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Tony Almquist
@tony-almquist.bsky.social
🌊🌈 Blue wave. ANTIFA Minister of Information. LGBTQ friend. #Resist! #Sober 5+ years. Retired and recovered lawyer. Retired military. Gulf War vet. #INFJ. #Iowa. Follow and find out.💙🌊🌐 #BlueCrew. Follow me on Substack https://substack.com/@tonyalmquist.
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
qctimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
by @tdorman.bsky.social @theswinerepublic.bsky.social
1/3 “Perhaps Jones’ biggest break with Iowa political orthodoxy is his opposition to ethanol. Planting a mountain of King Corn for fuel has been bad for our waterways. Big government still is needed to keep the industry afloat..
Jones believes facts can beat ‘cropaganda’
Researcher who has been sounding the alarm on Iowa's dirty water for years is considering a run for secretary of agriculture in 2026
substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
by @laurarbelin.bsky.social
1/2 “The Fund for Economic Independence later claimed their commercial ‘sharply’ improved Bird’s image with ‘targeted persuadable voters,’ moving her from a 7-point deficit to a tie in a ballot test against Democratic challenger Nate Willems.

“While it’s impossible to..
Conservative group attempted image makeover for Brenna Bird
Iowa's AG has surprisingly bad poll numbers
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November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
by @jenrubin.bsky.social
1/2“A little intentionality in your holiday gift-buying can go a long way.What would success look like? Nelini Stamp, one of the We Ain’t Buying It leaders, told me, ‘Success looks like a dent in sales of Home Depot, Target, & Amazon, & folks understanding there is a dent..
A call to action
‘We Ain’t Buying It’
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November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
by @davidpakman.bsky.social
1/3 “On the Republican side, I expect a primary that is completely chaotic, probably ugly, and still anchored to Trump in some way. Whether that is Vance, or some media figure, or someone we are not even thinking about yet, the basic project will be Trumpism 2.0..
Is Newsom vs. Vance INEVITABLE?
2028 is shaping up to be the strangest, most crowded race in modern politics.
substack.davidpakman.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
by @lizdye.bsky.social
1/2 “the Abrego cases plod along, a slow parade of thuggish buffoonery. After kidnapping him to CECOT & claiming that he would never set foot in the US again, the government snatched him back & crowed that this dangerous criminal would face justice in an American courtroom..
DOJ: We Can't Send Abrego To Costa Rica. Costa Rica: ¡Falso!
False declarations in court? What DOJ lawyer will they find to do that????
www.lawandchaospod.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
by @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy
1/2"Why is Bitcoin a Trump trade? Partly because Trump, whose family has in effect received massive bribes from the crypto industry, has been rewarding that investment with pro-crypto policies. Notably, Trump has signed an executive order intended to allow..
The Trump Trade is Unraveling
Tells from the crypto crash
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November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
by @jojofromjerz.bsky.social
1/2 “senators at the Halifax Security Forum said Rubio told them that the 28 point document was not ours at all. It was Russia’s. Putin’s wet dream printed on White House letterhead. A dictator’s Christmas list translated for Western media by someone in Trump’s orbit..
Diplomacy for Dummies: Duck and Cover Edition
What a fucking shitshow.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
by @nberlat.bsky.social
1/2 “Mamdani managed to get Trump to mostly endorse his vision of the city. In the second, a group of congressional Democrats with past service in national security pushed Trump to throw a tantrum so severe and damaging that even his White House confusingly disavowed 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 4:32 PM
by @muellershewrote.com
1/3 "the judge in Mr. Abrego’s criminal case found probable cause that the government vindictively and selectively prosecuted him, and ordered discovery to get to the bottom of it.

“But late Friday, we learned from the Washington Post that ‘A Costa Rican official rebutted..
More Evidence Submitted to Dismiss the Charges Against Kilmar Abrego
Friday night, we learned that the DOJ lied about the door being closed to Costa Rica. Mr. Abrego's lawyers feel that's enough to immediately dismiss on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds.
www.muellershewrote.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
by @streamlinedpmllc.bsky.social
1/2 “Tiny micro pushes make you think it was your idea.

“Your phone is full of teeny tiny nudges that change your behavior:

“The red notification bubble. The vibration of dopamine. The ‘you’re almost done, keep going!’ gamification. The ‘reminder’ that’s really..
You’re Not in Control.
Somewhere along the way, people started talking about free will.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
by @eisendrath.net
1/3 "Rubio told Senators that deal was a Russian plan, not an American one. Reuters that the deal was cemented at a meeting in Florida with a sanctioned Russian banker who leads one of Putin’s sovereign wealth funds, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Witkoff is a real-estate..
Here in Europe, there's fury over Trump's betrayal of Ukraine
Donald Trump's plan sells out Ukraine, Europe, and the idea of American leadership
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
1/2 "This case is critically important because it goes to the heart of this administration’s efforts to supplant the rule of law with the whims of a would-be dictator. Trump thought he could do away with due process. The courts and a few brave lawyers are trying..
The Week Ahead
November 23, 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
by @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/2 “It looks a lot like (details below) that Russians are seeking to bribe Americans to allow Russia to win a war it would otherwise lose. Having allowed Russians in this instance to design our policy, we then rely on our European and Ukrainian allies to serve..
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
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November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
by @bcmerchant.bsky.social
1/2“in 2025, whenever we go to read a blog, flip on the TV, stream music, or pick up a PS5 controller, we are likely to encounter the slop layer. This agglomeration of content living & dead, marked by a faintly unpleasant aesthetic homogeneity, that evokes in us a weary..
The slop layer
How AI has encrusted our culture and social sphere in a sedimentary layer of slop.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
by Clarence Page
1/2 "Chicagoans can take a lot of pride in the help-your-neighbor spirit with which they stood up to Operation Midway Blitz. They weren’t going to stand by as masked federal agents snatched children and families as they made their way to work, school or shopping, or just tried to..
Clarence Page: Border Patrol decamps from Chicago to create disorder elsewhere
Chicagoans can take a lot of pride in the help-your-neighbor spirit with which they stood up to Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
1/2 “Yaroslav Trofimov, chief foreign affairs correspondent of the Wall Street Journal, posted: ‘Foreign nations now have to deal with rival factions of the US government who keep major policy initiatives secret from each other & some of which work with foreign powers..
November 23, 2025
“Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this ‘peace plan’ was written by Russians or Americans?” foreign affairs journalist Anne Applebaum asked ...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
by @tony-almquist.bsky.social
1/2"Trump tooted on Truth Social from his gilded lair that military veterans in Congress were guilty of sedition when they reminded military members that they do not have to obey illegal orders given by current CINC, Cadet Bone Spurs, or by Minister of War Kegsbreath..
The Great Dick Tater Toots
Happy 80th Birthday, Nuremberg Trials
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Trump calls for the execution of 6 Democrats by @anntelnaes.bsky.social
Trump calls for the execution of 6 Democrats
How long will the Republicans ignore Trump's illegal actions?
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November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
by @jefftiedrich.bsky.social
1/2 "the only reason for Donny to get bent out of shape over the military being told that they have a duty to refuse illegal orders is because he intends to issue illegal orders. it’s that simple.

"the military is not Donny’s personal plaything. I know he likes..
awesome — we’ve now reached the ‘execute Democrats’ phase of Mad King Fuckwit’s reign
what could go wrong?
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November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
by @profgalloway.com
1/2 "In the U.S. we’ve monetized healthcare, the White House, & the pardon process. However, these are dwarfed by the opportunity to monetize the less developed prefrontal cortex of a young man. Once Polymarket starts expanding in the U.S., more Americans will be swept up by..
The Next Opioid Crisis | No Mercy / No Malice
Today you can “trade” on the outcome of thousands of future events, from the Fed decision next month to the Grammy Awards in February. Without leaving the house, you can wager on Taylor Swift’s weddin...
www.profgalloway.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
by @davidpakman.bsky.social
1/2 “Trump said he would hire the best people. What he did was empower some of the most cynical and cruel figures in modern American politics, people who will happily tell you that money you already paid is a bonus, and that dismantling democratic norms..
Stephen Miller’s vision of power without guardrails
Stephen Miller is not an outlier in Trump’s orbit, he is the blueprint.
substack.davidpakman.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
by @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social
1/3“Some of you will no doubt argue that kids these days are more sophisticated in some very big ways.Maybe they are. But are they really? I have no doubt that they’ve probably seen a lot more porn than I ever saw. But there is also a good chance that they still lack..
Weighing in on claptrap from frequent idiot Megyn Kelly
Definitive proof of what it means to be 14 and15
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November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
by @jojofromjerz.bsky.social
1/2 “Karoline, you are not righteous. You are a prosthetic soul wearing a rosary like anal beads for Christ. You are not a woman of faith. You are a crusty MAGA cum sock for fascist power, a knockoff televangelist in MAC foundation and fascism cosplay. You are a..
Mother Mary Full of Shit
I so hope Karoline will appreciate MY frankness.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM