Chaosaurus Bex
@bexfish.bsky.social
I was a knitter, I am a writer, and I will pet all the cats.
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As Alaska ignores requests to fund school repairs, its Indigenous children suffer most because rural schools serve predominantly Alaska Native students — a population that was long forced to attend separate and unequal schools.
By @emilyschwing.bsky.social
By @emilyschwing.bsky.social
A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primari...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
As Alaska ignores requests to fund school repairs, its Indigenous children suffer most because rural schools serve predominantly Alaska Native students — a population that was long forced to attend separate and unequal schools.
By @emilyschwing.bsky.social
By @emilyschwing.bsky.social
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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NEW a cache of emails from the longtime Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell shows her prison conditions improving dramatically as a crisis grew for Trump, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... @theatlantic.com
The Ghislaine Maxwell Emails
The longtime Epstein associate reveled in her privileges after the Trump administration moved her to more comfortable surroundings.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
NEW a cache of emails from the longtime Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell shows her prison conditions improving dramatically as a crisis grew for Trump, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... @theatlantic.com
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The Good News: SNAP benefits are back!
The Bad News: All SNAP documents now emblazoned with the Doppelte Sig-Rune.
The Bad News: All SNAP documents now emblazoned with the Doppelte Sig-Rune.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Good News: SNAP benefits are back!
The Bad News: All SNAP documents now emblazoned with the Doppelte Sig-Rune.
The Bad News: All SNAP documents now emblazoned with the Doppelte Sig-Rune.
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Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
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Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
Polarize the shit out of this.
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So we went from feigned outrage about allegedly biased public media to the president making deals with centibillionaire friends to make corporate media more biased. Got it.
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So we went from feigned outrage about allegedly biased public media to the president making deals with centibillionaire friends to make corporate media more biased. Got it.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social impeach him now.
Trump is calling for members of Congress to be arrested and/or hanged for reminding our military and IC that they have an obligation to refuse illegal orders.
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
@housedemocrats.bsky.social impeach him now.
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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Trump is now seeming to endorse execution for his perceived enemies — retweeting a post that called for the hanging of Democrats who told servicemembers to refuse illegal orders.
He also claims the Dems are engaging in 'seditious behavior'.
He also claims the Dems are engaging in 'seditious behavior'.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trump is now seeming to endorse execution for his perceived enemies — retweeting a post that called for the hanging of Democrats who told servicemembers to refuse illegal orders.
He also claims the Dems are engaging in 'seditious behavior'.
He also claims the Dems are engaging in 'seditious behavior'.
The thing that really strikes me about Larry Summers is that he doesn’t talk about this woman as if she was a person. He just talks about ways of manipulating her into bed. No comments about what kind of person he found her to be. Just frustration at his failure to seal the deal.
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The thing that really strikes me about Larry Summers is that he doesn’t talk about this woman as if she was a person. He just talks about ways of manipulating her into bed. No comments about what kind of person he found her to be. Just frustration at his failure to seal the deal.
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Trump is absolutely cratering on economy in new Marquette poll:
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Anger over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking
As Trump’s inflation rants grow more unhinged amid brutal new polls for him, an economics writer explains why Trump is ill-suited for the crisis that might be coming—and why the bottom might be about ...
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Trump is absolutely cratering on economy in new Marquette poll:
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Overall econ approval: 36-64
On tariffs: 37-63
On inflation/cost of living: 28-72 (!!!)
"We’re looking at a really grim downward spiral for Trump," says @timothynoah.bsky.social. All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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The USDA has designated 444 counties as farming-dependent; their average vote share for Trump was 77.7%.
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The USDA has designated 444 counties as farming-dependent; their average vote share for Trump was 77.7%.
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
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NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
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Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
You’d think these billionaires would take .00000000000000001% of their wealth and fix their faces.
The hands deserve attention, but let's not sleep on how handsome our boy is.
Like a statue come to, well, something quack scientists might have once classified as "life"
Like a statue come to, well, something quack scientists might have once classified as "life"
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
You’d think these billionaires would take .00000000000000001% of their wealth and fix their faces.
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Seems bad!
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Seems bad!
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That's meaningless without some statutory basis. See eg NY v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002)(a federal agency "literally has no power to act, let alone preempt the validly enacted legislation of a sovereign State, unless and until Congress confers power upon it.")
But with current SCOTUS, who knows?
But with current SCOTUS, who knows?
BREAKING: President Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would seek to preempt state laws on artificial intelligence through lawsuits and by withholding federal funding, according to a draft of the order seen by Reuters reut.rs/485QCmm
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
That's meaningless without some statutory basis. See eg NY v. FERC, 535 U.S. 1 (2002)(a federal agency "literally has no power to act, let alone preempt the validly enacted legislation of a sovereign State, unless and until Congress confers power upon it.")
But with current SCOTUS, who knows?
But with current SCOTUS, who knows?
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Lindsey Halligan: I was never alone with the grand jury.
Loaner AUSA: But the EDVA GJ Coordinator WAS alone with the foreperson and deputy.
😜
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Loaner AUSA: But the EDVA GJ Coordinator WAS alone with the foreperson and deputy.
😜
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Lindsey Halligan: I was never alone with the grand jury.
Loaner AUSA: But the EDVA GJ Coordinator WAS alone with the foreperson and deputy.
😜
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Loaner AUSA: But the EDVA GJ Coordinator WAS alone with the foreperson and deputy.
😜
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I don’t blame Them.
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I don’t blame Them.
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In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 162 years ago today, President Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in American history, extolling the sacrifices of the men who died in the battle there. There are five known manuscript copies of the Gettysburg Address. The Library of Congress has two of those.
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 162 years ago today, President Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in American history, extolling the sacrifices of the men who died in the battle there. There are five known manuscript copies of the Gettysburg Address. The Library of Congress has two of those.
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America is responsible for the largest volume of carbon dioxide currently sitting in the atmosphere, trapping heat and causing disasters and death
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
America is responsible for the largest volume of carbon dioxide currently sitting in the atmosphere, trapping heat and causing disasters and death
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
This psycho needs to be impeached. Retroactively to Inauguration Day. I’m sure Bondi would get on board with that.
Trump: "When I left, which was a rigged election by the way. They used to go crazy when I'd say 'rigged election.' Nobody complains anymore because now they realize it was and it's been proven and it continues to be proven."
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This psycho needs to be impeached. Retroactively to Inauguration Day. I’m sure Bondi would get on board with that.
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Trump on Susie Wiles: "She can take out a country -- destroy -- take out a country with one phone call. That's power. I don't know if I could do that, but she could."
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Trump on Susie Wiles: "She can take out a country -- destroy -- take out a country with one phone call. That's power. I don't know if I could do that, but she could."
The DOJ has had plenty of time to wipe evidence that anyone from the GOP is a god damned pedophile.
BARTIROMO: Are we gonna see the Epstein client list?
COMER: I don't think there's an actual Epstein list, but if we're able to follow the money, maybe we could construct a list
COMER: I don't think there's an actual Epstein list, but if we're able to follow the money, maybe we could construct a list
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The DOJ has had plenty of time to wipe evidence that anyone from the GOP is a god damned pedophile.