Blue Wave Earper
@blueearper.bsky.social
British TV watcher. Democracy enthusiast. Covid realist. #CovidIsNotOver
Owned by a one-eyed orange cat named Spike.
🏳️🌈 (she/her) #KeepCaliforniaBlue #BlueWave2026
Los Angeles
Owned by a one-eyed orange cat named Spike.
🏳️🌈 (she/her) #KeepCaliforniaBlue #BlueWave2026
Los Angeles
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
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DOGE framed neoliberal austerity as "efficiency". Social programs and oversight were cut, spending stayed high, and corporate power faced fewer constraints. Elon’s objective was never fiscal discipline—it was political realignment further in favor of private power.
CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
DOGE framed neoliberal austerity as "efficiency". Social programs and oversight were cut, spending stayed high, and corporate power faced fewer constraints. Elon’s objective was never fiscal discipline—it was political realignment further in favor of private power.
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Donald Trump’s Department of Justice just went on national television and said that their official position is to protect pedophiles.
That’s what Todd Blanche just said out loud on TV.
Is this what you voted for Maga?
That’s what Todd Blanche just said out loud on TV.
Is this what you voted for Maga?
December 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Donald Trump’s Department of Justice just went on national television and said that their official position is to protect pedophiles.
That’s what Todd Blanche just said out loud on TV.
Is this what you voted for Maga?
That’s what Todd Blanche just said out loud on TV.
Is this what you voted for Maga?
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Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
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Mmm, yeah, this.
December 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Mmm, yeah, this.
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Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts?
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Who's making big money off Border Patrol and ICE contracts?
In the wake of high-profile immigration operations in Louisiana and North Carolina, a Facing South/Institute analysis looks at more than 50 businesses in both states receiving money from U.S. Border P...
www.facingsouth.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts?
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
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Safety first! From pandemic to apocalypse, a high quality mask will protect you and your loved ones, no matter what transpires. Your future matters!
December 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Safety first! From pandemic to apocalypse, a high quality mask will protect you and your loved ones, no matter what transpires. Your future matters!
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At least 20 people who have received clemency from President Trump so far this year were also forgiven of financial penalties totaling tens of millions of dollars.
Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
Trump’s pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims
In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president’s clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
At least 20 people who have received clemency from President Trump so far this year were also forgiven of financial penalties totaling tens of millions of dollars.
Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
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This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
The admin is wasting no crisis... Sec. Kristi Noem said she is suspending the diversity visa lottery program (DV-1) after the Brown University suspect entered the U.S. through it in 2017.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
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Trump administration lawyers admitted in court filings that they specifically targeted blue states for energy grant cuts during the government shutdown
Trump administration admits to targeting blue states for energy grant cuts
Justice Department lawyers argue in court documents that it is legal for the administration to withhold funding based on partisan politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump administration lawyers admitted in court filings that they specifically targeted blue states for energy grant cuts during the government shutdown
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DOGE is an espionage unit. Elon Musk is conducting cyber espionage. The intelligence gathering of all of our government's records is called Target Exploitation. Who is he gathering intelligence for? Read more about social engineering through espionage. www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybers...
What is Cyber Espionage? | CrowdStrike
Cyber espionage is a cyberattack that attempts to access sensitive data for economic gain, competitive advantage or political reasons.
www.crowdstrike.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
DOGE is an espionage unit. Elon Musk is conducting cyber espionage. The intelligence gathering of all of our government's records is called Target Exploitation. Who is he gathering intelligence for? Read more about social engineering through espionage. www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybers...
“Some retailers have stopped shipping to the United States, and some have gone out of business—all thanks to Trump’s globe-engulfing and pointless trade war.”
While American families are expected to pay more for goods this holiday season due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, small-business owners are facing an existential crisis, Annie Lowrey reports:
Donald Trump’s War on Christmas
It’s a bad year for shoppers. It’s a terrible year for small-business owners.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
“Some retailers have stopped shipping to the United States, and some have gone out of business—all thanks to Trump’s globe-engulfing and pointless trade war.”
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One of the great failures of contemporary political news coverage in a lot of media is the unspoken principle that no violation of norms or decency by Trump is really news, worthy of sustained attention, unless it also upsets people who love him. It isn't "not taking the bait"; it's sleepwalking.
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
One of the great failures of contemporary political news coverage in a lot of media is the unspoken principle that no violation of norms or decency by Trump is really news, worthy of sustained attention, unless it also upsets people who love him. It isn't "not taking the bait"; it's sleepwalking.
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An ICE agent in Minneapolis pinned a pregnant woman’s face into the snow and knelt on her body.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
An ICE agent in Minneapolis pinned a pregnant woman’s face into the snow and knelt on her body.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
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Ford is scrapping the all-electric F-150 lightning pickup truck and rolling back its EV plans more broadly. Not great! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...
Ford Will Take $19.5 Billion Hit as It Rolls Back E.V. Plans
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Ford is scrapping the all-electric F-150 lightning pickup truck and rolling back its EV plans more broadly. Not great! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...
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I’m saying this again DON’T FLY UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. Boycott flying! It won’t be long before the airline and travel industry forces TSA to back off.
The Trump admin instructed all U.S. airports to feed ICE the name of every passenger.
Since March, TSA has been sending passenger lists multiple times per week to ICE.
The names and passenger data of virtually every air traveler.
Police and surveillance state.
Palantir is salivating.
Since March, TSA has been sending passenger lists multiple times per week to ICE.
The names and passenger data of virtually every air traveler.
Police and surveillance state.
Palantir is salivating.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I’m saying this again DON’T FLY UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. Boycott flying! It won’t be long before the airline and travel industry forces TSA to back off.
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Pepsi allegedly gave Walmart discounts on its products, while charging other retailers higher prices.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Pepsi allegedly gave Walmart discounts on its products, while charging other retailers higher prices.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.
This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
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Since day one, L.A. TACO’s small-but-mighty staff has produced crucial daily reports on the ongoing immigration raids.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Since day one, L.A. TACO’s small-but-mighty staff has produced crucial daily reports on the ongoing immigration raids.
Your membership makes this possible. It’s what keeps L.A. TACO fearless, local, and totally independent.
Become a member today: lataco.com/join
#FreeLA
Your membership makes this possible. It’s what keeps L.A. TACO fearless, local, and totally independent.
Become a member today: lataco.com/join
#FreeLA
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PLEASE SIGN OUR Change.org PETITION👇 & CALL Congress to impeach & convict #Trump, the draft dodger, war crimes combatant vs. Venezuela & OUR mentally & morally unfit Commander-in-Chief, & #Hegseth, his Neo-Nazi #MAGAMinion
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December 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
PLEASE SIGN OUR Change.org PETITION👇 & CALL Congress to impeach & convict #Trump, the draft dodger, war crimes combatant vs. Venezuela & OUR mentally & morally unfit Commander-in-Chief, & #Hegseth, his Neo-Nazi #MAGAMinion
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Hey everyone, I’m doing a thing this Saturday! Come join me at the thing!
December 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Hey everyone, I’m doing a thing this Saturday! Come join me at the thing!
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Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera. [via @propublica.org]
Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera. [via @propublica.org]
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Rob Reiner is a guy you'd fly flags at half mast for.
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Rob Reiner is a guy you'd fly flags at half mast for.