AuroraErratic
@auroraerratic.bsky.social
Potter, gardener, childless cat lady, Democrat. Guess what? WE'RE STILL NOT GOING BACK
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I think a big part of it -- theatrically embracing obvious falsehoods -- is mocking liberals, mocking people who value principles (like honesty) above factional advantage. They do it because it pains us, because we care.
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I think a big part of it -- theatrically embracing obvious falsehoods -- is mocking liberals, mocking people who value principles (like honesty) above factional advantage. They do it because it pains us, because we care.
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Happy to see @govpritzker.illinois.gov here (at around the 30m mark) mention universal basic income as a way to respond to AI impacts on the labor market.
JB Pritzker SLAMS Republicans for Caving to Trump
YouTube video by Pod Save America
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Happy to see @govpritzker.illinois.gov here (at around the 30m mark) mention universal basic income as a way to respond to AI impacts on the labor market.
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Explaining the other day that the moral puzzle about universal health care is not why poor people get it, but why richer people do. The answer from Beveridge, the Liberal (not Socialist) who recommended the NHS is economic efficiency. Universal healthcare removes huge transaction costs.
December 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Explaining the other day that the moral puzzle about universal health care is not why poor people get it, but why richer people do. The answer from Beveridge, the Liberal (not Socialist) who recommended the NHS is economic efficiency. Universal healthcare removes huge transaction costs.
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It is almost always a lot less costly to oppose an aggressor as soon as possible, than to appease an aggressor and hope that'll be the end of it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It is almost always a lot less costly to oppose an aggressor as soon as possible, than to appease an aggressor and hope that'll be the end of it.
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The indisputable facts are that homicide rates in Baltimore and Chicago are dropping, not due to more cop violence and shootings of Black youth, but because both cities finally have mayors that listen to what Black civil rights leaders and violence prevention experts have been saying since the 60s.
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The indisputable facts are that homicide rates in Baltimore and Chicago are dropping, not due to more cop violence and shootings of Black youth, but because both cities finally have mayors that listen to what Black civil rights leaders and violence prevention experts have been saying since the 60s.
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Fiddler on the roof, but with ICE agents playing the part of Cossacks. I know people think of Fiddler as a heartwarming story about a funny man doing Ya-ba-dibba-dibbas, but it's literally about pogroms like this
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Fiddler on the roof, but with ICE agents playing the part of Cossacks. I know people think of Fiddler as a heartwarming story about a funny man doing Ya-ba-dibba-dibbas, but it's literally about pogroms like this
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The hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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It was interesting to watch the FOXNews meltdown down last night after a socialist was elected mayor of New York.
Especially since Trump is literally engaging in socialistic policies/practices.
Some thoughts on “Trumpian Socialism”...
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Especially since Trump is literally engaging in socialistic policies/practices.
Some thoughts on “Trumpian Socialism”...
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@jvl.bsky.social: "The real socialism is coming from inside the White House."
Read The Triad on Trump's nuclear socialism, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-nuc...
Read The Triad on Trump's nuclear socialism, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-nuc...
Trump's Nuclear Socialism
You’re worried about Mamdani? The real socialism is coming from inside the White House.
www.thebulwark.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It was interesting to watch the FOXNews meltdown down last night after a socialist was elected mayor of New York.
Especially since Trump is literally engaging in socialistic policies/practices.
Some thoughts on “Trumpian Socialism”...
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Especially since Trump is literally engaging in socialistic policies/practices.
Some thoughts on “Trumpian Socialism”...
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The man is just a limitless spout of shite opinions.
Elon Musk is Wrong About Basic Income and Crime: Here is the Pile of Evidence He Ignored
Why Elon Musk is wrong about the Finland experiment, and why we must stop ignoring the massive body of evidence that proves poverty is a policy choice that drives crime
scottsantens.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The man is just a limitless spout of shite opinions.
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In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
Uh-oh, mortgage fraud! We know how this admin loves to charge mortgage fraud.
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Uh-oh, mortgage fraud! We know how this admin loves to charge mortgage fraud.
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For some students, the Brown massacre was the SECOND school shooting they’ve had to endure
That’s heartbreaking
And unacceptable
We are failing our youth. Badly.
We can do better
We MUST do better
Because they DESERVE better
That’s heartbreaking
And unacceptable
We are failing our youth. Badly.
We can do better
We MUST do better
Because they DESERVE better
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
For some students, the Brown massacre was the SECOND school shooting they’ve had to endure
That’s heartbreaking
And unacceptable
We are failing our youth. Badly.
We can do better
We MUST do better
Because they DESERVE better
That’s heartbreaking
And unacceptable
We are failing our youth. Badly.
We can do better
We MUST do better
Because they DESERVE better
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the greatest threat to American security personnel is Laura Loomer. what a freaking world
December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
the greatest threat to American security personnel is Laura Loomer. what a freaking world
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December 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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The bill needed 60 votes to pass, but only four Republicans broke with their party and voted to extend the subsidies that millions rely on: Josh Hawley, Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Susan Collins, resulting in a total of just 51 votes in favor. trib.al/6MSW0cH
List of Every Republican Who Voted to Make Obamacare More Expensive
Here is the full list of Republicans who don’t care that health insurance costs are about to skyrocket for millions of Americans.
trib.al
December 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The bill needed 60 votes to pass, but only four Republicans broke with their party and voted to extend the subsidies that millions rely on: Josh Hawley, Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Susan Collins, resulting in a total of just 51 votes in favor. trib.al/6MSW0cH
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Shenna Bellows, Maine's Sec'y of State & candidate for Governor of Maine, reporting on today's Rally Behind Our Somali Community in Lewiston, home to one of the nation's largest Somali communities.
So heartwarming to see such support from Mainers for each other. #Maine #SomaliCommunity #MEpolitics
So heartwarming to see such support from Mainers for each other. #Maine #SomaliCommunity #MEpolitics
Last week, President Trump called our Somali neighbors “garbage”. This kind of xenophobic and racist rhetoric has no place in America and no place in Maine.
Today I attended the Rally Behind our Somali Community to show Mainers that all are welcome here and we will not cow to fear or hate.
Today I attended the Rally Behind our Somali Community to show Mainers that all are welcome here and we will not cow to fear or hate.
December 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Shenna Bellows, Maine's Sec'y of State & candidate for Governor of Maine, reporting on today's Rally Behind Our Somali Community in Lewiston, home to one of the nation's largest Somali communities.
So heartwarming to see such support from Mainers for each other. #Maine #SomaliCommunity #MEpolitics
So heartwarming to see such support from Mainers for each other. #Maine #SomaliCommunity #MEpolitics
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Brown University just sent another alert that there is NO suspect in custody
December 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Brown University just sent another alert that there is NO suspect in custody
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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Imagine the news cycle if Biden's image appeared in all those Epstein photos and on condom packages.
Imagine MAGA's 24/7 coverage.
But here they are: Trump Condoms. Any reaction from MAGA yet?
Imagine MAGA's 24/7 coverage.
But here they are: Trump Condoms. Any reaction from MAGA yet?
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Imagine the news cycle if Biden's image appeared in all those Epstein photos and on condom packages.
Imagine MAGA's 24/7 coverage.
But here they are: Trump Condoms. Any reaction from MAGA yet?
Imagine MAGA's 24/7 coverage.
But here they are: Trump Condoms. Any reaction from MAGA yet?
I didn't block someone who irritated me, because I promised myself I'd be more tolerant. An hour later he irritated me again.
So much for that.
So much for that.
December 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I didn't block someone who irritated me, because I promised myself I'd be more tolerant. An hour later he irritated me again.
So much for that.
So much for that.
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Noam Chomsky made it very clear that he was a scumbag when he denied the Khmer Rouge genocide back in the 1970s: if you’ve been trying to deny the obvious about him ever since, well, that’s on you.
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Noam Chomsky made it very clear that he was a scumbag when he denied the Khmer Rouge genocide back in the 1970s: if you’ve been trying to deny the obvious about him ever since, well, that’s on you.
Hey my rep did something that actually made me proud!
This is why the shittiest dem is always better than a republican
This is why the shittiest dem is always better than a republican
@golden.house.gov has called for a vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act, the bipartisan bill to reverse President Trump’s union-busting executive order and restore union rights for 1 MILLION federal workers.
Let’s get it done for America’s workers!
Let’s get it done for America’s workers!
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Hey my rep did something that actually made me proud!
This is why the shittiest dem is always better than a republican
This is why the shittiest dem is always better than a republican