albertfarris
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flower grower, no bullies or haters tolerated
A blue oasis in the red SW Missouri desert
A blue oasis in the red SW Missouri desert
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Electricity prices have been rising faster than the cost of consumer goods in recent years. Leah Stokes outlines three ideas that could lower electric bills:
Electricity Should Be Free at Noon
And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Electricity prices have been rising faster than the cost of consumer goods in recent years. Leah Stokes outlines three ideas that could lower electric bills:
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Excellent please share
Ty @antoniobruno.bsky.social
Ty @antoniobruno.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Excellent please share
Ty @antoniobruno.bsky.social
Ty @antoniobruno.bsky.social
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She expected Thanksgiving.
Instead she got detained.
Her family got a lawyer.
A federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal for at least 72 hours so her case could be reviewed.
They deported her to Honduras the next day in shackles.
“Her case is an unconstitutional horror show"
Instead she got detained.
Her family got a lawyer.
A federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal for at least 72 hours so her case could be reviewed.
They deported her to Honduras the next day in shackles.
“Her case is an unconstitutional horror show"
Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving
Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise trip
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
She expected Thanksgiving.
Instead she got detained.
Her family got a lawyer.
A federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal for at least 72 hours so her case could be reviewed.
They deported her to Honduras the next day in shackles.
“Her case is an unconstitutional horror show"
Instead she got detained.
Her family got a lawyer.
A federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal for at least 72 hours so her case could be reviewed.
They deported her to Honduras the next day in shackles.
“Her case is an unconstitutional horror show"
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Kelly is a screen writer in LA with 825K + followers on twitter.
This is wonderful advice.
This is wonderful advice.
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Kelly is a screen writer in LA with 825K + followers on twitter.
This is wonderful advice.
This is wonderful advice.
Our national shame continues to destroy our soul.
Thread.👇
"I wasn't able to let them know that I was going to get deported. I didn't even know I would be deported until I was on the plane."
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our national shame continues to destroy our soul.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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...it was all murder.
I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
...it was all murder.
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"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
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yesterday you poo-poo'ed the opposite dynamic at DLTR so I'm curious: which is it?
Some of these beats say more about the analysts' estimates than anything else, since the y/y sales numbers aren't beating inflation.
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
yesterday you poo-poo'ed the opposite dynamic at DLTR so I'm curious: which is it?
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Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.”
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.”
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
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6/ This next point gets deeper into some legal weeds, but law of war experts will know exactly what I mean.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
6/ This next point gets deeper into some legal weeds, but law of war experts will know exactly what I mean.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
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Yep. That's me....running against Ann Wagner in MO-2. You're probably wondering how I plan to beat her? Well...we have a national level campaign, rising donations, and a strategy to run everywhere in the district. I'd love your support too! We can win this seat.
That’s a whole lots of House Republicans with “danger zone” margins.
December 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Yep. That's me....running against Ann Wagner in MO-2. You're probably wondering how I plan to beat her? Well...we have a national level campaign, rising donations, and a strategy to run everywhere in the district. I'd love your support too! We can win this seat.
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We published more than 1,000 recipes this year. These 25 were your favorites, the ones you took the time to rate, comment on, share with friends and come back to again and again. nyti.ms/4oxQ7be
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We published more than 1,000 recipes this year. These 25 were your favorites, the ones you took the time to rate, comment on, share with friends and come back to again and again. nyti.ms/4oxQ7be
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Joining Nicolle Wallace at 5pm ET on MSNOW to talk about this and Hegseth's other screwups.
Breaking: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could have put U.S. troops and national security at risk with the Signal chat, the Pentagon’s top watchdog concludes. The Atlantic’s staff writers report:
Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
An inspector general report finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Joining Nicolle Wallace at 5pm ET on MSNOW to talk about this and Hegseth's other screwups.
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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"This explains why the administration refuses to declassify the memo...If the public saw how flimsy the legal footing is, they’d see the president is using wartime powers he does not have to kill civilians he cannot legally target..." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
NEWS: Leaked memo exposes flimsy legal basis for Trump boat strikes
DOJ's classified, "legal authorization" for the missile attacks is beginning to collapse.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"This explains why the administration refuses to declassify the memo...If the public saw how flimsy the legal footing is, they’d see the president is using wartime powers he does not have to kill civilians he cannot legally target..." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
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The U.S. Supreme Court justices are coming back today for a two-week sitting of oral arguments. Along with the arguments scheduled for January, the two sittings will include arguments in two cases addressing a key question of this moment: Does Congress really matter any longer?
Law Dork:
Law Dork:
The upcoming SCOTUS cases over Trump's firing powers could change America
This latest iteration of a 250-year old debate goes much further than earlier generations would have thought possible — or advisable. And, for paid, subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court justices are coming back today for a two-week sitting of oral arguments. Along with the arguments scheduled for January, the two sittings will include arguments in two cases addressing a key question of this moment: Does Congress really matter any longer?
Law Dork:
Law Dork:
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Sex Crimes. State Crimes. War Crimes.
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/sex-crimes...
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/sex-crimes...
Sex Crimes. State Crimes. War Crimes.
We’re detecting a pattern with this administration.
www.thebulwark.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sex Crimes. State Crimes. War Crimes.
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/sex-crimes...
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/sex-crimes...
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#GVerse The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by #Shit4Brain's administration. #Shitface is lying about everything.
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#GVerse The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by #Shit4Brain's administration. #Shitface is lying about everything.
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“One of those working most closely with Epstein, up to and including attempting to scrub his public image, was Bannon…Bannon, the man millions of MAGA fans trust to tell it like it is, stands revealed as one of the most cynical liars ever to mar this country.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
www.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“One of those working most closely with Epstein, up to and including attempting to scrub his public image, was Bannon…Bannon, the man millions of MAGA fans trust to tell it like it is, stands revealed as one of the most cynical liars ever to mar this country.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
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Sunday's here, and a good time to take any needed breaks & decompress.
Here's something to help that along, by adding some 🙂🙂🙂 to your morning.
Here's something to help that along, by adding some 🙂🙂🙂 to your morning.
Really American (@reallyamerican)
BREAKING: Canadian TV show brutally mocks Donald Trump and it’s going viral
Share widely so everyone sees this
substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sunday's here, and a good time to take any needed breaks & decompress.
Here's something to help that along, by adding some 🙂🙂🙂 to your morning.
Here's something to help that along, by adding some 🙂🙂🙂 to your morning.
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This week has offered many stark insights:
1. The US is by far the most corrupt Western country.
2. Trump's administration works for its own enrichment with Russia, sacrificing Ukraine (WSJ below).
3. The US must play no role on Ukraine-Russia issues. /1
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
1. The US is by far the most corrupt Western country.
2. Trump's administration works for its own enrichment with Russia, sacrificing Ukraine (WSJ below).
3. The US must play no role on Ukraine-Russia issues. /1
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This week has offered many stark insights:
1. The US is by far the most corrupt Western country.
2. Trump's administration works for its own enrichment with Russia, sacrificing Ukraine (WSJ below).
3. The US must play no role on Ukraine-Russia issues. /1
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
1. The US is by far the most corrupt Western country.
2. Trump's administration works for its own enrichment with Russia, sacrificing Ukraine (WSJ below).
3. The US must play no role on Ukraine-Russia issues. /1
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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It’s wrong to lump all top Trump people in one category. There are differences among them. But they do seem to fall into three (sometimes overlapping) categories:
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It’s wrong to lump all top Trump people in one category. There are differences among them. But they do seem to fall into three (sometimes overlapping) categories:
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.