Rhona Silverbush
@rhonasilverbush.bsky.social
Co-author “Speak the Speech! Shakespeare’s Monologues Illuminated” (FSG); Co-author, “Terrific Toddlers” picture book series (Magination); former asylum atty; Horrified right now. Will block DMs.
One of today’s big horrors. They keep coming up with bigger and bigger ones.
December 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
One of today’s big horrors. They keep coming up with bigger and bigger ones.
Lie, lie, grandiosity, projection, grandiosity, grandiosity, lie, lie, lie, projection, grandiosity, lie
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Lie, lie, grandiosity, projection, grandiosity, grandiosity, lie, lie, lie, projection, grandiosity, lie
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It's clear that the only reason this speech happened is because Trump was angry about his approval ratings, all the bad press he's recently gotten over Venezuela and the fact that fewer and fewer Americans are buying his snake oil these days
He thought yelling at America for 20 minutes would fix it
He thought yelling at America for 20 minutes would fix it
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It's clear that the only reason this speech happened is because Trump was angry about his approval ratings, all the bad press he's recently gotten over Venezuela and the fact that fewer and fewer Americans are buying his snake oil these days
He thought yelling at America for 20 minutes would fix it
He thought yelling at America for 20 minutes would fix it
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If we had responsible corporate media, which we do not, every network would have cut away from this within the first 30 seconds or so, when it was clear that there was not going to be any newsworthy event taking place, just a rant from an increasingly addled, bitter, and delusional sundowning elder
December 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If we had responsible corporate media, which we do not, every network would have cut away from this within the first 30 seconds or so, when it was clear that there was not going to be any newsworthy event taking place, just a rant from an increasingly addled, bitter, and delusional sundowning elder
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Sums it up, pretty much.
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Sums it up, pretty much.
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Trump didn’t exactly refute the “personality of an alcoholic” allegations tonight
December 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Trump didn’t exactly refute the “personality of an alcoholic” allegations tonight
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Hot take: having an incoherent septuagenarian scream-lecture America like a man arguing with a self-checkout machine that keeps yelling “unexpected item in the bagging area” might not actually be the emotional support animal we need right now.
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Hot take: having an incoherent septuagenarian scream-lecture America like a man arguing with a self-checkout machine that keeps yelling “unexpected item in the bagging area” might not actually be the emotional support animal we need right now.
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Trump's approval numbers have reached a new second-term low in the latest Gallup poll.
His approval is now at 36%. Disapproval has gone up to 60%.
Approval among independents is now at 25%.
His approval is now at 36%. Disapproval has gone up to 60%.
Approval among independents is now at 25%.
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump's approval numbers have reached a new second-term low in the latest Gallup poll.
His approval is now at 36%. Disapproval has gone up to 60%.
Approval among independents is now at 25%.
His approval is now at 36%. Disapproval has gone up to 60%.
Approval among independents is now at 25%.
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Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
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HE IS ABOUT TO GO TO WAR WITH VENEZUELA FOR IMPORTING COCAINE TO AMERICA AND NOW HE PARDONS A DRUG KINGPIN CONVICTED IN 2024 OF IMPORTING COCAINE TO AMERICA
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
Trump plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
www.npr.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
HE IS ABOUT TO GO TO WAR WITH VENEZUELA FOR IMPORTING COCAINE TO AMERICA AND NOW HE PARDONS A DRUG KINGPIN CONVICTED IN 2024 OF IMPORTING COCAINE TO AMERICA
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
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Meiselas: Donald Trump is indeed a historic president. He is the most historically unpopular president at this time in history. And all the Trump sycophants are trying to make sense of it.
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Meiselas: Donald Trump is indeed a historic president. He is the most historically unpopular president at this time in history. And all the Trump sycophants are trying to make sense of it.
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El Mundo: Chicago police officers have started collecting videos & other evidence to send to the Illinois Prosecutor's Office following a violent encounter between Border Patrol agents in Evanston and a crowd.
This needs to happen everywhere!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
This needs to happen everywhere!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
El Mundo: Chicago police officers have started collecting videos & other evidence to send to the Illinois Prosecutor's Office following a violent encounter between Border Patrol agents in Evanston and a crowd.
This needs to happen everywhere!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
This needs to happen everywhere!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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These two morons have us gearing up for war in Nigeria and Venezuela after previous strikes on Yemen and Iran and intervention in Gaza, we are beginning nuclear testing for the first time in 33 years, and all this comes after threatening Greenland, Panama and Canada.
November 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
These two morons have us gearing up for war in Nigeria and Venezuela after previous strikes on Yemen and Iran and intervention in Gaza, we are beginning nuclear testing for the first time in 33 years, and all this comes after threatening Greenland, Panama and Canada.
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"But now America has a jarring split-screen of its own, between an oligarch president bringing a Midas touch to the White House and families going hungry, workers losing pay and government services on the brink of collapse."
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"But now America has a jarring split-screen of its own, between an oligarch president bringing a Midas touch to the White House and families going hungry, workers losing pay and government services on the brink of collapse."
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Trump is letting homeowners get tricked.
Debt collectors are buying up old home loans and demanding back interest, even when the debt was cancelled.
If you can’t pay, they take your house.
The CFPB was ready to crack down – but Trump is letting the scams continue.
Debt collectors are buying up old home loans and demanding back interest, even when the debt was cancelled.
If you can’t pay, they take your house.
The CFPB was ready to crack down – but Trump is letting the scams continue.
October 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump is letting homeowners get tricked.
Debt collectors are buying up old home loans and demanding back interest, even when the debt was cancelled.
If you can’t pay, they take your house.
The CFPB was ready to crack down – but Trump is letting the scams continue.
Debt collectors are buying up old home loans and demanding back interest, even when the debt was cancelled.
If you can’t pay, they take your house.
The CFPB was ready to crack down – but Trump is letting the scams continue.
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New YouGov poll has Trump's overall approval at 39-58
He's 10 points under water on immigration and 31 points under water on inflation and prices
He's 10 points under water on immigration and 31 points under water on inflation and prices
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New YouGov poll has Trump's overall approval at 39-58
He's 10 points under water on immigration and 31 points under water on inflation and prices
He's 10 points under water on immigration and 31 points under water on inflation and prices
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Shortly before the shutdown, the USDA moved to scrap the Household Food Security Report, the nation’s primary tool for tracking food insecurity, and in doing so, stripped away the very infrastructure needed to remedy rising hunger in America.
The shutdown will worsen hunger—which the Trump administration just stopped tracking
Millions of women and children are at risk of losing food benefits.
www.motherjones.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Shortly before the shutdown, the USDA moved to scrap the Household Food Security Report, the nation’s primary tool for tracking food insecurity, and in doing so, stripped away the very infrastructure needed to remedy rising hunger in America.
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Trump’s presidency has been defined by the decay of public information sources and dismantling of public health institutions.
So firing the people who produce the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report certainly tracks.
So firing the people who produce the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report certainly tracks.
Donald Trump's war on public health enters a new phase
Another bad day at the CDC
www.motherjones.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump’s presidency has been defined by the decay of public information sources and dismantling of public health institutions.
So firing the people who produce the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report certainly tracks.
So firing the people who produce the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report certainly tracks.
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On what would have been his 101st birthday, I’m remembering Jimmy Carter. He was a great Georgian whose faith came alive in humble, public service and in the quest for human dignity.
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
On what would have been his 101st birthday, I’m remembering Jimmy Carter. He was a great Georgian whose faith came alive in humble, public service and in the quest for human dignity.
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Day 2 of racists melting down over ‘Bad Bunny’ performing at the Super Bowl, but zero outrage from them about the 4 mass shootings that just happened. No concern for the victims. Nothing.
September 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Day 2 of racists melting down over ‘Bad Bunny’ performing at the Super Bowl, but zero outrage from them about the 4 mass shootings that just happened. No concern for the victims. Nothing.
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SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted.
My story:
My story:
Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown
Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."
www.thehandbasket.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted.
My story:
My story:
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SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted.
My story:
My story:
Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown
Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."
www.thehandbasket.co
September 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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