Science/Math (STEM), social justice & Museum (MSI) Educator -- reformed lawyer; husband; father of two; loves progressive politics, killer windoku and my family

Chicago
Joined March 2009
בוקר טוב לכל המיואשים, תכינו קפה ותקראו את מה שיש לי להגיד לכם. תנשמו רגע. בחוץ השמש זורחת, הציפורים מצייצות, ובחצי מהקלפיות עוד לא סיימו לספור את הפתקים. אבל אתם כבר באבל. כבר אורזים מזוודות בראש, מחפשים דירה בברלין או באתונה, ומספידים את המדינה. למה? כי הסתכלתם בטלוויזיה וראיתם שאחרי ארבע שנים מהגיהנום, האיש ההוא עדיין מקבל עשרים ושבעה מנדטים. כן, זה דופק את המוח. באמת. אחרי שבעה באוקטובר שהם מסרבים לחקור, אחרי אלפי ימי מילואים של הילדים שלנו מול השתמטות חרדית ממוסדת, ואחרי שראש ממשלה עומד מול מצלמות ומבטיח לנו בשיא הרצינות מלחמת נצח וכלכלת בלוקצ׳יין עוקפת סנקציות כמו איזו קרטל קולומביאני, אחרי כל זה, חצי מדינה עדיין שמה מחל וש״ס ובן גביר. מה זה אומר על מדינת ישראל? שחלק גדול ממנה חי בכת. שפוליטיקה של זהויות, פחד ושנאה חזקה יותר מהמציאות עצמה. שאנשים יעדיפו לאכול חצץ בקריפטו ולשלוח את הילדים של השכן לעזה, רק כדי לא להודות שהם טעו. זה עצוב, זה מדכא, וזה פסיכי לגמרי. אבל תקשיבו לי טוב: זה פשוט לא צריך לעניין אותנו הבוקר. תפתחו רגע מחשבון של כיתה ג׳. לנתניהו אין רוב. יש לו 56 מנדטים. בצד השני של הכנסת יושבים 64 מנדטים שרוצים שהוא ילך הביתה. חמישים ושש זה פחות משישים וארבע. גם בבלוקצ׳יין. וזה עוד לפני שספרו את המעטפות הכפולות של המילואימניקים, שעוד יכולים להעביר את הנדל ולהפוך את כל התמונה. אז מאיפה הייאוש שלכם? כי התרגלתם לשחק לפי החוקים הגזעניים שנתניהו המציא. התרגלתם למחוק מהחשבון חמישה עשר מנדטים של ערבים. עשרים אחוז מאזרחי ישראל. רופאים שמצילים את סבתא שלכם במיון באיכילוב, רוקחים, מהנדסים, אנשים שחיים פה ומשלמים מסים. אם אנחנו מוחקים את הפתק שלהם בקלפי ואומרים שהוא לא נספר, במה אנחנו יותר טובים מבן גביר? מה זה אומר עלינו כבני אדם וכדמוקרטיה אם קול של משתמט שמסרב להתגייס שווה יותר מקול של רופא ערבי בחיפה? ״אבל בנט ואיזנקוט וליברמן הבטיחו בקמפיין שלא יישענו על הערבים״, אתם ממלמלים לתוך הקפה. אחלה. אז הם יפרו הבטחה. ביג דיל. נתניהו לא עמד באולפנים ונשבע שבן גביר בחיים לא יהיה שר אצלו בממשלה? הוא היה מפר עשר הבטחות כאלה עוד לפני הקפה של הבוקר כדי להציל את עצמו. חלאס להתייפייף. נגמר הזמן לנימוסים של צופים בזמן שהבית בוער. עם 64 אצבעות בכנסת לוקחים עוד השבוע את תפקיד יו״ר הכנסת, משתלטים על הוועדות, מקימים ועדת חקירה ממלכתית ל-7 באוקטובר, מעבירים חוק גיוס לכולם, ומקימים ממשלת חילוץ בתמיכה חיצונית. בלי להתנצל ובלי למצמץ. תרימו את הראש ותתחילו להפעיל לחץ כבד על המנהיגים שהצבעתם להם. ההחלטות שיתקבלו בימים הקרובים יחרצו את גורלה של מדינת ישראל. זה המבחן של כולנו.
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BREAKING: AMEN! Rep. Jamie Raskin says that future historians will say that this "miserable period" really started when MAGA voters chose to ignore all of the women that Trump sexually harassed and abused. Our country went off the cliff after that... "Her mother sided with the rapist stepfather and Vivek Ramaswamy made an ad about it. JD Vance didn't hesitate or flinch in the same news cycle that it comes out," MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace said, setting the stage for the discussion. "He doubles down. He said, run the ad harder, run the ad longer, put more money behind it. Trump said the same. What does it say about the culture around these men?" Ramaswamy's vile ad featured the mother of his Democratic opponent Amy Acton urging voters to reject her daughter at the ballot box. He dumped millions into the ad, despite the fact that Acton's mother previously sided with Acton's stepfather, who raped her. Vivek and Vance's defense of the ad has been disgusting, and proves that these Republican men view women as nothing more than disposable objects. "Well, it's completely contaminated and toxic, and you know, when historians look back on this miserable period of our history, they might say that the first problem was disregarding all of those women who told us back in 2016 that they had been sexually harassed or assaulted by Donald Trump," said Raskin. "But he got elected even after he was adjudicated civilly responsible for sexually penetrating and attacking E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room in a department store in New York City," he continued. "And there are there are reports in the report that we just released, the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee. "There are accounts by specific survivors and victims which very much resemble this, that is at a kind of public event or public place, cornering someone in something like a dressing room or a hotel room and then sexually attacking them," said Raskin. "And that's precisely what Beatrice Keul says in her account of what took place back then." A new report released by Democratic staff on the House Judiciary Committee revealed yesterday that former Miss Switzerland Beatrice Keul alleged that Trump raped her at the Plaza Hotel in New York in 1993. Not only that, but Jeffrey Epstein introduced himself to her as Trump's best friend and offered to arrange for her to travel to Mar-a-Lago. The report states that the two predators used the "Donald J. Trump American Dream Pageant" as a "hunting ground" to prey on young women and girls. The new allegation, as horrifying as it is, is unfortunately unsurprising. We have long known that Trump is an unrepentant rapist in addition to being a pedophile. His voters chose to ignore those facts because they were so excited by his racist rhetoric and cruelty. Now, they're paying the price because (surprise, surprise!), the sociopathic, serial rapist isn't actually interested in improving the lives of average Americans. He's getting richer while the country burns. "So look, the evidence is certainly enough to justify an investigation," said Raskin of Keul's accusation. "It's overwhelmingly likely it's enough to justify going to a grand jury to see if a grand jury agrees. But it certainly is not reconcilable in any way with sweeping the whole matter under the rug. And I just want to thank these survivors, these victims of these terrible events when they were mostly girls. Some of them were young women, but mostly they were girls. They were minors." "For coming forward and hanging tough and saying this really happened and the country's got to pay attention to it," he went on. "So my responsibility is the ranking member in the House Judiciary Committee and our responsibility as Democrats on the Judiciary Committee is to make certain that the Department of Justice is not able to sweep this under the rug." "And we also show evidence in this report about how the White House was actually calling all the shots and was essentially dictating or editing the statement that there was nothing to see here and that there was no basis for further investigation," added Raskin. "And it's just scandalous that that took place. In fact, the White House had to order them to use Department of Justice and FBI letterhead because they didn't want to. Nobody wanted to be associated with this extraordinary act of cover up in the service of Donald Trump and against the service of justice and the rule of law." Accountability is coming. After the midterms, Raskin will get sweeping subpoena powers and you can be damn sure he'll put them to use! Please ❤️ and share if you support prosecution!
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Gary Sircus retweeted
.@gadi_eisenkot’s stark warning tonight: “I call on the heads of the security establishment and the civil service: Netanyahu is a caretaker prime minister, without a mandate or the people’s trust. Remember that you serve only the state and the interests of Israel’s citizens. Stand firm in the face of any attempt to challenge you. You have my unequivocal backing. Netanyahu, do not dare use Israel’s security for your political needs.”
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If for no other reason, vote against every damn Republican on the ballot because of this. Because of this disgrace, this shame. What happened to Alex Pretti should never happen in America.👇
Alex Pretti's father: Our son was shot and killed by the government, federal immigration agents, on January 24th, 2026. We learned about his death from the media as we saw him being shot repeatedly in the back after helping a woman from his community. This was not a protest that Alex was at. His hands were in the air, and his face was on the ground when he was executed by ICE agents. We know exactly what our eyes saw. No one from the federal government called us on that day. But they did go on TV to tell lies about Alex. No one has called us since. No one has recanted those lies.
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Alex Pretti's father: Our son was shot and killed by the government, federal immigration agents, on January 24th, 2026. We learned about his death from the media as we saw him being shot repeatedly in the back after helping a woman from his community. This was not a protest that Alex was at. His hands were in the air, and his face was on the ground when he was executed by ICE agents. We know exactly what our eyes saw. No one from the federal government called us on that day. But they did go on TV to tell lies about Alex. No one has called us since. No one has recanted those lies.
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Deservedly scathing op-ed by the NYT: “If Democrats retake both houses of Congress, and more state governments than they now control, it will tell the world that Mr. Trump does not represent most Americans. It will demonstrate that a country that starts to slide toward autocracy can move back to normalcy, as happened in Hungary this spring. Most important, it will create a desperately needed check on Mr. Trump during his final two years in office. … In a 21-month span, he has done more harm to democracy and the rule of law than any other president in the modern era and perhaps longer than that. He has broken his oath to defend the Constitution by trying to rewrite it on his own. He has refused to honor Congress’s power of the purse and misused national security laws for political ends. He has defied federal court orders on Medicaid funding, deportation orders and more. He has dismantled the Justice Department’s legacy as an impartial enforcer of federal law, turning it into an instrument of retribution against his adversaries while canceling investigations into his allies. He has appointed inept sycophants to oversee crucial government functions, including law enforcement, national defense and public health. He has sought to disenfranchise large numbers of voters, claiming fraud that cannot be found, and championed an extreme new approach to partisan gerrymandering. He has physically besmirched the White House by demolishing the East Wing and financing a garish renovation with donations from wealthy allies.” nytimes.com/2026/10/27/opini…
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Gary Sircus retweeted
A rabbi's response to our President calling Jews "lacking knowledge and disloyal" if they vote Democratic: Rabbi Danny Maseng writes: As a Jew Since you called me out as a Jew, Mr. President, since you thought to call me disloyal or lacking knowledge by not voting for you, I’d like to respond to you personally, even though I have no illusions you will read this. As a Jew, Mr. President, I am commanded to love the stranger who dwells among us no less than thirty-six times in the Bible you claim to treasure. I am commanded to have one law for the stranger and the citizen. No exceptions. As a Jew, Mr. President, I am commanded to pay my employees on time, including undocumented workers at casinos, construction sites, or golf courses. As a Jew, I am commanded to repay bank loans and investors. As a Jew, I am commanded to never bear false witness. As a Jew, Mr. President, I am commanded to guard my tongue and speak no evil. As a Jew, Mr. President, I am commanded to never embarrass my fellow human being in public, lest I be accused of spilling their blood – including Ted Cruz or the late Senator and war hero, John McCain. As a Jew, Mr. President, I take great offense in my president attacking Denmark, a country that gallantly saved its Jews from the Nazis, while most of Europe fell asleep. As a Jew, Mr. President, I take umbrage in my Grandfather, the sainted Dr. Rabbi Harry S. Davidowitz, who inhaled poison gas in the trenches of WWI as a US Army chaplain, being called disloyal because he voted Democrat. As a Jew, born and raised in Israel, I take offense at you calling me disloyal to America AND to Israel because I oppose your inept, ghoulish, uncouth, deceitful, inhumane farce of leadership. How many tours of duty have you performed for Israel during wartime? Or, for that sake, the USA? As a Jew, Mr. President, I reserve the right to oppose Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib (neither of whom called upon the help of a former KGB operative to help them in their election to office), while simultaneously condemning your divisive, racist rants and policies. As a Jew who has proud Republican family members who I love and cherish, I am ashamed of what you have done to the Republican party; to conservative ideals – even if I do not share all of those ideals. As a Jew whose Christian uncle fought heroically at the Battle of the Bulge for our country and for the salvation of Europe – I am ashamed by the mockery you visit upon his sacrifice. As the son of a Christian pilot, later converted to Judaism, who led American pilots to glorious victory over Nazi Germany, I am outraged by your embrace of neo-Nazi’s and racists in America (that same pilot, who became a squadron commander in the Israeli Air Force, and fought for Israel’s independence). As a Jew, I am disgraced by your fawning adoration of the worst dictators of our century – you violate Christian and Jewish values by doing so. As a Jew; as a well-informed Jew who loves and cares deeply for Israel and for America, I condemn you and call you out for the divisive fool, the ogre, the ghoul that you are. May my soul not enter your council, let me not join your assembly.
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People celebrate Lula's win in São Paulo
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BOOM.
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Two Saudis named Muhammad used Jared Kushner to funnel money to Donald Trump, the Russians hacked his phone the Dutch flipped a Russian agent and the story broke. The American media says nothing and bashes El Sayed all day for wanting to help America.
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Replying to @mark_slapinski
My client and 2016 lawsuit named it today's Judiciary Democrats’ Report Details Mounting Evidence Linking Trump to Epstein’s Criminal Activities and DOJ’s Cover-Up; Specific Accounts Involving 11 Women Provide More Evidence of Potential Sex Crimes patreon.com/oppermanreport/p…
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They said Hillary was ahead in the polls. They said Kamala was ahead in the polls. I don’t give a fuck what the polls say right now. Get your ass out there and fucking vote.
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Gary Sircus retweeted
Trump's unhinged 1,300-word assault on Bill Maher is a chilling testament to a president's accelerating descent into madness. The world is witnessing the total psychological collapse of America's commander-in-chief — and it's fucking terrifying.
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On MSNOW, I slammed corporate media for outrageous double standard when it comes to Abdul El-Sayed where they demand he denounce every fabricated link to extremism. But they don't press his opponent Mike Rogers to denounce Trump for his Jan. 6 terrorist attack & for pardoning J6 attackers
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Lula didn’t just beat Bolsonaro: He beat Trump, Netanyahu/Israel, Meta interference, algorithms, the right-wing wave taking Latin America, and the elite billionaire class... If Brasil just did it, America can too.
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Replying to @BulwarkClips
Translation : Brown people are bad, white people are awesome. Let’s stop pretending folks!! These people are RACISTS and their supporters are RACISTS!! End of story!
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Gary Sircus retweeted
El-Sayed: In my Neurology unit, I would have to give that MOCA exam, that cognitive test he's so proud of… The only people you give that test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you’re taking one of those tests, something is wrong.  And you know the doctor who gave it to him was like, I just want to see how smart you are, sir. And he's like, me too. He brags about having taken it. He's like I remembered the rhinoceros. You're like Habibi, everybody remember the rhinoceros. And the funny thing about it is, you know, he's taken it multiple times. So he's not even bragging about the first time he took it. He's like, I took it the 1st time and then I took it the 2nd time. So with Donald Trump, you can't blame him for this, he's just dumb. But for Mike Rogers, can you imagine how small of a human being you have to be to know that he has real deficits and to just nod your head approvingly at the most ridiculous shit that the man proposes?
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In the end, Brazil really did teach the United States a lesson. They jailed the fascist, and then they defeated his political heir.
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