Derek K. Phillips
@digistrategist.bsky.social
More clever than smart. Funny. #RCTID
This Week's Playlist is of course all about Mani. Here is a collection of my favorites, which mostly aren't the obvious choices.
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This Weekend's Playlist: Mani in the Middle
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November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This Week's Playlist is of course all about Mani. Here is a collection of my favorites, which mostly aren't the obvious choices.
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This Weekend's Playlist is available, Hot Stuff
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This Weekend's Playlist - Hot Stuff
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November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This Weekend's Playlist is available, Hot Stuff
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Fired for telling the most obvious truth. These ghouls cannot be appeased.
The Agriculture Department is preparing to fire an employee that handles food benefits after she publicly warned that the shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans, according to documentation reviewed by The Post.
Trump administration prepares to fire worker for TV interview about SNAP
The employee warned that the shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the federal government to put food on the table.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Fired for telling the most obvious truth. These ghouls cannot be appeased.
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One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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I just renewed (and kicked in extra to support our social club, Axe & Rose!). This club and supporters group are the lights in the stormy night for me. #RCTID
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See you at the Axe & Rose. #BAONPDX #RCTID
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See you at the Axe & Rose. #BAONPDX #RCTID
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I just renewed (and kicked in extra to support our social club, Axe & Rose!). This club and supporters group are the lights in the stormy night for me. #RCTID
Just. Like. Last. Time.
Stop voting GOP and can we please stop with this notion that Republicans are "better on the economy?" It's nonsense.
Stop voting GOP and can we please stop with this notion that Republicans are "better on the economy?" It's nonsense.
🚨 NEW: ADP report: U.S. LOST an average of 11,000 jobs per week in October 2025.
Let’s compare, shall we:
In 2024, the economy ADDED about 2.2 million jobs in 2024 — an average monthly GAIN of 186,000.
From steady climb to sudden slide.
Let’s compare, shall we:
In 2024, the economy ADDED about 2.2 million jobs in 2024 — an average monthly GAIN of 186,000.
From steady climb to sudden slide.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just. Like. Last. Time.
Stop voting GOP and can we please stop with this notion that Republicans are "better on the economy?" It's nonsense.
Stop voting GOP and can we please stop with this notion that Republicans are "better on the economy?" It's nonsense.
Oh hey, it's the weekend again. This Weekend's Playlist is a collection of old and new songs. But mostly new.
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Spotify – Web Player
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November 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Oh hey, it's the weekend again. This Weekend's Playlist is a collection of old and new songs. But mostly new.
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And this, folks, is why you shouldn't vote for any Republicans in any race.
For every Dem who sees their House vote as expressing approval of Trump, there are 79 who see it as an expression of disapproval.
For every Republican who sees their vote as an expression of disapproval of Trump there are … 8 who see it as an expression of approval. www.pbump.net/o/tuesday-an...
For every Republican who sees their vote as an expression of disapproval of Trump there are … 8 who see it as an expression of approval. www.pbump.net/o/tuesday-an...
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
And this, folks, is why you shouldn't vote for any Republicans in any race.
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And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
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Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.
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HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
I’ve just fucking had it.
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I’ve just fucking had it.
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
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Pretty wild that the Republican Party apparently now hates Ronald Reagan — and everything he stood for — and is actively trying to destroy his actual legacy.
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
October 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Pretty wild that the Republican Party apparently now hates Ronald Reagan — and everything he stood for — and is actively trying to destroy his actual legacy.
But of course. There was no presidency before Trump. There was no history. This is Year Zero.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
But of course. There was no presidency before Trump. There was no history. This is Year Zero.
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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So YouTubers and right-wing influencers who were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly by a company funded by Russia and indicted by the DOJ are now covering the Pentagon?
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
So YouTubers and right-wing influencers who were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly by a company funded by Russia and indicted by the DOJ are now covering the Pentagon?
When you can't win on policy...
North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged
North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.
www.motherjones.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When you can't win on policy...
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Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
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In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
October 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
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that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh
October 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh
Young people will have a hard time believing this but there was a time when The President getting an expensive haircut on Air Force One was a national scandal.
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Young people will have a hard time believing this but there was a time when The President getting an expensive haircut on Air Force One was a national scandal.
Go figure…
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Go figure…
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Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
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Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."
September 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."
But of course.
I want to emphasize how unusual it is for an FBI director to be putting out evidence like this on Twitter within hours of a shooting. This is not normal. This is the kind of stuff that can compromise investigations.
September 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
But of course.