Pete Bilderback
@wpbilderback.bsky.social
Just think, there are second-graders in New England who have never seen their Patriots play in the Super Bowl.
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Just think, there are second-graders in New England who have never seen their Patriots play in the Super Bowl.
There is nothing that terrifies Donald Trump more than a strong, proud Black woman.
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:42 PM
There is nothing that terrifies Donald Trump more than a strong, proud Black woman.
"I don't think my government should be kidnapping 5-year-olds and using them as bait," is not a sentence I thought I would ever have to type.
"School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
ICE has arrested four children in same Minnesota school district
School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers wi...
www.cbsnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"I don't think my government should be kidnapping 5-year-olds and using them as bait," is not a sentence I thought I would ever have to type.
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Everyone (except Trump) knows by now that China is pumping out renewables at astonishing scale. Less obvious is the sheer chaotic forces that China's industry lets loose. Read @jeremywallace.bsky.social 's great new piece.
My summary: It's Schumpter on steroids and at global scale. 🌎🛢️🔌💡
My summary: It's Schumpter on steroids and at global scale. 🌎🛢️🔌💡
January 22, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Everyone (except Trump) knows by now that China is pumping out renewables at astonishing scale. Less obvious is the sheer chaotic forces that China's industry lets loose. Read @jeremywallace.bsky.social 's great new piece.
My summary: It's Schumpter on steroids and at global scale. 🌎🛢️🔌💡
My summary: It's Schumpter on steroids and at global scale. 🌎🛢️🔌💡
If the press uniformly applied the standards they use for Trump, we'd get headlines like “Mafia praises business and wishes it well.”
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
If the press uniformly applied the standards they use for Trump, we'd get headlines like “Mafia praises business and wishes it well.”
"U.S. military actions frequently seem to target oil-producing countries like Iran, Libya, and Iraq — and it’s no coincidence. Oil and war go together, my research finds. Even so, this attack on Venezuela is unlike those previous conflicts in crucial ways."
Trump made a clear choice: return to petro-imperialism
Trump made a clear choice: return to petro-imperialism. To understand what just happened in Venezuela, look at oil politics and U.S. foreign policy.
goodauthority.org
January 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"U.S. military actions frequently seem to target oil-producing countries like Iran, Libya, and Iraq — and it’s no coincidence. Oil and war go together, my research finds. Even so, this attack on Venezuela is unlike those previous conflicts in crucial ways."
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US attack on Venezuela is, among other things, a regrettable turn towards petro-imperialism. My take at @goodauth.bsky.social
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
Trump made a clear choice: return to petro-imperialism
Trump made a clear choice: return to petro-imperialism. To understand what just happened in Venezuela, look at oil politics and U.S. foreign policy.
goodauthority.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
US attack on Venezuela is, among other things, a regrettable turn towards petro-imperialism. My take at @goodauth.bsky.social
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
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Petro-Aggression
Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Petro-Aggression
www.cambridge.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them and said, "Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein…and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump…Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!"
December 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them and said, "Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein…and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump…Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!"
My heart breaks for these kids. I have worked at Brown for 25 years, over 20 of them in the building where the shooting took place. The campus will never be the same. The students will be scarred by this for life. We shouldn't have to live like this.
This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.
December 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
My heart breaks for these kids. I have worked at Brown for 25 years, over 20 of them in the building where the shooting took place. The campus will never be the same. The students will be scarred by this for life. We shouldn't have to live like this.
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Ah, oil and war. Petro-Aggression takes many forms.
No love for Maduro, but there are good ways to pressure his regime, and not so good ways.
This has no law. No int'l coalition. No real effort to legitimize. Just force.
No love for Maduro, but there are good ways to pressure his regime, and not so good ways.
This has no law. No int'l coalition. No real effort to legitimize. Just force.
U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Ah, oil and war. Petro-Aggression takes many forms.
No love for Maduro, but there are good ways to pressure his regime, and not so good ways.
This has no law. No int'l coalition. No real effort to legitimize. Just force.
No love for Maduro, but there are good ways to pressure his regime, and not so good ways.
This has no law. No int'l coalition. No real effort to legitimize. Just force.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The White House is ready for war with Venezuela, but the majority of Americans are unenthusiastic.
Only Congress can intervene by asserting its war powers, writes @cathylutz.bsky.social and @lutzfernandez.bsky.social.
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-war-ve...
Only Congress can intervene by asserting its war powers, writes @cathylutz.bsky.social and @lutzfernandez.bsky.social.
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-war-ve...
Ask Americans — they don't want a war on Venezuela
Reports say the president is preparing to attack, as lawmakers ignore their constituents and refuse to stand in the way
responsiblestatecraft.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The White House is ready for war with Venezuela, but the majority of Americans are unenthusiastic.
Only Congress can intervene by asserting its war powers, writes @cathylutz.bsky.social and @lutzfernandez.bsky.social.
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-war-ve...
Only Congress can intervene by asserting its war powers, writes @cathylutz.bsky.social and @lutzfernandez.bsky.social.
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-war-ve...
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.