@tonyjoyce.bsky.social
Just a blue dot in a purple state. Finally retired. Tax the rich and help the poor.
Pinned
There are two systems of justice:
One to protect the presumed innocent.
And one to persecute the assumed guilty.
One to protect the presumed innocent.
And one to persecute the assumed guilty.
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Of all the heinous things Donald Trump has done, by far the most unforgivable is making me agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Who Will Replace MTG in Trump's Clown Car?
TBR Sunday Read
www.borowitzreport.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Of all the heinous things Donald Trump has done, by far the most unforgivable is making me agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Democrats should make crystal clear that whether it is high level Trump officials, commanders carrying out illegal murders, or ICE/CPB goons, investigations and indictments are coming—referring to state AGs if Trump blanket pardons for federal crimes.
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Democrats should make crystal clear that whether it is high level Trump officials, commanders carrying out illegal murders, or ICE/CPB goons, investigations and indictments are coming—referring to state AGs if Trump blanket pardons for federal crimes.
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The Endangered Species Act is the world’s most successful conservation law, but it's under attack AGAIN. The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive species closer to extinction. Take Action >> act.biologicaldiversity.org/nXrxsHJM-USw...
Stop Trump's Extinction Plan
The Endangered Species Act is the United States' most successful conservation law, and it's under attack again. The Trump administration just proposed new rules that would gut the Act and drive imperi...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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I think if you need to read one piece about the unpleasant last week in elite journalism and why it matters, read this by @marisakabas.bsky.social (and subscribe, she regularly breaks government and politics news you get elsewhere two weeks later)
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I think if you need to read one piece about the unpleasant last week in elite journalism and why it matters, read this by @marisakabas.bsky.social (and subscribe, she regularly breaks government and politics news you get elsewhere two weeks later)
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Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivors
Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivors
Classification plan will create basis for ‘significantly stricter’ prosecutions, says interior minister
Germany plans to treat the use of date rape drugs like the use of weapons in prosecutions as part of measures to ensure justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
“We classify date rape drugs, which are increasingly used as a widespread tool in crimes, as weapons. This creates the basis for significantly stricter prosecutions,” Alexander Dobrindt, the interior minister, said on Friday. “We are committed to clear consequences and consistent enforcement. Women should feel safe and be able to move freely everywhere.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivors
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This guy has his finger on the pulse of his party's base in a way that others in his caucus unequivocally just do not
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This guy has his finger on the pulse of his party's base in a way that others in his caucus unequivocally just do not
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A federal judge has blocked the IRS from sharing information to help ICE with deportations. https://cnn.it/4o6OssL
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A federal judge has blocked the IRS from sharing information to help ICE with deportations. https://cnn.it/4o6OssL
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They’re going after female-dominated fields. Trying to delegitimize the work of women.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
They’re going after female-dominated fields. Trying to delegitimize the work of women.
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Dead 💀 Whoever made this please step forward for your award #teslatakedown
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Dead 💀 Whoever made this please step forward for your award #teslatakedown
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Here I cover in @forbes.com how many clinical trials have been disrupted by Trump administration NIH grant terminations and how many patients may have been affected
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
NIH Grant Cuts Have Disrupted 383 Clinical Trials With 74,311 Patients
A study found that Trump administration NIH grant cuts led to termination of 118 trials studying cancer, 97 studying infectious diseases and 140 testing new treatments.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here I cover in @forbes.com how many clinical trials have been disrupted by Trump administration NIH grant terminations and how many patients may have been affected
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
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They revived old conspiracies to spike outrage. The facts do not matter. The goal is to overload people with enough anger that they stop questioning why the same narratives appear every day. Outrage becomes a habit. And habits guide voting and loyalty more than logic.
They revived old conspiracies to spike outrage. The facts do not matter. The goal is to overload people with enough anger that they stop questioning why the same narratives appear every day. Outrage becomes a habit. And habits guide voting and loyalty more than logic.
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
6/8
They revived old conspiracies to spike outrage. The facts do not matter. The goal is to overload people with enough anger that they stop questioning why the same narratives appear every day. Outrage becomes a habit. And habits guide voting and loyalty more than logic.
They revived old conspiracies to spike outrage. The facts do not matter. The goal is to overload people with enough anger that they stop questioning why the same narratives appear every day. Outrage becomes a habit. And habits guide voting and loyalty more than logic.
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This abandonment means dire consequences for Special Education. Federal protections for students with disabilities? Gone. Coordinated services? Scattered across agencies w/no education expertise. This is an abandonment of the most vulnerable. #TrumpCrushesYourDreams open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
Pardon Our Mess
A recording from Grounded Podcast's live video with Liz Oyer + Randi Weingarten
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This abandonment means dire consequences for Special Education. Federal protections for students with disabilities? Gone. Coordinated services? Scattered across agencies w/no education expertise. This is an abandonment of the most vulnerable. #TrumpCrushesYourDreams open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
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Raskin: "The condoning by President Trump of the assassination of Mr. Khashoggi, preceded by one day President Trump essentially endorsing threats against the lives of our colleagues…We can't allow a situation to develop where POTUS is condoning the assassination of foreign or American leaders."
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Raskin: "The condoning by President Trump of the assassination of Mr. Khashoggi, preceded by one day President Trump essentially endorsing threats against the lives of our colleagues…We can't allow a situation to develop where POTUS is condoning the assassination of foreign or American leaders."
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Trump is reclassifying a ton of degrees to no longer be professional degrees.
This will create changes to student loan eligibility, hurt educational institutions & devastate middle-class & economically challenged students & their families.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
share.google/IdOhzeYwLhHT...
This will create changes to student loan eligibility, hurt educational institutions & devastate middle-class & economically challenged students & their families.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
share.google/IdOhzeYwLhHT...
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Trump is reclassifying a ton of degrees to no longer be professional degrees.
This will create changes to student loan eligibility, hurt educational institutions & devastate middle-class & economically challenged students & their families.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
share.google/IdOhzeYwLhHT...
This will create changes to student loan eligibility, hurt educational institutions & devastate middle-class & economically challenged students & their families.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
share.google/IdOhzeYwLhHT...
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Trump's posts about Democratic lawmakers is tantamount to King Henry II's notorious quote:
"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
Thomas Becket was killed because of it.
Trump could incite violence with his deranged rantings!
He's unhinged & unfit.
#25thAmendmentNow or
#IMPEACH & REMOVE!
"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
Thomas Becket was killed because of it.
Trump could incite violence with his deranged rantings!
He's unhinged & unfit.
#25thAmendmentNow or
#IMPEACH & REMOVE!
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Trump's posts about Democratic lawmakers is tantamount to King Henry II's notorious quote:
"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
Thomas Becket was killed because of it.
Trump could incite violence with his deranged rantings!
He's unhinged & unfit.
#25thAmendmentNow or
#IMPEACH & REMOVE!
"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
Thomas Becket was killed because of it.
Trump could incite violence with his deranged rantings!
He's unhinged & unfit.
#25thAmendmentNow or
#IMPEACH & REMOVE!
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Any other president would be facing an impeachment vote tonight.
By reacting to this in this manner, he’s admitting that he’s ordering our military to commit illegal and unconstitutional acts.
"Their crime? Recording a video that reminded members of the military that they are not supposed to obey illegal orders."
Can you imagine if this had been proclaimed by a democratic president?
One of these outbursts would have been a scandal of the century.
How can he just continue like this?
Can you imagine if this had been proclaimed by a democratic president?
One of these outbursts would have been a scandal of the century.
How can he just continue like this?
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Any other president would be facing an impeachment vote tonight.
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it just seems plainly clear to me that if you serve the country in any capacity, civil or military, and you are not a conservative white man, the Trump administration wants to make the workplace as hostile an environment as possible so you remove yourself
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
it just seems plainly clear to me that if you serve the country in any capacity, civil or military, and you are not a conservative white man, the Trump administration wants to make the workplace as hostile an environment as possible so you remove yourself
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.