@lilobri.bsky.social
Misanthrope; unheeded alarmist; animal advocate; worshipper of dogs; I have lived long enough to see the promise of a better America die. Now I only hope we can save what's left of our democracy.
Usha Vance Is Not a Victim. Sheโs a Villain
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Whenever Trump says he's better looking than someone it means he's actually mortally jealous of their looks, which in his superficial world is so important. Mamdani makes him feel very ugly.
03.11.2025 18:28 โ ๐ 75 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 1
NEWS: Trump threatens grocery stores offering relief for SNAP eligible shoppers, Trump voters say they regret voting for him, Trump pays out part of SNAP, Democrats call for 60 Minutes investigation, and more.
Subscribe to support my work, especially as mainstream media caves to Trump.
My latest on how last night 60 Minutes obeyed in advance will be sent out via email to Democracy Docket subscribers soon. Sign up now to receive. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
03.11.2025 16:25 โ ๐ 3652 ๐ 997 ๐ฌ 78 ๐ 20
โNow They All Behaveโ
...politics as a metaphor for archetypal parents: Strict Father (conservative) and Nurturant Parent (progressive). The Strict Fatherโs world is dominated by outside threats, moral rigidity, and control through rewards and punishment.
open.substack.com/pub/jimstewa...
Mike Johnson: โMy Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poorโ
Mike Johnson: โMy Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poorโ
03.11.2025 22:30 โ ๐ 25264 ๐ 6720 ๐ฌ 766 ๐ 429
From Congress to city halls, violence and intimidation are shaping who serves, what policies pass, and how democracy functions. bit.ly/3JA9cuG
03.11.2025 14:08 โ ๐ 28 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Trump's National Guard deployments aren't random. They were planned years ago www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
03.11.2025 17:21 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0INDEPENDENT MEDIA. Now more than ever.
03.11.2025 21:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
...and less than 24 hours later Condรฉ Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
03.11.2025 20:16 โ ๐ 6350 ๐ 2544 ๐ฌ 88 ๐ 92
03.11.2025 20:56 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
NEW: Jury selection begins in the trial of sandwich guy today. The prosecutors are accusing him of "throwing a meat sandwich" at "point-blank range."
POINT-BLANK RANGE ๐ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Mike Johnson lies shamelessly: "The president is desperate for SNAP benefits to flow to the American citizens who desperately rely on it ... the SNAP situation has legal impediments."
03.11.2025 15:27 โ ๐ 8120 ๐ 2160 ๐ฌ 1488 ๐ 465Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during today's second oral arguments has been incredibly obnoxious and rude. He is so eager to kill a service member's lawsuit against a negligent government contractor that he keeps interrupting other justices, raising his voice, and getting emotional. Weird and erratic.
03.11.2025 17:22 โ ๐ 14586 ๐ 3803 ๐ฌ 1676 ๐ 643
๐คท๐ผ
03.11.2025 02:00 โ ๐ 19871 ๐ 6982 ๐ฌ 952 ๐ 348
An Imaginary โChristian Genocideโ in Nigeria? Trump Is All Over It
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
ICE brutality
youtube.com/shorts/Y_ttN...
The Great Gatsby examines how the pursuit of wealth can lead to moral decay. The novel was very prophetic. The Great Depression was soon to happen. Betting that dementia don never read it.
02.11.2025 20:22 โ ๐ 1546 ๐ 565 ๐ฌ 108 ๐ 30"Are Trump's handlers signing pardons with Autopen without his knowledge?"
If they deny that, "Does the president routinely have no memory of documents he signs?"
This is the way.
people like this get security details to make themselves feel important
03.11.2025 15:21 โ ๐ 8723 ๐ 1566 ๐ฌ 341 ๐ 76Instead of asking the Speaker of the House if he has a view on <critical separation-of-powers QOTD>, maybe reporters should start asking him if he reads any newspapers or otherwise informs himself on those matters to which we might think the Speaker of the House ought to be paying attention?
03.11.2025 15:48 โ ๐ 2447 ๐ 528 ๐ฌ 126 ๐ 21
7 of the Biggest Lies So Far From Trumpโs Homeland Security Mouthpiece
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Healthcare for All: The Democratic Promise That Could Heal a Broken Nation
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
Exactly. Show him his post first. Put it up on a screen. Then ask him virtually any question about any word, phrase, or sentence in it.
03.11.2025 13:54 โ ๐ 18053 ๐ 5781 ๐ฌ 797 ๐ 217
GOP all year: โwe will never negotiate with Democrats we own the whole government suck it!!โ
GOP TODAY: โGosh golly if they would just bail us out weโd be happy to negotiate why are they so unreasonable?โ
Dems: โuh, here in dc to negotiate..โ
GOP:
[Bari Weiss already putting her stamp on 60 Minutes]
www.thedailybeast.com/cbs-cuts-don...
CBS Cuts Trumpโs Corruption Tantrum From โ60 Minutesโ Edit
The moment Trump got testy was missing from Sunday nightโs interview.
