@sweiberg.bsky.social
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Seeing an unelected South African billionaire in the Oval Office giving a briefing next to the mute and demented US President is jarring to say the least…
They are pulling back the curtain to let us all know who is in charge.
They are pulling back the curtain to let us all know who is in charge.
February 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Seeing an unelected South African billionaire in the Oval Office giving a briefing next to the mute and demented US President is jarring to say the least…
They are pulling back the curtain to let us all know who is in charge.
They are pulling back the curtain to let us all know who is in charge.
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Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
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Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
February 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
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Bernie Sanders: "We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. We are looking at a rapid growth of oligarchy. We are looking at a rapid growth of authoritarianism. And I fear we're looking at a rapid growth of kleptocracy as well."
February 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. We are looking at a rapid growth of oligarchy. We are looking at a rapid growth of authoritarianism. And I fear we're looking at a rapid growth of kleptocracy as well."
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February 2, 2025
February 2, 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk’s team yesterday took control of the Treasury’s payment system, thus essentially gaining access to the checkbook with which the United States handles about $6 trillion annually a...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
February 2, 2025
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I’ve made a lot of jokes about politics recently but that’s because — if I’m being honest — I thought this Trump admin would be bad, but in the same hilariously inept way it was bad in 2016. Spicer hiding in the bushes, Scaramucci kind of bad.
But idk if there’s anything funny about this now
But idk if there’s anything funny about this now
January 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve made a lot of jokes about politics recently but that’s because — if I’m being honest — I thought this Trump admin would be bad, but in the same hilariously inept way it was bad in 2016. Spicer hiding in the bushes, Scaramucci kind of bad.
But idk if there’s anything funny about this now
But idk if there’s anything funny about this now
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This week Democrats flipped a district Trump won by 21 points. In 2026 Democrats need to fight everywhere. Here’s what needs to change to encourage common sense candidates. open.substack.com/pub/thewelco...
It's really hard to run for political office
I ran for office three years ago. I don't think I'm going to do it again anytime soon. The challenges I see are contributing to a more polarized political environment.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This week Democrats flipped a district Trump won by 21 points. In 2026 Democrats need to fight everywhere. Here’s what needs to change to encourage common sense candidates. open.substack.com/pub/thewelco...
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Missouri’s Attorney General is using our taxpayer money to try to force a private company to alter their hiring process…
January 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Missouri’s Attorney General is using our taxpayer money to try to force a private company to alter their hiring process…
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Facts. Love Adam’s insights
The highest compliment from someone who disagrees with you is not “You were right.” It’s “You made me think.”
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
January 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Facts. Love Adam’s insights
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headlines from a week ago as an incident near DCA appears to be the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 9/11 www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
January 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
headlines from a week ago as an incident near DCA appears to be the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 9/11 www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Donald Trump’s decision to fire more than a dozen internal government watchdogs has real implications for government accountability — and checks on Trump’s power.
In today's edition of The Logoff, @patrickcreis.bsky.social explains what just happened. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/Hht1-G
In today's edition of The Logoff, @patrickcreis.bsky.social explains what just happened. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/Hht1-G
The Logoff: Trump fires the watchdogs
Trump’s latest purge is bad news for government accountability.
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
January 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Donald Trump’s decision to fire more than a dozen internal government watchdogs has real implications for government accountability — and checks on Trump’s power.
In today's edition of The Logoff, @patrickcreis.bsky.social explains what just happened. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/Hht1-G
In today's edition of The Logoff, @patrickcreis.bsky.social explains what just happened. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/Hht1-G
And so it has begun, the purge of the bureaucracy…it seems oddly familiar…
History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
Breaking news: In termination letters sent to more than a dozen officials, acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not believe they "could be trusted to faithfully implement the President's agenda."
Justice Department moves to fire at least 12 officials who investigated Trump
In termination letters sent to more than a dozen officials, acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not believe they "could be trusted to faithfully implement the President's agenda."
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
And so it has begun, the purge of the bureaucracy…it seems oddly familiar…
History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
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January 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
January 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
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"At the time, I think many of us on the Hill... failed to grasp the nuance and lacked the framework to apply concepts like oligarchy, strongman, and theocracy to someone like Donald Trump," writes @evelynquartz.bsky.social, author of The Second Term Watch.
Evelyn Quartz: Capitol Hill Democrats Must be Better Prepared to Talk about Democracy
Take it from a former Congressional staffer who watched all the chaos of the Trump administration unfold the first time
couriernewsroom.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"At the time, I think many of us on the Hill... failed to grasp the nuance and lacked the framework to apply concepts like oligarchy, strongman, and theocracy to someone like Donald Trump," writes @evelynquartz.bsky.social, author of The Second Term Watch.
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Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump aides-turned-critics to see their federal protection canceled.
Trump ends Fauci's security detail, says he'd feel no responsibility if he was harmed
Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump aides-turned-critics to see their federal protection canceled.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump aides-turned-critics to see their federal protection canceled.
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January 23, 2025
January 23, 2025
Last night, in an interview with host Sean Hannity on the Fox News Channel, President Donald Trump tried to explain away his blanket pardons for the January 6 rioters, calling the instances of violenc...
open.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
January 23, 2025
Silence is compliance, call your Republican Senator and urge them to vote no on the confirmation of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.
Hawley: 202-224-6154
Hawley: 202-224-6154
I called Hawley and Schmitt’s office yesterday to tell them to vote no on Pete Hegseth.
Republicans don’t have a mandate to confirm an alcoholic with credible rape allegations. What if Hawley got 1,000 calls today? What if every Republican Senator got 1,000 calls?
Hawley: 202.223.6154
Republicans don’t have a mandate to confirm an alcoholic with credible rape allegations. What if Hawley got 1,000 calls today? What if every Republican Senator got 1,000 calls?
Hawley: 202.223.6154
January 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Silence is compliance, call your Republican Senator and urge them to vote no on the confirmation of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.
Hawley: 202-224-6154
Hawley: 202-224-6154
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15 years after Citizens United, which transformed every corporate treasury in America into a potential political slush fund, we now see the result: government of billionaires, by oligarchs, for plutocrats.
January 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
15 years after Citizens United, which transformed every corporate treasury in America into a potential political slush fund, we now see the result: government of billionaires, by oligarchs, for plutocrats.
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We can be very effective when we take action at the local level.
I am Executive Director of Blue Missouri -- we support down-ballot Dem candidates in MO. Join us for our meeting with MO Minority Whip Ashely Aune and "On Democracy" host Fred Wellman.
Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I am Executive Director of Blue Missouri -- we support down-ballot Dem candidates in MO. Join us for our meeting with MO Minority Whip Ashely Aune and "On Democracy" host Fred Wellman.
Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We can be very effective when we take action at the local level.
I am Executive Director of Blue Missouri -- we support down-ballot Dem candidates in MO. Join us for our meeting with MO Minority Whip Ashely Aune and "On Democracy" host Fred Wellman.
Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I am Executive Director of Blue Missouri -- we support down-ballot Dem candidates in MO. Join us for our meeting with MO Minority Whip Ashely Aune and "On Democracy" host Fred Wellman.
Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Don’t give them an inch. Nothing.
Oppose the Trump agenda.
Oppose the Trump agenda.
January 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Don’t give them an inch. Nothing.
Oppose the Trump agenda.
Oppose the Trump agenda.