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#Kinzinger_EmergencyVideo #TrumpSurvivorMurder

Republican Adam Kinzinger posts emergency video on why #Hegseth's recent order is a #WarCrime & against the maritime international law.

🙏 Contact your Congresspeople if you live in Red State

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Emergency Video: The Boat Strike in Venezuela
Hey all, the story today that Hegseth ordered no survivors on the first boat strike, and as a result two survivors hanging onto the burned up boat were killed, is disgusting.
adamkinzinger.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
#immigrationInsanity #USTraditions

Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

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November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#TrumpMRI #DementiaWork-Up

🙏 see a neurologist's thoughtful comments about use of brain MRI's.

Brain MRI's are NOT ordered as part of routine physicals

How dumb does Trump's team think Amerians are?

We have a right to this critical information about our Prez

www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/t...
Why might a 79-year-old man need an MRI of his brain?
There are many reasons why a 79-year-old man might need to get an MRI scan of his brain, some benign, some more concerning.
www.statnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#ReleaseTrump'sMRI #MRIResults

We've all seen recorded evidence of Trump's episodes of frank incoherence and the deterioration of his language skills.

Very likely his recent MRI was a brain MRI. Walz' call to release the MRI results is entirely legitimate.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Walz Demands Trump’s MRI Results After Unhinged Slur Attack
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz clapped back at Donald Trump’s use of an offensive slur against him by demanding the president release the results of an MRI scan he was revealed to have undergone last month. ...
www.yahoo.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#BillOfRights #Civics #Education

🙏 see useful article on making the Bill of Rights relevant to young people. Civics education is critical and we need young people to stand for democracy at this difficult time, meanwhile educating our children.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/b...
Making the Bill of Rights Relevant to Young Readers
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#illegalDeportations

Trump's dictatorial regime continues to flout judges orders with another illegal deportation.

🙏 Find ways to #StandUp for #democracy & sanity

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A 19 yr old girl was kidnapped at a Massachusetts airport and deported to Honduras, illegally.

A judge already said she was not to be deported.

She was headed to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She did not make it.

This story needs to be heard by everyone!

#SheShed
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#BogusDrugWar #HeernandezPardon

This shameful story demonstrates that the Mad King has no genuine interest in stopping the flow of drugs into the US. The excuses given for his military operations in Venezuela are a sham.

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November 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#WhyTrumpLovesPutin #StandUpForUkraine

Important article in Wall Street Journal which elucidates why Trump and his billionaire buddies support Putin.

Hint: It's all about the money.

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Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.

🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
#IllegalOrders #MadKing

The #MadKing is moving against Venezuela with no provocation, likely moving toward an undeclared war.

The Trump administration slashes US healthcare and science and funds idiotic military operations abroad.

Trump is committing war crimes.

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Trump, with no authority to do so, demands the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela be closed as he threatens to bomb and invade the country.
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
#MaceLies #SouthCarolina

Rep. Nancy Mace is lying to her constituents about lobbying for a grant as part of Biden's #infrastructure bill THAT MACE OPPOSED.

Expose Mace's lies on this topic and so much else.

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This came from the 2021 infrastructure bill signed by Biden. Mace voted against it.
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#Trumpsgiving #StopTheBillionaires

Trump's credo is to increase income inequality & allow billionaires to loot working people.

🙏 See how the Mad King used his so-called charity donations to further his own interests.

Time for re-watching Dickens' "Christmas Carol"

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Greedy Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#StandUpForImmigrants

The New York Times has published a list of organizations providing services to immigrants at this terrible time.

🙏 consider making a holiday donation to one of these charitable organizations.

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For her giving column this year, our columnist Michelle Goldberg chose two groups that are “squeezed between an expanding need for their services and a political climate that threatens their resources,” she writes.
Opinion | Donate This Holiday Season: Undocumented Immigrants Need Your Help
These organizations are squeezed between an expanding need for their services and an administration trying to starve them of resources.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
#Cosmetics #ProductSafety #PattyMurray

We need protection against products that endanger our health and Senator Patty Murray crafted an important rule about cancer-causing products in cosmetics.

The Trump administration has withdrawn the rule. Speak Up!

bsky.app/profile/murr...
🚨The Trump administration just WITHDREW a proposed rule to make sure cosmetics products are tested for cancer-causing asbestos.

Does exposing more Americans to asbestos Make America Healthy Again??

I wrote the law that required this testing—this move is dangerous and wrong.
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#Vaccines #Misinformaion #VaccinesCauseAdulthood

🙏 see details of the shoddy article publicized by the dogmatic and unscientific RFKJr. SackRFKJr who is endangering #PublicHealth

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Meanwhile, even if a reader takes the time to click on and read the article, they still have to scroll past two ads and a list of related stories to get to the "okay but" paragraph explaining that real scientists are highly skeptical of these new FDA claims.
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
#AftynBehn #Tennessee #Science

Stand Up for Science is endorsing Aftyn Behn for TN-07 as an advocate for science and for working people.

🙏 read the differences in what Behn stands for compared to her opponent, who supports the Mad King/

www.standupforscience.net/tn-7-voter-e...
SUFS Supports Aftyn Behn for TN-07 — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
The Stand Up For Science movement is growing because of you. Let's get more momentum going!
www.standupforscience.net
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#AAUP #DefendHigherEd

🙏 Please consider donating to a PAC created by the American Association of University Professors to fight back against Trump's attacks on academic freedom.

Spread the word! AAUP is a great organization and has been critical in this fight.

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We launched a PAC!

“This PAC is an extension of our fight to ensure a future for American higher ed through bipartisan legislation that recognizes that college can be tuition-free, debt-free, welcoming to all, conducive to academic freedom & offer jobs with dignity.”

- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
news.bgov.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#Humor #Bluesky

We need humor & satire to stay resilient. There's a reason autocrats hate humor.

Enjoy!

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 175
www.dailykos.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#Astronomy #AstronomyRocks! #Science

🙏 see article about why it's worthwhile to keep exploring our universt

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What’s the point of exploring the Universe?

#AskEthan

With so much going on in the world and so many problems to solve, why should we be investing in exploring the Universe?

We must always remember.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #physics
Ask Ethan: What's the point of exploring the Universe?
There are so many problems, all across planet Earth, that harm and threaten humanity. Why invest in researching the Universe?
bigthink.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#Alabama #Florida #SaveEducation #TransRights

First they came after trans kids & immigrants, now the Trump regime is coming after Congress people who oppose them, next even more widespread tyranny is planned.

#StandUp

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alabama’s new plan: pretend trans kids don’t exist by shoving every book about them into the adult section. love that for us. censorship dressed up as “parental control” isn’t subtle.

how do they say this with a straight face?
Top Florida Education Officials Threaten Criminal Charges To Get Educators To Fall In Line
Board members interrogated a school district superintendent over book bans and claimed the district's librarians were child abusers.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#DOGE #FederalWorkers #StopMusk

🙏 see valuable review of the horrible legacy of DOGE under the lawless oligarch #Musk. Similar policies continue despite DOGE dismantling.

Federal workers were major victims of Musk, whose businesses gets huge funding from the government.

bsky.app/profile/thel...
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#Resist #TogetherWeWillWin

Harvard study shows resistance to Trump's #autocracy includes significant roots in Red as well as Blue States

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
From Texas to Tennessee, even Trump country is marching against Trump
A new Harvard study shows that 2025 protests are likely the most geographically widespread in US history.
www.motherjones.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#ColoradoJudge #RuleOfLaw #ICEILawlessness

Yet again, a judge stands up against illegal #ICE arrests & for the rule of law. The higher courts need to defend constitutional rights and stop overturning sane lower court decisions.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Colorado Judge Tells Immigration Agents to Stop Arrests Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#BannedBooks #FreeSpeech #Catch22

#Tennessee continues to ban numerous books.

Vote Aftyn Behn - she can't change this right away but she will be a potent voice in Tennessee

bsky.app/profile/bann...
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM