Trace Wood
@tracewood.bsky.social
Writer, researchaholic.
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The origins of almost every serious current problem in America began with Reagan. This book brings the receipts.
https://raygunrevolution.com/
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The origins of almost every serious current problem in America began with Reagan. This book brings the receipts.
https://raygunrevolution.com/
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Trace Wood
@tracewood.bsky.social
· Jan 29
The Ray Gun Revolution
Check out The Ray Gun Revolution - <p>An entertaining and accessible exploration of the politics and policies of the Reagan years, and their lasting impact on today's political polarization.</p><p><br...
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Very excited to note that you can buy my book at Bookshop. org
Both the ebook or paperback.
Part of the money goes to fund local bookstores. 😍🥳
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Both the ebook or paperback.
Part of the money goes to fund local bookstores. 😍🥳
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
As utterly shocking as it is tragic. Our world is diminished significantly and our lives less light.
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Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home, AP source says
Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead Sunday at Reiner's Los Angeles home, according to a law enforcement official.
apnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:19 AM
As utterly shocking as it is tragic. Our world is diminished significantly and our lives less light.
apnews.com/article/rob-...
apnews.com/article/rob-...
They can already reject Trump's idiotic notions. In fact, they did when they resisted dropping interest rates as quickly as he wanted. Hassett is without a doubt the most incompetent person talking about the economy, which is saying something since Kudlow is still around.
apnews.com/article/fede...
apnews.com/article/fede...
Hassett says Federal Reserve can reject Trump's views if he is chair
A leading candidate to be President Donald Trump’s choice for Federal Reserve chair says he would present the president’s views to Fed officials for their consideration but they could reject them if t...
apnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
They can already reject Trump's idiotic notions. In fact, they did when they resisted dropping interest rates as quickly as he wanted. Hassett is without a doubt the most incompetent person talking about the economy, which is saying something since Kudlow is still around.
apnews.com/article/fede...
apnews.com/article/fede...
Doctorow has had the pulse of the tech industry for over a decade
December 14, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Doctorow has had the pulse of the tech industry for over a decade
Despite considerable efforts by Texas, Arkansas has surged into the lead as the most backward state in the union. This is not altogether surprising considering their governor was Trump's main liar and defender of ignorance during his first administration.
apnews.com/article/arka...
apnews.com/article/arka...
Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1
The commission that oversees public television in Arkansas has voted to sever ties with PBS, making it the first state to end its contract with the broadcast giant.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Despite considerable efforts by Texas, Arkansas has surged into the lead as the most backward state in the union. This is not altogether surprising considering their governor was Trump's main liar and defender of ignorance during his first administration.
apnews.com/article/arka...
apnews.com/article/arka...
Chef's kiss! 👨🍳💯
The people who support $12B in corporate welfare to farms and forgave $80B in auto bailouts and forgave $700B in bank bailouts and forgave $755B in PPP loans want you to know that forgiving medical debt and student debt is socialism😐
December 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Chef's kiss! 👨🍳💯
Tourism to the US is down $30 billion. That's not gonna help the job numbers, or the GDP, or Trump's approval rating domestically or internationally.
As predictable a result as the sun shining. FWIW, I will never let MAGA (or the people who didn't vote) forget this.
As predictable a result as the sun shining. FWIW, I will never let MAGA (or the people who didn't vote) forget this.
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Tourism to the US is down $30 billion. That's not gonna help the job numbers, or the GDP, or Trump's approval rating domestically or internationally.
As predictable a result as the sun shining. FWIW, I will never let MAGA (or the people who didn't vote) forget this.
As predictable a result as the sun shining. FWIW, I will never let MAGA (or the people who didn't vote) forget this.
Promised $2 trillion budget reduction & $5k checks to everyone as a result of the savings. Instead, he put tens of thousands out of work & made our critical info FAR less safe, while saving less than $10 billion. I'd hate to see what he thinks "complete failure" is.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Musk says Doge was 'somewhat successful' but he wouldn't do it again
The Tesla boss says instead of leading the Department of Government Efficiency, he could have been working for his companies.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Promised $2 trillion budget reduction & $5k checks to everyone as a result of the savings. Instead, he put tens of thousands out of work & made our critical info FAR less safe, while saving less than $10 billion. I'd hate to see what he thinks "complete failure" is.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Serious question: why send astronauts on a trip that takes at least 6-months one-way to ascertain the same information that can be ascertained by sending robots? It sounds cool, but so does a livable Earth. 🤷♂️
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
In a major new report, scientists build rationale for sending astronauts to Mars
“Everyone is inspired by this because it’s becoming real.”…
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Serious question: why send astronauts on a trip that takes at least 6-months one-way to ascertain the same information that can be ascertained by sending robots? It sounds cool, but so does a livable Earth. 🤷♂️
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
Kevin Hassett is awful as Director of the National Economic Council. That Trump is considering him to replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair is absolutely horrifying. Hassett is a complete incompetent. For a refresher, his predictions about COVID deaths were 💩
www.businessinsider.com/trump-adviso...
www.businessinsider.com/trump-adviso...
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett created a baffling 'cubic model' showing coronavirus deaths would hit 0 by May 15. It turns out he used a basic Excel function for his controversial projecti...
The model had sparked a storm of criticism among outside economists who called it "utterly superficial and misleading" on Twitter.
www.businessinsider.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Kevin Hassett is awful as Director of the National Economic Council. That Trump is considering him to replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair is absolutely horrifying. Hassett is a complete incompetent. For a refresher, his predictions about COVID deaths were 💩
www.businessinsider.com/trump-adviso...
www.businessinsider.com/trump-adviso...
Trump's Treasury Department is bragging that because of Trump's economic policies, t-bills are having their best year since 2020. Could someone inform these clowns that people primarily invest in t-bills when economic times are dire. For evidence, note that 2020 was the COVID year.
December 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trump's Treasury Department is bragging that because of Trump's economic policies, t-bills are having their best year since 2020. Could someone inform these clowns that people primarily invest in t-bills when economic times are dire. For evidence, note that 2020 was the COVID year.
As expected, it's not bad enough that Trump's "peace plan" for Ukraine has a large serving of grift. War profiteering was a serious felony at one point in our history but Trump and the GOP regularly make criming a policy choice.
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
As expected, it's not bad enough that Trump's "peace plan" for Ukraine has a large serving of grift. War profiteering was a serious felony at one point in our history but Trump and the GOP regularly make criming a policy choice.
An artist captures the essence of Tech Bro-dom perfectly.
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
An artist captures the essence of Tech Bro-dom perfectly.
One thing that can ALWAYS be counted on is MAGA not knowing what they are talking about before commenting. For example, they always say things were worse under Biden, when almost universally they were better, and when it wasn't it was only temporary. With Trump? Not so much.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
One thing that can ALWAYS be counted on is MAGA not knowing what they are talking about before commenting. For example, they always say things were worse under Biden, when almost universally they were better, and when it wasn't it was only temporary. With Trump? Not so much.
Welcome news as we wait for SCOTUS to invalidate a central tenet of the Constitution (birthright citizenship)
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Live updates: Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released
President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act last month, leading to transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell being ordered releas...
apnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Welcome news as we wait for SCOTUS to invalidate a central tenet of the Constitution (birthright citizenship)
apnews.com/live/donald-...
apnews.com/live/donald-...
Trump will be removed after the mid-terms, either through impeachment or the 25th amendment. A lot of GOP will be a part of it. But then what? What is the plan to replace what Trump destroyed? What we had? That's what created the problem. The Dems must evolve!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZLl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZLl...
Should You Be a Radical (Republican)? Envisioning a Reconstruction
YouTube video by Tad Stoermer
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December 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Trump will be removed after the mid-terms, either through impeachment or the 25th amendment. A lot of GOP will be a part of it. But then what? What is the plan to replace what Trump destroyed? What we had? That's what created the problem. The Dems must evolve!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZLl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZLl...
Not that 10 deaths over a 3-year period isn't tragic for the families involved, but from a mathematical perspective this is about as stupid a take on vaccine safety as one could conjure. This is 10 deaths from 600+ million doses administered. Fucking idiots.
www.huffpost.com/entry/vaccin...
www.huffpost.com/entry/vaccin...
FDA Official Proposes Vaccine Crackdown After Blaming COVID-19 Shot For Dead Kids
The memo has been criticized for lacking evidence.
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Not that 10 deaths over a 3-year period isn't tragic for the families involved, but from a mathematical perspective this is about as stupid a take on vaccine safety as one could conjure. This is 10 deaths from 600+ million doses administered. Fucking idiots.
www.huffpost.com/entry/vaccin...
www.huffpost.com/entry/vaccin...
Tennessee still doesn't get it. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
I don't care that it was closer than expected. If you don't understand that the GOP doesn't serve 95% of the citizens of the US, you don't get it.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
I don't care that it was closer than expected. If you don't understand that the GOP doesn't serve 95% of the citizens of the US, you don't get it.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Live Results: Tennessee 7th Congressional District special election
A military veteran and former state general services commissioner from Nashville, Matt Van Epps defeated Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn to represent the 7th Congressional District.
www.pbs.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Tennessee still doesn't get it. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
I don't care that it was closer than expected. If you don't understand that the GOP doesn't serve 95% of the citizens of the US, you don't get it.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
I don't care that it was closer than expected. If you don't understand that the GOP doesn't serve 95% of the citizens of the US, you don't get it.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Trump is using children, the elderly and the under-served as bargaining chips to extort more data to sell to his tech bros. He's a completely repugnant and morally bankrupt human
apnews.com/article/food...
apnews.com/article/food...
Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP from Democrat-led states if they don't provide data
The Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless they provide data about those receiving the assistance.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Trump is using children, the elderly and the under-served as bargaining chips to extort more data to sell to his tech bros. He's a completely repugnant and morally bankrupt human
apnews.com/article/food...
apnews.com/article/food...
If you can give away $6.2 billion to pump up yet another Trump scam (it puts money into the stock market using children so the economy doesn't look as bad as it is, plus it gives money to hedge funds who manage these accounts), then you can afford to pay more in taxes.
apnews.com/article/mich...
apnews.com/article/mich...
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts'
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If you can give away $6.2 billion to pump up yet another Trump scam (it puts money into the stock market using children so the economy doesn't look as bad as it is, plus it gives money to hedge funds who manage these accounts), then you can afford to pay more in taxes.
apnews.com/article/mich...
apnews.com/article/mich...
@neilirwin.bsky.social is dissembling here by using only the post-Reagan tax rates, which caused the current broader financial dilemma. Billionaires have grossly benefited from the current system & corporations abuse federal safety net programs. Abolish the cap.
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/s...
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/s...
Social Security's day of reckoning is nearly here
There is a tug-of-war between the benefits future retirees receive and the taxes that working-age people pay.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
@neilirwin.bsky.social is dissembling here by using only the post-Reagan tax rates, which caused the current broader financial dilemma. Billionaires have grossly benefited from the current system & corporations abuse federal safety net programs. Abolish the cap.
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/s...
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/s...
This is why climate policy is non-negotiable, *especially* when it comes to corporate interests. Because they don't care about what happens to the victims. They only care about cost containment for the continued production of profits.
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This is why climate policy is non-negotiable, *especially* when it comes to corporate interests. Because they don't care about what happens to the victims. They only care about cost containment for the continued production of profits.
Why don't we buy into the notion that establishment Democrats know what they are doing? Because they absolutely don't and the scoreboard don't lie. It's time we let the Mamdanis and AOCs take it from here.
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Why don't we buy into the notion that establishment Democrats know what they are doing? Because they absolutely don't and the scoreboard don't lie. It's time we let the Mamdanis and AOCs take it from here.