Norm Clark

Norm Clark

@normsmusic.bsky.social

Liberalism, equality, justice, compassion, progressiveness, democracy. Bay Area CA. Politics Political Satire Science Cosmology Physics Philosophy Art History Psychology Paleoanthropology Genealogy Linguistics Ethics Music https://normsmusic.substack.com

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VOTE YES ON PROP 40. VOTE NO ON PROPS 41 AND 42. Orson Welles promised no wine before its time. California’s billionaires prefer no tax before the end of time. A billion dollars apparently needs another century to breathe. Prop 40: five percent, once. Props 41 and 42: the escape hatch.

And if paying their fair share sends them packing, cue Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama: “We don’t need them around anyhow.” Let the wine breathe. Let the billionaires whine. Vote accordingly.

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The State of the Deal: Trump’s Presidency, 2026 “Rock bottom” is an antiquated expression from a time when we still believed there was a limit to how low we could sink. “There is no bottom” is the zeitgeist of our time.

The State of the Deal: Trump’s Presidency, 2026 “Rock bottom” is an antiquated expression from a time when we still believed there was a limit to how low we could sink. “There is no bottom” is the zeitgeist of our time.

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Can you imagine a bigger prize for Putin than to have the US envoy on camera groveling to show the world?

The GOP thinks sticking their heads up each other’s asses is 3D chess. Steve Witkoff praising Putin as a “humanitarian” suggests they’ve mistaken the view for the big picture.

The GOP thinks sticking their heads up each other’s asses is 3D chess. Steve Witkoff praising Putin as a “humanitarian” suggests they’ve mistaken the view for the big picture.

“Ramaswamy Paxton Trump Epstein why does the GOP so often turn a blind eye to sexual misconduct, attack accusers, protect powerful men? Allegations aren’t convictions, but indifference excuses deserve electoral consequences. This election, make Republicans answer for the reputation they’re earning

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My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

nytimes.comA Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. (Gift Article)Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

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Those pee tapes must be breathtaking

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Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

nytimes.comTrump Signs Order Waiving New Russia Sanctions (Gift Article)The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

On October 9, the Trump administration officially suspended large portions of the 1934 National Firearms Act to allow for the sale of silencers and short-barreled rifles and shotguns without federal authorization. The change marks an end to 90 years of regulation under the law.

1. **Make Jonestown Great Again. Red hats available in the gift shop.** 2. **“Drink up, folks. The bitter taste is your critical thinking leaving.”** 3. **“This is my flock. I fleece them personally.”** 4. **“Blessed are the gullible, for they shall finance my legal defense.”** Caption This

Mar-a-Lago—or should we call it Mar-a-Logo, where everyone wears the same face? The lips have grown so large they’re applying for their own ZIP codes. The Mursi and Suri peoples of Ethiopia use traditional decorative lip plates. At Mar-a-Lago, they use a credit card and call it rejuvenation.

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Lol. yup. They keep saying the war is done, they are redeploying. Bullshit. Our bases have been wiped out, servicepersons killed, planes blown up and we are in full retreat. WE LOST

Hard to believe this is not AI. It turns out it was a GOP party on America’s dime, with Josh Holey playing hide-and-seek in the halls of Congress.

Trump Doxed Tom Cotton. This is not the first time Trump has done this. During his 2016 campaign, he famously read out Senator Lindsey Graham’s personal cellphone number on live television. Trumps favorite Speed Dial+1 Jef Eps Tien

1 osf 2 I find the idea of free will suspect, yet “thou mayest” still speaks to me. Even if my thoughts and actions arise from prior causes, this idea can become one of those causes—making me pause, reconsider, and act differently.

2 I don’t have to settle the question of free will to find value in living as though I have a choice. My past shaped me; it doesn’t mean I cannot change.