scott olson
@scottolson.bsky.social
Refugee from the dead-bird app. Putting the ‘mental’ in environmental activism. Frequent dropper of ‘F-bombs.’ I do not suffer fools gladly. Anti-fascist. Anti-racist. Was Byram NJ, now Lakeville MN #8647
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scott olson
@scottolson.bsky.social
· Jun 30
The Revolution Starts Now
YouTube video by Steve Earle - Topic
youtu.be
"The revolution starts now
When you rise above your fear
And tear the walls around you down
The revolution starts here
Where you work and where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do and what you say
The revolution starts now…"
#RiseUp #Resist #Revolt
youtu.be/zP7Wqt9rEL0?...
When you rise above your fear
And tear the walls around you down
The revolution starts here
Where you work and where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do and what you say
The revolution starts now…"
#RiseUp #Resist #Revolt
youtu.be/zP7Wqt9rEL0?...
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Trumpification of America Part 4,998,324: Fucking up the country's health care (#GiftedArticle)
wapo.st/48YSPC1
wapo.st/48YSPC1
How RFK Jr. upended the public health system
Interviews with almost 100 people reveal how Kennedy, as health secretary, has reshaped the vaccine and broader public health infrastructure in less than a year.
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trumpification of America Part 4,998,324: Fucking up the country's health care (#GiftedArticle)
wapo.st/48YSPC1
wapo.st/48YSPC1
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“I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture…" Cookers saxophonist Billy Harper #GiftedArticle
wapo.st/45tlbC0
wapo.st/45tlbC0
New Year’s Eve concert is latest cancellation at the Kennedy Center
Jazz supergroup the Cookers scrapped their New Year’s Eve shows at the center days after a Christmas Eve concert was called off. The cancellations come after the board voted to add the president’s nam...
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture…" Cookers saxophonist Billy Harper #GiftedArticle
wapo.st/45tlbC0
wapo.st/45tlbC0
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“For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry. Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.”
wapo.st/4jn0kGo
wapo.st/4jn0kGo
Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of JFK, dies at 35
In November, she announced her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay that took aim at one of her cousins, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry. Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.”
wapo.st/4jn0kGo
wapo.st/4jn0kGo
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Imagine if scientists could figure out how Earth's climate has varied for hundreds of millions of years, build sophisticated computers to project how humans are now radically altering it, and warn the public, only to have greedy corporations & venal politicians ignore them. Criminal. Immoral. Evil.
January 1, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Imagine if scientists could figure out how Earth's climate has varied for hundreds of millions of years, build sophisticated computers to project how humans are now radically altering it, and warn the public, only to have greedy corporations & venal politicians ignore them. Criminal. Immoral. Evil.
January 1, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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Just in case you haven't figured it out yet, one of the reasons the Epstein files are taking so long to be released is that Trump is accepting bribes from other rich, powerful men who are in them to have their names redacted too.
December 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just in case you haven't figured it out yet, one of the reasons the Epstein files are taking so long to be released is that Trump is accepting bribes from other rich, powerful men who are in them to have their names redacted too.
Reposted by scott olson
Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald reporter we should owe a debt of gratitude for breaking the story on Epstein's sweetheart deal in his first major brush with the law, says the files released so far are worse than she thought they'd be.
Tick, tock, Donald.
Tick, tock, Donald.
Veteran Epstein Reporter Says New Files Are ‘Worse’ Than Expected
“It’s completely overwhelming,” journalist Julie K. Brown said.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald reporter we should owe a debt of gratitude for breaking the story on Epstein's sweetheart deal in his first major brush with the law, says the files released so far are worse than she thought they'd be.
Tick, tock, Donald.
Tick, tock, Donald.
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I’m going to make a special New Year’s wish at midnight tonight, so if Trump & his minions are nowhere to be found tomorrow, you’re very welcome.
#2026ANewHope
#2026ANewHope
a young boy is covering his face with his hands while sitting at a table .
Alt: A young boy crossing his fingers, squeezing his eyes shut and wishing very, very hard.
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I’m going to make a special New Year’s wish at midnight tonight, so if Trump & his minions are nowhere to be found tomorrow, you’re very welcome.
#2026ANewHope
#2026ANewHope
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🧵 This is appalling. Hegseth is so beyond unfit in every way, and yet here he is, a drunk rapist still in a position of power.
Dangerous as hell, an embarrassment, and despicable.
Dangerous as hell, an embarrassment, and despicable.
This is the one that really gets me. Hegseth treated a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart as a photo op, putting on makeup, telling an aide to “look commanding.” When the Ukrainian asked for honesty about what was going to happen, Hegseth refused to answer, just nodded for the photo. Hollow man.
December 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🧵 This is appalling. Hegseth is so beyond unfit in every way, and yet here he is, a drunk rapist still in a position of power.
Dangerous as hell, an embarrassment, and despicable.
Dangerous as hell, an embarrassment, and despicable.
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"Dear President Trump – Of all the wrong ideas you hold in your heart...perhaps the most gobsmacking is your cherished notion that people respect you when they kiss your ass."
www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
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Somebody Needs to Tell Trump Everybody Is Laughing at Him
His worst fear has already come true.
www.thebulwark.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"Dear President Trump – Of all the wrong ideas you hold in your heart...perhaps the most gobsmacking is your cherished notion that people respect you when they kiss your ass."
www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/somebody-n...
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Meet Aimee Bock, mastermind of Massive Minneapolis Minnesota fraud scheme. She lured Somalis into opening daycares & wellness centers promising millions in Fed Govt funding. Most never got paid, she kept $250M and they closed. Ain't no ICE issues. Somali's were the victims, whistleblowers.
December 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Meet Aimee Bock, mastermind of Massive Minneapolis Minnesota fraud scheme. She lured Somalis into opening daycares & wellness centers promising millions in Fed Govt funding. Most never got paid, she kept $250M and they closed. Ain't no ICE issues. Somali's were the victims, whistleblowers.
Reposted by scott olson
This is Trump’s long game.
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hhs...
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hhs...
HHS freezes all child care payments to Minnesota after viral fraud allegations
The Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday it has frozen federal child care funding for the state of Minnesota, citing viral fraud allegations.
www.cbsnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is Trump’s long game.
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hhs...
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hhs...
Reposted by scott olson
Reposted by scott olson
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
“For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry. Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.”
wapo.st/4jn0kGo
wapo.st/4jn0kGo
Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and granddaughter of JFK, dies at 35
In November, she announced her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay that took aim at one of her cousins, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry. Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.”
wapo.st/4jn0kGo
wapo.st/4jn0kGo
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I miss a president who cares for all.
December 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I miss a president who cares for all.
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“I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture…" Cookers saxophonist Billy Harper #GiftedArticle
wapo.st/45tlbC0
wapo.st/45tlbC0
New Year’s Eve concert is latest cancellation at the Kennedy Center
Jazz supergroup the Cookers scrapped their New Year’s Eve shows at the center days after a Christmas Eve concert was called off. The cancellations come after the board voted to add the president’s nam...
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture…" Cookers saxophonist Billy Harper #GiftedArticle
wapo.st/45tlbC0
wapo.st/45tlbC0
Trumpification of America Part 4,998,325: Fucking up the country's Social Security system #GiftedArticle
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wapo.st/4pheQks
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Trumpification of America Part 4,998,325: Fucking up the country's Social Security system #GiftedArticle
wapo.st/4pheQks
wapo.st/4pheQks
Trumpification of America Part 4,998,324: Fucking up the country's health care (#GiftedArticle)
wapo.st/48YSPC1
wapo.st/48YSPC1
How RFK Jr. upended the public health system
Interviews with almost 100 people reveal how Kennedy, as health secretary, has reshaped the vaccine and broader public health infrastructure in less than a year.
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trumpification of America Part 4,998,324: Fucking up the country's health care (#GiftedArticle)
wapo.st/48YSPC1
wapo.st/48YSPC1
Reposted by scott olson
I’m shocked - shocked, I tell you - that refusing FBI criminal background checks likely resulted in… criminals in the administration.
To be fair, that was also the entire point - there were several Trump appointees who wouldn’t have passed an FBI background check.
To be fair, that was also the entire point - there were several Trump appointees who wouldn’t have passed an FBI background check.
December 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I’m shocked - shocked, I tell you - that refusing FBI criminal background checks likely resulted in… criminals in the administration.
To be fair, that was also the entire point - there were several Trump appointees who wouldn’t have passed an FBI background check.
To be fair, that was also the entire point - there were several Trump appointees who wouldn’t have passed an FBI background check.