Kent Pitman
@kentpitman.bsky.social
Philosopher, Technologist, Writer. Progressive independent focused on Climate, democracy, and social justice.
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As a voter in #NH ostensibly represented by her, I am angry that @shaheen.senate.gov voted to open the government. It's time for someone new. Please, someone primary her. She has no concept of how to effectively confront the modern political landscape. #politics #USPolitics
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
As a voter in #NH ostensibly represented by her, I am angry that @shaheen.senate.gov voted to open the government. It's time for someone new. Please, someone primary her. She has no concept of how to effectively confront the modern political landscape. #politics #USPolitics
@nicollewallace.bsky.social #DeadlineWH
Maybe the reason Trump thinks that it's a con job that the prices are up is that he's so rich (e.g., doesn't know the word "grocery") that he doesn't actually know people feel price directly. He may only "feels" cost through accountants or through the news.
Maybe the reason Trump thinks that it's a con job that the prices are up is that he's so rich (e.g., doesn't know the word "grocery") that he doesn't actually know people feel price directly. He may only "feels" cost through accountants or through the news.
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@nicollewallace.bsky.social #DeadlineWH
Maybe the reason Trump thinks that it's a con job that the prices are up is that he's so rich (e.g., doesn't know the word "grocery") that he doesn't actually know people feel price directly. He may only "feels" cost through accountants or through the news.
Maybe the reason Trump thinks that it's a con job that the prices are up is that he's so rich (e.g., doesn't know the word "grocery") that he doesn't actually know people feel price directly. He may only "feels" cost through accountants or through the news.
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The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
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Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake: The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
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Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake: The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
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New: The real story is the Democratic leadership collapse: presswatchers.org/2025/11/the-...
The real story is the Democratic leadership collapse | Press Watch
The current crop of Democratic leaders does not constitute an effective opposition to Trump
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November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
New: The real story is the Democratic leadership collapse: presswatchers.org/2025/11/the-...
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I’m shocked by how the mainstream news coverage of this vote is dominated by logistics and timing, rather than being about what an epic collapse this represents by Democratic leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’m shocked by how the mainstream news coverage of this vote is dominated by logistics and timing, rather than being about what an epic collapse this represents by Democratic leaders.
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"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
I skimmed the 60 Mins transcript. They edited out some of the crazier shit he said, and his glee about Bari Weiss and CBS’s “new ownership.” But Norah O’Donnell also just let him ramble and deflect and say crazy lies uninterrupted. In other democracies, interviewers don’t tolerate that.
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Excellent framing by John Fugelsang!!
This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Excellent framing by John Fugelsang!!
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A subtext of a lot of writing is that stupid is a kind of authenticity, or at least stubborn and defiant is, and it's possible voters may prefer that to the antiseptic polish on a career politician, but it doesn't mean anyone covering it is obliged to overlook what is in a best-case-scenario stupid.
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A subtext of a lot of writing is that stupid is a kind of authenticity, or at least stubborn and defiant is, and it's possible voters may prefer that to the antiseptic polish on a career politician, but it doesn't mean anyone covering it is obliged to overlook what is in a best-case-scenario stupid.
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We're...gonna have to make future presidents sign a lease and put down a deposit.
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We're...gonna have to make future presidents sign a lease and put down a deposit.
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“Trump wants to destroy a symbol of restraint, dignity and honor that doesn’t belong to him. He is obliterating something to achieve a political objective. He wants to smash things because smashing things is his route to his claiming more power.”
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Smashing things to claim more power
The destruction of the White House enrages me.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Trump wants to destroy a symbol of restraint, dignity and honor that doesn’t belong to him. He is obliterating something to achieve a political objective. He wants to smash things because smashing things is his route to his claiming more power.”
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I would posit that the reason so many people are shocked by the image of the White House being demolished is because it shows that Trump views it 1) entirely as his property and 2) that he doesn't really expect anybody else to live there.
October 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I would posit that the reason so many people are shocked by the image of the White House being demolished is because it shows that Trump views it 1) entirely as his property and 2) that he doesn't really expect anybody else to live there.
News agencies hide much sin, bias, laziness & incompetence behind quest for neutrality. But this isn't hard, blurry, or a slippery slope. It's PREPOSTEROUS to say POTUS is operating in an appropriate way. Congress not impeaching is breach if sworn oath & active conspiracy. News media must say so.
Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.
After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."
October 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
News agencies hide much sin, bias, laziness & incompetence behind quest for neutrality. But this isn't hard, blurry, or a slippery slope. It's PREPOSTEROUS to say POTUS is operating in an appropriate way. Congress not impeaching is breach if sworn oath & active conspiracy. News media must say so.
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the story of 2024-2025 in a nutshell:
"shit sucks, let's give this trump guy another chance"
"wait a minute, we hate donald trump!"
"shit sucks, let's give this trump guy another chance"
"wait a minute, we hate donald trump!"
“I voted for none of this."
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
the story of 2024-2025 in a nutshell:
"shit sucks, let's give this trump guy another chance"
"wait a minute, we hate donald trump!"
"shit sucks, let's give this trump guy another chance"
"wait a minute, we hate donald trump!"
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
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OF COURSE it matters he lied in the election. Some active lying, some "strategic ignorance".
Candidates are sold to us like products. But politics has no consumer protection laws. Blatant fraud is fair game and, apparently, a winning strategy.
OF COURSE it matters he lied in the election. Some active lying, some "strategic ignorance".
Candidates are sold to us like products. But politics has no consumer protection laws. Blatant fraud is fair game and, apparently, a winning strategy.
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social @allinwithchris.bsky.social
OF COURSE it matters he lied in the election. Some active lying, some "strategic ignorance".
Candidates are sold to us like products. But politics has no consumer protection laws. Blatant fraud is fair game and, apparently, a winning strategy.
OF COURSE it matters he lied in the election. Some active lying, some "strategic ignorance".
Candidates are sold to us like products. But politics has no consumer protection laws. Blatant fraud is fair game and, apparently, a winning strategy.
In all the commentary I've heard so far, no one has made plain the point that has been nagging at me:
Among the many he assembled to endure it, at least SOME must have heard: "Prepare to enter your own home town and be told to shoot at neighbors, perhaps your own family, as they are now The Enemy."
Among the many he assembled to endure it, at least SOME must have heard: "Prepare to enter your own home town and be told to shoot at neighbors, perhaps your own family, as they are now The Enemy."
October 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
In all the commentary I've heard so far, no one has made plain the point that has been nagging at me:
Among the many he assembled to endure it, at least SOME must have heard: "Prepare to enter your own home town and be told to shoot at neighbors, perhaps your own family, as they are now The Enemy."
Among the many he assembled to endure it, at least SOME must have heard: "Prepare to enter your own home town and be told to shoot at neighbors, perhaps your own family, as they are now The Enemy."
I can't believe how irresponsibly bad the "journalism" is that I see coming from #KatyTur. I had been away from TV awhile and tuned in to #MSNBC to hear her maligning Dems as saying just a lot of words.
Pro tip: When a lot is wrong, it takes "words" to say so. LISTEN. HELP EXPLAIN. (It's your job.)
Pro tip: When a lot is wrong, it takes "words" to say so. LISTEN. HELP EXPLAIN. (It's your job.)
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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So it's official. Trump is enthusiastically using the powers of the state to target his political enemies. There's a word for that. The MSM can either enable him by not using it, or can speak the truth. Which will it be?
September 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
So it's official. Trump is enthusiastically using the powers of the state to target his political enemies. There's a word for that. The MSM can either enable him by not using it, or can speak the truth. Which will it be?
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It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
September 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
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Today, Hurricane Gabrielle strengthened from a Category 1 to a mid-Category 4 — more quickly than even the most aggressive weather models predicted.
It's almost like something about the weather has... changed.
It's almost like something about the weather has... changed.
September 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Today, Hurricane Gabrielle strengthened from a Category 1 to a mid-Category 4 — more quickly than even the most aggressive weather models predicted.
It's almost like something about the weather has... changed.
It's almost like something about the weather has... changed.
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We need a Democratic Party led by people who understand and take seriously what it means to be the opposition party under an authoritarian regime. That has to be the framework in which all decisions are made. As individuals we won't always agree on the strategy but we have to agree on the problem.
September 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We need a Democratic Party led by people who understand and take seriously what it means to be the opposition party under an authoritarian regime. That has to be the framework in which all decisions are made. As individuals we won't always agree on the strategy but we have to agree on the problem.