Outlander
@lastsurfer.bsky.social
Wayward educator/professor, homebuilder, and all-around fix it guy.
READ: Democracy in Chains, Kochland, Dark Towers, Blowout
READ: Democracy in Chains, Kochland, Dark Towers, Blowout
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Greta Thunberg's story is entirely consistent with the four Australians reported by @deepcutnews.bsky.social.
If the IDF inflicts such deliberate cruelty and degradation on briefly detained foreign nationals, no wonder we are getting such horrifying accounts from recently released Palestinians.
If the IDF inflicts such deliberate cruelty and degradation on briefly detained foreign nationals, no wonder we are getting such horrifying accounts from recently released Palestinians.
October 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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October 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Sanders: They have refused to negotiate. And anyone thinks that tomorrow they'll suddenly start negotiating. I think, is smoking what is illegal in many states
AOC: And should be legal in more.
AOC: And should be legal in more.
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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AOC: I don't care if someone likes me or not. That will never change the fact that I'm going to fight for them to have health care. I want MAGA to have health care. I want MAGA to be paid a living wage.
October 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Collins: Marjorie Taylor Greene—is she someone that you could see yourself working with?
AOC: On what? If she actually wants to support legislation and expanding healthcare… I'm more than open to doing that. But it's not just about talking the talk. We got to walk the walk.
AOC: On what? If she actually wants to support legislation and expanding healthcare… I'm more than open to doing that. But it's not just about talking the talk. We got to walk the walk.
October 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Mexico just shook up its Supreme Court: judges are now elected by the public, terms cut, salaries capped, and the number reduced.
October 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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“People talk about trying to change society,” a young Bob Dylan said, in 1964. “All I know is that so long as people stay so concerned about protecting their status and protecting what they have, ain’t nothing going to be done.”
What Bob Dylan Wanted at Twenty-three
From 1964: A portrait of the artist trying to move past “finger-pointing” songs, and finding a new voice in the process.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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October 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody
October 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.
October 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals
You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing
If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,
You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing
If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Mockler: I have spent all my formative years watching the President talk about the opposition party like they should not exist. His claim to fame in politics was saying that Obama was not born in America.
October 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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So we can see it coming and where it's going... how do we collectively prepare for a w**? Do we know that our leaders are prepared for this? This will get ugly soon...
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
As authoritarian rulers gain ground, “a question from the 20th century has resurfaced in the 21st, one that presses on individuals as well as institutions,” Jonathan Freedland writes in a guest essay. “Put simply, who bends the knee to tyranny and who stands up to it?”
As authoritarian rulers gain ground, “a question from the 20th century has resurfaced in the 21st, one that presses on individuals as well as institutions,” Jonathan Freedland writes in a guest essay. “Put simply, who bends the knee to tyranny and who stands up to it?”
Opinion | A Lesson From the German Resistance That Applies Today
The best safeguard against tyranny is a legion of people who believe in an authority higher than any political program.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
So we can see it coming and where it's going... how do we collectively prepare for a w**? Do we know that our leaders are prepared for this? This will get ugly soon...
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Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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It is anguishing to see young adults like this gleefully pursuing political power. It is no longer a secret where the GOPs inspiration comes from... and in the U.S., sad!
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
It is anguishing to see young adults like this gleefully pursuing political power. It is no longer a secret where the GOPs inspiration comes from... and in the U.S., sad!
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Scores of journalists with access to the Pentagon handed in their press passes on Wednesday rather than sign on to new rules that sharply restrict access and raise the prospect of punishment for simply requesting information on matters of public interest. Here is what the new rules say.
What Do the New Pentagon Press Reporting Rules Say?
The new rules codify strict limitations on access and raise the prospect of punishment for requesting information on matters of public interest.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.
Pay attention and act!
Pay attention and act!
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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nice graph...
Another reason to regard monetary policy with great disdain: the 'long and variable lags'.
Folks are begging for cuts to interest rates tomorrow, but changes take 12 - 18 months to flow through. The damage was done two years ago when the ghouls were advising 'higher for longer'.
Folks are begging for cuts to interest rates tomorrow, but changes take 12 - 18 months to flow through. The damage was done two years ago when the ghouls were advising 'higher for longer'.
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
nice graph...
She's such a skank...
“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
has anybody ever been more obviously full of shit than Pam Bondi is at the end of this 20 second clip?
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
She's such a skank...
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Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.
October 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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It is actuarial science... the quantification of risk using mathematical, statistical, and financial theories. The more people drop off, the less people remain under the Umbrella, driving the cost up for the remaining insured. Why the ACA benefited everyone.
Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month.
Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.
Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It is actuarial science... the quantification of risk using mathematical, statistical, and financial theories. The more people drop off, the less people remain under the Umbrella, driving the cost up for the remaining insured. Why the ACA benefited everyone.
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Turning the military on citizens.
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Turning the military on citizens.
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?