Dempsey O'Dwyer
@dempseyodwyer.bsky.social
"There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it.
If only we're brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
Democrat resisting...again.
If only we're brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
Democrat resisting...again.
The Backlash Has Arrived: 6 Takeaways From a Good Night for Democrats www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
The Backlash Has Arrived: 6 Takeaways From a Good Night for Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Backlash Has Arrived: 6 Takeaways From a Good Night for Democrats www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
"A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge." Proverbs 29:7
Trump Administration Must Make Food Stamp Payments Within Days, Judge Says www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
Trump Administration Must Make Food Stamp Payments Within Days, Judge Says www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
Trump Administration Must Make Food Stamp Payments Within Days, Judge Says
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge." Proverbs 29:7
Trump Administration Must Make Food Stamp Payments Within Days, Judge Says www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
Trump Administration Must Make Food Stamp Payments Within Days, Judge Says www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
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We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.
On August 26, 2025, this child's father, Luis, arrived at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan for a scheduled immigration hearing. Without explanation, Luis was taken from the building by ICE agents and spirited away.
Photograph by Stephanie Keith, The Intelligencer.
Photograph by Stephanie Keith, The Intelligencer.
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
On August 26, 2025, this child's father, Luis, arrived at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan for a scheduled immigration hearing. Without explanation, Luis was taken from the building by ICE agents and spirited away.
Photograph by Stephanie Keith, The Intelligencer.
Photograph by Stephanie Keith, The Intelligencer.
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
October 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
🎶When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me 🎶
Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, on the National Mall.
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me 🎶
Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, on the National Mall.
September 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
🎶When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me 🎶
Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, on the National Mall.
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me 🎶
Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, on the National Mall.
"The forces Donald Trump represents are perennial. He is not an aberration but a manifestation of the darker elements that have coursed through American society and history. When we are at our best, we make these forces ebb. And when we're at our worst, they flow."
Jon Meacham, Historian
Jon Meacham, Historian
September 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"The forces Donald Trump represents are perennial. He is not an aberration but a manifestation of the darker elements that have coursed through American society and history. When we are at our best, we make these forces ebb. And when we're at our worst, they flow."
Jon Meacham, Historian
Jon Meacham, Historian
The GOP rabidly encourages a gun culture in the U.S. Why are they upset when it thrives? Thoughts & prayers, baby.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
Charlie Kirk, Right-Wing Force and a Close Trump Ally, Dies at 31
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September 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The GOP rabidly encourages a gun culture in the U.S. Why are they upset when it thrives? Thoughts & prayers, baby.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
Fact checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during Trump's first presidential term, an average of 21 per day. And he's claiming he didn't send the card...😏
September 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Fact checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during Trump's first presidential term, an average of 21 per day. And he's claiming he didn't send the card...😏
Reposted by Dempsey O'Dwyer
In the age of AI it can be so hard to tell what's real and what's fake, so here's a tip: if Donald Trump says it's fake, it is definitely 100% real.
September 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In the age of AI it can be so hard to tell what's real and what's fake, so here's a tip: if Donald Trump says it's fake, it is definitely 100% real.
"I’m not going to tell you I am absolutely sure Democrats should shut the government down. I’m not. At the same time, joining Republicans to fund this government is worse than failing at opposition. It’s complicity."
Ezra Klein, Political Commentator & Journalist
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Ezra Klein, Political Commentator & Journalist
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"I’m not going to tell you I am absolutely sure Democrats should shut the government down. I’m not. At the same time, joining Republicans to fund this government is worse than failing at opposition. It’s complicity."
Ezra Klein, Political Commentator & Journalist
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Ezra Klein, Political Commentator & Journalist
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
When you are the disease...
September 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
When you are the disease...
stall /stôl/ verb
past tense: stalled; past participle: stalled
To stop or cause to stop making progress. To bring to a standstill.
past tense: stalled; past participle: stalled
To stop or cause to stop making progress. To bring to a standstill.
September 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
stall /stôl/ verb
past tense: stalled; past participle: stalled
To stop or cause to stop making progress. To bring to a standstill.
past tense: stalled; past participle: stalled
To stop or cause to stop making progress. To bring to a standstill.
Taking a moment away from politics...it is Puffling season.☺️
August 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Taking a moment away from politics...it is Puffling season.☺️
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The selective prosecution of Trump’s political opponents could lead to a “dysfunctional cycle of revenge,” Conor Friedersdorf argues.
Show Me the Person, and I’ll Show You the Crime
Mortgage fraud is bad, but digging up dirt to target political opponents is worse.
bit.ly
August 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The selective prosecution of Trump’s political opponents could lead to a “dysfunctional cycle of revenge,” Conor Friedersdorf argues.
"Church shooter legally purchased rifle, pistol, and shotgun..."
The Minnesota Star-Tribune
The Minnesota Star-Tribune
August 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Church shooter legally purchased rifle, pistol, and shotgun..."
The Minnesota Star-Tribune
The Minnesota Star-Tribune
Mike Luckovich, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist.👏👏
August 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Mike Luckovich, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist.👏👏
Two children, ages eight and 10, are dead.
Fourteen of the injured are between six and 15.
Three of the injured are in their eighties.
Republicans send their usual thoughts & prayers.
A parent hugs her son during the active shooter situation at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, MN...today.
Fourteen of the injured are between six and 15.
Three of the injured are in their eighties.
Republicans send their usual thoughts & prayers.
A parent hugs her son during the active shooter situation at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, MN...today.
August 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Two children, ages eight and 10, are dead.
Fourteen of the injured are between six and 15.
Three of the injured are in their eighties.
Republicans send their usual thoughts & prayers.
A parent hugs her son during the active shooter situation at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, MN...today.
Fourteen of the injured are between six and 15.
Three of the injured are in their eighties.
Republicans send their usual thoughts & prayers.
A parent hugs her son during the active shooter situation at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, MN...today.
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🔥 STEWART: “This is the lie they tell you — that all this money flowing towards corporate interests is actually for YOUR benefit…. That government intervention for corporations is our ‘FREE MARKET’, but government intervention for workers is ‘SOCIALISM’.
August 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🔥 STEWART: “This is the lie they tell you — that all this money flowing towards corporate interests is actually for YOUR benefit…. That government intervention for corporations is our ‘FREE MARKET’, but government intervention for workers is ‘SOCIALISM’.
"Why is the tax cut for overtime and tips temporary, and the tax cuts for billionaire's jets are permanent?" Fmr Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
August 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"Why is the tax cut for overtime and tips temporary, and the tax cuts for billionaire's jets are permanent?" Fmr Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
"This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased." Charles Dickens
August 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased." Charles Dickens
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Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
August 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
"First of all, let me tell you something, Rep. Nicole Collier(D-TX) in the bathroom, has more dignity than Donald Trump in the Oval Office."
Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ)
Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ)
August 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"First of all, let me tell you something, Rep. Nicole Collier(D-TX) in the bathroom, has more dignity than Donald Trump in the Oval Office."
Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ)
Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ)
"In his under oath deposition, with the House Oversight Committee yesterday, former Trump Attorney General, William Barr, said it is within the current Attorney General, Pam Bondi's power to release the entire Epstein files, right now." @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"In his under oath deposition, with the House Oversight Committee yesterday, former Trump Attorney General, William Barr, said it is within the current Attorney General, Pam Bondi's power to release the entire Epstein files, right now." @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com