Irenē
@irenecolth.bsky.social
Disabled bisexual woman. Democratic socialist, partisan Democrat. Historical fiction reviewer.
Original sin is a right-wing idea.
Original sin is a right-wing idea.
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Irenē
@irenecolth.bsky.social
· May 2
The only way Trumpism is defeated for good is urbanization of red states.
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The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
I remain very skeptical that the situation in election 2028 will be anything other than Trump vs. the Dem. nominee Take 3, but this is the kind of evidence to the contrary that I would believe -- movement conservatism moving on.
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Erika Kirk says Turning Point's support of JD Vance in 2028 is 'in the works' (ABC News)
Erika Kirk said that Turning Point's support of Vice President JD Vance in a possible 2028 presidential election bid is "in the works."
Kirk, the wife of lat...
l.smartnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I remain very skeptical that the situation in election 2028 will be anything other than Trump vs. the Dem. nominee Take 3, but this is the kind of evidence to the contrary that I would believe -- movement conservatism moving on.
l.smartnews.com/p-6EBK5uyk/C...
l.smartnews.com/p-6EBK5uyk/C...
I want to talk about centrists the way centrists talk about leftists.
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I want to talk about centrists the way centrists talk about leftists.
Apropos of this, there are *a lot* of non-Americans who couldn't tell you which US political party most white Americans -- still the plurality of the country! -- support.
Which in the abstract would be fine!
But non-Americans often tell us how much they know about the US.
Which in the abstract would be fine!
But non-Americans often tell us how much they know about the US.
Generic Ballot Polling Among White Voters:
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Apropos of this, there are *a lot* of non-Americans who couldn't tell you which US political party most white Americans -- still the plurality of the country! -- support.
Which in the abstract would be fine!
But non-Americans often tell us how much they know about the US.
Which in the abstract would be fine!
But non-Americans often tell us how much they know about the US.
He hasn't even been in office a year.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
He hasn't even been in office a year.
Like, no obviously Americans don't hate suburbia.
*Also*, though, this would be a far better country if they did.
*Also*, though, this would be a far better country if they did.
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Like, no obviously Americans don't hate suburbia.
*Also*, though, this would be a far better country if they did.
*Also*, though, this would be a far better country if they did.
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American “public health” has been fully remade into the eugenics based view that the weak will die and the strong survive. This is fascism 101 and it’s the use of natural methods to enact genocide.
It’s a form of auto genocide and part of MAHAs expressly murderous plan globally.
It’s a form of auto genocide and part of MAHAs expressly murderous plan globally.
The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says
The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
American “public health” has been fully remade into the eugenics based view that the weak will die and the strong survive. This is fascism 101 and it’s the use of natural methods to enact genocide.
It’s a form of auto genocide and part of MAHAs expressly murderous plan globally.
It’s a form of auto genocide and part of MAHAs expressly murderous plan globally.
Encouragement posts going out to the parents of disabled kids!
Posts that say, "I know your kids are grateful!"
Someone "defiantly" asserting directly to a disabled adult that they are an ableist!
Don't let them get you down, indeed... 😒
Posts that say, "I know your kids are grateful!"
Someone "defiantly" asserting directly to a disabled adult that they are an ableist!
Don't let them get you down, indeed... 😒
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Encouragement posts going out to the parents of disabled kids!
Posts that say, "I know your kids are grateful!"
Someone "defiantly" asserting directly to a disabled adult that they are an ableist!
Don't let them get you down, indeed... 😒
Posts that say, "I know your kids are grateful!"
Someone "defiantly" asserting directly to a disabled adult that they are an ableist!
Don't let them get you down, indeed... 😒
I...find ChatGPT helpful for one (1) purpose:
locating specific on-screen buttons or particular keyboard keys or navigating to specific menus that I either need to know about once for a one-and-done task (and no human familiar with the system is around) or can then note the location of for gen. use
locating specific on-screen buttons or particular keyboard keys or navigating to specific menus that I either need to know about once for a one-and-done task (and no human familiar with the system is around) or can then note the location of for gen. use
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I...find ChatGPT helpful for one (1) purpose:
locating specific on-screen buttons or particular keyboard keys or navigating to specific menus that I either need to know about once for a one-and-done task (and no human familiar with the system is around) or can then note the location of for gen. use
locating specific on-screen buttons or particular keyboard keys or navigating to specific menus that I either need to know about once for a one-and-done task (and no human familiar with the system is around) or can then note the location of for gen. use
Disabled people were born on the same planet as abled people. Abled people expect, as a mere aspect of being born, that they will have access to the planet.
If your "vision" means not only continuing but deepening disabled people's lack of access, your vision is segregationist.
If your "vision" means not only continuing but deepening disabled people's lack of access, your vision is segregationist.
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Disabled people were born on the same planet as abled people. Abled people expect, as a mere aspect of being born, that they will have access to the planet.
If your "vision" means not only continuing but deepening disabled people's lack of access, your vision is segregationist.
If your "vision" means not only continuing but deepening disabled people's lack of access, your vision is segregationist.
Your politics run aground on the sheer fact that disabled people exist.
It doesn't matter what those politics are or how "vehemently" you hold your positions. The sheer existence of non-abled people breaks them up into bits.
It doesn't matter what those politics are or how "vehemently" you hold your positions. The sheer existence of non-abled people breaks them up into bits.
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Your politics run aground on the sheer fact that disabled people exist.
It doesn't matter what those politics are or how "vehemently" you hold your positions. The sheer existence of non-abled people breaks them up into bits.
It doesn't matter what those politics are or how "vehemently" you hold your positions. The sheer existence of non-abled people breaks them up into bits.
"T-shirts have come down in price since 1960, thus capitalism is vindicated and leftist political identity is discredited."
And what has happened to health insurance costs in that time, hey?
What has happened to retirement security?
Leftism isn't built on clothes prices, not alone anyway.
And what has happened to health insurance costs in that time, hey?
What has happened to retirement security?
Leftism isn't built on clothes prices, not alone anyway.
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"T-shirts have come down in price since 1960, thus capitalism is vindicated and leftist political identity is discredited."
And what has happened to health insurance costs in that time, hey?
What has happened to retirement security?
Leftism isn't built on clothes prices, not alone anyway.
And what has happened to health insurance costs in that time, hey?
What has happened to retirement security?
Leftism isn't built on clothes prices, not alone anyway.
What you'd want with this "gerrymandering arms race" is for there to come a stalemate and a "compromise" to lift the cap on House seats.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What you'd want with this "gerrymandering arms race" is for there to come a stalemate and a "compromise" to lift the cap on House seats.
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i probably sound like an asshole tonight but man i am fucking tired of pretending that democratic voters and urban people with all of the implications republicans have very much stopped pretending to dogwhistle about are not the heart of this country. it's us. it's always been us
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
i probably sound like an asshole tonight but man i am fucking tired of pretending that democratic voters and urban people with all of the implications republicans have very much stopped pretending to dogwhistle about are not the heart of this country. it's us. it's always been us
So, down with Cheney, always.
Wonder if there's enough hagiography -- the mainstream
US media can't help itself -- to piss off Trump, though.
Wonder if there's enough hagiography -- the mainstream
US media can't help itself -- to piss off Trump, though.
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
So, down with Cheney, always.
Wonder if there's enough hagiography -- the mainstream
US media can't help itself -- to piss off Trump, though.
Wonder if there's enough hagiography -- the mainstream
US media can't help itself -- to piss off Trump, though.
Dolores Umbridge has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Dolores Umbridge has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
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Absolutely delighted to see that we’ve already raised over $33K to fight hunger in America (and MAGA’s cruelty) via the Friends of Alf team on Feeding America - please donate today!
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Absolutely delighted to see that we’ve already raised over $33K to fight hunger in America (and MAGA’s cruelty) via the Friends of Alf team on Feeding America - please donate today!
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
I'm beginning to sort of see why Ben Sisko thought this sport would help the wormhole aliens understand linear time.
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I'm beginning to sort of see why Ben Sisko thought this sport would help the wormhole aliens understand linear time.
This is literally my congresswoman, who I am two hops away from.
Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is literally my congresswoman, who I am two hops away from.
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anyone with cash looking to help the cause—and I can't emphasize enough how badly you're needed right now—i'd seriously recommend funding @propertyofthepeople.org.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
anyone with cash looking to help the cause—and I can't emphasize enough how badly you're needed right now—i'd seriously recommend funding @propertyofthepeople.org.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
That the US has so much rural territory that is both so reactionary and so politically powerful is a strategic weakness.
We should talk about it like that.
We should talk about it like that.
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
That the US has so much rural territory that is both so reactionary and so politically powerful is a strategic weakness.
We should talk about it like that.
We should talk about it like that.
The reason for most things in the US is white supremacy.
Americans can't identify class status accurately? Because of white supremacy.
White podbros want to "ironically" defend a white candidate for federal office who has a Nazi chest tattoo? Because of white supremacy.
Americans can't identify class status accurately? Because of white supremacy.
White podbros want to "ironically" defend a white candidate for federal office who has a Nazi chest tattoo? Because of white supremacy.
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The reason for most things in the US is white supremacy.
Americans can't identify class status accurately? Because of white supremacy.
White podbros want to "ironically" defend a white candidate for federal office who has a Nazi chest tattoo? Because of white supremacy.
Americans can't identify class status accurately? Because of white supremacy.
White podbros want to "ironically" defend a white candidate for federal office who has a Nazi chest tattoo? Because of white supremacy.
I suppose I'm strange, but Trumpism actually seems internally coherent to me? Evil, obviously dangerous, and grotesque, but it isn't baffling.
Rich Christian white men control things and want the country to reflect that control, which they seek to maintain. Pretty straightforward?
Rich Christian white men control things and want the country to reflect that control, which they seek to maintain. Pretty straightforward?
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I suppose I'm strange, but Trumpism actually seems internally coherent to me? Evil, obviously dangerous, and grotesque, but it isn't baffling.
Rich Christian white men control things and want the country to reflect that control, which they seek to maintain. Pretty straightforward?
Rich Christian white men control things and want the country to reflect that control, which they seek to maintain. Pretty straightforward?
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OK California!
TURN IN YOUR BALLOTS!!
Only 5 million ballots returned with a state of 22 million registered???
They come in the mail with return postage.
It’s one thing on the ballot!
YES
ON
50
TURN IN YOUR BALLOTS!!
Only 5 million ballots returned with a state of 22 million registered???
They come in the mail with return postage.
It’s one thing on the ballot!
YES
ON
50
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
OK California!
TURN IN YOUR BALLOTS!!
Only 5 million ballots returned with a state of 22 million registered???
They come in the mail with return postage.
It’s one thing on the ballot!
YES
ON
50
TURN IN YOUR BALLOTS!!
Only 5 million ballots returned with a state of 22 million registered???
They come in the mail with return postage.
It’s one thing on the ballot!
YES
ON
50
After the Game That Went to the Morning, frankly, I forgot they had to do more of them.
The next day. Which is the same day. Today.
The next day. Which is the same day. Today.
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
After the Game That Went to the Morning, frankly, I forgot they had to do more of them.
The next day. Which is the same day. Today.
The next day. Which is the same day. Today.