Billie Jean Sweeney
@billiejsweeney.bsky.social
Journalist, advocate, trans woman. Proud ex-Committee to Protect Journalists, Associated Press, Hartford Courant. Oh proud state school grad too (Go UConn!) Hmm did I work somewhere else 🤔. She/her. wesweeney.com
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What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
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Anyway, it's kind of insane that Carville's claim to fame was getting a candidate 43% in a presidential election (the lowest winning share of the popular vote since Woodrow Wilson) and we've had to hear from him non-stop for three+ decades.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Anyway, it's kind of insane that Carville's claim to fame was getting a candidate 43% in a presidential election (the lowest winning share of the popular vote since Woodrow Wilson) and we've had to hear from him non-stop for three+ decades.
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The thing about Carville's piece is that it's a perfect example of the way centrists can't write literally anything without getting in a few jabs at the left/minorities. It's entirely possible to run on "economic rage," sure. There's no need to go, "And remember what some people on Tumblr said??"
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The thing about Carville's piece is that it's a perfect example of the way centrists can't write literally anything without getting in a few jabs at the left/minorities. It's entirely possible to run on "economic rage," sure. There's no need to go, "And remember what some people on Tumblr said??"
Yep, but it won’t be in the nyt, which handed Carville a platform today to repeat his tired cry: “Out With Woke.”The professional strategist/consultant grifter class he exemplifies have one interest: their own. They’re well paid no matter how bad their advice is.
They don’t speak for regular ppl
They don’t speak for regular ppl
James Carville said on his Politicon Podcast recently that when it comes to so-called identity politics that “the baggage you bring may not be worth the votes you have” but interviewers should press him on which identities do and do not matter. A frank discussion would be illuminating,
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Yep, but it won’t be in the nyt, which handed Carville a platform today to repeat his tired cry: “Out With Woke.”The professional strategist/consultant grifter class he exemplifies have one interest: their own. They’re well paid no matter how bad their advice is.
They don’t speak for regular ppl
They don’t speak for regular ppl
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Going to war as "a favor to our oil companies" used to be something Republicans vigorously denied.
Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Going to war as "a favor to our oil companies" used to be something Republicans vigorously denied.
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Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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"Influential pro-Trump X accounts that appeared to be U.S-based but actually operate from Eastern Europe, Asia, or Africa have spread 31 false claims about U.S. and global politics in the last 15 months," according to @newsguard.bsky.social www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/influentia...
Influential ‘U.S.’ X Accounts Spread False Claims from Abroad
NewsGuard finds that pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad have spread 31 significant false claims in the last 15 months
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Influential pro-Trump X accounts that appeared to be U.S-based but actually operate from Eastern Europe, Asia, or Africa have spread 31 false claims about U.S. and global politics in the last 15 months," according to @newsguard.bsky.social www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/influentia...
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“In South Carolina, a Colombian family of five went to a government office for a fingerprinting appointment, only to have the parents detained while the children — ages 5, 11 and 15 — were sent into the shelter system for four months.”
Meanwhile, 600 kids have been sent to ICE detention this year.
Meanwhile, 600 kids have been sent to ICE detention this year.
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
“In South Carolina, a Colombian family of five went to a government office for a fingerprinting appointment, only to have the parents detained while the children — ages 5, 11 and 15 — were sent into the shelter system for four months.”
Meanwhile, 600 kids have been sent to ICE detention this year.
Meanwhile, 600 kids have been sent to ICE detention this year.
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Day in, day out, multiple times a day the nyt dishonestly frames news events in ways that benefit Trump. It’s not ineptitude, it’s complicity w a would-be dictator.
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Day in, day out, multiple times a day the nyt dishonestly frames news events in ways that benefit Trump. It’s not ineptitude, it’s complicity w a would-be dictator.
Day in, day out, multiple times a day the nyt dishonestly frames news events in ways that benefit Trump. It’s not ineptitude, it’s complicity w a would-be dictator.
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Day in, day out, multiple times a day the nyt dishonestly frames news events in ways that benefit Trump. It’s not ineptitude, it’s complicity w a would-be dictator.
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Robert Kuttner on "Putin, Trump, and the Inept New York Times" prospect.org/2025/11/24/p...
Putin, Trump, and the Inept New York Times - The American Prospect
How could the Times so totally bungle the story of Russia’s latest peace plan and Trump’s capitulation?
prospect.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Robert Kuttner on "Putin, Trump, and the Inept New York Times" prospect.org/2025/11/24/p...
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Time after time, official statements from DHS — including ICE and the Border Patrol — have turned out to be malicious fabrications, often intended to blame the victims for their own brutality. presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Time after time, official statements from DHS — including ICE and the Border Patrol — have turned out to be malicious fabrications, often intended to blame the victims for their own brutality. presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
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Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
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Really curious who this pull your pants up bullshit is even for. Who's the target audience for this or is he just crazy
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Really curious who this pull your pants up bullshit is even for. Who's the target audience for this or is he just crazy
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R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
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Rep Maria Salazar (R-FL) says Trump is about to invade Venezuela, and the objective is to seize their oil. Remarkable candor, because this seems to be precisely what is going on. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Rep Maria Salazar (R-FL) says Trump is about to invade Venezuela, and the objective is to seize their oil. Remarkable candor, because this seems to be precisely what is going on. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Comey rightly calls out the "biglaw" lawyers who have abdicated their responsibilities to uphold the rule of law, which -- after all -- is why the legal profession exists in the first place, as I discussed a few months ago.
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Comey rightly calls out the "biglaw" lawyers who have abdicated their responsibilities to uphold the rule of law, which -- after all -- is why the legal profession exists in the first place, as I discussed a few months ago.
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NEWS: The criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James are gone. A federal judge ruled that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as the lead prosecutor was illegal.
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NEWS: The criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James are gone. A federal judge ruled that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as the lead prosecutor was illegal.
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
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Lmao at nyt … Yep, “woke” is today’s problem (whatever that’s supposed to mean. Opposing bigotry?)
-Women were the target before that (and how they ruined the workplace!)
-A “culture of victimisation” was the issue a few days ago (from the straight white men who are constantly aggrieved, see above)
-Women were the target before that (and how they ruined the workplace!)
-A “culture of victimisation” was the issue a few days ago (from the straight white men who are constantly aggrieved, see above)
“With all this rage, we must also have a bold, simple policy plan — one that every American can understand,” James Carville writes. “We should not fear that running on a platform of seismic economic scale will cost us a general election.”
Opinion | Carville: How About a Sweeping, Aggressive, Unvarnished Platform of Pure Economic Rage
Democrats also have to shed the last vestiges of woke.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Lmao at nyt … Yep, “woke” is today’s problem (whatever that’s supposed to mean. Opposing bigotry?)
-Women were the target before that (and how they ruined the workplace!)
-A “culture of victimisation” was the issue a few days ago (from the straight white men who are constantly aggrieved, see above)
-Women were the target before that (and how they ruined the workplace!)
-A “culture of victimisation” was the issue a few days ago (from the straight white men who are constantly aggrieved, see above)
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Also from the UK … A powerful government agency is preparing to call on businesses and organizations to restrict access to single-sex spaces and services based *solely on appearance.* Its plan has yet to finalised …
Can common sense or decency talk the deeply unpopular Labour govt off the ledge?
Can common sense or decency talk the deeply unpopular Labour govt off the ledge?
The UK has finally announced a study on puberty blockers to treat youth gender dysphoria, more than a year after banning them despite finding no evidence of any harm.
Some might say this is the opposite of how medicine is normally done, but with trans care the only rule is bigotry.
More here:
Some might say this is the opposite of how medicine is normally done, but with trans care the only rule is bigotry.
More here:
License to Discriminate: UK’s Labour Pushes Unethical Anti-Trans Steps — Assigned
Leading Off: Studies try to put a veneer of legitimacy on Cass’s political project. A powerful UK agency says bigotry based on appearance is A-OK. Top story lines for the week.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Also from the UK … A powerful government agency is preparing to call on businesses and organizations to restrict access to single-sex spaces and services based *solely on appearance.* Its plan has yet to finalised …
Can common sense or decency talk the deeply unpopular Labour govt off the ledge?
Can common sense or decency talk the deeply unpopular Labour govt off the ledge?
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This guidance in the U.K. will affect anyone who looks vaguely gender non-conforming.
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This guidance in the U.K. will affect anyone who looks vaguely gender non-conforming.
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
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This article does not contain a single piece of evidence for its central premise.
I don't think I've ever disagreed and agreed more strongly with a piece, seesawing from one paragraph to the next.
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This article does not contain a single piece of evidence for its central premise.
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The height of comedy, two middle-aged men laughing at the abstract notion of how mean a robot could be to a person
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The height of comedy, two middle-aged men laughing at the abstract notion of how mean a robot could be to a person