Barry Lyons
@lyonsnyc.bsky.social
Things on my mind: tax the rich, ramp up green energy, restore Roe v. Wade. Some stuff I've written—on the Beatles, the Second Amendment, Indiana Jones, and other sundry things—can be found here: lyonsnyc.medium.com/follow
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The New Yorker, shortly after Trump won the election in 2016:
The New Yorker, shortly after Trump won the election in 2016:
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The New Yorker, shortly after Trump won the election in 2016:
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Kushner sneaking off to Moscow like he's some discount Secretary of State is exactly what you get when Trumpworld treats America like a side gig. He’s pocketing foreign cash while acting like our top diplomat — all without a single vote, confirmation, or shred of legality.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Kushner sneaking off to Moscow like he's some discount Secretary of State is exactly what you get when Trumpworld treats America like a side gig. He’s pocketing foreign cash while acting like our top diplomat — all without a single vote, confirmation, or shred of legality.
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Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
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I know: he’s a racist authoritarian who’s running a militantly racist government constantly doing and saying racist things, carrying out a highly militarized campaign of ethnic cleansing and also doing anti diversity crackdown all over the place. And yet…his racist rhetoric IS getting worse, somehow
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I know: he’s a racist authoritarian who’s running a militantly racist government constantly doing and saying racist things, carrying out a highly militarized campaign of ethnic cleansing and also doing anti diversity crackdown all over the place. And yet…his racist rhetoric IS getting worse, somehow
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That was a weird cabinet meeting yesterday
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
That was a weird cabinet meeting yesterday
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Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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Let's be real. Any district that voted for Trump by over 20 points is flooded with people so supernaturally stupid that they border on sub-human status. Safe to say I don't have my hopes up for Tennessee. Either way, fucking hilarious MAGA had to spend so much cash for a deep red race.
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Let's be real. Any district that voted for Trump by over 20 points is flooded with people so supernaturally stupid that they border on sub-human status. Safe to say I don't have my hopes up for Tennessee. Either way, fucking hilarious MAGA had to spend so much cash for a deep red race.
‘Can you imagine a single sign at a “No Kings” rally with “Strong Floor, No Ceiling” on it?’
That’s right. That’s the correct way to think about it. We have seen thousands of signs at rallies. None have said this. Because this slogan has no purchase with voters.
That’s right. That’s the correct way to think about it. We have seen thousands of signs at rallies. None have said this. Because this slogan has no purchase with voters.
I really don't like to criticize Democrats at a time like this, but "Strong Floor, No Ceiling" is just... structurally unsound.
And it's a reminder that we can't be DC Democrats to be the messengers who get us out of this. We need to start thinking about 2028 instead—for multiple reasons.
And it's a reminder that we can't be DC Democrats to be the messengers who get us out of this. We need to start thinking about 2028 instead—for multiple reasons.
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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No, next question
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
No, next question
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The image of these bootlickers praising Trump while he sleeps is some real Death of Stalin shit.
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The image of these bootlickers praising Trump while he sleeps is some real Death of Stalin shit.
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I know the racism doesn't care and it's not the main point, but Omar has lived in the United States since she was 13, thirty years ago. She became a citizen when she was 17, twenty five years ago. She's an American by law but also just substantively, she's spent her entire adult life as an American.
In case you were wondering, this oped is even worse than the headline
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I know the racism doesn't care and it's not the main point, but Omar has lived in the United States since she was 13, thirty years ago. She became a citizen when she was 17, twenty five years ago. She's an American by law but also just substantively, she's spent her entire adult life as an American.
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So did my mom ten years after her Alzheimer's diagnosis.
Trump on cognitive test: When you get into the mid questions, meaning ten, question number ten, 11, 12, 28, 30, they get harder and harder. I'm a smart person, not a stupid person. I aced it.
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
So did my mom ten years after her Alzheimer's diagnosis.
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
"If Ukraine gives Russia more land, Trump’s circle gets access to Russian gas, pipelines, and sanctioned projects. That is not diplomacy. That is corruption that sells out Ukraine, sells out Europe, and sells out the United States for personal gain." www.adammockler.com/p/trumps-goo...
Trump's Goons Are Robbing Ukraine In Front Of Us
Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff were weighing business profits against the future of an entire country.
www.adammockler.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"If Ukraine gives Russia more land, Trump’s circle gets access to Russian gas, pipelines, and sanctioned projects. That is not diplomacy. That is corruption that sells out Ukraine, sells out Europe, and sells out the United States for personal gain." www.adammockler.com/p/trumps-goo...
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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The National Guard was there because Trump gave them orders.
The shooter was there because Trump gave him asylum.
So not a Democratic Party problem.
The shooter was there because Trump gave him asylum.
So not a Democratic Party problem.
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The National Guard was there because Trump gave them orders.
The shooter was there because Trump gave him asylum.
So not a Democratic Party problem.
The shooter was there because Trump gave him asylum.
So not a Democratic Party problem.
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The only man in the world who can end the war in Ukraine is Vladimir Putin.
But no one dares to say that around Trump.
But no one dares to say that around Trump.
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The only man in the world who can end the war in Ukraine is Vladimir Putin.
But no one dares to say that around Trump.
But no one dares to say that around Trump.
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He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Sorry, but this new slogan is terrible. bsky.app/profile/greg...
In 2025, "No Ceiling" means they're not gonna do a damn thing to rein in the right wing billionaires who are drowning us in fascist propaganda, destroying the economy for working people, and spreading bigotry and hatred towards the most vulnerable.
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Sorry, but this new slogan is terrible. bsky.app/profile/greg...
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He really is becoming one droopy-ass old man. Maybe the droopiest old man going.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
He really is becoming one droopy-ass old man. Maybe the droopiest old man going.
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hard to fall asleep while being fellated by so many people but Captain Sundown is built different newrepublic.com/post/203865/...
Trump, 79, Repeatedly Falls Asleep in His Own Cabinet Meeting
Donald Trump can no longer stay awake in his own meetings.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
hard to fall asleep while being fellated by so many people but Captain Sundown is built different newrepublic.com/post/203865/...
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Okay for once I totally and completely empathize with President Trump.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Okay for once I totally and completely empathize with President Trump.