@stpauldeb.bsky.social
Pinned
Hitting me hard. In Vienna my grandmother hid my mother from Russian soldiers known for raping and worse during the occupation, after the Nazis did the same in WWII. My grandfather had been forced to flee to Poland because he refused to join the Nazi party. He walked back a skeleton after the war.
Please read this thread
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Please read this thread
“We’re Jewish—we grew up knowing how hated we were just for existing,” Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, tells me. "Now he’s trying to take away the exact thing his own family benefited from: that ability to create a life for themselves, to prosper, to build community...to live a rewarding life.”
Finally, Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, gave us her first interview. It's powerful stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Typical MAGA.
Charlie Kirk is assassinated and quoting his own words is "calling for political violence."
Rob Reiner is murdered and they publicly celebrate it.
Every accusation is an admission.
Charlie Kirk is assassinated and quoting his own words is "calling for political violence."
Rob Reiner is murdered and they publicly celebrate it.
Every accusation is an admission.
December 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
He's just lost it. Now saying Rob and Michele Reiner caused their own murder because they didn't support him.
So sick.
So sick.
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Peace plan, eh?
Russia is making preparations for the Zelensky ceasefire.
A bill on the genocide of the occupied territories has passed the Russian parliament and will be brought in effect once the frontlines are frozen in place.
A bill on the genocide of the occupied territories has passed the Russian parliament and will be brought in effect once the frontlines are frozen in place.
December 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Peace plan, eh?
This.
The President’s increasingly worrying behavior is bad. Doing absolutely nothing about it, for the welfare and survival of the country, is worse.
December 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This.
Anyone still serving in the Trump Administration must reckon with the reality that, when the government has previously perpetrated egregious miscarriages of justice, history has not been forgiving to those who’ve gone along, however reluctantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along
Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience.
www.newyorker.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Insanity begets insanity.
NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.
December 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Insanity begets insanity.
1. Measles is ravaging South Carolina.
Over 100 people infected, and hundreds more in quarantine.
In response, RFK Jr., the nation's top public health official, has been SILENT
But it's much worse than that. RFK Jr. and his allies are undermining confidence in the vaccine
Over 100 people infected, and hundreds more in quarantine.
In response, RFK Jr., the nation's top public health official, has been SILENT
But it's much worse than that. RFK Jr. and his allies are undermining confidence in the vaccine
As measles ravages South Carolina, RFK Jr. undermines the vaccine
There is a massive measles outbreak spreading rapidly in Upstate South Carolina.
popular.info
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A true hero.
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A true hero.
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Fox News will continue to gaslight their low IQ audience, but we all know what's happening to Trump. The rapid decline is unmistakable. 😳👇
December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. - Bryan Stevenson
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is also an excuse to post one of my fave news clips of all time. Right after the decision was handed down, David Boies (one of the lawyers who won) went on CBS news with a prominent bigot and ripped him to shreds. “The witness stand is a lonely place to lie.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpNs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpNs...
Prop 8 Attorney David Boies Vs. Tony Perkins Of Family Research Council
YouTube video by SuchIsLifeVideos
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
With just 17 days until Obamacare tax credits expire, it’s now clear: Congress—and the country—are headed over the Obamacare cliff. Even if the House acts, the Senate won’t move in time.
It’s outrageous that all members of Congress have great, taxpayer-funded healthcare! Screw regular Americans!!
It’s outrageous that all members of Congress have great, taxpayer-funded healthcare! Screw regular Americans!!
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Utter vile - we expect no better.
This is both disgusting and expected.
The Scumbag-in-Chief
The Scumbag-in-Chief
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Utter vile - we expect no better.
Must watch.
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Must watch.
Massive Layoffs at the Dept of #Education Erode Its #CivilRights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Russian drones have attacked four Turkish vessels in the past 48 hours.
This is an attack on a NATO member state.
NATO must strike back against the Russian shadow fleet.
This is an attack on a NATO member state.
NATO must strike back against the Russian shadow fleet.
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"If you want to understand what motivated Putin's full-scale invasion, watch this. The main factors: arrogance, imperial revisionism, how easily Russia got away with annexing Crimea, and the fact that Ukraine is not part of a defensive alliance, like NATO." - Julia Davis
Here is another blast from the past: on January 24, 2022, experts and pundits on Russian state TV predicted that no one would defend Kharkiv or Kyiv, while grateful Ukrainians would welcome Russian troops as their liberators and greet them with flowers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=75s8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=75s8...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Zelensky *cannot* withdraw his troops and cede territory. His army won't do it. The public won't accept it.
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukraine's key "red line" in negotiations with the US is the withdrawal of troops from Donbas, - Bild.
Zelenskyy is ready to discuss abandoning NATO membership, holding elections on a shortened timeline, and freezing the frontline.
Zelenskyy is ready to discuss abandoning NATO membership, holding elections on a shortened timeline, and freezing the frontline.
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM