En Buen Ora
@enbuenora.bsky.social
Account named in honor of the poem El Cid (not so much the historical figure) and one of its most interesting lines, "El que en buen ora cinxo espada". Leftist. Also on Mastodon. Las Vegas NV USA currently. He/him.
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Just in last 48 hours:
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Just in last 48 hours:
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
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Something I think that is under discussed is that even if Ds pick up a trifecta w/in the party you couldn’t get agreement on blanket restoration of budget items to say 2023 levels apart from the real likelihood of lack of prosecutions there is a high chance we don’t see meaningful restoration
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Something I think that is under discussed is that even if Ds pick up a trifecta w/in the party you couldn’t get agreement on blanket restoration of budget items to say 2023 levels apart from the real likelihood of lack of prosecutions there is a high chance we don’t see meaningful restoration
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The drug traffickers he pardons are the ones who work at a scale that can sustain protection/kickback payments to him.
The drug traffickers he kills—if they even are drug traffickers—are the competition, or at least those not worth collecting from.
Not that that’s what he’s doing. But it’s true.
The drug traffickers he kills—if they even are drug traffickers—are the competition, or at least those not worth collecting from.
Not that that’s what he’s doing. But it’s true.
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The drug traffickers he pardons are the ones who work at a scale that can sustain protection/kickback payments to him.
The drug traffickers he kills—if they even are drug traffickers—are the competition, or at least those not worth collecting from.
Not that that’s what he’s doing. But it’s true.
The drug traffickers he kills—if they even are drug traffickers—are the competition, or at least those not worth collecting from.
Not that that’s what he’s doing. But it’s true.
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President Trump assembles the best, most qualified cabinets in history and the reason 95% of his cabinet members quit/are fired is because they were disloyal idiots and oh, by the way, he barely knew them.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
President Trump assembles the best, most qualified cabinets in history and the reason 95% of his cabinet members quit/are fired is because they were disloyal idiots and oh, by the way, he barely knew them.
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1984 is over-cited, but the best word for this is doublethink. MAGA has tons of it.
Trump is a strong leader no one would cross and a poor victim who deserves sympathy.
He brought crime down and crime is out of control.
The Epstein Files are fake to hurt Trump and have nothing negative about him.
Trump is a strong leader no one would cross and a poor victim who deserves sympathy.
He brought crime down and crime is out of control.
The Epstein Files are fake to hurt Trump and have nothing negative about him.
This is the crux of the MAGA strategy: make contradictory claims and hope no one notices. Either the files are fake, or they’re harmless — they can’t logically be both.
New in PN: MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable
"The Epstein files are a 'hoax,' Trump says — a lie made up by Dems to make him look bad. Yet somehow, at the same time, there’s nothing in them that could make him look bad — b/c if there was, Biden would have released them. So which is it?"
"The Epstein files are a 'hoax,' Trump says — a lie made up by Dems to make him look bad. Yet somehow, at the same time, there’s nothing in them that could make him look bad — b/c if there was, Biden would have released them. So which is it?"
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
1984 is over-cited, but the best word for this is doublethink. MAGA has tons of it.
Trump is a strong leader no one would cross and a poor victim who deserves sympathy.
He brought crime down and crime is out of control.
The Epstein Files are fake to hurt Trump and have nothing negative about him.
Trump is a strong leader no one would cross and a poor victim who deserves sympathy.
He brought crime down and crime is out of control.
The Epstein Files are fake to hurt Trump and have nothing negative about him.
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Trump's rantings about replacing the income tax with the revenue from his import taxes (tariffs) is 25th Amendment stuff deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-craz...
Trump Crazy# 27542: Replacing the Income Tax with Tariffs
This is 25th Amendment stuff
deanbaker22.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump's rantings about replacing the income tax with the revenue from his import taxes (tariffs) is 25th Amendment stuff deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-craz...
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I posted on that earlier in the week when everyone was mad about private credit and like that’s an Obama joint that is dem reconstruction he brought in the investment bankers to de-risk and like sorry but everyones faves are heavily implicated
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I posted on that earlier in the week when everyone was mad about private credit and like that’s an Obama joint that is dem reconstruction he brought in the investment bankers to de-risk and like sorry but everyones faves are heavily implicated
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Her adoptive dad had sexually assaulted her for years. But when Taylor Cadle told police, she was treated like a “monster.” She was charged with lying to the police and had to write an apology letter to her abuser.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Her adoptive dad had sexually assaulted her for years. But when Taylor Cadle told police, she was treated like a “monster.” She was charged with lying to the police and had to write an apology letter to her abuser.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
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If we must beg our representatives to uphold the Constitution, we must infer that they will not listen to us. If they were going to do it, they would already have started doing it, no matter how futile the effort might be, because they swore an oath.
It’s not “likely;” they are openly admitting to breaking the law. Worthless political speech like this is so frustrating and in direct contradiction to the correct dire warnings they keep issuing about democracy. Do something, man! Call on the House to impeach!
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If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If we must beg our representatives to uphold the Constitution, we must infer that they will not listen to us. If they were going to do it, they would already have started doing it, no matter how futile the effort might be, because they swore an oath.
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#ExpandTheHouse
I've been beating this drum for a while now, so it's good to know @joshtpm.bsky.social as taken it up as well.
IMO, districts larger than 100k prevent the rep from being able to understand their constituents.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-...
I've been beating this drum for a while now, so it's good to know @joshtpm.bsky.social as taken it up as well.
IMO, districts larger than 100k prevent the rep from being able to understand their constituents.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-...
Post-Trump Reform Requires Reinvigorating American Democracy
After I wrote this “status interview” piece on Tuesday, I heard from...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
#ExpandTheHouse
I've been beating this drum for a while now, so it's good to know @joshtpm.bsky.social as taken it up as well.
IMO, districts larger than 100k prevent the rep from being able to understand their constituents.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-...
I've been beating this drum for a while now, so it's good to know @joshtpm.bsky.social as taken it up as well.
IMO, districts larger than 100k prevent the rep from being able to understand their constituents.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/post-...
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Correct.
Every vaccine will require an annual RCT powered for rare outcomes for every demographic group.
Every vaccine will require an annual RCT powered for rare outcomes for every demographic group.
I can't read this as anything other than a direct assault on the vaccine industry. Full stop. They are laying the groundwork to prevent all vaccine R&D. Not directly, but by requiring study designs for approval that are scientifically unnecessary and financially inviable.
Here's Prasad's full email, if you'd like to read it for yourself: www.washingtonpost.com/documents/30...
And I jotted down a few thoughts on my substack, including how the strategy of "asking more evidence" — which on the surface, sure, everyone wants more data — can lead to red tape.
And I jotted down a few thoughts on my substack, including how the strategy of "asking more evidence" — which on the surface, sure, everyone wants more data — can lead to red tape.
November 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Correct.
Every vaccine will require an annual RCT powered for rare outcomes for every demographic group.
Every vaccine will require an annual RCT powered for rare outcomes for every demographic group.
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Yes. It's a very common misconception about the past that horses were just a one-to-one replacement for cars - only the rich had carriages, few people rode on horseback for transportation, most horses were used for hauling, not transporting people. Most people (like most of human history) walked
There was never really a point where horse usage reached anywhere near the saturation of car usage, so it's hard to compare. At the highest point there was about one horse for every five Americans. People just walked a lot!
Considering that horses are dangerous and riders are very regularly seriously injured, I wonder what the direct overall injury/death rate looked like when everyone in our society had to constantly ride/drive horses, versus the injury/death rate from cars today?
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Yes. It's a very common misconception about the past that horses were just a one-to-one replacement for cars - only the rich had carriages, few people rode on horseback for transportation, most horses were used for hauling, not transporting people. Most people (like most of human history) walked
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This ridiculous sentence is written like a bothsides-ish balancing statement, but it isn’t one. When the mob is in charge, paying the protection money they extort from you is a cost of doing business. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This ridiculous sentence is written like a bothsides-ish balancing statement, but it isn’t one. When the mob is in charge, paying the protection money they extort from you is a cost of doing business. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In a near-unrelentingly bleak media environment, @liberalcurrents.com is one of the few green shoots to emerge over the past decade. I donated to help them expand their essential work and I hope you will too. gofund.me/4fffea986
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Perfect gift for everyone on your list!
Little encyclopedia of fantastic myths
about amazing Nature
wonderfully illustrated and fun
Little encyclopedia of fantastic myths
about amazing Nature
wonderfully illustrated and fun
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Perfect gift for everyone on your list!
Little encyclopedia of fantastic myths
about amazing Nature
wonderfully illustrated and fun
Little encyclopedia of fantastic myths
about amazing Nature
wonderfully illustrated and fun
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The number of people who fold to Trump when he is deeply unpopular and disliked on every issue indicates that they really just agree with him.
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The number of people who fold to Trump when he is deeply unpopular and disliked on every issue indicates that they really just agree with him.
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
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For decades, conservatives have crusaded to discredit the press.
Why the right is to blame for distrust in the media
For decades, conservatives have crusaded to discredit the press.
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For decades, conservatives have crusaded to discredit the press.
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The argument isn't "these are war crimes" vs. "no they're not."
The argument is "war crimes are bad" vs. "no, they're good."
The argument is "war crimes are bad" vs. "no, they're good."
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The argument isn't "these are war crimes" vs. "no they're not."
The argument is "war crimes are bad" vs. "no, they're good."
The argument is "war crimes are bad" vs. "no, they're good."
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Two important bombshell exposés. But the meta story is almost as important: the ship of state - namely DOD and State - is leaking.
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Two important bombshell exposés. But the meta story is almost as important: the ship of state - namely DOD and State - is leaking.
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Blowing up little boats on suspicion of drug trafficking is murder to begin with. But Pete Hegseth took it to the next level of savagery by ordering the execution of survivors:
🚨 Trump in PANIC as as SEAL TEAM SIX WAR CRIMES UNCOVERED?!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Blowing up little boats on suspicion of drug trafficking is murder to begin with. But Pete Hegseth took it to the next level of savagery by ordering the execution of survivors:
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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They're poisoning our children and we're not going to let it happen anymore. We won't let it happen nypost.com/2025/11/24/b...
Meta employees compared themselves to drug ‘pushers’ as company buried mental health harms to kids: unsealed docs
Meta’s own researchers called Instagram a “drug” while burying evidence that the company’s social media apps were hurting kids’ mental health, according to bombshell filings unsealed in California …
nypost.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
They're poisoning our children and we're not going to let it happen anymore. We won't let it happen nypost.com/2025/11/24/b...
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On the one hand this is heinous, on the other hand under this logic an enterprising Democratic president can declare tech billionaires to be terrorists who are poisoning the American people with their products
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
On the one hand this is heinous, on the other hand under this logic an enterprising Democratic president can declare tech billionaires to be terrorists who are poisoning the American people with their products
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Extremely fucking sick of headlines that privilege Trump lies no matter how far down the article clarifications arrive
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Extremely fucking sick of headlines that privilege Trump lies no matter how far down the article clarifications arrive