ArkLA
@arkla.bsky.social
Native Southerner living in the West. Same Profile. Different Times. Citizens United was part of a corrupt plan.
Now we are here. 🇺🇸💙🇺🇦
Now we are here. 🇺🇸💙🇺🇦
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Note to Europe: whatever Trump touches he destroys. Stay away from his council for your own sake as well as ours!
US National Security Strategy promised to step up resistance in Europe. Now we know the target: The EU. And why? Check out the thread below. Neo-royalism needs to break the rules based order.
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Note to Europe: whatever Trump touches he destroys. Stay away from his council for your own sake as well as ours!
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Two German sociologists just wrote a book on that joy of destruction: "Zerstörungslust". Their publisher writes:
"The authors conclude that Trump, Musk, Weidel and their followers are all about the destruction of the world as a last, desperate attempt to save themselves from being crushed by it."
"The authors conclude that Trump, Musk, Weidel and their followers are all about the destruction of the world as a last, desperate attempt to save themselves from being crushed by it."
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Two German sociologists just wrote a book on that joy of destruction: "Zerstörungslust". Their publisher writes:
"The authors conclude that Trump, Musk, Weidel and their followers are all about the destruction of the world as a last, desperate attempt to save themselves from being crushed by it."
"The authors conclude that Trump, Musk, Weidel and their followers are all about the destruction of the world as a last, desperate attempt to save themselves from being crushed by it."
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Now look at CBS. Installing Bari Weiss to run a news division isn’t a "pivot to the center." It is a deliberate hollowing out.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Now look at CBS. Installing Bari Weiss to run a news division isn’t a "pivot to the center." It is a deliberate hollowing out.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
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Just such an asshole move to see a beloved Hollywood icon murdered, and your first thought is "How can I use this to defend Russia?"
Yes, this is what the actor in one of the most popular shows of all time, and director of some of the most popular movies of all time, will be most remembered for.
December 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just such an asshole move to see a beloved Hollywood icon murdered, and your first thought is "How can I use this to defend Russia?"
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So the U.S. is now STEALING oil which means we've become the pirates
Stop the earth, I want to get off
Stop the earth, I want to get off
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So the U.S. is now STEALING oil which means we've become the pirates
Stop the earth, I want to get off
Stop the earth, I want to get off
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If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?
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Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
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bit by bit, the administration is laying the groundwork and actually carrying out a system of repressing democratic life in america. redefining opposition as terrorism, targeting critics, investigating civic funders.
we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.
we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.
September 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
bit by bit, the administration is laying the groundwork and actually carrying out a system of repressing democratic life in america. redefining opposition as terrorism, targeting critics, investigating civic funders.
we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.
we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.
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On this day in 1957, U.S. Army troops escorted the Little Rock Nine to Central High School in Arkansas. Less well known—in August 1958 all the city's high schools were closed for a year to resist integration. Students learned through televised lessons, as shown in these photos.
September 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
On this day in 1957, U.S. Army troops escorted the Little Rock Nine to Central High School in Arkansas. Less well known—in August 1958 all the city's high schools were closed for a year to resist integration. Students learned through televised lessons, as shown in these photos.
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After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
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Photographer Pennie Smith, The Clash, 1979, used for the 'London Calling' album cover art and voted best rock 'n' roll image #womensart
September 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Photographer Pennie Smith, The Clash, 1979, used for the 'London Calling' album cover art and voted best rock 'n' roll image #womensart
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I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020
A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.
www.texastribune.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
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JD Vance is doing the Reichstag Fire the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
September 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
JD Vance is doing the Reichstag Fire the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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how much water under the bridge is needed to get away with crime, is there a chart somewhere
September 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
how much water under the bridge is needed to get away with crime, is there a chart somewhere
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This is an amazing excellent analogy. Civility in the service of evil is hollow.
September 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is an amazing excellent analogy. Civility in the service of evil is hollow.
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People need to grasp the fact that the median Republican voter would rather a trans person die than have to see them in public.
September 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
People need to grasp the fact that the median Republican voter would rather a trans person die than have to see them in public.
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Attacked Boat Near Venezuela Multiple Times to Kill Survivors
American officials said the repeat drone strikes were carried out by Special Operations Command, and more attacks could come soon.
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
American officials said the repeat drone strikes were carried out by Special Operations Command, and more attacks could come soon.
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
U.S. Attacked Boat Near Venezuela Multiple Times to Kill Survivors
American officials said the repeat drone strikes were carried out by Special Forces, and more attacks could come soon.
theintercept.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Attacked Boat Near Venezuela Multiple Times to Kill Survivors
American officials said the repeat drone strikes were carried out by Special Operations Command, and more attacks could come soon.
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
American officials said the repeat drone strikes were carried out by Special Operations Command, and more attacks could come soon.
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...
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The student who died from the Colorado mass shooting has been confirmed to be the suspect. www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
2 hospitalized in Colorado, suspect dead after Evergreen High School shooting
Authorities said a male student opened fire with a handgun Wednesday at Evergreen High School, wounding two students, before fatally shooting himself, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Offic...
www.cbsnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The student who died from the Colorado mass shooting has been confirmed to be the suspect. www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
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“f—king crazy”
Trump’s Border Patrol raided a Washington wildfire camp, forcing firefighters to pause their work for hours. "Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Stephen Miller and their ilk are going to burn the country to the ground if that’s what it takes, so they can rule over the ashes," says Chris Hayes.
'F---ing crazy': ICE swoops in on firefighters IN THE MIDDLE of battling wildfire
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“f—king crazy”
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This is an example of bad political priorities. The plant employs just 500 workers. Yet, it is estimated that the proposed SEPTA reductions could result in a loss of 76,700 regional jobs, $6 billion in lost wages, and $674 million in lost annual state and local tax revenue.
August 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is an example of bad political priorities. The plant employs just 500 workers. Yet, it is estimated that the proposed SEPTA reductions could result in a loss of 76,700 regional jobs, $6 billion in lost wages, and $674 million in lost annual state and local tax revenue.
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I was a Chicago alderman. Many of my colleagues & a number of our governors went to jail. I know the type- focused on power & personal gain. For years, Trump mixed in that world here, too. Now he's even worse- a crooked pol on steroids with his own personal army.
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
Chicago knows Donald Trump- he's like a crooked alderman on steroids
Trump has a sordid history with Chicago. Pardoning criminals is just a part of it.
open.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I was a Chicago alderman. Many of my colleagues & a number of our governors went to jail. I know the type- focused on power & personal gain. For years, Trump mixed in that world here, too. Now he's even worse- a crooked pol on steroids with his own personal army.
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
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In the upcoming magazine, @rhettybe.bsky.social has a great piece about the Arkansas-Arkansas State game perhaps being the Hogs' last game ever at War Memorial. To keep it as timely as possible, you can already read it online. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
The war for War Memorial - Arkansas Times
Could the Razorbacks’ long-awaited matchup versus Arkansas State be the team’s last game in Little Rock?
arktimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In the upcoming magazine, @rhettybe.bsky.social has a great piece about the Arkansas-Arkansas State game perhaps being the Hogs' last game ever at War Memorial. To keep it as timely as possible, you can already read it online. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Elections have consequences.
Unless you're black, then Alabama apparently has the right to make you do the election over again, and make you wait to take your rightful place: apnews.com/article/alab...
Unless you're black, then Alabama apparently has the right to make you do the election over again, and make you wait to take your rightful place: apnews.com/article/alab...
Alabama town's first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, wins election
The first Black mayor of an Alabama town has won election by a landslide, four years after he ran unopposed and white residents locked him out of the town hall.
apnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Elections have consequences.
Unless you're black, then Alabama apparently has the right to make you do the election over again, and make you wait to take your rightful place: apnews.com/article/alab...
Unless you're black, then Alabama apparently has the right to make you do the election over again, and make you wait to take your rightful place: apnews.com/article/alab...
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Very illuminating clip here: Los Angeles City Councilmember Imelda Padilla criticizes SB 79 because it limits local elected officials’ power to block new housing, then @jonlovett.bsky.social reminds her that we have a massive housing shortage that is strangling our state’s growth.
August 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Very illuminating clip here: Los Angeles City Councilmember Imelda Padilla criticizes SB 79 because it limits local elected officials’ power to block new housing, then @jonlovett.bsky.social reminds her that we have a massive housing shortage that is strangling our state’s growth.
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Here’s the clip of CM Padilla bragging about reducing the size of a 100% affordable housing project in her district and increasing the amount of parking while arguing against the transit oriented upzoning bill SB 79.
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
August 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Here’s the clip of CM Padilla bragging about reducing the size of a 100% affordable housing project in her district and increasing the amount of parking while arguing against the transit oriented upzoning bill SB 79.
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)