Chris Rautmann
@crautmann.bsky.social
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Thailand has launched airstrikes against Cambodia as a new wave of fighting erupted between the southeast Asian neighbors, marking the potential collapse of a peace plan presided over by US President Donald Trump just two months ago. https://cnn.it/44TIKUe
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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I have been given the shiny and very real War Stopper Award by
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I have been given the shiny and very real War Stopper Award by
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
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Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.
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"Crooked Hillary" or "Sleepy Joe" -- its always projection.
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Crooked Hillary" or "Sleepy Joe" -- its always projection.
This is some weird ass shit. I would hope that we never again elect someone so insecure that they need to be constantly fluffed like this. Dude has to have a micro penis.
Kristi Noem to Trump: "Thank you for letting us get up every day and have a purpose."
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is some weird ass shit. I would hope that we never again elect someone so insecure that they need to be constantly fluffed like this. Dude has to have a micro penis.
Noem belongs in prison.
Reminder:
Noem gave $220 million of your tax dollars to a political consultancy group - that is closely tied to her own pockets - to create an ad campaign of her on horseback.
She refuses to answer questions about the expense b/c she insists she is entitled to spend DHS funds as she sees fit.
Noem gave $220 million of your tax dollars to a political consultancy group - that is closely tied to her own pockets - to create an ad campaign of her on horseback.
She refuses to answer questions about the expense b/c she insists she is entitled to spend DHS funds as she sees fit.
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Noem belongs in prison.
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Remember in 2000 when Al Gore was repeatedly misquoted as having said he invented the internet and that was seen the eyes of many as disqualifying him from office? Simpler times. Today, Trump makes up lies equivalent to "I invented the internet" 30 times a week and no one bats an eye. Good job media
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Remember in 2000 when Al Gore was repeatedly misquoted as having said he invented the internet and that was seen the eyes of many as disqualifying him from office? Simpler times. Today, Trump makes up lies equivalent to "I invented the internet" 30 times a week and no one bats an eye. Good job media
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19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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NEWS: White House is *eliminating* protections for gov’t workers who blow the whistle about illegal acts, per Reuters
Translation: Trump can fire federal employees who point out that he’s broken the law.
That’s pretty damn dark.
Translation: Trump can fire federal employees who point out that he’s broken the law.
That’s pretty damn dark.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
NEWS: White House is *eliminating* protections for gov’t workers who blow the whistle about illegal acts, per Reuters
Translation: Trump can fire federal employees who point out that he’s broken the law.
That’s pretty damn dark.
Translation: Trump can fire federal employees who point out that he’s broken the law.
That’s pretty damn dark.
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Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
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Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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So let me get this straight: The President’s plan to lower prices is to roll back some of his own tariffs?
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So let me get this straight: The President’s plan to lower prices is to roll back some of his own tariffs?
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After the revelations in these 23k+ Epstein emails, I’m convinced these billionaires didn’t manipulate the last election to keep Trump out of prison, they did it to keep ALL of them out of prison. May ANYONE involved with Epstein rot in hell and prison, you soulless pieces of shit.
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
After the revelations in these 23k+ Epstein emails, I’m convinced these billionaires didn’t manipulate the last election to keep Trump out of prison, they did it to keep ALL of them out of prison. May ANYONE involved with Epstein rot in hell and prison, you soulless pieces of shit.
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The U.S. has conducted 20 boat strikes in three months—“but repetition has not made these strikes any less troubling or any more legal,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
20 U.S. Boat Strikes in Three Months
The Trump administration is trying to treat its extrajudicial killings at sea as routine, even as more concerns emerge from the people who know the most about them.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The U.S. has conducted 20 boat strikes in three months—“but repetition has not made these strikes any less troubling or any more legal,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
Nothing verifies the weakness of whites quite like this. Absolutely abhorrent to do this. Needless cruelty.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Nothing verifies the weakness of whites quite like this. Absolutely abhorrent to do this. Needless cruelty.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
Pro-life my ass. Since a vast majority of these are non-white, I’m sure people will continue to not care.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Pro-life my ass. Since a vast majority of these are non-white, I’m sure people will continue to not care.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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The sentences before that reminder are also worth considering: Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..."
I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us:
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The sentences before that reminder are also worth considering: Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..."
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RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
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Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"