Furrowed Brow
@furrowedbrow91.bsky.social
Enlightenment Project 📚║Philosophy・Science・History &c║
Bibliophile│Musicophile│Nonreligious│Humanist
Pro: Secular Liberal Democracy / Anti: GOP Christo-Fascism
Values: Eudaimonism - Luck Egalitarianism - Pluralism {Sophia + Phronêsis}
Ally (He/Him)
Bibliophile│Musicophile│Nonreligious│Humanist
Pro: Secular Liberal Democracy / Anti: GOP Christo-Fascism
Values: Eudaimonism - Luck Egalitarianism - Pluralism {Sophia + Phronêsis}
Ally (He/Him)
Yet another #PutridPardon
He scammed over 1,000 people, most of whom were not wealthy - veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses owners. Some lost everything. But he’s a rich Republican, so Trump let him get away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Yet another #PutridPardon
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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🚨Damn.🚨NY showed up!🚨
Posted 15 minutes ago. 1/2
Posted 15 minutes ago. 1/2
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🚨Damn.🚨NY showed up!🚨
Posted 15 minutes ago. 1/2
Posted 15 minutes ago. 1/2
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This came from the 2021 infrastructure bill signed by Biden. Mace voted against it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This came from the 2021 infrastructure bill signed by Biden. Mace voted against it.
Soon to be added:
Enemies of the People. Criminals. Thugs. Justice is coming! and a picture of a gallows.
Enemies of the People. Criminals. Thugs. Justice is coming! and a picture of a gallows.
The White House launched a page on its website, titled the “Hall of Shame,” devoted to naming and shaming media outlets and reporters that publish stories Trump disagrees with.
“Misleading. Biased. Exposed,” the site reads.
“Misleading. Biased. Exposed,” the site reads.
Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker
A new White House webpage presents a “Hall of Shame” for news reports that the president disagrees with, coming after Trump voiced personal attacks on female reporters at ABC, CBS, the New York Times ...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Soon to be added:
Enemies of the People. Criminals. Thugs. Justice is coming! and a picture of a gallows.
Enemies of the People. Criminals. Thugs. Justice is coming! and a picture of a gallows.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
Conservative "morality" : they only care when something has negative consequences for some1 they care about.
Such a tribal, small-minded circle of concern these morally deficient ppl have. This in part comes from their intellectual paucity: they have trouble imaging the lived experiences of others.
Such a tribal, small-minded circle of concern these morally deficient ppl have. This in part comes from their intellectual paucity: they have trouble imaging the lived experiences of others.
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Conservative "morality" : they only care when something has negative consequences for some1 they care about.
Such a tribal, small-minded circle of concern these morally deficient ppl have. This in part comes from their intellectual paucity: they have trouble imaging the lived experiences of others.
Such a tribal, small-minded circle of concern these morally deficient ppl have. This in part comes from their intellectual paucity: they have trouble imaging the lived experiences of others.
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31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
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Just published!
"Real Dehumanization" by @davidlsmith.bsky.social .
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
"Real Dehumanization" by @davidlsmith.bsky.social .
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
Real Dehumanization | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core
Real Dehumanization
doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Just published!
"Real Dehumanization" by @davidlsmith.bsky.social .
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
"Real Dehumanization" by @davidlsmith.bsky.social .
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
So this is bad all-round, except maybe the fat cat owners of colleges will lower tuition rates in desperation?
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US colleges see 17% drop in newly enrolled international students, report finds
The number of newly enrolled international students at U.S. colleges and universities dropped by 17% this autumn following new restrictions on student visas and other Trump administration policies, ac...
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So this is bad all-round, except maybe the fat cat owners of colleges will lower tuition rates in desperation?
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
The misogynistic christian theocrats keep pushing.
And if the GOP/maga (most of them at least) get their way, there will come a day when heinous bills like this do *not* fail.
#Abortion #BC #WomensHealth #WomensRights #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy
apnews.com/article/abor...
And if the GOP/maga (most of them at least) get their way, there will come a day when heinous bills like this do *not* fail.
#Abortion #BC #WomensHealth #WomensRights #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy
apnews.com/article/abor...
What would have been the most restrictive abortion bill in the US stalls in South Carolina
A South Carolina bill that could sentence women who get abortions to decades in prison has stalled in South Carolina.
apnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The misogynistic christian theocrats keep pushing.
And if the GOP/maga (most of them at least) get their way, there will come a day when heinous bills like this do *not* fail.
#Abortion #BC #WomensHealth #WomensRights #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy
apnews.com/article/abor...
And if the GOP/maga (most of them at least) get their way, there will come a day when heinous bills like this do *not* fail.
#Abortion #BC #WomensHealth #WomensRights #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy
apnews.com/article/abor...
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Harvard gets its research funding back through defiance and lawsuits.
Majority of Harvard’s Research Funding Has Been Restored
As of Tuesday, Harvard University had recouped most of the federal research funding it lost when the Trump administration froze its access to grants earlier this year, multiple local news organization...
www.insidehighered.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Harvard gets its research funding back through defiance and lawsuits.
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Forthcoming chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, edited by Kevin Elliott and Ted Richards.
Values and Objectivity - PhilSci-Archive
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Forthcoming chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, edited by Kevin Elliott and Ted Richards.
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"We should think of disinformation as content that functions to degrade the value of information for the audience rather than content that combines with the audience's evidence to warrant reduced confidence in truths."
Clayton Littlejohn, Disinformation is for Degrading the Value of Information, not Confirming Falsehoods - PhilPapers
According to a recent account of disinformation, disinformation is content that “generates ignorance” (Simion 2024a; 2024b). The view improves upon previous accounts that focused upon the potential fo...
philpapers.org
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"We should think of disinformation as content that functions to degrade the value of information for the audience rather than content that combines with the audience's evidence to warrant reduced confidence in truths."
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Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
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www.mediaite.com/media/news/t... #ProudBlue. As we suspected. Targeting Venezuela drug boats was not to stop drug trafficking. It was to pave the way for Trump approved drug traffickers. The pardon of the former Honduran president and convicted drug trafficker proves Trump is not “fighting drugs”
Trump Says He’ll Pardon Ex-Honduran President Serving 45 Years for Drug Trafficking
On Friday via Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced that he plans to pardon the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison on drug t...
www.mediaite.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t... #ProudBlue. As we suspected. Targeting Venezuela drug boats was not to stop drug trafficking. It was to pave the way for Trump approved drug traffickers. The pardon of the former Honduran president and convicted drug trafficker proves Trump is not “fighting drugs”
Trump pardoned:
Silk Road (an illegal site in which drugs & other illegal goods could be purchased) founder Ross Ulbricht
Binance cryptocurrency founder Changpeng Zhao who profited off money laundering by Binance for criminal groups, including human traffickers & drug runners
and now this...
Silk Road (an illegal site in which drugs & other illegal goods could be purchased) founder Ross Ulbricht
Binance cryptocurrency founder Changpeng Zhao who profited off money laundering by Binance for criminal groups, including human traffickers & drug runners
and now this...
In a Black Friday news dump, Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case.
Donald Trump is OK with major drug trafficking by fascists. This is necessary background to his contention he is killing Venezuelans because they are “drug traffickers.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Donald Trump is OK with major drug trafficking by fascists. This is necessary background to his contention he is killing Venezuelans because they are “drug traffickers.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Trump pardoned:
Silk Road (an illegal site in which drugs & other illegal goods could be purchased) founder Ross Ulbricht
Binance cryptocurrency founder Changpeng Zhao who profited off money laundering by Binance for criminal groups, including human traffickers & drug runners
and now this...
Silk Road (an illegal site in which drugs & other illegal goods could be purchased) founder Ross Ulbricht
Binance cryptocurrency founder Changpeng Zhao who profited off money laundering by Binance for criminal groups, including human traffickers & drug runners
and now this...
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
We need to stop blaming T's wretched behavior on his age.
He's always been like this.
He's always been like this.
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We need to stop blaming T's wretched behavior on his age.
He's always been like this.
He's always been like this.
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Not for long, if we don't do something.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Not for long, if we don't do something.