Steve Okino
@steveokino.bsky.social
Proud member of The Enemy Within™. Living in my safe space--Hawai‘i--with toothless senior cat Franklin. Former TV Newser, political communicator, marketing/web/tech journeyman. Now just a cat guy volunteering in service of homeless felines.
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Steve Okino
@steveokino.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Since I've unexpectedly picked up a ton of followers--allow me to introduce you to this program of compassion, kindness, and love, led by the extraordinary @thanhneville.bsky.social at UCLA Health. Follow, donate, and cheer them on as the light in our current sea of darkness, hate, and indifference.
Sadly, it is not healthy to be a Democratic Member of Congress in Arizona.
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sadly, it is not healthy to be a Democratic Member of Congress in Arizona.
I stand with this informed conclusion of this highly trained, educated, and well-regarded medical professional:
You're the dipshit liver doctor who voted to confirm the dipshit. You owe America an apology, but even then, no apology will ever be enough. #medsky
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I stand with this informed conclusion of this highly trained, educated, and well-regarded medical professional:
Bullshit flies, children die.
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Wow. Tracy Beth Høeg, the FDA's new acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) just put this slide up during her presentation to ACIP.
We have left reality.
We have left reality.
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Bullshit flies, children die.
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RIP Frank Gehry
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
RIP Frank Gehry
FIFA was known for its corruption even before I worked on the L.A. Olympics in 1984. It has refined its grift and graft in the decades since, so it can take pride in its sleazy achievements even today!
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Fuck you, #FIFA.
One day after the Secretary of Defense sits down with Congress to justify blowing civilians out of the water in the Caribbean, and in the same week ICE deported a mother and left her newborn stranded in the ICU unit, Trump gets a "Peace Award?"
Try harder to hide your corruption.
One day after the Secretary of Defense sits down with Congress to justify blowing civilians out of the water in the Caribbean, and in the same week ICE deported a mother and left her newborn stranded in the ICU unit, Trump gets a "Peace Award?"
Try harder to hide your corruption.
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
FIFA was known for its corruption even before I worked on the L.A. Olympics in 1984. It has refined its grift and graft in the decades since, so it can take pride in its sleazy achievements even today!
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The arc of the moral universe isn't as long for some, and it bends toward bankruptcy.
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The arc of the moral universe isn't as long for some, and it bends toward bankruptcy.
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The most interesting part of this story isn’t that the pipe bomber is MAGA. That was blatantly obvious. What should interest folks is that the FBI and DoJ hid that fact from you, and still haven’t made a statement. This info is coming from sources on the condition of anonymity.
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The most interesting part of this story isn’t that the pipe bomber is MAGA. That was blatantly obvious. What should interest folks is that the FBI and DoJ hid that fact from you, and still haven’t made a statement. This info is coming from sources on the condition of anonymity.
And next on Fox, the escalating War on Christmas...
The plot thickens. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
And next on Fox, the escalating War on Christmas...
Who needs Congress when you have li'l John Roberts in your pocket, eh?
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"One of the most staggering things is that the Roberts Court has ruled for President Trump 90 percent of the time in shadow docket cases. Lower courts keep restraining the president but the Supreme Court is repeatedly saying that the president and his party are above the law"
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a gerrymandered congressional map in next year's midterm elections. @ariberman.bsky.social explains.
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Who needs Congress when you have li'l John Roberts in your pocket, eh?
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Hell hath no fury like a gerrymandered Hispanic Texas activist woman scorned.
Let’s dance.
Let’s dance.
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hell hath no fury like a gerrymandered Hispanic Texas activist woman scorned.
Let’s dance.
Let’s dance.
The word “unprecedented” has gotten quite a workout this year.
And so has the word “incompetent”.
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And so has the word “incompetent”.
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BREAKING: A grand jury declined to indict Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, 10 days after a federal judge threw out the initial charges against her.
Grand jury declines to reindict Letitia James | CNN Politics
A grand jury declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, 10 days after a federal judge threw out the init...
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The word “unprecedented” has gotten quite a workout this year.
And so has the word “incompetent”.
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And so has the word “incompetent”.
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Trump keeps talking fraud case in Minnesota as way to smear Somali Americans when in reality THE architect of the fraud was Aimee Bock-a white woman convicted in March of "masterminding a brazen scheme that reaped more than $240 million in pandemic relief funds" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trump keeps talking fraud case in Minnesota as way to smear Somali Americans when in reality THE architect of the fraud was Aimee Bock-a white woman convicted in March of "masterminding a brazen scheme that reaped more than $240 million in pandemic relief funds" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
Stymied, like I was, about Trump's latest racist hate-rage?
It's likely his Goebbels wannabe, Stephen Miller, whispered in him ear about right-wing racist rage stirred up by pseudo-intellectual Christoper Rufo.
These people are insane.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
It's likely his Goebbels wannabe, Stephen Miller, whispered in him ear about right-wing racist rage stirred up by pseudo-intellectual Christoper Rufo.
These people are insane.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
Right-wing reporting on Somali money going to al-Shabaab is not new, still misses the mark • Minnesota Reformer
Thorpe and Rufo’s vulture journalism provides an opening to those who seek to dismiss the problem of fraud in Minnesota as right-wing demagoguery.
minnesotareformer.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Stymied, like I was, about Trump's latest racist hate-rage?
It's likely his Goebbels wannabe, Stephen Miller, whispered in him ear about right-wing racist rage stirred up by pseudo-intellectual Christoper Rufo.
These people are insane.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
It's likely his Goebbels wannabe, Stephen Miller, whispered in him ear about right-wing racist rage stirred up by pseudo-intellectual Christoper Rufo.
These people are insane.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
The inheritance the current generations of Americans are leaving seems doomed to be one of shame, ignorance, hate, and cruelty.
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The “garbage” destroying America isn’t in Minnesota’s Somalian community. It’s in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The inheritance the current generations of Americans are leaving seems doomed to be one of shame, ignorance, hate, and cruelty.
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🎶 Tiny bubbles
In the wine
Make me happy
Make me feel fine
Tiny bubbles
Make me warm all over
🎶 With a feeling that I'm gonna
Love you 'til the ridiculous fragile, and manipulated-by-asshole-self-proclaimed Masters of the Universe BUBBLE BURSTS! 🎶
(Apologies to the late, great Do Ho)
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In the wine
Make me happy
Make me feel fine
Tiny bubbles
Make me warm all over
🎶 With a feeling that I'm gonna
Love you 'til the ridiculous fragile, and manipulated-by-asshole-self-proclaimed Masters of the Universe BUBBLE BURSTS! 🎶
(Apologies to the late, great Do Ho)
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DEUTSCHE: “.. present, no start-up in history has operated with expected losses on anything approaching this scale. We are firmly in uncharted territory.”
When it comes to money-losing tech revolutionaries, OpenAI is in a class by itself.
(via Deutsche)
@weisenthal.bsky.social
(via Deutsche)
@weisenthal.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🎶 Tiny bubbles
In the wine
Make me happy
Make me feel fine
Tiny bubbles
Make me warm all over
🎶 With a feeling that I'm gonna
Love you 'til the ridiculous fragile, and manipulated-by-asshole-self-proclaimed Masters of the Universe BUBBLE BURSTS! 🎶
(Apologies to the late, great Do Ho)
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In the wine
Make me happy
Make me feel fine
Tiny bubbles
Make me warm all over
🎶 With a feeling that I'm gonna
Love you 'til the ridiculous fragile, and manipulated-by-asshole-self-proclaimed Masters of the Universe BUBBLE BURSTS! 🎶
(Apologies to the late, great Do Ho)
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Elmo lies, innocents die.
Public health hero Dr. Atul Gawande recently noted that Elmo's murder of USAID "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
Public health hero Dr. Atul Gawande recently noted that Elmo's murder of USAID "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Elmo lies, innocents die.
Public health hero Dr. Atul Gawande recently noted that Elmo's murder of USAID "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
Public health hero Dr. Atul Gawande recently noted that Elmo's murder of USAID "has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
Well, well, well...
Please help me understand this 🤷🏼♀️
Did Somalians think after Trump called several African countries “shithole countries” that they would be exempt from his overt bigotry and racism?
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Did Somalians think after Trump called several African countries “shithole countries” that they would be exempt from his overt bigotry and racism?
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Well, well, well...
U.S.I.P. was a dream and the handiwork of Hawaii's beloved Senator Spark Matsunaga. I thought I felt a few raindrops this afternoon, which might have been Sparky's teardrops from heaven.
If we survive this Trumpian nightmare, I hope Sparky's legacy can be restored to its true function.
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If we survive this Trumpian nightmare, I hope Sparky's legacy can be restored to its true function.
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What a sick joke. Will they put photos of the murders in the Caribbean Sea in the lobby? How about a photo of Trump clapping as the murderer Putin arrives in Alaska? Or Trump having the time of his life with the murdering Saudi Prince MBS?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
U.S.I.P. was a dream and the handiwork of Hawaii's beloved Senator Spark Matsunaga. I thought I felt a few raindrops this afternoon, which might have been Sparky's teardrops from heaven.
If we survive this Trumpian nightmare, I hope Sparky's legacy can be restored to its true function.
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If we survive this Trumpian nightmare, I hope Sparky's legacy can be restored to its true function.
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Crackerjack reporting from a "reporter" who found his press pass in a Cracker Jacks box.
Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Crackerjack reporting from a "reporter" who found his press pass in a Cracker Jacks box.
Nobody in that room with Trump, including the so-called reporters who cover the President, has the decency to call out the old racist and his lying rants.
Why doesn't someone just tell him to stop? Like you would a four-year old?
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Why doesn't someone just tell him to stop? Like you would a four-year old?
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Our Somali-American neighbors have only ever made this nation stronger, more decent, and more whole. They will always have a home in our communities and our country.
I don’t care if Trump or any other bitter old bigot says differently – they’re all wrong, and so is the disgusting hate they preach.
I don’t care if Trump or any other bitter old bigot says differently – they’re all wrong, and so is the disgusting hate they preach.
Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Nobody in that room with Trump, including the so-called reporters who cover the President, has the decency to call out the old racist and his lying rants.
Why doesn't someone just tell him to stop? Like you would a four-year old?
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Why doesn't someone just tell him to stop? Like you would a four-year old?
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The world got ya down today? Trump's racism, MAGA's idiocy, GOP cruelty, DHS sadism?
Here's a little pick-me-up 😻 :
"Is this how the Trump era in American politics ends – not with a bang, but with a whimper?"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here's a little pick-me-up 😻 :
"Is this how the Trump era in American politics ends – not with a bang, but with a whimper?"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cracks have emerged in the Maga coalition | Moira Donegan
The Republican party is far from moving beyond Trump – but signals of his waning influence are everywhere
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The world got ya down today? Trump's racism, MAGA's idiocy, GOP cruelty, DHS sadism?
Here's a little pick-me-up 😻 :
"Is this how the Trump era in American politics ends – not with a bang, but with a whimper?"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here's a little pick-me-up 😻 :
"Is this how the Trump era in American politics ends – not with a bang, but with a whimper?"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Admit it, we all have things from our youth that we now regret, correct?
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You get all dressed up for a fun night on the town, make one or two bad decisions as the night progresses, your thoughts get a little confusing, and then ... well fuck. 🫣
globalnews.ca/news/1155761...
globalnews.ca/news/1155761...
Drunk raccoon found on bathroom floor after liquor store rampage - National | Globalnews.ca
The animal showed no signs of injury and was taken to a local animal shelter to sober up.
globalnews.ca
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Admit it, we all have things from our youth that we now regret, correct?
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There's either a lack of training on the equipment or the absence of quality control.
But sure, blame the worker...
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But sure, blame the worker...
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He’s had a remarkably productive morning, though those shreds could be smaller and more uniform.
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
There's either a lack of training on the equipment or the absence of quality control.
But sure, blame the worker...
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But sure, blame the worker...
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Trump calls human beings “vermin,” “garbage,” “diseases,” “poison,” and “animals.”
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Trump calls human beings “vermin,” “garbage,” “diseases,” “poison,” and “animals.”
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
Then, when I rightfully point out that the same dehumanizing language has been used by fascist regimes to justify humanity’s worst atrocities—Republicans lose their minds.
Give me a break.
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When you ask how Germans became immune to the horrors of Nazism during the 30s, remember that this is now 2025 and this crap is being said in the greatest democracy on the planet.
Fox’s Greg Gutfeld on double tap boat strike: “It's just better for us to kill them in the ocean, make them shark feed, be done with it”
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When you ask how Germans became immune to the horrors of Nazism during the 30s, remember that this is now 2025 and this crap is being said in the greatest democracy on the planet.