Erwin Rommel
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Erwin Rommel
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· Nov 16
America’s Last Election Part 1: The Big Lie | If You're Listening
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
youtu.be
Did we just see the last election, or was the 2020 really the last election?
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Yeah, one of the real flaws with Bluesky is that if you make a post whose message is basically "hey, do the losers at this place still have a stick up their ass about my machine that steals their writing?" it attracts negative responses.
It's a weird glitch, and it's certainly not *your* fault.
It's a weird glitch, and it's certainly not *your* fault.
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Yeah, one of the real flaws with Bluesky is that if you make a post whose message is basically "hey, do the losers at this place still have a stick up their ass about my machine that steals their writing?" it attracts negative responses.
It's a weird glitch, and it's certainly not *your* fault.
It's a weird glitch, and it's certainly not *your* fault.
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I posted a montage of 19 clips last week of Trump making personal attacks against female reporters in just the last few months. Now we have #20.
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I posted a montage of 19 clips last week of Trump making personal attacks against female reporters in just the last few months. Now we have #20.
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Unless this “fix” involves a giant statue of Russian prostitutes pissing on his head I don’t want it .
They’ve got the water, they can make it happen.
They’ve got the water, they can make it happen.
What’s the over-under on national monuments he ruins?
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Unless this “fix” involves a giant statue of Russian prostitutes pissing on his head I don’t want it .
They’ve got the water, they can make it happen.
They’ve got the water, they can make it happen.
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Martin Bally, a VP at Campbell’s Soup, was fired after being caught on audio ranting about their customers and products: “Shit for poor people. It’s not healthy now that I know what’s in it—bioengineered chicken that tastes like it came from a 3-D printer.”
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Martin Bally, a VP at Campbell’s Soup, was fired after being caught on audio ranting about their customers and products: “Shit for poor people. It’s not healthy now that I know what’s in it—bioengineered chicken that tastes like it came from a 3-D printer.”
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Slavery was bad.
August 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Slavery was bad.
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The
8/19/25😳Nat guard is armed, adding states, focused on Blue cities..🙏🇺🇸🙏
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November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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I’ve never preordered a book so fast
Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I’ve never preordered a book so fast
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In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
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My new piece with @factforce.bsky.social on the collapse of Russia’s false narrative is out in the Kyiv Post. It was submitted before Trump’s 28 peace plan proposal, but its point still stands and is proven by Trump’s failure to force Russia’s demands on Ukraine
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/64445
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/64445
Opinion: The Russian Narrative Is Crumbling
The false Russian propaganda narrative is now going up in flames.
www.kyivpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My new piece with @factforce.bsky.social on the collapse of Russia’s false narrative is out in the Kyiv Post. It was submitted before Trump’s 28 peace plan proposal, but its point still stands and is proven by Trump’s failure to force Russia’s demands on Ukraine
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/64445
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/64445
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"F**k you and your investigation," Gallego said to Hegseth.
Ruben Gallego Destroys Coward Hegseth Over Mark Kelly Probe, Jasmine Crockett Calls Out "Thuggish" ICE Agents In Fierce Hearing, and Kash Patel’s Reign At FBI May End
The regime is crumbling under the weight of its own disgrace
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"F**k you and your investigation," Gallego said to Hegseth.
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💬 Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations - Nieman Reports
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes Johanna Wild, an open source researcher for Bellingcat.
niemanreports.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
💬 Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com.
niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
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NEW: An unanimous appeals court panel — authored by conservative Judge William Pryor and joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher — upheld a $1 million sanction againt Trump/Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NEW: An unanimous appeals court panel — authored by conservative Judge William Pryor and joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher — upheld a $1 million sanction againt Trump/Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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NEWS: A federal appeals court pane upholds the $1 million sanction against Trump and Habba for a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, Comey, et al.
"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
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"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEWS: A federal appeals court pane upholds the $1 million sanction against Trump and Habba for a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, Comey, et al.
"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
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"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The FBI’s operations guidelines forbid initiating an investigation on the basis of First Amendment protected activity.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
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FBI probes Democratic lawmakers who warned against 'illegal' military orders, Slotkin says
President Trump is using "the FBI against us" for telling military members they can defy "illegal" orders, Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin said Tuesday.
www.detroitnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The FBI’s operations guidelines forbid initiating an investigation on the basis of First Amendment protected activity.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
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Not 1863, but I did want to leave you with the 1862 Maine Thanksgiving proclamation- when the last line regarding the cause of emancipation was read to a Maine regiment under arms at the front, it was greeted with cheers and huzzahs.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Not 1863, but I did want to leave you with the 1862 Maine Thanksgiving proclamation- when the last line regarding the cause of emancipation was read to a Maine regiment under arms at the front, it was greeted with cheers and huzzahs.
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Scrolling through November 1863 newspapers looking at reactions to Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation and what’s notable is how whiny the conservative Dem papers are about how Thanksgiving proclamations should be the state prerogative and not the federal government’s
plus ça change, I guess
plus ça change, I guess
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Scrolling through November 1863 newspapers looking at reactions to Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation and what’s notable is how whiny the conservative Dem papers are about how Thanksgiving proclamations should be the state prerogative and not the federal government’s
plus ça change, I guess
plus ça change, I guess
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Who leaked Witkoff’s call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side?
Who leaked Witkoff’s call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side?
Bloomberg publishes extraordinary transcripts of secret discussions, but their provenance remains unclear
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Who leaked Witkoff’s call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side?
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Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
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"None said they believed the House would change hands. One Democrat said, 'Inshallah.' They meant it as a joke, but as the example of 1930 suggests, perhaps it’s true that only God alone could orchestrate a mid-Congress change of the majority." lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
From Republican House to Retirement Home
Mike Johnson is watching dozens of his colleagues shuffle off toward the exits.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"None said they believed the House would change hands. One Democrat said, 'Inshallah.' They meant it as a joke, but as the example of 1930 suggests, perhaps it’s true that only God alone could orchestrate a mid-Congress change of the majority." lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
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Colorado clerks beg governor: don't give in to Trump over imprisoned election denier
Colorado clerks beg governor: don't give in to Trump over imprisoned election denier
As President Donald Trump exerts pressure to release into federal custody a disgraced Colorado elections official convicted of felonies for a data breach scheme related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election, county clerks in the western state are imploring their governor to keep the convicted fe...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Colorado clerks beg governor: don't give in to Trump over imprisoned election denier
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NEW: Justice Ziegler has corrected her misquotation of Moore v. Harper. However, her new summary of the Supreme Court's decision in Moore does not, in my view, accurately reflect the holding. The sentence she quotes doesn't match the "exceedingly limited" paraphrase. www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/D...
![Worse yet, the plaintiffs’ theory disobeys the United States
Constitution’s Elections Clause which vests redistricting responsibility
exclusively in “the Legislature thereof.” U.S. CONST. ART. I, § 4. As the
United States Supreme Court recently reaffirmed, the role of state courts in
congressional redistricting is exceedingly limited. See Moore v. Harper, 600
U.S. 1, 36 (2023) (“[S]tate courts may not transgress the ordinary bounds of
judicial review such that they arrogate to themselves the power vested in
state legislatures to regulate federal elections.”). This lawsuit invites the
very judicial meddling that the Constitution prohibits. We see other states
invoking fairly interesting procedures to address congressional maps.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreihf3o2inbcy54ozy3cocdmwrkq32ogoswxi5i4auoysm4ucqx3o54@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW: Justice Ziegler has corrected her misquotation of Moore v. Harper. However, her new summary of the Supreme Court's decision in Moore does not, in my view, accurately reflect the holding. The sentence she quotes doesn't match the "exceedingly limited" paraphrase. www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/D...
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"Every time Republicans have to come up with their own solution it's like a running gag -- it's like the drummer in Spinal Tap" - @chrislhayes.bsky.social
@citizencohn.bsky.social joined Hayes on Why Is This Happening to talk Trump's new political nightmare
@citizencohn.bsky.social joined Hayes on Why Is This Happening to talk Trump's new political nightmare
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Every time Republicans have to come up with their own solution it's like a running gag -- it's like the drummer in Spinal Tap" - @chrislhayes.bsky.social
@citizencohn.bsky.social joined Hayes on Why Is This Happening to talk Trump's new political nightmare
@citizencohn.bsky.social joined Hayes on Why Is This Happening to talk Trump's new political nightmare
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Hegseth is a dude-bro sporting some questionable tattoos, a creation of television who’s acting as if he won "The Apprentice: The Nuclear-Weapons Season."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job
He should be secretary of defense.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hegseth is a dude-bro sporting some questionable tattoos, a creation of television who’s acting as if he won "The Apprentice: The Nuclear-Weapons Season."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...