Jeffrey S
@swainhart.bsky.social
Remember that you are the sky, everything else is just weather.
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Jeffrey S
@swainhart.bsky.social
· Jun 21
The Trump administration is a corrupt conspiracy masquerading as an elected government.
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
Are Democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? Seems like it. Please don't betray the nation @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Are Democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? Seems like it. Please don't betray the nation @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov
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Tuesday’s results explain why Trump and the GOP are so focused on undermining free and free elections in 2026. Please, stay informed and take action. There is no better way to start than by signing up for Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Tuesday’s results explain why Trump and the GOP are so focused on undermining free and free elections in 2026. Please, stay informed and take action. There is no better way to start than by signing up for Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
"For some time I’ve been saying that the storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism."
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"For some time I’ve been saying that the storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism."
Today I taught my word processer that "trillionaire" was indeed a word. We are the worst ancestors.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today I taught my word processer that "trillionaire" was indeed a word. We are the worst ancestors.
In the mean time, Australia is giving away electricity because they have so much solar power.
Across the country, demand for electricity is on the rise — and so is the price of electric power. n.pr/485sLnd
Is your electric bill going up? AI is partly to blame
Across the country, demand for electricity is on the rise — and so is the price of electric power.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In the mean time, Australia is giving away electricity because they have so much solar power.
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Dear Americans,
Boycott Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Save your money and buy local. Look up local shops in your town or city. Go shopping at consignment and thrift stores. Be creative, but DO NOT give your $ to corporations that care only for their bottom dollar & fleecing you.
Boycott Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Save your money and buy local. Look up local shops in your town or city. Go shopping at consignment and thrift stores. Be creative, but DO NOT give your $ to corporations that care only for their bottom dollar & fleecing you.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Dear Americans,
Boycott Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Save your money and buy local. Look up local shops in your town or city. Go shopping at consignment and thrift stores. Be creative, but DO NOT give your $ to corporations that care only for their bottom dollar & fleecing you.
Boycott Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Save your money and buy local. Look up local shops in your town or city. Go shopping at consignment and thrift stores. Be creative, but DO NOT give your $ to corporations that care only for their bottom dollar & fleecing you.
Clear language. Powfully presented.
if @neguse.house.gov has to *rewrite your dumb question* about Donny’s shutdown on the fly? you absolutely suck at journalism www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/s/...
November 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Clear language. Powfully presented.
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Friends — these are terrible times, to be sure. But I believe we will triumph. Here’s why.
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Friends — these are terrible times, to be sure. But I believe we will triumph. Here’s why.
Remember "Don't be evil" ? Turns out scrapping that old fashioned motto was good for the bottom line. The rest of the planet? Not so much.
Google parent Alphabet beats forecasts with first $100bn quarter
Strong demand for ads and cloud services powered tech giant’s growth as it makes multibillion-dollar AI investment
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Remember "Don't be evil" ? Turns out scrapping that old fashioned motto was good for the bottom line. The rest of the planet? Not so much.
The only reason for this is that they are planing to do something so outrageous that even the typically docile Americans will react with fury. I'm thinking 2026 election.
Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The only reason for this is that they are planing to do something so outrageous that even the typically docile Americans will react with fury. I'm thinking 2026 election.
"Christmas for Criminals"
Really is Christmas for Criminals out there because all the federal agents and federal prosecutors aren't doing anything about real crime, they're spending their time either kidnapping people or prosecuting stuff like this:
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Christmas for Criminals"
Perhaps @thedailytism.com is for you...
I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Perhaps @thedailytism.com is for you...
Totally worth burning the environment.
#AI has quickly become a big part of everyday life with people using it for simple things like recipes and email drafts to budgeting help.
More than 70% of ChatGPT use is for personal use, not work.
More than 70% of ChatGPT use is for personal use, not work.
AI chatbots are becoming everyday tools for mundane tasks, use data shows
Workplace productivity and educational challenges get the headlines, but it turns out that ChatGPT and its ilk are more likely to be used for household tasks.
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Totally worth burning the environment.
This will become the Swiss Army Knife of autocratic oppression.
The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between." n.pr/4o55SXy
As Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger
The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between."
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This will become the Swiss Army Knife of autocratic oppression.
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Tax the rich, close the loopholes, hike the capital gains tax, remove the social security tax cap, enact a minimal wealth tax, and increase the corporate tax rate. Jail the owners using immigrants for slave labor. Reduce the number of multi-billionaires. Tax them like it's 1950.
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Tax the rich, close the loopholes, hike the capital gains tax, remove the social security tax cap, enact a minimal wealth tax, and increase the corporate tax rate. Jail the owners using immigrants for slave labor. Reduce the number of multi-billionaires. Tax them like it's 1950.
I'm between anger and heartbreak. #F*ckTheNYTimes
Here’s something I wrote almost exactly a year ago: presswatchers.org/2024/10/if-t...
If Trump wins, blame the New York Times | Press Watch
America’s paper of record refuses to sound the alarm about the threat Trump poses to democracy
presswatchers.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I'm between anger and heartbreak. #F*ckTheNYTimes
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America is a shared story of the quest toward the more perfect union
What an idea: America is always in motion, lost if perfection is attained but thriving in pursuit. Constant reforging makes America ageless, immortal
But Trump does not want to be more perfect
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
What an idea: America is always in motion, lost if perfection is attained but thriving in pursuit. Constant reforging makes America ageless, immortal
But Trump does not want to be more perfect
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president
The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive
www.greatpower.us
October 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
America is a shared story of the quest toward the more perfect union
What an idea: America is always in motion, lost if perfection is attained but thriving in pursuit. Constant reforging makes America ageless, immortal
But Trump does not want to be more perfect
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
What an idea: America is always in motion, lost if perfection is attained but thriving in pursuit. Constant reforging makes America ageless, immortal
But Trump does not want to be more perfect
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
I don't know how I stumbled upon this, but I'm glad I did. Great writing, inspirational American writing. @mollymckew.bsky.social
The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president
The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive
www.greatpower.us
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I don't know how I stumbled upon this, but I'm glad I did. Great writing, inspirational American writing. @mollymckew.bsky.social
“If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.”
— Paul Wellstone
— Paul Wellstone
October 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I just canceled Spotify and I recommend that you do the same.
October 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I just canceled Spotify and I recommend that you do the same.
why the hell are they confirming trump's judges when trump's speaker of the house won't swear in Grijalva?
By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Fox News said the Minneapolis turnout was 100,000. That would be 25% of the city's population. Seems like front page material, unless you are putting your thumb on the scale.
October 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Fox News said the Minneapolis turnout was 100,000. That would be 25% of the city's population. Seems like front page material, unless you are putting your thumb on the scale.
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The Trump administration, in one image.
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Trump administration, in one image.