Ryan Sanderson
@rysand.bsky.social
Here for a time machine back to the early days of Twitter. Please direct me to the people making eighty part manifestos and cow puns.
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Pete Hegseth’s church is part of Wilson’s sect, and Hegseth has praised Wilson.
Christian Nationalist, Doug Wilson, confirms that children who don’t accept and follow their parent’s religious beliefs should be turned over to the State for capital punishment (be put to death). This fanaticism is real:
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pete Hegseth’s church is part of Wilson’s sect, and Hegseth has praised Wilson.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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We polled Indivisible members over the weekend on whether Dems should take a deal or keep fighting for the ACA subsidies. Results: 98.67% said keep fighting.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We polled Indivisible members over the weekend on whether Dems should take a deal or keep fighting for the ACA subsidies. Results: 98.67% said keep fighting.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
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Cull the Democratic Party. Systematically chip away all the weak, corporate centrists and corrupt, gutless elected officials who refuse to fight and instead suck at the teat of the oligarchy.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Cull the Democratic Party. Systematically chip away all the weak, corporate centrists and corrupt, gutless elected officials who refuse to fight and instead suck at the teat of the oligarchy.
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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I'm sorry, what?
Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'm sorry, what?
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holy crap, solar panels are productive! even in Brooklyn
our electric bill for all 2024, for an entire house:
$499.29
($240 of this is the monthly connection charge, so: only $260 for actual electricity)
installed in 2018, the panels amortized last year, so now it's just crazy-cheap juice
our electric bill for all 2024, for an entire house:
$499.29
($240 of this is the monthly connection charge, so: only $260 for actual electricity)
installed in 2018, the panels amortized last year, so now it's just crazy-cheap juice
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
holy crap, solar panels are productive! even in Brooklyn
our electric bill for all 2024, for an entire house:
$499.29
($240 of this is the monthly connection charge, so: only $260 for actual electricity)
installed in 2018, the panels amortized last year, so now it's just crazy-cheap juice
our electric bill for all 2024, for an entire house:
$499.29
($240 of this is the monthly connection charge, so: only $260 for actual electricity)
installed in 2018, the panels amortized last year, so now it's just crazy-cheap juice
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Even if Democrats were insisting that they wouldn’t fund the government unless Trump personally underwent gender reassignment surgery on live TV, that doesn’t change the fact that Republicans run the entire goddamn government.
This is 100% on them.
This is 100% on them.
Trump: "They want to have transgender for everybody. These people are crazy -- the Democrats. So if it has to shut down, it'll have to shut down. But they're the ones that are shutting down the government."
September 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Even if Democrats were insisting that they wouldn’t fund the government unless Trump personally underwent gender reassignment surgery on live TV, that doesn’t change the fact that Republicans run the entire goddamn government.
This is 100% on them.
This is 100% on them.
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Guyanese-American educator and former Olympic athlete, born to immigrant parents, arrested by ICE & set to be deported with, I guess, no trial
Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Guyanese-American educator and former Olympic athlete, born to immigrant parents, arrested by ICE & set to be deported with, I guess, no trial
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#OneBattleAfterAnother is both a hilarious Hollywood action movie and a very up-front commentary on current events. twincitiesgeek.com/2025/09/in-o...
In “One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio Deliver an Action-Comedy Classic
The last time Paul Thomas Anderson made an overtly political film, George W. Bush was president. The US was entering the worst recession of my lifetime and fighting two wars over oil. There Will Be…
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September 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#OneBattleAfterAnother is both a hilarious Hollywood action movie and a very up-front commentary on current events. twincitiesgeek.com/2025/09/in-o...
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This is what we need from elected officials -- a commitment to stand up for their constituents and, just as important, a willingness to tell right-wing trolls to get bent.
Right wing crazies want me arrested because they know I won't back down. Too bad.
September 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is what we need from elected officials -- a commitment to stand up for their constituents and, just as important, a willingness to tell right-wing trolls to get bent.
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Oh come on
September 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Oh come on
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To all the comedians who stood for free speech in the face of wokeness
September 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
To all the comedians who stood for free speech in the face of wokeness
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Terrific piece, especially this part.
September 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Terrific piece, especially this part.
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California Democrats are attempting to make criticism of Israel illegal. Important op-ed from Leah Greenberg Call, who resigned from the Biden admin over Israel's genocide. Free version:
archive.is/7Acdx
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August 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
California Democrats are attempting to make criticism of Israel illegal. Important op-ed from Leah Greenberg Call, who resigned from the Biden admin over Israel's genocide. Free version:
archive.is/7Acdx
archive.is/7Acdx
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Seven months into Trump II and state police are threatening an elected representative with a felony for communicating with the press.
Texas State Rep. Collier says she's forced by police to abruptly hang up a press call:
"I have to leave. They said it's a felony for me to do this. Apparently I can't be on the floor or in the bathroom."
"I have to leave. They said it's a felony for me to do this. Apparently I can't be on the floor or in the bathroom."
August 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Seven months into Trump II and state police are threatening an elected representative with a felony for communicating with the press.
The New Atheists were by-and-large assholes with superiority complexes, which is a shame because the world really, really needed a larger conversation about the psychological and social costs of religion to avoid what's happening now.
August 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The New Atheists were by-and-large assholes with superiority complexes, which is a shame because the world really, really needed a larger conversation about the psychological and social costs of religion to avoid what's happening now.
Mostly just reposting so I can remember all of these titles.
I’m teaching a grad seminar on American religion this semester, and am really excited to introduce my students to these phenomenal books.
August 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Mostly just reposting so I can remember all of these titles.
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And remember this: the Weyland-Yutani need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. The Company requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. MU-TH-UR 6000 is brittle. Xenomorphs are the mask of fear.
August 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
And remember this: the Weyland-Yutani need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. The Company requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. MU-TH-UR 6000 is brittle. Xenomorphs are the mask of fear.
In honor of Terence Stamp, let’s remember this legendary Peter Serafinowitz interview about how Stamp’s reward for acting in The Phantom Menace was a Star Wars stencil set.
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Peter Serafinowicz perfectly captures the disappointment of the Phantom Menace
YouTube video by Dan Swindlehurst
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August 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In honor of Terence Stamp, let’s remember this legendary Peter Serafinowitz interview about how Stamp’s reward for acting in The Phantom Menace was a Star Wars stencil set.
youtu.be/t0wHqNi3x5M?...
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