Dempsey O'Dwyer
@dempseyodwyer.bsky.social
"There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it.
If only we're brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
Democrat resisting...again.
If only we're brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
Democrat resisting...again.
On August 26, 2025, this child's father, Luis, arrived at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan for a scheduled immigration hearing. Without explanation, Luis was taken from the building by ICE agents and spirited away.
Photograph by Stephanie Keith, The Intelligencer.
Photograph by Stephanie Keith, The Intelligencer.
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
On August 26, 2025, this child's father, Luis, arrived at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan for a scheduled immigration hearing. Without explanation, Luis was taken from the building by ICE agents and spirited away.
Photograph by Stephanie Keith, The Intelligencer.
Photograph by Stephanie Keith, The Intelligencer.
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
October 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
🎶When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me 🎶
Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, on the National Mall.
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me 🎶
Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, on the National Mall.
September 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
🎶When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me 🎶
Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, on the National Mall.
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me 🎶
Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, on the National Mall.
"The forces Donald Trump represents are perennial. He is not an aberration but a manifestation of the darker elements that have coursed through American society and history. When we are at our best, we make these forces ebb. And when we're at our worst, they flow."
Jon Meacham, Historian
Jon Meacham, Historian
September 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"The forces Donald Trump represents are perennial. He is not an aberration but a manifestation of the darker elements that have coursed through American society and history. When we are at our best, we make these forces ebb. And when we're at our worst, they flow."
Jon Meacham, Historian
Jon Meacham, Historian
Fact checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during Trump's first presidential term, an average of 21 per day. And he's claiming he didn't send the card...😏
September 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Fact checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during Trump's first presidential term, an average of 21 per day. And he's claiming he didn't send the card...😏
A Puffling. 🙂
September 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A Puffling. 🙂
When you are the disease...
September 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
When you are the disease...
stall /stôl/ verb
past tense: stalled; past participle: stalled
To stop or cause to stop making progress. To bring to a standstill.
past tense: stalled; past participle: stalled
To stop or cause to stop making progress. To bring to a standstill.
September 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
stall /stôl/ verb
past tense: stalled; past participle: stalled
To stop or cause to stop making progress. To bring to a standstill.
past tense: stalled; past participle: stalled
To stop or cause to stop making progress. To bring to a standstill.
Taking a moment away from politics...it is Puffling season.☺️
August 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Taking a moment away from politics...it is Puffling season.☺️
"Church shooter legally purchased rifle, pistol, and shotgun..."
The Minnesota Star-Tribune
The Minnesota Star-Tribune
August 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Church shooter legally purchased rifle, pistol, and shotgun..."
The Minnesota Star-Tribune
The Minnesota Star-Tribune
Mike Luckovich, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist.👏👏
August 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Mike Luckovich, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist.👏👏
Two children, ages eight and 10, are dead.
Fourteen of the injured are between six and 15.
Three of the injured are in their eighties.
Republicans send their usual thoughts & prayers.
A parent hugs her son during the active shooter situation at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, MN...today.
Fourteen of the injured are between six and 15.
Three of the injured are in their eighties.
Republicans send their usual thoughts & prayers.
A parent hugs her son during the active shooter situation at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, MN...today.
August 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Two children, ages eight and 10, are dead.
Fourteen of the injured are between six and 15.
Three of the injured are in their eighties.
Republicans send their usual thoughts & prayers.
A parent hugs her son during the active shooter situation at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, MN...today.
Fourteen of the injured are between six and 15.
Three of the injured are in their eighties.
Republicans send their usual thoughts & prayers.
A parent hugs her son during the active shooter situation at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, MN...today.
"Why is the tax cut for overtime and tips temporary, and the tax cuts for billionaire's jets are permanent?" Fmr Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
August 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"Why is the tax cut for overtime and tips temporary, and the tax cuts for billionaire's jets are permanent?" Fmr Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
"This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased." Charles Dickens
August 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased." Charles Dickens
"First of all, let me tell you something, Rep. Nicole Collier(D-TX) in the bathroom, has more dignity than Donald Trump in the Oval Office."
Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ)
Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ)
August 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"First of all, let me tell you something, Rep. Nicole Collier(D-TX) in the bathroom, has more dignity than Donald Trump in the Oval Office."
Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ)
Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ)
"In his under oath deposition, with the House Oversight Committee yesterday, former Trump Attorney General, William Barr, said it is within the current Attorney General, Pam Bondi's power to release the entire Epstein files, right now." @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"In his under oath deposition, with the House Oversight Committee yesterday, former Trump Attorney General, William Barr, said it is within the current Attorney General, Pam Bondi's power to release the entire Epstein files, right now." @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one.” Donald J. Trump, 08.15.24
"Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected."
CNBC, 08.14.25
"Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected."
CNBC, 08.14.25
August 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one.” Donald J. Trump, 08.15.24
"Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected."
CNBC, 08.14.25
"Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected."
CNBC, 08.14.25
"If there is one clear lesson from history, it is that you cannot achieve peace by appeasing an aggressor. You cannot achieve peace by rewarding somebody who's trying to grab other countries."
@vkaramurza.bsky.social, Russian Opposition Politician
@vkaramurza.bsky.social, Russian Opposition Politician
August 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"If there is one clear lesson from history, it is that you cannot achieve peace by appeasing an aggressor. You cannot achieve peace by rewarding somebody who's trying to grab other countries."
@vkaramurza.bsky.social, Russian Opposition Politician
@vkaramurza.bsky.social, Russian Opposition Politician
It's just too bad the 174 police officers injured on January 6th weren't beaten with Subway sandwiches...😒
August 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's just too bad the 174 police officers injured on January 6th weren't beaten with Subway sandwiches...😒
"Donald Trump is sending the national guard into Washington, DC...five years late." @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Donald Trump is sending the national guard into Washington, DC...five years late." @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
"...according to Washington Metropolitan Police data, violent crime is down 26 percent this year, compared with the same period last year." Newsweek, 08.11.25
DC is not spiraling into lawlessness.
Aliens aren't carving up the corn fields.
The sky isn't falling.
Hand over the Epstein files.
DC is not spiraling into lawlessness.
Aliens aren't carving up the corn fields.
The sky isn't falling.
Hand over the Epstein files.
August 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"...according to Washington Metropolitan Police data, violent crime is down 26 percent this year, compared with the same period last year." Newsweek, 08.11.25
DC is not spiraling into lawlessness.
Aliens aren't carving up the corn fields.
The sky isn't falling.
Hand over the Epstein files.
DC is not spiraling into lawlessness.
Aliens aren't carving up the corn fields.
The sky isn't falling.
Hand over the Epstein files.
Tulsi and Cruella...sounds more like a nightmare.
August 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Tulsi and Cruella...sounds more like a nightmare.
A classic reborn. This time, democracy is the victim.
Brought to you by those masters of horror, Texas House Republicans.
Brought to you by those masters of horror, Texas House Republicans.
August 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A classic reborn. This time, democracy is the victim.
Brought to you by those masters of horror, Texas House Republicans.
Brought to you by those masters of horror, Texas House Republicans.
