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created November 9, 2024

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Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Take a look at a recent recording of this excellent singer, Jesse Welles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPHa...

2/9/2025, 2:45:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tim Edwards (@timzero4.bsky.social) reposted

Maybe Susan Collins has finally worn out her welcome...

2/9/2025, 1:15:21 AM | 412 100 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Putin got a green light to do this from Xi and Modi

2/9/2025, 1:36:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted

Hours after trying to assassinate the EU Commission president, Russia tried to assassinate Germany’s military's inspector general, Carsten Breue, the highest-ranking general in the Bundeswehr. His plane was also jammed once over the Baltic Sea and once over Lithuania.

Inspector General of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) General Carsten Breuer gives a press conference on the Bundeswehr exercise series
1/9/2025, 9:32:55 PM | 1269 640 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Pretty much. It starts out big and then goes down until the end of nov. when it really gets christmasy

2/9/2025, 1:33:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Imagine there's no CCP

1/9/2025, 9:52:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

It's totally worth it

1/9/2025, 6:27:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Here in the Philippines, today marks the beginning of the Christmas season.

1/9/2025, 1:40:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Bob Dylan, "Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts". Blood on the Tracks (1975)

31/8/2025, 11:38:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melanie D’Arrigo (@darrigomelanie.bsky.social) reposted

Trump isn't deploying the military into US cities because of crime or "illegals." He's deploying them against US citizens to crush our Constitutional rights and scare people into silence. Stop saying "he can't do this" — he's doing it. This is the authoritarian playbook.

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13/8/2025, 4:51:23 PM | 176 81 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheBossRoss (@thebossross.bsky.social) reposted

When this time is over (& it will be) & somebody asks me to describe its nature & spirit, I shall play this clip. It embodies the whole cruelty, nastiness, sneer, indifference, cockiness, glee, inhumanity, & evil. It proves they knew what they did was illegal, but they did it happily, voluntarily.

31/8/2025, 10:20:50 AM | 1211 577 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Where's his hammer and sickle?

31/8/2025, 12:17:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL0o...

31/8/2025, 4:34:24 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm waiting for the Newsom Press Office reply

31/8/2025, 4:00:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

This is exactly what the Hong Kong authorities did after the. protests. They erased all traces of dissent, no matter what it took

31/8/2025, 3:53:18 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

We all call for RFK jr's resignation

31/8/2025, 2:23:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

In 2020 during the Hong Kong democracy protests, the PLA were sent into the city to clean up. A few months later the crackdown was imposed the China

31/8/2025, 1:04:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess the 10th Amendment to the Constitution doesn't count for much among the maga people.

31/8/2025, 1:01:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

I fully agree, Chicago is terrific but Milwaukee is nicer!

30/8/2025, 1:29:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

"conscience do cost."

30/8/2025, 10:49:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

In 2015, a gang of Hong Kong cops arrested a 15 year old girl for drawing (in chalk) an umbrella on a public wall. She was detained for several days until she could be released.

30/8/2025, 4:15:28 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

DeSantis is acting just like the PRC controlled Hong Kong police.

30/8/2025, 3:51:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Great article! Excellent read. I agree with your thesis but my own is that upon pondering mortality, trump's assessment of "getting to heaven" reveals his complete misunderstanding of Christianity. Will his cult followers pick up on this?

30/8/2025, 3:44:59 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Here's an article I wrote in 2024 where I tried to imagine what trump's mass deportation scheme would look like: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

30/8/2025, 3:32:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

You're absolutely right. This is exactly what Aristotle would say.

30/8/2025, 3:12:51 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Editorial Board (@editorialboard.bsky.social) reposted

This is kidnapping. Outright criminal kidnapping. www.latimes.com/california/s...

28/8/2025, 2:31:59 PM | 794 399 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

This is not thè Americe that I once knew. This is not my America

29/8/2025, 12:03:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

You're right. They do

29/8/2025, 6:11:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

CDC leaders on why the left: “I resigned because I could not be part of the weaponization of public health and CDC… we should always be questioning - but you shouldn’t have a preconceived idea before you have the data.”

29/8/2025, 3:06:20 AM | 6802 2535 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Gosh, and i thought trump promised to lower grocery costs on day 1

29/8/2025, 3:43:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Right now here in the Philippines, its just too hot.

29/8/2025, 3:27:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

I've got one of the same style, make and vintage. Yours looks great!

29/8/2025, 3:24:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Just wow

29/8/2025, 1:31:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 (@xunlingau.bsky.social) reposted

"Good time" could kind of mean anything but I suspect that it means long enough so it looks like they actually considered the case... 😒

28/8/2025, 12:33:20 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Woody would bè proud

28/8/2025, 11:26:10 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Even as putin murders more Ukranian civilians,trump blames democratic Ukraine for the war

28/8/2025, 9:09:52 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

They havent won yet!

28/8/2025, 8:00:22 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kaelos (@thekaelosproject.bsky.social) reposted

For those of you who don’t like to open links or don’t have instagram. I downloaded the video for you. If you haven’t heard about this guy before don’t scroll past it, his name is Jesse Welles. I promise you won’t be disappointed. #jessewelles #wellesmusic #thekaelosproject #kaelos #wordshaveweight

27/8/2025, 6:04:37 PM | 3306 1023 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

I completely agree. But I will admit that the guy with the guns lining his living room floor has a better sense of interior decorating than trump

28/8/2025, 4:32:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

Vanity Fair staffers threaten to walk out over a proposed Melania cover: “We are not going to normalize this despot and his wife… if this happens, i’m gone, and so is half my team.” www.thedailybeast.com/i-will-walk-...

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27/8/2025, 6:23:53 PM | 11876 3442 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Just nice to hear from old friends!

27/8/2025, 1:49:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

All hàil the Dear Leader!

26/8/2025, 10:45:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Is there anyone more loathsome than Nigel Farage?

26/8/2025, 10:25:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Fascism has come to America and it's knocking on the door in the UK. The BBC is complicit

26/8/2025, 9:48:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Nigel Farage is a piece of shit and the BBC is carrying their water.

26/8/2025, 9:46:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Farage is using the exact same language of hate as trump.

26/8/2025, 9:39:27 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

The BBC are jumping to cover live the racest Nigel Farage spilling out his hateful rant. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

26/8/2025, 9:36:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

"Doggies are angels sent down to save us"

26/8/2025, 9:11:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

yeah, that's an action of a reprobate mind

26/8/2025, 5:40:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted

KILMAR IN BALTIMORE: “Never lose hope. Promise me you’ll continue fight for freedom — not just for me, for everybody.” He was just taken into ICE custody.

25/8/2025, 12:30:42 PM | 15470 5572 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) reposted

The news from the past few days is a stunning example of what happens when the state decides it wants to crush just one guy

25/8/2025, 1:16:06 PM | 4786 1376 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

And at the same time Vance goes off on Euŕopean allies saying that they dont allow free speech

25/8/2025, 10:52:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

No CVS here

25/8/2025, 10:33:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Sewell (@sewella.bsky.social) reposted

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

25/8/2025, 9:41:28 AM | 2532 1354 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

So trashy

25/8/2025, 10:00:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Where is it available?

25/8/2025, 9:49:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Go figure

25/8/2025, 9:40:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kerrie B (@wheels002.bsky.social) reposted

IDF has just bombed Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Palestinian journalists among 14 killed in Israeli attack on hospital. It’s genocide. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

25/8/2025, 8:52:31 AM | 9 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Didn't trump negotiate the WWII peace deal? Another reason that he deserves the "Noble" Peace Prize!

25/8/2025, 7:24:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

They seem to have been issues M 4 rifles and M 17 pistols. In Hong Kong, during the democracy protests the cops had sidearms and some carried Browning shotguns as well. They also used gas operated pepper spray guns and of course, teargas guns.

25/8/2025, 7:21:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BlueCrew community 💙💙 (@libertyovergov.bsky.social) reposted

Listen to the victims, not their r*pist! #BlueCrew #BlueCircleFamily🌈🦋 #BluePetPatrol💙🐾 #ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #trumpLiesMatter #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

25/8/2025, 2:41:10 AM | 1547 578 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

In Hong Kong after a brutal attack on passengers at a subway station, ordinary people tried to place flowers by the entrance but were stopped by the police.

25/8/2025, 6:56:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

ya think?

25/8/2025, 6:52:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

dear god nooooo!

25/8/2025, 3:36:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Possibly, but is a good way of describing a down bound train!

25/8/2025, 3:27:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

I was in 10th grade at the time.

25/8/2025, 3:17:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

I still remember the Kent State massacre, where on May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd of students protesting the Vietnam War. Four were killed and nine were wounded. As trump arms the military on the streets, I fear a greater possibility of such a tragic event

25/8/2025, 1:31:24 AM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Even as putin bombs and terrorizes civilians in Ukraine, trump sits in his ugly office and talks about a photo of the two dictators. "I'm going to sign this for him"

25/8/2025, 12:26:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

This pathetic scene reminds me of when the Hong Kong police were deployed in numbers to prevent people from laying flowers to commemorate a dead protester.

25/8/2025, 12:22:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

clown show

25/8/2025, 12:20:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rebecca Solnit (@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social) reposted

This is great: a National Guardsman standing up to say every member of the National Guard and military "is legally obliged to disobey an illegal order."

23/8/2025, 11:52:57 PM | 1641 481 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Good doggie!

24/8/2025, 1:37:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

News flash. " most Americas disapprove of martial law"

24/8/2025, 10:16:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

I was thinking ICE as trump's SS

24/8/2025, 9:16:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

"our police do not have to hide their faces". Well said !!!

24/8/2025, 6:52:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Loved your speech Mayor!!!

24/8/2025, 6:50:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

That's about as totalitarian as I've seen

24/8/2025, 6:38:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

I did too!

24/8/2025, 5:02:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

To paraphrase Rick in Casablanca, "there are parts of Chicago I wouldnt advise you to invade"

24/8/2025, 4:42:31 AM | 3 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Well of course, dishwashing is part of my current duties here as well.

24/8/2025, 4:23:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Especially dishwashers

24/8/2025, 3:38:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

China, get out of the West Philippine Sea! Preserve Philippine territorial sovereignty. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UFg...

24/8/2025, 1:36:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Our special correspondent comments on the release of Kilmar Arbrego Garcia and the rule of law www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs_N...

23/8/2025, 8:16:32 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted

The Bolton raid should chill you: my emergency video (full video linked) adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...

22/8/2025, 2:07:24 PM | 13905 4635 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Where are the posters of happy Iowa farmers harvesting wheat and singing folk songs?

23/8/2025, 6:43:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

golly

23/8/2025, 6:41:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

In addition, law enforcement agents are required to display on their uniforms their rank and warrant number. If they don't do these things (and they're masked) they're just armed thugs.

23/8/2025, 6:40:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Excellent advice for the people of Chicago or any other jurisdiction. Thanks!

23/8/2025, 6:25:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted

Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong. Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:

22/8/2025, 11:13:56 PM | 21621 7533 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Many thanks!

22/8/2025, 11:29:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture New York Post (@nypost.com) reposted

Patel’s FBI raids John Bolton’s home in high-profile national security probe

22/8/2025, 11:13:05 AM | 113 38 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

Good morning Ray!

22/8/2025, 11:24:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social)

Last month I wrote an article on trump's mass deportation plans and how it tracks with the PRC's crackdown on Hong Kong blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

22/8/2025, 3:05:56 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

I agree, but I'm not seeing sufficient resistance from Harvard

22/8/2025, 12:52:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 (@bc60.bsky.social) reposted

Ouch…… luv it

21/8/2025, 3:34:39 AM | 753 364 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

No no no no!

21/8/2025, 1:48:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

In free and democratic countries, the executive has no power to censor museums, libraries or universities.

21/8/2025, 11:09:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

That's a bit ironic isn't it?

21/8/2025, 11:01:54 AM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

In thè United States, public schools are under the jurisdiction of municipalities or states. Trump has no such power

21/8/2025, 9:22:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture oftosa (@oftosa.bsky.social) reply parent

No other way to say it.This is pure bullshit

21/8/2025, 8:00:08 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view