derham
@derham.bsky.social
Con-artist, corn-dog lover, and avid enthusiast.
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This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
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VP Vance says we should fight antisemitism by… echoing the very same anti-immigrant conspiracy theories that have directly fueled antisemitic violence — like Charlottesville and Pittsburgh, the deadliest attack on Jews in US history.
This is so dangerous.
This is so dangerous.
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
VP Vance says we should fight antisemitism by… echoing the very same anti-immigrant conspiracy theories that have directly fueled antisemitic violence — like Charlottesville and Pittsburgh, the deadliest attack on Jews in US history.
This is so dangerous.
This is so dangerous.
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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Pronouns are complicated
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Pronouns are complicated
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Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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“So I put on the outfit…I thought we're going to be on a motorbike or something…I'll get you for this, Annie…They said, 'Just get on your knees a minute…I didn't get it till Mary jumped on my back with that whip.”
~ Dick Van Dyke in 2014, recalling this classic 1995 Annie Leibovitz photo ❤️
~ Dick Van Dyke in 2014, recalling this classic 1995 Annie Leibovitz photo ❤️
December 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“So I put on the outfit…I thought we're going to be on a motorbike or something…I'll get you for this, Annie…They said, 'Just get on your knees a minute…I didn't get it till Mary jumped on my back with that whip.”
~ Dick Van Dyke in 2014, recalling this classic 1995 Annie Leibovitz photo ❤️
~ Dick Van Dyke in 2014, recalling this classic 1995 Annie Leibovitz photo ❤️
There’s also a much more appetizing place across the street from Stinky’s: maps.app.goo.gl/12nLqNqPUq6D...
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There’s also a much more appetizing place across the street from Stinky’s: maps.app.goo.gl/12nLqNqPUq6D...
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If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
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This is horrific unadulterated bigotry that has no place in Congress or anywhere. Full stop.
A sitting Republican Congressman in good standing said this, tweeted it out from his own account, and not a peep of outrage.
Imagine if he had said this about any other religious group. Why would it be tolerated? Why is this condoned?
Imagine if he had said this about any other religious group. Why would it be tolerated? Why is this condoned?
December 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This is horrific unadulterated bigotry that has no place in Congress or anywhere. Full stop.
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The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
www.mprnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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real or nominal?
Trump says he doesn't know why America can't achieve 25 percent annual economic growth
December 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
real or nominal?
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'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
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Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.
WHICH MESSAGE WILL RESONATE WITH DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS?
"Better angels of our nature"
OR
"Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger... I will punish the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pomp of the ruthless."
"Better angels of our nature"
OR
"Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger... I will punish the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pomp of the ruthless."
Once again, for 2028 I'm a single issue voter and that issue is post-Trump lustration. GTFO with "better angels of our nature" for once.
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.
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Lander going after Rep Dan Goldman in NY-10
*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Lander going after Rep Dan Goldman in NY-10
*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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Remembering Eli Wallach on his birthday 🎂
📷 Laura Levine
"With Eli, there is an impish, sly quality, not a self-conscious winking, exactly, but a palpable relish at the sheer fun of acting."
- A.O. Scott
📷 Laura Levine
"With Eli, there is an impish, sly quality, not a self-conscious winking, exactly, but a palpable relish at the sheer fun of acting."
- A.O. Scott
December 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Remembering Eli Wallach on his birthday 🎂
📷 Laura Levine
"With Eli, there is an impish, sly quality, not a self-conscious winking, exactly, but a palpable relish at the sheer fun of acting."
- A.O. Scott
📷 Laura Levine
"With Eli, there is an impish, sly quality, not a self-conscious winking, exactly, but a palpable relish at the sheer fun of acting."
- A.O. Scott
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this should be a book
They called them Near Abroad Direct Action Operations, NADA Ops. The "joke" in the CalSec cafeterias, which made its way out later in the hearings was that "What does the operator say when asked if there are civilians in the area? Nada...oops!". Even decades later, Arizona didn't find it funny.
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
this should be a book