cwswrites
@cwswrites.bsky.social
Vintage writer, former librarian, I RESIST
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REP. GOLDMAN: “Trump promised oil executives if they gave him $1 billion for his campaign, he’d do right by them. They gave about $500 million. This is a massive gift in violation of international law, essentially just co-opting an entire country's natural resources for the benefit of 🇺🇸 Companies.”
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 AM
REP. GOLDMAN: “Trump promised oil executives if they gave him $1 billion for his campaign, he’d do right by them. They gave about $500 million. This is a massive gift in violation of international law, essentially just co-opting an entire country's natural resources for the benefit of 🇺🇸 Companies.”
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
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I hadn’t read Mamdani’s speech, but this line is AMAZING.
Like a SCOTUS opinion that is full of elegant phrases and overdone citations that imposes some savage harms on ppl is never called out for its actual savagery.
Like a SCOTUS opinion that is full of elegant phrases and overdone citations that imposes some savage harms on ppl is never called out for its actual savagery.
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I hadn’t read Mamdani’s speech, but this line is AMAZING.
Like a SCOTUS opinion that is full of elegant phrases and overdone citations that imposes some savage harms on ppl is never called out for its actual savagery.
Like a SCOTUS opinion that is full of elegant phrases and overdone citations that imposes some savage harms on ppl is never called out for its actual savagery.
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So in 2026, the USPS will no longer process mail as it comes in. It will process mail when they feel like it. So they can deliver a letter or a package a month later. The Convicted FElon is doing this to prevent mail-in voting without outlawing it. He doesn't want the Democrats to win the Midterms.
December 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
So in 2026, the USPS will no longer process mail as it comes in. It will process mail when they feel like it. So they can deliver a letter or a package a month later. The Convicted FElon is doing this to prevent mail-in voting without outlawing it. He doesn't want the Democrats to win the Midterms.
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Thank you to all the performers who are canceling their events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
December 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Thank you to all the performers who are canceling their events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Whenever we're out of this shit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be built into an absolutely nightmare bureaucratic goliath. Increase the original funding by a million times and hire thousands of staffers trying to fuck shit up for business.
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Whenever we're out of this shit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be built into an absolutely nightmare bureaucratic goliath. Increase the original funding by a million times and hire thousands of staffers trying to fuck shit up for business.
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NEW: Internal Hamas document shows Israel has violated Gaza ceasefire every day for 80 days
Despite President Trump’s claim yesterday that Israel was “100%” compliant w/ the ceasefire he brokered, a detailed internal report shared w/ Drop Site by sources within Hamas documents daily, systematic...
Despite President Trump’s claim yesterday that Israel was “100%” compliant w/ the ceasefire he brokered, a detailed internal report shared w/ Drop Site by sources within Hamas documents daily, systematic...
December 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
NEW: Internal Hamas document shows Israel has violated Gaza ceasefire every day for 80 days
Despite President Trump’s claim yesterday that Israel was “100%” compliant w/ the ceasefire he brokered, a detailed internal report shared w/ Drop Site by sources within Hamas documents daily, systematic...
Despite President Trump’s claim yesterday that Israel was “100%” compliant w/ the ceasefire he brokered, a detailed internal report shared w/ Drop Site by sources within Hamas documents daily, systematic...
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The money trail will be exposed and these Dems and Republicans will be primaried in the near future. The Gaza genocide has radicalized an entire generation.
theintercept.com/2025/12/30/a...
theintercept.com/2025/12/30/a...
AIPAC Is Retreating From Endorsements and Election Spending. It Won’t Give Up Its Influence.
AIPAC is taking a quieter approach this midterms cycle, but the lobbying group is still seeking to keep Congress in Israel’s pocket.
theintercept.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The money trail will be exposed and these Dems and Republicans will be primaried in the near future. The Gaza genocide has radicalized an entire generation.
theintercept.com/2025/12/30/a...
theintercept.com/2025/12/30/a...
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They really cut $1 Trillion from Medicaid then put $50 billion back and think we’re all too dumb to notice
December 31, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They really cut $1 Trillion from Medicaid then put $50 billion back and think we’re all too dumb to notice
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Doomerism in January was cowardly preemptive surrender, but done at a time when the future was unknown.
Doomerism in December is still cowardly preemptive surrender, but now also requires ignoring all the non-doomer things that have happened over the year.
Doomerism in December is still cowardly preemptive surrender, but now also requires ignoring all the non-doomer things that have happened over the year.
I’m not gonna dunk on some small depressed account, but one reply I get to this is “you think there’s gonna be elections/Trump will listen to judges??” And I wonder how people haven’t noticed that Garcia is home and free and Republicans got crushed in elections this year
We Are Going to Win
Trump's revolution will fail, but we still have a long and painful road ahead of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Doomerism in January was cowardly preemptive surrender, but done at a time when the future was unknown.
Doomerism in December is still cowardly preemptive surrender, but now also requires ignoring all the non-doomer things that have happened over the year.
Doomerism in December is still cowardly preemptive surrender, but now also requires ignoring all the non-doomer things that have happened over the year.
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When Trump’s Term Is Finally Up, We Must Burn His Legacy to the Ground - Esquire
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
When Trump’s Term Is Finally Up, We Must Burn His Legacy to the Ground - Esquire
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reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
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The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services is warning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that they’re violating state law and could be cited if they switch out or remove license plates on their unmarked vehicles.
Minnesota DVS warns ICE agents they’re violating state law by switching license plates
The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services told federal homeland security officials to stop license plate switching immediately. Gov. Tim Walz called tampering with plates “criminal activ...
www.mprnews.org
December 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services is warning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that they’re violating state law and could be cited if they switch out or remove license plates on their unmarked vehicles.
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For a GOP president—after the Iraq War—to say outright that invading Venezuela is all about oil is wild. But it is. It’s also about corruption, power, graft, and land. And we should take him at his word.
@msnowevents.bsky.social
@msnowevents.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
For a GOP president—after the Iraq War—to say outright that invading Venezuela is all about oil is wild. But it is. It’s also about corruption, power, graft, and land. And we should take him at his word.
@msnowevents.bsky.social
@msnowevents.bsky.social
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David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
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This is metal
ICE voodoo doll discovered in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues
A handmade “voodoo doll” portraying an ICE agent was found in Uptown New Orleans as federal immigration enforcement continues across south Louisiana.
www.fox8live.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is metal
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"Why is everyone SO OBSESSED with the Epstein Files," whined the guy who is in the Epstein Files.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New York Times columnist David Brooks appears in latest Epstein photos
Brooks, who dismissed Epstein scandal as ‘stupid story’, wrote column expressing lack of interest in developments
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Why is everyone SO OBSESSED with the Epstein Files," whined the guy who is in the Epstein Files.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.
Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks
A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.
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Chief Justice John Roberts has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career—and he may soon achieve his goal, @davedaley3 argues. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Chief Justice John Roberts has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career—and he may soon achieve his goal, @davedaley3 argues. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
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🔥 KOH: “What we’re seeing is what the founding fathers feared the most — the collapse of our checks & balances. The Supreme court is supposed to be a co-equal branch, It's basically a mouthpiece for Trump. Members of congress are resigning rather than stand up to him.”
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
🔥 KOH: “What we’re seeing is what the founding fathers feared the most — the collapse of our checks & balances. The Supreme court is supposed to be a co-equal branch, It's basically a mouthpiece for Trump. Members of congress are resigning rather than stand up to him.”
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This was never about targeting violent criminals. This was always a wind up to the full attack on Black, Brown and Muslim immigrants we’ve seen burst wide open this week. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This was never about targeting violent criminals. This was always a wind up to the full attack on Black, Brown and Muslim immigrants we’ve seen burst wide open this week. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The constitution is colorblind unless you want to discriminate against nonwhites. Then it’s fine apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of r...
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The constitution is colorblind unless you want to discriminate against nonwhites. Then it’s fine apnews.com/article/supr...
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Reports now said that Kegbreath told Admiral Holsey that the military will follow all order & not to question any of them. Holsey stated the strikes are illegal & Kegbreath said do it or step down & retired. Holsey step down & retired.
allaboutlawyer.com/admiral-alvi...
allaboutlawyer.com/admiral-alvi...
Admiral Alvin Holsey Retires Friday After Clash With Hegseth Over Venezuela Strikes
Admiral Alvin Holsey retires December 12, 2025 after one year leading SOUTHCOM. Breaking news on tensions with Hegseth over Caribbean strikes.
allaboutlawyer.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reports now said that Kegbreath told Admiral Holsey that the military will follow all order & not to question any of them. Holsey stated the strikes are illegal & Kegbreath said do it or step down & retired. Holsey step down & retired.
allaboutlawyer.com/admiral-alvi...
allaboutlawyer.com/admiral-alvi...