Lee
@chichlee.bsky.social
Falconer, writer, digital artist, angry 65+ white woman, ex-rugby player, bicyclist, hiker, camper. Safe haven for all races, all faiths, all sexual/gender choices, but not for incels, bullies, intolerants, misogynists, predators, or kid/animal abusers.
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"Rebecca Solnit...said, you know, Donald Trump only has one power, and that's the power to make commands. But we also have only one power, which is to refuse those commands. And if we refuse those commands, Donald Trump or Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot or anyone doesn't have any power."
![RICK PERLSTEIN: So very simply, Moby-Dick is about the most profound question every person of liberal and humanitarian temperament asks every day about Donald J. Trump. How can people follow someone who is so bad for their lives, so bad for their family, is so bad for their prosperity, so bad for their moral core and their connection to their, you know, whatever is their faith or their wisdom tradition, right. And yet they enthusiastically join forces with him, right. And that is the most deep theme in Moby-Dick, which is like, why do all these -- not, why is there this crazy obsessed authoritarian dictator who wants to kill everyone named Ahab, right? Just in order to redeem his wounded narcissism, right? Just like, you know, a dictator like Adolf Hitler or Donald Trump is trying to redeem their wounded narcissism by leading people into destruction. Why do people follow Ahab? Why do people enthusiastically not mutiny and get just as excited about killing this white whale, which is, you know, literally an impossibility as he does. And it's, it's about this very profound, strange death drive that human beings have to follow charismatic, totalitarian, evil people. And, you know, there's a wonderful writer named Rebecca Solnit. She said, you know, Donald Trump only has one power, and that's the power to make commands. But we also have only one power, which is to refuse those commands. And if we refuse those commands, Donald Trump or Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot or anyone doesn't have any power. You know, so why do we follow the commands? The fact is, a lot of people do, right? And that's what he is examining in this very strange and wonderful book that sold 500 copies while he was alive. [laughs] https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/the-books-that-explained-2025-transcript-9.7029424](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ya7gfadgypyypiva5pboi6mi/bafkreicwirutqpzerxli4aendcb3p3uxeylrzcdfs6cmga22sdsccczoaa@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Rebecca Solnit...said, you know, Donald Trump only has one power, and that's the power to make commands. But we also have only one power, which is to refuse those commands. And if we refuse those commands, Donald Trump or Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot or anyone doesn't have any power."
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Trump told voters he would do a lot of things. It’s time to take account of promises made, and be honest about promises broken. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3oJ8rL1ugA&list=PLmHDGpDOjacoTxbrY068uPDU6lYhubjg4&index=26
Wrong
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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December 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump told voters he would do a lot of things. It’s time to take account of promises made, and be honest about promises broken. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3oJ8rL1ugA&list=PLmHDGpDOjacoTxbrY068uPDU6lYhubjg4&index=26
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Created by the Civil Rights Act to protect our constitutional right to vote, the DOJ Civil Rights Division has since abandoned its commitment to neutrality under Trump. Now, the division is actively eroding those very protections 68 years later.
https://bit.ly/4jcAHb9
https://bit.ly/4jcAHb9
Trump’s DOJ Filed Half the Anti-Voting Lawsuits This Election Cycle
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Created by the Civil Rights Act to protect our constitutional right to vote, the DOJ Civil Rights Division has since abandoned its commitment to neutrality under Trump. Now, the division is actively eroding those very protections 68 years later.
https://bit.ly/4jcAHb9
https://bit.ly/4jcAHb9
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"Between the administration and the opposition are actual opposites of principle: among those committed to inclusion and those to exclusion; truth and lies; kindness and cruelty; the protection and destruction of systems that in turn protect the climate or public health."
As we prepare for 2026, remember we have the power to make our future | Rebecca Solnit
We enter 2026 with radical uncertainty about the fate of the US – but also with the clarity that people have the power to determine what it will be
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Between the administration and the opposition are actual opposites of principle: among those committed to inclusion and those to exclusion; truth and lies; kindness and cruelty; the protection and destruction of systems that in turn protect the climate or public health."
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Over the last 3 months, Home Depot’s and Spotify’s stocks have plummeted by 20%. This is what we, the people, will do to any company that sides with Trump’s fascist regime.
Target ❌
Disney ❌
Spotify ❌
Home Depot ❌
Amazon, you’re next. Learn how to take these companies down at weaintbuyingit.com.
Target ❌
Disney ❌
Spotify ❌
Home Depot ❌
Amazon, you’re next. Learn how to take these companies down at weaintbuyingit.com.
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Over the last 3 months, Home Depot’s and Spotify’s stocks have plummeted by 20%. This is what we, the people, will do to any company that sides with Trump’s fascist regime.
Target ❌
Disney ❌
Spotify ❌
Home Depot ❌
Amazon, you’re next. Learn how to take these companies down at weaintbuyingit.com.
Target ❌
Disney ❌
Spotify ❌
Home Depot ❌
Amazon, you’re next. Learn how to take these companies down at weaintbuyingit.com.
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While SCOTUS weighs gutting the heart of the Voting Rights Act, communities across the country — Black, Hispanic, Asian American, Native — are using Section 2 to protect their voice.
What happens if it disappears? Here are the real stories you need to know👇
What happens if it disappears? Here are the real stories you need to know👇
The Voting Rights Act Is Still Working To Stop Racist Laws. The Supreme Court Might Not Care.
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
While SCOTUS weighs gutting the heart of the Voting Rights Act, communities across the country — Black, Hispanic, Asian American, Native — are using Section 2 to protect their voice.
What happens if it disappears? Here are the real stories you need to know👇
What happens if it disappears? Here are the real stories you need to know👇
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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It's certainly a compelling theory.
AOC Reveals Why She Thinks MTG Is Actually On A 'Revenge Tour' Against Her Fellow Republicans
www.comicsands.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It's certainly a compelling theory.
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Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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Who's Epstein's Bubba?
Here he is: Meet Bubba Saulsbury, son of Texas oil & gas magnate, Dick Saulsbury.
Here's a trio of videos Bubba posted to his Instagram of him with Trump & JD Vance with dorky background music.
His Instagram is called BubbaWestTexas.
Your welcome. 🤗
Here he is: Meet Bubba Saulsbury, son of Texas oil & gas magnate, Dick Saulsbury.
Here's a trio of videos Bubba posted to his Instagram of him with Trump & JD Vance with dorky background music.
His Instagram is called BubbaWestTexas.
Your welcome. 🤗
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Who's Epstein's Bubba?
Here he is: Meet Bubba Saulsbury, son of Texas oil & gas magnate, Dick Saulsbury.
Here's a trio of videos Bubba posted to his Instagram of him with Trump & JD Vance with dorky background music.
His Instagram is called BubbaWestTexas.
Your welcome. 🤗
Here he is: Meet Bubba Saulsbury, son of Texas oil & gas magnate, Dick Saulsbury.
Here's a trio of videos Bubba posted to his Instagram of him with Trump & JD Vance with dorky background music.
His Instagram is called BubbaWestTexas.
Your welcome. 🤗
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In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
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Let’s fight for a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Let’s fight for a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky
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During the confirmation process of Trump’s judicial nominees, Democratic lawmakers posed a question with a clear-cut answer: Did Joe Biden win the 2020 election? Their responses, however, forecast a huge threat to the impartiality of our justice system.
The Election Denier Script Trump’s Judicial Nominees Are Following
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
During the confirmation process of Trump’s judicial nominees, Democratic lawmakers posed a question with a clear-cut answer: Did Joe Biden win the 2020 election? Their responses, however, forecast a huge threat to the impartiality of our justice system.
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Thank to you @docseuss.bsky.social for reminding us all of the previous confirmed kill when Joyce Carol Oates tactically assassinated Curtis Yarvin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thank to you @docseuss.bsky.social for reminding us all of the previous confirmed kill when Joyce Carol Oates tactically assassinated Curtis Yarvin.
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Just now on MSNBC: a great segment by @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Bucks County sheriff candidate who ran against ICE’s 287g program.
Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.
Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just now on MSNBC: a great segment by @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Bucks County sheriff candidate who ran against ICE’s 287g program.
Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.
Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.
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EXCLUSIVE: Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie plan to hold another major press conference with Epstein survivors early next week at the U.S. Capitol
Khanna: I’ll break some news — we’re talking with Massie now about getting another major press conference with the survivors early next week at the Capitol. There’s going to be so much momentum, left and right, to say: out with the Epstein class…
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie plan to hold another major press conference with Epstein survivors early next week at the U.S. Capitol
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“When we enlisted in the military, we were proud to serve our country. We never imagined that, after our service, we would have to fight for our own healthcare.” @tennesseelookout.com
Clarksville veterans say care, not cuts to the Veterans Administration, are needed • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee veterans face worsening chronic illnesses as a result of long waits for care and denial of claims from the Veterans Administration.
tennesseelookout.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“When we enlisted in the military, we were proud to serve our country. We never imagined that, after our service, we would have to fight for our own healthcare.” @tennesseelookout.com
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If you recently learned that the Supreme Court granted review in a major voting case and the Utah GOP suffered a defeat in their effort to rig maps, you probably subscribe to Democracy Docket.
If any of this is news to you, sign up now to never miss another democracy update. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
If any of this is news to you, sign up now to never miss another democracy update. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
If you recently learned that the Supreme Court granted review in a major voting case and the Utah GOP suffered a defeat in their effort to rig maps, you probably subscribe to Democracy Docket.
If any of this is news to you, sign up now to never miss another democracy update. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
If any of this is news to you, sign up now to never miss another democracy update. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Hahahahahahaha!!
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Hahahahahahaha!!
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