rcarmstrong
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FOX: Interim U.S. Attorney for the state of New Jersey, Alina Habba has resigned. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she accepted the resignation after a court's decision disqualifying Habba from serving.
December 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
FOX: Interim U.S. Attorney for the state of New Jersey, Alina Habba has resigned. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she accepted the resignation after a court's decision disqualifying Habba from serving.
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My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
podcasts.apple.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Episodes #1-4 are up now... free on any podcast app.
Final two episodes post Monday 12/15:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Oh boy. Looks like it's going to get ugly.
Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD 'to finish what we started,' CEO Ellison tells CNBC
Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn't plan to buy WBD's TV networks.
www.cnbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Oh boy. Looks like it's going to get ugly.
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Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
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wow - yes
stand with the survivors
release the files once and for all
stand with the survivors
release the files once and for all
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
wow - yes
stand with the survivors
release the files once and for all
stand with the survivors
release the files once and for all
@michaelsteele.bsky.social this is all I could hear in my head as you were talking about Johnson and his overwhelming responsibilities.
a woman is crying with the words `` dis tew much '' written next to her .
ALT: a woman is crying with the words `` dis tew much '' written next to her .
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
@michaelsteele.bsky.social this is all I could hear in my head as you were talking about Johnson and his overwhelming responsibilities.
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ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell | ACLU
ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition
www.aclu.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
Reggae Pioneer Jimmy Cliff Dies at 81 www.aarp.org/entertainmen...
Reggae Pioneer Jimmy Cliff Dies at 81
The Jamaican singer and actor helped turn the island’s pop music into a global phenomenon
www.aarp.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Reggae Pioneer Jimmy Cliff Dies at 81 www.aarp.org/entertainmen...
What in the actual-- ?!
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What in the actual-- ?!
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Republicans are treating this like it's some kind of treason. Nothing is being said here that wasn't taught to me as a US Army officer, as a core and standard part of my training.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Republicans are treating this like it's some kind of treason. Nothing is being said here that wasn't taught to me as a US Army officer, as a core and standard part of my training.
Interesting. That's been a concern of mine (and countless others). Although I'm still not holding my breath on shenanigans taking place with the release of these docs. This is way too straightforward and, dare I say, easy.
Trump can’t use the DOJ to block Epstein files — for long: Republican
Trump can’t use the DOJ to block Epstein files — for long: Republican
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said that if President Donald Trump's Justice Department tries to use an "open investigation" to block the release of the files around convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, then he's got another thing coming. There has been an ongoing concern about Trump's recent demand...
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Interesting. That's been a concern of mine (and countless others). Although I'm still not holding my breath on shenanigans taking place with the release of these docs. This is way too straightforward and, dare I say, easy.
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The year is 2025, and this shouldn't have to be said, but here we are.
I can name at least a hundred men on this platform who would have put Trump in his place.
Grow a pair, boys, or turn in your press credentials. You're not journalists, you're cowards.
I can name at least a hundred men on this platform who would have put Trump in his place.
Grow a pair, boys, or turn in your press credentials. You're not journalists, you're cowards.
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The year is 2025, and this shouldn't have to be said, but here we are.
I can name at least a hundred men on this platform who would have put Trump in his place.
Grow a pair, boys, or turn in your press credentials. You're not journalists, you're cowards.
I can name at least a hundred men on this platform who would have put Trump in his place.
Grow a pair, boys, or turn in your press credentials. You're not journalists, you're cowards.
427 to 1. Never in my life have I seen such an overwhelming vote. Now, let's hope the senate doesn't screw it up...
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
427 to 1. Never in my life have I seen such an overwhelming vote. Now, let's hope the senate doesn't screw it up...
This stuff is disgusting. Also (and I know I'm nowherenear the first to bring it up)-- where did all the proud boys and oath keepers go? Haven't heard a peep from them in a while...
This isn’t law enforcement doing its job. It’s the escalation of a culture of fear that punishes anyone who dares to document it.
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This stuff is disgusting. Also (and I know I'm nowherenear the first to bring it up)-- where did all the proud boys and oath keepers go? Haven't heard a peep from them in a while...
in other news, water is wet.
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
in other news, water is wet.
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Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws to restore federal funding and end investigations into the school.
Cornell University announces deal with Trump administration to restore withheld federal funding - The Boston Globe
Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff announced the agreement, saying it upholds the university’s academic freedom while restoring more than $250 million in research funding.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws to restore federal funding and end investigations into the school.
It's a long thread (heck, it's almost a whole spool 😀) but well worth reading.
🇵🇷🧵 || I see many non-Puerto Ricans talking about "Puerto Ricans wanting statehood because referendums and plebiscites" so I'm gonna make this quick and simple thread since I'm tired of us having to explain over and over again. #PuertoRico #FreePuertoRico #PuertoRicoLibre #BlueskyPR
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's a long thread (heck, it's almost a whole spool 😀) but well worth reading.
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Voters don’t just want promises of affordability; they want results. And a party beholden to corporate interests, that would rather tinker around the edges than push for real inroads against inequality, will have a tough time making good on those promises.
fair.org/home/for-est...
fair.org/home/for-est...
For Establishment Press, the Lesson of Mamdani’s Victory Is to Take No Lessons
Corporate media pundits desperately wanted Mamdani's victory to have no impact on the ideological direction of the Democratic Party.
fair.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Voters don’t just want promises of affordability; they want results. And a party beholden to corporate interests, that would rather tinker around the edges than push for real inroads against inequality, will have a tough time making good on those promises.
fair.org/home/for-est...
fair.org/home/for-est...
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The judge DENIES the government a stay.
SNAP must be fully paid by TOMORROW.
SNAP must be fully paid by TOMORROW.
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The judge DENIES the government a stay.
SNAP must be fully paid by TOMORROW.
SNAP must be fully paid by TOMORROW.
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BREAKING: Federal Judge McConnell orders the Trump administration to provide full SNAP payments to states for November, finding that the administration did not comply with his order. Judge raises Trump's Truth social post as evidence that he intended to defy the order.
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
BREAKING: Federal Judge McConnell orders the Trump administration to provide full SNAP payments to states for November, finding that the administration did not comply with his order. Judge raises Trump's Truth social post as evidence that he intended to defy the order.
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Following the worst mass shooting in the state's history, Maine voters took to the polls and approved a new red flag law to prevent further tragedies.
Now, Maine will allow families to petition a judge to remove guns temporarily from a family member who poses a threat to themselves or others.
Now, Maine will allow families to petition a judge to remove guns temporarily from a family member who poses a threat to themselves or others.
Maine voters approve new law to prevent suicides and mass shootings
The red flag policy follows the worst mass killing in the state's history.
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Following the worst mass shooting in the state's history, Maine voters took to the polls and approved a new red flag law to prevent further tragedies.
Now, Maine will allow families to petition a judge to remove guns temporarily from a family member who poses a threat to themselves or others.
Now, Maine will allow families to petition a judge to remove guns temporarily from a family member who poses a threat to themselves or others.
This is a horrible descision (but what did we expect from these chuckleheads?). IF there's a bright spot in all this is that at least all those already w/ passports that reflect their correct gender identity won't have them invalidated (at least for now. You never know w/these clowns).
Supreme Court majority lets Trump administration enforce new gender policy for passports
Transgender and nonbinary Americans said they want passports “that allow them to travel without fear of misidentification, harassment, or violence.”
www.msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is a horrible descision (but what did we expect from these chuckleheads?). IF there's a bright spot in all this is that at least all those already w/ passports that reflect their correct gender identity won't have them invalidated (at least for now. You never know w/these clowns).
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Breaking News: A jury found a man not guilty of assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington.
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
The verdict on a misdemeanor charge came after seven hours of deliberation, and after prosecutors had previously failed to secure a felony indictment.
nyti.ms
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Breaking News: A jury found a man not guilty of assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington.