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Johanna Steinmetz. Retired journalist, unretired curiosity, fond of pith.

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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Loving the chaos, passion and beauty of Italy's opening ceremony -- Italy personified! #Olympics
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
And he talks about his mental instability, witness his comment at the Prayer Breakfast about his needy ego. #25th
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Yes. My theory of the moment is Miller/Vance thought their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity would be widely shared. But ICE raids are driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants quite courageously. Now Miller is trying to disrupt that alliance with state violence.
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Deborah Teramis Christian 🌈 🎲 🇺🇦 @teramis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
George Conway in 2019 wrote about Trump's malignant narcissism (article link). Today it's even worse: a psychopathic malignant narcissist *in cognitive decline* is a formula for disaster. There is no restraint, no judgment, and no grounding in reality. 25th Amendment is overdue. #TrumpDementia
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floating in lotus position @gallantdimwit.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help. The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later: thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Time for the 25th.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
In Louisiana, an ICE officer named David Courvelle has pleaded guilty on charges related to his monthslong sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan woman held in a detention center. www.wbrz.com/news/contrac...
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Contract detention officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee at ICE facility in Basile
A former ICE detention officer pleaded guilty Monday to the sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan detainee at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, according to court documents obtained by WBRZ.
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Benny Six Six Six-Cats @teeveeben.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Everything Is Russiagate truly lol
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Puts an interesting spin on Trump's relationship with Putin, since Russia is a consumer of Venezuelan oil.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too. Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Trump has always wanted to be, and has seen himself as, a “wartime president.” He likes the idea of that visual on his TV. He’s been very open about this. Sadly, a lot of our political press chose to pretend otherwise.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
"What they are doing is writing term sheets for a new power arrangement that benefits Trump, Putin, their donors, and their oligarch circles — and leaves the rest of us to live with the consequences." They are bribing the greedy Trump to sell out Ukraine for a profit.
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Harry Shearer @harryshearer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
“There’s plenty of room beneath the vehicle, Admiral."
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Not really surprising, but good to have it out there.
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Calling your rep can work.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I know some might be tired of me repeating this, but it bears mentioning again and again.... Trump is not leaving office. They are going to go for martial law if it looks likely that the GOP will lose the House. You just have to listen to them.
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Listening to the gorgeous performance of Eric Lu at the Chopin competition final reminded me of hearing recordings of the splendid Walter Gieseking many years ago. Just the incomparable delicacy.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Machado has voiced support for U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and other efforts to topple the government; she aims to privatize the country’s state oil industry and has praised right-wing Latin American leaders, including Argentina’s Javier Milei and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele.
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.
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coffeefuelednp.bsky.social @coffeefuelednp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I stole your meme but I’m leaving you this.
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🦋 C.G., PhD 🐸 (🪖"Prima" AKA "Battle" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
In the 🇺🇲, it's GUNS FIRST! #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
They’re going to rebrand it as the Centers for Disease Creation
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Carry-on has made deboarding awful.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
They know that they’re a minority. They can’t win a fair election.
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Bondi oversteps trying to prove her bonafides. Trump Administration Live Updates: D.C. Files Lawsuit Challenging Administration’s Police Takeover www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: D.C. Files Lawsuit Challenging Administration’s Police Takeover
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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Most North American cities that have a “Vision Zero” declaration have not actually done the work. Vision Zero works, but it’s not going to happen if we’re too afraid to inconvenience a single motorist.
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
He's living in a sci-fi fantasy world.
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
All that -- and the ATTITUDE.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Musical satirist Tom Lehrer has died. He once declared: “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” Here’s one of my favorite Lehrer tunes
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Tom Lehrer - The Vatican Rag - fabulous version - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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NEVER TRUMPER @jennyfmtheblock.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
substack.com/@gavinnewsom... L💙VE his fight for us🇺🇸
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Gavin Newsom (@gavinnewsom)
Donald Trump is trying to steal the 2026 election. We cannot sit back and watch this happen.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The Department of Justice is pretending it needed to talk to notorious liar Ghislaine Maxwell to know the truth about Jeffrey Epstein, when it is concealing thousands of documents about him that don’t lie. It’s a sick farce.
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Such a pity that Israel is squandering the international moral high ground it has so long enjoyed.
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
How much money is the Trump Administration spending on lawsuits, compared to the average administration?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
#squirrel 🐿️
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Underrated tweet.
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The missing minute on the Dictaphone.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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L S D @lsdaif.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The BBB is a 950 page plan for autogenocide, the transfer of wealth from the 98% to the top 2%, the gutting of tax credits from the ACA and a funding bill for the military and the domestic terrorist organization known as ICE. They’re forcing us to fund our own destruction while they laugh at us.
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The New York Times is waaay too titillated by Bezos & Bride.
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
But they should be taxed at a high rate, and it should be a real tax, not something they can manipulate to hide income.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
It is just INSANE that the GOP is going to tax new solar and wind capacity, as well as a whole bunch of other terrible energy policies in the BBB, when electricity prices have risen 20% since start of 2022, and the grid is ever more fragile. Prepare for a lot of rolling blackouts.
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50501 South Carolina ❌️👑 📎 🐰🩵 @50501-sc.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Call Congress and say NO to the Billionaire Bill. Remind them: ignoring us ends now. If they keep backing greed and authoritarian actions, we will take their seats and power; their legacy will be failure. #NoBillionaireBill #shameonLindseyGraham #shameonTimScott
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/06/2025
BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
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curmudgeoness.bsky.social @curmudgeoness.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
I'd like a little less terror and a lot more transcendence, though. Maybe a ratio of 2 to 8?
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The UFW shows how to deal with ICE goons
No gestapo allowed
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This. Is. Insane. Read this, please.
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