Jonathan Oldstyle
@jonathanoldstyle.bsky.social
Life is not of us or for us: it blows through us like the wind through trees; for us is the learning of the dance.
Let's try to not let the Anthropocene be a short epoch, or a populist demagogue define our cultural narrative and enshrine plutocracy.
Let's try to not let the Anthropocene be a short epoch, or a populist demagogue define our cultural narrative and enshrine plutocracy.
"After all, once upon a time (in the 2024 election campaign), Donald Trump spoke of Venezuela's oil supplies in just that classic Trumpian fashion. 'Their oil is garbage," he said. "It’s horrible. The worst you can get. Tar. It’s like tar.'"
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The United States of Consumption
I learned one of my most valuable lessons about U.S. power in my first year as a Brown University doctoral student. It was in anthropology professor Catherine Lutz’s seminar on empire and social movem...
tomdispatch.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
"After all, once upon a time (in the 2024 election campaign), Donald Trump spoke of Venezuela's oil supplies in just that classic Trumpian fashion. 'Their oil is garbage," he said. "It’s horrible. The worst you can get. Tar. It’s like tar.'"
tomdispatch.com/the-united-s...
tomdispatch.com/the-united-s...
Kristi Noem was NOT sent out to Meet The Press today. Her lies about the ICE killings were NOT defensible, and the Trump Administration sent out Trump lawyer Blanche, to do lawyerly evasion and spin.
#ICE
#ICE
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Kristi Noem was NOT sent out to Meet The Press today. Her lies about the ICE killings were NOT defensible, and the Trump Administration sent out Trump lawyer Blanche, to do lawyerly evasion and spin.
#ICE
#ICE
The finest graduate of the Wharton School of Business:
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The finest graduate of the Wharton School of Business:
Injustice for sale:
How Trump sells pardons:
#Corruption #ImpeachAndConvict
www.propublica.org/article/bitc...
How Trump sells pardons:
#Corruption #ImpeachAndConvict
www.propublica.org/article/bitc...
How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”
Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top Justi...
www.propublica.org
January 24, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Injustice for sale:
How Trump sells pardons:
#Corruption #ImpeachAndConvict
www.propublica.org/article/bitc...
How Trump sells pardons:
#Corruption #ImpeachAndConvict
www.propublica.org/article/bitc...
“Reality” brought to you by:
The sick bastards who inhabit
The White House
The sick bastards who inhabit
The White House
January 23, 2026 at 8:24 AM
“Reality” brought to you by:
The sick bastards who inhabit
The White House
The sick bastards who inhabit
The White House
January 21, 2026 at 1:32 AM
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Join me at Greenwood-Seattle Free America Walkout action.womensmarch.com/events/green...
Greenwood-Seattle Free America Walkout
Come walk the sidewalk from 80th to 85th along Aurora/99.
One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, attacks on ...
action.womensmarch.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Join me at Greenwood-Seattle Free America Walkout action.womensmarch.com/events/green...
Sinclair News channel KOMO in Seattle is not showing This Week with George Stephanopolous because of football programing.
Profit over responsible journalism....the kind that results in low information voters that gives us our kakistocracy
Perhaps the intention.
SHAME!
#SinclairNews #KOMONews
Profit over responsible journalism....the kind that results in low information voters that gives us our kakistocracy
Perhaps the intention.
SHAME!
#SinclairNews #KOMONews
January 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Sinclair News channel KOMO in Seattle is not showing This Week with George Stephanopolous because of football programing.
Profit over responsible journalism....the kind that results in low information voters that gives us our kakistocracy
Perhaps the intention.
SHAME!
#SinclairNews #KOMONews
Profit over responsible journalism....the kind that results in low information voters that gives us our kakistocracy
Perhaps the intention.
SHAME!
#SinclairNews #KOMONews
Trump's enablers, foot soldiers, and agents now running the government:
#Project2025 #ImpeachAndConvict #Traitors
#Project2025 #ImpeachAndConvict #Traitors
"This analysis of President Trump’s actions over the course of 2025 finds that he has implemented, or begun to implement, over 80 percent of actions pertaining to public lands recommended by Project 2025." westernpriorities.org/2026/01/from...
From disavowal to delivery: The Trump administration’s rapid implementation of Project 2025 on public lands - Center for Western Priorities
Co-written by Lilly Bock-Brownstein, Rachael Hamby, and Aaron Weiss Introduction Increasing fossil fuel production on public lands. Gutting federal agencies that oversee national parks and forests. Re...
westernpriorities.org
January 17, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Trump's enablers, foot soldiers, and agents now running the government:
#Project2025 #ImpeachAndConvict #Traitors
#Project2025 #ImpeachAndConvict #Traitors
Since taking office, Trump has canceled or halted enforcement actions against 166 corporations accused of illegal conduct.
At least a third of those companies have close ties to his administration, including over 30 that have donated to Trump's ballroom.
The "law and order" president.
At least a third of those companies have close ties to his administration, including over 30 that have donated to Trump's ballroom.
The "law and order" president.
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
January 16, 2026 at 10:42 PM
AG Keith Ellison: "ICE is provoking them, or trying to. And I do think they would love a justification to invoke the Insurrection Act because I think that would give them an advantage in the election. Namely, to maybe suspend them."
January 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This is the kind of opportunity for general action that can stop GOP enabling of Trump/Project 2025 dismantling of U.S. institutions and the rule of law:
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM
This is the kind of opportunity for general action that can stop GOP enabling of Trump/Project 2025 dismantling of U.S. institutions and the rule of law:
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ICE Out For Good SEATTLE · Mobilize
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...
www.mobilize.us
January 11, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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What happens when a political party is taken over by a criminal grifter, and becomes traitorous:
#GOP #ImpeachAndConvict
#GOP #ImpeachAndConvict
Today Donald Trump should be in a prison cell where he would remain until his life ended as a warning to all others that if you ever attempt a coup that is your fate. Now Trump is no longer just a threat to the US but to all democratic nations. My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/the-straig...
The straight line between Trump’s Jan. 6 terrorist attack and his attack on Venezuela
Trump is what happens when crimes go unpunished
deanobeidallah.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:47 PM
What happens when a political party is taken over by a criminal grifter, and becomes traitorous:
#GOP #ImpeachAndConvict
#GOP #ImpeachAndConvict
My god this man is insane - you need to watch this rant.
Stephen Miller goes on a rant defending Trump's imperialist aggression against Venezuela: "We’re a superpower… we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
January 6, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Stephen Miller is really showing his insanity. He’s a tyrant who is at rump’s side constantly.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 AM
David Smolansky, Machado’s spokesman makes a very strong case for her being the person the U.S. should support as the legitimate leader of Venezuela, if “we” care about democracy more than control of oil, and hegemony in the western hemisphere.
Good luck with that.
#PNSNewsHour #ImpeachAndConvict
Good luck with that.
#PNSNewsHour #ImpeachAndConvict
January 6, 2026 at 5:03 AM
David Smolansky, Machado’s spokesman makes a very strong case for her being the person the U.S. should support as the legitimate leader of Venezuela, if “we” care about democracy more than control of oil, and hegemony in the western hemisphere.
Good luck with that.
#PNSNewsHour #ImpeachAndConvict
Good luck with that.
#PNSNewsHour #ImpeachAndConvict
This needs to be fact checked, but if it is true, let’s see how many GOP would support a Congressional investigation.
"It's interesting that Russia withdrew all of its personnel from Venezuela exactly 14 days before Trump's invasion. China didn't withdraw their personnel. Cuba didn't withdraw theirs. Just Russia.
(...)someone called Putin to warn him what's up as part of a quid pro quo."
- Ambassador Fairfax
(...)someone called Putin to warn him what's up as part of a quid pro quo."
- Ambassador Fairfax
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
This needs to be fact checked, but if it is true, let’s see how many GOP would support a Congressional investigation.
Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off?
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
January 5, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Hey #GOP think it’s time to take take your monster home to it’s cage yet?
Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
January 5, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Hey #GOP think it’s time to take take your monster home to it’s cage yet?