Renee Searfoss
@reneesearfoss.bsky.social
Lecturer, history dept Coastal Carolina University, transplant Midwesterner, left wing liberal, shy nerd with limited ability to sum up my personality in a few pithy sentences
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The first Trump administration also actually recommended against classifying fentanyl as a WMD when DHS considered it in 2018. Illicit fentanyl is already illegal, and so is drug trafficking.
This is obviously a pretext and it’s even stupider than the last time Republicans cried WMDs to start a war
This is obviously a pretext and it’s even stupider than the last time Republicans cried WMDs to start a war
During his first term, Trump’s White House dispensed fentanyl freely to staffers www.businessinsider.com/white-house-...
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The first Trump administration also actually recommended against classifying fentanyl as a WMD when DHS considered it in 2018. Illicit fentanyl is already illegal, and so is drug trafficking.
This is obviously a pretext and it’s even stupider than the last time Republicans cried WMDs to start a war
This is obviously a pretext and it’s even stupider than the last time Republicans cried WMDs to start a war
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I am losing my mind
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I am losing my mind
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
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This is why Twitter is worthless even for the sports pundits now. Some random America First bitch ass complained that Mendoza spoke to his grandparents in Spanish during the Heisman presentation and it got 10K likes. Who are you pitching anymore if you're over there
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is why Twitter is worthless even for the sports pundits now. Some random America First bitch ass complained that Mendoza spoke to his grandparents in Spanish during the Heisman presentation and it got 10K likes. Who are you pitching anymore if you're over there
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One day people will study Jamelle's mentions as a method of seeing deep into the psyche of some of the oddest ducks in the land. I never know if I should pop in and say, "but he didn't say that" or "you're just angrily agreeing with him." Similar to whenever I see Tressie's mentions. Wonder why.
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
One day people will study Jamelle's mentions as a method of seeing deep into the psyche of some of the oddest ducks in the land. I never know if I should pop in and say, "but he didn't say that" or "you're just angrily agreeing with him." Similar to whenever I see Tressie's mentions. Wonder why.
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AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
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In all seriousness, Trump’s intelligence agencies said fentanyl is not a weapon and his DoD got a more potent fentanyl analog, sufentanil, approved to treat combat injuries in austere battlefield environments. It’s one of the most valuable medicines for our military therapeutically, not as a weapon.
December 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In all seriousness, Trump’s intelligence agencies said fentanyl is not a weapon and his DoD got a more potent fentanyl analog, sufentanil, approved to treat combat injuries in austere battlefield environments. It’s one of the most valuable medicines for our military therapeutically, not as a weapon.
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What's crazy is the author of this piece got his wish, but the existence of even one black writer, lead or showrunner is theft of white collective property www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Hollywood diversity in decline despite audience demand, study finds: 'The writing was on the wall'
Despite the popularity of films like 'Wicked,' opportunities for people of color in Hollywood declined in 2024, according to the latest UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report.
www.latimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What's crazy is the author of this piece got his wish, but the existence of even one black writer, lead or showrunner is theft of white collective property www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Fuck it I'm off to steal a pie just to show Big Mince it can't push me around
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Fuck it I'm off to steal a pie just to show Big Mince it can't push me around
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Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
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The premise of US-based coverage of politics is underscored by this.
We're all supposed to be 100% in tune with white men's feelings. We're supposed to care about them at the expense of our own. We are supposed to live in fear of them getting upset. Treating their feelings as grenades that can go off at any time. They on the other hand do not need to care about ours.
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The premise of US-based coverage of politics is underscored by this.
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I lost my job, I can't afford groceries, and my kids have measles. But at least now there's no menorah in the White House.
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I lost my job, I can't afford groceries, and my kids have measles. But at least now there's no menorah in the White House.
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Oooof.
🚨 Asked whether the Department of Homeland Security authorizes the use of Signal to communicate about an operation, Zurow replies: "Currently, yes."
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Oooof.
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My favorite tyrant joke: a man comes every day and peers at the front page of the newspaper without buying it.
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My favorite tyrant joke: a man comes every day and peers at the front page of the newspaper without buying it.
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
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Are those the four members we're seeing? It is the most preposterous name and unbelievable claim.
Investigators say the four suspects were members of a radical faction of a left-wing group called the Turtle Island Liberation Front.
Alleged New Year’s Eve Terror Plot Targeted ‘Logistics Centers’ In Los Angeles Area, Official Says
Investigators say the four suspects were members of a radical faction of a left-wing group called the Turtle Island Liberation Front.
www.forbes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Are those the four members we're seeing? It is the most preposterous name and unbelievable claim.
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WOW this is obnoxious. And also telling, I think, that these guys plow past the consent and will of others.
Rape culture doesn't just show up in sex because rape is about power. The imperious arrogance and entitled behavior are quite familiar
Rape culture doesn't just show up in sex because rape is about power. The imperious arrogance and entitled behavior are quite familiar
a wild story that encapsulates how tech executives view AI. Anthropic's Deputy CISO made his Discord server a ghost town by forcing an AI chatbot onto it despite community protests
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.
www.404media.co
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
WOW this is obnoxious. And also telling, I think, that these guys plow past the consent and will of others.
Rape culture doesn't just show up in sex because rape is about power. The imperious arrogance and entitled behavior are quite familiar
Rape culture doesn't just show up in sex because rape is about power. The imperious arrogance and entitled behavior are quite familiar
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December 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Look, the GOP has been the party for bad people who make everything worse for my entire adult life, but there has not previously been a simple and straightforward argument under conventional legal principles that several high ranking members of the administration are murderers.
Updated timeline with 3 more strikes, killing 8 more people 👇
Reminder: all of the strikes are extrajudicial killings that #Trump ordered and the military is carrying out.
They aren't war crimes (we're not at war), they are murder and crimes against humanity.
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
Reminder: all of the strikes are extrajudicial killings that #Trump ordered and the military is carrying out.
They aren't war crimes (we're not at war), they are murder and crimes against humanity.
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
Timeline of Boat Strikes and Related Actions
A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.
www.justsecurity.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Look, the GOP has been the party for bad people who make everything worse for my entire adult life, but there has not previously been a simple and straightforward argument under conventional legal principles that several high ranking members of the administration are murderers.
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What I've found in my research is that it took most "normie" Oregon Republicans a very long time to realize that their party had become a vector for illiberal, conspiracy-obsessed bigotry. Like, for some it took them decades. But the people with any shred of integrity eventually just left.
December 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
What I've found in my research is that it took most "normie" Oregon Republicans a very long time to realize that their party had become a vector for illiberal, conspiracy-obsessed bigotry. Like, for some it took them decades. But the people with any shred of integrity eventually just left.
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I don't have any special insight on this aside from the research I've done on the conspiracy obsessed authoritarian who successfully shifted the political culture of the OR GOP (ca. 1960s to 2000s) from one of normie, small l liberal conservatism to something compatible with Trumpian illiberalism.
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I don't have any special insight on this aside from the research I've done on the conspiracy obsessed authoritarian who successfully shifted the political culture of the OR GOP (ca. 1960s to 2000s) from one of normie, small l liberal conservatism to something compatible with Trumpian illiberalism.
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What's most notable to me is that she doesn't even try to depict herself (as other Trump advisors did in the 1.0 administration) as trying to keep his worst instincts in check on behalf of the good of the country. She seems to have no sense of "what's good for the country" that guides her actions.
December 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What's most notable to me is that she doesn't even try to depict herself (as other Trump advisors did in the 1.0 administration) as trying to keep his worst instincts in check on behalf of the good of the country. She seems to have no sense of "what's good for the country" that guides her actions.
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Like most Republicans these days, it's Wiles who is suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. A person with a basic sense of morality and decency would simply walk away from such a deranged person and the party that enables him. It's not that hard. Many have done so. Susie has chosen not to.
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Like most Republicans these days, it's Wiles who is suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. A person with a basic sense of morality and decency would simply walk away from such a deranged person and the party that enables him. It's not that hard. Many have done so. Susie has chosen not to.
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As with most things Trump related, I think there's no point looking for a 14-dimensional chess explanation for what anyone is doing. I don't think Wiles is a savvy operator playing a Vanity Fair journalist to advance her own interests. I thinks she's a damaged person enabling other damaged people.
December 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
As with most things Trump related, I think there's no point looking for a 14-dimensional chess explanation for what anyone is doing. I don't think Wiles is a savvy operator playing a Vanity Fair journalist to advance her own interests. I thinks she's a damaged person enabling other damaged people.
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My impression is that Wiles, like most Republicans in the Trumposcene, has come to believe that all institutions and norms are complete bullshit and all government has ever been is just raw power exerted by arbitrary and self-interested individuals. Hence, Trump, in her eyes, is business as usual.
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My impression is that Wiles, like most Republicans in the Trumposcene, has come to believe that all institutions and norms are complete bullshit and all government has ever been is just raw power exerted by arbitrary and self-interested individuals. Hence, Trump, in her eyes, is business as usual.
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In January of 2025 Susie told Hakeem Jeffries "Trump is a totally changed man! This is going to be just like a normal Republican administration." This is not a person with any grasp of reality...did she see Trump's stump speeches? This is classic "dad promised me he'll never drink again" stuff.
December 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In January of 2025 Susie told Hakeem Jeffries "Trump is a totally changed man! This is going to be just like a normal Republican administration." This is not a person with any grasp of reality...did she see Trump's stump speeches? This is classic "dad promised me he'll never drink again" stuff.