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.
3/3 "..their region’s faults, they were the backbone of the nation”
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
3/3 "..their region’s faults, they were the backbone of the nation”
2/3 "..feel that their locality serves a purpose—that it is embedded within a larger whole—they are willing to tolerate or even embrace its remoteness, slower pace of life, and faulty infrastructure. Rural Americans once thrived on a belief that for all..
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
2/3 "..feel that their locality serves a purpose—that it is embedded within a larger whole—they are willing to tolerate or even embrace its remoteness, slower pace of life, and faulty infrastructure. Rural Americans once thrived on a belief that for all..
3/3 "..while focusing mostly on the failings of Trump’s adversaries"
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
3/3 "..while focusing mostly on the failings of Trump’s adversaries"
2/3 "..and every other conceivable break point, has forced a horrible dilemma on the party’s intellectual elite: Back Trump and maintain some relevance within the party (as Heritage has done), reject him and go into exile, or adopt a selective silence, offering limited critiques..
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
2/3 "..and every other conceivable break point, has forced a horrible dilemma on the party’s intellectual elite: Back Trump and maintain some relevance within the party (as Heritage has done), reject him and go into exile, or adopt a selective silence, offering limited critiques..
2/2 "..and needs to be jettisoned.
“When we look at what has been distinctive about the left’s 21st century project, it is not hard to see why it has not had its desired result”
“When we look at what has been distinctive about the left’s 21st century project, it is not hard to see why it has not had its desired result”
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
2/2 "..and needs to be jettisoned.
“When we look at what has been distinctive about the left’s 21st century project, it is not hard to see why it has not had its desired result”
“When we look at what has been distinctive about the left’s 21st century project, it is not hard to see why it has not had its desired result”
2/2 "..and you have to write fast. I, for example, write 7-8 articles a week, every week, year in year out. For 20 years.
“The fact that writers are vastly underpaid creates a huge advantage for someone using ChatGPT who is willing to lie a lot”
“The fact that writers are vastly underpaid creates a huge advantage for someone using ChatGPT who is willing to lie a lot”
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
2/2 "..and you have to write fast. I, for example, write 7-8 articles a week, every week, year in year out. For 20 years.
“The fact that writers are vastly underpaid creates a huge advantage for someone using ChatGPT who is willing to lie a lot”
“The fact that writers are vastly underpaid creates a huge advantage for someone using ChatGPT who is willing to lie a lot”
2/2 "..God help us, she’ll probably have a Substack before the end of the year. And not a damn bit of that is brave”
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
2/2 "..God help us, she’ll probably have a Substack before the end of the year. And not a damn bit of that is brave”
3/3 "..His language conveys his intention to subjugate ordinary Americans who feel compelled to adhere to cultural and social norms”
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
3/3 "..His language conveys his intention to subjugate ordinary Americans who feel compelled to adhere to cultural and social norms”
2/3 "..rules, norms, constraints, and customs. The gulf between the White House press corps who call him ‘Mr. President’ and the chief executive who responds to one of them by stating, ‘Quiet, quiet piggy,’ could not be starker—nor could it be more revealing of his desire for total domination..
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
2/3 "..rules, norms, constraints, and customs. The gulf between the White House press corps who call him ‘Mr. President’ and the chief executive who responds to one of them by stating, ‘Quiet, quiet piggy,’ could not be starker—nor could it be more revealing of his desire for total domination..
2/2 ".. are likely to win many rural counties, but there is opportunity for movement.
“If this candidate can help the Democratic team up and down the ticket do better in rural parts of Iowa, Democrats have a shot at winning other statewide races like the governorship and the U.S. Senate seat”
“If this candidate can help the Democratic team up and down the ticket do better in rural parts of Iowa, Democrats have a shot at winning other statewide races like the governorship and the U.S. Senate seat”
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
2/2 ".. are likely to win many rural counties, but there is opportunity for movement.
“If this candidate can help the Democratic team up and down the ticket do better in rural parts of Iowa, Democrats have a shot at winning other statewide races like the governorship and the U.S. Senate seat”
“If this candidate can help the Democratic team up and down the ticket do better in rural parts of Iowa, Democrats have a shot at winning other statewide races like the governorship and the U.S. Senate seat”
2/2 ".. about me.
“Seriously, how do people who ostensibly think for a living not get this by now? I know often we’re dealing with corporate-concocted crania (Latin plural!), but still? How have they not seen him repeat this phrase, and slight variations of it, again and again?”
“Seriously, how do people who ostensibly think for a living not get this by now? I know often we’re dealing with corporate-concocted crania (Latin plural!), but still? How have they not seen him repeat this phrase, and slight variations of it, again and again?”
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
2/2 ".. about me.
“Seriously, how do people who ostensibly think for a living not get this by now? I know often we’re dealing with corporate-concocted crania (Latin plural!), but still? How have they not seen him repeat this phrase, and slight variations of it, again and again?”
“Seriously, how do people who ostensibly think for a living not get this by now? I know often we’re dealing with corporate-concocted crania (Latin plural!), but still? How have they not seen him repeat this phrase, and slight variations of it, again and again?”
2/2 "..functioning of the US government. Thousands of dedicated federal employees were pushed out, taking their expertise and institutional knowledge with them, while those who remain are demoralized. Future recruitment of high-quality government workers will be much more difficult”
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
2/2 "..functioning of the US government. Thousands of dedicated federal employees were pushed out, taking their expertise and institutional knowledge with them, while those who remain are demoralized. Future recruitment of high-quality government workers will be much more difficult”
2/2 "..the Halligan problem, not the indictment problem”
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
2/2 "..the Halligan problem, not the indictment problem”