Itsprkles ✨
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✨SAHM, graphic designer, photographer, aspiring world traveler & weather nerd. Truth teller. Pro-democracy ✨
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· Sep 25
Amazing. Threads disabled my account with no warning & no option to appeal because apparently they think I’m a bot. 🤷🏻♀️ I can’t even start over with a new account because it’s tied to my Instagram account - which is still fine. I have no clue what happened. #threads
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The president is increasingly erratic, forgetting promises he made just days ago and lashing out angrily at reporters for asking routine questions.
Seems like the news should talk more about this
Seems like the news should talk more about this
President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question.
'You are terrible!' Trump fumes as reporter catches him making a U-turn on strike video
President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question. Trump was taking questions from the press following a roundtable discussion about agriculture...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The president is increasingly erratic, forgetting promises he made just days ago and lashing out angrily at reporters for asking routine questions.
Seems like the news should talk more about this
Seems like the news should talk more about this
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Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
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the plan, insofar as one exists, is to just loudly state Prices Are Down into the nearest available camera for the next three years
have fun with the midterms, guys
have fun with the midterms, guys
Q: How quickly will this affect prices at the grocery store?
TRUMP: I think the prices are gonna be, ah, going down already. I mean, the prices are way down. We brought prices way down from what it was. We inherited high prices.
TRUMP: I think the prices are gonna be, ah, going down already. I mean, the prices are way down. We brought prices way down from what it was. We inherited high prices.
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the plan, insofar as one exists, is to just loudly state Prices Are Down into the nearest available camera for the next three years
have fun with the midterms, guys
have fun with the midterms, guys
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"Press conferences" as performances of authoritarian bullying
Reporter: “Are you committed to releasing the full video?”
Trump: “Didn't I just tell you that?”
Reporter: “You said that it was up to Sec. Hegseth.”
Trump: “You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place…You are an obnoxious, actually a terrible reporter.”
Trump: “Didn't I just tell you that?”
Reporter: “You said that it was up to Sec. Hegseth.”
Trump: “You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place…You are an obnoxious, actually a terrible reporter.”
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Press conferences" as performances of authoritarian bullying
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"Trump is an indecent man. His words and actions violate our values as Americans and as human beings. The depravity is accumulating—week after week—and if we accept it, if we shrug, if we say 'that’s just Trump,' we bind ourselves to it. We make it ours."
The latest from Adam Kinzinger...
The latest from Adam Kinzinger...
Trump’s Dehumanization Campaign Is Becoming Normalized
A president who calls immigrants “garbage” is dangerous enough. A country that grows desensitized to it is even more frightening.
adamkinzinger.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Trump is an indecent man. His words and actions violate our values as Americans and as human beings. The depravity is accumulating—week after week—and if we accept it, if we shrug, if we say 'that’s just Trump,' we bind ourselves to it. We make it ours."
The latest from Adam Kinzinger...
The latest from Adam Kinzinger...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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And got elected with SCOTUS' help.
Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
And got elected with SCOTUS' help.
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"This is now a MAGA court, and Roberts is at the helm."
Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."
www.motherjones.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"This is now a MAGA court, and Roberts is at the helm."
Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
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Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“
And by extension, a Supreme Court
And by extension, a Supreme Court
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“
And by extension, a Supreme Court
And by extension, a Supreme Court
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What in the actual hell
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What in the actual hell
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Paramount's entire sales pitch is the US government will do our bidding AND they are paying the president's son-in-law: Trump Family's corruption is magnitudes more than anything else in US history.
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Paramount's entire sales pitch is the US government will do our bidding AND they are paying the president's son-in-law: Trump Family's corruption is magnitudes more than anything else in US history.
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If you read one thing today, please prioritize @atrupar.com's PN.
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
Let's call Trump's anti-Somali hate for what it is
It's not "heated" or "divisive." It's Nazi stuff.
www.publicnotice.co
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you read one thing today, please prioritize @atrupar.com's PN.
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
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Melania filled the White House with Christmas cheer by decking every hall that hasn’t been bulldozed
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Melania filled the White House with Christmas cheer by decking every hall that hasn’t been bulldozed
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This is a blatant power grab to gut state-level safeguards and hand total control to federal allies. Centralizing all AI rules is about stripping democratic checks to let big tech race without oversight.
December 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is a blatant power grab to gut state-level safeguards and hand total control to federal allies. Centralizing all AI rules is about stripping democratic checks to let big tech race without oversight.
👀 this is horrifying
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
👀 this is horrifying
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In an exclusive interview with The Washington Post, Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, who has been in ICE custody since Nov. 12, details her arrest, relationship with the Leavitts, and how the White House, in her own words, is spreading “disgusting” lies about her.
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew speaks out from ICE detention
The White House has painted her as a criminal and an absentee mom. A new Washington Post report tells another story.
www.motherjones.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In an exclusive interview with The Washington Post, Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, who has been in ICE custody since Nov. 12, details her arrest, relationship with the Leavitts, and how the White House, in her own words, is spreading “disgusting” lies about her.
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No print mags have the reach they once did. But it's notable to me that I keep seeing articles like this in People, very broad-spectrum, apolitical, at least in my experience. Gives a sense of how much this stuff is breaking through.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
No print mags have the reach they once did. But it's notable to me that I keep seeing articles like this in People, very broad-spectrum, apolitical, at least in my experience. Gives a sense of how much this stuff is breaking through.
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Update on one of the 29 wars Trump says he personally ended.
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Update on one of the 29 wars Trump says he personally ended.
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This is blatant corruption: letting Southwest off the hook for stranding millions because their lobbyists paid up. Trump's team calls it "public interest," but it's just pure payback to corporate donors who bankrolled his campaign.
Scrapping huge fine on airline that stranded millions is 'in public interest': Trump admin
The Trump administration quietly posted a notice on the Department of Transportation website on Friday announcing that Southwest Airlines would have the remainder of its $140 million fine waived — a charge issued to the airline after it left millions of travelers stranded over the 2022 holiday seaso...
www.rawstory.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is blatant corruption: letting Southwest off the hook for stranding millions because their lobbyists paid up. Trump's team calls it "public interest," but it's just pure payback to corporate donors who bankrolled his campaign.
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NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
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Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
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According to the polls, this is the frontrunner for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination and one of the few humans alive who is more pro-Putin than Donald Trump Sr. and JD Vance.
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
According to the polls, this is the frontrunner for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination and one of the few humans alive who is more pro-Putin than Donald Trump Sr. and JD Vance.
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The Supreme Court is an illegitimate body.
I keep seeing posts from lawyers saying SCOTUS can’t just ignore the plain text of the constitution
Has that stopped this court before? They do whatever Trump wants and invent a rationalization later
Has that stopped this court before? They do whatever Trump wants and invent a rationalization later
“The Constitution is very clear on birthright citizenship…”
Do you think this SCOTUS GAF?
Do you think this SCOTUS GAF?
December 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Supreme Court is an illegitimate body.
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NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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Of course anyone with half a brain knew how this was going to end long ago: Walk away from Ukraine, walk away from NATO, blame Zelensky, lots of business deals between Trump, his cronies, and our new “friends” the murderous, corrupt, lying Russians.
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Of course anyone with half a brain knew how this was going to end long ago: Walk away from Ukraine, walk away from NATO, blame Zelensky, lots of business deals between Trump, his cronies, and our new “friends” the murderous, corrupt, lying Russians.