Tim Sperry
@yankeeinct.bsky.social
Writes A Connecticut Yankee Speaks on Substack. Political junkie and lifelong Democrat (now on local DTC). Married to a brilliant critical thinker who works on toxic speech and genocide. Lots to say on all things politics. Plus pictures of dogs & our barn.
I encourage all my white friends who have the privilege of age and community stature to use the hashtag #iceout . Be like Minneapolis. Make it difficult for them.
February 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I encourage all my white friends who have the privilege of age and community stature to use the hashtag #iceout . Be like Minneapolis. Make it difficult for them.
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It all began with our first date fifty years ago! Lots of adventures between then and now at home and abroad. NJ, WI, PA, NC, Massachusetts and now Connecticut. Kids, cats, dogs, a daughter-in-law and now a grandchild make for an ever-changing family. New joys & adventures lie ahead.
February 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM
It all began with our first date fifty years ago! Lots of adventures between then and now at home and abroad. NJ, WI, PA, NC, Massachusetts and now Connecticut. Kids, cats, dogs, a daughter-in-law and now a grandchild make for an ever-changing family. New joys & adventures lie ahead.
In light of Trump’s gutting environmental controls and the EPA’s fealty to the pesticide companies, MAHA is truly an empty suit. Kids dying of asthma while eating dye free cereals. Let that sink in.
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
In light of Trump’s gutting environmental controls and the EPA’s fealty to the pesticide companies, MAHA is truly an empty suit. Kids dying of asthma while eating dye free cereals. Let that sink in.
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Every Sunday I have been posting what I call a timeline photo cleanse. Always a pretty picture, enabling us to have a short respite from all the chaos and terror that surrounds us in our own country.
January 25, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Every Sunday I have been posting what I call a timeline photo cleanse. Always a pretty picture, enabling us to have a short respite from all the chaos and terror that surrounds us in our own country.
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“Director [Todd] Lyons, who’s running ICE right now, I hope you’re hearing this from this Marine to you. You guys are criminal thugs. You need to be held accountable to law if you think you can enforce it, and you need to be prosecuted right now.”
“Director [Todd] Lyons, who’s running ICE right now, I hope you’re hearing this from this Marine to you. You guys are criminal thugs. You need to be held accountable to law if you think you can enforce it, and you need to be prosecuted right now.”
January 24, 2026
This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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“Director [Todd] Lyons, who’s running ICE right now, I hope you’re hearing this from this Marine to you. You guys are criminal thugs. You need to be held accountable to law if you think you can enforce it, and you need to be prosecuted right now.”
“Director [Todd] Lyons, who’s running ICE right now, I hope you’re hearing this from this Marine to you. You guys are criminal thugs. You need to be held accountable to law if you think you can enforce it, and you need to be prosecuted right now.”
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Watching Minneapolis and Portland respond to the Gestapo thugs is so uplifting. America is at its best when folks do this.
January 24, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Watching Minneapolis and Portland respond to the Gestapo thugs is so uplifting. America is at its best when folks do this.
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“Tonight Danish troops—the same troops who stood shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021—arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America.”
“Tonight Danish troops—the same troops who stood shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021—arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America.”
January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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“Tonight Danish troops—the same troops who stood shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021—arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America.”
“Tonight Danish troops—the same troops who stood shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021—arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America.”
West Wing Season 3 Episode 23. Lots of practical adults in the room. The occupants of this administration are embarrassments and don’t hold a candle to all those in this episode. Please watch it. Netflix and HBO Max.
January 16, 2026 at 3:45 AM
West Wing Season 3 Episode 23. Lots of practical adults in the room. The occupants of this administration are embarrassments and don’t hold a candle to all those in this episode. Please watch it. Netflix and HBO Max.
Guilford, CT said “ICE Out” today.
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Guilford, CT said “ICE Out” today.
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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... We learn from the historians!
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
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January 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... We learn from the historians!
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Almost 20 years ago, I warned we were heading toward a world where states invade each other at will, and that America had an obligation to restore the higher bar for going to war. Not gonna say I told ya so, but...well, okay, I will.
There's a reason I chose these quotes to open the book.
There's a reason I chose these quotes to open the book.
January 4, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Almost 20 years ago, I warned we were heading toward a world where states invade each other at will, and that America had an obligation to restore the higher bar for going to war. Not gonna say I told ya so, but...well, okay, I will.
There's a reason I chose these quotes to open the book.
There's a reason I chose these quotes to open the book.
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The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Maybe Russia and China Should Sit This One Out
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are just shocked—shocked!—by the American attack on Venezuela.
www.theatlantic.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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It is insane to say he's going to run another country while the people in his own country are getting mad about pretty much everything. Forget about hypocrisy. This is insane.
Q: Who will run Venezuela?
TRUMP: Well it's largely going to be for a period of time the people standing right behind me. We're gonna be running it.
TRUMP: Well it's largely going to be for a period of time the people standing right behind me. We're gonna be running it.
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
It is insane to say he's going to run another country while the people in his own country are getting mad about pretty much everything. Forget about hypocrisy. This is insane.
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The administration who is doing a truly shit job of running our country is now going to run another one. Awesome.
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The administration who is doing a truly shit job of running our country is now going to run another one. Awesome.
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