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...
GIFT article
She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
A Missouri grandma and legal resident (from Ireland) spent five months in a detention camp for a decade-old misdemeanor.
(I used to subscribe to WaPo, but cancelled. Don't know why I still have access.)
wapo.st/4tFeqry
She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
A Missouri grandma and legal resident (from Ireland) spent five months in a detention camp for a decade-old misdemeanor.
(I used to subscribe to WaPo, but cancelled. Don't know why I still have access.)
wapo.st/4tFeqry
She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
A Missouri grandma and lawful resident spent months in detention for a decade-old misdemeanor, underscoring the massive scope of the administration’s deportation efforts.
wapo.st
February 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
GIFT article
She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
A Missouri grandma and legal resident (from Ireland) spent five months in a detention camp for a decade-old misdemeanor.
(I used to subscribe to WaPo, but cancelled. Don't know why I still have access.)
wapo.st/4tFeqry
She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
A Missouri grandma and legal resident (from Ireland) spent five months in a detention camp for a decade-old misdemeanor.
(I used to subscribe to WaPo, but cancelled. Don't know why I still have access.)
wapo.st/4tFeqry
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Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.
What are the non-financial risks of a climate vulnerable home?
1 of 2
Ethan Fletcher hits the nail on the head here.
"An ever-present, low-level strain based on the awareness that your home and, in some ways, your life are built on a non-solid foundation."
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
1 of 2
Ethan Fletcher hits the nail on the head here.
"An ever-present, low-level strain based on the awareness that your home and, in some ways, your life are built on a non-solid foundation."
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
What are the non-financial risks of a climate vulnerable home?
There are good reasons to conceptualize climate vulnerability in financial terms, but there's a lot we may miss in the process
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
What are the non-financial risks of a climate vulnerable home?
1 of 2
Ethan Fletcher hits the nail on the head here.
"An ever-present, low-level strain based on the awareness that your home and, in some ways, your life are built on a non-solid foundation."
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
1 of 2
Ethan Fletcher hits the nail on the head here.
"An ever-present, low-level strain based on the awareness that your home and, in some ways, your life are built on a non-solid foundation."
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
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They Didn’t Convince Them. It's Worse Than That. They Conditioned Them.
The RW angertainment industry conditioned MAGA to hate.
open.substack.com/pub/frankgeo...
The RW angertainment industry conditioned MAGA to hate.
open.substack.com/pub/frankgeo...
They Didn’t Convince Them. It's Worse Than That. They Conditioned Them.
How Fear Gets Installed, Stabilized, and Weaponized.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
They Didn’t Convince Them. It's Worse Than That. They Conditioned Them.
The RW angertainment industry conditioned MAGA to hate.
open.substack.com/pub/frankgeo...
The RW angertainment industry conditioned MAGA to hate.
open.substack.com/pub/frankgeo...
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If you're pissing of DeSantis, you must be doing something right! Bravo NAACP, Human Rights Campaign, Equality Florida
LULAC & Florida Immigrant Coalition.
LULAC & Florida Immigrant Coalition.
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
If you're pissing of DeSantis, you must be doing something right! Bravo NAACP, Human Rights Campaign, Equality Florida
LULAC & Florida Immigrant Coalition.
LULAC & Florida Immigrant Coalition.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Claudia Long, R.I.P.
February 7, 1950 – February 11, 2026
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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Pam Bondi just laughed when asked if she would apologize to Epstein Survivors.
February 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Pam Bondi just laughed when asked if she would apologize to Epstein Survivors.
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The FBI - now run by online influencers, hair tonic salesmen, and talk show hosts - has become a shell of its former self. The next President is going to have an enormous job to rebuild it.
February 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The FBI - now run by online influencers, hair tonic salesmen, and talk show hosts - has become a shell of its former self. The next President is going to have an enormous job to rebuild it.
"Stay on the air. Stay big. No state TV." A conversation with Rachel Maddow
Also, Rachel reveals the subject of her work-in-progress new book!
from Grounded Podcast Substack (John Tester and veteran reporter Maritsa Georgiou)
You should subscribe to this pod!
open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
Also, Rachel reveals the subject of her work-in-progress new book!
from Grounded Podcast Substack (John Tester and veteran reporter Maritsa Georgiou)
You should subscribe to this pod!
open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
"Stay on the air. Stay big. No state TV." A conversation with Rachel Maddow
A recording from Grounded Podcast's live video
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"Stay on the air. Stay big. No state TV." A conversation with Rachel Maddow
Also, Rachel reveals the subject of her work-in-progress new book!
from Grounded Podcast Substack (John Tester and veteran reporter Maritsa Georgiou)
You should subscribe to this pod!
open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
Also, Rachel reveals the subject of her work-in-progress new book!
from Grounded Podcast Substack (John Tester and veteran reporter Maritsa Georgiou)
You should subscribe to this pod!
open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
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During her 11 months as the de facto leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake has wasted millions of dollars and done profound damage to America’s foreign broadcasters, and to America’s ability to communicate with the world
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve?
The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.
www.theatlantic.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
During her 11 months as the de facto leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake has wasted millions of dollars and done profound damage to America’s foreign broadcasters, and to America’s ability to communicate with the world
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
GIFT article.
How the Lightning reopened their Cup window and re-emerged as an NHL dynasty
(The greatest hockey writer of all time, Joe Smith, writes about our oft-ignored Bolts. 😁😁 I guess The Athletic, in their infinite wisdom, heard about the outdoor game 🤣)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
How the Lightning reopened their Cup window and re-emerged as an NHL dynasty
(The greatest hockey writer of all time, Joe Smith, writes about our oft-ignored Bolts. 😁😁 I guess The Athletic, in their infinite wisdom, heard about the outdoor game 🤣)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
How the Lightning reopened their Cup window and re-emerged as the NHL’s ‘modern-day dynasty’ (Gift Article)
After beating the back-to-back champs in another bloody, brutal Battle of Florida on Thursday, Tampa Bay hits the break on a 19-1-1 tear.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
GIFT article.
How the Lightning reopened their Cup window and re-emerged as an NHL dynasty
(The greatest hockey writer of all time, Joe Smith, writes about our oft-ignored Bolts. 😁😁 I guess The Athletic, in their infinite wisdom, heard about the outdoor game 🤣)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
How the Lightning reopened their Cup window and re-emerged as an NHL dynasty
(The greatest hockey writer of all time, Joe Smith, writes about our oft-ignored Bolts. 😁😁 I guess The Athletic, in their infinite wisdom, heard about the outdoor game 🤣)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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8/ For more on what kids are experiencing inside the Dilley detention center, read the full story by reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social:
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
8/ For more on what kids are experiencing inside the Dilley detention center, read the full story by reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social:
GIFT article.
America's Annoyance Economy Is Growing
by Annie Lowrey
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
America's Annoyance Economy Is Growing
by Annie Lowrey
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
America’s Annoyance Economy Is Growing
The government should protect consumers instead of annoying them.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
GIFT article.
America's Annoyance Economy Is Growing
by Annie Lowrey
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
America's Annoyance Economy Is Growing
by Annie Lowrey
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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As @hebagowayed.bsky.social and I wrote in our Guardian article on abolishing ICE, this is Homan threatening to gun down Americans for using their free speech rights to accurately describe ICE as fascist secret police.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
As @hebagowayed.bsky.social and I wrote in our Guardian article on abolishing ICE, this is Homan threatening to gun down Americans for using their free speech rights to accurately describe ICE as fascist secret police.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
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This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
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update: ice gone, fled in a bunch of vehicles, no plates. on our street - OUR STREET. buncha cowards, trying to abduct someone from their vehicle is what I heard.
February 8, 2026 at 8:43 PM
update: ice gone, fled in a bunch of vehicles, no plates. on our street - OUR STREET. buncha cowards, trying to abduct someone from their vehicle is what I heard.
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Lake Erie’s Ice sheet is near record ice cover due to extreme-prolonged cold, and as the wind increases behind a cold front the #ice cracks in half on satellite! #lakeerie #cleveland #buffalo #freeze
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Lake Erie’s Ice sheet is near record ice cover due to extreme-prolonged cold, and as the wind increases behind a cold front the #ice cracks in half on satellite! #lakeerie #cleveland #buffalo #freeze
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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Winter Olympic Games (Series, 1924 - )
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Winter Olympic Games (Series, 1924 - )