Erinescence 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱
@erinescence.bsky.social
Cynophlist. Reader. Ukulelist. Democrat. Black thumb, but still trying!
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Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats. n.pr/44sb9AS
U.S. military members fear personal legal blowback tied to boat strikes
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats.
n.pr
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats. n.pr/44sb9AS
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
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Remember: The average American cannot afford an unexpected $1,000 medical expense. In a country with notably expensive health care, fronting medical expenses because of bad insurance policies and then waiting to do a big tax deduction is not going to be an option for the vast majority of people.
Hawley is pitching his colleagues — and Trump — on a new health care plan that would allow all tax payers to deduct up to $25K/person in medical expenses.
Hawley told us he recently discussed the idea with Trump: “I said...'no taxes on tips, no taxes on health care’, and he goes ‘oh I like that."
Hawley told us he recently discussed the idea with Trump: “I said...'no taxes on tips, no taxes on health care’, and he goes ‘oh I like that."
Hawley pitches new health care tax plan
The Missouri Republican is proposing making it easier for more tax payers to deduct medical expenses — and has pitched Donald Trump on the idea.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Remember: The average American cannot afford an unexpected $1,000 medical expense. In a country with notably expensive health care, fronting medical expenses because of bad insurance policies and then waiting to do a big tax deduction is not going to be an option for the vast majority of people.
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Alternative phrasing: “the President has no authority to issue pardons on state charges. This has no legal standing."
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Alternative phrasing: “the President has no authority to issue pardons on state charges. This has no legal standing."
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Respectfully this is not a “legal experts say.” It’s just not arguable. It’s like saying “weather experts say the sun sets at night.”
December 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Respectfully this is not a “legal experts say.” It’s just not arguable. It’s like saying “weather experts say the sun sets at night.”
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Enough!
Time for birds.
This is the Costa's hummingbird in my backyard. I named him Bob Costas
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Time for birds.
This is the Costa's hummingbird in my backyard. I named him Bob Costas
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December 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Enough!
Time for birds.
This is the Costa's hummingbird in my backyard. I named him Bob Costas
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Time for birds.
This is the Costa's hummingbird in my backyard. I named him Bob Costas
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BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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They’re going to lie about his health every day until he dies and probably another week or two after
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
They’re going to lie about his health every day until he dies and probably another week or two after
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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PBS reporting that today's FEMA Review Council meeting — which is supposed to be happening right now — has been canceled.
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
PBS reporting that today's FEMA Review Council meeting — which is supposed to be happening right now — has been canceled.
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BREAKING: Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Kristi Noem claimed she left today’s hearing to attend was cancelled.
Kristi Noem Caught Lying About Why She Left Committee Hearing Early
Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Noem left today's hearing for was cancelled.
meidasnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
BREAKING: Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Kristi Noem claimed she left today’s hearing to attend was cancelled.
Don't take medical advice from actors. Might as well go to your car mechanic.
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Don't take medical advice from actors. Might as well go to your car mechanic.
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Judge Paula Xinis on the government’s conduct in the Abrego Garcia litigation:
“Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal.”
“Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal.”
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Judge Paula Xinis on the government’s conduct in the Abrego Garcia litigation:
“Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal.”
“Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal.”
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BREAKING: The Trump administration took $2 BILLION+ from our military to use on political stunts.
This is an insult to our troops. It won’t make our military stronger or Americans safer.
Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem owe taxpayers answers.
This is an insult to our troops. It won’t make our military stronger or Americans safer.
Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem owe taxpayers answers.
December 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration took $2 BILLION+ from our military to use on political stunts.
This is an insult to our troops. It won’t make our military stronger or Americans safer.
Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem owe taxpayers answers.
This is an insult to our troops. It won’t make our military stronger or Americans safer.
Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem owe taxpayers answers.
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Rhea Seehorn on Fresh Air
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December 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Rhea Seehorn on Fresh Air
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🚨 Federal jobs data may have vastly overstated jobs creation, swinging US from net job creation to net job loss over past 6 months
“The real number could be something more like a loss of 20,000 jobs a month”
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
“The real number could be something more like a loss of 20,000 jobs a month”
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically Overstating Jobs Numbers
Powell said that Fed staffers believe federal data could be overstating job creation by up to 60,000 jobs a month—which suggests the jobs market might be shrinking.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨 Federal jobs data may have vastly overstated jobs creation, swinging US from net job creation to net job loss over past 6 months
“The real number could be something more like a loss of 20,000 jobs a month”
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
“The real number could be something more like a loss of 20,000 jobs a month”
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
cnn.it
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.