Rebecca Trussell
@retrl.bsky.social
Textiles. History. Science. Art. Education. Human Rights. Sustainability. Compassion.
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"Nonwhite immigration will make NATO allies less reliable in the goal of countering Russia, which we also don't want them to do" lnk.thebulwark.com/3XIMl3M
New Trump Security Strategy Turns Against the Free World
... and toward racialism, Russia, and the right wing.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"Nonwhite immigration will make NATO allies less reliable in the goal of countering Russia, which we also don't want them to do" lnk.thebulwark.com/3XIMl3M
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Democrats flipped 25 state legislative seats this year—more than a 1/5 of all GOP-held seats that were up for election. Republicans flipped *zero* seats.
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats - Bolts
At the start of Donald Trump’s first presidency, in 2017, large Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, paired with overperformances in special elections, foreshadowed the blue wave of the......
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December 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Democrats flipped 25 state legislative seats this year—more than a 1/5 of all GOP-held seats that were up for election. Republicans flipped *zero* seats.
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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Mpls Mayor Jacob Frey: "What we are seeing again & again is discrimination only to the extent that it applies to certain groups. So they're discriminating only as it applies to Latinos and Somalis ... you can't do that. You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do there anywhere in this country."
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Mpls Mayor Jacob Frey: "What we are seeing again & again is discrimination only to the extent that it applies to certain groups. So they're discriminating only as it applies to Latinos and Somalis ... you can't do that. You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do there anywhere in this country."
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"We should not let the executive branch and the president get us into another war that the American people don't know about, haven't supported, and there's no transparency for what the president is doing."
@shaheen.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social to discuss the latest news on Venezuela.
@shaheen.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social to discuss the latest news on Venezuela.
December 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"We should not let the executive branch and the president get us into another war that the American people don't know about, haven't supported, and there's no transparency for what the president is doing."
@shaheen.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social to discuss the latest news on Venezuela.
@shaheen.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social to discuss the latest news on Venezuela.
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I wish there were more Amanda Seyfrieds in the entertainment business, but I'll take it.
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Amanda Seyfried is 'not f---ing apologizing' for calling Charlie Kirk 'hateful'
Amanda Seyfried said she's 'not f---ing apologizing' for calling Charlie Kirk 'hateful' shortly after her death: 'What I said was pretty damn factual, and I'm free to have an opinion.'
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December 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I wish there were more Amanda Seyfrieds in the entertainment business, but I'll take it.
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Marc Elias discusses populist economics with Faiz Shakir and more. An important discussion on how the Democratic Party is evolving.
Marc Elias discusses populist economics with Faiz Shakir and more. An important discussion on how the Democratic Party is evolving.
PAY ATTENTION: Corporations Are Destroying Democracy | Faiz Shakir
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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December 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Marc Elias discusses populist economics with Faiz Shakir and more. An important discussion on how the Democratic Party is evolving.
Marc Elias discusses populist economics with Faiz Shakir and more. An important discussion on how the Democratic Party is evolving.
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Bessent on grocery prices being up: "Beef is one component. Thanksgiving turkey was down 16%"
(Note the shit-eating grin on Bessent's face as he says this)
(Note the shit-eating grin on Bessent's face as he says this)
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bessent on grocery prices being up: "Beef is one component. Thanksgiving turkey was down 16%"
(Note the shit-eating grin on Bessent's face as he says this)
(Note the shit-eating grin on Bessent's face as he says this)
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BESSENT: I run a soybean farm
BRENNAN: You don't own one. You invest in it
BESSENT: People in my family go out and work on it
BRENNAN: You don't own one. You invest in it
BESSENT: People in my family go out and work on it
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
BESSENT: I run a soybean farm
BRENNAN: You don't own one. You invest in it
BESSENT: People in my family go out and work on it
BRENNAN: You don't own one. You invest in it
BESSENT: People in my family go out and work on it
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BRENNAN: If everything is fine, then why do farmers need a bridge payment from the Agriculture Department?
BESSENT: Sorry?
BRENNAN: Why do they need a bridge payment?
BESSENT: You've gotta start financing for planning next year, when things will be very good
BESSENT: Sorry?
BRENNAN: Why do they need a bridge payment?
BESSENT: You've gotta start financing for planning next year, when things will be very good
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
BRENNAN: If everything is fine, then why do farmers need a bridge payment from the Agriculture Department?
BESSENT: Sorry?
BRENNAN: Why do they need a bridge payment?
BESSENT: You've gotta start financing for planning next year, when things will be very good
BESSENT: Sorry?
BRENNAN: Why do they need a bridge payment?
BESSENT: You've gotta start financing for planning next year, when things will be very good
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The Trump regime's assault on immigrants does not really target "the worst of the worst." Its aim: to make America whiter.
The crackdown on colleges does not really target antisemitism. Its aim: to crush dissent.
The murders of boat crews is not really about drugs. Its aim: to grab Venezuela's oil.
The crackdown on colleges does not really target antisemitism. Its aim: to crush dissent.
The murders of boat crews is not really about drugs. Its aim: to grab Venezuela's oil.
December 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Trump regime's assault on immigrants does not really target "the worst of the worst." Its aim: to make America whiter.
The crackdown on colleges does not really target antisemitism. Its aim: to crush dissent.
The murders of boat crews is not really about drugs. Its aim: to grab Venezuela's oil.
The crackdown on colleges does not really target antisemitism. Its aim: to crush dissent.
The murders of boat crews is not really about drugs. Its aim: to grab Venezuela's oil.
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"On a certain level, life is over when a child goes. It severs a thread to the future; in a very real way, it leaves you, the bereaved, futureless. It is existential dread that I don’t know how I’d face." ICYMI @sonnybunch.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/49TCfUZ
Children in Peril Are Powering Awards Season
Reacting to ‘Hamnet,’ ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,’ and ‘Train Dreams.’
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December 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"On a certain level, life is over when a child goes. It severs a thread to the future; in a very real way, it leaves you, the bereaved, futureless. It is existential dread that I don’t know how I’d face." ICYMI @sonnybunch.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/49TCfUZ
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@kamlager-dove.house.gov pulls no punches when it comes to the bullshit of this Administration:
@kamlager-dove.house.gov takes the fight to wherever it needs to be, demanding accountability from the Trump Regime.
She explains what’s going on with the vote to extend ACA tax subsidies & how she’s forcing Kash Patel to pony up for his joyrides on a private jet.
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She explains what’s going on with the vote to extend ACA tax subsidies & how she’s forcing Kash Patel to pony up for his joyrides on a private jet.
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Trump FACES RECKONING as Congress Turns UP THE HEAT
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
@kamlager-dove.house.gov pulls no punches when it comes to the bullshit of this Administration:
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Can't believe our tax dollars are going to be spent settling the upcoming exorbitant defamation suit with Sabrina Carpenter, but maybe this is just how public arts funding is going to work now.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Can't believe our tax dollars are going to be spent settling the upcoming exorbitant defamation suit with Sabrina Carpenter, but maybe this is just how public arts funding is going to work now.
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The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
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Trump rants about the "rigged election" at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Trump rants about the "rigged election" at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony
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Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIVES REDRAWN PRO-REPUBLICAN TEXAS VOTING MAP INTENDED TO HELP TRUMP'S PARTY KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
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U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
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December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
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He stressed that “two individuals in clear distress, with no ability to move and with their vessel already destroyed, were killed by the United States.”
WATCH: Rep. Himes calls video of Sept. 2 boat strike 'one of the most troubling things' he's ever seen
Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, commented after seeing a video of two boat strike survivors in what he said was “clear distress” at a classified mo...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
He stressed that “two individuals in clear distress, with no ability to move and with their vessel already destroyed, were killed by the United States.”
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I am eternally fascinated with Conservative women who are flabbergasted when they cultivate a base of misogynistic men who treat them like shit
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I am eternally fascinated with Conservative women who are flabbergasted when they cultivate a base of misogynistic men who treat them like shit
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There was some progressive energy in Jersey City not just around the mayor's race, but some city council races. And the Working Families Party endorsed a slate of five city council candidates — two of which won in November, and the other 3 (Denise Ridley, Joel Brooks, Jake Ephros) won today.
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
There was some progressive energy in Jersey City not just around the mayor's race, but some city council races. And the Working Families Party endorsed a slate of five city council candidates — two of which won in November, and the other 3 (Denise Ridley, Joel Brooks, Jake Ephros) won today.
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Mary Robichaux, a former Democratic lawmaker, has won the mayor's office tonight in Roswell, Georgia, ousting a Republican incumbent.
This was one of a dozen elections that Bolts was tracking tonight in our guide that's now updated with results.
This was one of a dozen elections that Bolts was tracking tonight in our guide that's now updated with results.
The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, from... Read More
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December 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Mary Robichaux, a former Democratic lawmaker, has won the mayor's office tonight in Roswell, Georgia, ousting a Republican incumbent.
This was one of a dozen elections that Bolts was tracking tonight in our guide that's now updated with results.
This was one of a dozen elections that Bolts was tracking tonight in our guide that's now updated with results.