Rotimi Adeoye
@rotimia.bsky.social
msnbc contributor | formerly aclu & sen. bob casey #gobirds 🦅
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An important thing to remember in this political moment is that most people are not as angry as the characters on social media and blanket statements on turning down the temperature and telling people to chill the fuck out will probably be received well by independent voters
September 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
An important thing to remember in this political moment is that most people are not as angry as the characters on social media and blanket statements on turning down the temperature and telling people to chill the fuck out will probably be received well by independent voters
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as an author of a book on reparations I am intimately familiar with the move people make from "the thing you want isn't politically viable right now" to "you shouldn't want it, talk about wanting it, or even think about it" but it never stops being weird to me
It is actually peak absurdity that we still have people arguing that voters should bend to the positions of their political representatives instead of the other way around.
September 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
as an author of a book on reparations I am intimately familiar with the move people make from "the thing you want isn't politically viable right now" to "you shouldn't want it, talk about wanting it, or even think about it" but it never stops being weird to me
This is a great example because the issue right now in left wing politics is that a sizeable portion of the left doesn’t want to make any concessions and argues that making concessions *is* compromising on principles - when really compromise is how you win.
you'll notice two things. 1st, that lincoln made repeated concessions to the public's anti-black racism. and 2nd, that lincoln never budged on his view of the declaration ("all men *are* created equal") or compromised on his opposition to the extension of slavery
September 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is a great example because the issue right now in left wing politics is that a sizeable portion of the left doesn’t want to make any concessions and argues that making concessions *is* compromising on principles - when really compromise is how you win.
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the core of MAGA government is giving resentful mediocrities to power to act as tyrants and dominate others
“The FCC under Brendan Carr uses mergers and business interests of media companies as leverage to extract concessions, extract bribes, and extract censorship.”
Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him
In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct is flatly unconstitutional. They also expect him to keep going.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
the core of MAGA government is giving resentful mediocrities to power to act as tyrants and dominate others
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These are completely consistent tweets so I’m unsure of your point. I am frustrated that people on here, rather than observing reality and reacting to it, are demonstrably unable to process facts that are politically inconvenient.
Which one of these does @whstancil.bsky.social object to?
September 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
These are completely consistent tweets so I’m unsure of your point. I am frustrated that people on here, rather than observing reality and reacting to it, are demonstrably unable to process facts that are politically inconvenient.
One of my great great great grandfathers on my mother’s side was taken from Nigeria to Brazil as a slave. He fought in a one few successful slave rebellions. The freedmen and women stole ships and returned to Nigeria. My family stayed there until my mother immigrated to the U.S. years later.
July 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
One of my great great great grandfathers on my mother’s side was taken from Nigeria to Brazil as a slave. He fought in a one few successful slave rebellions. The freedmen and women stole ships and returned to Nigeria. My family stayed there until my mother immigrated to the U.S. years later.
The IDF just ended one of the most common talking points used to claim Hamas was stealing aid from Palestinians. Now that we know Israel was not telling the truth, will the people who spread that lie here take accountability and apologize?
July 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The IDF just ended one of the most common talking points used to claim Hamas was stealing aid from Palestinians. Now that we know Israel was not telling the truth, will the people who spread that lie here take accountability and apologize?
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Lately I just keep thinking about how much comes down to wanting better for each other and acting accordingly.
July 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Lately I just keep thinking about how much comes down to wanting better for each other and acting accordingly.
I want to go back to a time when kids dying wasn’t treated as a moment to score political points. How did we lose that basic sense of shared humanity and how do we get it back?
July 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I want to go back to a time when kids dying wasn’t treated as a moment to score political points. How did we lose that basic sense of shared humanity and how do we get it back?
abundance trotkyism is better than maga maoism by far imo
June 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
abundance trotkyism is better than maga maoism by far imo
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the amount of contempt vance has for everyone he's talking to — such that he'll say obvious nonsense as if he's fooling you — is genuinely remarkable
Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents
June 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
the amount of contempt vance has for everyone he's talking to — such that he'll say obvious nonsense as if he's fooling you — is genuinely remarkable
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With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
If you were a far-right barbaric thug and saw Trump pardon people who beat cops, had child pornography, and considered pardoning those who tried to kidnap a democrat governor, you’d probably think you could do anything and get away with it. That’s the evil we’re living in.
law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.
June 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you were a far-right barbaric thug and saw Trump pardon people who beat cops, had child pornography, and considered pardoning those who tried to kidnap a democrat governor, you’d probably think you could do anything and get away with it. That’s the evil we’re living in.
Great article
The lack of diversity of thought here is really hurting usage.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post
Opinion | The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes
The social media network was doomed to fail as progressives tried to re-create old Twitter.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Great article
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The lack of diversity of thought here is really hurting usage.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post
Opinion | The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes
The social media network was doomed to fail as progressives tried to re-create old Twitter.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The lack of diversity of thought here is really hurting usage.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post
Do you think @schumer.senate.gov and Senate Democrats have a real plan for this moment—one we all knew was coming the second Trump got elected again? Or are we just in for another strongly worded letter to the White House?
Pete Hegseth is threatening to send active-duty Marines into California. Pure madness. Pure authoritarianism.
June 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Do you think @schumer.senate.gov and Senate Democrats have a real plan for this moment—one we all knew was coming the second Trump got elected again? Or are we just in for another strongly worded letter to the White House?
No disrespect to OP, but I think people need to be clear eyed about this and understand that the media/information landscape right now are extremely fragmented, more than 2020, you may see a majority of Americans believe the authoritarian acts by the Trump admin are fine and not a problem.
Let our fellow citizens see Trump for what he is.
When he makes a mockery of the Constitution, we must respect it. When he incites violence, we must reject it under all circumstances.
When he disrespects our country, we must stand up for it.
We have the power to expose how illegitimate he is.
When he makes a mockery of the Constitution, we must respect it. When he incites violence, we must reject it under all circumstances.
When he disrespects our country, we must stand up for it.
We have the power to expose how illegitimate he is.
June 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
No disrespect to OP, but I think people need to be clear eyed about this and understand that the media/information landscape right now are extremely fragmented, more than 2020, you may see a majority of Americans believe the authoritarian acts by the Trump admin are fine and not a problem.
Everyone should speak out against the authoritarianism on display in LA
The LA protests will trigger a drumbeat of "law and order" messaging from the White House and their media allies as a prelude to invoking the Insurrection Act.
This is entirely predictable, and any Dem or media outlet that facilitates this narrative will be aiding Trump's authoritarian project.
This is entirely predictable, and any Dem or media outlet that facilitates this narrative will be aiding Trump's authoritarian project.
June 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Everyone should speak out against the authoritarianism on display in LA
So the Elon black eye wasn't from his son but from Scott Bessent lmao
June 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
So the Elon black eye wasn't from his son but from Scott Bessent lmao
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A quick thought on “smuggling” vs. “trafficking,” two terms which Bondi used somewhat interchangeably.
Generally, people pay to be smuggled; it’s a service. Trafficking, by contrast, is involuntary; no one wants to be trafficked.
That distinction is key in thinking through the allegations.
Generally, people pay to be smuggled; it’s a service. Trafficking, by contrast, is involuntary; no one wants to be trafficked.
That distinction is key in thinking through the allegations.
Q: You mentioned he had involvement in a murder and was connected with groups involved in a smuggling ring. But the only charges he's facing right now are human smuggling?
BONDI: He's charged with very serious charges of alien smuggling
BONDI: He's charged with very serious charges of alien smuggling
June 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A quick thought on “smuggling” vs. “trafficking,” two terms which Bondi used somewhat interchangeably.
Generally, people pay to be smuggled; it’s a service. Trafficking, by contrast, is involuntary; no one wants to be trafficked.
That distinction is key in thinking through the allegations.
Generally, people pay to be smuggled; it’s a service. Trafficking, by contrast, is involuntary; no one wants to be trafficked.
That distinction is key in thinking through the allegations.
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill:
- stops states from regulating AI for 10 years,
-centralizes control at the federal level
-integrates all AI systems nationwide into federal government agencies.
It’s not deregulation—it’s federal control disguised as progress. Classic Trump.
- stops states from regulating AI for 10 years,
-centralizes control at the federal level
-integrates all AI systems nationwide into federal government agencies.
It’s not deregulation—it’s federal control disguised as progress. Classic Trump.
June 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill:
- stops states from regulating AI for 10 years,
-centralizes control at the federal level
-integrates all AI systems nationwide into federal government agencies.
It’s not deregulation—it’s federal control disguised as progress. Classic Trump.
- stops states from regulating AI for 10 years,
-centralizes control at the federal level
-integrates all AI systems nationwide into federal government agencies.
It’s not deregulation—it’s federal control disguised as progress. Classic Trump.
A bit odd JD Vance is waiting this long to defend his president? It’s now been a few hours. Why does he have to strategize about this?
June 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A bit odd JD Vance is waiting this long to defend his president? It’s now been a few hours. Why does he have to strategize about this?