Frank Buffum

Life under the campaign of continuing cruelty

Keep going A story of resilience from Poland

Recovery requires persistence. Keep going!

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outrage = clicks
NYT is the clickbait center of the universe

Hard to track all the corporate overlords, but apparently @wired.com and @newyorker.com are under this thumb...

What happened when Trump met Xi? | Brookings Brookings scholars analyze the key takeaways from the Trump-Xi meeting on the sidelines of APEC.

"substantively, the meeting itself accomplished remarkably little...The net result is more commotion than motion."
www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

Maple in autumn colours, at the edge of a parking lot with a red car parked in front of it and a hazy blue sky behind.

Good work, car park tree 🌱🌳

#Trees #TreeClub #Foliage #Autumn #Nature #RedWed #EastCoastKin

The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly Spotify’s plot against musicians

As a musician, I've stayed away from supporting their platform on basic anti-ripoff grounds. But, as this article shows, it's even worse than that! harpers.org/archive/2025...

Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/QC6Bl2Jy

More shouting white text on dark background. Saying the Other is Wrong.
Maybe we can do better.

Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote. Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Joh...

On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote.

Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Johnson has not sworn in Grijalva.

You know what tonight proves more than anything else? Local elections matter.

Local. Elections. Matter.

Unveiled today: The first politically viable wealth tax A proposed 2026 California...

A concrete proposal for a wealth tax in CA, to offset healthcare funding slashed by Republican regime.
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Two Police Departments Drop Agreements With ICE

One police department in Maine ended an agreement after 900 people signed a petition opposing it.

...So Was It the Price of Turkey Legs? State Fair of Texas Attendance Dropped by 400,000 Texas State Fair attendance was the lowest since 2018. Many, including U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico, pointed to rising costs.

Turkey legs were $25. Corny dogs were $8 each. Deep-fried Oreos were $14.

This year, The State Fair of Texas saw its lowest attendance since 2018, and a lot of Texans are blaming rising costs and tariffs.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/21/t...

Trump: “It won’t touch it”

It’s the Epstein Ballroom. Trump will let it touch whatever it wants.

Bluegrass time! Back in Half Moon Bay tonight at the Hop Dogma Brewery w/ a bunch-o-pickers, playing bluegrass.
6-8pm, good beer, nice room, pizza joint next door.
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#bluegrass #bayareamusic

@govpritzker.illinois.gov , @jbpritzker.bsky.social
???

Great question.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov , @jbpritzker.bsky.social, I thought that when they come for your people they came through you

Fact Check: James Mattis' statement allegedly condemning Trump's actions during 2025 LA protests published 5 years earlier Users incorrectly claimed former U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis authored "In Union There Is Strength" during the 2025 Los Angeles protests.

He did write this, but in 2020.
The sentiment is true every day. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Unfit for Office Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.

"You don’t need to be a mental-health professional to see that something’s very seriously off with Trump—particularly after nearly three years of watching his erratic and abnormal behavior in the White House."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

All grift, all the time

also, the HUD website goes full-scale partisan blame...
www.hud.gov#openModal
Shameful

He kinda breaks the broken clock rule. (Broken clock is right twice a day)

Policy statements, bar few and far between in the F47 administration. Here is the latest unspoken announcement of healthcare policy.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary

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@scottwiener.bsky.social at the top of this clip, the officer is masked. Any enforcement of the new no-masked law enforcement law?
…+the atrocities mount.

I believe you mean “the discipline of education?” They’re very interested in turning educational institutions into a business…

We need to focus on Trump’s enablers.

ICE agents point guns at bystanders during violent arrest in Maryland “What’re you gonna do? Shoot me?” one witness yelled. “Go ahead. Shoot me.”

“Though Talisman was nervous about posting the video, he said he ultimately knew he must: “I think there's no time greater than now to use any kind of privilege you have or were born with to save our young democracy.””
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YouTube video by Lukas Nelson Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real - Turn Off The News (Build A Garden)(lyric video)

youtu.be/S5Sw2vsJkBc?...