@stephenarhodes.bsky.social
Lover of democracy. Proud Appalachian (living in RVA). Progressive Democrat. Seeker of a more just society. Writer. Reader. Doodler. Indivisible. Dog Lover. CFS/ME. He/Him. Sic semper tyrannis.
I can see this actually happening.
The war on the professions is hyper-gendered. They are all haunted by a woman in some minimal degree of institutional power--a teacher, a nurse, an HR rep--telling them to knock it off. This is also why democrats are the mean mommy party and republicans are the cool dad party.
HOLY SHIT.
A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election.
Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?
A striking feature of Trump and his team is: they somehow imagine a world in which they are the only actors, only ones with power, and whether it's Tehran or Minneapolis are surprised when it turns out others do. There are many kinds of power and many nations with power.
He’s our Mad King George.
We know they are lying. They know they are lying. The whole world knows they are lying. Every breath they take, every word they make … is a lie. Why the pretense?
"Excursion"
This is like describing Jan 6 as a tourist visit.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa...
We live in the dumbest and most absurd timeline.
That's about half of what it cost for USAID for a whole year www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
Never, ever happening.
Why isn’t anyone talking about the true GOAT — Wilt Chamberlain — who single-handedly scored 100 points in a single game at a time when 3 point shots didn’t exist?
This is our country. Donald Trump doesn't own America. He doesn't own the White House. Everything he does relies on our money.
We depend on Congress to represent our interests. They are failing us by allowing him to exploit our money for his personal interests. He & his party of sycophants must go.
Someone needs to primary Jeffries.
the mental fragility of maga he-men is incredible to behold bsky.app/profile/scot...
The timeline will get dumber.
It will reach of 87 degrees in Richmond, VA today, and tomorrow we may have snow showers in the afternoon.
Trump sharing "prophecies" about himself could mean he believes he's on a mission from God, or that he wants to rally supporters as his popularity drops. Either way, it seems like a power play to portray his opponents as enemies of God. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.
“We’re seeing women who are, all of a sudden, villains in their own tragedies, and their mugshot is plastered all over the news before they can even launch their defenses.”
Yes, but we can’t trust government sources. This could be disinformation for all we know.
This doesn’t sound like good news.
Again. This matters.
I give up, Claude is conscious. Ergo AI developers must face imprisonment or execution for performing medical experiments on their living slave.
The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it.
15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.
I immediately thought of this song.
Chef’s kiss.
Thing that really gets my goat is the way people are eager to fund this bullshit but you need eleven layers of analysis and a ton of collateral if you want to open a small grocery store in a food desert.
Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.
"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
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The Virginia legislature has voted to pass a bill that would prohibit schools from teaching that January 6, 2021 was a peaceful protest and not an unprecedented, violent attack on American democracy — institutions, infrastructure, and personnel.
