@hammerhandle.bsky.social
Ardently progressive. Here to post ideas, and not just kvetch.
They would happily do it to anybody. Citizen or otherwise.
Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
December 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
They would happily do it to anybody. Citizen or otherwise.
Finally some bros that listened to the right podcasts.
December 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Finally some bros that listened to the right podcasts.
In addition to politics I lino print.
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
In addition to politics I lino print.
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In March, I sounded the alarm about low staffing levels at the new Veterans Affairs clinic in Chesapeake. Sec. Collins called me a liar, but now the VA plans to cut 35,000 health care positions—forcing veterans to wait longer to see fewer doctors. Our veterans deserve better.
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
In March, I sounded the alarm about low staffing levels at the new Veterans Affairs clinic in Chesapeake. Sec. Collins called me a liar, but now the VA plans to cut 35,000 health care positions—forcing veterans to wait longer to see fewer doctors. Our veterans deserve better.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Best news of the week?
Congratulations to every House Democrat and 20 Republicans for voting to restore the constitutional right to a union for over a million federal employees. The Senate must pass this bipartisan provision immediately.
All workers, including federal employees, have the right to be in a union.
All workers, including federal employees, have the right to be in a union.
House votes to repeal Trump order ending union rights at federal agencies
Twenty Republicans joined with Democrats to overturn the order, but it faces steep odds in the Senate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Best news of the week?
When their hands do that, you know it is bad. He sold his soul to keep his position. Was it worth it? Look at him squirm.
FBI operations director Michael Glasheen says antifa is the government’s “primary concern” as “the most immediate violent threat” domestically. Bennie Thompson asks where antifa exists in the US and how many members it has.
“Well that’s very fluid.”
A remarkable exchange. Full:
“Well that’s very fluid.”
A remarkable exchange. Full:
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
When their hands do that, you know it is bad. He sold his soul to keep his position. Was it worth it? Look at him squirm.
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Gov. Pritzker on redistricting in Indiana: “Members of the Indiana legislature are being threatened. Their lives are being threatened, and it's being egged on by the President…He's trying to cheat.”
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Gov. Pritzker on redistricting in Indiana: “Members of the Indiana legislature are being threatened. Their lives are being threatened, and it's being egged on by the President…He's trying to cheat.”
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It’s one thing to ignore the laws of the US where the power brokers own the politicians and the judges, but can they ignore the international war crimes charges that are coming?
They committed either a war crime or murder… no spin erases this.
They committed either a war crime or murder… no spin erases this.
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It’s one thing to ignore the laws of the US where the power brokers own the politicians and the judges, but can they ignore the international war crimes charges that are coming?
They committed either a war crime or murder… no spin erases this.
They committed either a war crime or murder… no spin erases this.
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BREAKING: The Pentagon released an 84-page report on Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss military strikes. It found he risked putting troops in danger.
Pentagon releases report on Hegseth’s Signal chats
The agency watchdog investigated whether the Defense secretary violated the agency’s standards for sharing classified information and put troops in danger.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon released an 84-page report on Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss military strikes. It found he risked putting troops in danger.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Above each business‘ door, on top of each website, there needs to be a graphic showing the top ten ownership/ c-suite annual total compensation to worker ratio. Like a calorie guidance. Then let‘s see who shops where. (Total compensation being pay+stocks+any benefit received).
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Above each business‘ door, on top of each website, there needs to be a graphic showing the top ten ownership/ c-suite annual total compensation to worker ratio. Like a calorie guidance. Then let‘s see who shops where. (Total compensation being pay+stocks+any benefit received).
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While Georgia may have refrained from passing new anti-voting laws this year, state Republicans have opted for a different scheme: laying the groundwork to pass an avalanche of voter suppression laws next year that could radically alter elections.
https://bit.ly/4rmEzKh
https://bit.ly/4rmEzKh
Georgia Republicans and the Trump Administration Are Working to Undermine the 2026 Elections
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
While Georgia may have refrained from passing new anti-voting laws this year, state Republicans have opted for a different scheme: laying the groundwork to pass an avalanche of voter suppression laws next year that could radically alter elections.
https://bit.ly/4rmEzKh
https://bit.ly/4rmEzKh
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Don’t believe Putin’s self serving propaganda: Ukraine does NOT want to be part of Russia!!!
December 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Don’t believe Putin’s self serving propaganda: Ukraine does NOT want to be part of Russia!!!
Cruelty is the point. This is entirely senseless.
She was first in her family to go to college.
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Cruelty is the point. This is entirely senseless.
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@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: After report of Hegseth's 'kill everybody' order, Trump's first instinct was to lie youtu.be/-8GbYvdyFmA?...
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: After report of Hegseth's 'kill everybody' order, Trump's first instinct was to lie youtu.be/-8GbYvdyFmA?...
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Issuing pardons is a lucrative business. No capital required!!!
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December 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Issuing pardons is a lucrative business. No capital required!!!
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𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬:
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬:
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ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
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"WSJ with a devastating, intensely-sourced article demonstrating how Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff tried to sellout Ukraine, the U.S., and Europe for money. It's so bad one of our European allies shared evidence of the planned business deals. A must-read."
#uspoli #Ukraine #Russia
#uspoli #Ukraine #Russia
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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‘I never want to hear again that the Democratic Party has a problem with young men’
‘I never want to hear again that the Democratic Party has a problem with young men’
Democrats stormed back with young men in off-year elections. But the biggest test will come next year.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
‘I never want to hear again that the Democratic Party has a problem with young men’
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November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@redsox.com Boston is a pro freedom state. Palantir is hand in glove with authoritarian states. No money is worth that billboard.
“No one trusts anything but public opinion, so the only thing to do is make your opinion public […] State your case, as I’m stating mine: #Palantir is bad and evil and the @redsox.com should not acquiesce to do business that puts them within arm’s reach of them again.”
Read >>> shorturl.at/NHNxV
Read >>> shorturl.at/NHNxV
Whatever excuse the Red Sox have for allowing a Palantir advertisement to hang above Fenway Park, it’s not good enough
The banner was there, and it always will have been there.
www.overthemonster.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
@redsox.com Boston is a pro freedom state. Palantir is hand in glove with authoritarian states. No money is worth that billboard.
Blatant terrorism by ICE/DHS.
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Blatant terrorism by ICE/DHS.