@cynleader.bsky.social
Pro-democracy, pro-women's rights, public policy wonk, fighter for the Constitution and rule of law. I dissent and resist!
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Thank you, David, for this rousing call to action. We as a people & a nation must stem this authoritarian tide & Christo-fascist takeover. It is happening so quickly-we weren't prepared for Trump to seize power. But resist we must, as each day grows more dire rending the fabric of our democracy.
The past decade has seen grave threats and unmistakable decline. But the past few days and weeks reveal that we have entered in a new and more perilous chapter here in the U.S. It must be a call to a new kind of action. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We Have Descended into Utter Madness
A new sense of urgency is needed. Our national crisis has grown much more acute.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Thank you, David, for this rousing call to action. We as a people & a nation must stem this authoritarian tide & Christo-fascist takeover. It is happening so quickly-we weren't prepared for Trump to seize power. But resist we must, as each day grows more dire rending the fabric of our democracy.
"Perhaps the World Ends Here" read by its author, Native American Joy Harjo, captures the heart of Thanksgiving. Enjoy these thoughts while you feast with those you love today. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Joy Harjo Reads “Perhaps the World Ends Here”
YouTube video by Poets.org
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November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Perhaps the World Ends Here" read by its author, Native American Joy Harjo, captures the heart of Thanksgiving. Enjoy these thoughts while you feast with those you love today. Happy Thanksgiving!
youtu.be/0ymiWUHjrVc?...
youtu.be/0ymiWUHjrVc?...
If asked to rate my pain level from the moral injury being inflicted on us by this regime on a scale of 1 to 10, I am at the highest, most painful level of 10. The pain is every day, unceasing and unrelievable. It feeds my power to resist and fight to redeem our people and our country.
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
If asked to rate my pain level from the moral injury being inflicted on us by this regime on a scale of 1 to 10, I am at the highest, most painful level of 10. The pain is every day, unceasing and unrelievable. It feeds my power to resist and fight to redeem our people and our country.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yes! Raise her to use the sword herself.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Yes! Raise her to use the sword herself.
Exactly!
2/2/Trump isn't starting at his lowest position: he is starting at Putin's only position.
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Exactly!
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Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Obviously, the Department of Education no longer values education or people who are educated. Or schools or a lot of teachers. Guess they see no need for skills in an autocracy.
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Obviously, the Department of Education no longer values education or people who are educated. Or schools or a lot of teachers. Guess they see no need for skills in an autocracy.
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Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
The deconstructing Dept. of Education is racing to further undermine the foundation of democracy: an educated electorate. It is mirroring other regime actions by targeting women, minorities, special needs, etc. The goal is to cruelly weaken us and our ability to uphold democratic principles. Resist!
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The deconstructing Dept. of Education is racing to further undermine the foundation of democracy: an educated electorate. It is mirroring other regime actions by targeting women, minorities, special needs, etc. The goal is to cruelly weaken us and our ability to uphold democratic principles. Resist!
What women hear - and isn't good to hear - over their lifetimes that isn't said to men. And we hear it again and again.
1. I have been called a cougar
2. I have been called bossy
3. Had to wear skirts below my knee
4. A friend told my mom that I am single because my parents *allowed* me to get my PhD.
5. I was warned that if I didn't get married I'd be a spinster.
Via @resilientdaughterproject on IG
#Pinks
2. I have been called bossy
3. Had to wear skirts below my knee
4. A friend told my mom that I am single because my parents *allowed* me to get my PhD.
5. I was warned that if I didn't get married I'd be a spinster.
Via @resilientdaughterproject on IG
#Pinks
November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
What women hear - and isn't good to hear - over their lifetimes that isn't said to men. And we hear it again and again.
Saw The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui by Brecht yesterday. The play warns about the way Hitler seized power. At the end, Arturo says conditions that gave rise to Nazi Germany are present in the US. "Athough the world stood up & stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again." Chilling!
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Saw The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui by Brecht yesterday. The play warns about the way Hitler seized power. At the end, Arturo says conditions that gave rise to Nazi Germany are present in the US. "Athough the world stood up & stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again." Chilling!
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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All women deserve better.
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
All women deserve better.
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
Love what Congresswoman Brown is preaching here - powerful, hard-hitting truth telling.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Love what Congresswoman Brown is preaching here - powerful, hard-hitting truth telling.
This makes me nauseous.
Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to draft a $1 coin featuring him on both sides, for the purpose of “honoring America’s 250th Birthday and @POTUS,” according to Treasury officials.
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This makes me nauseous.
The perils of worship - anything you worship diminishes you. Well said David Foster Wallace!
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The perils of worship - anything you worship diminishes you. Well said David Foster Wallace!
The dog that didn't bark is a clue from Sherlock Holmes where the absence of a dog's barking shows the thief was familiar w/ the dog. The phrase is used as a metaphor to highlight the imp. of considering what is missing or unsaid, & the evid. that can be found in the absence of something expected.
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The dog that didn't bark is a clue from Sherlock Holmes where the absence of a dog's barking shows the thief was familiar w/ the dog. The phrase is used as a metaphor to highlight the imp. of considering what is missing or unsaid, & the evid. that can be found in the absence of something expected.
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Thank you to U.S. veterans for your courage, dedication, & service! It’s not enough to verbally thank veterans & hold parades. Trump/GOP are gutting & cutting the Veterans Administration! We need to fund the Veterans Administration; provide veterans with benefits; access to healthcare; jobs etc.!🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thank you to U.S. veterans for your courage, dedication, & service! It’s not enough to verbally thank veterans & hold parades. Trump/GOP are gutting & cutting the Veterans Administration! We need to fund the Veterans Administration; provide veterans with benefits; access to healthcare; jobs etc.!🇺🇸
I offer only one finger as well.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I offer only one finger as well.
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Trying to focus my fury as Rothkopf recommends- change the Democratic party, don't abandon it. Put new leaders in place and elect candidates who are in touch with the people. But we are running out of time before there is a full autocracy. Can we beat the clock?
www.thedailybeast.com/why-these-vi...
www.thedailybeast.com/why-these-vi...
Why These Vichy Dems and Their Spineless Boss Need to Go Now
We need courage and clarity from our leaders. Schumer and these eight in the Senate have shown they have failed that test. Time to turn the page.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Trying to focus my fury as Rothkopf recommends- change the Democratic party, don't abandon it. Put new leaders in place and elect candidates who are in touch with the people. But we are running out of time before there is a full autocracy. Can we beat the clock?
www.thedailybeast.com/why-these-vi...
www.thedailybeast.com/why-these-vi...
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It took a courageous Republican bucking his party to give America affordable healthcare and eight cowardous Democrats bucking their party to take it away.
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It took a courageous Republican bucking his party to give America affordable healthcare and eight cowardous Democrats bucking their party to take it away.
Ditto!
LESS. THAN. A. WEEK.
Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.
I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.
I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Ditto!