Deb
@deblavoy.bsky.social
Founder @RealityTeam11 field work in inoculation and counter disinfo. Be clear, be excellent, be kind. TEDx Talk http://bit.ly/3AXkdft Most other socials: @deb_lavoy
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And that’s why Ukraine is even more important than Ukraine.
BREAKING: Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin has said, per the Guardian.
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
And that’s why Ukraine is even more important than Ukraine.
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19 point shift is a lot
Ds don't seem to be getting what they need out of Nashville. But if the margin lands at R+3, that's a D+19 shift from 2024 -- we're not talking a wave, we're talking tsunami
again @gelliottmorris.com says behn still has a chance but damn 3 points in this district is 🦇💩
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
19 point shift is a lot
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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“Every blue moon I might buy a bag of chips or a soda. I can’t afford much anymore because inflation has decreased the amount of food and supplies I can buy. I spend more to get less,” says Colell Steele, who is incarcerated in a North Carolina prison.
North Carolina Prison Officials Raise Prices for Those Who Can Least Afford It
An increased markup on canteen goods adds to the financial burden on incarcerated people and their families, highlighting how prison systems squeeze them for revenue.
boltsmag.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“Every blue moon I might buy a bag of chips or a soda. I can’t afford much anymore because inflation has decreased the amount of food and supplies I can buy. I spend more to get less,” says Colell Steele, who is incarcerated in a North Carolina prison.
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GEORGE. WILL.
"...this moral slum of an administration...".
"...this moral slum of an administration...".
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
GEORGE. WILL.
"...this moral slum of an administration...".
"...this moral slum of an administration...".
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1. At least one of the WaPo reporters who broke the story is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran.
2. Hegseth appears to be railing against journalists for scrutinizing government actions, which is a core value of journalism.
3. Hegseth could, you know, grant a reporter access to these operations.
2. Hegseth appears to be railing against journalists for scrutinizing government actions, which is a core value of journalism.
3. Hegseth could, you know, grant a reporter access to these operations.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
1. At least one of the WaPo reporters who broke the story is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran.
2. Hegseth appears to be railing against journalists for scrutinizing government actions, which is a core value of journalism.
3. Hegseth could, you know, grant a reporter access to these operations.
2. Hegseth appears to be railing against journalists for scrutinizing government actions, which is a core value of journalism.
3. Hegseth could, you know, grant a reporter access to these operations.
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Dr. Doolittle…
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Dr. Doolittle…
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@mluckovich.bsky.social captured it perfectly.
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
@mluckovich.bsky.social captured it perfectly.
This is not how it works
the president says absolutely crazy stuff all the time on social media and it doesn't make headlines because everyone paying attention knows he's nuts
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is not how it works
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IT YOU LIVE IN TN-07 THEN PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE 🗳️
Two more hours of VOTING in TN-7. Please get a move on, Tennessee voters.🗳️
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
IT YOU LIVE IN TN-07 THEN PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE 🗳️
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
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Absent spending on AI, the U.S. is actually in a recession, confirms new report from OECD.
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
Ex-AI Capex, the US was in Recession in H1 2025
AI capex continues to wildly distort US economic data
paulkedrosky.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Absent spending on AI, the U.S. is actually in a recession, confirms new report from OECD.
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
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A really nice figure of population and partisan malapportionment in national legislatures around the world
from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...
from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A really nice figure of population and partisan malapportionment in national legislatures around the world
from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...
from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...
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How many times is Donald Trump going to doze off during a cabinet meeting before the media starts questioning his mental and physical health?
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
How many times is Donald Trump going to doze off during a cabinet meeting before the media starts questioning his mental and physical health?
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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This is bigger than one murder of two men. Tons of evidence has emerged casting doubt on whether any of these victims are even running drugs to the US at all. Trump just pardoned drug kingpin.
Do Rs support subpoenaing top officials to answer Qs about all this? 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Do Rs support subpoenaing top officials to answer Qs about all this? 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is bigger than one murder of two men. Tons of evidence has emerged casting doubt on whether any of these victims are even running drugs to the US at all. Trump just pardoned drug kingpin.
Do Rs support subpoenaing top officials to answer Qs about all this? 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Do Rs support subpoenaing top officials to answer Qs about all this? 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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It's not enough to ask Rs if they support oversight on killing of the two men.
They should also be asked if they support public release of the DOJ memo laying out admin's legal rationale for *all* the strikes.
Rep Adam Smith wants this released. Do Rs agree? 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
They should also be asked if they support public release of the DOJ memo laying out admin's legal rationale for *all* the strikes.
Rep Adam Smith wants this released. Do Rs agree? 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It's not enough to ask Rs if they support oversight on killing of the two men.
They should also be asked if they support public release of the DOJ memo laying out admin's legal rationale for *all* the strikes.
Rep Adam Smith wants this released. Do Rs agree? 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
They should also be asked if they support public release of the DOJ memo laying out admin's legal rationale for *all* the strikes.
Rep Adam Smith wants this released. Do Rs agree? 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
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A U.S. official said the U.S. military struck the boat on Sept. 2 four times, twice to kill the 11 people on board, and twice more to sink the vessel.-PBS
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A U.S. official said the U.S. military struck the boat on Sept. 2 four times, twice to kill the 11 people on board, and twice more to sink the vessel.-PBS
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A new experiment in Science using an AI-powered browser extension to reorder feeds on X/Twitter shows that even small changes in exposure to hostile political content can measurably influence feelings toward opposing political parties—within days of X exposure. https://scim.ag/44uqZLa
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
scim.ag
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A new experiment in Science using an AI-powered browser extension to reorder feeds on X/Twitter shows that even small changes in exposure to hostile political content can measurably influence feelings toward opposing political parties—within days of X exposure. https://scim.ag/44uqZLa
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences