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Yeller in the stands.
With the writer of words, in the newspaper margins, in a Birmingham jail..
Vonnegut, Saroyan, Tolstoi, Kingsolver, W.T.Vollmann, Upton Sinclair, Cormac Mccarthy, "The Count of Monte Cristo". I could go on, but you get the idea.
With the writer of words, in the newspaper margins, in a Birmingham jail..
Vonnegut, Saroyan, Tolstoi, Kingsolver, W.T.Vollmann, Upton Sinclair, Cormac Mccarthy, "The Count of Monte Cristo". I could go on, but you get the idea.
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· Jun 28
...the worst kind of one party state.. "invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." Hannah Arendt
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This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree
June 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree
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What a lovely way to end my Bluesky Friday:
(Loved BOTH retorts as totally fitting.)
(Loved BOTH retorts as totally fitting.)
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
What a lovely way to end my Bluesky Friday:
(Loved BOTH retorts as totally fitting.)
(Loved BOTH retorts as totally fitting.)
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Jesus and I would like to remind you that literally no one has ever stopped anyone from saying 'Merry Christmas.’
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Jesus and I would like to remind you that literally no one has ever stopped anyone from saying 'Merry Christmas.’
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The court of historical consensus will overturn these SCOTUS opinions. It will be a hundred Dred Scotts.
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The court of historical consensus will overturn these SCOTUS opinions. It will be a hundred Dred Scotts.
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Trump's changes to the White House remind me of the Wheel of Time.
#wot #wheeloftime #trump #whitehouse #ballroom
#wot #wheeloftime #trump #whitehouse #ballroom
November 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Trump's changes to the White House remind me of the Wheel of Time.
#wot #wheeloftime #trump #whitehouse #ballroom
#wot #wheeloftime #trump #whitehouse #ballroom
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The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
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looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
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I want to hear Bill Cassidy say he regrets voting for RFK Jr. If not, I’ll assume he just regrets the political discomfort this is causing him.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I want to hear Bill Cassidy say he regrets voting for RFK Jr. If not, I’ll assume he just regrets the political discomfort this is causing him.
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I continue to believe the Trump admin will lose on this. There has not been a single judge who agreed with them.
Here is the question presented. It's a relatively clean vehicle for the Supreme Court to finally decide whether it is lawful for the president to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I continue to believe the Trump admin will lose on this. There has not been a single judge who agreed with them.
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Please stop using heroin addiction as his fatal flaw. I have lost good people to this addiction and cherish the folks who have survived it. RFK, Jr is just a horrible spoiled child of a privileged family.
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Please stop using heroin addiction as his fatal flaw. I have lost good people to this addiction and cherish the folks who have survived it. RFK, Jr is just a horrible spoiled child of a privileged family.
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A heroin addict who writes bad porn poetry says eliminating the Hepatitis B vaccine will make kids healthier. Medical experts say it will kill thousands of innocent children. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to believe.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A heroin addict who writes bad porn poetry says eliminating the Hepatitis B vaccine will make kids healthier. Medical experts say it will kill thousands of innocent children. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to believe.
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Nothing could be better for America than having tiny cars and gigantic trucks on the same freeways. I feel great about that idea!
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Nothing could be better for America than having tiny cars and gigantic trucks on the same freeways. I feel great about that idea!
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you know who else celebrated tiny cars for the masses?
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
you know who else celebrated tiny cars for the masses?
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I thought we were doing giant wood-paneled station wagons that got about 8 miles a gallon, like the good ol days?
One of the best parts is how whatever his fanatical minions say, he'll contradict them that night from his phone.
One of the best parts is how whatever his fanatical minions say, he'll contradict them that night from his phone.
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I thought we were doing giant wood-paneled station wagons that got about 8 miles a gallon, like the good ol days?
One of the best parts is how whatever his fanatical minions say, he'll contradict them that night from his phone.
One of the best parts is how whatever his fanatical minions say, he'll contradict them that night from his phone.
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Absolutely wild to be posting TINY CARS when your voter base is comprised almost entirely of people that are obsessed with truck nuts and suspension kits so big they need a stepstool to get in the driver’s seat
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Absolutely wild to be posting TINY CARS when your voter base is comprised almost entirely of people that are obsessed with truck nuts and suspension kits so big they need a stepstool to get in the driver’s seat
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy again makes a concern-shaped face and types out futile demands to undo the horrific decisions that are being made because he voted to confirm RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary and encouraged others to do so.
He makes sad noises but doesn’t DO anything to stop this travesty.
He makes sad noises but doesn’t DO anything to stop this travesty.
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy again makes a concern-shaped face and types out futile demands to undo the horrific decisions that are being made because he voted to confirm RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary and encouraged others to do so.
He makes sad noises but doesn’t DO anything to stop this travesty.
He makes sad noises but doesn’t DO anything to stop this travesty.
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German Defense Minister Pistorius:
For almost 4yrs,war has once again returned to Europe.The key to peace lies above all in Moscow.Putin stages himself as someone who wants peace,but he isn’t serious.With every supposedly new attempt at peace,it’s the same story all over again-like the Groundhog Day
For almost 4yrs,war has once again returned to Europe.The key to peace lies above all in Moscow.Putin stages himself as someone who wants peace,but he isn’t serious.With every supposedly new attempt at peace,it’s the same story all over again-like the Groundhog Day
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
German Defense Minister Pistorius:
For almost 4yrs,war has once again returned to Europe.The key to peace lies above all in Moscow.Putin stages himself as someone who wants peace,but he isn’t serious.With every supposedly new attempt at peace,it’s the same story all over again-like the Groundhog Day
For almost 4yrs,war has once again returned to Europe.The key to peace lies above all in Moscow.Putin stages himself as someone who wants peace,but he isn’t serious.With every supposedly new attempt at peace,it’s the same story all over again-like the Groundhog Day
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If you can even afford healthcare at all after the Republicans finish relieving the rich of their tax responsibility & you of your health insurance.
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If you can even afford healthcare at all after the Republicans finish relieving the rich of their tax responsibility & you of your health insurance.
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What if we took the money we’re spending blowing up boats in the Caribbean and spent it on helping drug addicts here in the US to get free from drugs? Addiction is a medical condition that can be treated. I’d rather see us fight a war against addiction.
December 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What if we took the money we’re spending blowing up boats in the Caribbean and spent it on helping drug addicts here in the US to get free from drugs? Addiction is a medical condition that can be treated. I’d rather see us fight a war against addiction.
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Wouldn't it be better to use the taxation system to make legal monetary policy that reverts cash back from Nvidia into the public in ways that are economically helpful?
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Wouldn't it be better to use the taxation system to make legal monetary policy that reverts cash back from Nvidia into the public in ways that are economically helpful?
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December 4, 2025
December 4, 2025
“What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, said.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
December 4, 2025
"No reform is possible unless some of the educated and the rich voluntarily accept the status of the poor, travel third, and refuse to enjoy the amenities denied to the poor and, instead of taking avoidable hardships,discourtesies and injustice as a matter of course, fight for their removal."
Gandhi
Gandhi
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"No reform is possible unless some of the educated and the rich voluntarily accept the status of the poor, travel third, and refuse to enjoy the amenities denied to the poor and, instead of taking avoidable hardships,discourtesies and injustice as a matter of course, fight for their removal."
Gandhi
Gandhi
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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"We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one"
Thank you Judge.
Thank you Judge.
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one"
Thank you Judge.
Thank you Judge.