@mattpiper.bsky.social
100％ every word Gail says here
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 AM
100％ every word Gail says here
@democrats.senate.gov
Defund, defund, defund!
DO NOT allow the Department of Homeland Security funding bill to pass.
This is totalitarianism vs democracy. The time is now to be a true opposition party.
Use every tool at your disposal. Failure is not an option.
Do not blow this opportunity.
Defund, defund, defund!
DO NOT allow the Department of Homeland Security funding bill to pass.
This is totalitarianism vs democracy. The time is now to be a true opposition party.
Use every tool at your disposal. Failure is not an option.
Do not blow this opportunity.
January 14, 2026 at 9:19 PM
@democrats.senate.gov
Defund, defund, defund!
DO NOT allow the Department of Homeland Security funding bill to pass.
This is totalitarianism vs democracy. The time is now to be a true opposition party.
Use every tool at your disposal. Failure is not an option.
Do not blow this opportunity.
Defund, defund, defund!
DO NOT allow the Department of Homeland Security funding bill to pass.
This is totalitarianism vs democracy. The time is now to be a true opposition party.
Use every tool at your disposal. Failure is not an option.
Do not blow this opportunity.
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Immigration officers received a "legal refresher" reminding them that personal insults and rude gestures are legal, per documents leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Immigration officers received a "legal refresher" reminding them that personal insults and rude gestures are legal, per documents leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
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Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
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Have you ever been mocked by a woman? Wanted to kill her? President Trump thinks you are ICE material.
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Have you ever been mocked by a woman? Wanted to kill her? President Trump thinks you are ICE material.
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Hard to overstate what a remarkable statement this is from a Republican senator — even a retiring one — accusing thte Trump White House of weaponizing DOJ to control the Fed:
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Hard to overstate what a remarkable statement this is from a Republican senator — even a retiring one — accusing thte Trump White House of weaponizing DOJ to control the Fed:
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
this is escalating quickly
Please understand what it means when journalists are evacuating their family members out of town.
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 2:20 AM
this is escalating quickly
How to respond to a bully.
Unfortunately the U.S. Congress is primarily composed of self-serving cowards, so we are unaccustomed to hearing such responses in the U.S.
Unfortunately the U.S. Congress is primarily composed of self-serving cowards, so we are unaccustomed to hearing such responses in the U.S.
Gunther Fehlinger, chairman of the Austria Committee for NATO Enlargement, to United States: "If you take it, we will take every single base of the US from Aviano to Ramstein, from Romania to all the other military bases, will be confiscated and you will lost it." "If you go extreme, we go extreme"
January 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
How to respond to a bully.
Unfortunately the U.S. Congress is primarily composed of self-serving cowards, so we are unaccustomed to hearing such responses in the U.S.
Unfortunately the U.S. Congress is primarily composed of self-serving cowards, so we are unaccustomed to hearing such responses in the U.S.
He states it quite clearly and plainly.
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 10:56 PM
He states it quite clearly and plainly.
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The swastika is the ultimate symbol of hatred and serves as a call for the annihilation of the Jewish people.
The noose is a dark reminder of the horrors of slavery and Jim Crow lynchings in America.
Neither symbol is has any place in our society, especially our armed services.
The noose is a dark reminder of the horrors of slavery and Jim Crow lynchings in America.
Neither symbol is has any place in our society, especially our armed services.
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The swastika is the ultimate symbol of hatred and serves as a call for the annihilation of the Jewish people.
The noose is a dark reminder of the horrors of slavery and Jim Crow lynchings in America.
Neither symbol is has any place in our society, especially our armed services.
The noose is a dark reminder of the horrors of slavery and Jim Crow lynchings in America.
Neither symbol is has any place in our society, especially our armed services.
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Moderation as a strategy, "It's tapped out. There are no gains left to be had. ....I see anti-corruption as this very open lane for realignment," says @adambonica.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Transcript: Anti-Corruption Politics Are The Way to Crush Trumpism
Stanford political scientist Adam Bonica says trying to be more moderate is a dead end for Democrats and the solution is for the party to be seen as fighting against corruption, oligarchy and other il...
newrepublic.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Moderation as a strategy, "It's tapped out. There are no gains left to be had. ....I see anti-corruption as this very open lane for realignment," says @adambonica.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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I don't understand why this isn't the only story and why he isn't giving his resignation.
I mean, I do. But still.
How can the president. THE PRESIDENT. Of the United States of America. The. President.
I mean, I do. But still.
How can the president. THE PRESIDENT. Of the United States of America. The. President.
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I don't understand why this isn't the only story and why he isn't giving his resignation.
I mean, I do. But still.
How can the president. THE PRESIDENT. Of the United States of America. The. President.
I mean, I do. But still.
How can the president. THE PRESIDENT. Of the United States of America. The. President.
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There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
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November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
There sure are a lot of cops in this country. And a lot of federal agents.
There are still way, way more other people though.
There are still way, way more other people though.
October 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
There sure are a lot of cops in this country. And a lot of federal agents.
There are still way, way more other people though.
There are still way, way more other people though.
I haven't seen a single one of my Christian, Trump-voting friends or family members say a God Damned Word about ANY of this. Not one word. Oh but they love everybody. No exceptions. And they get pissed if you suggest they are racist.
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I haven't seen a single one of my Christian, Trump-voting friends or family members say a God Damned Word about ANY of this. Not one word. Oh but they love everybody. No exceptions. And they get pissed if you suggest they are racist.
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Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
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What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
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This has been coming from the beginning. All major democracy-supporting NGOs and foundations have their legal complaints already drafted. And in time, perhaps not even much time, they will win their cases. What is needed most in the meantime is courage. Keep saying what you think, doing what you do.
Stephen Miler is open about what's coming: a federal law enforcement crackdown on its political opponents
September 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This has been coming from the beginning. All major democracy-supporting NGOs and foundations have their legal complaints already drafted. And in time, perhaps not even much time, they will win their cases. What is needed most in the meantime is courage. Keep saying what you think, doing what you do.
Our press and other news media have already failed us into fascism.
Honestly people who believed the initial @wsj.com lies about the bullets just failed a basic media literacy test.
The WSJ is just printing white wing press releases and if you don’t know that by now I don’t know what to tell you.
The WSJ is just printing white wing press releases and if you don’t know that by now I don’t know what to tell you.
September 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Our press and other news media have already failed us into fascism.
I truly appreciate this from @mayor.lacity.gov. Now if the Mayor could please effectively direct the LAPD to protect us, instead of firing non-lethal rounds at our heads, gassing us, and beating us with truncheons when we peacefully protest, that would be great.
Justice Sotomayor said it best in her dissent:
“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, & appears to work a low wage job.”
We will not be divided. We will not stop fighting to protect our communities.
“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, & appears to work a low wage job.”
We will not be divided. We will not stop fighting to protect our communities.
September 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I truly appreciate this from @mayor.lacity.gov. Now if the Mayor could please effectively direct the LAPD to protect us, instead of firing non-lethal rounds at our heads, gassing us, and beating us with truncheons when we peacefully protest, that would be great.
@democrats.senate.gov
We need to name and shame every House Democrat who voted to continue providing weapons to the murderous regime in Israel.
We need to name and shame every House Democrat who voted to continue providing weapons to the murderous regime in Israel.
July 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
@democrats.senate.gov
We need to name and shame every House Democrat who voted to continue providing weapons to the murderous regime in Israel.
We need to name and shame every House Democrat who voted to continue providing weapons to the murderous regime in Israel.