Granny Smith
@grannysmith.bsky.social
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There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter. -Ulysses S Grant
There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter. -Ulysses S Grant
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Granny Smith
@grannysmith.bsky.social
· May 19
You can go to your local post office and get a pack of pre-stamped plain postcards, and then write messages on them. Send a couple a day. Send snark. Send scoldings. Send uncomfortable facts. Heck, send interesting number formations. But those postcards must be handled and processed and delivered.
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Can you find the difference between these two pictures?
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Can you find the difference between these two pictures?
this Iwona B. Horyn is a fake person made up by a fucking moron whose pathetic mother should develop the spine to slap them upside the head right fucking now. Fuck this government
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
this Iwona B. Horyn is a fake person made up by a fucking moron whose pathetic mother should develop the spine to slap them upside the head right fucking now. Fuck this government
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
This. She gets an atta girl for consistently opposing the rape of children. She cleared one of the lowest bars possible. That's it.
If Greene wants forgiveness, that is between her and her God. But that doesn’t mean she deserves political power, let alone our respect. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
You don't have to forgive Marjorie Taylor Greene
Opposing a sex trafficking ring is truly a case of clearing the lowest bar.
www.ms.now
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This. She gets an atta girl for consistently opposing the rape of children. She cleared one of the lowest bars possible. That's it.
I need Bloomberg to step in and protect its reporter here with some seriously sharp criticism and accurate reporting of the history of men who do this on a fucking daily basis to women. You know, some fucking journalism? Pull no punches. Show us your chops.
1/Catherine Lucey, the White House correspondent for Bloomberg, asked Donald Trump about releasing the Epstein files on Air Force One over the weekend. In response, Trump leaned forward, slashing an accusatory finger her direction and barked, “Quiet! Quiet Piggy,” at her.
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I need Bloomberg to step in and protect its reporter here with some seriously sharp criticism and accurate reporting of the history of men who do this on a fucking daily basis to women. You know, some fucking journalism? Pull no punches. Show us your chops.
Shame on the press corps for not immediately asking questions about why that demented criminal loser thinks it's acceptable to use that kind of language in his role as puppet president
I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Shame on the press corps for not immediately asking questions about why that demented criminal loser thinks it's acceptable to use that kind of language in his role as puppet president
It would be real nice if white women don't shit the bed this round
Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly—
I hope midterms are a referendum
I hope midterms are a referendum
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It would be real nice if white women don't shit the bed this round
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
All of them. No mercy. Nobody gives a shit if Clinton was involved and goes down. Monica Lewinsky's life was wrecked by that sex assault-positive culture. Time to stop promoting assault as worthy culture.
The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
All of them. No mercy. Nobody gives a shit if Clinton was involved and goes down. Monica Lewinsky's life was wrecked by that sex assault-positive culture. Time to stop promoting assault as worthy culture.
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⚠️🚨 For your reading pleasure:
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
⚠️🚨 For your reading pleasure:
We don't want billionaires. They have a hoarding disorder. They need to be rehabilitated.
Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.
Americans Want Billionaires Out Of Politics—And Think They’re A Threat To Democracy, Poll Shows
Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We don't want billionaires. They have a hoarding disorder. They need to be rehabilitated.
This sort of shit should be ground for removing that drunken rapist from the SC.
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This sort of shit should be ground for removing that drunken rapist from the SC.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
Bless your hearts, y'all, Republicans don't give a shit about you unless you're so filthy rich you literally cannot spend it all down during the course of even an unnatural life.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Bless your hearts, y'all, Republicans don't give a shit about you unless you're so filthy rich you literally cannot spend it all down during the course of even an unnatural life.
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ICYMI: I reviewed hundreds of internal FBI emails and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
More Trouble for the Comey Indictment?
Public documents may undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
ICYMI: I reviewed hundreds of internal FBI emails and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
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ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
CHICAGO—His heart racing with terror as he found himself completely surrounded, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent conducting a raid on a Chicago elementary school reportedly fell into panic...
theonion.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?
Zohran Mamdani won NYC Mayor while unapologetically:
-Calling Israel's siege on Palestinians a genocide
-Upholding ICC's warrant to arrest Netanyahu
-Upholding BDS as a legitimate form of free speech
-Demanding Palestinian self-determination
-Securing a plurality of Jewish voters
This is the future
-Calling Israel's siege on Palestinians a genocide
-Upholding ICC's warrant to arrest Netanyahu
-Upholding BDS as a legitimate form of free speech
-Demanding Palestinian self-determination
-Securing a plurality of Jewish voters
This is the future
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?
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If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.
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There is a good argument that Zohran Mamdani did not win the New York mayoral race, because constitutionally votes for him are only worth 3/5ths of votes for Cuomo.
—Ilan Wurman, Yale Law Review, Spring 2026
—Ilan Wurman, Yale Law Review, Spring 2026
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
There is a good argument that Zohran Mamdani did not win the New York mayoral race, because constitutionally votes for him are only worth 3/5ths of votes for Cuomo.
—Ilan Wurman, Yale Law Review, Spring 2026
—Ilan Wurman, Yale Law Review, Spring 2026
And folks in blue states with nobody running against incumbents, GET SOME COMPETITION GOING. I can't even find any public statements by my local select board members. They run unopposed. It's difficult volunteer work, but they should still explain why they're there.
Recruit a Democrat. Every seat. Every state. Waves need someone to ride them. Call your state party, sign up to run, or volunteer. Make the GOP fight for every inch. Let’s go! No seat left empty!
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
And folks in blue states with nobody running against incumbents, GET SOME COMPETITION GOING. I can't even find any public statements by my local select board members. They run unopposed. It's difficult volunteer work, but they should still explain why they're there.
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Good morning. Today would be a good day to give money to Democratic senate candidates like @drannieandrews.com
drannieandrews.com
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drannieandrews.com
secure.actblue.com/donate/loc_website
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Good morning. Today would be a good day to give money to Democratic senate candidates like @drannieandrews.com
drannieandrews.com
secure.actblue.com/donate/loc_website
drannieandrews.com
secure.actblue.com/donate/loc_website
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Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
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it is not an overstatement that to support actual fact based journalism is a life or death choice.
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
it is not an overstatement that to support actual fact based journalism is a life or death choice.
The new Lincoln bathroom looks like it was "designed" by the dumb kid who tried to sell me on the wonders of acrylic sheeting from ReBath for 3x what the real contractors who could actually remodel it were quoting
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
November 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The new Lincoln bathroom looks like it was "designed" by the dumb kid who tried to sell me on the wonders of acrylic sheeting from ReBath for 3x what the real contractors who could actually remodel it were quoting