Sanna Porter Öhman
@sannaporteroehman.bsky.social
A photographer, art teacher and a science worshipper living way out in a Swedish forest, concerned about the future of decency and sanity in world politics.
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Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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What the hell: The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” and triggered a standoff with armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map. 🧵 1/
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What the hell: The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” and triggered a standoff with armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map. 🧵 1/
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Mexico tore the signs out. The Pentagon admitted the troops “miscalculated” the boundary.
The US Embassy in Mexico said the following about the incident: "Changes in water depth and topography altered the perception of the international boundary's location." 2/
The US Embassy in Mexico said the following about the incident: "Changes in water depth and topography altered the perception of the international boundary's location." 2/
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Mexico tore the signs out. The Pentagon admitted the troops “miscalculated” the boundary.
The US Embassy in Mexico said the following about the incident: "Changes in water depth and topography altered the perception of the international boundary's location." 2/
The US Embassy in Mexico said the following about the incident: "Changes in water depth and topography altered the perception of the international boundary's location." 2/
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Larry and David Ellison just gobbling up all of US media. First, Paramount/CBS, then TikTok, and now Warner Bros/Discovery.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Larry and David Ellison just gobbling up all of US media. First, Paramount/CBS, then TikTok, and now Warner Bros/Discovery.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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If Ukraine is forced to cede territory and other surrenders that reward the illegal invader in order to achieve “peace,” nations that claim to believe in the rule of law and the sanctity of nations will have profoundly failed Ukraine, and greenlit the next invasions by dictators and war criminals.
🚨🚨This is no "peace" plan, it is a recipe for further suffering and #Russian imperialist expansion in the #west. It is difficult to appreciate just how much damage the #trump administration has done to #Ukraine and its war efforts. It is disgusting beyond words. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If Ukraine is forced to cede territory and other surrenders that reward the illegal invader in order to achieve “peace,” nations that claim to believe in the rule of law and the sanctity of nations will have profoundly failed Ukraine, and greenlit the next invasions by dictators and war criminals.
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Talking of the Reform Party and Crypto currencies, and as Nathan Gill is due to be sentenced…
Here’s my piece on how former Reform UK Welsh Leader was due to give a talk on cryptocurrencies at a Kremlin-backed convention in Moscow when he was arrested
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/17/w...
Here’s my piece on how former Reform UK Welsh Leader was due to give a talk on cryptocurrencies at a Kremlin-backed convention in Moscow when he was arrested
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/17/w...
What Nathan Did Next: A Kremlin-Backed Forum on How to Subvert Western Democracy
The former Reform UK Welsh Leader Nathan Gill was due to give a talk on cryptocurrencies at a Kremlin-backed convention in Moscow when he was arrested
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Talking of the Reform Party and Crypto currencies, and as Nathan Gill is due to be sentenced…
Here’s my piece on how former Reform UK Welsh Leader was due to give a talk on cryptocurrencies at a Kremlin-backed convention in Moscow when he was arrested
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/17/w...
Here’s my piece on how former Reform UK Welsh Leader was due to give a talk on cryptocurrencies at a Kremlin-backed convention in Moscow when he was arrested
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/17/w...
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The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts is under investigation for "lavish" deals reportedly handed to Donald Trump allies, according to a new report.
Kennedy Center faces new Dem investigation over 'lavish' deals with Trump allies: NYT
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts is under investigation for "lavish" deals reportedly handed to Donald Trump allies, according to a new report.The Kennedy Center, which recently announced it would be postponing previously booked events so the Trump administration can let F...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts is under investigation for "lavish" deals reportedly handed to Donald Trump allies, according to a new report.
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Excellent story apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Excellent story apnews.com/article/immi...
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It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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If it made the news at all, that's a win...
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If it made the news at all, that's a win...
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Martha Blackburn defends Trump's call to arrest (and execute) Democratic elected officials
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Martha Blackburn defends Trump's call to arrest (and execute) Democratic elected officials
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Insanity‼️
The Coast Guard under Trump’s DHS is downgrading swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags to “potentially divisive” instead of hate symbols, even with their violent history.
The Coast Guard under Trump’s DHS is downgrading swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags to “potentially divisive” instead of hate symbols, even with their violent history.
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Insanity‼️
The Coast Guard under Trump’s DHS is downgrading swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags to “potentially divisive” instead of hate symbols, even with their violent history.
The Coast Guard under Trump’s DHS is downgrading swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags to “potentially divisive” instead of hate symbols, even with their violent history.
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CDC's website revision suggesting vaccines-autism link draws scrutiny
www.upi.com
CDC's website revision suggesting vaccines-autism link draws scrutiny - UPI.com
twp.ai
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
CDC's website revision suggesting vaccines-autism link draws scrutiny
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The morning after Trump won the 2024 election, he called his top fundraiser and said: “I want you to keep going." He has since raised nearly $2 billion for political operations, nonprofit causes, and his library, Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker report. theatln.tc/OUxbL3SH
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The morning after Trump won the 2024 election, he called his top fundraiser and said: “I want you to keep going." He has since raised nearly $2 billion for political operations, nonprofit causes, and his library, Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker report. theatln.tc/OUxbL3SH
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For years Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been pushing the notion that germ theory is overrated. Now other HHS officials are picking up that argument. Katherine J. Wu reports:
To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says
The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For years Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been pushing the notion that germ theory is overrated. Now other HHS officials are picking up that argument. Katherine J. Wu reports:
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The U.S. Border Patrol is modeling the aggressive tactics Trump wants—and raising the likelihood that the next phase of the president’s mass-deportation campaign will be more confrontational and violent, Nick Miroff reports.
Every State Is a Border Patrol State
Far from the southern border, agents are leading raids on U.S. cities.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The U.S. Border Patrol is modeling the aggressive tactics Trump wants—and raising the likelihood that the next phase of the president’s mass-deportation campaign will be more confrontational and violent, Nick Miroff reports.
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Donald Trump’s crypto legislation promises to make stablecoins the basis of the next financial catastrophe, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.
How Crypto Could Trigger the Next Financial Crisis
The danger of stablecoins lies in the ways they are meant to be safe.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Donald Trump’s crypto legislation promises to make stablecoins the basis of the next financial catastrophe, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.
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The Democratic Party’s rival factions might actually have managed to find an economic message they can agree on, Rogé Karma argues:
Democrats Finally Realize It Isn’t 2016 Anymore
Members of the left and the center seem to have concluded that, to win elections, each side needs to become more like the other.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Democratic Party’s rival factions might actually have managed to find an economic message they can agree on, Rogé Karma argues:
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For a decade, something about Donald Trump has united America’s libertines and religious traditionalists under the same red cap. But now that coalition is cracking —Elaine Godfrey reports on a new movement of MAGA women.
(Some) MAGA Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
What does it mean to be female and conservative in 2025?
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For a decade, something about Donald Trump has united America’s libertines and religious traditionalists under the same red cap. But now that coalition is cracking —Elaine Godfrey reports on a new movement of MAGA women.
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Trump’s “Quiet, piggy” remark joins a preponderance of evidence suggesting “how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings,” @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues.
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump’s “Quiet, piggy” remark joins a preponderance of evidence suggesting “how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings,” @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues.
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The DOJ just dropped two prosecutions of people charged with Section 111 violations. @qjurecic.bsky.social wrote earlier this week about the government's excessive use of this statute to prosecute people for seemingly minor incidents:
The Trump Administration’s Favorite Tool for Criminalizing Dissent
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 100 people with Section 111 violations. Was their crime anything more than opposing Trump’s immigration policies?
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November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The DOJ just dropped two prosecutions of people charged with Section 111 violations. @qjurecic.bsky.social wrote earlier this week about the government's excessive use of this statute to prosecute people for seemingly minor incidents:
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New: An appeals court ruled that the Trump administration does not have to release more than 600 immigrants after arresting them without warrants, some as part of the Chicago-area “Operation Midway Blitz.”
www.notus.org/immigration/...
www.notus.org/immigration/...
Appeals Court Says Trump Administration Doesn’t Have to Release Immigrants Arrested Without Warrants For Now
A federal judge previously ordered government officials to release more than 600 people arrested during the Chicago-area “Operation Midway Blitz.”
www.notus.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New: An appeals court ruled that the Trump administration does not have to release more than 600 immigrants after arresting them without warrants, some as part of the Chicago-area “Operation Midway Blitz.”
www.notus.org/immigration/...
www.notus.org/immigration/...
Done 2 hospital visits today, one scan for breast cancer, one meeting regarding a Baha implant, costed me $0.
Not because I have an exceptionally great insurance but because I live in Sweden and here, no-one pays more than $141/year for any kind of health care, surgeries and treatments included.
Not because I have an exceptionally great insurance but because I live in Sweden and here, no-one pays more than $141/year for any kind of health care, surgeries and treatments included.
“If we really want to ‘make America healthy again,’ it starts with guaranteeing that health care is assured, not earned,” writes Liz Fowler. https://www.notus.org/perspectives/if-you-could-change-one-thing-about-how-american-health-care-is-structured-what-would-it-be
If you could change one thing about how American health care is structured, what would it be?
Michael Osterholm, Ceci Connolly, Liz Fowler, Sherry Glied, Lanhee J. Chen, Robert Pearl
www.notus.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Done 2 hospital visits today, one scan for breast cancer, one meeting regarding a Baha implant, costed me $0.
Not because I have an exceptionally great insurance but because I live in Sweden and here, no-one pays more than $141/year for any kind of health care, surgeries and treatments included.
Not because I have an exceptionally great insurance but because I live in Sweden and here, no-one pays more than $141/year for any kind of health care, surgeries and treatments included.
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“If we really want to ‘make America healthy again,’ it starts with guaranteeing that health care is assured, not earned,” writes Liz Fowler. https://www.notus.org/perspectives/if-you-could-change-one-thing-about-how-american-health-care-is-structured-what-would-it-be
If you could change one thing about how American health care is structured, what would it be?
Michael Osterholm, Ceci Connolly, Liz Fowler, Sherry Glied, Lanhee J. Chen, Robert Pearl
www.notus.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“If we really want to ‘make America healthy again,’ it starts with guaranteeing that health care is assured, not earned,” writes Liz Fowler. https://www.notus.org/perspectives/if-you-could-change-one-thing-about-how-american-health-care-is-structured-what-would-it-be