@tpurdy.bsky.social
I continue to wonder what makes people like Stephen Miller so evil. This article is from the first Trump administration, and a bit long, but it is very revealing.
www.salon.com/2020/12/02/d...
www.salon.com/2020/12/02/d...
Stephen Miller, Trump's most racist adviser, wasn't born that way
Author Jean Guerrero on Stephen Miller's secrets: He likes to dress up as De Niro — and wants an all-white America
www.salon.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I continue to wonder what makes people like Stephen Miller so evil. This article is from the first Trump administration, and a bit long, but it is very revealing.
www.salon.com/2020/12/02/d...
www.salon.com/2020/12/02/d...
@maddow.msnbc.com
Thanks for reposting pictures from all the protests tiday!
Thanks for reposting pictures from all the protests tiday!
April 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com
Thanks for reposting pictures from all the protests tiday!
Thanks for reposting pictures from all the protests tiday!
Sorry, the 3 posts are in reverse order, due to word limits
March 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sorry, the 3 posts are in reverse order, due to word limits
We have to resist until the would-be oligarchs give up.
Then we will have a mess to clean up, but also a renewed appreciation for what it takes to sustain democracy.
This is my hope. Mostly fueled by the resistance I see around the US and the world.
Then we will have a mess to clean up, but also a renewed appreciation for what it takes to sustain democracy.
This is my hope. Mostly fueled by the resistance I see around the US and the world.
March 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We have to resist until the would-be oligarchs give up.
Then we will have a mess to clean up, but also a renewed appreciation for what it takes to sustain democracy.
This is my hope. Mostly fueled by the resistance I see around the US and the world.
Then we will have a mess to clean up, but also a renewed appreciation for what it takes to sustain democracy.
This is my hope. Mostly fueled by the resistance I see around the US and the world.
Are our values strong enough? Is our resolve to do the right thing enough to see the fight thru? Are there enough of us who will keep saving NO until Congress removes these criminals from the white house?
Most Americans don't want this. We have to resist until the would-be oligarchs give up.
Most Americans don't want this. We have to resist until the would-be oligarchs give up.
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Are our values strong enough? Is our resolve to do the right thing enough to see the fight thru? Are there enough of us who will keep saving NO until Congress removes these criminals from the white house?
Most Americans don't want this. We have to resist until the would-be oligarchs give up.
Most Americans don't want this. We have to resist until the would-be oligarchs give up.
As I have mentioned before, I have spent most my life thinking about what part of our human condition allowed Hitler to grab power in Germany. Leader can be irrational and lead us down stupid rat holes, because we admire strong leaders.
Now we have come to our test as Americans.
Now we have come to our test as Americans.
March 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As I have mentioned before, I have spent most my life thinking about what part of our human condition allowed Hitler to grab power in Germany. Leader can be irrational and lead us down stupid rat holes, because we admire strong leaders.
Now we have come to our test as Americans.
Now we have come to our test as Americans.
This is a very interesting historical perspective. We have been at this cross road before, and saved our democracy. We all have to pitch in to save it from the oligarchs who don't like it.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
March 9, 2025
Lately, political writers have called attention to the tendency of billionaire Elon Musk to refer to his political opponents as “NPCs.” This term comes from the gaming world and refers to a nonplayer ...
open.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This is a very interesting historical perspective. We have been at this cross road before, and saved our democracy. We all have to pitch in to save it from the oligarchs who don't like it.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
This Fresh Air episode clarifies what Trump and Musk are most likely doing. It's really regime change, not efficiency, they are after.
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/g...
Journalist describes Trump's movements as a 'regime change' towards authoritarianism
The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This Fresh Air episode clarifies what Trump and Musk are most likely doing. It's really regime change, not efficiency, they are after.
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/g...
This is good news!
Let's hope the Supreme Court decides the same, if / when the case gets appealed.
apnews.com/article/fede...
Let's hope the Supreme Court decides the same, if / when the case gets appealed.
apnews.com/article/fede...
Second federal judge extends block preventing the Trump administration from freezing funding
Attorneys general in New York and Rhode Island are backing a federal judge's decision to extend a block barring the Trump administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions o...
apnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is good news!
Let's hope the Supreme Court decides the same, if / when the case gets appealed.
apnews.com/article/fede...
Let's hope the Supreme Court decides the same, if / when the case gets appealed.
apnews.com/article/fede...
The most depressing aspect of last night's 'pep rally' was watching Republicans, en masse, give a standing ovation to every lie and undemocratic proposal from the would-be king's mouth, in lock step.
March 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The most depressing aspect of last night's 'pep rally' was watching Republicans, en masse, give a standing ovation to every lie and undemocratic proposal from the would-be king's mouth, in lock step.
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I think this is what it's all about - setting up Trump and future 'presidents' as dictators in the mold of Victor Orban.
I think this is what it's all about - setting up Trump and future 'presidents' as dictators in the mold of Victor Orban.
"The goal of 'America First' isn’t 'America First.' It’s 'Trump Forever.'"
‘America First’ Is a Lie
America has *always* been about putting America first. Trump’s “America First” movement is about something else entirely.
www.thebulwark.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
bsky.app/profile/theb...
I think this is what it's all about - setting up Trump and future 'presidents' as dictators in the mold of Victor Orban.
I think this is what it's all about - setting up Trump and future 'presidents' as dictators in the mold of Victor Orban.
We need a little humor right now...
denmarkification.com
denmarkification.com
Help Denmark Buy California – Because Why Not?
Buy it from Trump, the bigliest crowdsourcing ever
denmarkification.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We need a little humor right now...
denmarkification.com
denmarkification.com
Ezra Klein podcast 'the breaking of constitutional order' is informative, and offers some hope. I found it on Spotify, but probably available on other sources like Apple.
open.spotify.com/episode/55XK...
open.spotify.com/episode/55XK...
The Breaking of the Constitutional Order
open.spotify.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Ezra Klein podcast 'the breaking of constitutional order' is informative, and offers some hope. I found it on Spotify, but probably available on other sources like Apple.
open.spotify.com/episode/55XK...
open.spotify.com/episode/55XK...
Very distressing report on how Musk took over USAid...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge v USAid: how Elon Musk helped his acolytes infiltrate world’s biggest aid agency
Exclusive: Takeover of USAid agency by Doge operatives seen as pilot for large-scale overhaul of federal government
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Very distressing report on how Musk took over USAid...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@msnbc.com
We need an injunction to stop Musk and his team ASAP!
We need an injunction to stop Musk and his team ASAP!
February 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
@msnbc.com
We need an injunction to stop Musk and his team ASAP!
We need an injunction to stop Musk and his team ASAP!
Reposted
“The richest man in the world, whom no one elected to any government position...seems hell-bent on cutting off as much funding as possible for the programs that matter to the rest of us.”
@groundwork.bsky.social's Lindsay Owens writes about Musk for MSNBC.
READ: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
@groundwork.bsky.social's Lindsay Owens writes about Musk for MSNBC.
READ: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | There are several reasons Musk wants to control Treasury payments. None of them are good.
An unelected and unaccountable billionaire wants to dictate what working families can and cannot afford.
www.msnbc.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“The richest man in the world, whom no one elected to any government position...seems hell-bent on cutting off as much funding as possible for the programs that matter to the rest of us.”
@groundwork.bsky.social's Lindsay Owens writes about Musk for MSNBC.
READ: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
@groundwork.bsky.social's Lindsay Owens writes about Musk for MSNBC.
READ: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Interesting story.
It helped me understand why FB scrolling is so addictive.
'The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends' from 'NPR Arts & Culture' on the KAZU app!
www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n...
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It helped me understand why FB scrolling is so addictive.
'The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends' from 'NPR Arts & Culture' on the KAZU app!
www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n...
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The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends
"Smartphones make our alone time feel more crowded than it used to be," says journalist Derek Thompson. His article in The Atlantic is called "The Anti-Social Century."
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Interesting story.
It helped me understand why FB scrolling is so addictive.
'The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends' from 'NPR Arts & Culture' on the KAZU app!
www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n...
Brought to you by KAZU
It helped me understand why FB scrolling is so addictive.
'The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends' from 'NPR Arts & Culture' on the KAZU app!
www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n...
Brought to you by KAZU
I t appears there is resistance growing against Trump-Musk attempt to scare federal workers into quitting.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Federal workers decry Trump attempt to force mass resignations as ‘cruel joke’
Advocates say email sent to 3 million employees offering resignations is dangerous and ‘of questionable legality’
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I t appears there is resistance growing against Trump-Musk attempt to scare federal workers into quitting.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He is So Not my president! Over 5 year period the military spent $15M on transgender care, and $300M on Viagra. Why is transgender even an issue?!
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
The executive order speaks of transgender identity in sweeping and dismissive terms, and sets the stage for a policy that is more restrictive and punitive than the ban from Trump's first term.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
He is So Not my president! Over 5 year period the military spent $15M on transgender care, and $300M on Viagra. Why is transgender even an issue?!
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Seem Meta has jumped on the Mega wagon with both feet.. may be time to leave FB and Instagram for good.
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump pivot
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump pivot
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump pivot
In Trump’s first term, Meta quietly introduced a slew of Republican-friendly changes. But led by Joel Kaplan, the company is done playing both sides and is going all-in on MAGA.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Seem Meta has jumped on the Mega wagon with both feet.. may be time to leave FB and Instagram for good.
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump pivot
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump pivot
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Some good advice from one who observed Turkey, Poland and Hungary as they went thru authoritarian times.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does.
Friends,
open.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Some good advice from one who observed Turkey, Poland and Hungary as they went thru authoritarian times.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Reposted
We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.
It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.
It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.
It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.
It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.
I don't call myself a Christian, but I do believe that the teachings attributed to Christ provide a good reference for how to live as a good person. This article clearly articulates how MAGA is not aligned with Christ's teachings.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/maga-chris...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/maga-chris...
MAGA Christianity is Anti-Jesus. Just ask Jesus.
Rev.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I don't call myself a Christian, but I do believe that the teachings attributed to Christ provide a good reference for how to live as a good person. This article clearly articulates how MAGA is not aligned with Christ's teachings.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/maga-chris...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/maga-chris...