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longlineskinner.bsky.social
Previously retired, now Deputy Director at Border Servant Corps. Naturalized New Mexican, fully recovered Texican. Lover of books, music, food, and wine. Envier of uruguayos, certified armchair philosopher, and licensed junior psychiatrist.
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Gen-X knows 🤣

Bad energy

white guy DEI

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Happy Black History Month

Boycotts are working. Target is getting sued by their shareholders for losing $15 billion since getting rid of DEI. Amazon admitted to their board, "2025 is off to a bad start". Today Walmart's stock fell so much, it affected the whole market. Keep boycotting.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.. 🐢

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This table shows unaccompanied migrant children summarily expelled from the US under the "Title 42" pandemic policy. Title 42 lasted until May 2023, but you see expelled kids stopping in fiscal 2021. The Biden admin didn't expel kids. But before that? The first Trump admin was happy to expel kids.

I am glad to see people resisting. We have to do our part too. Reminder: Political science has shown it takes about 3.5% of the population engaging in organized non-violent resistance to stop a coup/topple an authoritarian regime. Non-violent resistance is twice as successful as violent resistance.

THIS 👏🏻 Do you think AOC is right?

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

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That tracks.

Did You Know? The inventor of the bestselling Super Soaker was a Black man—and Hasbro tried to cheat him out of his royalties. In 2013, Lonnie Johnson, a nuclear engineer and former NASA scientist, won a $73 million settlement from Hasbro for underpaid royalties. Johnson holds over 80 patents.

Aboard the 2 flights that deported 190 people back to Caracas last week were 2 people who'd deserted #Venezuela’s military. The Trump administration delivered them right back to the dictatorship. The feared Interior Minister says, “They are being given the appropriate treatment.” Well done, folks.

SCOOP: In an email circulated today by the federal Department of the Interior, the Trump administration has issued a stop-work order for organizations providing legal services, funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, to unaccompanied minors entering the United States.

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Folks, remember your Sartre. He’s just going to say it wasn’t a nazi salute and then we’ll do a 48-hour discourse about liberals accusing conservatives of being nazis when they should be listening. Plenty of genuine nazi stuff is going to be here soon enough - don’t feed the NYT and Atlantic.

Believe in me, I'm with the High Command.

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In south Texas, 300 National Guard soldiers just got deputized to arrest migrants. Soldiers arresting civilians on US soil is super-rare. You’d do that in an emergency. But this sector is at 0.015 migrant apprehensions per soldier/agent per day. _Not_ an emergency. adamisacson.com/sending-in-s...

A lot of people compare government to private businesses. We've heard it a million times:"The government needs to run more like a business!" But the problem is that government isn't a business. They do totally different things.

WATCH: “ @aoc.bsky.social is 6th from the bottom in net worth in Congress, and hasn’t traded a single stock since being in Congress.” PSA: Anyone who won’t back a ban on congressional stock trading is unworthy of your vote, regardless of party. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGHs8gg...

Good morning 🌞

I just wanted to once again share this painting of me riding my cat Fishy into battle that my girlfriend's sister made me for Christmas. I am still in awe of it, and will be for the rest of my life.

If you're needing some space between you and the current state of affairs, why not kick back and relax with one of these shows Netflix has specially lined up for you?