Rachel P-M
@rpmastronomy.com
Former astronomer trying to be a current astronomer. Jeopardy! Champion.
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once again the best trump rejoinder is “fuck you, make me”
BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
December 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
once again the best trump rejoinder is “fuck you, make me”
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note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
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Propaganda. We thought that it was gauche and problematic to have government propaganda about public accomplishments and so people forgot about them. People consistently like the military more than ‘the government’ and you know what a large part of that is? They have an advertising budget.
I think about this, also in terms of vaccines, and really struggle with how you have a free society that doesn’t fall into this trap in one way or another. solved problems become invisible and the solutions become the source of conspiracy theories.
This seems logical but Dems solved* the whole problem of old-age health care costs in the mid-1960s and then they lost five of the next six presidential elections because by 1968 it was a solved problem and no one cared about it.
*Yes oversimplifying here and the rest of course.
*Yes oversimplifying here and the rest of course.
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Propaganda. We thought that it was gauche and problematic to have government propaganda about public accomplishments and so people forgot about them. People consistently like the military more than ‘the government’ and you know what a large part of that is? They have an advertising budget.
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It’s a truth universally denied that in order to win the general, you must first win the primary
Let me tell you something daddy… if James Talarico can’t win a Texas primary he’s not beating John Cornyn
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It’s a truth universally denied that in order to win the general, you must first win the primary
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In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
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Texas is Lucy with the football for Democrats. If we’re going to go for it, might as well go with someone we genuinely believe in and not who we imagine Texans will vote for.
December 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Texas is Lucy with the football for Democrats. If we’re going to go for it, might as well go with someone we genuinely believe in and not who we imagine Texans will vote for.
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The Trump administration wants to make flying unsafe: unsafe because of surveillance, unsafe because of understaffed air traffic controllers, and unsafe because of gutted consumer protections. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The Trump administration wants to make flying unsafe: unsafe because of surveillance, unsafe because of understaffed air traffic controllers, and unsafe because of gutted consumer protections. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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Elimination status is already gone in Canada. We're very close.
"The state has seen vaccination rates of its schools’ students decline from almost 96% in 2020 to 93.5% in 2025—for context, robust herd immunity from measles requires about 95% of the population to be vaccinated, according to the WHO"
"The state has seen vaccination rates of its schools’ students decline from almost 96% in 2020 to 93.5% in 2025—for context, robust herd immunity from measles requires about 95% of the population to be vaccinated, according to the WHO"
Measles Outbreaks Accelerate as U.S. Inches Closer to a Disease Tipping Point
More than 1,900 people, mostly children, have been sickened by measles in the U.S. in 2025. The outbreaks are moving the country toward losing its measles-free status by early next year
www.scientificamerican.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Elimination status is already gone in Canada. We're very close.
"The state has seen vaccination rates of its schools’ students decline from almost 96% in 2020 to 93.5% in 2025—for context, robust herd immunity from measles requires about 95% of the population to be vaccinated, according to the WHO"
"The state has seen vaccination rates of its schools’ students decline from almost 96% in 2020 to 93.5% in 2025—for context, robust herd immunity from measles requires about 95% of the population to be vaccinated, according to the WHO"
The 1997 Star Wars rerelease was on my birthday so that’s what I did for my party. None of my friends were into Star Wars and we waited in line to get in and it was super fun to see it in a totally full theater
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The 1997 Star Wars rerelease was on my birthday so that’s what I did for my party. None of my friends were into Star Wars and we waited in line to get in and it was super fun to see it in a totally full theater
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Very important to hate fascists more than you hate liberals.
December 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Very important to hate fascists more than you hate liberals.
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Everyone and everything seems to know this person should not be in a place of power or influence. Impeach him.
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Everyone and everything seems to know this person should not be in a place of power or influence. Impeach him.
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
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shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
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so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country.
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
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 4:55 AM
so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country.
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
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Liberals are constantly trying to indoctrinate our young people. You can see the proof in this colorful PragerU video presented by the Young America's Foundation at a Turning Point USA school club meeting.
December 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Liberals are constantly trying to indoctrinate our young people. You can see the proof in this colorful PragerU video presented by the Young America's Foundation at a Turning Point USA school club meeting.
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Let It Snow - The Donner Party Remix
December 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Let It Snow - The Donner Party Remix
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Yes, the people who have taken down their MAGA signs may not have changed their beliefs, but it’s still a *very good sign and a very good thing* when former fans start becoming too embarrassed to publicly associate themselves with Trump.
(I am directing this at you, doomers).
(I am directing this at you, doomers).
December 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Yes, the people who have taken down their MAGA signs may not have changed their beliefs, but it’s still a *very good sign and a very good thing* when former fans start becoming too embarrassed to publicly associate themselves with Trump.
(I am directing this at you, doomers).
(I am directing this at you, doomers).
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I am not seeing many Trump flags at all on boats in Dana Point harbor. The only other time in the last decade they’ve been down like this is after January 6th. Huh.
Rich OC people don’t want to be publicly associated with him anymore I guess. Nothing to see here! 🤡🤡
Rich OC people don’t want to be publicly associated with him anymore I guess. Nothing to see here! 🤡🤡
December 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I am not seeing many Trump flags at all on boats in Dana Point harbor. The only other time in the last decade they’ve been down like this is after January 6th. Huh.
Rich OC people don’t want to be publicly associated with him anymore I guess. Nothing to see here! 🤡🤡
Rich OC people don’t want to be publicly associated with him anymore I guess. Nothing to see here! 🤡🤡
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You're in a car accident. So you call all the ERs from the ambulance and see who's offering a special. Hell, maybe you can ask hospital B to beat hospital A's price. It'll be like car dealerships. "How much can you spend a month, Randi?" "What will it take to get you into this ER today?"
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
You're in a car accident. So you call all the ERs from the ambulance and see who's offering a special. Hell, maybe you can ask hospital B to beat hospital A's price. It'll be like car dealerships. "How much can you spend a month, Randi?" "What will it take to get you into this ER today?"
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NEW: HHS is contemplating a men's health initiative, a source tells @emilymullin.bsky.social; indications of what that might entail come from an FDA panel held yesterday at which an expert on penis curvature held forth on the "men's health crisis" while others called for easier access to steroids.
RFK Jr.'s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men's Health Initiative
At an FDA discussion of testosterone replacement therapy, a top official called for special health centers to address a “men’s health crisis.” Others called to ease men's access to hormones.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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kilmar abrego garcia ordered released. frequent cognitive tests and MRIs. rotting hand. everyone mad about boats.
Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
kilmar abrego garcia ordered released. frequent cognitive tests and MRIs. rotting hand. everyone mad about boats.
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one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
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he's weak and he's flailing and he's never had less juice in his political life
know that, even as he does untold damage on the way down, we are going to win
know that, even as he does untold damage on the way down, we are going to win
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
he's weak and he's flailing and he's never had less juice in his political life
know that, even as he does untold damage on the way down, we are going to win
know that, even as he does untold damage on the way down, we are going to win