DTwyman
Retired Govt, film & broadcasting teacher. Politics & econ watcher, gardener & cat ❤️- Darth Kitty’s mine. If you don’t appreciate science, journalism & film, have a sense of humor I'm not your thing. Eclectic who knows politics isn't a spectator sport.
- Reposted by DTwymanJust gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.
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- Reposted by DTwymanReporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal? Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail… Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you. Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
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- Reposted by DTwymanLast decade is the cognitive dissonance of discovering that a good chunk of the populace is far worse than you feared, and a good chunk are better than you might have hoped, but that most people just aren't paying much attention.
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- Kind of makes you wonder just how close Epstein and Putin were doesn’t it?
- These people are just pure evil. If you can't even agree that we should not traumatize kids then seriously you have no soul and no place in public life.
- HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today. Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
- Reposted by DTwymanAfter 15 years, GOP Rep Mark Amodei of Nevada won't seek re-election. Call him and tell him he should leave early.
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- Because sanity doesn't distract as much as violence and racism.
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- Reposted by DTwymanfor better or worse, people will forget about that video by the end of the year, if not end of the month. but when trump finally kicks the bucket, there were be orgasmic celebrations across the US & around the world. he will be remembered as the most despised US president since WWII for generations
- Reposted by DTwymanhas anybody gotten confirmation yet from Mike Johnson that he hasn't seen the post?
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- They keep pressing the envelope to see how far they can take it, they try to desensitize us to the racism, they try to distract us with outrage after outrage hoping to get us to accept racism & terrorism as the new normal. This is the Trump playbook.
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- Reposted by DTwyman1/2 However you define “meme,” you’re responsible for what you post. Particularly when you’re the President. That image is racist trash—using a LONG-standing racist link of Black people with apes. You post it? You’re accountable for it.
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- Is now a good time to point out that it’s a lot easier to tell other people to work when you’re cushy job involves just showing up and selling snake oil?
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- Reposted by DTwymanMamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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- Reposted by DTwymanMamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
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- Reposted by DTwymanMORE CMEs ARE COMING: A CME hit Earth yesterday. More are on the way. Greg Ash photographed the display from Abisko, Sweden: spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload... spaceweather.com
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- Reposted by DTwymanICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
- I really don't like this time loop.
- Reposted by DTwymanWhat followed from Judge Ana C. Reyes for the District of Columbia was a literary and legal masterpiece using Noem’s own vicious racism against her in a case challenging the revocation of TPS status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians refugees open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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- Reposted by DTwymanI know we're having a lot of fun with the whole penis doping thing, but I wouldn't be me if I didn't point out that this should be the scandal in ski jumping that everyone is screaming about apnews.com/article/olym...
- Reposted by DTwymanIn solidarity w/ communities being hurt by ICE, I'm donating all new revenue from today's newsletter to The Energy CENTS Coalition, a St. Paul nonprofit that helps struggling folks pay utility bills. If you'd like to support a good cause & PN, sign up for a sub using the buttons in today's edition 👇
- Spoiler alert: People are correct, prices are going up and as long as he continues to screw around with tariffs, alienate our friends & cozy up to dictators, things aren't going to get better. Dumping tons of money into ICE & CPB agents so they can terrorize Americans isn't helping.
- In the last 100 years, when there is a Democratic President in office, the economy improves, when a Republican President is in office, the economy goes downhill. Let's try to remember this whenever we vote!
- What is the point in having these people on every single one of them does a let's pretend version of: I haven't seen that, I haven't heard that, let's move on...
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- Reposted by DTwymanNew in PN: Why Delia Ramirez thinks DHS needs to be dismantled "We have to ask ourselves, fundamentally, why would we ever want to give them more money to keep doing what they’re doing?"
- Reposted by DTwymanCNBC's Rebecca Quick and Joe Kernen brought Chris Coons on this morning so they could team up to berate him about how terrible they think the an idea shutting down the government again is, as though Democrats would be entirely to blame and ICE is just normal law enforcement
- Thus begging the questions: Is Kernen trying out for a spot on Fox or place in the Trump Administration? Or has @cnbc.com completely thrown in the towel?
- Reposted by DTwymanCOONS: Joe, it's same rules NYPD follows. Do you see roving bands of NYPD w/ masks using bear spray on people? KERNEN: You lost the election! That doesn't give you right to shut down govt C: I have to fight for the core value of our democracy, including law enforcement that doesn't murder citizens
- At least 31 people have been killed in an explosion at a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the Tarlai area of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. The blast at mosque of the city prompted an emergency to be declared at three hospitals in the city. www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...
- Is now a good time to remind everyone that animal abuse is the precursor to human abuse? Just think about what this guy is doing when people aren’t watching.
- Reposted by DTwymanTrump has posted on Truth Social about 65 times in the last 90 minutes, including a video he posted at 8:44 PM PT describing election fraud lies that shows racist AI images of Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys at the end. I’ve confirmed this is real and watched it myself. 25th Amendment now.
- Reposted by DTwymanBeneath the sun's warmth A heron dives for catfish Missed by a whisker. #DailyHaikuPrompt #warmth #catfish #haiku #senryu
- Reposted by DTwymanChild at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
- Reposted by DTwymanJust like their boss Kristi
- Reposted by DTwymanfree them all
- Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them. The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
- Reposted by DTwymanThis is why the 4th Amendment says “no person” — instead of “no citizen.” If only citizens have rights, then no one has rights because all they have to do is say you’re not a citizen and then you have no right to prove otherwise.
- JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS. Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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- Reposted by DTwymanBREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
