Chris Paine
@snarknoir.bsky.social
Writer, artist, serial do-gooder and professional adventurer serving country and community since 1987.
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People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference. youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?...
Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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October 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference. youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?...
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Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
October 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
September 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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They are disappearing undesirables. They are deploying the military into cities. And now they are trying to commandeer railway stations.
I can’t put my finger on it but this sounds familiar.
I can’t put my finger on it but this sounds familiar.
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
They are disappearing undesirables. They are deploying the military into cities. And now they are trying to commandeer railway stations.
I can’t put my finger on it but this sounds familiar.
I can’t put my finger on it but this sounds familiar.
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It is no longer a question of whether the USA is becoming a police state. It is now a police state. The only question is whether Americans care enough to try and fight the police state they are in.
August 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It is no longer a question of whether the USA is becoming a police state. It is now a police state. The only question is whether Americans care enough to try and fight the police state they are in.
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the tariffs have been great for me specifically in that I get to watch every stodgy business media publication start posting like 2017 resistlibs
April 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
the tariffs have been great for me specifically in that I get to watch every stodgy business media publication start posting like 2017 resistlibs
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity. That is what he did to the GOP, the billionaires, and is doing now to Big Law. Those who stand up will be punished, those who bend a knee and humiliate themselves will be rewarded.
April 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity. That is what he did to the GOP, the billionaires, and is doing now to Big Law. Those who stand up will be punished, those who bend a knee and humiliate themselves will be rewarded.
This is a case in which what can be attributed to malice should also be attributed to stupidity!
April 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is a case in which what can be attributed to malice should also be attributed to stupidity!
Quo usque tandem abutere, Elon Musk, patientia nostra!
March 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Quo usque tandem abutere, Elon Musk, patientia nostra!
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Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
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How to deal with fascists 101.
March 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
How to deal with fascists 101.
I'm betting there's an impeachable offense embedded in this "revenue sharing agreement."
Breaking News: Ukraine agreed to turn over the revenue from some of its minerals to the U.S., a Ukrainian official said, after an intense pressure campaign from President Trump that included insults and threats.
U.S. and Ukraine Agree to Minerals Deal, Officials Say
President Trump, who had insisted he wanted “payback” for past military aid to Kyiv, suggested President Volodymyr Zelensky would visit Washington this week to sign a deal, which he called a “very big...
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February 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I'm betting there's an impeachable offense embedded in this "revenue sharing agreement."
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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
February 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
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