Denise Wheeler
@denisedwheeler.bsky.social
Writing the technological history of how America really got to space, while trying to keep my sanity in this fascist takeover of what used to be called the United States of America. Officially a Twitter refugee.
created November 11, 2024
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Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
What, you can only post stuff from yesterday? You can't dig up things and throw it back at Republicans like they do every single day to Dems? Someone posted something earlier that Trump did 45 years ago. Do you think that petty too?
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Watch what Don Jr does with his left hand. This needs to be streaming inside the Capitol, Senate chamber, House chamber, and hologrammed across the White House and Department of Homeland Security.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
👇👇
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
đź’Ş
Kate 🪷 (@kateculliton.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Listen to this one!
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
We are living it.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Here's the kind of deportation block we're not hearing enough about. This little league coach is a bonafide hero. đź’™
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Major hero!!!!
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
It's devastating, heart crushing, and beyond cruel.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Trump's masked thugs descended on a baseball field in Riverside Park, NYC. They questioned a dozen or so 11 to 14 yr olds who’d just finished batting practice. Then threatened the coach with arrest. The coach didn't budge. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home."
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Trump isn’t just axing the Constitution. He’s axing something we all love. Watch. https://youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?feature=shared
Scott Banville (@sbanville.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Senator Bill Cassidy’s DC Phone: (202) 224-5824
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
It's time for a Gubernatorial Summit to converse about the competency and legality of Trump and the Constitution as it impacts on the individual States of the Union. Trump is working on a military takeover of the US.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
And he's a Republican! Finally one with some balls.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Before Mújicas’ opened his car door at the traffic stop, an agent told him “The president does not want to see Haitians, Nicaraguans, Cubans or Venezuelans here.” At least 5 police cars and 7 officers surrounded him, pressed against his car with his hands behind his back.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
In his recording, DPS officer Erik Zani said: “He’s on his way. We’re probably 300 yards behind him. He’s just driving real slow, like he did the other day. He’s still coming down to approach that four-way stop. He should be getting there any minute now.” Seconds later, sirens go off.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
He was en route to work at a construction site on the morning of April 9 when a group of immigration agents and state and federal police officers stopped his car in a rural area near Bryan, Texas. It’s clear from the police body cam recordings that the ambush was planned.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
đź§µSo many cases we don't hear about. Trump and his thugs are disappearing so many. This man was rounded up and shipped out for the sole crime of wearing Air Jordans. And his skin color, of course. He was literally ambused. Trump's masked thugs were lying in wait for him.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
America is becoming the land of the kidnapped and the caged. We have to keep being the wire cutters.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Still no word from the Washington Post about Trump's latest attack on democracy. But, it is now offering advice to Trump about how to effectuate his tariff plan. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
We've become a country of monsters.
Pat Fuller (@bannerite.bsky.social) reposted
Judge orders administration to halt deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children A federal judge rushed an emergency hearing after learning that the Trump administration was moving to deport children to Guatemala despite an order she had issued earlier Sunday. wapo.st/47SlsjY
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
They're not even dots anymore. They're mammoth flashing sirens.
Isabel Santos (@isabelsantos.bsky.social) reposted
Critics say DOJ’s release of Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview with Deputy AG Todd Blanche was optics over substance. Maxwell hinted at Epstein’s Trump ties, but inconsistencies went unchallenged, leaving survivors and their lawyers feeling sidelined. www.rawstory.com/doj-blasted-...
Isabel Santos (@isabelsantos.bsky.social) reposted
Kristi Noem faced backlash for claiming Los Angeles “wouldn’t be standing” if not for Trump’s deployment of the National Guard during protests. Critics argued that her actions, including the deployment of ICE and the National Guard, contributed to the riots www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
Isabel Santos (@isabelsantos.bsky.social) reposted
Trump demanded Roger Clemens be inducted into the Hall of Fame “for talent, not death” like Pete Rose. Clemens replied on X thanking him, blasting “fake news,” and saying he played to win and change his family’s future. www.rawstory.com/trump-roger-...
Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion (@nateturner.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump junta is indistinguishable from the worst features of totalitarianism. It’s devoid of any theme or principle except greed, revenge, appetite & White Christian racial domination. It revels in all forms of human wickedness, in its cruelty, aggression, disregard for decency & the rule of law.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Trump working hard to cover-up his child rape and sex trafficking with Epstein while literally trafficking children to Guatemala. Can someone in the media please point that out. That's the real deportation block headline.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
For months, Trump and his thugs claimed they had no knowledge of Kilmar Abrego Garcia once they shipped him to El Salvador. But now claim they have located parents or guardians in Guatemala for the hundreds of children they are trying to deport. Rather miraculous. #DeportationBlock
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
The deportation block isn't even a question of legalities. This is the ethical and moral darkness of Trump and his thugs wanting to send children without parents to another country. Literally discard of them like trash.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Big hug and keep up the great work! đź’™
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
"Nutlick" 🔥
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
If his daughter Tiffany shows up in DC, then you know something is really wrong.
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
I wasn’t super convinced that something was seriously wrong with Trump until he tweeted this
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks Greg -- and thanks Dee! Just happily followed all the new ones and shared. đź’™
Greg (Big Dog) (@oneveteransoath.substack.com) reposted
Show Dee @dcombes.bsky.social some 🫶 and give her a follow if you’re not already then check out the other cool peeps she included in her latest SP! 👊 Thanks Dee, for everything! 🫂 🫶
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Our country is being stripped for parts. That's far more important than the alcoholic Rudy Giuliani getting rear ended. Whoever did it should have rammed him harder.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Daskalakis directed the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. He resigned over what he described as Kennedy’s and Trump’s dismantling of vaccine policy, erasure of LGBTQ+ data, and “undoing of public health.”
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Do not forget that on August 8 a gunman radicalized by vaccine disinformation shot at the CDC institution and killed a police officer. This is the human cost of politicizing science. This is the human cost that RFK Jr and Trump not only are pushing for but support.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Dr Demetre Daskalakis is one of the big CDC officials who just resigned. He said RFK Jr never met with experts from his division, not even for briefings on measles, COVID, or RSV, in the seven months he has served. “He has never been briefed by any human from my center about anything.”
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
👍👍
Rob Benson (@robnellie.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Trump said over a $1 billion in tariff money has flowed into the US. Where is it? Are the American taxpayers getting a rebate? Where exactly is this huge windfall of tariff money? The media, of course, isn't asking.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
This alone was the most disastrous consequence of Dems failing to show up to vote in 2016. It allowed Trump to appoint 3 fascist Justices. The same failure last year will likely give Trump the opportunity to appoint 2 more. The long term consequences of those 2 fuck ups cannot be overstated.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
SCOTUS reminder: This term will give justices affiliated with the Federalist Society the opportunity to further solidify the conservative agenda. Cases involving LGBTQ+ rights and federal elections are on the docket. The 2025-26 term starts on the first Monday in October.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
The Federalist Society also is directly responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of Americans. They spent decades convincing morons that guns should not be regulated. And it worked.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Reminder that the Federalist Society became the legal arm of the Heritage Foundation Trump not only put 3 Federalist traitors on the SC, every current Republican appointed member of the court is Federalist Society affiliated. That means they will be advancing their agenda for decades to come.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Putin, Modi and other world leaders are at the summit. Putin, no doubt, will just send Trump the notes.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
The United States is slipping from its place as a world leader. You can thank Trump for that.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
I’m not sharing this to scare people—though it’s fucking terrifying. I’m sharing it because we all need to be on guard. We won’t be getting reliable data from the CDC anymore. Worse, the guidance could be harmful. RFK Jr. has no medical training, no scientific background…
JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz.bsky.social) reposted
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Has anyone said whether Rudy was driving or whether he had been drinking? www.cbsnews.com/news/rudy-gi...
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
No candidate interviewing for medical school who, upon expressing RFK jr's views, would ever be accepted. They'd be laughed right out of the room. And yet this man runs the HHS – including the CDC, NIH, ACF, CMS, HRSA, and SAMHSA? WTAF?! Remove RFK jr for dereliction of duty. Immediately.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
There’s a special place in hell for morons who get millions of people killed.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
It has now been SIX DAYS since Donald Trump has delivered any public remarks. His last public remarks were on August 25th, during a ceremony in the Oval Office. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Exposing an undercover federal agent is a federal crime, in violation of the "Intelligence Identities Protection Act," passed in 1982 and signed into law by President Reagan.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Exposing a NOC agent will get an entire network of intelligence assets wiped out and potentially spill classified secrets which seriously damage US national security. Gabbard has now done that and intentionally.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Covert agents are meant to stay that way bc exposure of their identities can get them kidnapped, tortured, or killed, and every single confidential informant, asset, family member, or friend who has been seen with them in their previous undercover work is likewise put into life and death jeopardy.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
đź§µLast week, on the explicit orders of her FĂĽhrer, Gabbard revoked the security clearances of 37 individuals named on a list who had been marked for retribution by Trump. One of the 37 names released publicly was a CIA NOC agent, a covert operative, who Gabbard has now exposed and compromised.
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
In the 21st century, how could you order up ethnic cleansing and genocide without a little crypto and AI and real-estate speculation sprinkled on top? { gift link } wapo.st/4g2eATo
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Just block them. I did. Don't give them a breath.
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) reposted
Reuters: MOST TRUMP TARIFFS ARE NOT LEGAL, U.S. APPEALS COURT RULES
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
The DOJ is telling the court that all unaccompanied children Trump is sending to Guatemala have parents or guardians in that country who have requested their children be returned to them. The plaintiffs are saying that's not at all true. You can read the back and forth here:
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
This is not a joke. This is where we are at with Trump. Force the media to make it the headline. Force them the way they forced it on Biden. @cnn.com @nytimes.com @politico.com @wired.com @nbcnews.com @reuters.com @democrats.senate.gov
Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted
JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Lawyers for the children say they're still on planes in El Paso. SOOKNANAN: "I have the government attempting to remove minor children from the country in the wee hours of the morning on a holiday weekend. That's surprising." www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
ENSIGN says all 600 children in question are still in the United States, planes are grounded and will not leave while the judge's order is in place. He said it's possible one had taken off and was returned. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted
He put chalk on his shoes then walked on the Pulse Memorial crosswalk. Police arrested him. But the court said they had no cause and he was released. The man arrested is now considering suing the state of Florida citing first amendment right violations.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump thinks he can decree anything he wants.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump has invented a new kind of fascism, all the nasty, authoritarianism of the old fascism, but this time the trains *don't* run on time.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Exactly. It doesn't give him implicit authority, either.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
"The lunatics are running the asylum."
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
I'm still waiting for the relentless onslaught of media demands for a press conference and calls to resign.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
This is just sad. We’ve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down. The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
This is the second judge in a week that has brought up the fact that the government can't be trusted with clear instructions - likely because the government ignored Judge Boasberg's order to turn the planes around last March saying "verbal orders from judges don't count."
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Blatantly unconstitutional. Facist dictatorships don't want people voting democratically. Anything to suppress votes and rig the next election.
Mark Zaid, Esq (@markzaidesq.bsky.social) reposted
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Here's the EO from the City Clerk's website.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Brandon just signed an executive order saying Chicago police with not collaborate with or aid federal troops if Trump sends them to Chicago. People can bash Brandon all they want, but when fascism arrives, you’ll wish you had someone covering your back. Newsom, Pritzker, and Brandon are doing it.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
💙💙💙
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Trump dying over Labor Day weekend would be one of the most ironic historical events in American history.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
“In the event that Trump died, I’m ready to go.” ---JD Vance, 3 days ago
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
We all know the answer to this. Prositutes you pay to leave. Gold diggers you pay to keep around. It's why Melania keeps renegotiating her prenup.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks so much, H! It's such a great way to catch up with the many you missed, and happily followed all the new ones too. đź’™
hopeful66 (@hopeful66.bsky.social) reposted
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Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Miss Biden so much and so wonderful to see him out and smiling. đź’™
Adam Schwarz (@adamjschwarz.bsky.social) reposted
Joe Biden is out buying ice cream while everyone is asking whether Trump is dead.
The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) reposted
Gavin Newsom is exactly right, Trump is doing everything we told you he would do and more. It's time to wake the hell up, America. Authoritarianism is here.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Just signed!
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Masked ICE aren’t about safety; they’re about fear and evading responsibility. Demand transparency and accountability by adding your name to this petition:
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Ivana is the one thing that isn't buried there.
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
Even better
Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social) reply parent
American Workers First while having our military raking mulch because Trump fired all the workers who do it.
Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted
Nothing says respect for our troops like deploying the National Guard only to have them pick up trash and spread mulch all day.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
⚖️🗳️💪
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
I wonder why Trump imposed secondary tariffs only on India for buying Russian oil while not caring about all the other countries who buy Russian oil?