Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Stop being so passive. The only route is to elect Democrats and then organize getting in their face when they don’t behave, including iccupying yheir offices if necessary. You sound as if you refuse to ride the public bus until it stops in front of your house. Fail. 130 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We need to be vigilant about Dems that suck as much as Republicans. popular.info/p/corporate-...popular.infoCorporate mercenary is a bipartisan professionThe AI industry tapped former Obama aide Jay Carney to rebuild ties with Democrats. He spent years at Amazon undermining privacy protections and fighting AI regulation. 022 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026History is shaped by persons of great courage, such as these two filmmakers. youtube.com/shorts/6nio8...youtube.comHere’s what’s in the Gaza film causing uproar in IsraelYouTube video by CNN 000 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Well stated. www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co...reddit.comFrom the ukraine community on Reddit: Short summary of what Russia is, and why ceasefire is not a solution.Explore this post and more from the ukraine community 000 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I was friends with a trans person in 1988. Then, such persons were not the brunt of a hate campaign by the American right wing, which understandably wouid make anyone defensive. But honestly, I have never encountered such an Orwellian thought police as one finds by your community on Bluesky. 400 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Why is it, unless I follow the exact terminology that you dictate, I am suddenly in favor of violence and cruelty toward people whose humanity must be respected? This is not some anti-trans stance. I took exception to someone who called Trump's bombing of Iran a genocide. Then, most people agreed. 200 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Since uou believe me to be misinformed and unable to discern truth from propaganda, give me some truth. Where are transexuals being rounded up at even a 1/1000th of any recent ethnic cleansing or mass murder of a group? 300 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s national suicide — destroying the mortar that holds us in a larger social system. You can shop without ever having to speak to another human. Bank and pay bills, w/o contact. Chatting with an interesting cab driver? Soon to be erased. There’s no democracy w/o the demo. Ok, Plenty of demolition. 000 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I may be overly sensitive to the metaphorical meaning because an actual genocide is taking place in Gaza right now. To essentially be co-opting that horror seems grotesque to me. 310 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I think when one feels strongly about an issue, by all means, make a fuss. But calling mistreatment of persons who share no linguistic, ethnic, or national identity, and are not targeted for mass murder by any group, is trivializing victims of Turkush, Nazi, Cambodian, Rwandan, and Gazan genocide. 310 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I object to the misuse due to my belief that misuse engenders denaturing the word of power. I equally object to calling late adolescents children. At 17, I could drive, join the army, and was way through puberty. Nobody called 17 year olds children then. Now it is used frequently to amp up outrage. 310 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Sorry, but the point can be made without misusing the term “genocide“ which literally shares an etymology with the word “genes“. 1330 0
Reposted by ShannonRick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026For Substack subscribers, I've posted pages from a chapter called "The 9/11 Lobotomy" from my forthcoming book, THE INFERNAL TRIANGLE: HOW AMERICA GOT THIS WAY. rickperlstein.substack.com/p/the-911-lo...rickperlstein.substack.comThe 9/11 LobotomyTwenty-five years later, four pages from my forthcoming book. 1315 0
Reposted by ShannonJulia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 11/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/n...nytimes.comFighting to Live as the Towers Died (Gift Article)The last words of the men and women who were trapped on the high floors of the twin towers. 021 0
Reposted by ShannonGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...prospect.orgImmigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American ProspectAhmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons. 718051132 0
Reposted by ShannonJJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We are sending people to countries that torture. 210444 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Their knee pad budget must really be through the roof. 001 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026BREAKING! Democratic Party leaders announce plan to give every family in the US a pony that flies and farts ice cream if Democrats take control of Congress in the coming election. Trump signs executive order targeting “communist ponies” for immediate deportation to Argentina. 000 0
Reposted by ShannonBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Salt Lake Tribune is a 150+ year-old newspaper that went the nonprofit route several years ago. It now brings in $13MM in revenue vs $12MM in expenses. Enough to support a robust news operation. This is the way for metro news orgs. www.cjr.org/first_person... 1499137 0
Reposted by ShannonDisembodied Head Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Is it worth noting that the Miami Herald did some of the best, most uncompromising reporting on Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators at Mar-A-Lago courtesy of journalists like Julie K. Brown et al? I think so. 411412 0
Reposted by Shannon 𝔸𝕞𝕪 𝔹. 💚🌱 #voteforyourlife! #protectdemocracy 🗳️💙🌊 @beachandtreesplz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Texans! You have the chance in a few weeks to oust awful Abbott. He has done nothing but actively harm your state. Education, infrastructure all garbage under him. Racism is encouraged. Hating the poor. Get rid of that cancer. Vote for @ginafortexas.bsky.social ! check your voter registration! #TX 47776304 0
Reposted by ShannonGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026ICE flights. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, an average and terrible day. 75 total flights, at least 16 removal flights — Cambodia, Costa Rica*, Ecuador*, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Israel*, Jamaica*, Laos, Mexico (4), Nicaragua*, & Vietnam. *suspected third-country removal 4163131 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026CBS News stenography on display. I am shocked it is this bad. www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/p...cbsnews.comPresident Trump says he doesn't think $5,000 dividend payments would need to be approved by CongressCBS News Texas political reporter Jack Fink spoke with President Trump for an exclusive interview during the president's visit to North Texas. 010 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I hope it involves orange Flavor Aid spiked with cyanide. 000 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Guess this means the Houthis have bigger balls than the C Suite at Disney/ABC. 070 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Ratfuck Junior is a dry junkie, to coin a phrase. 000 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026No, but he sold them some bonds at a 50 bpts premium. 030 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Help needed: When I was in 7th grd. there was a (non) joke that went as follows: Joker:What did the floor say to the refrigerator? Jokee: I dunno. Joker:Dick Tracy! It was cruelty, aimed at seeing the insecure laugh (what’s so funny?), or shaming the non-laugher’s niaveté. Anybody know of similar? 001 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The ignorance is astonishing. Trumpism has made ignorance into a signifier of character. 061 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Good piece. Pinochet’s inheritors are everywhere and too few people in the US acknowledge how widespread the problem is. lucid.substack.com/p/rule-of-th...lucid.substack.comRule of the Lawless: Chile’s Coup, the Other 9/11Anti-Communist domestic terror, transnational repression, and collaboration with Fascists 000 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Golf legend Rory McIlroy uses karate training to achieve total focus in high-pressure matches. 030 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026She and her stooge husband are the worst of the Trump fluffers. 000 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026US stooge media will headline the statement and not the criminal act. Our democracy hangs by a thread in part because of the cowardice of our mass media. I hope there will be a reckoning. 011 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I think people who comment w/o reading the alt are to be treasured as shamans and special sauce deliverers. 050 0
Shannon @swalkthewalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Can’t wait for the NYT to roll out some tasty euphemisms for this story. 000 0