Trout
@troutmpls.bsky.social
Former journalist, citizen, part-time activist and cat owner in Minneapolis.
Something I wrote this morning. The Knock at My Door
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September 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Something I wrote this morning. The Knock at My Door
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Chilling and fascinating look at how the US election systems may be fully compromised. We may have to go back to paper ballots and inky fingers. Worth your time to read if you're concerned about the future of US democracy.
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She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.
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July 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Chilling and fascinating look at how the US election systems may be fully compromised. We may have to go back to paper ballots and inky fingers. Worth your time to read if you're concerned about the future of US democracy.
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
Justice Dept. to Cut Two-Thirds of Inspectors Monitoring Gun Sales www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
Justice Dept. to Cut Two-Thirds of Inspectors Monitoring Gun Sales
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June 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Justice Dept. to Cut Two-Thirds of Inspectors Monitoring Gun Sales www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
Fire Kristi Noem.
She knew who Sen Padilla was and she stood by and did nothing while federal agents assaulted a US senator and handcuffed and detained him for asking a question.
She knew who Sen Padilla was and she stood by and did nothing while federal agents assaulted a US senator and handcuffed and detained him for asking a question.
June 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fire Kristi Noem.
She knew who Sen Padilla was and she stood by and did nothing while federal agents assaulted a US senator and handcuffed and detained him for asking a question.
She knew who Sen Padilla was and she stood by and did nothing while federal agents assaulted a US senator and handcuffed and detained him for asking a question.
Really happy to see Senator Murphy and others starting to play hardball. Give no quarter to these thieves.
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Democrats Move to Block Over $3 Billion in Weapons Sales to Qatar and U.A.E.
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May 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Really happy to see Senator Murphy and others starting to play hardball. Give no quarter to these thieves.
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New on Substack: “Out of Service” Joann’s is gone. Fire trucks sat idle as California burned. This is the business model. Private equity bleeds communities dry, and #BlackRock funds it all with your pension. #privateequity
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Out of Service: How Wall Street Turned Fire Trucks, Fabric Stores, and Public Safety into Collateral
Private equity rolls up America’s lifelines while BlackRock quietly funds the collapse with your retirement savings
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April 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New on Substack: “Out of Service” Joann’s is gone. Fire trucks sat idle as California burned. This is the business model. Private equity bleeds communities dry, and #BlackRock funds it all with your pension. #privateequity
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Wow, I think they’ve achieved a new low.
I don’t understand how this bullshit continues.
You can’t just fucking dismantle a country by edict.
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I don’t understand how this bullshit continues.
You can’t just fucking dismantle a country by edict.
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Trump Admin Starts Removing Black History Museum Exhibits — Including Iconic 1960 Woolworth’s Sit-In Counter
Trump administration begins removing Black history artifacts from the National Museum of African American History and Culture, sparking outrage from civil rights leaders and historians.
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April 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Wow, I think they’ve achieved a new low.
I don’t understand how this bullshit continues.
You can’t just fucking dismantle a country by edict.
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I don’t understand how this bullshit continues.
You can’t just fucking dismantle a country by edict.
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the question to ask about a certain prominent pollster who has the ear of influential figures in media is whether he's trying to inform the public or whether he's trying to win new clients tufts-pol.medium.com/have-young-v...
Have young voters really abandoned the Democrats?
by Caroline Soler, Brian Schaffner, and Stephen Ansolabehere
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April 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
the question to ask about a certain prominent pollster who has the ear of influential figures in media is whether he's trying to inform the public or whether he's trying to win new clients tufts-pol.medium.com/have-young-v...
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Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to push into the National Gallery of Art. They recently met with the museum’s director and legal team, to question its legal status and explore ways to assert influence. One of the nation’s most respected art institutions is now in their crosshairs.
April 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to push into the National Gallery of Art. They recently met with the museum’s director and legal team, to question its legal status and explore ways to assert influence. One of the nation’s most respected art institutions is now in their crosshairs.
This is interesting. The private security guards who dragged a women from an Idaho town hall were all charged. I hope the same thing happens to those who used tasers at a Marjorie Taylor Green's town hall.
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Private security guards charged in Coeur d’Alene town hall dragging
City prosecutors have filed criminal charges against six men involved in a chaotic legislative town hall, including the private security guards who dragged a Post Falls woman out of the Coeur d’Alene ...
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April 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is interesting. The private security guards who dragged a women from an Idaho town hall were all charged. I hope the same thing happens to those who used tasers at a Marjorie Taylor Green's town hall.
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This is what I look like when I get a bad haircut too.
April 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is what I look like when I get a bad haircut too.
How about a national strike?
Shut down all non essential business/school/life until Trmp is out.
Painful, yes. Necessary? Yes.
Shut down all non essential business/school/life until Trmp is out.
Painful, yes. Necessary? Yes.
April 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
How about a national strike?
Shut down all non essential business/school/life until Trmp is out.
Painful, yes. Necessary? Yes.
Shut down all non essential business/school/life until Trmp is out.
Painful, yes. Necessary? Yes.
I feel safer already.☹️
As if measles outbreaks and bird flu aren't causing enough chaos, let's Dogeify the regulation that keeps us safe, ensures air is fit to breath, planes don't fall from the sky, and workers don't lose their limbs or their lives on the job.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
As if measles outbreaks and bird flu aren't causing enough chaos, let's Dogeify the regulation that keeps us safe, ensures air is fit to breath, planes don't fall from the sky, and workers don't lose their limbs or their lives on the job.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale (Gift Article)
The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.
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April 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I feel safer already.☹️
As if measles outbreaks and bird flu aren't causing enough chaos, let's Dogeify the regulation that keeps us safe, ensures air is fit to breath, planes don't fall from the sky, and workers don't lose their limbs or their lives on the job.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
As if measles outbreaks and bird flu aren't causing enough chaos, let's Dogeify the regulation that keeps us safe, ensures air is fit to breath, planes don't fall from the sky, and workers don't lose their limbs or their lives on the job.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
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"The left went too far" in contemporary U.S. politics is almost always a lie and a very convenient way to rationalize moral failure. For example, "MeToo went too far" replaces "I do not care about sexual violence or its victims and I don't want to have to even feel bad about that"
April 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"The left went too far" in contemporary U.S. politics is almost always a lie and a very convenient way to rationalize moral failure. For example, "MeToo went too far" replaces "I do not care about sexual violence or its victims and I don't want to have to even feel bad about that"
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Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
April 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
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Being able to heat your home in the winter is not a luxury. It is a matter of life and death.
Trump and Musk’s decision to arbitrarily fire every worker in the office that helps working class and low income people heat their homes is outrageous.
Trump and Musk’s decision to arbitrarily fire every worker in the office that helps working class and low income people heat their homes is outrageous.
April 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Being able to heat your home in the winter is not a luxury. It is a matter of life and death.
Trump and Musk’s decision to arbitrarily fire every worker in the office that helps working class and low income people heat their homes is outrageous.
Trump and Musk’s decision to arbitrarily fire every worker in the office that helps working class and low income people heat their homes is outrageous.
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Where is our humanity?
April 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Where is our humanity?
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Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
April 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
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It has now been 30 days with NO humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It has now been 30 days with NO humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
Here is a stark reminder of what we as a nation stand to lose as the Tr Admin and the GOP pull us backward toward the fictitious halcyon days of white male supremacy and indentured servitude.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America. (Gift Article)
Beijing’s message to America: We’re not afraid of you. You aren’t who you think you are — and we aren’t who you think we are.
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April 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Here is a stark reminder of what we as a nation stand to lose as the Tr Admin and the GOP pull us backward toward the fictitious halcyon days of white male supremacy and indentured servitude.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...