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@grizpapa.bsky.social
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Are you a Subject or a Citizen? PNW mossback. Good trouble, no BS. Congenital skeptic. Indefinitely under-employed (aka retired). Biracial, multicultural. Playful subversive. Likes the French motto: Freedom, Equality and Fellowship/belonging.

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tbeaumont.bsky.social @tbeaumont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Dear non-billionaire citizens, When we want your opinion … nevermind, your opinion is irrelevant.”
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#econsky If Trump can’t have his own “facts”, then no one can have any. open.substack.com/pub/platypus...
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The Sentence That Used to Protect American Statistics
"Protection from inappropriate influence is a hallmark of scientific integrity." That line governed the Census Bureau and then the White House quietly disappeared it.
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Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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gisele600.bsky.social @gisele600.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Just lift the cap, stop “borrowing” from the fund and Social Security will be viable forever - or for however long AI doesn’t get us. #news #following #EconSky
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What would happen if people start asking all of the AI models to assess their own sustainability?Carbon emissions, climate heat acceleration, water consumption and degradation of ecosystems that enable life? Would they have to shut themselves down or limit growth to avoid ultimate system failure?
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This is protected speech. “… there was sometimes a stamp or a joke that was put onto the popsicle stick," Quiñonez said. But what's stamped on these sticks is … a parody of the official (ICE) seal… : "U.S. Inhumane and Cruelty Enforcement." www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...
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An artist brought 'I.C.E. pops' to a Texas campus. The show was shut down in days
The Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
wow. Can't think of any more "black & white" scenario than that. I mean, unless the house is on fire and they're breaking in to save a life, knocking down your door and dragging you out of your house without a warrant is ALWAYS wrong.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Trump thinks he has ‘doomsday’ powers to steal votes. He's wrong. But take him seriously.
The president has long fantasized about using secret, “break glass” presidential authorities. The midterms might be his chance to abuse them.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Bombshell: a new DOJ rule on prisons
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The bot armies are working overtime attacking any mention of that Reuter photo of patriot front on the metro. Usually these things indicate where the regime thinks they’re vulnerable. Something about that photo has made them cagey.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Now demand that others also divest GEO Group. Largest GEO shareholders are institutional investors - over 90% owned. (shares - millions) • BlackRock Inc. — 20.59 (15.4%) • Pentwater Capital Management LP — 9.56 (7.2%) • UBS Group AG — 9.39 (7.0%) • Vanguard Portfolio Mgmt — 7.45 (5.6%)
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Police remove UW diabetes researcher and other experts from conference www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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UW diabetes researcher removed from conference by police
Dr. Steven Kahn, director of the UW Diabetes Research Center, was removed by police from a national conference as he and others handed out copies of an editorial.
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A Blue View @ablueview.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
🧵3/3 The Top 0.00001% - 19 American Families - Define Our Bedazzled Age
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
#VRA Honest question, want to hear your views: To what extent do your INDIVIDUAL interests as a US citizen overlap with or stand apart from your interests as a MEMBER of any ethnic, religious, racial or gender COMMUNITY that has historically been screwed over by hostile bias?
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.
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Jerrad Christian @jerradchristian.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
It's been 3 months since the Justice Department was supposed to release the full, unredacted Epstein files.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
People are rightly concerned that AI should not be empowered to use deadly force against humans without a human’s approval. Then it occurred to me that we already have “autonomous trigger” technology. It’s called a MINE.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away. Doobie Brothers
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Trump is destroying the USA piece by piece to enrich himself, his family and Putin (not necessarily in that order). He’s wasting our supply of weapons, inflaming enemies, shredding the Constitution & our rights, and piling up government debt faster than ever.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
When you’re noncommittal toward a person, who is pulling out all of the charming behaviors to win you over, because ‘why?’, but they’re saying all the right things for the right reasons. 🫤
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It’s a race between nuclear annihilation, climate extremes and homicidal AGI to see which will make Homo sapiens go extinct first.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Vizinni in The Princess Bride - “Never get involved in a land war in Asia!”
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Plutocrats create corporate hierarchy and use it to control societies. They exploit our desire for status, i.e. our ambition. It’s not that ambition motivates performance, it’s that ambition makes it possible to control a person by giving or taking away that status which they crave.
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Good People Have Had it With Faux Patriotism and Phony Faith
Good people have had it.
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EDC🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇨🇦🇦🇺🇵🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution. - Thomas Jefferson
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/01/2026
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
One public murder. Two public blindings. ⬇️
It is becoming obvious, the deportations are not about removing immigrants from America
They are designed to normalize the idea of federal troops in the streets, killing American citizens.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Trump will declare “insurrection” regardless of whether the protests justify it. Lying is his core weapon; if the protests don’t get violent, he will lie and say they did. And he will declare “insurrection” before the midterms if it polling predicts a Democratic wave. Plan on it.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Mayor Frey said it best - “bull****”. Not a “domestic terrorist.” Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet and new to the city www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
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Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet and new to the city
The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen and mother of a 6-year-old.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
#econsky “To cover Venezuelan heavy crude refining costs and be profitable, oil prices generally need to be significantly above $60-$85/barrel, potentially reaching $100+ due to… poor infrastructure, heavy crude's complex processing, and needed investment” www.businessinsider.com/economists-f...
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Here's what the smartest people in foreign policy, business, and economics are saying about Trump's raid on Venezuela
Financial firms are planning trips to Venezuela to scout out new investment opportunities. Bill Ackman praised the move as "good for America."
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
To be determined to win, first, foremost and always, but without malice toward opponents; this is the way of a worthy competitor.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Nailed it. substack.com/@reallyameri...
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Really American (@reallyamerican)
BREAKING: Canadian SNL completely torches Donald Trump and his Press Secretary. The skit highlights how deep they are trying to go authoritarian. Share this widely so everyone sees this hilarious sk...
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
So, I’m watching Univision because I want to learn more Spanish, and a commercial comes on urgently advertising immigration law services to help people avoid deportation. “CALL ME NOW!” And I can’t help but wonder, are these law firms profiting on Trump’s terror campaign? 🧐
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Jesus was a subversive activist.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The banality of he Trump regime’s evil is sickening. The intentional neglect kills people out of utter disrespect for basic humanity.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
So, now Trump openly says that Obeying the Law and Upholding the Constitution is "sedition". He clearly wants the USA to be a mafia where the only requirement is loyalty to the boss and unconditional obedience. Are you a subject or a citizen?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Trump pardoned billionaire crypto mogul and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao — who pled guilty to money laundering charges. This comes after Zhao gave Trump’s family crypto business a $2 billion boost. Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts. youtu.be/gpCxV-cRY4o?si=gYOvgPj_vp7…
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Trump's Crypto Corruption, Explained
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I love and admire Ben for many reasons, and one of them is how perfectly he is able to distill the pathetic-ness of the right and instill hope and solidarity in everyone else around him. Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
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Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’
The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
7 minutes. Do listen. "This is a really big deal." @kenlburns.bsky.social American Revolution www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n... @npr.org @pbs.org
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Ken Burns shares 3 thoughts on upcoming 'American Revolution' series
In his latest project, Ken Burns turns his lens to the American Revolution — an event he has called the most significant since the birth of Christ.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Yeah, that outta work😂
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grizpapa.bsky.social @grizpapa.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Well played
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.
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Amy @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Happy with the landslide nature of all this. Also curious what the tantrum will be. After No Kings Day 2 we lost part of the White House. *thinks* Uh. We might should set a guard on the Statue of Liberty.
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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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GG @ct-yankee.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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