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Trevor Smith

@tsmith81.bsky.social

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Pro-nerd. Liberal. Russia Hawk. Childfree. Never Elon. Never Trump. Never Poilievre - Nevre Evre. Cat poster. KDH fan. Lower decks! Lower decks!! Cherry Point Beach. 🍁 🐈 🐈 🐩 🐰

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Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · Nov 6

I don’t have anything uplifting or consoling to contribute. Here is a picture of Moochie Moo.

Make ginger car sunbathing in a window in a sphinx pose with his paws crossed and his eyes closed

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Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 7h

That’s the pragmatic stoicism I voted for right there 🇨🇦

Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 7h

Yup, the US has the worlds largest economy because of immigrants, not despite it.

Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 7h

That’s a short list 😂 could throw in a few Czars and Bourbons

Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 9h

Don’t forget the reckless big bets, like AI rn.

Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 9h

Looks like the next Sinema/Manchin at best.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17h

Important THREAD. Really important.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

1. Graham Platner is an oyster farmer and Marine Corps veteran who’s running for the United States Senate in Maine. He’s trying to knock off Susan Collins. He’s presented himself as a common-man candidate who stands against oligarchy, genocide and the oppression of the little guy.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

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Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 16h

Maga hat stew for supper.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve had him pegged as a liar

Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 1d

CNN confirms that multiple sources suggest Graham Platner knew his tattoo was a Nazi symbol years prior to launching his campaign — and is now blatantly lying about it.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

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Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 16h

Cold comfort in being the object lesson that helped make that possible…

Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 16h

This one goes into my “mind your own body” bucket. We could all use a bit more MYOB, especially from transphobes, homophobes and forced birthers.

Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 16h

I for one have never come across a trekkie who aligns politically with the Terran empire.

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Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 16h

Wishing you well from Canada habibi. Thanks for the hope. 🙏

Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 16h

They’ll try to seize election sites with this lie as pretext. It could work. Maga blames Dems and Biden for trumps covid lockdowns. The asymmetrical power of shamelessness and our collective inability to deal with it vol. 38592

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

So when Trump was president throughout all of 2020, the Biden administration went back in time to rig the election so they could come into existence?

Is it like a Looper situation?

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Cool. Release the Epstein Files.

Trevor Smith @tsmith81.bsky.social · 17h

I’m anti-nimby and support alternative housing but ideally we’d have a baseline that prevents a poverty class and tiers of living. Universal basic income should be a Canadian value. 🇨🇦 💪

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

“.. perhaps the most cruel and unlawful offense the Trump administration has perpetrated yet — freezing funding already enacted into law to feed hungry Americans while he shovels tens of billions of dollars .. to Argentina and into his ballroom.”

@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.

(📸 Getty Images)

A picture of the garden in front of the east wing of the White House. A mix of colorful flowers and small trees

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't expect austerity to be reversed over night. I absolutely did not expect baffling anti immigration policies, more ineptitude managing small boat arrivals and support for people whose response to migrants who look different to them is to wave a flag

Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think ppl are 'disappointed with the pace of change'. I think they're disappointed in right wing policies and the absence of an economic plan, or at least economic principles. Labour are cooked. They just don't get it

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

There are two critiques of virtue signaling, a) the people who find the signaling insufficient and b) those who dislike the virtues being signaled. It’s important to know that the right wingers in group b are constantly trying to form an alliance with folks in group a.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

I sincerely know less than nothing about this nba gambling ring dealio. I do know that in a moment when powerful mostly white men are stealing from everybody at scale and with breathtaking gall, it’s odd that these are the faces I’m seeing.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Retired intelligence analysts confirm what the political scientists are telling us — and what the world outside is telling us — the goal of these people is the end of law, the end of democracy, and the end of a recognizable republic.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn

A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule

www.theguardian.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...

Normal Times in Dire Times

Fascism does not break normal life, it feeds on it.

frederickjoseph.substack.com

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 1d

Major climate tipping point reached
Climate change has reached its first major tipping point - now what?

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

Major climate tipping point reached

Climate change has reached its first major tipping point - now what?

northeastbylines.co.uk

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🏳️‍🌈🚲Cole🚄🐶 @regimepup.bsky.social · 1d

When my family moved over here there weren’t strict borders. The US essentially had open borders for most of its existence and that’s exactly why it is the powerhouse it is today.

Immigration is good and should be encouraged, not limited.

America had open borders until 1924. Racism and corporate greed changed that | Daniel Mendiola

The primary justifications for early immigration laws were xenophobia, eugenics, and overt racism. Understanding the history of immigration is essential

www.theguardian.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. it was crickets on the Bari Weiss-controlled former home of Walter Cronkite.”

@deadline.com $PSKY
deadline.com/2025/10/cbs-...

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