Proteus Finnerty
@proteusfinnerty.bsky.social
A work in progress, and a big fan of the question mark. Working on trust issues but willing to share some details by request. Placing hope in community and the arts at present.
It’s a death cult. They get off on it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
We are now one of the few countries that will no longer honor World AIDS Day
We join with Russia, Iran, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Libya, North Korea
You know all the countries that hate humans rights
I find it shameful
Callous Cruelty
We are now one of the few countries that will no longer honor World AIDS Day
We join with Russia, Iran, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Libya, North Korea
You know all the countries that hate humans rights
I find it shameful
Callous Cruelty
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It’s a death cult. They get off on it.
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We don’t know yet why they were shot, and I truly hope they will be OK, but one thing is certain - If Donald hadn’t been treating our National Guard like his f-n show ponies, these two Guardsman would likely be with their families right now and not lying in a hospital in critical condition. 🤬
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We don’t know yet why they were shot, and I truly hope they will be OK, but one thing is certain - If Donald hadn’t been treating our National Guard like his f-n show ponies, these two Guardsman would likely be with their families right now and not lying in a hospital in critical condition. 🤬
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Oh the holidays... this 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Oh the holidays... this 👇
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
Worth a read this week before your annual gatherings: talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/why-the...
Why the Chemtrail Conspiracy Theory Lingers and Grows — and Why Tucker Carlson Is Talking About It
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Worth a read this week before your annual gatherings: talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/why-the...
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
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I wonder if this will make people actually slow their roll in terms of taking information from people they do not know as sacrosanct. Probably not. The amount of lying and deception online is overwhelming.
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I wonder if this will make people actually slow their roll in terms of taking information from people they do not know as sacrosanct. Probably not. The amount of lying and deception online is overwhelming.
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“The book is so immersed in its own world that it reads, at times, like fan service. Much of what Barrett writes is in the register of reassurance, but only for people who think like her.” @leahlitman.bsky.social
Is Justice Barrett Listening? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“The book is so immersed in its own world that it reads, at times, like fan service. Much of what Barrett writes is in the register of reassurance, but only for people who think like her.” @leahlitman.bsky.social
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This didn’t happen overnight. Citizens United opened the floodgates to unlimited spending, and 15 years later, we’re living with the consequences—more polarization, less accountability, and policymaking tilted towards the ultra-rich.
Reform is still possible: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Reform is still possible: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Citizens United and the Decline of US Democracy: Assessing the Decision’s Impact 15 Years Later - Roosevelt Institute
In a new analysis, Rachel Funk Fordham examines the 15-year legacy of Citizens United, assessing its impact on democracy through new evidence and political science research and offering recommendation...
rooseveltinstitute.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This didn’t happen overnight. Citizens United opened the floodgates to unlimited spending, and 15 years later, we’re living with the consequences—more polarization, less accountability, and policymaking tilted towards the ultra-rich.
Reform is still possible: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Reform is still possible: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
I had not previously known the name of Adam Schiff's spouse. (I had known about the corruption and vindictiveness and vileness of the Trump administration, but I was glad to learn one fun thing from this.) abcnews.go.com/US/doj-fbi-p...
DOJ, FBI probing top Trump administration officials over investigations of president's adversaries: Sources
The DOJ is probing the conduct of at least two top administration officials for possibly jeopardizing the criminal investigations of Trump's political foes, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I had not previously known the name of Adam Schiff's spouse. (I had known about the corruption and vindictiveness and vileness of the Trump administration, but I was glad to learn one fun thing from this.) abcnews.go.com/US/doj-fbi-p...
Federal Bureau of Incompetence. Word of the day: Deprofessionalization. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization
What research tells us about national security under authoritarianism
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Federal Bureau of Incompetence. Word of the day: Deprofessionalization. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
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The man has to go. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
RFK Jr., American Psycho
He needs to go. Now.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The man has to go. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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I went to Emerson College, a queer art school, and as part of the honors program (which gave me a steep tuition discount) I was REQUIRED to take evopsych. I have to wonder if this is why.
It was the worst class I've ever taken. Just total trash from start to finish.
bsky.app/profile/pope...
It was the worst class I've ever taken. Just total trash from start to finish.
bsky.app/profile/pope...
Always worth bringing back up that a big part of why evopsych became such a thing was that Jeffrey Epstein was bankrolling it through academic donations
Right, these are the two options: Either they tolerated Epstein's eugenics to get to the sex crimes or they tolerated his sex crimes to get to the eugenics
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I went to Emerson College, a queer art school, and as part of the honors program (which gave me a steep tuition discount) I was REQUIRED to take evopsych. I have to wonder if this is why.
It was the worst class I've ever taken. Just total trash from start to finish.
bsky.app/profile/pope...
It was the worst class I've ever taken. Just total trash from start to finish.
bsky.app/profile/pope...
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🚨 BREAKING: Federal Circuit Judge Jerry Smith, the lone dissenter on the three-judge panel that blocked Texas’ new congressional map, has released his dissenting opinion — and it certainly warrants a seatbelt. Full story to come.
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Federal Circuit Judge Jerry Smith, the lone dissenter on the three-judge panel that blocked Texas’ new congressional map, has released his dissenting opinion — and it certainly warrants a seatbelt. Full story to come.
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Trying to rebrand SA and sexualizing teens is the thing of nightmares. Remember this campaign in 2017 called #MeAt14 in response to Roy Moore’s pedo behavior? Same 🗑️are trying to normalize it again. Google the hashtag, look at the faces, read the articles, maybe share your own.
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Trying to rebrand SA and sexualizing teens is the thing of nightmares. Remember this campaign in 2017 called #MeAt14 in response to Roy Moore’s pedo behavior? Same 🗑️are trying to normalize it again. Google the hashtag, look at the faces, read the articles, maybe share your own.
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This administration is mostly losers who don't know how to do anything but lose and it's finally becoming apparent to even the median voter that these guys couldn't govern a bassett hound without accidentally shooting it or starving it to death.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This administration is mostly losers who don't know how to do anything but lose and it's finally becoming apparent to even the median voter that these guys couldn't govern a bassett hound without accidentally shooting it or starving it to death.
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Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting.
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting.
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
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"He's increasing the likelihood of an intelligence failure"
Ex-MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger discusses President Trump's comments when questioned about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi while hosting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House
#Newsnight
Ex-MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger discusses President Trump's comments when questioned about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi while hosting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House
#Newsnight
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"He's increasing the likelihood of an intelligence failure"
Ex-MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger discusses President Trump's comments when questioned about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi while hosting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House
#Newsnight
Ex-MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger discusses President Trump's comments when questioned about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi while hosting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House
#Newsnight
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1. In July, I said the president triggered a crisis of faith in maga. It had been revealed that the US Department of Justice would not release the Epstein files.
www.editorialboard.com/there-is-a-c...
www.editorialboard.com/there-is-a-c...
There is a conspiracy to cover up Trump’s sexual deviance
And conspiracy theory has been used to cover that up.
www.editorialboard.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
1. In July, I said the president triggered a crisis of faith in maga. It had been revealed that the US Department of Justice would not release the Epstein files.
www.editorialboard.com/there-is-a-c...
www.editorialboard.com/there-is-a-c...
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ONE REPORTER WITH COURAGE IS A MAJORITY.
Mary K Bruce of ABC News to Trump: "Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you’re president?"
To MBS: "The US intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
Mary K Bruce of ABC News to Trump: "Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you’re president?"
To MBS: "The US intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
ONE REPORTER WITH COURAGE IS A MAJORITY.
Mary K Bruce of ABC News to Trump: "Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you’re president?"
To MBS: "The US intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
Mary K Bruce of ABC News to Trump: "Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you’re president?"
To MBS: "The US intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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More tea with Christina regarding a border patrol agent overdosing; the agent was caught on body-cam fighting with police after pulling a gun on a woman in a nightclub bathroom.
Good riddance.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #ChristinaSpeaks #ICE #MAGAts
youtube.com/shorts/Pt_gx...
Good riddance.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #ChristinaSpeaks #ICE #MAGAts
youtube.com/shorts/Pt_gx...
November 17, 2025
YouTube video by Christina Talks
youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
More tea with Christina regarding a border patrol agent overdosing; the agent was caught on body-cam fighting with police after pulling a gun on a woman in a nightclub bathroom.
Good riddance.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #ChristinaSpeaks #ICE #MAGAts
youtube.com/shorts/Pt_gx...
Good riddance.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #ChristinaSpeaks #ICE #MAGAts
youtube.com/shorts/Pt_gx...
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.