Douglas Bianchi
@dbianchi.bsky.social
Nevada City Tai Chi practitioner. Retired Bassist. Lifetime news junkie. Burdened with the belief that we can fix the world with our words.
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I sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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ICE/CBP is doing this because they think they have federal immunity. But, that has not provide impunity from social consequences. Every current ICE/CBP agent needs to be identified, shamed, and ostracized for the rest of their life. People like Kissinger and Bush can survive that, not low level guys
January 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
ICE/CBP is doing this because they think they have federal immunity. But, that has not provide impunity from social consequences. Every current ICE/CBP agent needs to be identified, shamed, and ostracized for the rest of their life. People like Kissinger and Bush can survive that, not low level guys
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Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
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BREAKING:
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
January 15, 2026 at 1:39 AM
BREAKING:
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
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In a nation ruled by supremacy and all its many sabotages of the public good, every act of repair is a defiant act.
*Every* act of repair is a defiant act.
*Every* act of repair is a defiant act.
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
In a nation ruled by supremacy and all its many sabotages of the public good, every act of repair is a defiant act.
*Every* act of repair is a defiant act.
*Every* act of repair is a defiant act.
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Ban stock trading by lawmakers in Congress. Full stop.
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Ban stock trading by lawmakers in Congress. Full stop.
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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Some days I just wanna go down the discover feed responding "As the prophecy has fortold..." to every post.
January 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Some days I just wanna go down the discover feed responding "As the prophecy has fortold..." to every post.
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This is MAGA's Achilles heel: these people who seem to have all the power and money, they are DESPERATE to be liked.
We can withhold the deference and inclusion they crave. They don't feel shame, but they feel exclusion and contempt, ACUTELY.
Shunning is free, non-violent and highly effective.
We can withhold the deference and inclusion they crave. They don't feel shame, but they feel exclusion and contempt, ACUTELY.
Shunning is free, non-violent and highly effective.
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is MAGA's Achilles heel: these people who seem to have all the power and money, they are DESPERATE to be liked.
We can withhold the deference and inclusion they crave. They don't feel shame, but they feel exclusion and contempt, ACUTELY.
Shunning is free, non-violent and highly effective.
We can withhold the deference and inclusion they crave. They don't feel shame, but they feel exclusion and contempt, ACUTELY.
Shunning is free, non-violent and highly effective.
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A person who lives according to a truth you've told may have been compelled by the truth, not you.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
December 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A person who lives according to a truth you've told may have been compelled by the truth, not you.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
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Honestly I think if Trump faced an opponent who made stuff up about him the way he makes shit up about his opponents it would be effective; after a 3 minute debate rant full of lies the other person just shrugged and said "what can you expect from this guy? he shits in the sink" and moved along.
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Honestly I think if Trump faced an opponent who made stuff up about him the way he makes shit up about his opponents it would be effective; after a 3 minute debate rant full of lies the other person just shrugged and said "what can you expect from this guy? he shits in the sink" and moved along.
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Re: Australian shooting
This is why I hate during active shooter trainings when it’s “hide, cover, lock and wait for help”
No thank you. Attack, attack, attack if you can. Put the pressure on them…the police aren’t saving you.
This is why I hate during active shooter trainings when it’s “hide, cover, lock and wait for help”
No thank you. Attack, attack, attack if you can. Put the pressure on them…the police aren’t saving you.
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Re: Australian shooting
This is why I hate during active shooter trainings when it’s “hide, cover, lock and wait for help”
No thank you. Attack, attack, attack if you can. Put the pressure on them…the police aren’t saving you.
This is why I hate during active shooter trainings when it’s “hide, cover, lock and wait for help”
No thank you. Attack, attack, attack if you can. Put the pressure on them…the police aren’t saving you.
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Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
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Sources close to the president's family say that Maduro will be forgiven and left in power if he, like Hernández before him, can produce 400 tons of cocaine.
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Sources close to the president's family say that Maduro will be forgiven and left in power if he, like Hernández before him, can produce 400 tons of cocaine.
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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I don’t care anymore just pick a time and LEAVE IT - STOP CHANGING IT!
I prefer DST but I will still live if it stays CST.
I prefer DST but I will still live if it stays CST.
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I don’t care anymore just pick a time and LEAVE IT - STOP CHANGING IT!
I prefer DST but I will still live if it stays CST.
I prefer DST but I will still live if it stays CST.
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“Sleep and circadian experts generally advocate for permanent Standard Time… Change between Standard Time and DST is not simply loss/gain of sleep, but rather misalignment between circadian and social clocks…”
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Sleep and circadian experts generally advocate for permanent Standard Time… Change between Standard Time and DST is not simply loss/gain of sleep, but rather misalignment between circadian and social clocks…”
Breaking: George Soros declares bankruptcy!
October 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Breaking: George Soros declares bankruptcy!
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If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.
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Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.
October 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.
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It’s the news from Portland you’ve all been waiting for: the emergency naked bike ride will be Sunday Oct 12 at 2:30pm
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It’s the news from Portland you’ve all been waiting for: the emergency naked bike ride will be Sunday Oct 12 at 2:30pm