P.J. Trombley
@ptrombley.bsky.social
Formerly Sunflower Seeds on twitter
1. Fox "news" is the ringleader of a multi-billion dollar agit-prop machine. 2. SLAVA UKRAINI! 3. Dogs rule. 4. Avid member of The Bulwark 5. TB Lightning HOCKEY! 6. Florida Water Family, Gulf of Mexico
1. Fox "news" is the ringleader of a multi-billion dollar agit-prop machine. 2. SLAVA UKRAINI! 3. Dogs rule. 4. Avid member of The Bulwark 5. TB Lightning HOCKEY! 6. Florida Water Family, Gulf of Mexico
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P.J. Trombley
@ptrombley.bsky.social
· Jan 4
Opinion | The Illuminations of Hannah Arendt (Gift Article)
Her work has taken on a new urgency in our own dark times.
www.nytimes.com
Gift article.
The Illuminations of Hannah Arendt
“Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information is guaranteed and the facts themselves are not in dispute.”
www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/o...
The Illuminations of Hannah Arendt
“Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information is guaranteed and the facts themselves are not in dispute.”
www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/o...
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If the Sep. 2 boat really had "narco-terrorists" on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn't a counter-terrorism campaign. It's a shooting gallery with helpless targets.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If the Sep. 2 boat really had "narco-terrorists" on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn't a counter-terrorism campaign. It's a shooting gallery with helpless targets.
Is it time for a New Deal?
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
Is it time for a New Deal?
It's time to re-examine the American social contract
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Is it time for a New Deal?
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
The Fog of Spin
Grrrrreat podcast! Really enjoyed this.
Answer-mailbag-questions podcast from Charlie Sykes.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Grrrrreat podcast! Really enjoyed this.
Answer-mailbag-questions podcast from Charlie Sykes.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Fog of Spin
Our weekend podcast and commentary.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The Fog of Spin
Grrrrreat podcast! Really enjoyed this.
Answer-mailbag-questions podcast from Charlie Sykes.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Grrrrreat podcast! Really enjoyed this.
Answer-mailbag-questions podcast from Charlie Sykes.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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It’s probably just a coincidence that Trump is decorating the Oval Office just like a parlor at Jeffrey Epstein’s house.
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It’s probably just a coincidence that Trump is decorating the Oval Office just like a parlor at Jeffrey Epstein’s house.
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Thank you for gifting access. Distressing but informative read.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thank you for gifting access. Distressing but informative read.
The Media Helped Trump Spread a Lie After the National Guard Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The Media Helped Trump Spread a Lie After the National Guard Shooting
The job of the media is to provide truth, which equals facts plus context.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Media Helped Trump Spread a Lie After the National Guard Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Leslie told her story about how the Affordable Care Act saved her and her family, and how devastating it will be if Republicans increase her premiums in January just because they want a big tax cut for their billionaire donors.
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Leslie told her story about how the Affordable Care Act saved her and her family, and how devastating it will be if Republicans increase her premiums in January just because they want a big tax cut for their billionaire donors.
GIFT article.
The "Useful Idiots" From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
The "Useful Idiots" From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
GIFT article.
The "Useful Idiots" From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
The "Useful Idiots" From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
The Republican Party Is a Transnational Criminal Organization
An article with receipts
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-republ...
An article with receipts
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-republ...
The Republican Party Is a Transnational Criminal Organization
Foreign governments and war criminals fund it, it serves their interests, and prosecutors must disband it, if it is not already too late.
cmarmitage.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Republican Party Is a Transnational Criminal Organization
An article with receipts
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-republ...
An article with receipts
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-republ...
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I cannot believe they sent Vladdy here but he made it, the leap into the slide is 🤌🏼
October 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I cannot believe they sent Vladdy here but he made it, the leap into the slide is 🤌🏼
Pete Hegseth, Moral Failure, and the Erosion of Military Legitimacy
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
Pete Hegseth, Moral Failure, and the Erosion of Military Legitimacy
Congress needs to find out if any laws were broken and who is responsible.
www.thebulwark.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Pete Hegseth, Moral Failure, and the Erosion of Military Legitimacy
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
GIFT article.
Reliable source: Michelle Goldberg
Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
Reliable source: Michelle Goldberg
Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
Opinion | Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 AM
GIFT article.
Reliable source: Michelle Goldberg
Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
Reliable source: Michelle Goldberg
Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
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An interesting #spaceweather story developing. Airbus has made a statement saying that “Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Flights disrupted as Airbus requests modifications to thousands of planes
About 6,000 plans are thought to be affected, about half the European aerospace giant's global fleet.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
An interesting #spaceweather story developing. Airbus has made a statement saying that “Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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You're a high ranking government official and you shouldn't make things up.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You're a high ranking government official and you shouldn't make things up.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
Remembering Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Honoring Her Service
by Mark Herling
(Reading this, the tears welled up.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/rememberin...
by Mark Herling
(Reading this, the tears welled up.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/rememberin...
Remembering Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Honoring Her Service
A soldier lost in Washington, and what her death means for those who served beside her.
www.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Remembering Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Honoring Her Service
by Mark Herling
(Reading this, the tears welled up.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/rememberin...
by Mark Herling
(Reading this, the tears welled up.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/rememberin...
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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This is a great article (gifted) and presents an objective and fact-based view of what’s happening.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump’s Plan Is Now Out in the Open
It’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is a great article (gifted) and presents an objective and fact-based view of what’s happening.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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If you live in or you know anyone in Tennessee’s 7th district, TODAY is the LAST day to vote early.
And tell everyone you know who hasn’t voted that it is all about turnout next Tuesday. We need as many people showing up to the polls. We can do this.
And tell everyone you know who hasn’t voted that it is all about turnout next Tuesday. We need as many people showing up to the polls. We can do this.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you live in or you know anyone in Tennessee’s 7th district, TODAY is the LAST day to vote early.
And tell everyone you know who hasn’t voted that it is all about turnout next Tuesday. We need as many people showing up to the polls. We can do this.
And tell everyone you know who hasn’t voted that it is all about turnout next Tuesday. We need as many people showing up to the polls. We can do this.
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"...cynicism and tribal loyalty have a way of replacing discernment with delusion."
GIFT article. You can read it for free without a paywall.
The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up Trump
plus, For the love of sentences...
By Frank Bruni
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up Trump
plus, For the love of sentences...
By Frank Bruni
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
"...cynicism and tribal loyalty have a way of replacing discernment with delusion."
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Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
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Keep asking the important questions.
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Keep asking the important questions.
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When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.