Yvonne Krywyj
@ykbluedevil.bsky.social
Peripatetic feminist | Gender equity | Climate and renewables | Slava Ukraini | she/her
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We took it for granted back then, but "perchance greatly their superiors in all the attainments and virtues which adorn, or elevate, or ennoble human nature" contains more wokeness than a modern politician will get in his whole lifetime
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We took it for granted back then, but "perchance greatly their superiors in all the attainments and virtues which adorn, or elevate, or ennoble human nature" contains more wokeness than a modern politician will get in his whole lifetime
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Early morning prayer service at Delaney Hall ICE Detention, Newark. This mom of detainee Carlos David - picked up by ICE this week buying supplies at Home Depot - movingly came forward to thank those speaking out against the injustice which has now come for her family.
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Early morning prayer service at Delaney Hall ICE Detention, Newark. This mom of detainee Carlos David - picked up by ICE this week buying supplies at Home Depot - movingly came forward to thank those speaking out against the injustice which has now come for her family.
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I second that. There is no doubt trump is a Russian asset 😳
Whilst it is a very tough read, I encourage everyone to have a close read of the US National Security Strategy (November 2025) to get a reality check of our current global geopolitical climate and the US entirely shifting its alliances under the #Trump presidency: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I second that. There is no doubt trump is a Russian asset 😳
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The tone of self-congratulation is unmistakeable. Traditionally only Americans applaud themselves: Brits don’t clap their own achievements, just look embarrassed.
Whilst it is a very tough read, I encourage everyone to have a close read of the US National Security Strategy (November 2025) to get a reality check of our current global geopolitical climate and the US entirely shifting its alliances under the #Trump presidency: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The tone of self-congratulation is unmistakeable. Traditionally only Americans applaud themselves: Brits don’t clap their own achievements, just look embarrassed.
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Originalism shmoriginalism
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Originalism shmoriginalism
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I thought recently about Angela Alsobrooks' (underrated) speech at the 2024 DNC, and how true it is that our political imagination is largely stuck exactly where the right wants it: In the reactionary swamp of the 1980s.
badfaithtimes.com/trump-80s-no...
badfaithtimes.com/trump-80s-no...
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I thought recently about Angela Alsobrooks' (underrated) speech at the 2024 DNC, and how true it is that our political imagination is largely stuck exactly where the right wants it: In the reactionary swamp of the 1980s.
badfaithtimes.com/trump-80s-no...
badfaithtimes.com/trump-80s-no...
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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(Free access) An excellent and must-read essay on the growing shift from meritocracy to plutocracy — and who benefits. The Trump Organization’s income for the first half of 2024 was about $51 million — and about $864 million in the first half of 2025. That is a leap of roughly 1,600 percent.
Opinion | Populists are replacing meritocracy with something far worse
Undermining expertise is a pretext for consolidating power among the ultra-wealthy.
wapo.st
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
(Free access) An excellent and must-read essay on the growing shift from meritocracy to plutocracy — and who benefits. The Trump Organization’s income for the first half of 2024 was about $51 million — and about $864 million in the first half of 2025. That is a leap of roughly 1,600 percent.
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"I wasn't aware of what the President said"
Then why are you on a Sunday news show, representing his Administration? Such claims of ignorance ring completely hollow.
Then why are you on a Sunday news show, representing his Administration? Such claims of ignorance ring completely hollow.
BASH: The president said very clearly this week he doesn't want Somali immigrants in America. He called them 'garbage.' Is that the real reason this operation is happening?
HOMAN: No. I think President Trump is referring to public safety threats & natl security threats
BASH: He didn't say that
HOMAN: No. I think President Trump is referring to public safety threats & natl security threats
BASH: He didn't say that
December 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"I wasn't aware of what the President said"
Then why are you on a Sunday news show, representing his Administration? Such claims of ignorance ring completely hollow.
Then why are you on a Sunday news show, representing his Administration? Such claims of ignorance ring completely hollow.
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TRUMP: *calls Somalis "garbage"*
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
TRUMP: *calls Somalis "garbage"*
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
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Freudian slip from Tom Cotton: "I think President Bush has every power under the Constitution to strike boats in international waters"
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Freudian slip from Tom Cotton: "I think President Bush has every power under the Constitution to strike boats in international waters"
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What Senator Cotton says here would be a bad defense for the Germans convicted in WWI and WWII war crimes trials -- including for firing on shipwrecked in fully operational lifeboats.
This line of response hurts the US and US servicemembers. It will cause long-term damage unless we get this right.
This line of response hurts the US and US servicemembers. It will cause long-term damage unless we get this right.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What Senator Cotton says here would be a bad defense for the Germans convicted in WWI and WWII war crimes trials -- including for firing on shipwrecked in fully operational lifeboats.
This line of response hurts the US and US servicemembers. It will cause long-term damage unless we get this right.
This line of response hurts the US and US servicemembers. It will cause long-term damage unless we get this right.
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Assigned's mentions for this post are flooded with people who want to jeer at Biden so may I just say: When a Democratic former president makes a point of standing up for trans rights in a situation where he is absolutely not required to do so, for God's sake, just take the W.
6 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Biden, generally a lukewarm backer of trans rights as President, uses Intl International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference speech to slam Reps/Trump for turning trans rights into "political football...into something scary, something sinister."
Joe Biden slams Republicans for turning transgender rights into ‘political football’
The former president gave a speech expressing support for LGBTQ+ rights at an LGBTQ+ leaders conference on Friday
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Assigned's mentions for this post are flooded with people who want to jeer at Biden so may I just say: When a Democratic former president makes a point of standing up for trans rights in a situation where he is absolutely not required to do so, for God's sake, just take the W.
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“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree
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“After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.”
EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.”
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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“We knew very well what we were electing” isn’t a defense of Trump’s actions. It’s an admission of your complicity.
CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“We knew very well what we were electing” isn’t a defense of Trump’s actions. It’s an admission of your complicity.
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reading this my main thought is that the leavitt family appears to be a bunch of degenerates and this woman was unlucky to enter their orbit
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
reading this my main thought is that the leavitt family appears to be a bunch of degenerates and this woman was unlucky to enter their orbit
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At some point someone just needs to say “you are an indecent person, you are lying to cover the slaughter of defenseless men, you know you are lying, and even under the tenets of your own professed faith you will certainly burn in hell if you continue down this path”
WELKER: Isn't it possible that even the act of taking off a t shirt could've been part of an attempt to get attention for help?
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
At some point someone just needs to say “you are an indecent person, you are lying to cover the slaughter of defenseless men, you know you are lying, and even under the tenets of your own professed faith you will certainly burn in hell if you continue down this path”
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US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr. Idiot. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr. Idiot. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Sordid back story on the deportation of Karen Leavitt's nephew's mother. Gift link:
wapo.st/48qWW9C
wapo.st/48qWW9C
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
wapo.st
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sordid back story on the deportation of Karen Leavitt's nephew's mother. Gift link:
wapo.st/48qWW9C
wapo.st/48qWW9C
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Gift article
Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Gift article
Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Opinion | How One Student’s Failing Grade Became a Cause Célèbre on the Right
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
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New from me in the Chicago Tribune: What Democrats can learn from the British left under Thatcher.
Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson: What Democrats can learn from the British left under Margaret Thatcher
In the midst of economic crisis, Margaret Thatcher was able to generate popular support for economic policies that hurt most British people.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
New from me in the Chicago Tribune: What Democrats can learn from the British left under Thatcher.