Gilbert Normandeau
gnormandeau.bsky.social
Gilbert Normandeau
@gnormandeau.bsky.social
Concerned citizen
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No other profession needs as much propaganda as cops. 24/7
February 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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If you ever see us sharing something you know to be AI generated, please let us know, and please don't get mad or defensive at people who do that for you. It's not a call out, it's a helpful piece of information. We all need to normalize that going forward in order to have any hope of functioning.
Finding myself spending less time scrolling as the grim and disquieting thought "is this AI?" undermines my sense of learning about what's going on, and even enjoyment of memes. I see something I might once have reposted and instead just log off.

So, actually, thanks for that, AI slopmongers.
February 1, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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it's quite funny that the international pedophile ring got QAnon to put them all in power.
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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On August 12, 2017, Heather Heyer was killed by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville.

On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.

In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
January 31, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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The force that terrifies these people isn’t even social justice or feminism or anti-racism. It’s *the public getting wind of how their masters behave and what they do*, then going full ape uprising against them. So they do what they always do: they use their money to turn us against each other.
January 31, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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This is what ruling class solidarity looks like
The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024.

If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
January 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Probably one of the most "liberal" sheriffs in the country right now (which I mean, liberal by sheriff standards is not much of anything) is Sheriff Alyshia M. Dyer of Washtenaw County, MI, so I find it interesting to hear her talk about ICE activity in her county.
Washtenaw County Sheriff discusses ICE enforcement at school bus stop
YouTube video by FOX 2 Detroit
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February

"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March

"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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I usually don't release discarded draft versions but this feels like it might be useful today
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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I hope folks do not betray the young people going out to protest again like they did after October 7.
January 29, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Border Patrol is wild. A just picked up a book I haven’t read in 30 years. “Unrepentant Sinner”. Askins. I started re-reading the chapter where he joins the newish BP during the depression. I don’t think that culture has changed in 100 years.
a) Abolish ICE

b) Pretti was murdered by CBP agents

c) This feels ripe for a 14th amendment challenge

d) Abolish DHS

e) Trump must resign
ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week.
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Large right wing party that looks like a small christofascist party.
as we celebrate the most sacred holiday in the calendar I just want to let everyone know that every small boulder is just a large boulder the size of a small boulder please use caution.
Today is "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" day!
January 27, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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If we win, and I believe we will, we will look back on this duopolistic system and see it for the sham it has always been, a performance benefiting the wealthy to all of our detriment.

There’s no reforming this like there’s no reforming ICE. We have to burn it down and rebuild.
January 27, 2026 at 5:27 PM
It’s a good video.
Every card in this is hilarious.

I particularly enjoy the shout outs to @whstancil.bsky.social [sic], @marisakabas.bsky.social, and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.

@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Hell yah! I heard them saying this was the reason.
greg bovino rolled through my block on Thursday and is now leaving MSP and I can only surmise that it is because he is afraid of me, personally.
January 26, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I’m going to sit my 4 yo at the piano and record them randomly hitting keys. Then I’ll send the recording to an established musician and pay them to fix the mistakes.
Voilà. A protege .
Every single guy like this has a vision of the future that is insane, deeply depressing, and remarkably stupid.
batshit! these people are batshit! totally off the rails!
January 26, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This is completely insane if you care about air transportation safety.
this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
January 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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unlike all the strident leftists who were correct too early, i am correct at exactly the right time
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That’s amazing.
I was struck today by this from Abigail Adams (writing to John in September of 1776), by the statue of her that stands at Quincy (MA) common
January 25, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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Extrajudicial killings are not the sign of a strong regime but they may be the portent of a bloody one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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the extent to which this administration is out of control is really summed up by the fact that they immediately went with “this was an armed terrorist there to kill law enforcement” knowing that video from multiple angles completely disproving them was out there and would be seen by everyone
January 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM
And your books helped us to be aware. It’s hard to believe it’s now.
all i have to say is that certainly the mind behind dhs' social posts, and the mindset of a lot of people in this admin, the online nazi mindset, is "there is a plague on this country we must eliminate and anyone who stands against us is a brainwashed race traitor," and theyre acting accordingly
January 24, 2026 at 9:48 PM