Garfield🎅Thelonius☃️Remington🎄III
@roscoegbarrel.bsky.social
He/him. Games, sports (Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics, Atlanta Falcons, NE Revolution, Newcastle), politics I guess, other stuff.
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In 2012 Trump was perfectly happy to refer to a transgender beauty contestant as a “young woman,” and to allow her and other transgender contestants to compete in his pageants, shrugging, “maybe she’ll win… and I feel fine with that decision.”
GOP anti-trans scapegoating is a cynical marketing ploy
GOP anti-trans scapegoating is a cynical marketing ploy
Think about this. Did you hear trans panic headlines in the 2000s? No.
Conservatives weren’t “worried” about trans people until the day they lost on Marriage Equality.
Once they realized most of us are just fine with gay marriage, they needed a new wedge issue and started attacking trans people.
Conservatives weren’t “worried” about trans people until the day they lost on Marriage Equality.
Once they realized most of us are just fine with gay marriage, they needed a new wedge issue and started attacking trans people.
I’m rewatching Mad About You & theres a joke where Ursula the ditzy waitress mistakes a recurring character for a post-op trans woman and immediately talks about how great she looks now, then deadnames her as part of a running joke at Ursula’s expense. In 1995. The great trans scare is manufactured.
December 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In 2012 Trump was perfectly happy to refer to a transgender beauty contestant as a “young woman,” and to allow her and other transgender contestants to compete in his pageants, shrugging, “maybe she’ll win… and I feel fine with that decision.”
GOP anti-trans scapegoating is a cynical marketing ploy
GOP anti-trans scapegoating is a cynical marketing ploy
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TikTok is going to be controlled by a group of right-wing billionaires. Great job, Joe Biden and congressional democrats, who joined (and stoked) the moral panic that initiated and then fed the process that has ended up here.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake.
December 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
TikTok is going to be controlled by a group of right-wing billionaires. Great job, Joe Biden and congressional democrats, who joined (and stoked) the moral panic that initiated and then fed the process that has ended up here.
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again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
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“…Rep. Sarah McBride has been a big and often stubborn advocate for the big tent theory. And yesterday, just after she stood on the steps of the Capitol poured her heart out with a very powerful and personal speech about her own experience as a trans person, that big tent collapsed in on her.”
For my newsletter, I wrote about how the Democratic Party "Big Tent" fell in on trans kids yesterday. www.burnsnotice.com/the-big-tent...
The Big Tent Collapses in on Us
Three Democrats crossed the aisle to join Republicans in passing a nationwide ban on gender affirming care for youth Wednesday evening
Well, it happened finally. After a vote swapping deal by Rep. Ma...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“…Rep. Sarah McBride has been a big and often stubborn advocate for the big tent theory. And yesterday, just after she stood on the steps of the Capitol poured her heart out with a very powerful and personal speech about her own experience as a trans person, that big tent collapsed in on her.”
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I had to watch Alabama's ban on gender affirming care for minors go into effect. It impacted multiple people in my life. It is cruel beyond words.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
This is possibly the most significant attack on trans rights in this country yet, and I can count the number of posts on my timeline about this on my hands.
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I had to watch Alabama's ban on gender affirming care for minors go into effect. It impacted multiple people in my life. It is cruel beyond words.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
@lowqualitybruins.bsky.social Something from last week's short shift just hit me for some reason; did one of you call the Fleet's goalie (Aerin Frankel) Angela Merkel?
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
@lowqualitybruins.bsky.social Something from last week's short shift just hit me for some reason; did one of you call the Fleet's goalie (Aerin Frankel) Angela Merkel?
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Trump has added new plaques under his ‘presidential walk of fame’ in the White House.
On Obama: “Barack Hussein Obama was the first Black President…One of the most divisive political figures in American history.”
On Biden: “Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History...”
On Obama: “Barack Hussein Obama was the first Black President…One of the most divisive political figures in American history.”
On Biden: “Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History...”
December 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Trump has added new plaques under his ‘presidential walk of fame’ in the White House.
On Obama: “Barack Hussein Obama was the first Black President…One of the most divisive political figures in American history.”
On Biden: “Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History...”
On Obama: “Barack Hussein Obama was the first Black President…One of the most divisive political figures in American history.”
On Biden: “Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History...”
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Republicans have successfully ended a student loan repayment program that provided a lifeline to Americans drowning in debt. “If you were totally screwed before now, you’re super screwed after.” From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social: trib.al/2rpUhC5
GOP Forcing Eight Million Student Loan Borrowers Into Repayment - The American Prospect
The most affordable of all the federal repayment programs is ending sooner than planned after Trump conspired with red-state attorneys general to kill it.
trib.al
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Republicans have successfully ended a student loan repayment program that provided a lifeline to Americans drowning in debt. “If you were totally screwed before now, you’re super screwed after.” From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social: trib.al/2rpUhC5
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another reminder that @governor.ca.gov is a monster that hates californians and children
Alabama rep cites Gavin Newson's vote to out trans kids to parents as precedent that the federal government should follow
December 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
another reminder that @governor.ca.gov is a monster that hates californians and children
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They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"
Before (left), after (right)
Before (left), after (right)
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"
Before (left), after (right)
Before (left), after (right)
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NEW STORY: Three nursing home residents died because employees of UnitedHealth Group helped delay or deny them critical hospital care, 2 pending lawsuits and a complaint to state authorities have alleged
🧵 on our 6,000 word story below:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
🧵 on our 6,000 word story below:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims
The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderly
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
NEW STORY: Three nursing home residents died because employees of UnitedHealth Group helped delay or deny them critical hospital care, 2 pending lawsuits and a complaint to state authorities have alleged
🧵 on our 6,000 word story below:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
🧵 on our 6,000 word story below:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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incredible stuff over at r/ididnthaveeggs
It’s a eggnog recipe
It’s a eggnog recipe
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
incredible stuff over at r/ididnthaveeggs
It’s a eggnog recipe
It’s a eggnog recipe
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still looking for a fluent Bulgarian speaker
hello do you speak fluent Bulgarian or know somebody who does? I could use your help. This is an earnest request
December 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
still looking for a fluent Bulgarian speaker
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Hey United in Green fans tonight you can join the fun @samlattof.bsky.social and I for our first ever watch along for the NCAA College Cup.VT Green players Gabe Fernandez and Alex Hall’s Washington Huskies take on NC State join in the fun @7pmest
@theblazingmusket.com
youtube.com/@unitedingre...
@theblazingmusket.com
youtube.com/@unitedingre...
UNITED IN GREEN
PODCAST FOR FOLKS THAT SUPPORT AND LOVE OUR CLUB VERMONT GREEN FC
youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Hey United in Green fans tonight you can join the fun @samlattof.bsky.social and I for our first ever watch along for the NCAA College Cup.VT Green players Gabe Fernandez and Alex Hall’s Washington Huskies take on NC State join in the fun @7pmest
@theblazingmusket.com
youtube.com/@unitedingre...
@theblazingmusket.com
youtube.com/@unitedingre...
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There should be a whole class of lawyers that specialize in suing the government on behalf of local businesses directly hurt by ICE/CBP. Let Republicans go into court and argue that they want to interfere with businesses.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
There should be a whole class of lawyers that specialize in suing the government on behalf of local businesses directly hurt by ICE/CBP. Let Republicans go into court and argue that they want to interfere with businesses.
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Two things:
*They are only cutting these funds in seven states that lean Democratic
*Support for people with disabilities was a relatively bipartisan position. Trump has repeatedly made clear he does not see them as people worthy of support or dignity.
*They are only cutting these funds in seven states that lean Democratic
*Support for people with disabilities was a relatively bipartisan position. Trump has repeatedly made clear he does not see them as people worthy of support or dignity.
"A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Born Deaf and Blind, She’s Caught in Trump’s Anti-Diversity Crusade
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Two things:
*They are only cutting these funds in seven states that lean Democratic
*Support for people with disabilities was a relatively bipartisan position. Trump has repeatedly made clear he does not see them as people worthy of support or dignity.
*They are only cutting these funds in seven states that lean Democratic
*Support for people with disabilities was a relatively bipartisan position. Trump has repeatedly made clear he does not see them as people worthy of support or dignity.
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if these kids were conservative influencers, it would not have been "things can happen"
December 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
if these kids were conservative influencers, it would not have been "things can happen"
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1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
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Will Flemming isn’t lying to you, but it looks like the Red Sox are
Will Flemming isn’t lying to you, but it looks like the Red Sox are
B.S. meters continue to run higher than the Red Sox payroll this winter.
buff.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Will Flemming isn’t lying to you, but it looks like the Red Sox are
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
Is there a good play on words to talk about how the #NHLBruins are always taking penalties? The BruPIMS, perhaps?
Alright at least I'm making suggestions here
Alright at least I'm making suggestions here
December 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Is there a good play on words to talk about how the #NHLBruins are always taking penalties? The BruPIMS, perhaps?
Alright at least I'm making suggestions here
Alright at least I'm making suggestions here
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loath to be too precious about this stuff but I want one lesson of defector to be "you can choose to not do stuff that sucks" even if "doing stuff that sucks" is the default
December 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
loath to be too precious about this stuff but I want one lesson of defector to be "you can choose to not do stuff that sucks" even if "doing stuff that sucks" is the default
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115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!