Mark Somers
@marksomers.bsky.social
A strong, fair, and just economy is like a tide that raises all boats and ducks.
Sorry about the duck thing.
I'll just duck out now.
A website about writing I manage. https://www.screenwritingforums.com/
#voteblue
I'm not really a duck. Or am I?
Sorry about the duck thing.
I'll just duck out now.
A website about writing I manage. https://www.screenwritingforums.com/
#voteblue
I'm not really a duck. Or am I?
Pinned
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I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
Musk's people infiltrated the GSA technology arm early on and demanded root-level access to computer systems, trying to circumvent normal security procedures. Here's one example where they pushed so hard they forced someone to resign rather than give in.
Why did they do this?
Why did they do this?
Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public
A worker resigned in protest rather than giving Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notiy system, incl...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
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NEW: Tina Peters is staying put in a Colorado prison.
Colorado's Department of Corrections tells me it does not intend to respond to a DOJ request to move Peters to federal custody.
www.9news.com/article/news...
Colorado's Department of Corrections tells me it does not intend to respond to a DOJ request to move Peters to federal custody.
www.9news.com/article/news...
Tina Peters to remain in state custody despite federal request
The Colorado Department of Corrections is resisting federal pressure to transfer a former Mesa County clerk to federal custody, despite Trump's backing.
www.9news.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
NEW: Tina Peters is staying put in a Colorado prison.
Colorado's Department of Corrections tells me it does not intend to respond to a DOJ request to move Peters to federal custody.
www.9news.com/article/news...
Colorado's Department of Corrections tells me it does not intend to respond to a DOJ request to move Peters to federal custody.
www.9news.com/article/news...
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There has never been a single time, as president or candidate, that Trump has singled out Putin for condemnation for his brutal invasion of Ukraine that murders civilians daily. It is always “both sides” that are to blame according to Trump, Vance and Witkoff. He masquerades as a
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
There has never been a single time, as president or candidate, that Trump has singled out Putin for condemnation for his brutal invasion of Ukraine that murders civilians daily. It is always “both sides” that are to blame according to Trump, Vance and Witkoff. He masquerades as a
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ICYMI:
WTF News 🗞️
Top Trump aid caught coaching Russians on how to get Trump to agree to a peace deal.
WTF News 🗞️
Top Trump aid caught coaching Russians on how to get Trump to agree to a peace deal.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ICYMI:
WTF News 🗞️
Top Trump aid caught coaching Russians on how to get Trump to agree to a peace deal.
WTF News 🗞️
Top Trump aid caught coaching Russians on how to get Trump to agree to a peace deal.
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If you know a person who happens to be autistic, remind them that they make the world a better place. Make it clear you believe in them.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If you know a person who happens to be autistic, remind them that they make the world a better place. Make it clear you believe in them.
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I stand with Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I stand with Mark Kelly.
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Mesa Police tried to charge a community leader with criminal trespassing for documenting activity today. Martin Hernandez was released after pressure from the community and leadership from Rep. Lorena Austin Community matters!
KEEP FIGHTING BACK
IT’S WORKING ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼
KEEP FIGHTING BACK
IT’S WORKING ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mesa Police tried to charge a community leader with criminal trespassing for documenting activity today. Martin Hernandez was released after pressure from the community and leadership from Rep. Lorena Austin Community matters!
KEEP FIGHTING BACK
IT’S WORKING ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼
KEEP FIGHTING BACK
IT’S WORKING ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼
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Skokie takes a stand.
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Skokie takes a stand.
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Merrick Garland explain yourself…
BREAKING Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of attempting a military coup and the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, is ordered today to begin his 27-year sentence
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Bolsonaro out of appeals; will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt
The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Merrick Garland explain yourself…
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Jim Clyburn's new book, The First Eight, restores the lives of South Carolina's early Black congressmen and shows how their battles during Reconstruction offer lessons, and warnings, for politics today. n.pr/4ohnG12
In a new book, Rep. Jim Clyburn highlights the Black politicians who paved the way for him
Jim Clyburn's new book, The First Eight, restores the lives of South Carolina's early Black congressmen and shows how their battles during Reconstruction offer lessons, and warnings, for politics today.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Jim Clyburn's new book, The First Eight, restores the lives of South Carolina's early Black congressmen and shows how their battles during Reconstruction offer lessons, and warnings, for politics today. n.pr/4ohnG12
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Things are going so poorly in Congress that 40 members are retiring, resigning, or seeking office elsewhere. And most of them are Republicans in the prime age of a political career.
Read about it in the latest edition of Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
Read about it in the latest edition of Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Things are going so poorly in Congress that 40 members are retiring, resigning, or seeking office elsewhere. And most of them are Republicans in the prime age of a political career.
Read about it in the latest edition of Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
Read about it in the latest edition of Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
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If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.
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Is it odd to anyone else that this so-called “treaty” is supposedly with Ukraine, yet the Trump administration negotiated it with Russia and then tried to pressure Ukraine to sign it?
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Is it odd to anyone else that this so-called “treaty” is supposedly with Ukraine, yet the Trump administration negotiated it with Russia and then tried to pressure Ukraine to sign it?
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Ukrainian suicide drones just struck and destroyed Russia’s Beriev A-60 experimental airborne laser aircraft in Taganrog.
The plane was designed as a testbed for Russian high-energy laser weapon
The plane was designed as a testbed for Russian high-energy laser weapon
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Ukrainian suicide drones just struck and destroyed Russia’s Beriev A-60 experimental airborne laser aircraft in Taganrog.
The plane was designed as a testbed for Russian high-energy laser weapon
The plane was designed as a testbed for Russian high-energy laser weapon
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NEW: The fight for voting rights didn’t end on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It’s happening today in places like Newbern, Alabama, where white officials secretly blocked a Black mayor-elect in 2020. What the Supreme Court does next could change everything.
✍️ @jimsaksa.com
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The Voting Rights Act Is Still Working To Stop Racist Laws. The Supreme Court Might Not Care.
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW: The fight for voting rights didn’t end on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It’s happening today in places like Newbern, Alabama, where white officials secretly blocked a Black mayor-elect in 2020. What the Supreme Court does next could change everything.
✍️ @jimsaksa.com
✍️ @jimsaksa.com
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I broke down why Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t resigning out of principle—she’s cashing out. She rode the conspiracy wave into power, loved Trump when he was popular, and now she’s bailing right when she could actually be useful. This isn’t courage—it’s a calculated rebrand.
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I broke down why Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t resigning out of principle—she’s cashing out. She rode the conspiracy wave into power, loved Trump when he was popular, and now she’s bailing right when she could actually be useful. This isn’t courage—it’s a calculated rebrand.
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DOGE is not really gone, it’s just been made standard operating procedure now. Please stop celebrating DOGE ‘ending’ as a ‘win.’ It’s not. Their cuts have already killed 600,000 people. Elon stole all your data. Don’t fall for the clickbait.
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
DOGE is not really gone, it’s just been made standard operating procedure now. Please stop celebrating DOGE ‘ending’ as a ‘win.’ It’s not. Their cuts have already killed 600,000 people. Elon stole all your data. Don’t fall for the clickbait.
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somehow i don't think president harris would be launching an explicit war for oil
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
somehow i don't think president harris would be launching an explicit war for oil
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"F--- you and your investigation" said Ruben Gallego www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Defense Department says it is opening an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly
The investigation is related to the Arizona senator's participation in a video Democratic lawmakers made urging members of the military not to comply with "illegal orders."
www.nbcnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"F--- you and your investigation" said Ruben Gallego www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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"Bullies back down when you confront them" is not something it should have taken Dems this long to learn, but there you have it.
Dems win key messaging battles against Trump
Dems across the ideological spectrum are taking him on and emerging stronger.
www.publicnotice.co
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"Bullies back down when you confront them" is not something it should have taken Dems this long to learn, but there you have it.