Colbert's show *does* get cancelled because he didn't flatter Trump.
And Megyn R. Kelly's show *doesn't* get cancelled because she tried to dismiss & normalize pedophilia.
That's the morally topsy-turvy country we are currently living in.
And Megyn R. Kelly's show *doesn't* get cancelled because she tried to dismiss & normalize pedophilia.
That's the morally topsy-turvy country we are currently living in.
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
So Stephen Colbert's show *does* get cancelled because he didn't flatter Trump.
And Megyn R. Kelly's show *doesn't* get cancelled because she tried to dismiss & normalize pedophilia.
That's the morally topsy-turvy country we are currently living in.
And Megyn R. Kelly's show *doesn't* get cancelled because she tried to dismiss & normalize pedophilia.
That's the morally topsy-turvy country we are currently living in.
Seriously? That's not a threat as much as an expression of outrage at a prominent RW talking face supporting pedophilia, but yet actual fucking Nazis are allowed to salute on this platform and others are allowed promote the death penalty for people for simply being simply homeless.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME BLUESKY
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Seriously? That's not a threat as much as an expression of outrage at a prominent RW talking face supporting pedophilia, but yet actual fucking Nazis are allowed to salute on this platform and others are allowed promote the death penalty for people for simply being simply homeless.