Gary R Simonds
@garys79.bsky.social
Author, Speaker, Educator, Has-Been Neurosurgeon
Asheville NC
Married
Would prefer to discuss life, books, kindness, wellness, wonder.
Instead I spend hours a day opposing a mad king.
But here we are.
RESIST!
Good Trouble!
https://garyrsimonds.com
Asheville NC
Married
Would prefer to discuss life, books, kindness, wellness, wonder.
Instead I spend hours a day opposing a mad king.
But here we are.
RESIST!
Good Trouble!
https://garyrsimonds.com
Pinned
Murder. Shot in the back three times.
Don’t turn away. Please share.
Don’t turn away. Please share.
If now is not the time for tens of millions in the streets, for a unified call for the removal of an entire regime, for ICE to be disbanded, for Nuremberg-like tribunals, for a nationwide strike, for boycotting ALL businesses that enable this regime, for Congress to do its job, when the FUCK is?
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BREAKING: Judge Boasberg has GRANTED our motion to compel in our DOGE FOIA case involving Musk's phone(s). The government must now reach out to Sean Duffy and multiple Republican Senators to comply. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-j...
BREAKING: Judge Boasberg has GRANTED Our Motion to Compel in DOGE FOIA Case Involving Musk's Phone(s)
Though still refusing to acknowledge Musk was a government employee, DOJ argued they shouldn't have to find out if he was using a personal phone. They just lost that argument.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:46 PM
BREAKING: Judge Boasberg has GRANTED our motion to compel in our DOGE FOIA case involving Musk's phone(s). The government must now reach out to Sean Duffy and multiple Republican Senators to comply. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-j...
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No one's buying it.
Kayleigh McEnany Raises Eyebrows With Dubious Story About Her Mom Watching 'Melania' At Packed Theater
www.comicsands.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
No one's buying it.
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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
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CNN: “Trump’s name is mentioned over 1000 times, why not make him testify?”
@RepJamesComer: “He gets asked about it in press gaggles… Bill Clinton…”
Deeply pathetic stuff. The pedophile protection ring continues.
@RepJamesComer: “He gets asked about it in press gaggles… Bill Clinton…”
Deeply pathetic stuff. The pedophile protection ring continues.
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
CNN: “Trump’s name is mentioned over 1000 times, why not make him testify?”
@RepJamesComer: “He gets asked about it in press gaggles… Bill Clinton…”
Deeply pathetic stuff. The pedophile protection ring continues.
@RepJamesComer: “He gets asked about it in press gaggles… Bill Clinton…”
Deeply pathetic stuff. The pedophile protection ring continues.
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Have you noticed this? I have.
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
Dear media, stop acting like Trump means what he says
Whether over "a deal" on Greenland or a "pivot" on ICE, we need far more skepticism
margaretsullivan.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Have you noticed this? I have.
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to his utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."
That's @sulliview.bsky.social at her site.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...
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"You are not alone in looking at this mountain of rancid shit and wondering where to start and what you should know as you go along. So, I’m starting this guide, which is intended to be just as helpful to myself in understanding all of it."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
A Guide to the Epstein Files, Part I
Here we go.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
"You are not alone in looking at this mountain of rancid shit and wondering where to start and what you should know as you go along. So, I’m starting this guide, which is intended to be just as helpful to myself in understanding all of it."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Would a completely innocent person be as FURIOUS as Trump is when the Epstein files are brought up? Very odd response for someone with nothing to hide.
February 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Would a completely innocent person be as FURIOUS as Trump is when the Epstein files are brought up? Very odd response for someone with nothing to hide.
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NEW: Jan 6 police responder Harry Dunn is running for Congress in Maryland.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn running for Congress
Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn — who emerged as a national figure after the Jan. 6 riot — announced a second bid for Congress on Wednesday.
www.cbsnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
NEW: Jan 6 police responder Harry Dunn is running for Congress in Maryland.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
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If anyone was wondering, the ~23% reduction in ICE agents in Minnesota apparently doesn't include the ones down the street that are lurking, now as I type this, as vulnerable folks are getting their kids to the school bus this morning.
We cannot rest until ICE is gone, entirely.
We cannot rest until ICE is gone, entirely.
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
If anyone was wondering, the ~23% reduction in ICE agents in Minnesota apparently doesn't include the ones down the street that are lurking, now as I type this, as vulnerable folks are getting their kids to the school bus this morning.
We cannot rest until ICE is gone, entirely.
We cannot rest until ICE is gone, entirely.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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At this point, only the EU is standing up to the tech bros and their weaponization of social media, flooding it with pornography and hate algorithms. And as usual, Rep Gym Jordan (R-OH) steps forward as their champion, brandishing a firehose of lies. bsky.app/profile/noup...
Jim Jordan starts another censorship-hoax hearing, where you're asked to believe that Europe regulating its market has been a 10 year plot to mass censor the global internet. That's right: you couldn't talk about COVID or US elections and you never knew 🙄https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLHJJ_wjADU
Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part II
YouTube video by House Judiciary GOP
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
At this point, only the EU is standing up to the tech bros and their weaponization of social media, flooding it with pornography and hate algorithms. And as usual, Rep Gym Jordan (R-OH) steps forward as their champion, brandishing a firehose of lies. bsky.app/profile/noup...
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Correct.
Re the final line: Whole governments shouldn't be at one man's whim, either.
Re the final line: Whole governments shouldn't be at one man's whim, either.
this whole thing is on Bezos, a perfect example of why billionaires will not save us
for years he supported the Post and then he decided destroying it utterly at the altar of a wannabe dictator better served his personal ambitions, so he did
institutions shouldn’t live or did at one man’s whim
for years he supported the Post and then he decided destroying it utterly at the altar of a wannabe dictator better served his personal ambitions, so he did
institutions shouldn’t live or did at one man’s whim
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Correct.
Re the final line: Whole governments shouldn't be at one man's whim, either.
Re the final line: Whole governments shouldn't be at one man's whim, either.
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I don’t believe Tom Homan. I think this is a ploy to get @democrats.senate.gov to fund DHS. They lied about deescalation last week and I don’t believe a word the Cava Czar says.
Trump 'border czar' Tom Homan says 700 immigration officers will be withdrawn from Minnesota immediately.
Roughly 3,000 officers are currently deployed in the state.
Roughly 3,000 officers are currently deployed in the state.
February 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I don’t believe Tom Homan. I think this is a ploy to get @democrats.senate.gov to fund DHS. They lied about deescalation last week and I don’t believe a word the Cava Czar says.
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It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.
February 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.
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instead of answering questions from Democratic House members, Bessent is consulting with notes on a piece of paper his team has prepared that contains political hits on them
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
instead of answering questions from Democratic House members, Bessent is consulting with notes on a piece of paper his team has prepared that contains political hits on them
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HASSETT, last week: “People haven’t turned the machines on yet.”
BESSENT, today: “I can’t snap my fingers and create factories.”
BESSENT, today: “I can’t snap my fingers and create factories.”
FOSTER: You agree it's a historic fact that during Republican presidencies without exception manufacturing employment dropped and the dollar got weaker?
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
February 4, 2026 at 5:08 PM
HASSETT, last week: “People haven’t turned the machines on yet.”
BESSENT, today: “I can’t snap my fingers and create factories.”
BESSENT, today: “I can’t snap my fingers and create factories.”
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Jeffries: "Johnson and Thune aren't working for the American people. They work for Trump. So many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle function like a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump cartel ... Johnson called the 4th Amendment an inconvenience. It's not."
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Jeffries: "Johnson and Thune aren't working for the American people. They work for Trump. So many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle function like a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump cartel ... Johnson called the 4th Amendment an inconvenience. It's not."
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Prince Andrew Evicted from Royal Home in Dead of Night After Latest Epstein Release. Same thing should happen to Trump! He should be evicted from the White House! www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Prince Andrew Evicted from Royal Home in Dead of Night After Latest Epstein Release
New images show Andrew on all fours leaning over a woman, whose face is redacted, and new emails reveal continued contact.
www.mediaite.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Prince Andrew Evicted from Royal Home in Dead of Night After Latest Epstein Release. Same thing should happen to Trump! He should be evicted from the White House! www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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What is inside Pam Bondi that she saw the horrific images of old perverts abusing children and felt she had to protect the perverts? We are not the same.
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
What is inside Pam Bondi that she saw the horrific images of old perverts abusing children and felt she had to protect the perverts? We are not the same.
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As I warned in my article yesterday, Trump will use ICE to intimidate voters. And now Steve Bannon just confirmed that is EXACTLY the plan:
February 4, 2026 at 12:52 PM
As I warned in my article yesterday, Trump will use ICE to intimidate voters. And now Steve Bannon just confirmed that is EXACTLY the plan:
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Kristi Noem's throttling of FEMA funds constitutes a preventable disaster [via @grist.org]
Kristi Noem's throttling of FEMA funds constitutes a preventable disaster
Her micromanagement has slowed the agency's disbursements to a trickle.
www.motherjones.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Kristi Noem's throttling of FEMA funds constitutes a preventable disaster [via @grist.org]