What was I thinking?
@ericmarcus.bsky.social
A Stranger in a Strange Land from Maryland, USA, now an IT guy in Cambridge, UK.
"The beat of the butterfly's wing affects us all"
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"The beat of the butterfly's wing affects us all"
Avatar - "All roads lead to Rome..."
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Trump now has his Heinrich Himmler who will do his best to turn the FBI into the Gestapo.
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“But the gays and the transgenders are perverts who want to abuse our kids!”
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“But the gays and the transgenders are perverts who want to abuse our kids!”
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The funniest bit on All in the Family. Carol O’Connor and Rob Reiner channel Abbott and Costello.
All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe
YouTube video by Scarlett OHara
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December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The funniest bit on All in the Family. Carol O’Connor and Rob Reiner channel Abbott and Costello.
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ICE goons are conducting kidnappings from Chicago streets without explanation, leaving communities in utter confusion and fear.
This lack of transparency is creating a climate of panic and instability in our neighborhoods. We must stand together.
This lack of transparency is creating a climate of panic and instability in our neighborhoods. We must stand together.
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
ICE goons are conducting kidnappings from Chicago streets without explanation, leaving communities in utter confusion and fear.
This lack of transparency is creating a climate of panic and instability in our neighborhoods. We must stand together.
This lack of transparency is creating a climate of panic and instability in our neighborhoods. We must stand together.
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The people who are all in on ‘denazifying’ Ukraine also want it to be illegal to be anti fascist
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said Hungary has formally put forward a proposal urging the European Union to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization.
Nutters everywhere.
Nutters everywhere.
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The people who are all in on ‘denazifying’ Ukraine also want it to be illegal to be anti fascist
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I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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That would be Catatonic State
Leavitt claims that gas is below $2 a gallon in "many states across the country"
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
That would be Catatonic State
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#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1791: The ten amendments comprising the Bill of Rights were ratified as a unit, limiting the power of the federal government and guaranteeing individuals specific rights and freedoms.
Let’s explore this critically important document. /1
Today in history, 1791: The ten amendments comprising the Bill of Rights were ratified as a unit, limiting the power of the federal government and guaranteeing individuals specific rights and freedoms.
Let’s explore this critically important document. /1
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1791: The ten amendments comprising the Bill of Rights were ratified as a unit, limiting the power of the federal government and guaranteeing individuals specific rights and freedoms.
Let’s explore this critically important document. /1
Today in history, 1791: The ten amendments comprising the Bill of Rights were ratified as a unit, limiting the power of the federal government and guaranteeing individuals specific rights and freedoms.
Let’s explore this critically important document. /1
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No one in their right mind who currently lives in a civilized country would have any desire to move here now.
December 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
No one in their right mind who currently lives in a civilized country would have any desire to move here now.
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Seems like the biggest threat to Europe is the media acting like a useful idiot
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Seems like the biggest threat to Europe is the media acting like a useful idiot
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WTF are we doing here, BBC?
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
WTF are we doing here, BBC?
Sadly, I agree. Against a perfect storm, she had her shot.
I look forward to her as a future Supreme Court justice.
I look forward to her as a future Supreme Court justice.
Absolutely not.
December 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sadly, I agree. Against a perfect storm, she had her shot.
I look forward to her as a future Supreme Court justice.
I look forward to her as a future Supreme Court justice.
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Instead of Elf On The Shelf, we are featuring Cthulhu In The Loo. Wash your hands, or face the unspeakable terror of the lord of the lightless abyss.
December 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Instead of Elf On The Shelf, we are featuring Cthulhu In The Loo. Wash your hands, or face the unspeakable terror of the lord of the lightless abyss.
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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
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Thread of maps, some of which I took the liberty of uploading high quality versions of.
Whenever people want to justify the de facto single state reality of the occupied Palestinian territory I just show them maps like this and ask them what it means
![occupied Palestinian territory: Jordan Valley and Dead Sea Area - February 2012 [EN/AR]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vlpy6zuqqum5tumv7b6dw5fp/bafkreihj66x3xh6hfule67tkre2y43xuwovzy5miwmyvqk7heultril7qm@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Thread of maps, some of which I took the liberty of uploading high quality versions of.
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If ever you wonder how the formerly abolitionist stronghold of #Ohio has become a deep red, restrictive hell-hole in just 40 years, this is why
Religious groups should not have non-profit status if their primary work is controlling politics rather than providing solace for the marginalized & poor
Religious groups should not have non-profit status if their primary work is controlling politics rather than providing solace for the marginalized & poor
'They’re relentless.' How a Christian group turns beliefs into bills
A little-known Christian policy group's growing impact is blurring the lines between church and state.
www.cincinnati.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If ever you wonder how the formerly abolitionist stronghold of #Ohio has become a deep red, restrictive hell-hole in just 40 years, this is why
Religious groups should not have non-profit status if their primary work is controlling politics rather than providing solace for the marginalized & poor
Religious groups should not have non-profit status if their primary work is controlling politics rather than providing solace for the marginalized & poor
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Fresh air is not a lifestyle preference or a comfort feature. It is one of the most effective public-health interventions we have. A century ago, this was already understood. Today, we continue to ignore it, even as COVID and Long COVID persist.
Read the full article: whn.global/fresh-air-sa...
Read the full article: whn.global/fresh-air-sa...
December 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Fresh air is not a lifestyle preference or a comfort feature. It is one of the most effective public-health interventions we have. A century ago, this was already understood. Today, we continue to ignore it, even as COVID and Long COVID persist.
Read the full article: whn.global/fresh-air-sa...
Read the full article: whn.global/fresh-air-sa...
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Trump: "Groceries are down."
America: "We really cannot afford to eat."
This is Trump's America.
America: "We really cannot afford to eat."
This is Trump's America.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trump: "Groceries are down."
America: "We really cannot afford to eat."
This is Trump's America.
America: "We really cannot afford to eat."
This is Trump's America.
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Our rights are under assault. On X, I provide a long list of threats, arrests, car accidents, brandishings, and shootings x.com/David_J_Bier...
x.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Our rights are under assault. On X, I provide a long list of threats, arrests, car accidents, brandishings, and shootings x.com/David_J_Bier...
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This is part of a pattern of ICE agents intentionally causing accidents with ICE observers and then accusing them of assault.
December 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is part of a pattern of ICE agents intentionally causing accidents with ICE observers and then accusing them of assault.
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DHS agents have:
1) a policy of threatening to arrest ICE observers;
2) a policy of permitting the brandishing of weapons against ICE observers;
3) a policy of arresting ICE observers for honking; and
4) a policy of crashing into drivers who follow them.
1) a policy of threatening to arrest ICE observers;
2) a policy of permitting the brandishing of weapons against ICE observers;
3) a policy of arresting ICE observers for honking; and
4) a policy of crashing into drivers who follow them.
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
DHS agents have:
1) a policy of threatening to arrest ICE observers;
2) a policy of permitting the brandishing of weapons against ICE observers;
3) a policy of arresting ICE observers for honking; and
4) a policy of crashing into drivers who follow them.
1) a policy of threatening to arrest ICE observers;
2) a policy of permitting the brandishing of weapons against ICE observers;
3) a policy of arresting ICE observers for honking; and
4) a policy of crashing into drivers who follow them.
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On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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Making previously eradicated diseases great again 🙄
“We are faced with ongoing transmission that we anticipate will go on for many more weeks,” Dr. Linda Bell, state epidemiologist, [said]…
Twenty-seven of those cases have been reported since Friday. “That is a significant increase in our cases in a short period of time”
Twenty-seven of those cases have been reported since Friday. “That is a significant increase in our cases in a short period of time”
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Making previously eradicated diseases great again 🙄
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Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate @amymcgrath.bsky.social calls out the hypocrisy of President Donald Trump and Republicans defending strikes on alleged drug boats despite pardoning Juan Orlando Hernández, the ex-Honduras president and convicted drug trafficker.
December 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate @amymcgrath.bsky.social calls out the hypocrisy of President Donald Trump and Republicans defending strikes on alleged drug boats despite pardoning Juan Orlando Hernández, the ex-Honduras president and convicted drug trafficker.