Ted Millar
@tlp32.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, parent, activist with a podcast addiction. Read my work at https://tedmillar.medium.com & theleftplace.substack.com.
What could scream, "Happy birthday, Declaration of Independence!" better than a #HungerGames -style Olympics and fake-Christian-only national prayer event?
Happy Hunger Games, 'Merica! (And don't forget to pray)
What could scream, "Happy birthday, Declaration of Independence!" better than a Hunger Games-style Olympics and fake-Christian-only national prayer event?
theleftplace.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
What could scream, "Happy birthday, Declaration of Independence!" better than a #HungerGames -style Olympics and fake-Christian-only national prayer event?
Dear rest of the world: I apologize for our dysfunctional so-called "president". We have an immature middle schooler squatting in the partially destroyed White House. Please don't judge the rest of us for his incompetence, or write us off. We will be back once the adults return.
Sincerely,
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Sincerely,
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December 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Dear rest of the world: I apologize for our dysfunctional so-called "president". We have an immature middle schooler squatting in the partially destroyed White House. Please don't judge the rest of us for his incompetence, or write us off. We will be back once the adults return.
Sincerely,
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Sincerely,
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That wasn't a speech for us. It was intended for the dwindling base who still think he's "making 'Merica great again". Do we really have three more years of this shit?
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
That wasn't a speech for us. It was intended for the dwindling base who still think he's "making 'Merica great again". Do we really have three more years of this shit?
Sorry, couldn't watch the felon's speech longer than 10 minutes; I was rapidly losing brain cells.
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Sorry, couldn't watch the felon's speech longer than 10 minutes; I was rapidly losing brain cells.
Here we go. #Venezuela
'Unquestionably an Act of War': Trump Declares Naval Blockade Against Venezuela (Common Dreams)
US President Donald Trump late Tuesday declared a blockade on "all sanctioned oil tankers" approaching and leaving Venezuela, a major escalation in what's wi...
l.smartnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Here we go. #Venezuela
Remember: #Venezuela has the world's largest supply of oil. If it didn't, we wouldn't be provoking conflict with it to attempt to distract from the failing "president"'s poll numbers & friendly past with a child sex trafficker.
Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro (Associated Press)
President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in Washington....
l.smartnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Remember: #Venezuela has the world's largest supply of oil. If it didn't, we wouldn't be provoking conflict with it to attempt to distract from the failing "president"'s poll numbers & friendly past with a child sex trafficker.
My bet is on option 1.
'Distract from Epstein?' 5 theories emerge on Trump's cryptic primetime address
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will give a primetime address to the nation on Wednesday night and speculation started rolling in over what he has planned to announce. Trump did not r...
www.rawstory.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My bet is on option 1.
Perhaps a "little war" will be the subject of the Oval Office address. I'm sure the timing is purely coincidental.
Or watch Pam Bondi lie again and say they can't release them because of new “active investigations.”
December 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Perhaps a "little war" will be the subject of the Oval Office address. I'm sure the timing is purely coincidental.
Count on it.
Or watch Pam Bondi lie again and say they can't release them because of new “active investigations.”
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Count on it.
This is what condolences look like. Sincere. Compassionate.
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is what condolences look like. Sincere. Compassionate.
Such a tragic weekend: Australia, Brown Univ., & Rob Reiner. Is it just me, or are we all getting uglier toward each other?
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Such a tragic weekend: Australia, Brown Univ., & Rob Reiner. Is it just me, or are we all getting uglier toward each other?
This is what zero empathy looks like. He can't even try to be civilized.
Trump's REAL post about Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. Read this and remember: At some point we will get to post about Donald Trump's death. There will be no need to be kind or thoughtful. Trump would want you to be as vile as he is.
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is what zero empathy looks like. He can't even try to be civilized.
The rules-based international order democratic nations spent a generation constructing is about to lose its most stalwart partner all because a millionaire-at-birth is sucking up to a murderous thug. #Ukraine #Europe
"Prepare for scale of war our grandparents faced"
The rules-based international order democratic nations spent a generation constructing is about to lose its most stalwart partner all because a millionaire-at-birth is sucking up to a murderous thug.
theleftplace.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It's always a female reporter, isn't it? And she's Black too. That must have really triggered him.
Donald Trump Insults 'Very Aggressive' Female Reporter Who Questioned Him: 'You Have to Be Nice and Easy' (OK Magazine)
Donald Trump landed in hot water after scolding NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor during a press briefing at the Oval Office on December 12.
The 79-ye...
l.smartnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It's always a female reporter, isn't it? And she's Black too. That must have really triggered him.
#Kilmarabregogarcia is going to go down in history as the scapegoat for the current regime's racism and cruelty--but only if we are the ones writing the history. That's a big IF.
Kilmar Ábrego García released from ICE custody in fight over Trump immigration
Ábrego plans return to Maryland as DHS pledges to appeal judge’s decision, calling ruling ‘naked judicial activism’
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
#Kilmarabregogarcia is going to go down in history as the scapegoat for the current regime's racism and cruelty--but only if we are the ones writing the history. That's a big IF.
Republi-cons are banking (literally) on the American public blaming Obama & Democrats. Unless Dems message right, the ruse might succeed. #ACA
Senate rejects dual healthcare bills as Obamacare tax credits expiration nears
Votes came as premium tax credits for estimated 21.8 million enrollees of plans set to expire at end of month
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Republi-cons are banking (literally) on the American public blaming Obama & Democrats. Unless Dems message right, the ruse might succeed. #ACA
Here comes another "little war" over oil. (But he still REEEEAALY wants that Nobel.) #Venezuela
US Seizes Sanctioned Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Venezuela (Bloomberg)
Residential and commercial buildings near the shoreline of La Guaira, Vargas State, Venezuela, on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. President Donald Trump said airlines...
l.smartnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Here comes another "little war" over oil. (But he still REEEEAALY wants that Nobel.) #Venezuela
I wrote about this last week. It's going to get messy.
Leaked Memo: DOJ To List, Target Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Domestic Terrorists’ www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Leaked Memo: DOJ To List, Target Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I wrote about this last week. It's going to get messy.
Gee, I seem to recall a similar move in term 1.0 to try to compensate for fucking up.
Trump administration announces $12 billion in one-time payments to farmers
The payments are targeted at row crop farmers in the wake of this year's tariff hikes.
www.npr.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Gee, I seem to recall a similar move in term 1.0 to try to compensate for fucking up.
David Stockman's "starve-the-beast" strategy is alive and kicking.
Obamacare Users Will Be Asked to Pay More for Plans That Cover Less
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
David Stockman's "starve-the-beast" strategy is alive and kicking.
Admission his #tariffs are shit.
Trump to offer $12 billion taxpayer bailout for farmers harmed by his tariff policies (The Independent)
President Donald Trump will announce a $12 billion program that will see the Department of Agriculture dole out as much as $12 billion in taxpayer funds to b...
l.smartnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Admission his #tariffs are shit.
Now I have a "peace prize" too!
December 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Now I have a "peace prize" too!
Reposted by Ted Millar
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
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Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
The lengths we are going to wind back the clock on racial progress is nothing short of a national disgrace.
National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday (USA Today)
In 2026, Americans will get free admission to national parks on President Donald Trump's birthday but no longer on Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day,...
l.smartnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The lengths we are going to wind back the clock on racial progress is nothing short of a national disgrace.
All that talk on the right about immigrants should "come here legally" is bullshit.
Ulster Co. officials, activists call on feds to resume naturalization ceremony
Officials in Ulster County are calling on Citizenship and Immigration Services to renew their naturalization ceremonies.
spectrumlocalnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
All that talk on the right about immigrants should "come here legally" is bullshit.