@poeta_az
@poeta-az.bsky.social
Not really a poet. Proud Democrat.
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· Feb 28
You can say you’re very swift
But you’ve been taken by a grift
The few are giving us their bill
While they live large and drink our fill
They are doing very well
While half the home team is in hell
Those of means can still afford
To pay their share and not just hoard
🧵…
But you’ve been taken by a grift
The few are giving us their bill
While they live large and drink our fill
They are doing very well
While half the home team is in hell
Those of means can still afford
To pay their share and not just hoard
🧵…
A rough year for journalists
As fascism in the whole world twists
Let’s hope they’ll stay safe and don’t ever shirk
Their very important truth-telling work
apnews.com/article/pres...
As fascism in the whole world twists
Let’s hope they’ll stay safe and don’t ever shirk
Their very important truth-telling work
apnews.com/article/pres...
A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around
By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press. It's likely to be the deadliest year on record for journalists and media workers across the world.
apnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A rough year for journalists
As fascism in the whole world twists
Let’s hope they’ll stay safe and don’t ever shirk
Their very important truth-telling work
apnews.com/article/pres...
As fascism in the whole world twists
Let’s hope they’ll stay safe and don’t ever shirk
Their very important truth-telling work
apnews.com/article/pres...
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Seems there is yet another app using the ICEBlock logo and charging people for access. It’s called ICEBlocker and it is not us.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian.
We would never ask for money.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian.
We would never ask for money.
December 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Seems there is yet another app using the ICEBlock logo and charging people for access. It’s called ICEBlocker and it is not us.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian.
We would never ask for money.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian.
We would never ask for money.
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Acton: [Ramaswamy] literally treats Ohio like a flyover state.
When you love Ohio the way I do, you don’t treat it like a flyover state. You don’t move your business from Ohio to Texas. You don’t pit Ohioans against each other with endless culture wars…
When you love Ohio the way I do, you don’t treat it like a flyover state. You don’t move your business from Ohio to Texas. You don’t pit Ohioans against each other with endless culture wars…
December 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Acton: [Ramaswamy] literally treats Ohio like a flyover state.
When you love Ohio the way I do, you don’t treat it like a flyover state. You don’t move your business from Ohio to Texas. You don’t pit Ohioans against each other with endless culture wars…
When you love Ohio the way I do, you don’t treat it like a flyover state. You don’t move your business from Ohio to Texas. You don’t pit Ohioans against each other with endless culture wars…
Today I will spread some holiday cheer
To all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
It turns out that DOGE didn’t save us a dime
It’s turns out that Trump is just Epstein slime
Republicans fucked voters to give our taxes to the rich
The whole damn election was a huge bait and switch
🧵
To all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
It turns out that DOGE didn’t save us a dime
It’s turns out that Trump is just Epstein slime
Republicans fucked voters to give our taxes to the rich
The whole damn election was a huge bait and switch
🧵
December 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Today I will spread some holiday cheer
To all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
It turns out that DOGE didn’t save us a dime
It’s turns out that Trump is just Epstein slime
Republicans fucked voters to give our taxes to the rich
The whole damn election was a huge bait and switch
🧵
To all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
It turns out that DOGE didn’t save us a dime
It’s turns out that Trump is just Epstein slime
Republicans fucked voters to give our taxes to the rich
The whole damn election was a huge bait and switch
🧵
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This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
I see they didn’t save a thing
It’s not what they were asked to bring
They were there just to destroy
To steal our data from Trump-man-boy
So in fact they saved not a dime
Yet got their tax cuts in record time
Just another bait & switch
By the GOP and their Elon bitch
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
It’s not what they were asked to bring
They were there just to destroy
To steal our data from Trump-man-boy
So in fact they saved not a dime
Yet got their tax cuts in record time
Just another bait & switch
By the GOP and their Elon bitch
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I see they didn’t save a thing
It’s not what they were asked to bring
They were there just to destroy
To steal our data from Trump-man-boy
So in fact they saved not a dime
Yet got their tax cuts in record time
Just another bait & switch
By the GOP and their Elon bitch
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
It’s not what they were asked to bring
They were there just to destroy
To steal our data from Trump-man-boy
So in fact they saved not a dime
Yet got their tax cuts in record time
Just another bait & switch
By the GOP and their Elon bitch
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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"Someone told the party that Donald Trump had invited them all to a party at Mar a Lago. REDACTED told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told REDACTED it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes."
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Someone told the party that Donald Trump had invited them all to a party at Mar a Lago. REDACTED told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told REDACTED it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes."
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Judge Boasberg is true to law and order and justice. Thanks for the speedy summary of his ruling, Joyce.
It was one of those nights. 2 judges ruled in highly significant cases & a new lawsuit got filed, all while I was at dinner with my husband. Catch up on the news & watch my conversation with the amazing @katiephang.bsky.social about Judge Dugan’s conviction. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
A Conviction, Two Orders, and A Lawsuit
Also announcing a very special Substack Live in the morning
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Judge Boasberg is true to law and order and justice. Thanks for the speedy summary of his ruling, Joyce.
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Striking shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage in open water violates both the laws of war and federal criminal law.
Formally demanding a Department of Justice investigation into the strikes and Hegseth’s apparent violation of the law with @raskin.house.gov.
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
Formally demanding a Department of Justice investigation into the strikes and Hegseth’s apparent violation of the law with @raskin.house.gov.
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Striking shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage in open water violates both the laws of war and federal criminal law.
Formally demanding a Department of Justice investigation into the strikes and Hegseth’s apparent violation of the law with @raskin.house.gov.
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
Formally demanding a Department of Justice investigation into the strikes and Hegseth’s apparent violation of the law with @raskin.house.gov.
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/c...
Destruction of what made the US competitive
Sorry if I am being repetitive
But government can get things done
That simply are too big for one
There is nothing there to fill this void
The business and jobs we all enjoyed
😥
Destruction of what made the US competitive
Sorry if I am being repetitive
But government can get things done
That simply are too big for one
There is nothing there to fill this void
The business and jobs we all enjoyed
😥
A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts Continue
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/c...
Destruction of what made the US competitive
Sorry if I am being repetitive
But government can get things done
That simply are too big for one
There is nothing there to fill this void
The business and jobs we all enjoyed
😥
Destruction of what made the US competitive
Sorry if I am being repetitive
But government can get things done
That simply are too big for one
There is nothing there to fill this void
The business and jobs we all enjoyed
😥
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ICE violently detain pregnant woman—shove her face down into snow kneeling on her back until she "couldn't breathe."
Agents handcuff her—then drag her across pavement by just 1 arm.
"We yelled: 'She is pregnant!'" said witness."They put their knees on her: 'She can't breathe, let her up!'"
Agents handcuff her—then drag her across pavement by just 1 arm.
"We yelled: 'She is pregnant!'" said witness."They put their knees on her: 'She can't breathe, let her up!'"
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
ICE violently detain pregnant woman—shove her face down into snow kneeling on her back until she "couldn't breathe."
Agents handcuff her—then drag her across pavement by just 1 arm.
"We yelled: 'She is pregnant!'" said witness."They put their knees on her: 'She can't breathe, let her up!'"
Agents handcuff her—then drag her across pavement by just 1 arm.
"We yelled: 'She is pregnant!'" said witness."They put their knees on her: 'She can't breathe, let her up!'"
Every time they say they’ll pray
Then each gun bill gets their nay
What they need to do is work
The job is not just for the perk
That all that NRA cash brings
There are no more important things
Pass some common sense gun laws
I pray to god for that sole cause
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Then each gun bill gets their nay
What they need to do is work
The job is not just for the perk
That all that NRA cash brings
There are no more important things
Pass some common sense gun laws
I pray to god for that sole cause
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
What a terrible thing it is
Mass shootings as regime change
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Every time they say they’ll pray
Then each gun bill gets their nay
What they need to do is work
The job is not just for the perk
That all that NRA cash brings
There are no more important things
Pass some common sense gun laws
I pray to god for that sole cause
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Then each gun bill gets their nay
What they need to do is work
The job is not just for the perk
That all that NRA cash brings
There are no more important things
Pass some common sense gun laws
I pray to god for that sole cause
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...
abc7chicago.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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We are 3/4 of the way there. Please help if you can.
When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
snyder.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We are 3/4 of the way there. Please help if you can.
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Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
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A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say.
Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
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“Don’t give up the ship.
You can refuse illegal orders.
We have your back.”
🇺🇸Veterans offer support to those in active service.🇺🇸
You can refuse illegal orders.
We have your back.”
🇺🇸Veterans offer support to those in active service.🇺🇸
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“Don’t give up the ship.
You can refuse illegal orders.
We have your back.”
🇺🇸Veterans offer support to those in active service.🇺🇸
You can refuse illegal orders.
We have your back.”
🇺🇸Veterans offer support to those in active service.🇺🇸
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This part of the essay is important too: "In fact, while the trauma and terror that Bovino’s unit instills is certainly real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be." thanks, @vermontgmg.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This part of the essay is important too: "In fact, while the trauma and terror that Bovino’s unit instills is certainly real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be." thanks, @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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"Bovino is basically leading a rebel cavalry, a la Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who raided and terrorized communities in...the Civil War. That latter analogy holds up particularly well in one specific respect: Forrest became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war."
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Bovino is basically leading a rebel cavalry, a la Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who raided and terrorized communities in...the Civil War. That latter analogy holds up particularly well in one specific respect: Forrest became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war."
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Nice to see a Republican member of Congress pretend to give a shit.
Meanwhile, nearly 40% of her constituents are enrolled in #ACA exchange plans.
That's not a typo: 40% of the entire population of #FL27 are enrolled in ACA healthcare plans right now, the highest in the country.
Meanwhile, nearly 40% of her constituents are enrolled in #ACA exchange plans.
That's not a typo: 40% of the entire population of #FL27 are enrolled in ACA healthcare plans right now, the highest in the country.
GOP Rep. Salazar: "Talking about Charlotte -- 200 people in 48 hours were arrested. 70% of them did not have a criminal record according to DHS. That's a mistake ... do not touch the lady who has been here for 10, 20 years contributing to the economy ... that is why those people are protesting"
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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📣 Now it's time to focus on the 2026 Midterm Main Event!
I'll be filling in competitive #MICHIGAN districts soon; for now you can help MI Senate Dems, MI House Dems & the MI Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
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I'll be filling in competitive #MICHIGAN districts soon; for now you can help MI Senate Dems, MI House Dems & the MI Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/miblu...
Chip in!
Show your support with a contribution.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
📣 Now it's time to focus on the 2026 Midterm Main Event!
I'll be filling in competitive #MICHIGAN districts soon; for now you can help MI Senate Dems, MI House Dems & the MI Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/miblu...
I'll be filling in competitive #MICHIGAN districts soon; for now you can help MI Senate Dems, MI House Dems & the MI Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/miblu...