Mister Clear Skies
@rudymadrox.bsky.social
Small-town American man. Lover of coffee and other things that aren't good for me. Trying to follow mostly legitimate news sources. Only on Bluesky on a trial basis, we'll see how it goes.
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Ukraine is DEFENDING ITSELF, it stops DEFENDING ITSELF when agressor stops INVADING it.
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Ukraine is DEFENDING ITSELF, it stops DEFENDING ITSELF when agressor stops INVADING it.
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As a Thanksgiving gesture, “Two Boys Who Never Grew Up” is now unlocked for everyone. It’s a story about wonder, cruelty, power, and the world we’re building in front of our children. A reminder that the wire still holds — but only if we choose the boy who revealed, not the boy who concealed.
Two Boys Who Never Grew Up
The Boy Who Built Magic for Children—and the Boy Who Fed Them to the Machine
www.notesfromthecircus.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As a Thanksgiving gesture, “Two Boys Who Never Grew Up” is now unlocked for everyone. It’s a story about wonder, cruelty, power, and the world we’re building in front of our children. A reminder that the wire still holds — but only if we choose the boy who revealed, not the boy who concealed.
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I keep hearing about how Dems are the party of "identity politics" and yet it's Republicans who always reach to identity for everything.
God forbid we talk about guns. There have been 452 mass shootings this year; this shooting doesn't even make the list because fewer than 4 people were shot.
God forbid we talk about guns. There have been 452 mass shootings this year; this shooting doesn't even make the list because fewer than 4 people were shot.
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I keep hearing about how Dems are the party of "identity politics" and yet it's Republicans who always reach to identity for everything.
God forbid we talk about guns. There have been 452 mass shootings this year; this shooting doesn't even make the list because fewer than 4 people were shot.
God forbid we talk about guns. There have been 452 mass shootings this year; this shooting doesn't even make the list because fewer than 4 people were shot.
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I remember when we used to hold a president in a position of honor. Not a king but reverence, respect.
This guy is a clown, a joke, and a disgrace
This guy is a clown, a joke, and a disgrace
Trump calls Times reporter ‘ugly’ days after branding another journalist ‘piggy’
Trump calls Times reporter ‘ugly’ days after branding another journalist ‘piggy’
In a Truth Social post, the president lashed out at journalist Katie Rogers after a Times article questioned whether he was slowing down
Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday against a New York Times reporter, calling her “ugly inside and out” in his latest personal insult against female members of the media after last week calling another “piggy”.
In a Truth Social post, Trump criticitized the newspaper for an article suggesting he was running low on energy in his 80th year, insisting he has “never worked so hard in my life”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I remember when we used to hold a president in a position of honor. Not a king but reverence, respect.
This guy is a clown, a joke, and a disgrace
This guy is a clown, a joke, and a disgrace
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Oaths Of Office, And How Everyone Not Moving To Impeach Trump Is Violating Their Own
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But for everyone else…
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But for everyone else…
Oaths Of Office, And How Everyone Not Moving To Impeach Trump Is Violating Their Own
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But for everyone else already sworn into this 119th Congress, there was no excuse. There is no excuse. The refusal to act, to even start to pound the drum on impeachment…
www.techdirt.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Oaths Of Office, And How Everyone Not Moving To Impeach Trump Is Violating Their Own
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But for everyone else…
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But for everyone else…
Articles about "Republican fracture" are pretty easy to find, and not always grounded in reality. This article's long, but it points to concrete examples, and it argues that all this corruption is cooking the brains of the #Republican party. They're not serious people, they're idiotic fascists.
This Level Of Corruption Requires Stupidity
The abyss. The darkness. The meaningless void that life rebels against. It stares at us. Nietzsche warned about this moment—when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. When th…
www.techdirt.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Articles about "Republican fracture" are pretty easy to find, and not always grounded in reality. This article's long, but it points to concrete examples, and it argues that all this corruption is cooking the brains of the #Republican party. They're not serious people, they're idiotic fascists.
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Important reminder from Jeff Tiedrich:
"when these shitsticks leave office, there are going to be so many broken pieces to glue back together. please don’t scream at the next Democratic president when they don’t have everything fixed after three months. it’s going to take years."
"when these shitsticks leave office, there are going to be so many broken pieces to glue back together. please don’t scream at the next Democratic president when they don’t have everything fixed after three months. it’s going to take years."
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Important reminder from Jeff Tiedrich:
"when these shitsticks leave office, there are going to be so many broken pieces to glue back together. please don’t scream at the next Democratic president when they don’t have everything fixed after three months. it’s going to take years."
"when these shitsticks leave office, there are going to be so many broken pieces to glue back together. please don’t scream at the next Democratic president when they don’t have everything fixed after three months. it’s going to take years."
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The sanewashing of Trump by CNN's live coverage of the shootings of the National Gaurdsmen right now is really something. Anybody with a fucking brain knows Trump, Vance and co. are figuring out how to use this politically to seize more power.
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The sanewashing of Trump by CNN's live coverage of the shootings of the National Gaurdsmen right now is really something. Anybody with a fucking brain knows Trump, Vance and co. are figuring out how to use this politically to seize more power.
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2016 happened. Russia did support Trump’s campaign. Good reporters were on it at the time. I wrote it up within the larger context of global oligarchy and neo-fascism in "Road to Unfreedom."
9 years ago,House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Speaker to be Kevin McCarthy had a recorded conversation in which McCarthy says, "There are two people that I think Putin pays, (Representative Dana) Rohrbacher and Trump. Swear to God."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
Washington Post: House majority leader said in 2016, "Putin pays" Trump
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
2016 happened. Russia did support Trump’s campaign. Good reporters were on it at the time. I wrote it up within the larger context of global oligarchy and neo-fascism in "Road to Unfreedom."
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
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It’s unsurprising that the Georgia election interference case against Trump will be dismissed
But it’s infuriating nonetheless
We all heard him extorting Brad Raffensperger-trying to make him “find” 11,780 votes
And worse-now the DOJ is “investigating” Fani Willis-upon Trump’s demand
Appalling
But it’s infuriating nonetheless
We all heard him extorting Brad Raffensperger-trying to make him “find” 11,780 votes
And worse-now the DOJ is “investigating” Fani Willis-upon Trump’s demand
Appalling
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It’s unsurprising that the Georgia election interference case against Trump will be dismissed
But it’s infuriating nonetheless
We all heard him extorting Brad Raffensperger-trying to make him “find” 11,780 votes
And worse-now the DOJ is “investigating” Fani Willis-upon Trump’s demand
Appalling
But it’s infuriating nonetheless
We all heard him extorting Brad Raffensperger-trying to make him “find” 11,780 votes
And worse-now the DOJ is “investigating” Fani Willis-upon Trump’s demand
Appalling
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Trump is clearly failing both mentally & physically. Trump's people are clearly keeping him in a fantasy bubble, shielding him from how much his policy is harming US and his unpopularity due to his policy harming US. And, these handlers are looting US dry while keeping Trump placated ...
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Trump is clearly failing both mentally & physically. Trump's people are clearly keeping him in a fantasy bubble, shielding him from how much his policy is harming US and his unpopularity due to his policy harming US. And, these handlers are looting US dry while keeping Trump placated ...
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Trump’s approval rating is negative with every pollster for the first time.
Every Pollster in America Agrees America Hates Trump
It marks the first time that Trump’s approval rating has been negative with every pollster.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trump’s approval rating is negative with every pollster for the first time.
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lol he had nothing to do with this.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
lol he had nothing to do with this.
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Yep. As I suggest here, Trump tweeted out a pic of the plaque at West Point. But it holds it up as a civilizational triumph that the military answers to the Constitution and the law and not to one man. Trump's presidency flouts that ideal on a regular basis. He owned himself by tweeting that pic.
As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out, Trump *has* given illegal orders.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yep. As I suggest here, Trump tweeted out a pic of the plaque at West Point. But it holds it up as a civilizational triumph that the military answers to the Constitution and the law and not to one man. Trump's presidency flouts that ideal on a regular basis. He owned himself by tweeting that pic.
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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It’s understandable when corrupt authoritarians who market themselves as “fighters against corruption” try to silence their critics. It’s less understandable when journalistic outlets like the BBC cave to such authoritarian tactics.
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s understandable when corrupt authoritarians who market themselves as “fighters against corruption” try to silence their critics. It’s less understandable when journalistic outlets like the BBC cave to such authoritarian tactics.
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Reporting from Boston papers makes it seem very plausible that Trump's Press Secretary had his paramilitary detain the mother of her nephew, because she was no longer romantically involved with her brother and he wanted her out of the picture.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reporting from Boston papers makes it seem very plausible that Trump's Press Secretary had his paramilitary detain the mother of her nephew, because she was no longer romantically involved with her brother and he wanted her out of the picture.
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Are you still massively against me breaking into your home and stealing all your stuff so I can sell it or have you moved more towards acceptance?
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Are you still massively against me breaking into your home and stealing all your stuff so I can sell it or have you moved more towards acceptance?
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Kristi Noem authorized the mass deportation of more than 100 men after a federal judge ordered the men be kept in U.S. custody, according to a court filing.
DOJ Admits ICE Barbie Made Jaw-Dropping Decision Despite Judge’s Order
Kristi Noem made a mass deportation call after a federal judge ordered the men be kept in U.S. custody, according to a court filing.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Kristi Noem authorized the mass deportation of more than 100 men after a federal judge ordered the men be kept in U.S. custody, according to a court filing.
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By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
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1. The Dems wanted renewed Obamacare subsidies.
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
Trump now wants what the Democrats wanted on health care. Just one problem: his party.
Some 24 million Americans are in a jam thanks to his carelessness.
www.editorialboard.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
1. The Dems wanted renewed Obamacare subsidies.
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
2. Trump said no.
3. Then he said actually yes, I want them. I *need* them.
4. *His* party said no.
5. Trump said he never wanted them in the first place.
Some 24M Americans are in a jam because of this fool.
www.editorialboard.com/trump-now-wa...
They want you too afraid to invoke Constitutional protections. Don't be. Push back.
"This is the mechanism. This is how constitutional republics die. Not through formal coup or dramatic collapse but through making it dangerous to invoke constitutional protections."
#fascism #nokings #voteblue
"This is the mechanism. This is how constitutional republics die. Not through formal coup or dramatic collapse but through making it dangerous to invoke constitutional protections."
#fascism #nokings #voteblue
The Fascism Is Happening Live On TV
Mark Kelly—former Navy combat pilot, astronaut, sitting United States Senator—stated a simple legal fact on video: members of the US military can refuse illegal orders. Not as opinion. Not as polit…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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If you’d just serve the people instead of the donor class, you wouldn’t need the donor class. A million $20 donors beats one $10M donor every time.
Schumer & Gillibrand facing mutiny from Dems over their outdated “corporate-friendly” playbook, refusal to back Zohran, etc.
Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you’d just serve the people instead of the donor class, you wouldn’t need the donor class. A million $20 donors beats one $10M donor every time.
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The Fascism Is Happening Live On TV
Mark Kelly—former Navy combat pilot, astronaut, sitting United States Senator—stated a simple legal fact on video: members of the US military can refuse illegal orders. Not as opinion. Not as political positioning. As established law codified in the Uniform Code…
Mark Kelly—former Navy combat pilot, astronaut, sitting United States Senator—stated a simple legal fact on video: members of the US military can refuse illegal orders. Not as opinion. Not as political positioning. As established law codified in the Uniform Code…
The Fascism Is Happening Live On TV
Mark Kelly—former Navy combat pilot, astronaut, sitting United States Senator—stated a simple legal fact on video: members of the US military can refuse illegal orders. Not as opinion. Not as political positioning. As established law codified in the Uniform Code of Military Justice and affirmed at Nuremberg when “I was following orders” was rejected as defense for war crimes. The Trump Administration opened a federal investigation into him for saying this.
www.techdirt.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Fascism Is Happening Live On TV
Mark Kelly—former Navy combat pilot, astronaut, sitting United States Senator—stated a simple legal fact on video: members of the US military can refuse illegal orders. Not as opinion. Not as political positioning. As established law codified in the Uniform Code…
Mark Kelly—former Navy combat pilot, astronaut, sitting United States Senator—stated a simple legal fact on video: members of the US military can refuse illegal orders. Not as opinion. Not as political positioning. As established law codified in the Uniform Code…