@carlewistoo.bsky.social
"As a rule, a regime perishes not because of the strength of its enemies but because of the uselessness of its defenders."
Lev Tikhomirov, 1911
Lawyer, EU & US citizen, worried on all fronts, literally. Need humor to get through the coming months
Lev Tikhomirov, 1911
Lawyer, EU & US citizen, worried on all fronts, literally. Need humor to get through the coming months
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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Had to write about Angus King's declaration that "standing up to Trump didn't work" because I've never heard anything bleaker in my life.
badfaithtimes.com/were-not-ask...
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We’re Not Asking For Much, Angus
"Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work."
badfaithtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Had to write about Angus King's declaration that "standing up to Trump didn't work" because I've never heard anything bleaker in my life.
badfaithtimes.com/were-not-ask...
badfaithtimes.com/were-not-ask...
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"Disappointed" is an understatement. Let's get this trending #PrimaryKaine.
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These are the eight Senators who are selling out on the Schumer #Shutdown. Democrats, time to take a page from the constantly winning MAGA Playbook and primary the living shit out of all eight who're Durbin/IL, King/ME, Kaine/VA, Fetterman/PA, Shaheen/NH, Hassan/NH, Cortez Mastro/NV and & Rosen/NV.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"Disappointed" is an understatement. Let's get this trending #PrimaryKaine.
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Right before he turned in for the night because he’s getting up to go to work at his federal job in the morning, my husband (who has worked without pay since October 1st) said that your yes vote is utterly demoralizing. As your constituents, we are incredibly disappointed in your choice.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Right before he turned in for the night because he’s getting up to go to work at his federal job in the morning, my husband (who has worked without pay since October 1st) said that your yes vote is utterly demoralizing. As your constituents, we are incredibly disappointed in your choice.
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We are deeply disappointed in your choice to vote yes on this bill. We urge you to change your vote to NO.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We are deeply disappointed in your choice to vote yes on this bill. We urge you to change your vote to NO.
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This is ridiculous. People suffered for 40 days for you to get a promise for a vote? That’s it? Why not put the ACA subsidies in the CR right now?
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is ridiculous. People suffered for 40 days for you to get a promise for a vote? That’s it? Why not put the ACA subsidies in the CR right now?
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What does all this chaos at FDA mean for biotech and for patients? @matthewherper.bsky.social and I talked to experts, and have more on the drama between the drug and biologics center leaders — "We now have FDA "Mean Girls" burn books out in the open," a source said. www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
Experts worry FDA’s credibility is being shredded by scandal and 'soap opera'
Experts worry that the FDA’s credibility is being shredded by scandal and "soap opera."
www.statnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What does all this chaos at FDA mean for biotech and for patients? @matthewherper.bsky.social and I talked to experts, and have more on the drama between the drug and biologics center leaders — "We now have FDA "Mean Girls" burn books out in the open," a source said. www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
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there are basically not enough republican voters to create enough safe seats to withstand the kind of wave that, for example, turned virginia into a democratic supermajority state for the first time in the modern era of its politics
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
there are basically not enough republican voters to create enough safe seats to withstand the kind of wave that, for example, turned virginia into a democratic supermajority state for the first time in the modern era of its politics
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Yeah as soon as they caught the guy and didn't immediately plaster his name everywhere, it was pretty obvious he didn't fit the profile they wanted.
September 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Yeah as soon as they caught the guy and didn't immediately plaster his name everywhere, it was pretty obvious he didn't fit the profile they wanted.
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the suspected Charlie Kirk shooter has been identified as 22 year old Tyler Robinson from Utah
very little in his family socials other than that Tyler was very online and dressed up on Halloween specifically to emulate this meme
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very little in his family socials other than that Tyler was very online and dressed up on Halloween specifically to emulate this meme
knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultur...
September 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
the suspected Charlie Kirk shooter has been identified as 22 year old Tyler Robinson from Utah
very little in his family socials other than that Tyler was very online and dressed up on Halloween specifically to emulate this meme
knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultur...
very little in his family socials other than that Tyler was very online and dressed up on Halloween specifically to emulate this meme
knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultur...
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I really can't wait to see how Trump and co will try to spin Tyler "wears a Pepe meme costume to Halloween" , "Registered Republican", "son of a 27 years veteran of the Washington country sherrif's department" Robinson into their "shooter was a trans leftist extremist" narrative
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I really can't wait to see how Trump and co will try to spin Tyler "wears a Pepe meme costume to Halloween" , "Registered Republican", "son of a 27 years veteran of the Washington country sherrif's department" Robinson into their "shooter was a trans leftist extremist" narrative
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The Justice Department had once argued that Ghislaine Maxwell should be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. Now its second-ranking official—and Donald Trump’s former lawyer—is aligned with a woman whose crimes the department had called “monstrous.”
What Ghislaine Maxwell Told the Justice Department
Listening to the convicted sex offender’s lengthy interview reveals that she and her interviewer had one goal—to satisfy Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Justice Department had once argued that Ghislaine Maxwell should be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. Now its second-ranking official—and Donald Trump’s former lawyer—is aligned with a woman whose crimes the department had called “monstrous.”
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Translation from Trumpese: Quick criminal trials are for thee—but not for me
Trump on Fox & Friends: "One thing I say is we have to have quick trials. I called it quick trial. 'Cause in China they do have quick trials, you know? ... They should have a trial the following day."
September 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Translation from Trumpese: Quick criminal trials are for thee—but not for me
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The reaction to Kirk’s murder on the right is a reminder that Republicans are the most bad faith people on the face of the planet.
September 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The reaction to Kirk’s murder on the right is a reminder that Republicans are the most bad faith people on the face of the planet.
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We would also wish that the drone attack on Poland was a mistake. But it wasn’t. And we know it.
September 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
We would also wish that the drone attack on Poland was a mistake. But it wasn’t. And we know it.
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This is a very Nazi thing to say, actually.
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is a very Nazi thing to say, actually.
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Trump: The radicals on the right are often radical because they don’t want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem. -Fox News
September 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Trump: The radicals on the right are often radical because they don’t want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem. -Fox News
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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MAHA Draft Report: Pesticides, Processed Foods Unmentioned, But Conspiracy Theories Abound
We've already demonstrated over the course of plenty of posts that RFK Jr. is wildly incapable of running Health and Human Services. The fact that he was even nominated for a role in managing American health…
We've already demonstrated over the course of plenty of posts that RFK Jr. is wildly incapable of running Health and Human Services. The fact that he was even nominated for a role in managing American health…
MAHA Draft Report: Pesticides, Processed Foods Unmentioned, But Conspiracy Theories Abound
We've already demonstrated over the course of plenty of posts that RFK Jr. is wildly incapable of running Health and Human Services. The fact that he was even nominated for a role in managing American health is absolutely bonkers, but that a Senate filled with supposed grown adults voted to confirm his appointment to HHS should, and I believe will, become a historical stain on the legacy of that particular institution.
www.techdirt.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
MAHA Draft Report: Pesticides, Processed Foods Unmentioned, But Conspiracy Theories Abound
We've already demonstrated over the course of plenty of posts that RFK Jr. is wildly incapable of running Health and Human Services. The fact that he was even nominated for a role in managing American health…
We've already demonstrated over the course of plenty of posts that RFK Jr. is wildly incapable of running Health and Human Services. The fact that he was even nominated for a role in managing American health…
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These Fox News shills are simply shameless.
August 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
These Fox News shills are simply shameless.
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Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows
Offering a rare glimpse inside the hidden world of rejected insurance claims, via Sarah Kliff
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h...
Offering a rare glimpse inside the hidden world of rejected insurance claims, via Sarah Kliff
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h...
July 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows
Offering a rare glimpse inside the hidden world of rejected insurance claims, via Sarah Kliff
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h...
Offering a rare glimpse inside the hidden world of rejected insurance claims, via Sarah Kliff
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h...
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Remember Collins and Murkowski could have stopped this. People who lose healthcare coverage will die because of them
June 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Remember Collins and Murkowski could have stopped this. People who lose healthcare coverage will die because of them
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#Murkowski caved.
Murkowski votes to advance GOP #megabill after early misgivings over #Medicaid, SNAP cuts. #Alaska thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Murkowski votes to advance GOP #megabill after early misgivings over #Medicaid, SNAP cuts. #Alaska thehill.com/homenews/sen...
June 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
#Murkowski caved.
Murkowski votes to advance GOP #megabill after early misgivings over #Medicaid, SNAP cuts. #Alaska thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Murkowski votes to advance GOP #megabill after early misgivings over #Medicaid, SNAP cuts. #Alaska thehill.com/homenews/sen...