Bay State Wiz
@paulrb51.bsky.social
Retired prof, husband, father to 2 wonderful girls. Music enthusiast. Not ready to give up on America just yet. 🇺🇸🇺🇸✊🏻✊🏽✊❤️❤️
North Shore Boston.
North Shore Boston.
Gift NYT article on immigrant hero who disarmed Bondi Beach shooter. A real ray of light in all this darkness.
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Syrian-Born Australian Who Tackled Bondi Gunman Hailed as Hero
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December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Gift NYT article on immigrant hero who disarmed Bondi Beach shooter. A real ray of light in all this darkness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
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This is beyond despicable.
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is beyond despicable.
I found this article by a Chinese dissident on how to fight authoritarianism to be instructive and inspiring. Hope you do too!
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I’m a Chinese pro-democracy activist. Here’s how to find courage to oppose Trump | Yaqiu Wang
While acting on your moral convictions can be risky, it can also feel profoundly good
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December 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I found this article by a Chinese dissident on how to fight authoritarianism to be instructive and inspiring. Hope you do too!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The U of Texas Austin was, until recently, a great public university. No more. I can’t imagine what it must be like for faculty there, especially in the social sciences.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway
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December 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The U of Texas Austin was, until recently, a great public university. No more. I can’t imagine what it must be like for faculty there, especially in the social sciences.
Students studying for exams are the newest victims.
Is there any limit to the level of gun violence that our nation will tolerate?
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Is there any limit to the level of gun violence that our nation will tolerate?
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LIVE UPDATES: 2 dead, 8 critically hurt in Brown University shooting, manhunt underway
A deadly shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, sparked a massive manhunt Saturday. Get live updates on what happened here.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Students studying for exams are the newest victims.
Is there any limit to the level of gun violence that our nation will tolerate?
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/a...
Is there any limit to the level of gun violence that our nation will tolerate?
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/a...
I am really enjoying watching MAGA destroy itself! 🥤🍿❤️❤️❤️
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Amid Fractures on the Right, Tucker Carlson Continues His Attacks
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December 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I am really enjoying watching MAGA destroy itself! 🥤🍿❤️❤️❤️
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Indiana Senate says NO to redistricting after Trump threatens to cancel federal aid to state. Thank you, senators! ❤️❤️❤️
BREAKING: Indiana Senate rejects Trump's redistricting effort
Indiana Senate rejects Trump's redistricting effort
The redistricting bill would have likely given the GOP two more seats in Congress.
www.axios.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Indiana Senate says NO to redistricting after Trump threatens to cancel federal aid to state. Thank you, senators! ❤️❤️❤️
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Congratulations to Eileen Higgins for flipping the mayor’s seat in Miami! She will be the first woman in the city’s history and the first Democrat in nearly 30 years.
We are soooo going to flip the House next year.
We are soooo going to flip the House next year.
With her runoff victory tonight, Eileen Higgins will be Miami's next mayor—the first woman in the city’s history and the first Democrat in nearly 30 years elected to the office.
Congrats, Mayor-elect!
Congrats, Mayor-elect!
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Congratulations to Eileen Higgins for flipping the mayor’s seat in Miami! She will be the first woman in the city’s history and the first Democrat in nearly 30 years.
We are soooo going to flip the House next year.
We are soooo going to flip the House next year.
Taxpayers forced to bail out Trump to the tune of $12B in order to save US farmers from Trump’s insane tariffs. Any one who thinks this is good agriculture policy should have his/her head examined.
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White House announces $12 billion farmer bailout package
Farmers are expected to start receiving the funds in February, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Monday.
www.politico.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Taxpayers forced to bail out Trump to the tune of $12B in order to save US farmers from Trump’s insane tariffs. Any one who thinks this is good agriculture policy should have his/her head examined.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Agreed. Kiss sucks.
There is nothing less rock and roll than kissing a despot's ass.
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Agreed. Kiss sucks.
Good advice. Thanks! ❤️
It’s all so exhausting but stay engaged even when the news feels like a migraine wearing a trench coat. Authoritarianism counts on exhaustion. Democracy depends on very boring persistence.
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Good advice. Thanks! ❤️
This is disgusting and wrong and must be opposed.
"We take house after house. When we finish the job, we will go to the NEXT neighbourhood!" - Israeli settler
A settler casually outlines the Israeli project: house by house, neighborhood by neighborhood, until Palestine is a memory. This is Zionism—it's erasure, celebrated in real time.
A settler casually outlines the Israeli project: house by house, neighborhood by neighborhood, until Palestine is a memory. This is Zionism—it's erasure, celebrated in real time.
December 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is disgusting and wrong and must be opposed.
NYT: Data show few immigrants detained by ICE have a criminal record. So much for deporting only “the worst of the worst.”
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ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record (Gift Article)
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
NYT: Data show few immigrants detained by ICE have a criminal record. So much for deporting only “the worst of the worst.”
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Horrendous.
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
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December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Horrendous.
Thank You, Aftyn! ❤️
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Thank You, Aftyn! ❤️
Stupidity is their brand.
Hundreds of millions. Wow, that's a lot. That's more than have died in every single war combined in the entire world since 1900.
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Stupidity is their brand.
The Coward Hegseth is setting up Admiral Bradley to take the fall.
It won’t work. Pete is going to prison.
It won’t work. Pete is going to prison.
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Coward Hegseth is setting up Admiral Bradley to take the fall.
It won’t work. Pete is going to prison.
It won’t work. Pete is going to prison.
Let’s GO, Tennessee!!!
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VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Let’s GO, Tennessee!!!
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Man, wouldn't it be great if the majority of folks in #TN-7 voted their conscience & sent @aftynbehn.bsky.social to Congress?
HOW 'BOUT A LITTLE COUNTRY OVER PARTY, TENNESSEE?! WOOT! 🇺🇸🔥
HOW 'BOUT A LITTLE COUNTRY OVER PARTY, TENNESSEE?! WOOT! 🇺🇸🔥
VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Man, wouldn't it be great if the majority of folks in #TN-7 voted their conscience & sent @aftynbehn.bsky.social to Congress?
HOW 'BOUT A LITTLE COUNTRY OVER PARTY, TENNESSEE?! WOOT! 🇺🇸🔥
HOW 'BOUT A LITTLE COUNTRY OVER PARTY, TENNESSEE?! WOOT! 🇺🇸🔥
Things are not going well for Trump at this point. In many ways, on many levels. So he’s throwing Hegseth under the bus.
Pete is going to prison.
Pete is going to prison.
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Things are not going well for Trump at this point. In many ways, on many levels. So he’s throwing Hegseth under the bus.
Pete is going to prison.
Pete is going to prison.
Without warning & for no reason, a Boston college student is detained & deported by ICE as she is about to fly home to visit her parents in Texas.
This is insane! Americans don’t support this kind of mindless cruelty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
This is insane! Americans don’t support this kind of mindless cruelty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
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December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Without warning & for no reason, a Boston college student is detained & deported by ICE as she is about to fly home to visit her parents in Texas.
This is insane! Americans don’t support this kind of mindless cruelty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
This is insane! Americans don’t support this kind of mindless cruelty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Looks like some key GOP members in Congress are not buying Trump’s criminal boat strikes.
Pete, remember Trump may have immunity from war crimes. You do NOT.
Gift NYT article.
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Pete, remember Trump may have immunity from war crimes. You do NOT.
Gift NYT article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
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December 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Looks like some key GOP members in Congress are not buying Trump’s criminal boat strikes.
Pete, remember Trump may have immunity from war crimes. You do NOT.
Gift NYT article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Pete, remember Trump may have immunity from war crimes. You do NOT.
Gift NYT article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
If you live in Tennessee, CD 7, please get out there Tuesday & vote for Democrat *Aftyn Behn* for Congress! Save our democracy! ❤️✊🏻✊🏼✊🏾
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If you live in Tennessee, CD 7, please get out there Tuesday & vote for Democrat *Aftyn Behn* for Congress! Save our democracy! ❤️✊🏻✊🏼✊🏾
This is the guy Trump wants to pardon. So much for giving a shit about protecting America from illegal drugs
Gift article from NYT.
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Gift article from NYT.
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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November 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This is the guy Trump wants to pardon. So much for giving a shit about protecting America from illegal drugs
Gift article from NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Gift article from NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
And he WILL be held accountable.
Andy McCarthy in National Review: if the WaPo account is accurate, then Hegseth committed either a grave war crime or an unprivileged homicide, that is, ordinary murder. www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...
‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense | National Review
The laws of war, incorporated in the federal war crimes statute, prohibit the killing of people who have been rendered hors de combat.
www.nationalreview.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
And he WILL be held accountable.