An old FOOL
@oldguy243.bsky.social
A sort of retired Oriental Rug merchant, then fluid power system engineer for a component distributor, last mowed properties for older people. Today, ice skating guard for the local ice rink. So fun to be around young people living afar from US.
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Ukraine warns of ‘catastrophe for every single European’ if Russian frozen asset plan fails
"The lesson will be that European solidarity ends where fear of action begins, even in self-defense,” Iryna Mudra, Zelensky’s top legal advisor, told the Kyiv Independent.
"The lesson will be that European solidarity ends where fear of action begins, even in self-defense,” Iryna Mudra, Zelensky’s top legal advisor, told the Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine warns of ‘catastrophe for every single European’ if Russian frozen asset plan fails
kyivindependent.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ukraine warns of ‘catastrophe for every single European’ if Russian frozen asset plan fails
"The lesson will be that European solidarity ends where fear of action begins, even in self-defense,” Iryna Mudra, Zelensky’s top legal advisor, told the Kyiv Independent.
"The lesson will be that European solidarity ends where fear of action begins, even in self-defense,” Iryna Mudra, Zelensky’s top legal advisor, told the Kyiv Independent.
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Russian KAB bomb attack hits apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia, injuring at least 26
Russia attacked the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia with KAB bombs the morning of Dec. 17, injuring at least 26 people, including a child, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
Russia attacked the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia with KAB bombs the morning of Dec. 17, injuring at least 26 people, including a child, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
Russian KAB bomb attack hits apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia, injuring at least 26
kyivindependent.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Russian KAB bomb attack hits apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia, injuring at least 26
Russia attacked the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia with KAB bombs the morning of Dec. 17, injuring at least 26 people, including a child, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
Russia attacked the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia with KAB bombs the morning of Dec. 17, injuring at least 26 people, including a child, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
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🚀🇩🇰 Denmark will strengthen its coastal defense with new anti-ship complexes with Naval Strike Missiles amid the threat from Russia, - Militarnyi
December 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚀🇩🇰 Denmark will strengthen its coastal defense with new anti-ship complexes with Naval Strike Missiles amid the threat from Russia, - Militarnyi
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Elon Musk can roast in hell forever
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Elon Musk can roast in hell forever
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So, the mic was snatched out of my hand when he was responding and I was able to say anything else.
BUT I’m working on a full response to his patronizing answer.
Bless his heart for thinking he could patronize me on record and get away with it 🤣😈
BUT I’m working on a full response to his patronizing answer.
Bless his heart for thinking he could patronize me on record and get away with it 🤣😈
We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer...
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
So, the mic was snatched out of my hand when he was responding and I was able to say anything else.
BUT I’m working on a full response to his patronizing answer.
Bless his heart for thinking he could patronize me on record and get away with it 🤣😈
BUT I’m working on a full response to his patronizing answer.
Bless his heart for thinking he could patronize me on record and get away with it 🤣😈
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This is not good news for the economy.
December 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is not good news for the economy.
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WOW: In a special election for Kentucky State Senate District 37, Democrat Gary Clemons has won with a staggering 72.5% of the vote, defeating Republican Calvin Leach, who received 25%.
Harris won the district by 6, so Clemons outperformed the 2024 results by roughly 42 points.
Harris won the district by 6, so Clemons outperformed the 2024 results by roughly 42 points.
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
WOW: In a special election for Kentucky State Senate District 37, Democrat Gary Clemons has won with a staggering 72.5% of the vote, defeating Republican Calvin Leach, who received 25%.
Harris won the district by 6, so Clemons outperformed the 2024 results by roughly 42 points.
Harris won the district by 6, so Clemons outperformed the 2024 results by roughly 42 points.
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Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
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Maybe this is why I'm not a Beltway journalist, but I think the fact the United States is about to invade Venezuela to take their oil is an 100X bigger story than Trump's chief of staff going on the record with Captain Obvious characterizations of their dysfunctional regime
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Maybe this is why I'm not a Beltway journalist, but I think the fact the United States is about to invade Venezuela to take their oil is an 100X bigger story than Trump's chief of staff going on the record with Captain Obvious characterizations of their dysfunctional regime
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Greetings from Kyiv,
with warcoffee during another regular power outage.
Somehow, I’ve grown to love this ritual of coffee outside.
It’s not about desperate acceptance of reality –
it’s about love for life.
with warcoffee during another regular power outage.
Somehow, I’ve grown to love this ritual of coffee outside.
It’s not about desperate acceptance of reality –
it’s about love for life.
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Greetings from Kyiv,
with warcoffee during another regular power outage.
Somehow, I’ve grown to love this ritual of coffee outside.
It’s not about desperate acceptance of reality –
it’s about love for life.
with warcoffee during another regular power outage.
Somehow, I’ve grown to love this ritual of coffee outside.
It’s not about desperate acceptance of reality –
it’s about love for life.
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A new NPR poll finds that President Trump's economic approval has hit a new low at 36%. And, Congress has two days to take action on health care subsidies. n.pr/4iXmaQs
Trump's economic approval at new low. And, Congress set to let ACA subsidies expire
A new NPR poll finds that President Trump's economic approval has hit a new low at 36%. And, Congress has two days to take action on health care subsidies.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A new NPR poll finds that President Trump's economic approval has hit a new low at 36%. And, Congress has two days to take action on health care subsidies. n.pr/4iXmaQs
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NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya.
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya.
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
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Tech fascists seek to dismantle the "Cathedral" of democracy.
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
JD Vance's Theo Bro Network: Silicon Valley Meets ‘God’
JD Vance links Silicon Valley extremists & Christian nationalists. From Curtis Yarvin to Seven Mountains—inside the authoritarian alliance.
www.thenerdreich.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Tech fascists seek to dismantle the "Cathedral" of democracy.
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
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Oh, you mean TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet who was interviewed by the NYTimes’s Ross Douthat THIS WEEK where he talked about how much he cares about fact-based, non-conspiratorial media and Ross didn’t challenge him at all on that assertion?
Brown University released a statement about a Palestinian student that's being smeared online as the shooting suspect.
Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.
Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Oh, you mean TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet who was interviewed by the NYTimes’s Ross Douthat THIS WEEK where he talked about how much he cares about fact-based, non-conspiratorial media and Ross didn’t challenge him at all on that assertion?
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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I was Donald Trump’s lawyer. Jack Smith should be celebrated, not vilified.
House Republicans are depriving the American people of a chance to hear from a career prosecutor who investigated serious allegations against the president.
www.ms.now/opinion/jack...
House Republicans are depriving the American people of a chance to hear from a career prosecutor who investigated serious allegations against the president.
www.ms.now/opinion/jack...
Opinion | I'm Trump's former lawyer. Jack Smith should be celebrated, not vilified.
John Dowd: Jack Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. Smith was fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts and the law.
www.ms.now
December 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I was Donald Trump’s lawyer. Jack Smith should be celebrated, not vilified.
House Republicans are depriving the American people of a chance to hear from a career prosecutor who investigated serious allegations against the president.
www.ms.now/opinion/jack...
House Republicans are depriving the American people of a chance to hear from a career prosecutor who investigated serious allegations against the president.
www.ms.now/opinion/jack...
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🔥 BREAKING: Shareholders of Cisco voted today to reject an anti-DEI proposal presented at its annual meeting, by a tally of 99-1% of voting shares. Trump tirade against DEI turns to proxy advisors and shareholder democracy.
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
BREAKING: Cisco shareholders vote to reject anti-DEI proposal, 99-1 percent -
Cisco shareholders join investors in 31 out of 31 corporations that voted overwhelmingly to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025, as Trump tirade against DEI turns to proxy advisors and shareholder democ...
www.impactivize.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🔥 BREAKING: Shareholders of Cisco voted today to reject an anti-DEI proposal presented at its annual meeting, by a tally of 99-1% of voting shares. Trump tirade against DEI turns to proxy advisors and shareholder democracy.
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
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It sounds like the most deranged Latin American caricature of yankee imperialism come to life. It would be comical if it weren’t serious.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It sounds like the most deranged Latin American caricature of yankee imperialism come to life. It would be comical if it weren’t serious.
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💥 BOOM 🖕🧊✈️
“When we’re talking about the values of our city, and we stand up here and we say time after time that we support our immigrant community and that we are a welcoming city — I cannot support a corporation that does not prescribe to that,” Council member Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez said.
“When we’re talking about the values of our city, and we stand up here and we say time after time that we support our immigrant community and that we are a welcoming city — I cannot support a corporation that does not prescribe to that,” Council member Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez said.
Denver City Council voted against a resolution Monday that would have allowed Key Lime Air to lease ground space at Denver International Airport over concerns about the airline’s immigration enforcement flights in recent months.
By @sarawilson.bsky.social
By @sarawilson.bsky.social
ICE flights cited in Denver's denial of Key Lime airport lease | Colorado Newsline
Denver City Council voted against a resolution that would have allowed Key Lime Air to lease ground space at Denver International Airport.
coloradonewsline.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
💥 BOOM 🖕🧊✈️
“When we’re talking about the values of our city, and we stand up here and we say time after time that we support our immigrant community and that we are a welcoming city — I cannot support a corporation that does not prescribe to that,” Council member Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez said.
“When we’re talking about the values of our city, and we stand up here and we say time after time that we support our immigrant community and that we are a welcoming city — I cannot support a corporation that does not prescribe to that,” Council member Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez said.
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If courts' only recourse for government officials flagrantly disregarding their orders is to refer the contemptuous acts to those same officials to investigate prosecute, what real power do courts have to check the executive?
And why should the executive ever obey a court ruling against it?
And why should the executive ever obey a court ruling against it?
JUST IN: DC Circuit asks for briefs on whether Boasberg has authority to investigate indirect contempt of court (outside judge's presence) or is just supposed to refer it for prosecution if he suspects it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Per Curiam Order Filed (Special Panel) – #01208805476 in In re: Donald Trump (D.C. Cir., 25-5452) – CourtListener.com
PER CURIAM ORDER [2150449] filed ORDERED, on the court’s own motion, that respondents file a response to the petition for a writ of mandamus [2150153-2] by December 29, 2025. Petitioners shall file a ...
storage.courtlistener.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If courts' only recourse for government officials flagrantly disregarding their orders is to refer the contemptuous acts to those same officials to investigate prosecute, what real power do courts have to check the executive?
And why should the executive ever obey a court ruling against it?
And why should the executive ever obey a court ruling against it?
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x.com/TheMaineWonk...
if this comes through it's an invitation to compare Rob Reiner's response to the murder of Charlie Kirk--horrified, insistent that no political differences can justify, sympathetic to his widow--w/ Trump's mind boggling low class reaction to Reiner's murder as all about Trump.
if this comes through it's an invitation to compare Rob Reiner's response to the murder of Charlie Kirk--horrified, insistent that no political differences can justify, sympathetic to his widow--w/ Trump's mind boggling low class reaction to Reiner's murder as all about Trump.
December 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
x.com/TheMaineWonk...
if this comes through it's an invitation to compare Rob Reiner's response to the murder of Charlie Kirk--horrified, insistent that no political differences can justify, sympathetic to his widow--w/ Trump's mind boggling low class reaction to Reiner's murder as all about Trump.
if this comes through it's an invitation to compare Rob Reiner's response to the murder of Charlie Kirk--horrified, insistent that no political differences can justify, sympathetic to his widow--w/ Trump's mind boggling low class reaction to Reiner's murder as all about Trump.
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Can Doug Jones Win When His Opponent’s Not an Alleged Sex Pest?
@lauren-egan.bsky.social talks to @dougjones.bsky.social about his gubernatorial bid in deep red Alabama. Exclusively @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/doug-jones...
@lauren-egan.bsky.social talks to @dougjones.bsky.social about his gubernatorial bid in deep red Alabama. Exclusively @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/doug-jones...
Can Doug Jones Win When His Opponent’s Not an Alleged Sex Pest?
Running against Tommy Tuberville may not seem like a major challenge. But it is in the deep-red South.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Can Doug Jones Win When His Opponent’s Not an Alleged Sex Pest?
@lauren-egan.bsky.social talks to @dougjones.bsky.social about his gubernatorial bid in deep red Alabama. Exclusively @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/doug-jones...
@lauren-egan.bsky.social talks to @dougjones.bsky.social about his gubernatorial bid in deep red Alabama. Exclusively @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/doug-jones...
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Holidays got you running like mad
Did I get everything?
Did I forget anyone?
How will I ever rest?
Think about yourself. Rest is important. Friends and family want to enjoy time together with funny stories etc.
They won't fault you for the things you think were missing.
Share the love 💕
Did I get everything?
Did I forget anyone?
How will I ever rest?
Think about yourself. Rest is important. Friends and family want to enjoy time together with funny stories etc.
They won't fault you for the things you think were missing.
Share the love 💕
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the pressure to spend money on gifts, parties, and travel this holiday season, you're not alone.
Expert tips to ease financial pressure and avoid holiday overspending
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the pressure to spend money on gifts, parties, and travel this holiday season, you're not alone.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Holidays got you running like mad
Did I get everything?
Did I forget anyone?
How will I ever rest?
Think about yourself. Rest is important. Friends and family want to enjoy time together with funny stories etc.
They won't fault you for the things you think were missing.
Share the love 💕
Did I get everything?
Did I forget anyone?
How will I ever rest?
Think about yourself. Rest is important. Friends and family want to enjoy time together with funny stories etc.
They won't fault you for the things you think were missing.
Share the love 💕