@fenianemt.bsky.social
Dog dad. Husband. Coloradan from Maryland. Software developer. Former firefighter/EMT. Ravens fan. Lover of democracy.
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Lotta people get mad at me when I criticize Democratic messaging but THIS IS HOW DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE TALKING. Like normal people using normal language to communicate normal human emotions about the fucked up situation.
THIS.
THIS.
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Lotta people get mad at me when I criticize Democratic messaging but THIS IS HOW DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE TALKING. Like normal people using normal language to communicate normal human emotions about the fucked up situation.
THIS.
THIS.
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This was murder. Trump is defending a murder, a murder committed on his behalf.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
This was murder. Trump is defending a murder, a murder committed on his behalf.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
“[Kash Patel] always has this expression that suggests that he just bargained on a fart and lost.” - @kenwhite.bsky.social
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September 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“[Kash Patel] always has this expression that suggests that he just bargained on a fart and lost.” - @kenwhite.bsky.social
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The first two things aren’t compatible.
August 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The first two things aren’t compatible.
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I’ll say it again - when *any* politician uses the ‘I haven’t read that story’ lie about something they knew they would get asked about, the interviewer has a duty to say ‘Okay, in that case I’m going to terminate this interview and you can come back when you’re better prepared.”
TAPPER: I have a hard time thinking that if a D president held a dinner for investors in his cryptocurrency, you wouldn't be outraged
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I don't know anything about the dinner. I was a little busy this past week, so I'm not going to comment on something I haven't even heard about
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I don't know anything about the dinner. I was a little busy this past week, so I'm not going to comment on something I haven't even heard about
May 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’ll say it again - when *any* politician uses the ‘I haven’t read that story’ lie about something they knew they would get asked about, the interviewer has a duty to say ‘Okay, in that case I’m going to terminate this interview and you can come back when you’re better prepared.”
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Speaks for me. Who Changed? open.substack.com/pub/mattlaba...
Who Changed?
An honest conversation about dishonesty
open.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Speaks for me. Who Changed? open.substack.com/pub/mattlaba...
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I'm in my 40s and have lived through three iterations of "both parties are the same OH WAIT THEY'RE NOT THIS SUCKS" (2000, 2016, 2024).
April 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I'm in my 40s and have lived through three iterations of "both parties are the same OH WAIT THEY'RE NOT THIS SUCKS" (2000, 2016, 2024).
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100% this.
this is such good news. i think it is also an opportunity for democrats to state forthrightly that when they win power again everyone responsible for this crime will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law and will face the american people to answer for their lawlessness
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
100% this.
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8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
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His name is Andry Hernandez Romero. He is a young professional from Venezuela. He is a makeup artist. He is a gay man.
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
April 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
His name is Andry Hernandez Romero. He is a young professional from Venezuela. He is a makeup artist. He is a gay man.
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
Andry was a target for abuse in his homeland of Venezuela. He was viciously humiliated daily — the victim of discrimination for his sexuality. He was also being persecuted for…
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Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.
April 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.
When America is great—when it is patriotic—it opposes the very existence of concentration camps like CECOT. This administration is sending people there without due process and paying taxpayer dollars for it. No American with a shred of patriotism can support this.
April 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When America is great—when it is patriotic—it opposes the very existence of concentration camps like CECOT. This administration is sending people there without due process and paying taxpayer dollars for it. No American with a shred of patriotism can support this.
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We need to bring back shame
April 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
We need to bring back shame
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As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.
April 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.
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Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.
April 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.
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Oh, this is so perfect. Needed that laugh as I watched the market crash (again) today.
#TrumpCrash #Trumponomics
#TrumpCrash #Trumponomics
April 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Oh, this is so perfect. Needed that laugh as I watched the market crash (again) today.
#TrumpCrash #Trumponomics
#TrumpCrash #Trumponomics
This is a really interesting and thoughtful piece. I'd still like to know more about practical first steps for individuals, but I like the underlying ideas. (h/t @marionicolais.bsky.social)
The next Democratic nominee can double down on institutional protection, vague unity, and procedural reform.
This is my pitch for something different: a politics of agency, a bold, honest vision that speaks to desire for meaning, belonging, and control.
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/part-4-a-p...
This is my pitch for something different: a politics of agency, a bold, honest vision that speaks to desire for meaning, belonging, and control.
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/part-4-a-p...
Part 4: A Politics of Agency
What this could look like.
quartzevelyn.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is a really interesting and thoughtful piece. I'd still like to know more about practical first steps for individuals, but I like the underlying ideas. (h/t @marionicolais.bsky.social)
AXS has achieved the unthinkable: they've actually made Ticketmaster look good.
April 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
AXS has achieved the unthinkable: they've actually made Ticketmaster look good.
Discussing the details of an impending military operation on Signal, an unclassified medium, is staggeringly incompetent, and very likely illegal. And that’s to say nothing of the idiocy of the content or accidentally (?) including a journalist. But her emails!
March 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Discussing the details of an impending military operation on Signal, an unclassified medium, is staggeringly incompetent, and very likely illegal. And that’s to say nothing of the idiocy of the content or accidentally (?) including a journalist. But her emails!
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Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC: “Make no mistake, the goal of the Trump Administration is not only to punish specific lawyers or firms, but to chill the legal profession itself, until there is no one left willing to stand up in court and say, 'This is wrong.'”
March 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC: “Make no mistake, the goal of the Trump Administration is not only to punish specific lawyers or firms, but to chill the legal profession itself, until there is no one left willing to stand up in court and say, 'This is wrong.'”
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NEW: US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff uncritically amplified a number of Russian demands, claims, and justifications regarding the war in Ukraine during an interview on March 21. 🧵(1/6) isw.pub/UkrWar032225
March 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
NEW: US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff uncritically amplified a number of Russian demands, claims, and justifications regarding the war in Ukraine during an interview on March 21. 🧵(1/6) isw.pub/UkrWar032225
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“I’m doing good things,” I tell myself as I delete the military service of a dead woman. “I’m still a good person.”
Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence website
Web page about iconic Golden Girls actress becomes latest victim of DEI purge
Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her wartime contribution scrubbed from the Department of Defence (DOD) website. The URL now reads "DEIBefore".
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March 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“I’m doing good things,” I tell myself as I delete the military service of a dead woman. “I’m still a good person.”
I’m a centrist, so frequently disagree with AOC on policy, but she is apparently *much* better at reading the room than most of her Democratic colleagues.
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I’m a centrist, so frequently disagree with AOC on policy, but she is apparently *much* better at reading the room than most of her Democratic colleagues.