Peter Blackstock
@peterblackstocksd.bsky.social
Music journalist, No Depression magazine co-founder. Author of "Old No. 1 at 50: A History of Guy Clark's First Album," published November 2025. Former Seattleite and Austinite, now in SoCal. Lifelong fighter of fascism; hope you are the same.
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THIS. This is what every Democrat needs to be doing every damn day.
Wow. Mark Kelly’s Devastating Takedown of Trump.
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
THIS. This is what every Democrat needs to be doing every damn day.
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Killing shipwrecked survivors is a war crime.
There must be an investigation and accountability, including for Secretary Hegseth who lied.
There must be an investigation and accountability, including for Secretary Hegseth who lied.
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Killing shipwrecked survivors is a war crime.
There must be an investigation and accountability, including for Secretary Hegseth who lied.
There must be an investigation and accountability, including for Secretary Hegseth who lied.
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"As recently as a few years ago, there would have been Republican voices denouncing Trump’s bizarre and unAmerican attacks on immigrants. Those voices were the canaries in the coal mine. Their silence now tells us what has been lost."
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Silence of the Canaries
Trump has normalized xenophobia
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"As recently as a few years ago, there would have been Republican voices denouncing Trump’s bizarre and unAmerican attacks on immigrants. Those voices were the canaries in the coal mine. Their silence now tells us what has been lost."
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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“Hitler was now the law, as Goering said.”
- William Shirer, “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” p. 337
- William Shirer, “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” p. 337
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“Hitler was now the law, as Goering said.”
- William Shirer, “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” p. 337
- William Shirer, “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” p. 337
Yes. This should be done ROUTINELY. Wake up, US TV news outlets.
Just once I'd like to hear a TV news anchor say, "Sir, that's not true, and if you keep insisting it is, we're going to end this interview to protect our viewers from further disinformation. And we won't invite you back."
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Yes. This should be done ROUTINELY. Wake up, US TV news outlets.
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A federal judge has released footage from nearly four dozen body cameras showing immigration agents’ ‘unprecedented’ use of force during their months-long deportation blitz in the Chicago area.
Bodycam video shows feds’ aggressive tactics in vivid detail: ‘Deploy f---ing gas’
chicago.suntimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A federal judge has released footage from nearly four dozen body cameras showing immigration agents’ ‘unprecedented’ use of force during their months-long deportation blitz in the Chicago area.
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
To those in charge of ABC and @cbsnews.com and @washingtonpost.com -- what do you have to say about this? Have any of you learned anything? Jeff Bezos, I am certain most of your employees oppose you on this matter. START LISTENING TO THEM.
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
To those in charge of ABC and @cbsnews.com and @washingtonpost.com -- what do you have to say about this? Have any of you learned anything? Jeff Bezos, I am certain most of your employees oppose you on this matter. START LISTENING TO THEM.
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
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At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”!
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”!
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
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Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
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‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... via @seattletimes
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... via @seattletimes
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
75 million Americans voted for this shit. Including a few people I used to consider friends and family.
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
75 million Americans voted for this shit. Including a few people I used to consider friends and family.
Democracy dies at The Washington Post.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Democracy dies at The Washington Post.
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Marc Elias: Capitulating To Trump Isn’t Strategy — It’s Surrender abovethelaw.com/2025/11/marc...
Marc Elias: Capitulating To Trump Isn’t Strategy — It’s Surrender - Above the Law
Above the Law’s 2020 Lawyer of the Year Is still fighting to protect your right to vote.
abovethelaw.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Marc Elias: Capitulating To Trump Isn’t Strategy — It’s Surrender abovethelaw.com/2025/11/marc...
Piggie Smalls is next.
At least one insurrectionist goes to jail
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Piggie Smalls is next.
Are you with the Astronaut, or the Asshole?
Which side are you on, Americans?
Which side are you on, Americans?
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Are you with the Astronaut, or the Asshole?
Which side are you on, Americans?
Which side are you on, Americans?
If ANY of us did what DJT did, we'd face consequences and investigations. The same should absolutely be true for president Piggie Smalls.
Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
If ANY of us did what DJT did, we'd face consequences and investigations. The same should absolutely be true for president Piggie Smalls.
X, the second-worst social platform that ever existed. (Hi, TruthSocial.)
At this point X is like 1950s Vienna, a whole place made up entirely of spies, running ops against other spies, with no non-spy people. Or maybe like a 1971 Black Panthers convention where 3/4 of the attendees are conintelrpo.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
X, the second-worst social platform that ever existed. (Hi, TruthSocial.)
Keep writing those stories, @propublica.org. And thank you.
I’m still flabbergasted — and not a little bummed out — that we could write a long series of stories listing zillionaire after zillionaire who didn’t pay taxes for years and years — and basically nothing happened
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Keep writing those stories, @propublica.org. And thank you.
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I’m still flabbergasted — and not a little bummed out — that we could write a long series of stories listing zillionaire after zillionaire who didn’t pay taxes for years and years — and basically nothing happened
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I’m still flabbergasted — and not a little bummed out — that we could write a long series of stories listing zillionaire after zillionaire who didn’t pay taxes for years and years — and basically nothing happened
HEGSETH MUST BE COURT-MARTIALED IMMEDIATELY.
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
HEGSETH MUST BE COURT-MARTIALED IMMEDIATELY.
Hegseth must be court-martialed immediately.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hegseth must be court-martialed immediately.