@douglaspoland.bsky.social
Husband, father, Presbyterian, voting rights lawyer, NU alum, cyclist, and inveterate learner. “In Wisconsin, geography is not destiny”/It’s the Gulf of Mexico
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
@theonion.com never disappoints!
Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
SOUTH BEND, IN—Expressing horror at the sight of the health secretary’s bare torso emerging from the vat of grease, a local Steak ’n Shake employee reportedly screamed Friday after a nude Robert F. Ke...
theonion.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
@theonion.com never disappoints!
WTAF? Are they divisive? Hell yes! They divide us between the people who use them to intimidate through signifying promotion of hate, violence, murder, genocide, etc. and those who don’t use them. Unacceptable, period.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
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 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
WTAF? Are they divisive? Hell yes! They divide us between the people who use them to intimidate through signifying promotion of hate, violence, murder, genocide, etc. and those who don’t use them. Unacceptable, period.
You want to see how to be community? Just watch the brave people (the ones with the cell phones) in this video. That is how to be in community with others: protecting the most vulnerable, even while risking their own safety.
Anonymous American Gestapo ICE agents chase a local flower shop owner into the woods to abduct them.
Neighborhood bystanders follow them into the forest and film them, harass them, and shame them until they leave.
Neighborhood bystanders follow them into the forest and film them, harass them, and shame them until they leave.
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
You want to see how to be community? Just watch the brave people (the ones with the cell phones) in this video. That is how to be in community with others: protecting the most vulnerable, even while risking their own safety.
They 👏 are 👏 stealing 👏 from 👏 you.
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
They 👏 are 👏 stealing 👏 from 👏 you.
That would be in the 300,000 emails that Pam Bondi is holding and hasn’t yet released.
This
Isn’t
Even
The
Worst
Stuff.
Isn’t
Even
The
Worst
Stuff.
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
That would be in the 300,000 emails that Pam Bondi is holding and hasn’t yet released.
And to think that this is in an email that was among those already in the hands of Republicans and Dems on the Hill. I can only imagine what is in the 300,000 emails that Trump’s DOJ is sitting on.
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
And to think that this is in an email that was among those already in the hands of Republicans and Dems on the Hill. I can only imagine what is in the 300,000 emails that Trump’s DOJ is sitting on.
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Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Booing from Phoenix, where I’m stuck because his party shut down the government instead of extending healthcare insurance premium subsidies.
I'm booing him all the way from Chicago.
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Booing from Phoenix, where I’m stuck because his party shut down the government instead of extending healthcare insurance premium subsidies.
My flight home was just canceled thx to the GOP shutdown of the govt. I’m ok with that as long as Dems stand firm for health care premium subsidies. If Schumer folds, so help me God, Sen. Baldwin is going to get an earful from me.
Senate Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the emerging deal. “Stay tuned,” Schumer tells us with a grin.
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My flight home was just canceled thx to the GOP shutdown of the govt. I’m ok with that as long as Dems stand firm for health care premium subsidies. If Schumer folds, so help me God, Sen. Baldwin is going to get an earful from me.
Apparently Americans don’t like kings after all! #NoKings
Democrats just ran the table, winning the marquee races -- NJ and VA sweeps, NYC mayor, CA prop, PA Supreme Court -- and lower-profile races in red and purple states across the nation.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
If the media you're reading or watching paints this as anything but a massive win, stop reading or watching them.
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Apparently Americans don’t like kings after all! #NoKings
If armies run on their stomachs, then the fuel of the resistance should be reflected on its uniform. I am getting me one of these!
Federal force that tear-gasses kids has cry-baby who can't handle onions and mustard?
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Donate: www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If armies run on their stomachs, then the fuel of the resistance should be reflected on its uniform. I am getting me one of these!
I am soooo getting this one! Thx @raygunsite.com !
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I am soooo getting this one! Thx @raygunsite.com !
The next @raygunsite.com message tshirt has written itself. I want one of the “Smell the onions and mustard” shirts!
The trial of the D.C. sandwich thrower is officially underway—and the testimony of the “assaulted” officer is harrowing indeed.
The Border Patrol agent, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, testified he was not injured by the sandwich but that he could "smell the onions and mustard." trib.al/TKBbxXa
The Border Patrol agent, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, testified he was not injured by the sandwich but that he could "smell the onions and mustard." trib.al/TKBbxXa
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The next @raygunsite.com message tshirt has written itself. I want one of the “Smell the onions and mustard” shirts!
This is one of the reasons that I no longer buy Kindle reader books (and cancelled my Amazon subscription entirely) and now buy from Bookshop.org instead. It’s nice to have alternatives!
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is one of the reasons that I no longer buy Kindle reader books (and cancelled my Amazon subscription entirely) and now buy from Bookshop.org instead. It’s nice to have alternatives!
Brown shirts and all, as with so many things, they aren’t even trying to hide it. The playbook is clear.
This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
October 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Brown shirts and all, as with so many things, they aren’t even trying to hide it. The playbook is clear.
The cover photo on this post by @prospect.org perfectly captures the authoritarianism of the moment, both from the background image of who is behind it and the foreground images of who is enforcing it.
In Chicago, ICE agents are terrorizing immigrants and criminalizing people looking for work. Those who fight back have been targeted for abductions. From @sarahlazare with @workdaymagazine: trib.al/fL1e5t9
How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor
While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.
trib.al
October 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The cover photo on this post by @prospect.org perfectly captures the authoritarianism of the moment, both from the background image of who is behind it and the foreground images of who is enforcing it.
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Oof. In new Quinnipiac poll, Trump's approval is down to 43-54 in *Pennsylvania.*
Among independents in Pennsylvania Trump is down to an abysmal 29-64.
Josh Shapiro's approval just hit 60 percent.
By the way, there are contested House races in Pennsylvania.
Among independents in Pennsylvania Trump is down to an abysmal 29-64.
Josh Shapiro's approval just hit 60 percent.
By the way, there are contested House races in Pennsylvania.
October 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Oof. In new Quinnipiac poll, Trump's approval is down to 43-54 in *Pennsylvania.*
Among independents in Pennsylvania Trump is down to an abysmal 29-64.
Josh Shapiro's approval just hit 60 percent.
By the way, there are contested House races in Pennsylvania.
Among independents in Pennsylvania Trump is down to an abysmal 29-64.
Josh Shapiro's approval just hit 60 percent.
By the way, there are contested House races in Pennsylvania.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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This week's news:
* many male elites approve of & participate in raping girls
* POTUS is a pedophile serial rapist voters chose TWICE over more qualified women
* he wants to decriminalize domestic violence bc it's so common it's driving up crime stats
Male pundits: "Misogyny is a side issue."
* many male elites approve of & participate in raping girls
* POTUS is a pedophile serial rapist voters chose TWICE over more qualified women
* he wants to decriminalize domestic violence bc it's so common it's driving up crime stats
Male pundits: "Misogyny is a side issue."
September 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This week's news:
* many male elites approve of & participate in raping girls
* POTUS is a pedophile serial rapist voters chose TWICE over more qualified women
* he wants to decriminalize domestic violence bc it's so common it's driving up crime stats
Male pundits: "Misogyny is a side issue."
* many male elites approve of & participate in raping girls
* POTUS is a pedophile serial rapist voters chose TWICE over more qualified women
* he wants to decriminalize domestic violence bc it's so common it's driving up crime stats
Male pundits: "Misogyny is a side issue."
After reading this article from The Atlantic and becoming nearly despondent, reading Love’s Braided Dance by @nwirzba.bsky.social was just the antidote I needed. His focus on us as created beings and all that flows from it is foundational to who we are as humans. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The AI Doomers Are Getting Doomier
The industry’s apocalyptic voices are becoming more panicked—and harder to dismiss.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
After reading this article from The Atlantic and becoming nearly despondent, reading Love’s Braided Dance by @nwirzba.bsky.social was just the antidote I needed. His focus on us as created beings and all that flows from it is foundational to who we are as humans. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
August 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
Very sad news. He was only 65 years old. I watched him play in Wrigley from 1984 until he retired after the 1997 season. What a phenomenal player and, from what I hear, a tremendous human being.
With great sadness, we share that Ryne Sandberg has passed away today.
July 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Very sad news. He was only 65 years old. I watched him play in Wrigley from 1984 until he retired after the 1997 season. What a phenomenal player and, from what I hear, a tremendous human being.