Stephen Therry
@stephentherry.bsky.social
Canadian with some knowledge in psychology, sociology, emotional intelligence. Infantilization and cult of personality destroy us.
"I am just a human being trying to make it in a world that is rapidly losing its understanding of being human." -John Trudel
"I am just a human being trying to make it in a world that is rapidly losing its understanding of being human." -John Trudel
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[insert here something Trump just did or said] is a distraction from [insert here something Trump did or said before]. You will see this after each and every decision Trump did, is doing and will do, like a broken record to justify their own priority bias, if they are genuine in their statement.
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Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]
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Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
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It’s time for a lot of people to wrestle with the fact that bad actors aren’t doing these things because they’re being blackmailed or bribed but because they are benefitting financially and they haven’t dealt with their own shit so they are perpetually destroying everything.
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It’s time for a lot of people to wrestle with the fact that bad actors aren’t doing these things because they’re being blackmailed or bribed but because they are benefitting financially and they haven’t dealt with their own shit so they are perpetually destroying everything.
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Manufacturing culture wars allows Republicans to sound faux populist without having to address the practical problems faced by most Americans — lack of paid sick leave, unaffordable child care and elder care, stagnant wages, and inadequate housing.
Don’t fall for it.
Don’t fall for it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Manufacturing culture wars allows Republicans to sound faux populist without having to address the practical problems faced by most Americans — lack of paid sick leave, unaffordable child care and elder care, stagnant wages, and inadequate housing.
Don’t fall for it.
Don’t fall for it.
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The number of immigrants in detention without criminal records has surged by over 2,000% since Trump reentered the White House.
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The number of immigrants in detention without criminal records has surged by over 2,000% since Trump reentered the White House.
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
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The wealthy have stolen so much wealth and rigged the system so far that our economy is on the verge of collapse. They’re pushing fascism and dismantling democracy to get at what little remains.
We don’t have to live like this. We deserve better.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-game-t...
We don’t have to live like this. We deserve better.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-game-t...
The Game They Make Us Play: Capitalism as a Ticking Time-Bomb
We're standing at the end of a disastrous cycle that has played out time and time again.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The wealthy have stolen so much wealth and rigged the system so far that our economy is on the verge of collapse. They’re pushing fascism and dismantling democracy to get at what little remains.
We don’t have to live like this. We deserve better.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-game-t...
We don’t have to live like this. We deserve better.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-game-t...
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
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The 2024 election was a basically a test of America's survival instincts. It did not pass.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The 2024 election was a basically a test of America's survival instincts. It did not pass.
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Just a reminder that we could be living in an America in which Trump and his fellow conspirators are spending the rest of their lives in prison if we had serious politicians and a system that wasn’t hellbent on and designed toward self-destruction.
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 7:26 PM
Just a reminder that we could be living in an America in which Trump and his fellow conspirators are spending the rest of their lives in prison if we had serious politicians and a system that wasn’t hellbent on and designed toward self-destruction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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Scott Bessent on the administration's affordability plan: "We'll see. He's the president of solutions, and I'm sure that we will have a solution to this."
(Note the complete lack of pushback to this by Rebecca Quick and contrast with her recent attempted ambush of Hakeem Jeffries)
(Note the complete lack of pushback to this by Rebecca Quick and contrast with her recent attempted ambush of Hakeem Jeffries)
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Scott Bessent on the administration's affordability plan: "We'll see. He's the president of solutions, and I'm sure that we will have a solution to this."
(Note the complete lack of pushback to this by Rebecca Quick and contrast with her recent attempted ambush of Hakeem Jeffries)
(Note the complete lack of pushback to this by Rebecca Quick and contrast with her recent attempted ambush of Hakeem Jeffries)
Trump never makes jokes. Period.
QUICK: Last week, the president -- I'm not sure if he was joking -- he said he loves everything you're doing but if you don't get the Fed to lower interest rates soon, he might fire your butt
BESSENT: Well Becky, if you were in the room he was joking
BESSENT: Well Becky, if you were in the room he was joking
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Trump never makes jokes. Period.
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Almost every day the fascist stories are accompanied with stories about record anxiety and stress and uncertainty and loneliness and hardly anyone wants to connect the obvious dots.
Fascism is a collective breakdown. People are struggling and there has to be relief.
Fascism is a collective breakdown. People are struggling and there has to be relief.
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Almost every day the fascist stories are accompanied with stories about record anxiety and stress and uncertainty and loneliness and hardly anyone wants to connect the obvious dots.
Fascism is a collective breakdown. People are struggling and there has to be relief.
Fascism is a collective breakdown. People are struggling and there has to be relief.
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The AI stories about people losing their minds chatting with bots are indicators of a need to regulate these companies but also red flags that mental health is absolutely cratering and the same people who should regulate need to address this increasingly and intentionally precarious environment.
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The AI stories about people losing their minds chatting with bots are indicators of a need to regulate these companies but also red flags that mental health is absolutely cratering and the same people who should regulate need to address this increasingly and intentionally precarious environment.
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***Two more weeks! Two more weeks! Two more weeks!***
prepare to be shocked:
*WHITE HOUSE TO DELAY HEALTHCARE PROPOSAL
*WHITE HOUSE TO DELAY HEALTHCARE PROPOSAL
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
***Two more weeks! Two more weeks! Two more weeks!***
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CNN: Breaking news… this is big, we have learned that the justice department's case against former FBI director Jim Comey and the New York attorney general have both been dismissed
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
CNN: Breaking news… this is big, we have learned that the justice department's case against former FBI director Jim Comey and the New York attorney general have both been dismissed
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"Mamdani said Trump was a fascist & Trump practically got on his knees to kiss his shoes. Mark Kelly & company asked troops to not obey illegal orders & Trump called for their deaths. Both cases demonstrate that standing up to Trump without compromising works a lot better than bending the knee."
Dems win key messaging battles against Trump
Dems across the ideological spectrum are taking him on and emerging stronger.
www.publicnotice.co
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Mamdani said Trump was a fascist & Trump practically got on his knees to kiss his shoes. Mark Kelly & company asked troops to not obey illegal orders & Trump called for their deaths. Both cases demonstrate that standing up to Trump without compromising works a lot better than bending the knee."
Nutlick: "The president wants the American people to understand how great getting impaled in the chest is for them" 🙄
Lutnick: "The president wants the American people to understand how great tariffs are for them"
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Nutlick: "The president wants the American people to understand how great getting impaled in the chest is for them" 🙄
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New in PN: Dems win key messaging battles against Trump
"Trump’s actions are often explained as if they are all part of some big master plan, but recent days have shown him to be incredibly erratic. Dems across the ideological spectrum are taking him on and emerging stronger for it."
"Trump’s actions are often explained as if they are all part of some big master plan, but recent days have shown him to be incredibly erratic. Dems across the ideological spectrum are taking him on and emerging stronger for it."
Dems win key messaging battles against Trump
Dems across the ideological spectrum are taking him on and emerging stronger.
www.publicnotice.co
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New in PN: Dems win key messaging battles against Trump
"Trump’s actions are often explained as if they are all part of some big master plan, but recent days have shown him to be incredibly erratic. Dems across the ideological spectrum are taking him on and emerging stronger for it."
"Trump’s actions are often explained as if they are all part of some big master plan, but recent days have shown him to be incredibly erratic. Dems across the ideological spectrum are taking him on and emerging stronger for it."
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all