nomandates
@nomandates.bsky.social
Democratic Texan. Self-appointed arbiter of who does not have a mandate.
"If we do not wake up to this threat, then we, as a country, will die in our sleep."-Beto O'Rourke (8/15/2019)
Slava Ukraini!
"If we do not wake up to this threat, then we, as a country, will die in our sleep."-Beto O'Rourke (8/15/2019)
Slava Ukraini!
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@nomandates.bsky.social
· Jul 5
Must read: David Pepper's 🧵 on the racist history of referring to certain humans, including children, as "alligator bait."
Please also read his full post at substack: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
Please also read his full post at substack: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
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My friend @governorwalz.mn.gov has been a dedicated public servant from his time in the National Guard to Governor of Minnesota.
Everywhere he goes he carries with him his Midwestern values of kindness and standing up for working families.
Thankful for his service and sacrifice.
Everywhere he goes he carries with him his Midwestern values of kindness and standing up for working families.
Thankful for his service and sacrifice.
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 PM
My friend @governorwalz.mn.gov has been a dedicated public servant from his time in the National Guard to Governor of Minnesota.
Everywhere he goes he carries with him his Midwestern values of kindness and standing up for working families.
Thankful for his service and sacrifice.
Everywhere he goes he carries with him his Midwestern values of kindness and standing up for working families.
Thankful for his service and sacrifice.
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Minnesota has to come first - always.
Today, I’m proud of the work we’ve done to make Minnesota the best place to live and raise kids.
I’ve decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work.
Today, I’m proud of the work we’ve done to make Minnesota the best place to live and raise kids.
I’ve decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work.
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Minnesota has to come first - always.
Today, I’m proud of the work we’ve done to make Minnesota the best place to live and raise kids.
I’ve decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work.
Today, I’m proud of the work we’ve done to make Minnesota the best place to live and raise kids.
I’ve decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work.
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Secretary Rubio basically said the use of military force would not occur without first coming to Congress to get authorization.
He needs to explain why he straight up lied to Congress.
He needs to explain why he straight up lied to Congress.
January 5, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Secretary Rubio basically said the use of military force would not occur without first coming to Congress to get authorization.
He needs to explain why he straight up lied to Congress.
He needs to explain why he straight up lied to Congress.
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
January 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
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Something I think about sometimes is how my grandparents - who both grew up during the Depression - spent virtually nothing on non-necessities. They were frugal about food, clothing, utilities, transportation. But they spent basically $0 on everything else. No cable t.v. Got books from the library.
Sometimes I worry about how much this "affordability" crisis is self-inflicted. We got a taste of that possibility with the "burrito taxi" debate. People admitting to spending insane amounts of money on take out and coming up with bizarre reasons for why it was the government's fault. 1/
My partner and I were looking for a short term loans a couple months ago because we had a bunch of medical stuff hit us at once and... yeah. I looked on some reddit threads to see if this or that company was legit and sooo many were talking about using it for gambling debt & day trading! 😱
January 5, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Something I think about sometimes is how my grandparents - who both grew up during the Depression - spent virtually nothing on non-necessities. They were frugal about food, clothing, utilities, transportation. But they spent basically $0 on everything else. No cable t.v. Got books from the library.
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Minnesota political leaders from both parties condemned a social media post Saturday by President Donald Trump that amplified a baseless conspiracy theory.
Minnesota leaders condemn Trump post promoting false theory about Hortman killing
Officials across party lines are denouncing the conspiracy falsely accusing Gov. Tim Walz.
bit.ly
January 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Minnesota political leaders from both parties condemned a social media post Saturday by President Donald Trump that amplified a baseless conspiracy theory.
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
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I’m disgusted by Donald Trump’s posts.
Melissa and Mark Hortman were violently taken from us. Their family deserves respect and privacy as they grieve this unthinkable loss.
Americans deserve a president who condemns political violence, not spreads conspiracy theories that inspire it. Enough.
Melissa and Mark Hortman were violently taken from us. Their family deserves respect and privacy as they grieve this unthinkable loss.
Americans deserve a president who condemns political violence, not spreads conspiracy theories that inspire it. Enough.
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 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I’m disgusted by Donald Trump’s posts.
Melissa and Mark Hortman were violently taken from us. Their family deserves respect and privacy as they grieve this unthinkable loss.
Americans deserve a president who condemns political violence, not spreads conspiracy theories that inspire it. Enough.
Melissa and Mark Hortman were violently taken from us. Their family deserves respect and privacy as they grieve this unthinkable loss.
Americans deserve a president who condemns political violence, not spreads conspiracy theories that inspire it. Enough.
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A regime that accidentally shared military attack plans with a reporter says it can't follow the law and consult Congress because it's worried about leaks.
January 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A regime that accidentally shared military attack plans with a reporter says it can't follow the law and consult Congress because it's worried about leaks.
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I mean a guy can't even kidnap a foreign leader in an unauthorized military operation without getting criticized anymore
Some Democrats hate that their party is largely positioning itself in opposition to the operation that resulted in Maduro's capture.
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"It looks weak": Some Democrats want their party to shut up and clap for Maduro's capture
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," fumed one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I mean a guy can't even kidnap a foreign leader in an unauthorized military operation without getting criticized anymore
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Dan Bongino has departed FBI, per statement
January 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Dan Bongino has departed FBI, per statement
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After every war
someone has to tidy up.
Things won’t pick
themselves up, after all.
Someone has to shove
the rubble to the roadsides
so the carts loaded with corpses
can get by.
-Wisława Szymborska, “The End and the Beginning” (t. Cavanagh & Barańczak)
#everynightapoem #war
someone has to tidy up.
Things won’t pick
themselves up, after all.
Someone has to shove
the rubble to the roadsides
so the carts loaded with corpses
can get by.
-Wisława Szymborska, “The End and the Beginning” (t. Cavanagh & Barańczak)
#everynightapoem #war
June 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
After every war
someone has to tidy up.
Things won’t pick
themselves up, after all.
Someone has to shove
the rubble to the roadsides
so the carts loaded with corpses
can get by.
-Wisława Szymborska, “The End and the Beginning” (t. Cavanagh & Barańczak)
#everynightapoem #war
someone has to tidy up.
Things won’t pick
themselves up, after all.
Someone has to shove
the rubble to the roadsides
so the carts loaded with corpses
can get by.
-Wisława Szymborska, “The End and the Beginning” (t. Cavanagh & Barańczak)
#everynightapoem #war
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Don’t be fooled: you can’t both claim this was simply the execution of an arrest warrant AND say the U.S. is now "running" Venezuela & grabbing its oil resources.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
January 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Don’t be fooled: you can’t both claim this was simply the execution of an arrest warrant AND say the U.S. is now "running" Venezuela & grabbing its oil resources.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
Trump just admitted this was a clear regime-change play to enrich U.S. oil companies & his billionaire buddies.
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No one knows what will happen from here, and we hope for the best, but it’s shocking to have violently overthrown a government and invaded a country explicitly vowing to not only take no displaced persons or refugees but send those already here back no matter how bad it gets.
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
No one knows what will happen from here, and we hope for the best, but it’s shocking to have violently overthrown a government and invaded a country explicitly vowing to not only take no displaced persons or refugees but send those already here back no matter how bad it gets.
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The indictment against Maduro is about cocaine. If we had an honest White House Press Corps, every press interview Trump did would start with why he pardoned a narco terrorist president who imported 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The indictment against Maduro is about cocaine. If we had an honest White House Press Corps, every press interview Trump did would start with why he pardoned a narco terrorist president who imported 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.
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I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
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thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…”
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…”
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
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Pete: he f’d around and he found out
In case you were wondering if this presser could get any more embarrassing, yeah it did
In case you were wondering if this presser could get any more embarrassing, yeah it did
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Pete: he f’d around and he found out
In case you were wondering if this presser could get any more embarrassing, yeah it did
In case you were wondering if this presser could get any more embarrassing, yeah it did
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It's really fucking not.
Tom Cotton: "Congress isn't notified when the FBI is going to arrest a drug trafficker or cyber criminal here in the US, nor should Congress be notified when the executive branch is executing arrests on indicted persons. And that's really what you can make the analogy to here."
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
It's really fucking not.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.