Bmink
@bmink.bsky.social
Management communication, abstract painter, committed critical thinker.
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Bmink
@bmink.bsky.social
· Oct 5
“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.” -Anne Frank, 1/13/43
open.substack.com/pub/jill/p/t.... Excellent piece on why this scandal IS a scandal.
The Dogs That Haven't Barked
The Trump administration is a regime of restoring male power. That includes being a pedophile protection racket covering for men who sexually abuse girls.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
open.substack.com/pub/jill/p/t.... Excellent piece on why this scandal IS a scandal.
Jack and I watched “It’s a Wonderful Life@ Christmas night, our annual tradition that replaced my childhood custom of watching The Wizard of Oz every year. No matter how many time we watch we’re bathed in tears at the end. Amazing how wonderful and cathartic stories can be.
December 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Jack and I watched “It’s a Wonderful Life@ Christmas night, our annual tradition that replaced my childhood custom of watching The Wizard of Oz every year. No matter how many time we watch we’re bathed in tears at the end. Amazing how wonderful and cathartic stories can be.
The note from Epstein to Larry Nassar that refers to Trump as a kindred child molester.
December 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The note from Epstein to Larry Nassar that refers to Trump as a kindred child molester.
Stunning moral clarity in view on @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social show last night . He and his guests did more to move the Epstein issue forward than anyone else.
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Stunning moral clarity in view on @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social show last night . He and his guests did more to move the Epstein issue forward than anyone else.
Share widely!!!
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o.... This made me weep.
Opinion | The Righteousness of Ahmed el Ahmed
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o.... This made me weep.
open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp.... I’ve thought for a while our times most closely resemble the Red Scare years. This is how it starts.
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp.... I’ve thought for a while our times most closely resemble the Red Scare years. This is how it starts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n.... My friend @zillahe.bsky.social called my attention to this- stark warning for digitally based young people on what it really takes to organize. And of course, misogyny.
Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
The long read: The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n.... My friend @zillahe.bsky.social called my attention to this- stark warning for digitally based young people on what it really takes to organize. And of course, misogyny.
Exactly.
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Exactly.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/moral-i.... Don’t let this get lost in the discussion of the shooting of National guardsmen by an Afghan immigrant
‘Moral injury’ officially recognized as mental health condition | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moral injury—psychological harm incurred from committing, witnessing, or being subject to actions that violate one’s moral code—has officially been added to the DSM, thanks to research led by Harvard ...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
hsph.harvard.edu/news/moral-i.... Don’t let this get lost in the discussion of the shooting of National guardsmen by an Afghan immigrant
“You can’t deport half of America”. Oh yeah? Great look at context of National Conservatism which has given rise to today’s misogyny, bellicosity and mendacity. Does MAGA Have Ideas? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Does MAGA Have Ideas?
A new book traces the intellectual origins of Trumpism—straight into the void.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
“You can’t deport half of America”. Oh yeah? Great look at context of National Conservatism which has given rise to today’s misogyny, bellicosity and mendacity. Does MAGA Have Ideas? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
What a stupid unnecessary move. newrepublic.com/maz/post/203...
In addition to the 86 Democrats who voted with Republicans, two Democrats voted “present.”
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What a stupid unnecessary move. newrepublic.com/maz/post/203...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv.... Sobering and smart take- why I can’t help but despair for the next 50 years..
College-Educated Professionals Are Capitalism’s Useful Idiots
How I got co-opted into helping the rich prevail at the expense of everybody else
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv.... Sobering and smart take- why I can’t help but despair for the next 50 years..
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan.... All I can say is:wow!
Trump Got Venezuela Intel from Team Behind 2020 Election-Theft “Witness”
The two men who brought Sidney Powell her "holy grail" witness in 2020 are feeding Trump info to justify his Venezuela crusade
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan.... All I can say is:wow!
open.substack.com/pub/wkamaube.... SUCH a good take!
Did The New York Times Ruin Opinions?
Or have they just hired people whose opinions ain’t worth the paper The New York Times is printed on?
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
open.substack.com/pub/wkamaube.... SUCH a good take!
I respect The Economist and its center- right European orientation but there’s a lot of sloppiness in coverage of Mamdani’s win. (Won’t bother to platform WaPo editorial board’s horrific take).
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
economist.com/graphic-deta...
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
economist.com/graphic-deta...
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
Our analysis shows why his victory is no model for Democrats elsewhere
economist.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I respect The Economist and its center- right European orientation but there’s a lot of sloppiness in coverage of Mamdani’s win. (Won’t bother to platform WaPo editorial board’s horrific take).
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
economist.com/graphic-deta...
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
economist.com/graphic-deta...
This the most shocking, if not surprising, evidence of Bari Weiss’s influence. Unbelievable. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Zohran Mamdani drops the mask
The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This the most shocking, if not surprising, evidence of Bari Weiss’s influence. Unbelievable. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
As usual, @mgessen61 cuts to the heart of what is such an important issue for many of us. How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As usual, @mgessen61 cuts to the heart of what is such an important issue for many of us. How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc.... Well worth reading to have an expert analysis in your pocket before Thanksgiving discussions…
President for Life
Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc.... Well worth reading to have an expert analysis in your pocket before Thanksgiving discussions…
Almost too on the nose…
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Almost too on the nose…
theofficialurban.substack.com/p/whats-the-.... Never heard of this. Glad it’s available.
Trump: What's the Deal? (Full 1991 BANNED Documentary)
The film was commissioned in 1988 by Leonard Stern. Donald threatened to sue any broadcaster or distributor that took on the film. It was screen only twice & subsequently suppressed.
theofficialurban.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
theofficialurban.substack.com/p/whats-the-.... Never heard of this. Glad it’s available.
NB- we all have to be less credulous and help familynir friends who are. newrepublic.com/maz/post/201...
The White House is using footage from Florida to make propaganda about the supposed “chaos” in Chicago, Illinois.
newrepublic.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
NB- we all have to be less credulous and help familynir friends who are. newrepublic.com/maz/post/201...
“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.” -Anne Frank, 1/13/43
October 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.” -Anne Frank, 1/13/43