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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
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A key part of the story of the 2000 election is that the Gore campaign chose a litigation only strategy while the Republican shipped a bunch of staffers down to disrupt recounts.
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A key part of the story of the 2000 election is that the Gore campaign chose a litigation only strategy while the Republican shipped a bunch of staffers down to disrupt recounts.
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Removing identifiable items...?
THIS. MUST. STOP.
I don't know what we must do to wake up Americans who aren't paying attention.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
THIS. MUST. STOP.
I don't know what we must do to wake up Americans who aren't paying attention.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Removing identifiable items...?
THIS. MUST. STOP.
I don't know what we must do to wake up Americans who aren't paying attention.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
THIS. MUST. STOP.
I don't know what we must do to wake up Americans who aren't paying attention.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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But the Vice-President cares about workers, right?
US invalidates union contract covering 47,000 TSA officers, AFGE vows to challenge reut.rs/3MrRnPQ
US invalidates union contract covering 47,000 TSA officers, AFGE vows to challenge
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday terminated the collective bargaining agreement covering 47,000 Transportation Security Administration officers, the department said in a statement.
reut.rs
December 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
But the Vice-President cares about workers, right?
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It's Time For Democrats To Embrace Progressives & Ditch Corporate Centrism
The Democratic Establishment continues to ignore its base & cozy up to billionaires, AIPAC, & Silicon Valley goons, proving that they will always choose restoration to reform & progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Democratic Establishment continues to ignore its base & cozy up to billionaires, AIPAC, & Silicon Valley goons, proving that they will always choose restoration to reform & progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It's Time For Democrats To Embrace Progressives & Ditch Corporate Centrism
The Democratic Establishment continues to ignore its base & cozy up to billionaires, AIPAC, & Silicon Valley goons, proving that they will always choose restoration to reform & progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Democratic Establishment continues to ignore its base & cozy up to billionaires, AIPAC, & Silicon Valley goons, proving that they will always choose restoration to reform & progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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Allam, who helped lead Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign in North Carolina, is the seventh candidate Justice Democrats are backing so far this cycle.
AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
Growing dissatisfaction with the Israel lobby may pave a lane for Nida Allam, who’s running for Congress in North Carolina.
interc.pt
December 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Allam, who helped lead Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign in North Carolina, is the seventh candidate Justice Democrats are backing so far this cycle.
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Once Jared Golden leaves office and then runs for something else in 2028 or 2030 or whatever, there's bound to be an effort to rewrite his record. "He wasn't that bad," some will inevitably say.
Let's all please remind our future selves that's he was (is) in fact pretty bad! #MEpolitics
Let's all please remind our future selves that's he was (is) in fact pretty bad! #MEpolitics
7 Democrats joined Republicans in voting to prevent states from applying their own clean water laws to pipeline project reviews.
Jim Costa
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Adam Gray
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
Jim Costa
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Adam Gray
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
clerk.house.gov
December 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Once Jared Golden leaves office and then runs for something else in 2028 or 2030 or whatever, there's bound to be an effort to rewrite his record. "He wasn't that bad," some will inevitably say.
Let's all please remind our future selves that's he was (is) in fact pretty bad! #MEpolitics
Let's all please remind our future selves that's he was (is) in fact pretty bad! #MEpolitics
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Obviously important reporting, but I've also gotta hand it to the graphic designer: hard to imagine a better idea! Shoshana Gordon doesn't seem to be on BlueSky
Amazing reporting from @katiemangan.bsky.social and @peterelkind.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
previously unreported documents and interviews... reveals the extent to which the government violated legal and procedural norms to gin up its case against the institution
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
previously unreported documents and interviews... reveals the extent to which the government violated legal and procedural norms to gin up its case against the institution
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
How the government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California
www.chronicle.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Obviously important reporting, but I've also gotta hand it to the graphic designer: hard to imagine a better idea! Shoshana Gordon doesn't seem to be on BlueSky
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Here's the source it cites. You can see what went wrong.
December 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Here's the source it cites. You can see what went wrong.
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Gemini remains comically terrible.
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Gemini remains comically terrible.
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BIER: Immigrants today are assimilating faster than prior generations. They are more likely to know English, graduate college, be economically productive, & beneficial to govt budgets than in the early 20th century. /1
Zachary B. Wolf at CNN asked my Cato colleague David Bier to respond to some comments by White House aide Stephen Miller denouncing immigrants and liberal immigration law generally. This is David's response. /1
December 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
BIER: Immigrants today are assimilating faster than prior generations. They are more likely to know English, graduate college, be economically productive, & beneficial to govt budgets than in the early 20th century. /1
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“The Justice Department will be switching to Comic Sans because current fonts have a veneer of professionalism that feels out of place in communications written by Lindsey Halligan.”
Bravo @petridishes.bsky.social!
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Bravo @petridishes.bsky.social!
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Finally!! No More Woke Fonts!
Marco Rubio has spoken—get out of here, Calibri!
www.theatlantic.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“The Justice Department will be switching to Comic Sans because current fonts have a veneer of professionalism that feels out of place in communications written by Lindsey Halligan.”
Bravo @petridishes.bsky.social!
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Bravo @petridishes.bsky.social!
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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“Marco Rubio is currently the acting Archivist of the United States” is a phrase that should come with a content warning I’m about to have an aneurysm
I just remembered that records from Trump's first term become subject to FOIA on Jan. 20, 2026 through the National Archives. It'll be really interesting to see if Trump tries to stop that.
Marco Rubio is currently the acting Archivist of the United States, a title he's held since February.
Marco Rubio is currently the acting Archivist of the United States, a title he's held since February.
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“Marco Rubio is currently the acting Archivist of the United States” is a phrase that should come with a content warning I’m about to have an aneurysm
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
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Josh O’Connor used puppy power to tease his upcoming SNL episode. www.theomnicosm.com/josh-oconnor...
Josh O’Connor SNL Promo: A hosting gift that promises an 11- or 12-year commitment and then ‘the saddest day of your life’
The ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ star makes his ‘SNL’ debut this weekend.
www.theomnicosm.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Josh O’Connor used puppy power to tease his upcoming SNL episode. www.theomnicosm.com/josh-oconnor...
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The past and future of SNL met when Ashley Padilla chatted with Seth Meyers on Late Night. www.theomnicosm.com/theres-reall...
‘There’s really no room for you in the cast’: Ashley Padilla tells Seth Meyers about her ‘SNL’ audition
The sophomore standout had to overcome a confusing Lorne Michaels moment and the chaos of ‘SNL50.’
www.theomnicosm.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The past and future of SNL met when Ashley Padilla chatted with Seth Meyers on Late Night. www.theomnicosm.com/theres-reall...
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The government is letting the hunger strikers die.
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
Government risks letting protesters on hunger strike die, Corbyn warns
JEREMY CORBYN warned today that the government risks letting jailed Palestine protesters on hunger strike die in prison.The former Labour leader and Your Party MP said that he had visited one of the h...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The government is letting the hunger strikers die.
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
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Not a big fan of Starbucks coffee, but as a fellow union sister, I will not patronize any of them
December 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Not a big fan of Starbucks coffee, but as a fellow union sister, I will not patronize any of them
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Human Rights Watch is deeply alarmed by the arrest of several human rights defenders in Iran, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.
Authorities must immediately release all individuals arrested in connection with exercising their human rights.
Authorities must immediately release all individuals arrested in connection with exercising their human rights.
December 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Human Rights Watch is deeply alarmed by the arrest of several human rights defenders in Iran, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.
Authorities must immediately release all individuals arrested in connection with exercising their human rights.
Authorities must immediately release all individuals arrested in connection with exercising their human rights.
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Nobel Peace Prize committee condemns "brutal" arrest of Iranian laureate Narges Mohammadi reut.rs/4pANWoF
Nobel Peace Prize committee condemns "brutal" arrest of Iranian laureate Narges Mohammadi
Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was arrested in a "brutal" manner in Iran and must be released immediately, the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prize, said on Friday.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Nobel Peace Prize committee condemns "brutal" arrest of Iranian laureate Narges Mohammadi reut.rs/4pANWoF
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Wow. Be sure to read Mitch Daniel's celebration of the Indiana GOP's slap back at Trump, and particularly the passage where he compares Trump and his senior team to World War II area Soviet political commissars shooting Russian soldiers in the back. It's quite something. wapo.st/3Yp5lV7
Opinion | Hooray for Hoosiers, cynical GOP redistricting fails
Despite a White House intimidation, Indiana legislators defeated an unfair gerrymandering ploy.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Wow. Be sure to read Mitch Daniel's celebration of the Indiana GOP's slap back at Trump, and particularly the passage where he compares Trump and his senior team to World War II area Soviet political commissars shooting Russian soldiers in the back. It's quite something. wapo.st/3Yp5lV7
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Lindsey Halligan, an insurance lawyer from Florida who is not even admitted to practice in Virginia, is making no effort to secure a blue slip from either of Virginia's senators—making her nomination DOA. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump’s Beloved Beauty Queen Prosecutor Set to Suffer Fresh Humiliation
The president hasn’t given up after a judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan was illegally serving as the top prosecutor for a key district in Virginia.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Lindsey Halligan, an insurance lawyer from Florida who is not even admitted to practice in Virginia, is making no effort to secure a blue slip from either of Virginia's senators—making her nomination DOA. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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ICYMI — Trump’s White House posted a video of Santa’s “Naughty List” of media outlets/reporters (showing who is doing their jobs… a badge of honor)
Nothing fascist or authoritarian about this at all!
Nothing fascist or authoritarian about this at all!
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI — Trump’s White House posted a video of Santa’s “Naughty List” of media outlets/reporters (showing who is doing their jobs… a badge of honor)
Nothing fascist or authoritarian about this at all!
Nothing fascist or authoritarian about this at all!
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The Trump administration has taken another illegal step in its attempt to abolish the U.S. Department of Education by transferring several key offices to other agencies. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/moving-federal-education-programs-will-create-more-bureaucracy-not-less/
Moving Federal Education Programs Will Create More Bureaucracy, Not Less
The Trump administration is unlawfully using interagency agreements to continue its piecemeal dismantling of the Department of Education.
www.americanprogress.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Trump administration has taken another illegal step in its attempt to abolish the U.S. Department of Education by transferring several key offices to other agencies. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/moving-federal-education-programs-will-create-more-bureaucracy-not-less/
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"The only debate about our current Senate and its leader, South Dakota’s John Thune, is whether it is the most catastrophic Senate ever, or simply a continuation of the first Trump-era Senate."
@jilldlawrence.bsky.social is not a fan: lnk.thebulwark.com/48UgS3H
@jilldlawrence.bsky.social is not a fan: lnk.thebulwark.com/48UgS3H
Worst. Senate. Ever.
Republican senators surrendered to Trump, and now they own this catastrophe.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The only debate about our current Senate and its leader, South Dakota’s John Thune, is whether it is the most catastrophic Senate ever, or simply a continuation of the first Trump-era Senate."
@jilldlawrence.bsky.social is not a fan: lnk.thebulwark.com/48UgS3H
@jilldlawrence.bsky.social is not a fan: lnk.thebulwark.com/48UgS3H