Peter Turner
@rppt.bsky.social
Cut political eyeteeth on JFK (1960). Supported Johnson vs. Goldwater. Very active in McCarthy peace movement. stop-the-war banners, bringing the '68 convention to a standstill. Strategist for Pierre Trudeau (Canada)—been active ' good troublemaker' since
From the Washington Post
Countering Trump's lies once again.
Countering Trump's lies once again.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
From the Washington Post
Countering Trump's lies once again.
Countering Trump's lies once again.
Message for SCOTUS. You have a choice to make. Join him and humiliate yourselves, or join Admiral McRaven and the rest of us.
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Message for SCOTUS. You have a choice to make. Join him and humiliate yourselves, or join Admiral McRaven and the rest of us.
Who does Trump remind me of?
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Who does Trump remind me of?
Today's update. Same as yesterday's. (And the days before). The wheels have fallen off the Comey case.
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today's update. Same as yesterday's. (And the days before). The wheels have fallen off the Comey case.
It just goes on and on and on. Like the very worst Soap Opera one can imagine. In the film "A Clockwork Orange", Alex, a young delinquent who undergoes aversion therapy, has his eyelids held open. That's just what these times feel like.
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It just goes on and on and on. Like the very worst Soap Opera one can imagine. In the film "A Clockwork Orange", Alex, a young delinquent who undergoes aversion therapy, has his eyelids held open. That's just what these times feel like.
Signs that Wapo is feeling increasingly isolated as it follows its owner's political bias. Yes, "Democracy D*es in Darkness"
It also d*es in obedience to 'strong men'.
It also d*es in obedience to 'strong men'.
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Signs that Wapo is feeling increasingly isolated as it follows its owner's political bias. Yes, "Democracy D*es in Darkness"
It also d*es in obedience to 'strong men'.
It also d*es in obedience to 'strong men'.
That is the picture of a man disintegrating. A man too weak to sign his own name to the numerous documents left on his desk. I swear by now we should be observing a deterioration in the quality of his signature.
He's asleep at the wheel.
We're his passengers, whether we like it or not.
He's asleep at the wheel.
We're his passengers, whether we like it or not.
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
That is the picture of a man disintegrating. A man too weak to sign his own name to the numerous documents left on his desk. I swear by now we should be observing a deterioration in the quality of his signature.
He's asleep at the wheel.
We're his passengers, whether we like it or not.
He's asleep at the wheel.
We're his passengers, whether we like it or not.
Every day we wake up to the image of your screaming face
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Every day we wake up to the image of your screaming face
Two maps:
One is Trump's dream; it shows the Red and Blue districts.
The other is reality, which shows the population density across the U.S.
Guess where the voters are.
One is Trump's dream; it shows the Red and Blue districts.
The other is reality, which shows the population density across the U.S.
Guess where the voters are.
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Two maps:
One is Trump's dream; it shows the Red and Blue districts.
The other is reality, which shows the population density across the U.S.
Guess where the voters are.
One is Trump's dream; it shows the Red and Blue districts.
The other is reality, which shows the population density across the U.S.
Guess where the voters are.
Via Brian Tyler Cohen
BREAKING: ABIGAIL SPANBERGER WINS VIRGINIA GOVERNOR RACE, FLIPPING THE SEAT BLUE.
BREAKING: ABIGAIL SPANBERGER WINS VIRGINIA GOVERNOR RACE, FLIPPING THE SEAT BLUE.
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Via Brian Tyler Cohen
BREAKING: ABIGAIL SPANBERGER WINS VIRGINIA GOVERNOR RACE, FLIPPING THE SEAT BLUE.
BREAKING: ABIGAIL SPANBERGER WINS VIRGINIA GOVERNOR RACE, FLIPPING THE SEAT BLUE.
From The New Republic / The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent November 3, 2025
"Trump’s Angry New Tirades Push Mike Johnson Into Awkward Clean-Up Mode As Trump’s eruptions over the shutdown create new complications"
"Trump’s Angry New Tirades Push Mike Johnson Into Awkward Clean-Up Mode As Trump’s eruptions over the shutdown create new complications"
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
From The New Republic / The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent November 3, 2025
"Trump’s Angry New Tirades Push Mike Johnson Into Awkward Clean-Up Mode As Trump’s eruptions over the shutdown create new complications"
"Trump’s Angry New Tirades Push Mike Johnson Into Awkward Clean-Up Mode As Trump’s eruptions over the shutdown create new complications"
Ostentatiously clueless.
The party comes before the fall.
The party comes before the fall.
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Ostentatiously clueless.
The party comes before the fall.
The party comes before the fall.
If we took transparent balloons, painted black eyes and mouths on them, filled them up with helium (not enough to make them float away to harm wildlife), and draped semi-transparent white gossamer cloth over them. And finally, attached them underneath umbrellas. Who would join me on a foggy evening?
November 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If we took transparent balloons, painted black eyes and mouths on them, filled them up with helium (not enough to make them float away to harm wildlife), and draped semi-transparent white gossamer cloth over them. And finally, attached them underneath umbrellas. Who would join me on a foggy evening?