John E. Sonntag
@sonntag54.bsky.social
Welcome to the latest version of the Trump Kakistocracy!
"President Trump certainly had a lot to do with this new appreciation for empathy and the thrashing of Republicans at the polls — by forgetting why he won and who elected him, and by scaring half the country to death with his authoritarian overreach.":
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Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite
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November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"President Trump certainly had a lot to do with this new appreciation for empathy and the thrashing of Republicans at the polls — by forgetting why he won and who elected him, and by scaring half the country to death with his authoritarian overreach.":
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"It’s not great when your defiant kid says you are wrong.":
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Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
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November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"It’s not great when your defiant kid says you are wrong.":
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"Eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party late Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to end the government shutdown.":
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8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance G.O.P. Plan to End Shutdown
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November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party late Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to end the government shutdown.":
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"The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
"Even if you are uncomfortable with the words or actions of your fellow Republicans, there is relentless pressure to swallow your tongue. There should be no enemies to your right. The left is the true existential threat to the United States.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
Opinion | Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like?
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November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Even if you are uncomfortable with the words or actions of your fellow Republicans, there is relentless pressure to swallow your tongue. There should be no enemies to your right. The left is the true existential threat to the United States.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
"The judge, Mark L. Wolf, wrote in The Atlantic magazine that Mr. Trump’s actions are 'contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Department of Justice and on the bench.'":
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Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
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November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"The judge, Mark L. Wolf, wrote in The Atlantic magazine that Mr. Trump’s actions are 'contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Department of Justice and on the bench.'":
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"Far-right influencers have been hinting in recent weeks that they have finally found a venue — Miami — and a federal prosecutor — Jason A. Reding Quiñones — to pursue long-promised charges of a 'grand conspiracy' against President Trump’s adversaries.":
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Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land
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November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Far-right influencers have been hinting in recent weeks that they have finally found a venue — Miami — and a federal prosecutor — Jason A. Reding Quiñones — to pursue long-promised charges of a 'grand conspiracy' against President Trump’s adversaries.":
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"President Trump took a new line toward ending the government shutdown this weekend, attacking the Affordable Care Act tax credits that Democrats are demanding be extended and calling instead for the subsidies to go directly to consumers.":
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Trump Renews Attacks on Obamacare in New Push Over Government Shutdown
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November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"President Trump took a new line toward ending the government shutdown this weekend, attacking the Affordable Care Act tax credits that Democrats are demanding be extended and calling instead for the subsidies to go directly to consumers.":
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"As a refugee from Nazi Germany, I noticed that there is one indicator of authoritarianism that you did not mention: the use of masked agents grabbing people off the streets and from their workplaces, invading their homes in the wee hours and 'disappearing' them...": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Dismantling of Our Democracy
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November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"As a refugee from Nazi Germany, I noticed that there is one indicator of authoritarianism that you did not mention: the use of masked agents grabbing people off the streets and from their workplaces, invading their homes in the wee hours and 'disappearing' them...": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
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The Netherlands is about to elect its first-ever out gay prime minister! - buff.ly/CnoP8WX
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Netherlands is about to elect its first-ever out gay prime minister! - buff.ly/CnoP8WX
"....is the future of the Republican Party Reaganism or Trumpism? The answer, I’m afraid, is most likely Trumpism.":
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Opinion | Trumpism Will Be With Us for a Very Long Time
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November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"....is the future of the Republican Party Reaganism or Trumpism? The answer, I’m afraid, is most likely Trumpism.":
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"As the funding for November food stamp benefits remains in legal limbo and millions of families begin to miss deposits, misinformation around the nation’s largest nutrition assistance program is percolating from the White House and across social media.":
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Fact-Checking Misinformation About SNAP
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November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"As the funding for November food stamp benefits remains in legal limbo and millions of families begin to miss deposits, misinformation around the nation’s largest nutrition assistance program is percolating from the White House and across social media.":
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“'The evidence demonstrates that these deployments, which were objected to by Oregon’s governor and not requested by the federal officials in charge of protection of the ICE building, exceeded the president’s authority,' she wrote.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Judge Permanently Blocks National Guard Deployments to Portland for ICE Protests
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November 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“'The evidence demonstrates that these deployments, which were objected to by Oregon’s governor and not requested by the federal officials in charge of protection of the ICE building, exceeded the president’s authority,' she wrote.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
"Even as Trump tried to cut food assistance during the shutdown, he showed off the new marble bathroom he designed for the Lincoln bedroom the other day.":
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Trump’s Vision of a Mar-a-Lago on the Potomac Upends an American Ideal
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November 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"Even as Trump tried to cut food assistance during the shutdown, he showed off the new marble bathroom he designed for the Lincoln bedroom the other day.":
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"With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies and wealthiest investors.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
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November 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies and wealthiest investors.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Did SNAP benefits increase almost 40% under Biden administration? What we know www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...
Did SNAP benefits increase almost 40% under Biden administration? What we know
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins claimed SNAP 'increased almost 40%.' That's wrong, no matter how you interpret the allegation.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Did SNAP benefits increase almost 40% under Biden administration? What we know www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...
"....befeathered flappers shimmying in the crowd; gilded and onyx décor; scantily clad women posing in an enormous champagne coupe. The revelatory moment says so much about where we stand today — and what we could be lurching into next.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Pushing Us Toward a Crash. It Could Be 1929 All Over Again.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"....befeathered flappers shimmying in the crowd; gilded and onyx décor; scantily clad women posing in an enormous champagne coupe. The revelatory moment says so much about where we stand today — and what we could be lurching into next.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
"Mr. Quiñonez’s daughter — who relatives said later is a few months shy of her second birthday — looked on, wide-eyed from her car seat. Then the driver reversed the car and drove away."
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Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
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November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Mr. Quiñonez’s daughter — who relatives said later is a few months shy of her second birthday — looked on, wide-eyed from her car seat. Then the driver reversed the car and drove away."
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"But what we can see is how much the gerrymandering opportunities would change if Democrats amend state constitutions."
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Why Democrats Could Win the Redistricting War
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November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"But what we can see is how much the gerrymandering opportunities would change if Democrats amend state constitutions."
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"President Trump has approved a pardon for a retired New York police officer who was sentenced in April to 18 months in prison for his participation in a Chinese government plot to locate, surveil and intimidate a family in the New Jersey suburbs." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Trump Approves Pardon for Ex-Officer Convicted in a Chinese Government Plot
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November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"President Trump has approved a pardon for a retired New York police officer who was sentenced in April to 18 months in prison for his participation in a Chinese government plot to locate, surveil and intimidate a family in the New Jersey suburbs." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals over the past nine months in a series of ousters that could reshape the U.S. military for years to come.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
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November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals over the past nine months in a series of ousters that could reshape the U.S. military for years to come.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Will the clock be turned back for gay people?:
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A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Will the clock be turned back for gay people?:
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“Know your power”: History-making Rep. Nancy Pelosi announces retirement from House - buff.ly/Yo8uJNT
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“Know your power”: History-making Rep. Nancy Pelosi announces retirement from House - buff.ly/Yo8uJNT
"Tuesday was a big night for Democrats. Huge! as President Trump would say — or might say if he weren’t busy freaking out about the electoral smackdown voters just delivered him and his party.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Opinion | The Election Victories Democrats Can Learn the Most From
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November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Tuesday was a big night for Democrats. Huge! as President Trump would say — or might say if he weren’t busy freaking out about the electoral smackdown voters just delivered him and his party.": www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
"A State Department senior official also noted that the U.S. worked with Saudi Arabia to defeat the shipping fee and that helped other nations that had reservations about the agreement to vote against it.":
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Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
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November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"A State Department senior official also noted that the U.S. worked with Saudi Arabia to defeat the shipping fee and that helped other nations that had reservations about the agreement to vote against it.":
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