Shoebill Stork
@shoebillstork24.bsky.social
Endangered species. As are we all.
[Illustration by Læmeur; quote from Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol]
[Illustration by Læmeur; quote from Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol]
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Time to post this for the hundredth time: one of the Koch Bros ran for VP on the Libertarian ticket in 1980. He lost because...read it. So they learned and spent billions over 40 years, creating hundreds of non-profits, economic schools, & brainwashing GOP with Tea Party BS, leading to DUMP.
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
August 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
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Latinos for Trump. Listen up.
¡Escucha! ❤️🔥👇🏽
What will we tell our grandchildren?!
Qué les diremos a nuestros nietos?!
Thank you, GRACIAS, araceli.reyes741 on TikTok! 🙏🏽
¡Escucha! ❤️🔥👇🏽
What will we tell our grandchildren?!
Qué les diremos a nuestros nietos?!
Thank you, GRACIAS, araceli.reyes741 on TikTok! 🙏🏽
December 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Latinos for Trump. Listen up.
¡Escucha! ❤️🔥👇🏽
What will we tell our grandchildren?!
Qué les diremos a nuestros nietos?!
Thank you, GRACIAS, araceli.reyes741 on TikTok! 🙏🏽
¡Escucha! ❤️🔥👇🏽
What will we tell our grandchildren?!
Qué les diremos a nuestros nietos?!
Thank you, GRACIAS, araceli.reyes741 on TikTok! 🙏🏽
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In no other modern democratic country would this be possible. Only a perfect storm of ignorance and stupidity in the United States could have accomplished this. 😳👇
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In no other modern democratic country would this be possible. Only a perfect storm of ignorance and stupidity in the United States could have accomplished this. 😳👇
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If this happens, it's pretty much game over folks. The hope that we can resist through normal political means is dead.
Once the regime establishes this level of control, the only avenue left is to overthrow them, and if they control the US military, that's nearly impossible.
Once the regime establishes this level of control, the only avenue left is to overthrow them, and if they control the US military, that's nearly impossible.
December 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If this happens, it's pretty much game over folks. The hope that we can resist through normal political means is dead.
Once the regime establishes this level of control, the only avenue left is to overthrow them, and if they control the US military, that's nearly impossible.
Once the regime establishes this level of control, the only avenue left is to overthrow them, and if they control the US military, that's nearly impossible.
For which they are so well paid, they've not even embarrassed that they have betrayed the Constitution and are forever memorialized as Venal: The Robber's Supreme Court of the United States, a Syndicate of Traitors.
Supreme Court on the left
Latrine court on the right
Impeach the Latrine Court
They are helping the felon destroy America
Latrine court on the right
Impeach the Latrine Court
They are helping the felon destroy America
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For which they are so well paid, they've not even embarrassed that they have betrayed the Constitution and are forever memorialized as Venal: The Robber's Supreme Court of the United States, a Syndicate of Traitors.
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I was reminded of the despicable Supreme Court amicus brief written by 24 philosophers and associated right-wing cranks that have suffered no social repercussions for their harming of trans people. All of them are a disgrace to the profession; all operate with impunity www.aei.org/wp-content/u...
December 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I was reminded of the despicable Supreme Court amicus brief written by 24 philosophers and associated right-wing cranks that have suffered no social repercussions for their harming of trans people. All of them are a disgrace to the profession; all operate with impunity www.aei.org/wp-content/u...
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the supreme court birthright citizenship case will not determine the answer to any constitutional question, but it will determine which justices do not meet the bar’s character and fitness requirements
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
the supreme court birthright citizenship case will not determine the answer to any constitutional question, but it will determine which justices do not meet the bar’s character and fitness requirements
LOLOL! Hahahahahah! Hehehehehe! 😆😂🤣
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
LOLOL! Hahahahahah! Hehehehehe! 😆😂🤣
I've lived here for 73 years and never have I ever imagined this was what Americans wanted America to be.
Unless it was Black-Americans being brutalized, of course.
Now the entire of the US govt. is flushed into a cesspool of bullies, rapists, sex traffickers, racists, traitors and thieves.
Unless it was Black-Americans being brutalized, of course.
Now the entire of the US govt. is flushed into a cesspool of bullies, rapists, sex traffickers, racists, traitors and thieves.
Three times she’s been stopped and goons have demanded “show us your papers”.
And if they feel like it they smash your stuff, and pound on you; and all the while you know it’s going to happen again.
And you’ve done nothing more than be a person they felt like abusing.
And if they feel like it they smash your stuff, and pound on you; and all the while you know it’s going to happen again.
And you’ve done nothing more than be a person they felt like abusing.
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I've lived here for 73 years and never have I ever imagined this was what Americans wanted America to be.
Unless it was Black-Americans being brutalized, of course.
Now the entire of the US govt. is flushed into a cesspool of bullies, rapists, sex traffickers, racists, traitors and thieves.
Unless it was Black-Americans being brutalized, of course.
Now the entire of the US govt. is flushed into a cesspool of bullies, rapists, sex traffickers, racists, traitors and thieves.
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Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
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The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
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Focusing on a single incident makes it resonate with the public more. It doesn't somehow justify the other killings, it illustrates the larger problem.
The right is good at this, sometimes in bad faith. For example, Laken Riley.
Basically "one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic."
The right is good at this, sometimes in bad faith. For example, Laken Riley.
Basically "one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic."
Once the debate centers on whether the 2nd strike was legal, the first 21 strikes have been accepted as baseline. But the murder of the two survivors doesn’t make the other 21 any more legal. Selective outrage, not silence, is how authoritarianism becomes normalized @tadstoermer.bsky.social
The Second Strike on the Caribbean Boat: A Resistance History Lesson in Normalizing Authoritarianism
youtu.be/rY-NnBst9Ik
youtu.be/rY-NnBst9Ik
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Focusing on a single incident makes it resonate with the public more. It doesn't somehow justify the other killings, it illustrates the larger problem.
The right is good at this, sometimes in bad faith. For example, Laken Riley.
Basically "one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic."
The right is good at this, sometimes in bad faith. For example, Laken Riley.
Basically "one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic."
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So it was really Trump that pulled the trigger. He's good at that.
■ This Afghan snapped!
■ Most of his life he experienced the stress/danger of a daily US war.
■ He joined a US special force to help/protect US soldiers. Risked his life!
■ He obtained refugee status and arrived in USA.
■ Then w/5 children Trump told him to return to Afghan - a death sentence!
■ Most of his life he experienced the stress/danger of a daily US war.
■ He joined a US special force to help/protect US soldiers. Risked his life!
■ He obtained refugee status and arrived in USA.
■ Then w/5 children Trump told him to return to Afghan - a death sentence!
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
So it was really Trump that pulled the trigger. He's good at that.
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USA Today quotes Shawn VanDiver, president of AfghanEvac saying Lakanwal joined a Zero Unit at age 15 (his brother was deputy CO of the unit).
That said, most of the Taliban fighters he faced were teenagers, some <15, too.
www.hrw.org/news/2016/02...
That said, most of the Taliban fighters he faced were teenagers, some <15, too.
www.hrw.org/news/2016/02...
December 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
USA Today quotes Shawn VanDiver, president of AfghanEvac saying Lakanwal joined a Zero Unit at age 15 (his brother was deputy CO of the unit).
That said, most of the Taliban fighters he faced were teenagers, some <15, too.
www.hrw.org/news/2016/02...
That said, most of the Taliban fighters he faced were teenagers, some <15, too.
www.hrw.org/news/2016/02...
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Will You Be there is a razor thin close second, but I think if I had to pick one it would be Man In The Mirror. Especially considering the music video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivW...
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Will You Be there is a razor thin close second, but I think if I had to pick one it would be Man In The Mirror. Especially considering the music video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivW...
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Elad hits the nail on the head in this piece. People like Carlson and Fuentes understand the systems and networks they can exploit better than most. Countering their hate requires the same understanding.
New piece.
On how media, leaders, and all the rest of us focus breathlessly on individual personalities on the far right instead of the networks they’re part of.
And in realizing that, we can find the answer for how to defeat them.
Networks, networks, networks.
On how media, leaders, and all the rest of us focus breathlessly on individual personalities on the far right instead of the networks they’re part of.
And in realizing that, we can find the answer for how to defeat them.
Networks, networks, networks.
Americans are waking up to right-wing antisemitism. We're still ignoring the root problem
Concerns about antisemitism on the right have focused on individuals like Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson. But networks are the real issue.
forward.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Elad hits the nail on the head in this piece. People like Carlson and Fuentes understand the systems and networks they can exploit better than most. Countering their hate requires the same understanding.
I've been waiting since WW2 -- my dad served; Vietnam -- a brother and a husband served. Still the US govt. treats our soldiers and veterans like they treat our teachers, women, children, and elderly: "Least important, don't care, we lie. Billionaires matter."
As the eldest of Millennials, I've had to offer FAR more support than the VA to my family members and close friends that saw half the shit this guy did in the sandbox. VA support is non-existent for our own. Not even an afterthought for the allies we brought back with us.
December 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I've been waiting since WW2 -- my dad served; Vietnam -- a brother and a husband served. Still the US govt. treats our soldiers and veterans like they treat our teachers, women, children, and elderly: "Least important, don't care, we lie. Billionaires matter."
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Probably by 16 or 17 he was doing night raids directed by CIA or SOCOM against his own citizens where civilian kill rates were far higher than the "high value targets" they were trying for. He saw and did shit most US troops would get a 100% PTSD disability rating for by the VA.
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Probably by 16 or 17 he was doing night raids directed by CIA or SOCOM against his own citizens where civilian kill rates were far higher than the "high value targets" they were trying for. He saw and did shit most US troops would get a 100% PTSD disability rating for by the VA.
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CIA funding and SOCOM training for any local militant group willing to do the dirty work the CIA or US military wants. Zero concern for how locals are recruited or their ages. This specific guy was probably 15 or 16. But CIA doesn't care. He was just a local. Trained by our best Army Rangers.
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
CIA funding and SOCOM training for any local militant group willing to do the dirty work the CIA or US military wants. Zero concern for how locals are recruited or their ages. This specific guy was probably 15 or 16. But CIA doesn't care. He was just a local. Trained by our best Army Rangers.
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"CIA child soldier" is just a normal category that our tax dollars pay for?
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"CIA child soldier" is just a normal category that our tax dollars pay for?
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TIL that the guy who allegedly shot the two National Guard troops was a child soldier for the CIA. I feel like that should shock more people.
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
TIL that the guy who allegedly shot the two National Guard troops was a child soldier for the CIA. I feel like that should shock more people.
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All this bickering about who vetted whom and whether they have his biometrics and and I'm like THE CIA HAS CHILD SOLDIERS?!
December 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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