Sweyn Forkbeard
@sweynforkbeard.bsky.social
Retired attorney. Distance runner. Liberal (mostly), vegan (mostly), curmudgeon (aspiring).
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I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
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I am old enough to remember when Republicans hotly disputed liberal claims that the U.S. started wars over oil. Now Republicans brag about it.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I am old enough to remember when Republicans hotly disputed liberal claims that the U.S. started wars over oil. Now Republicans brag about it.
No competent agency announces an investigation at the outset, before it has gathered any evidence. This is about intimidating others who might agree with Kelly into keeping their mouths shut.
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
No competent agency announces an investigation at the outset, before it has gathered any evidence. This is about intimidating others who might agree with Kelly into keeping their mouths shut.
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It’s like the people behind the Fyre Festival decided to throw a little war
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s like the people behind the Fyre Festival decided to throw a little war
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This article is from @markhertling.bsky.social - a retired three-star Army general - and everyone should read it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This article is from @markhertling.bsky.social - a retired three-star Army general - and everyone should read it.
Trump backs a peace plan so one-sided in Putin’s favor that his own Secty of State disowns it in a meeting with Senators. Then the SOS has to deny he disowned it to avoid Trump’s wrath. Chaos, incompetence, and anti-Americanism all at the same time. Incredible.
US senators say Rubio told them Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is Russia's 'wish list'
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv ...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Trump backs a peace plan so one-sided in Putin’s favor that his own Secty of State disowns it in a meeting with Senators. Then the SOS has to deny he disowned it to avoid Trump’s wrath. Chaos, incompetence, and anti-Americanism all at the same time. Incredible.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Utterly predictable.
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Utterly predictable.
This woman is a Presidential advisor. We are doomed.
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This woman is a Presidential advisor. We are doomed.
Man, I’ve spent all this time doing long training runs in the cold and the rain, and it turns out all I needed to do to qualify for Boston was to start watching Fox News.
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Man, I’ve spent all this time doing long training runs in the cold and the rain, and it turns out all I needed to do to qualify for Boston was to start watching Fox News.
Trump doesn’t need a House vote to release the Epstein files; he can order it. But now that he’s ordered DOJ to investigate Dems, Bondi will claim she can’t release the files b/c the investigation is ongoing. Then he’ll claim he was for release when he really prevented it. That’s the game, folks.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trump doesn’t need a House vote to release the Epstein files; he can order it. But now that he’s ordered DOJ to investigate Dems, Bondi will claim she can’t release the files b/c the investigation is ongoing. Then he’ll claim he was for release when he really prevented it. That’s the game, folks.
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Before anyone gets too carried away here.
Anthony Fauci says Marjorie Taylor Greene drove death threats against him
Ex-leader of US Covid response said congresswoman and Fox News sparked ‘credible death threats’ against him and his family
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Before anyone gets too carried away here.
The corruption is staggering.
November 14, 2025
In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The corruption is staggering.
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Let’s try a more appropriate headline: “Trump Administration Prepares to Admit Cost of Tariffs is Borne by American Consumers.”
Trump Administration Prepares Tariff Exemptions in Bid to Lower Food Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Let’s try a more appropriate headline: “Trump Administration Prepares to Admit Cost of Tariffs is Borne by American Consumers.”
Imagine you are playing in the Super Bowl and your team is up by 20 points at halftime when your head coach announces he’s forfeiting the game because there’s too much contact and someone might get hurt. What would you say?
“Coach Schumer, maybe you should let someone who wants to win take over.”
“Coach Schumer, maybe you should let someone who wants to win take over.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Imagine you are playing in the Super Bowl and your team is up by 20 points at halftime when your head coach announces he’s forfeiting the game because there’s too much contact and someone might get hurt. What would you say?
“Coach Schumer, maybe you should let someone who wants to win take over.”
“Coach Schumer, maybe you should let someone who wants to win take over.”
Why do Republicans hate American workers?
South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports
A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported compone...
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Why do Republicans hate American workers?
I don’t ever want to hear about Willie Horton again.
Drug dealer granted clemency by Trump sent back to prison for violating terms of his release
A convicted drug dealer granted clemency by President Donald Trump has been sent back to federal prison for violating the terms of his release after being charged with several new crimes.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I don’t ever want to hear about Willie Horton again.
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Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
Boy, there’s nothing quite like belonging to a political party that can’t stomach a fight and will surrender its principles every time. Time to blow it up and vote for every insurgent candidate who won’t respect their elders and who represents change.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Boy, there’s nothing quite like belonging to a political party that can’t stomach a fight and will surrender its principles every time. Time to blow it up and vote for every insurgent candidate who won’t respect their elders and who represents change.
Word is that Dems are preparing to cave on the shutdown. Proposed “compromise” reopens govt w/o extending ACA subsidies, in exchange for a promise to vote on extending subsidies in December—a vote Dems will lose. This is surrender. All the pain so far will have been for nothing. Call your Senators!
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Word is that Dems are preparing to cave on the shutdown. Proposed “compromise” reopens govt w/o extending ACA subsidies, in exchange for a promise to vote on extending subsidies in December—a vote Dems will lose. This is surrender. All the pain so far will have been for nothing. Call your Senators!
Hey, @schiff.senate.gov and @padilla.senate.gov, your constituents in California want you to vote NO on the proposed “compromise” that reopens the govt without extending ACA subsidies. Your constituents want you to fight—not to concede a contest you are winning.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Hey, @schiff.senate.gov and @padilla.senate.gov, your constituents in California want you to vote NO on the proposed “compromise” that reopens the govt without extending ACA subsidies. Your constituents want you to fight—not to concede a contest you are winning.