Abigail Breiseth
@abinbaltimore.bsky.social
Teacher of hospitalized kids. Civic. Curious. Cranky. Baltimore, baby.
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I read a smart thing about marking up vile things before reposting them, so the brain is signaled before reading and we aren’t normalizing them by giving them more oxygen. So, something like this, from me with no particular online skills? Tips for better marking?
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Trump is decompensating as a result of his unresolved narcissistic injury being repetitively re-inflamed through the drip-drip of the Epstein files.
He is in narcissistic collapse because the thought of being exposed is not just a political problem—for him, it is psychological annihilation.
He is in narcissistic collapse because the thought of being exposed is not just a political problem—for him, it is psychological annihilation.
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Trump is decompensating as a result of his unresolved narcissistic injury being repetitively re-inflamed through the drip-drip of the Epstein files.
He is in narcissistic collapse because the thought of being exposed is not just a political problem—for him, it is psychological annihilation.
He is in narcissistic collapse because the thought of being exposed is not just a political problem—for him, it is psychological annihilation.
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Gullible
Perhaps the most alarming symptom of dementia, whether FTD or Alzheimer’s, is that it makes the patient far more suggestible, and vulnerable to malign influence.
Scientifically, according to a 2025 study, dementia makes people more gullible.
In a president, this is a deeply concerning.
Perhaps the most alarming symptom of dementia, whether FTD or Alzheimer’s, is that it makes the patient far more suggestible, and vulnerable to malign influence.
Scientifically, according to a 2025 study, dementia makes people more gullible.
In a president, this is a deeply concerning.
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Gullible
Perhaps the most alarming symptom of dementia, whether FTD or Alzheimer’s, is that it makes the patient far more suggestible, and vulnerable to malign influence.
Scientifically, according to a 2025 study, dementia makes people more gullible.
In a president, this is a deeply concerning.
Perhaps the most alarming symptom of dementia, whether FTD or Alzheimer’s, is that it makes the patient far more suggestible, and vulnerable to malign influence.
Scientifically, according to a 2025 study, dementia makes people more gullible.
In a president, this is a deeply concerning.
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It’s not so much the memory loss, or even his inability to stay on topic that screams loudest.
It’s that he is increasingly:
- Apathetic
- Disinhibited
- Without affective empathy or cognitive empathy.
He can’t even pretend to care about anyone but himself anymore.
It’s that he is increasingly:
- Apathetic
- Disinhibited
- Without affective empathy or cognitive empathy.
He can’t even pretend to care about anyone but himself anymore.
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
It’s not so much the memory loss, or even his inability to stay on topic that screams loudest.
It’s that he is increasingly:
- Apathetic
- Disinhibited
- Without affective empathy or cognitive empathy.
He can’t even pretend to care about anyone but himself anymore.
It’s that he is increasingly:
- Apathetic
- Disinhibited
- Without affective empathy or cognitive empathy.
He can’t even pretend to care about anyone but himself anymore.
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Trump's Cognitive Dysfunction
Trump’s horrid smear and shallow attack of Rob Reiner and his wife after their horrific murders left many Trump supporters agog.
Some who have been steadfastly loyal, were unable to explain or excuse his behavior.
open.substack.com/pub/jimstewa...
Trump’s horrid smear and shallow attack of Rob Reiner and his wife after their horrific murders left many Trump supporters agog.
Some who have been steadfastly loyal, were unable to explain or excuse his behavior.
open.substack.com/pub/jimstewa...
Trump’s Colonized Mind: The Cognitive Dysfunction Destabilizing the Planet
The neurological, psychological, and political breakdown of the American president—and the people taking full advantage of it.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Trump's Cognitive Dysfunction
Trump’s horrid smear and shallow attack of Rob Reiner and his wife after their horrific murders left many Trump supporters agog.
Some who have been steadfastly loyal, were unable to explain or excuse his behavior.
open.substack.com/pub/jimstewa...
Trump’s horrid smear and shallow attack of Rob Reiner and his wife after their horrific murders left many Trump supporters agog.
Some who have been steadfastly loyal, were unable to explain or excuse his behavior.
open.substack.com/pub/jimstewa...
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Trump’s speech for those who missed it.
a man in a suit and tie is screaming with his mouth open and the words `` loud noises '' written on his face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is screaming with his mouth open and the words `` loud noises '' written on his face .
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Trump’s speech for those who missed it.
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Trump’s primetime diatribe against immigrants is straight up unvarnished Nazi stuff
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Trump’s primetime diatribe against immigrants is straight up unvarnished Nazi stuff
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@alsobrooks.senate.gov Stop helping Republicans attack the rights of our fellow Americans!
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
@alsobrooks.senate.gov Stop helping Republicans attack the rights of our fellow Americans!
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
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We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
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Really excellent read.
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Really excellent read.
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31 year old Miguel Garcia was trying desperately to obtain legal status in the US.
He was shot and killed in the sniper attack at a Dallas ICE facility two months ago.
On Monday his widow received a letter granting him permission to proceed with a green card application:
He was shot and killed in the sniper attack at a Dallas ICE facility two months ago.
On Monday his widow received a letter granting him permission to proceed with a green card application:
Texas widow receives immigration approval letter months after husband’s death in ICE shooting
A North Texas woman received a letter approving her late husband’s immigration status two months after he was killed in a Dallas ICE facility shooting.
www.nbcdfw.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
31 year old Miguel Garcia was trying desperately to obtain legal status in the US.
He was shot and killed in the sniper attack at a Dallas ICE facility two months ago.
On Monday his widow received a letter granting him permission to proceed with a green card application:
He was shot and killed in the sniper attack at a Dallas ICE facility two months ago.
On Monday his widow received a letter granting him permission to proceed with a green card application:
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WATCH — @terrymoranabc.bsky.social : “He was loud. He sounded like a man shouting at the nation. He said the guy who’s gone, it’s still his fault- and it’s not as bad as you think it is… but facts of people’s lives refute you. I thought that was a huge mistake.”
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
WATCH — @terrymoranabc.bsky.social : “He was loud. He sounded like a man shouting at the nation. He said the guy who’s gone, it’s still his fault- and it’s not as bad as you think it is… but facts of people’s lives refute you. I thought that was a huge mistake.”
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It’s wild that Trump and the Republicans are willing to try basically everything except actually making things less expensive for people.
Because they know if they show government can do that we’ll want it to do that more. #MedicareForAllNOW
Because they know if they show government can do that we’ll want it to do that more. #MedicareForAllNOW
December 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
It’s wild that Trump and the Republicans are willing to try basically everything except actually making things less expensive for people.
Because they know if they show government can do that we’ll want it to do that more. #MedicareForAllNOW
Because they know if they show government can do that we’ll want it to do that more. #MedicareForAllNOW
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The U.S. government admitted in court documents to failures that led to the January midair collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter that killed 67 people in all.
U.S. government admits to errors in deadly midair collision near D.C.
"The United States admits that it owed a duty of care to Plaintiffs, which it breached," it said in a court filing, leading to the Jan. 29 crash between a passenger jet and Army helicopter.
nbcnews.to
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The U.S. government admitted in court documents to failures that led to the January midair collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter that killed 67 people in all.
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Australia will introduce wide-ranging reforms to crack down on hate speech, days after the country’s worst mass shooting in nearly three decades at a Hanukkah event.
Australia to introduce laws to crack down on hate speech after Bondi shooting
Fifteen were killed in the Hanukkah attack inspired by the Islamic State group that shocked the nation.
ebx.sh
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Australia will introduce wide-ranging reforms to crack down on hate speech, days after the country’s worst mass shooting in nearly three decades at a Hanukkah event.
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Peter Arnett has died at 91. The Pulitzer-winning journalist was one of the world’s best-known TV reporters covering wars and insurrections.
Peter Arnett, Pulitzer-Winning War Correspondent, Dies at 91
He won the prestigious award for his daring coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press, and went on to cover conflicts for CNN for nearly two decades.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Peter Arnett has died at 91. The Pulitzer-winning journalist was one of the world’s best-known TV reporters covering wars and insurrections.
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"For decades, Rob sought to entertain and enlighten us with his television and film work and to improve the world with his activism. This loss is incalculable.
But my hunch is that Rob would have gotten a kick out of causing Trump to show his worst."
But my hunch is that Rob would have gotten a kick out of causing Trump to show his worst."
Rob Reiner was a mensch. In death, he showed us Trump’s a schmuck.
The president's remarks about the murder of the filmmaker and his wife cast Trump as petty and callous.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"For decades, Rob sought to entertain and enlighten us with his television and film work and to improve the world with his activism. This loss is incalculable.
But my hunch is that Rob would have gotten a kick out of causing Trump to show his worst."
But my hunch is that Rob would have gotten a kick out of causing Trump to show his worst."
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A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer was held in jail for more than a month this fall after police arrested him over a Facebook post of a meme related to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Retired cop jailed for 37 days over Charlie Kirk meme sues, saying his First Amendment rights were violated | CNN Politics
A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer was held in jail for more than a month this fall after police arrested him because of a Facebook post of a meme related to the September assassination of co...
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer was held in jail for more than a month this fall after police arrested him over a Facebook post of a meme related to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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A Republican lawmaker admitted Wednesday that MAGA is splintering over President Donald Trump and his policies.
'Break within MAGA': GOP lawmaker admits party dividing over Trump
A Republican lawmaker admitted Wednesday that MAGA is splintering over President Donald Trump and his policies. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that even with the friction among lawmakers over the president, he still thinks Trump has power in the Republican party and 2026 midterm ...
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A Republican lawmaker admitted Wednesday that MAGA is splintering over President Donald Trump and his policies.
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Fox News did show a handful of the slides during the speech, with a label that said "White House graphic." One of the slides, showing gas prices since 2017, undercut Trump’s talking points about gas being under $2 in some places. The graphic showed that the national average is still near $3.
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Fox News did show a handful of the slides during the speech, with a label that said "White House graphic." One of the slides, showing gas prices since 2017, undercut Trump’s talking points about gas being under $2 in some places. The graphic showed that the national average is still near $3.
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The White House encouraged the networks to use the slides, according to three news execs who spoke on condition of anonymity. But NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN all chose not to. One of the chief reasons: The graphs did not come with clear sourcing information, the sources said.
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The White House encouraged the networks to use the slides, according to three news execs who spoke on condition of anonymity. But NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN all chose not to. One of the chief reasons: The graphs did not come with clear sourcing information, the sources said.
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Scooplet: The White House wanted tonight's prime time address to double as a PowerPoint presentation. Trump's comms team shared a set of slides with the major TV networks shortly before the speech. But only one, Fox News, opted to show them on screen. Here's the backstory...
Live updates: Trump declares triumph in national address amid Venezuela tensions | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump, in what was billed as a speech to the nation, tonight mounted a sustained argument for his administration’s economic success, arguing that he’d made significant progress in eas...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Scooplet: The White House wanted tonight's prime time address to double as a PowerPoint presentation. Trump's comms team shared a set of slides with the major TV networks shortly before the speech. But only one, Fox News, opted to show them on screen. Here's the backstory...
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The government has tried—and failed—to ease the hardship in this one-time coal powerhouse. Locals aren’t waiting for help. on.wsj.com/44ATR4t
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The government has tried—and failed—to ease the hardship in this one-time coal powerhouse. Locals aren’t waiting for help. on.wsj.com/44ATR4t
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one upside of trump insisting on a "presidential address" is it interrupted programming on every major broadcast network. so a whole bunch of normies who only see sanitized versions of
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
one upside of trump insisting on a "presidential address" is it interrupted programming on every major broadcast network. so a whole bunch of normies who only see sanitized versions of
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.