Ronald Wimer
@ronaldwimer.bsky.social
Former foreign correspondent, current media gadfly, and sardonic political observer, who hates the X at Twitter.
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This is beyond Christian nationalism. Imagine worshipping Trump.
December 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is beyond Christian nationalism. Imagine worshipping Trump.
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When it was clear that Bush II lied about why the U.S. invaded Iraq, he said it was the right thing to do anyway because the dictator was toppled. Trump is setting up the same scenario in Venezuela: Pretend it's about drugs when it's about oil and conquest, then brag about overthrowing a dictator.
U.S. Is Adding to Its Military Buildup in the Caribbean
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
When it was clear that Bush II lied about why the U.S. invaded Iraq, he said it was the right thing to do anyway because the dictator was toppled. Trump is setting up the same scenario in Venezuela: Pretend it's about drugs when it's about oil and conquest, then brag about overthrowing a dictator.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)
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Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
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Non-stop threats.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Non-stop threats.
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omg who am i supposed to root for in this very Axionian article!?!?!?! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/e...
How Ezra Klein's power play is guiding Democrats
The New York Times columnist, podcaster and author has helped shape the party's strategies and policies in President Trump's second term.
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
omg who am i supposed to root for in this very Axionian article!?!?!?! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/e...
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The Pedo-Protector Prez ordered a brand new distraction & the Dept. of War (actually the Dept. of Defense: a mini-distraction within a distraction, no extra charge!) is delivering by expanding our ongoing unlawful policy of randomly bombing the tiny boats of fishermen with no due process whatsoever.
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Pedo-Protector Prez ordered a brand new distraction & the Dept. of War (actually the Dept. of Defense: a mini-distraction within a distraction, no extra charge!) is delivering by expanding our ongoing unlawful policy of randomly bombing the tiny boats of fishermen with no due process whatsoever.
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Well done @chrislhayes.bsky.social
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Well done @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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Many were always suspicious that cancel culture, which doesn't exist, was simply people trying to punish reprehensible behavior.
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Many were always suspicious that cancel culture, which doesn't exist, was simply people trying to punish reprehensible behavior.
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Well it's been a pretty intense day of academic administration I guess I'll just check in on the news events of the day ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?! www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Well it's been a pretty intense day of academic administration I guess I'll just check in on the news events of the day ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?! www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Jeffrey Epstein in 2018: "i know how dirty donald is."
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Jeffrey Epstein in 2018: "i know how dirty donald is."
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Here's the full Summers email, btw.
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Here's the full Summers email, btw.
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“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One"
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One"
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My friend Libby Lenkinski speaking out on behalf of the Jews and Israelis for Mamdani contingent.
As she says so eloquently here, you can dislike her political views, but you can't erase her Jewish and Israeli identity. forward.com/opinion/7826...
As she says so eloquently here, you can dislike her political views, but you can't erase her Jewish and Israeli identity. forward.com/opinion/7826...
Sure, be mad I voted for Mamdani — I'm still just as Jewish (and Israeli) as you are
An Israeli Jew who lives in New York City openly supported Zohran Mamdani. The backlash taught a painful lesson about our divided politics.
forward.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My friend Libby Lenkinski speaking out on behalf of the Jews and Israelis for Mamdani contingent.
As she says so eloquently here, you can dislike her political views, but you can't erase her Jewish and Israeli identity. forward.com/opinion/7826...
As she says so eloquently here, you can dislike her political views, but you can't erase her Jewish and Israeli identity. forward.com/opinion/7826...
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I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,