Paul Stone 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇩🇰
@ptstone.bsky.social
Progressive, pro-democracy nerd.
We can't control everything in this world. What we can control is what we focus on. As we confront a difficult reality, let's all stay present in our own lives and with our loved ones.
We can't control everything in this world. What we can control is what we focus on. As we confront a difficult reality, let's all stay present in our own lives and with our loved ones.
Pinned
This is barbaric.
3 Questions:
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
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1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This is barbaric.
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I've got new details coming soon on what lawmakers saw on the video of the second strike and what they heard in the classified briefing today. It's deeply unnerving stuff. Stay tuned.
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I've got new details coming soon on what lawmakers saw on the video of the second strike and what they heard in the classified briefing today. It's deeply unnerving stuff. Stay tuned.
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The enemy is always aristocracy. It changes shape to fit whatever society we’re in, but the desire for it is endemic for certain types of people. You must learn to hate it as much as it hates you.
"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds reut.rs/3MFJWnW
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The enemy is always aristocracy. It changes shape to fit whatever society we’re in, but the desire for it is endemic for certain types of people. You must learn to hate it as much as it hates you.
Obama followed Bush in paving the way for Trump’s campaign of murder on the high seas. Each administration pushed the boundaries of state secrecy and executive power until it had been twisted into what it is today.
"whether President Obama’s lawyers like it or not, echoes of the Aulaqi memo can be clearly heard in the Trump administration’s deeply unserious justifications regarding imminence and the boat strikes" www.justsecurity.org/124776/secre...
From Secret Law (2001-2024) to None at All (2025-present)
The Trump administration's lethal strikes are the apotheosis of the last quarter century's often always secret and often unreviewable executive branch legal reasoning.
www.justsecurity.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Obama followed Bush in paving the way for Trump’s campaign of murder on the high seas. Each administration pushed the boundaries of state secrecy and executive power until it had been twisted into what it is today.
White people are always the victims. /s
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
White people are always the victims. /s
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December 2, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Russian linked shadow fleet tanker Mersin (IMO 9428683) currently sinking off West Africa.
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Russian linked shadow fleet tanker Mersin (IMO 9428683) currently sinking off West Africa.
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
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No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
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For those who still hasn’t seen or watched this vid of #KatieJohnson tell her experience with Donald Trump the Pedo-Predator President, here is the full 29 minutes of devastating details. I believe her. #Pinks
#SheShed
#ImpeachRemoveConvictTrump
youtu.be/Qk38JAwEUOg?...
#SheShed
#ImpeachRemoveConvictTrump
youtu.be/Qk38JAwEUOg?...
Katie Johnson’s Full Testimony Of 2/11/16 #donaldtrump #elonmusk #epsteinisland #jeffreyepstein
YouTube video by CRAZ DAYZ808X
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
For those who still hasn’t seen or watched this vid of #KatieJohnson tell her experience with Donald Trump the Pedo-Predator President, here is the full 29 minutes of devastating details. I believe her. #Pinks
#SheShed
#ImpeachRemoveConvictTrump
youtu.be/Qk38JAwEUOg?...
#SheShed
#ImpeachRemoveConvictTrump
youtu.be/Qk38JAwEUOg?...
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Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
I like this concept. What’s Kristi Noem? Secretary of Kidnapping?
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I like this concept. What’s Kristi Noem? Secretary of Kidnapping?
Some really great ideas here. California needs to guarantee that voters don’t have to wait more than 30 minutes in line. We often have horrendous lines late on Election Day at certain polling places.
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Some really great ideas here. California needs to guarantee that voters don’t have to wait more than 30 minutes in line. We often have horrendous lines late on Election Day at certain polling places.
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I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
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“Don’t do it! Don’t do it!” Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.2.1 try to drive straight past a ‘Do Not Enter’ sign.
Elon Musk’s defective software must be banned.
Elon Musk’s defective software must be banned.
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“Don’t do it! Don’t do it!” Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.2.1 try to drive straight past a ‘Do Not Enter’ sign.
Elon Musk’s defective software must be banned.
Elon Musk’s defective software must be banned.
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Some of you sickos have been waiting all year for this 🫶 TPM’s annual Golden Dukes award season has begun! Send us your nominations as we celebrate those who gave us new highs (lows) in the field of political corruption this year.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Some of you sickos have been waiting all year for this 🫶 TPM’s annual Golden Dukes award season has begun! Send us your nominations as we celebrate those who gave us new highs (lows) in the field of political corruption this year.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/its-t...
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Coaching the Russians on how to stroke Trump. Good advice for the Ukrainian side as well.
The audio leak of Steve Witkoff advising the Russian side what to do, what to say and how to progress is nothing more but collaboration with Moscow, probably even more. It further confirms what I was writing on Sunday when the US Senators were actively rejected this.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Coaching the Russians on how to stroke Trump. Good advice for the Ukrainian side as well.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Brexit was the best of both worlds for the UK - integration into the European economy but with their own currency. They didn’t appreciate what they had.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Brexit was the best of both worlds for the UK - integration into the European economy but with their own currency. They didn’t appreciate what they had.
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Video suggests that "the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
Must read, especially for journalists: A recent federal court opinion about how DHS is "simply not credible". Extended excerpts here:
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Video suggests that "the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
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Finally, the media worm is turning on Trump:
*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls
On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls
On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Finally, the media worm is turning on Trump:
*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls
On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls
On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.