Cautious Hope
@goodwraith.bsky.social
An active resistor.
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I'm freaked out that the president would trash US like this. I know he's a crazy racist grandpa but... holy shit.
There are 75,977 people born in Somalia who are now citizens of the United States, including those specific people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
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 2:15 PM
I'm freaked out that the president would trash US like this. I know he's a crazy racist grandpa but... holy shit.
National media has settled on the term "immigration crackdown" instead of other possibilities. This normalizes something that is more akin to an attempt at ethnic cleansing.
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
National media has settled on the term "immigration crackdown" instead of other possibilities. This normalizes something that is more akin to an attempt at ethnic cleansing.
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Wonder what they got in return. Fuck Dell.
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Wonder what they got in return. Fuck Dell.
You're President Warren to me
My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
You're President Warren to me
I have changed my alias from Goodwraith to Cautious Hope. I can't change my handle, though - it is still @goodwraith.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I have changed my alias from Goodwraith to Cautious Hope. I can't change my handle, though - it is still @goodwraith.bsky.social
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December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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We have become weak and need to relearn how to fight.
On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. For 381 days people boycotted the buses. They walked, carpooled and organized every single day until segregation cracked. Nothing will change today without that same resolve. Freedom isn’t granted, it's taken one step at a time. #Resist
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We have become weak and need to relearn how to fight.
Oddly, Fox News reported the Trump #pardon for Honduras' drug lord ex-President, and they barely spin it. Maybe they sense weakness.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Oddly, Fox News reported the Trump #pardon for Honduras' drug lord ex-President, and they barely spin it. Maybe they sense weakness.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
"Trump’s promise to pardon former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was a major drug trafficker, suggests Trump is not so much opposed to drug trafficking, he just wants a cut." --emptywheel www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/29/m...
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Trump’s promise to pardon former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was a major drug trafficker, suggests Trump is not so much opposed to drug trafficking, he just wants a cut." --emptywheel www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/29/m...
A hill I'll die on: rename Buy Nothing Day to No Billionaires Day. Reframe this from anti-consumerism to anti-oligarch.
#buynothing #blackfriday #billionaires #uspol
#buynothing #blackfriday #billionaires #uspol
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A hill I'll die on: rename Buy Nothing Day to No Billionaires Day. Reframe this from anti-consumerism to anti-oligarch.
#buynothing #blackfriday #billionaires #uspol
#buynothing #blackfriday #billionaires #uspol
They were pawns for maga. A terrible mission that die for.
They Were Sent to D.C. to Die for Trump, Not for Their Country
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They Were Sent to D.C. to Die for Trump, Not for Their Country
Two West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot because they were deployed to serve a political agenda—violence against them is exactly what Trump wanted.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
They were pawns for maga. A terrible mission that die for.
Fighting corruption by being less corrupt
1/2 Here 👇 are the top ten US PACs in contributions to candidates and the amount and percentage by party. You might note the top one and percentage. However you feel about PACS, the GOP gets a lot of support from them and you can’t expect dems to close their pockets to PACS while republicans won’t.
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fighting corruption by being less corrupt
"a lens focused on states and sovereignty may generate intellectual blinders that misreads the emerging international order. we propose an alternative account, which we label neo-royalism. it centers on an international system structured by a small group of hyper elites, which we term cliques. "
1/Senior US official caught coaching Russia on how to massage Trump on Ukraine deal. Why? Because we are entering a new international order based not in state interests but clique interests. Welcome to neo-royalism.
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Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"a lens focused on states and sovereignty may generate intellectual blinders that misreads the emerging international order. we propose an alternative account, which we label neo-royalism. it centers on an international system structured by a small group of hyper elites, which we term cliques. "
Native Americans should have tossed the pilgrimmigrants into Alligator Alcatraz
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Native Americans should have tossed the pilgrimmigrants into Alligator Alcatraz
The biggest winners from the piratical Napster days are Spotify, major labels, and the biggest stars. No corporate exploiters were harmed by this wave of bogus democratization.
The whole entitlement to piracy thing always rubbed me the wrong way. I know it's an expression of frustration against exploitative corps, but it also enables exactly this behavior. If you don't want to pay for it, just move on. Don't pretend you're doing society a service by stealing it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The biggest winners from the piratical Napster days are Spotify, major labels, and the biggest stars. No corporate exploiters were harmed by this wave of bogus democratization.
"The number of #immigration detainees without criminal records who are held in federal detention centers after getting arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased by over 2,000% since the start of the second Trump administration in January"
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-det...
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The number of non-criminal detainees arrested by ICE has surged by 2,000% under Trump. These charts show who's in detention.
The number of immigration detainees without criminal records held in detention after getting arrested by ICE has increased by over 2,000% since the start of the second Trump administration.
www.cbsnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"The number of #immigration detainees without criminal records who are held in federal detention centers after getting arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased by over 2,000% since the start of the second Trump administration in January"
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-det...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-det...
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the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
A good #activism project: fight billionaires
Find practical things that can be done to share the world's wealth and increase political equality
Find practical things that can be done to share the world's wealth and increase political equality
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A good #activism project: fight billionaires
Find practical things that can be done to share the world's wealth and increase political equality
Find practical things that can be done to share the world's wealth and increase political equality
"The unusual government intervention into the private market is fueling some concerns, including the opacity of the process, the potential for favoritism, corruption and market distortions, along with the possible loss of taxpayer funds should the investments fail."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"The unusual government intervention into the private market is fueling some concerns, including the opacity of the process, the potential for favoritism, corruption and market distortions, along with the possible loss of taxpayer funds should the investments fail."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
My vote for next Ken Burns topic: Denny's
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
My vote for next Ken Burns topic: Denny's
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.
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Guess “Gina” didn’t like it…
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Guess “Gina” didn’t like it…