Sam
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Sam
@ahaxton.bsky.social
Mom, baker, book lover 📚💙, 2 🐕‍🦺, Indiana University Bloomington, Go Hoosiers! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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"Having a president fire all the scientists, doctors, economists, PhDs, and replacing them with loyalists and people who don't know anything is actually NOT in America's best interest."
– Ketanji Brown Jackson
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Whoa … this is really strange.

Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.

🎁 link ⤵️

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Digital fingerprinting has made an alarming comeback this year, with Google reversing its ban on this secretive, obfuscated technology that cannot be disabled. Given tracking cookies offer opt-outs, it’s bad news for users that fingerprinting do not.
Apple Warns All iPhone Users—Do Not Use Chrome Or Google App
Apple says a billion users should stop using these apps on their iPhone — here's why.
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Let's not kid ourselves: this may have CBS News written all over it but it's political propaganda masquerading as journalism. If it was legit, then real reporters would be in the anchor chair, not Trump approved Bari Weiss.

My latest:

open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
CBS News journalists are sidelined for network's Erika Kirk town hall
If providing news and information were the goal then journalists like Gayle King or Norah O’Donnell would be asking the questions, not Trump approved pundit Bari Weiss.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I still can't get myself to watch this, and I really like Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
Anthony Hopkins reveals secrets of Hannibal Lecter and his haunting hiss (exclusive)
In an exclusive excerpt of his memoir, Anthony Hopkins reveals the dark path to his iconic "Silence of the Lambs" Dr. Hannibal Lecter role.
www.usatoday.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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I've just joined here, in time to bug everyone to think about checking out my new novel #TheAward from @harpercollins.bsky.social! Thank you to my super-reader @krisr101.bsky.social for suggesting I check out @bsky.app
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Indiana has rapidly become the latest flashpoint in the GOP’s national push to engineer aggressive mid-decade gerrymanders. Few states illustrate the immense costs to voters and how far lawmakers are willing to go to appease President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/ind...
Indiana’s GOP Shows Us the Future of Gerrymandering — And It’s Grim: A Conversation With Election Law Expert Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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This is what’s happening to immigrants doing it “the right way” in Trump’s America.

We have been told about it happening here in Tennessee.

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Good commentary in this thread by @rikefranke.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/rike...
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.

And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Bid To Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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In this week’s new #TheWeeklyShow episode, Jon, @jbf1755.bsky.social & Allen Guelzo discuss⬇️: 
 
>> Heritage Americans?
>> Founding Ideals vs. Realities
>> Nativist Movement
>> America’s Anxiety 
>> Press = Enemy of the People? 

NEW YouTube out now.
youtube.com/watch?v=isBCQpJIDlU&feature=youtu.be
American “Heritage” vs. American History | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Himes: They posed zero threat to anyone in the region, and we killed them.
Himes: It was exceedingly hard to watch. Even if you stipulate that it is a war, there is a very specific prohibition against killing individuals who have been removed from the fight. And there is no question that these individuals were removed from the fight.
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Amen
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.

As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Soldiers, in his day, did what they had to do and didn't speak of it once they came home. He thought about the men he'd killed. He thought about the guards. He thought about the blood on his hands. He wondered if he'd ever be forgiven. 'I lost myself,' he said."

📚💙 #BookSky #WarriorEthos
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM