GADFLY: the Practical Heretic

GADFLY: the Practical Heretic

@agadfly.bsky.social

A heretic is someone who says things that nobody wants to hear. https://thepracticalheretic.blogspot.com

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Shola Hoon
@sholahoon.bsky.social

Replying to @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

I need a BIG ACCOUNT to repost this scaling: Units of measure of tenure in Trumplandia - A Zacharia A Scaramucci - 2 Zacharias A Flynn - 3 Scaramuccis A Spicer - roughly 6 Flynns A Preibus - a bit more than a Spicer A Harp - forever (for now)

GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

t-Rump has our republic trading with a rogue nation committing war crimes. #ImpeachTrump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #GOPBetrayedAmerica

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

This is a Russian jet-powered Shahed drone striking a supermarket in Odesa in broad daylight today. ​This is terrorism. Terrorists shouldn't be rewarded with lucrative business deals. They must be repelled, arrested, and prosecuted.

GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

#TrumpLegacy

Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca

Get ready for a return of pandemic-level shortage. "The cost of shipping a tanker of crude oil has skyrocketed due to war. Freight rates for moving U.S. oil to Asia have soared from $3 to $6 per barrel before the war in Iran to around $38 per barrel today." www.marketplace.org/story/2026/1...

marketplace.orgThe cost of shipping a tanker of crude oil has skyrocketed due to warFreight rates for moving U.S. oil to Asia have soared from $3 to $6 per barrel before the war in Iran to around $38 per barrel today.
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

The Hawkeyes are not the Hawks. #SchmittForBrains

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔 “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔 @ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡

GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

#TrumpLegacy

ProPublica@propublica.org

“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think...in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.” (Pub. July)

propublica.orgFederal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” ConductProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

His Fraudulency has made himself President Errand-Boy. #TrumpLegacy

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social

By tradition, American presidents don’t make the 12-mile trip to the base to greet a foreign leader. Now Trump waits at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president. From @jonlemire.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.comThe Deferential PresidentNot long ago, President Trump could claim that he ran the world. Now he’s waiting at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president.
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

It's not about legal or illegal, it's about meeting an illegal quota. #AbolishICE #ImpeachTrump

Maine Newsroom@mainenewsroom.com

9/23 ICE takes as a fifth Cumberland County, Maine, corrections officer, Dannick Massamba-Bankela. Here seeking asylum from the Republic of Congo, his lawyer says the father of two entered legally, had no criminal record, and was authorized to work here. #maine #MEpolitics

GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

State sunshine laws firbid the state from hiding its own reports in this manner. DeSantis continueshis crime spree with the support of the #FloridaGOP

South Florida Sun Sentinel@sun-sentinel.com

A secret report shows Florida property insurance companies claimed losses while shuffling billions of dollars into sister companies. After our reporter obtained the report, the state Senate demanded the Sun Sentinel destroy all copies of it or face legal civil or criminal “implications.”

sun-sentinel.comHow Florida fights to hide insurers’ financesA secret report shows Florida insurers claimed losses as affiliates made billions. The state Senate demanded the Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel destroy the report or face legal action.
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

The take-away is that while Venezuelans no longer have to deal with Maduro, their economy is worse than ever, and they're still not free of tyranny. #TrumpLegacy www.opendemocracy.net/trumps-venez...

opendemocracy.netTrump’s Venezuela: Why seek regime change if you can get regime compliance?The Trump administration’s forcible appropriation of a fifth of Venezuela’s oil reserves is worse than the theft of national assets in post-Soviet Russia.
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

“These waters aren’t safe,” said Michelle Wiese Bockmann, an analyst at Windward, a maritime intelligence company. The war in Iran, in its seventh month, appears to be spinning out of control, analysts said. #TrumpLegacy www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/b...

nytimes.comSaudi Oil Exports Face Heightened Threats After Attacks on Pipeline (Gift Article)Ship operators already faced severe risks in navigating the region, and now the danger is higher as Houthi militias assert control in the Red Sea.
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

t-Rump relentlessly attacks our most basic rights. #TrumpLegacy #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ImpeachTrump #GOPBetrayedAmerica

The New York Times@nytimes.com

News Analysis: President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

nyti.msHow Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle SpeechPresident Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

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Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

Trump on the Reflecting Pool “It’s going to look better than it did in 1922 when it was built.” May 2026 “It’s going to have no leaks, going to have no problems. Going to be clean and beautiful.” May 2026 “And it won’t leak because it’s done properly. And it’s going to be beautiful.” June 2026

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Sanho Tree
@sanho.bsky.social

Remember when Kristen Welker would always ask every Republican guest to repudiate the statements of Nick Fuentes, Jack Posobiec, Benny Johnson, or other MAGA racists? Neither do I.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Raskin after Kristen Welker plays him clips of controversial Hasan Piker comments and asks him to react to them: "I think all of that is an irrelevant distraction"

GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

We were warned.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

🤔Yikes— Trump’s guy Witkoff (+ Kushner) bending the knee in Russia: “President Putin, thank you so much for having us… We were sitting outside talking about when we retire how we’ll have all these incredible memories, and yours will be right at the top.”😍🤷🏼

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

“According to the FDA email from Prasad…they determined 10 children died "after and because of" the COVID vaccine. But Prasad said the true number was likely higher”. What the report ACTUALLY said: “No cases [of pediatric deaths] were classified as certain in relation to COVID-19 vaccination”.

GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

#TrumpLegacy

Lauren Ashley Davis@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Two people have died of measles in Pennsylvania. Both people were unvaccinated. They are the first such deaths in the U.S. this year, and the first in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 35 years. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

nbcnews.comTwo die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreakThe deaths are the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. this year. Both people had not been vaccinated against the illness.

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Lauren Ashley Davis
@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Two people have died of measles in Pennsylvania. Both people were unvaccinated. They are the first such deaths in the U.S. this year, and the first in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 35 years. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

nbcnews.comTwo die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreakThe deaths are the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. this year. Both people had not been vaccinated against the illness.

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Reggie Hubbard
@oreggieglobal.bsky.social

Public Service Announcement - Black people do not hang themselves from trees, especially in the South. This is lynching, a well worn tactic to stoke fear and intimidation. The days of being strange fruit, killing people with impunity and offenders getting away with it must end. We can’t be silent.

GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

More proof the ICE is comprised of lawless thugs. #LawlessRegime #ImpeachTrump

Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social

💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.

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Sky Marchini
@sky.skymarchini.net

remember when there was that train accident in east palestine ohio and the right wing talked endlessly about how biden & co didn't care about the middle of the country? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...

nytimes.comDesperation Mounts as Thousands in Indiana Endure 10 Days Without PowerFloods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, where a third of residents live below the poverty line and full restoration isn’t expected until next week.
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

#TrumpLegacy #RepublicansAreTheProblem

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

On the left: Oliver North, convicted for his role in illegally selling missiles to Iran during the Reagan administration. On the right: Fox News “military analyst” Oliver North, who thinks Iran shouldn’t have missiles. Same guy. Same Oliver North.

GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

DOJ: "We're not vindictive, but he made us look bad, so please let us prosecute him even though we apparently have no legal grounds to do so." #LawlessRegime #ToddBlancheSucks

Forbes@forbes.com

A federal judge previously dismissed charges against Abrego Garcia noting that the case was driven by vindictiveness over his successful lawsuit challenging his deportation.

forbes.comDOJ Asks Court To Reinstate Charges Against Mistakenly Deported Man Kilmar Abrego GarciaA federal judge previously dismissed charges against Abrego Garcia noting that the case was driven by vindictiveness over his successful lawsuit challenging his deportation.
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

His Fraudulency at work. #TrumpLegacy

SFDB@sfdb.bsky.social

Taco Bell/Yum Foods dragged its feet when Michigan, dealing with a cyclospora outbreak, asked for its supply chain records. The Trump administration had delayed a rule last year that would have required Taco Bell to produce those records within 24 hours...so instead Taco Bell took 5 days.

nytimes.comHow Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands (Gift Article)The Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall.
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

Years ago, he made a plea deal. He abided by that plea deal scrupulously. That plea deal did not include being detained in a maximum security in a foreign country. Even with a standing deportation order, this is a gross miscarriage of justice. #LawlessRegime #NoJustice #ImpeachTrump

Quinta Jurecic@qjurecic.bsky.social

A shadow docket ruling from the Supreme Court allowed this to happen www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...

nytimes.comHe Was Deported to Eswatini in Southern Africa. He May Never Go Free.As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out.
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

Hey, #KenPaxton, didi you do this because you were distracted by cheating on your wife? Why would you waste taxpayer dollars like this? "...a federal judge in Massachusetts, where ActBlue is headquartered... warned Paxton that the ActBlue lawsuit is unlikely to succeed on the merits."

br00t4c@br00t4c.bsky.social

Ken Paxton accused of ignoring Texans who claim life savings were drained by GOP platform #thieves #KenPaxton #fraud #PaymentProcessors #WinRed #GOPLiesAboutEverything www.rawstory.com/ken-paxton-2...

rawstory.comKen Paxton accused of ignoring Texans who claim life savings were drained by GOP platformHouse lawmakers have demanded that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton produce documents related to his lawsuit against ActBlue, a critical Democratic Party fundraising platform, according to the Austin...
GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

This is why these gestapo thugs wear masks: so they can terrorize citizens with impunity. We have clear videotape of their crime, but there is no way to identify them so they can be held accountable. #AbolishICE #ImpeachTrump

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

This is absolutely WILD. Here's the dashboard video posted by @fritschner.bsky.social. Fast forward to about 1 minute. An ICE officer jumps out of a van and pulls a gun on this woman immediately before lying and claiming she "almost ran us over." *profanity warning if watching in public.

GADFLY: the Practical Heretic
@agadfly.bsky.social

ICE caught threatening another city, as well as telling a whopping lie. #AbolishICE #ImpeachTrump

Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social

Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.