ConnieRR
@connierr.bsky.social
Lover of family, friends, travel, theater, the arts. Chicago native, DC dweller/fan. Small biz fan & former economist. Wellesley.
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ConnieRR
@connierr.bsky.social
· May 7
Most important. @djrothkopf.bsky.social is the mist important read there is. And his Deep State Radio is a must listen.
Excellent analysis and understanding always.
Excellent analysis and understanding always.
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The NY Times said Trump labeling Somalis as “garbage” was “shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.” Then NYT put the story on Page 13. When Trump called for “termination” of the Constitution in 2022, NYT put it on Page 13, too. In case you wonder if NYT has learned anything in the last 3 years. 1/🧵
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
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December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The NY Times said Trump labeling Somalis as “garbage” was “shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.” Then NYT put the story on Page 13. When Trump called for “termination” of the Constitution in 2022, NYT put it on Page 13, too. In case you wonder if NYT has learned anything in the last 3 years. 1/🧵
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Marshall should lose his medical license for these lies.
Sen. Roger Marshall on Trump's health: "I'll work 110 hours a week. He outworks me. He's the first person I've ever known that works harder than I do. He runs around that golf course. He's in incredible shape right now. And you talk about sharp! He's playing 4 dimensional chess"
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Marshall should lose his medical license for these lies.
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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Hard to understand this as anything but an attempt by a hostile foreign power to destroy the country.....
This is the new chair of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which meets this week to scrutinize the childhood immunization schedule and administering hepatitis B shots at birth www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hard to understand this as anything but an attempt by a hostile foreign power to destroy the country.....
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Wow. Mark Kelly’s Devastating Takedown of Trump.
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Wow. Mark Kelly’s Devastating Takedown of Trump.
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And another cover up begins….
Trump: Jack Smith classified documents report should remain secret
Trump: Jack Smith classified documents report should remain secret
Trump’s request is a break from the Justice Department’s handling of all special counsel reports in recent decades.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
And another cover up begins….
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Ex-DEA agent who worked on the case against former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez calls his release "devastating":
“It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
“It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless”
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Former Honduras president, convicted of trafficking, freed on Trump pardon
A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ex-DEA agent who worked on the case against former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez calls his release "devastating":
“It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
“It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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“Critics say” is the most pathetic and cowardly way to describe the obvious conclusion reached by any sentient being. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/us/politics/trump-immigration-afghan-daca.html
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“Critics say” is the most pathetic and cowardly way to describe the obvious conclusion reached by any sentient being. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/us/politics/trump-immigration-afghan-daca.html
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In belated recognition that the national guard are sitting ducks, the Trump regime now has D.C. police patrolling with guardsmen. So, who is getting protection? Surely, Americans would be safer if guardsmen stayed home and D.C. police were assigned to fight crime open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
The ‘buck stops’ nowhere
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December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In belated recognition that the national guard are sitting ducks, the Trump regime now has D.C. police patrolling with guardsmen. So, who is getting protection? Surely, Americans would be safer if guardsmen stayed home and D.C. police were assigned to fight crime open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Leavitt: "The people of Honduras have highlighted to him how the former President Hernandez was set up. This was a clear Biden over prosecution."
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
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Evaluating nominees is explicitly his job as a Senator. What "others" can give advice and consent of the senate?
Vote these spineless cowards out of their majorities so we can actually have some oversight on this serial criminality.
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Evaluating nominees is explicitly his job as a Senator. What "others" can give advice and consent of the senate?
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Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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Growth will slow and inflation will rise in the U.S. next year, a new report warns, and things could get worse if the AI-driven stock market bubble were to burst.
AI bubble a "key downside risk" to U.S. economy, report warns
The OECD expects growth to slow and inflation to rise in the U.S. next year.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Growth will slow and inflation will rise in the U.S. next year, a new report warns, and things could get worse if the AI-driven stock market bubble were to burst.
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Kushner said he wouldn't have a foreign policy role in this administration just like the Trump Organization said it wouldn't make new foreign deals, just like Karoline Leavitt said Trump has never engaged in a conflict of interest.
As Jared Kushner prepares to meet with Putin today on behalf of Trump, REMEMBER: After taking billions from the Saudis and other foreign governments, Kushner explicitly said he would not have a foreign policy role in this administration.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Kushner said he wouldn't have a foreign policy role in this administration just like the Trump Organization said it wouldn't make new foreign deals, just like Karoline Leavitt said Trump has never engaged in a conflict of interest.
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In a working democracy, if 75% or 80% of the country is in favor, it happens. We have been in minority rule for decades. Great conversation with @djrothkopf.bsky.social & @jimacosta.bsky.social
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Hegseth Blames the "Fog of War" While Trump Naps - with Rep. Jason Crow and David Rothkopf.
Plus Jim slams the new Pentagon press briefing as state media.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In a working democracy, if 75% or 80% of the country is in favor, it happens. We have been in minority rule for decades. Great conversation with @djrothkopf.bsky.social & @jimacosta.bsky.social
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This alone is impeachable behavior.
Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This alone is impeachable behavior.
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Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
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WHY IS THIS NOT YOUR TOP STORY? If you need help, just pretend it’s Biden @msnownews.bsky.social @cnn.com @nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
WHY IS THIS NOT YOUR TOP STORY? If you need help, just pretend it’s Biden @msnownews.bsky.social @cnn.com @nytimes.com
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.
Gov. JB Pritzker signs law on Illinois vaccine guidelines amid ongoing tumult with Trump administration
The new law, part of the Illinois governor’s ongoing battle with the Trump administration, expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois, among other …
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December 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Our leader is having repeated trouble staying awake at public events he's hosting; is acting more erratically online and in public; is making decisions that are doing clear material harm to the country & our allies. Simply, his declining health must become a bigger issue.
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“.. A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds of the meeting Tuesday showed that during nine separate instances, Trump’s eyes were closed for extended periods or he appeared to struggle to keep them open, amounting cumulatively to nearly six minutes.”
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December 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Our leader is having repeated trouble staying awake at public events he's hosting; is acting more erratically online and in public; is making decisions that are doing clear material harm to the country & our allies. Simply, his declining health must become a bigger issue.
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“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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How is it legal to program cars to break traffic laws
“They’re bending traffic laws, getting impatient with pedestrians and embracing the idea that when it comes to city driving, politeness doesn’t pay… Waymo has been trying to make its cars “confidently assertive,” says Chris Ludwick, a senior director of product management with Waymo”
Self-driving Waymo cars are suddenly driving way mo like “an aggressive, New York taxi driver.”
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December 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
How is it legal to program cars to break traffic laws