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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Early-afternoon thoughts: the entire reason to fully support Ukraine and secure a decisive defeat of Russia as soon as possible is to guard against the escalation of the conflict into Europe, Africa, and elsewhere. This would lead to a much larger World War Three than we currently face.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Early morning thoughts: we are electing Democrats not to maintain "business as usual" in politics, but to utterly reject the failed policies of the GOP and to not compromise on that basic necessity. Democratic candidates who don't commit to this are GOP-lite and should be treated as such, period.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Noontime thoughts: From "Gulf of America" to "Ivermectin works!" to "it's Biden's fault!" to "Lake America" to "but he's not a rapist (technically)!" a telltale characteristic of the Trump regime is the ongoing effort to tell enough lies to fool the American people. Don't let it happen to you.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

NEW: More than 51 million mail ballots will be sent to voters in the coming weeks just from the District of Columbia and the two dozen states that are challenging the Trump administration’s 11th-hour attack on mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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States challenging Trump's mail voting rule must mail more than 51 million ballots by late October

In her order, Talwani concluded it was “practically inevitable” that, if left to stand, the rule would prevent voters from casting ballots this year.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Mid-morning thoughts: if you remember that tabletop role-playing games have been around for more than half a century, you shouldn't be surprised that there's a LOT of variation in how people play and what's considered fun. The trick now is in finding the people who like playing the way you do.

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@radiofreetom.bsky.social: "Hegseth was reportedly virtually alone among senior officials in supporting Trump’s decision to attack Iran—when he should have been the one person in the room who knew better." Me: Impeach Pete in 2027. Maybe even before RFK Jr. 🎁 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Hegseth’s Pentagon Lurches off the Rails

The resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is the latest sign of severe dysfunction in the Defense Department.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Mid-afternoon thoughts: the Trump regime is made up of grifters, shysters, and con men, all masquerading as "business men." They have been highly effective is persuading people to be scared of "socialism" and "outsiders" all while robbing the government blind, and picking our pockets as a result.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Noontime thoughts: *if* the Democrats get a majority in the House and Senate in November, they should hold the Trump regime accountable for ALL of its actions (defunding ICE is just the first step). When you arrive with political capital, you need to spend that capital to get things done.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

If The Office were filming now. This is perfect. 🎯🤣

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"The grand jury report said the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida."

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Early-morning thoughts: shock gloves aren't "law enforcement technology" they're "torture devices." Repurposed infantry fighting vehicles are "military equipment", not cop cars. Flock cameras aren't "law enforcement tools" they're "unconstitutional surveillance devices." Use the right terminology.

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 27/08/2026

This is not a place of honor.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Noontime thoughts: what the Trump regime has demonstrated is that we cannot take any progress for granted. That everything can be rolled back or eliminated unless we fight to stop it. Assuming otherwise is wildly overly optimistic. If we want a better country, we need to build it AND defend it.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Early-morning thoughts: it is time to carefully review Project 2025 from the Heritage Foundation, chapter by chapter, page by page. What has already been implemented and how has that worked? How much damage has been done and what do we do about it, when we take the country back? It's time, America.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Late night thoughts: If-and-when the Trump regime is gone, we will need an ongoing organizing effort to protect our democracy from the return of MAGA in any form. It needs to educate and organize people to be ready to protect the republic (if I'm reinventing the wheel, please advise me).

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Resistance is persistence! @chuckspaeth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#30million8/30 March in August to protest the regime. March in September to protest the fascism. March in October to protest the failed Legislators. March in November to the polls to be heard. NATIONWIDE PROTEST 8/30 RISE UP! OVERTHROW! END FASCISM IN AMERICA!

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ya there's the philosophical thing but also the kind of prosaic reality that the specific guys running the surveillance state in cities usually live in a suburb called Klansburg and commute by car an hour each way and resent that there's a city in between them and their parking garage

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Late-morning thoughts: one reason why the Nationalists won the Spanish Civil War was because they were more united than the Republicans. Germany and Italy sent troops and supplies to help Franco, but the infighting between the Socialists, Communists, and Anarchists made it easier for Franco to win.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Mid-evening thoughts: I've got seven words for my fellow Hong supporters: "harm reduction" and "the rest of the ballot." Tiffany is worse than Trump; there are a lot of other races in this election that matter. Not showing up to campaign and vote is complying in advance with the forces of fascism.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Early-morning thoughts: time to recalibrate expectations, people! The only way we get a more progressive Wisconsin is to unify behind Crowley and evict the GOP majority in the Assembly and Senate. It's about winning, not purity, and dragging things back to the left, step by step.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Election Day thoughts: I'm for a big America. Big enough for all people regardless of race, gender identity, or sexual orientation, big enough for all religions or no religion at all, big enough for immigrants yearning to breathe free. That's the America I believe in. How about you?

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

probably no surprise here, but on the question of "how has the USA spaffed so much of its weapon supply", the answer is mostly Iran, not Ukraine

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Early-morning thoughts: we don't win on political issues when we triangulate with fascists. We win when we fight for what's right, and we turn out people to vote for what's right. Not doing that is how the Overton Window gets jerked to the right. Not understanding this is how we lose elections.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Mid-evening thoughts: primaries have one set of candidate measurements and general elections have an ENTIRELY different set of candidate measurements. Therefore, recalibrating your expectations is absolutely necessary, before and after the primary. This is strategic AND necessary.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Mid-morning thoughts: pulling the Overton Window back to the left is going to result in the tensions seen between "progressives" and "centrists" in the Democratic Party. But it requires party discipline to be successful: "vote Blue, no matter who" is necessary to move things back to the left.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Mid-morning things: successful, durable political change does not happen because of "white knight" independent candidates without any political organization. It happens when people in sufficient numbers decide their mutual self-interest moves them to ACT TOGETHER.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Mid-afternoon thoughts: the support for ICE and the Trump regime is largely rooted in racism. The active deportation of everybody not white is not only a complete misread of US history, it is designed to cut one's nose off to spite one's face.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Mid-evening thoughts: seems like the GOP has decided that vilifying Dr. Fauci is their winning issue. It is actually rather weird to observe in real time. My current suspicion is that this is designed to ignite their base, which recent polling suggests were getting unenthusiastic. Time will tell.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Early-morning thoughts: the Log Cabin Club of the Republican Party has failed in their mission and strategy: get the GOP to like and accept cisgender gay men. They have chosen to support the homophobic GOP, rather than fight for LGBTQIA+ rights. It would be sad if it weren't so pathetic and awful.

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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

There's this irony at the center of a lot of SAVE Act coverage, including ours: The legislation is incredibly dangerous. But Trump's all-encompassing push to pass it is undermining Republicans' ability to get much done in Congress, despite their total control of government.

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The Brief: Trump’s Fixation on the SAVE Act Has Become a Defining Force in American Politics

How to Think About the SAVE Act The SAVE America Act is...

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Early-morning thoughts: I think it is important to look at HOW the Trump regime takes action: never consulting Congress, treating allies as junior subsidiaries, buying equity in contracted businesses. This is how CEOs and corporations act, not democratic governments. It is how fascism takes root.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Early-morning thoughts: it is INSANE that the US is in a state of Schrodinger's War, due to Trump's illegal actions. This results in looking at the Strait of Hormuz to see if we're at war or not - "Oil tankers burning? Yes/No" The Trump regime has a bad case of FAFO and we're paying the price.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Mid-afternoon things: you know that friend, who always has trouble and drama going on, but blames it on everybody else and never takes even a small amount of responsibility for what's happening? Yeah, that's Trump. Don't enable his dysfunctional behavior. Vote accordingly in November.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Early-morning thoughts: the problem of testing the limits of water supplies is, well, testing the limits of water supplies. This applies to data centers, irrigation, the Aral Sea (go look it up), the Great Salt Lake, Hoover Dam, and a bunch of other situations. All of this should be terrifying.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Early-evening thoughts: people who think that politicians don't do real work are corrosive to democracy, full stop. When politicians engage with their constituents, debate legislation, and pass laws, that's "bogus" and "anybody could do that." People who think that way are close to being fascist.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Early-morning thoughts: this might sound crazy, but I thought voting in primaries was the way we selected candidates for governor, not by last-minute endorsements by politicians who said they'd wait for the primary. It worked in New York City, it should work in Wisconsin. I know, that's crazy talk.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Early-evening thoughts: I post a lot on social media. I often encounter people who I disagree with, and/or who disagree with me. Sometimes we have interesting, worthwhile discussions, sometimes not. But unless we're friends, I do not owe you my attention.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Mid-morning thoughts: it is pretty clear to me that the vast majority of Americans (including ME) simply do not comprehend how much government does that we EXPECT government to do. Moreover, government provides those functions and services without anyone noticing. UNTIL THOSE SERVICES ARE GONE.

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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Three things they can do: 1. Call it what it is. Call it segregation & discrimination. Tell the trans kids who are facing it that what they are facing is overt discrimination. Don't sugar coat the overt violence.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

There was a twenty-year window for full compliance, and the companies still want to repeal it given how little they care about worker safety. prospect.org/2026/07/16/o...

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After Industry Request, OSHA Moves to Roll Back Ladder Safety Regulation - The American Prospect

There’s a simple way to prevent most workplace falls off ladders. Corporations don’t want to do it.

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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The prosecutor running the DOJ's big effort to clamp down on protesters under NSPM-7 marched on the Capitol on January 6 talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

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Exclusive: Trump DOJ’s Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched With Crowd on Jan. 6

On Jan. 6, 2021, a man approached the Capitol who looked like...

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Mid-morning thoughts: there's visible smoke in the air where I live, hundreds of miles away from Canada's wildfires. We're cooking the planet, and everybody's acting like this is normal. If there ever was a wakeup call to respond to global warming, this is it. We need change NOW, not tomorrow.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Late-night thoughts: moving the Overton Window to the left in a meaningful way will take several elections over decades of time. This means building a progressive movement that will be durable and effective. We need a platform that will resonate with Americans now and in the future. Plan BIG!

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Late-night thoughts: I think I am one of the most "ancestral Americans" out there. I mean, my ancestors have been here a LOT longer than any Johnny-Come-Lately types on the Mayflower. (This Lakota is unimpressed by the latest MAGA dog whistle.)

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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 14/07/2026

Told you the Anthropic settlement was a) too low; and b) the tip of the iceberg.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

‪Will Bunch‬: ICE wants you to pay no attention to their latest homicide. But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back.

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ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will Bunch

Salgado came from Mexico, built the American dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Early-morning thoughts: Trump thinks of the country and the government as extensions of his personal interests. Conversely, he doesn't think of anyone's interests besides his own. "L'etat, c'est moi" is literally how he operates. And the GOP are his courtiers and sycophants. Vote accordingly.

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Victor Raymond @badger2305.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Early-morning thoughts: how ICE operates and how Steven Miller talks are clearly racist. Describing this as "TDS" is _also_ racist. Letting this become government policy and procedure is _institutional racism_. Having SCOTUS approve of it all, e.g. "Kavanaugh stops" is _systemic racism_.

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