The Strongman Fantasy, from March 2024. May it break. snyder.substack.com/p/the-strong...

I will never purchase an Apple product again.

Jesse Ventura on the right side of history yet again.

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:

Santa is not having a good night.

Our first direct hit. Oddly our oyster work is the most popular thing we do. Great return on investment for taxpayers funding bay restoration. cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...

I wrote this in a group text where some caring parents were feeling vicarious stress for their high school seniors applying to college. I/

Louis Freeh appointed by Bush II was the FBI director. I have questions Mr Freeh.

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 He gives them permission to be the worst of inhumanity and proves that the worst beta male, full of grievances and incompetence wrapped up in a toddler tantrum, can become the bully president.

@houserepublicans.bsky.social @senatorjohnthune.bsky.social This is your “leader” that you would do anything for including had over America so he can BANKRUPT just like he has other businesses. This is the GOP party perfect picture of you ALL.

“Rudolf the Rednose Reindeer” must have been written by someone living in the Tule Fog.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Friday that the state is filing a lawsuit to force the federal government to return a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter to Newport. Lincoln County and the nonprofit Newport Fishermen’s Wives group filed a similar lawsuit.

The city that new sleeps.

What’s with the designator runner? If you’re too out of shape to run you should reconsider your sport.

@jaketapper.bsky.social Tappy. Jake Jakeo. Muh-Man. How's it going? Long time no speak. I found this sterling performance of your favorite politician--for that book of yours. Look at his sharp mental acuity here on full display! It's remarkable, wouldn't you say? bsky.app/profile/vote...

Can we ask @mitchmcconell.bsky.social If this is his dream?

Bought and paid for $$ in politics. Why to go John Roberts.

We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.

Thinking bout this right now for no real reason— “When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead”

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al. A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator" 3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

For my fellow outdoor adventurers; remember even though national parks are largely remaining 'open' during the shutdown, there will be no maintenance. If you visit pack out your garbage and use bathrooms outside the park. #craterlake #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #hiking

1. On Monday, Trump delivered a $70 million windfall to his billionaire buddy, John Paulson. Paulson hosted the biggest fundraiser of Trump's 2024 campaign, raising over $50 million. This week, Trump returned the favor. Follow along for details.

Read this. Especially Military and their families. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

This is disgusting, what kind of President condones this? @wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov

Just checked with friend in Portland she is reporting that it’s a beautiful sunny day and there is no sign of war. I thin Nazi Barbie is confused with Gaza.

It's kind of wild that crypto scammers became *the single biggest source of political donations* in the last US election and barely anyone even noticed. These dipshits basically own both parties now and are getting whatever they want and there's been zero (0) public deliberation or debate about it.

Where were posts like this when over 300,000 Black women were unceremoniously fired from their Federal jobs? Black women, the 92%, did NOT vote for this administration. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

More tyranny from the fascist regime. #BLM #PublicLands www.opb.org/article/2025...

“What if they gave a war and nobody came?"

What better way to get to know what’s really going on in Portland, caught between its own struggles with good governance and an authoritarian president determined to justify a military crackdown, than through its myriad coffee shops? slate.trib.al/kiDqVhE

Here is where you can let ABC know how you feel about fascism. support.abc.com/hc/en-us?ret...

This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for. But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem

Hey dems in the @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social, why aren’t you calling out Trump for honoring a white supremacist, flying our flag at half mast for a hate spewing magat, and has done or said nothing to honor the murdered children and Minnesota State Rep Melissa Hortman?

Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past two decades studying the environmental causes of autism. Under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has promised to find a cause for the condition, her entire division was cut.

I add new research, new conclusions, and venture into new territory including existence pain and the role of the artist. terikanefield.com/heres-why/ Special thanks to @karenstenner.bsky.social and @leorzmigrod.bsky.social who helped me understand how to pull this all together. 2/

The American Meteorological Society's formal response to "foundationally flawed" DOE mis/disinformation report on #ClimateChange is excellent & timely. Frankly, I have been more impressed w/@ametsoc.org's ability to effectively meet the moment this year than other scientific professional societies.

There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.

Correction: They've been under attack for *decades* but the Robber Barons are in charge now... #resist #nokings #saveourparks youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?...

“John Roberts knows exactly what he is doing, and he knows exactly the message he is sending to America.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Remember when Vice President Harris bought a few quality cooking items at a French cookery store with her own money and legacy media melted down? J.D. Vance literally used the Army Corps of Engineers to manipulate a public waterway, so he’d have an easier time kayaking and it’s a blip on the radar.

A finite species with finite resources shooting for infinite growth. What could go wrong? 🤷

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

@wyden.senate.gov Do you need more proof that we should stop selling weapons to Isreal? bsky.app/profile/alja...

@wyden.senate.gov did you vote against Bernie Sander’s resolution to block weapon sales to Israel because the American Israel Public Affairs Cmte gives you lots of money? It sure seems that way. So disappointed, those children are starving, bringing on the wrong side if a genocide is not good.

DING We have a winner! h/t @cogdissonance.bsky.social

Hoping he gets his personal judge perhaps?

John Roberts Subjects America's School Children to the Whims of a Wrestling Promoter www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/15/j...