Christina Ballard
@cballard.bsky.social
Advocate, Educator, Organizer, Speaker. MA Rhetorical Studies. Former transportation equity lobbyist. Administrator at Museum of Mental Health (she/her) 💙💜🫂🌎🏳️🌈☮️✌️🌊⚖️♎️
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Trump’s Rob Reiner comments were so depraved that they sparked rare bipartisan backlash and critical right-wing media coverage.
National Review wrote: “The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.”
National Review wrote: “The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.”
Trump’s Depraved Rob Reiner Comments Spark Rare Bipartisan Backlash & Critical Right-Wing Media Coverage
Using a media coverage analysis tool, I discovered how Trump’s comments about Rob Reiner crossed a moral line so stark that even right-wing media and Republican figures recoiled.
www.ahmedbaba.news
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump’s Rob Reiner comments were so depraved that they sparked rare bipartisan backlash and critical right-wing media coverage.
National Review wrote: “The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.”
National Review wrote: “The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.”
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
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Hard to believe this is real but it is — do better, Time 😕
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hard to believe this is real but it is — do better, Time 😕
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I just don't understand why D leadership is dead set against impeachment. he's shredding the constitution! his approval is in the toilet! impeachment investigations generally cause presidential approval to fall even more. like, what are they afraid of?
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I just don't understand why D leadership is dead set against impeachment. he's shredding the constitution! his approval is in the toilet! impeachment investigations generally cause presidential approval to fall even more. like, what are they afraid of?
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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Casus belli when? Because right now we’re looking at:
- Dozens of illegal boat strikes
- A seized oil tanker
- And a regional buildup that looks like this
- Dozens of illegal boat strikes
- A seized oil tanker
- And a regional buildup that looks like this
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Casus belli when? Because right now we’re looking at:
- Dozens of illegal boat strikes
- A seized oil tanker
- And a regional buildup that looks like this
- Dozens of illegal boat strikes
- A seized oil tanker
- And a regional buildup that looks like this
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I went on NewsNation and spread some truth about Trump's affordability crisis.
Prices are up, ADP reports Nov job losses, & even 37% of Trump voters say the cost of living is the worst in memory.
My co-panelist was given a chance to respond, but the facts spoke for themselves.
Prices are up, ADP reports Nov job losses, & even 37% of Trump voters say the cost of living is the worst in memory.
My co-panelist was given a chance to respond, but the facts spoke for themselves.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I went on NewsNation and spread some truth about Trump's affordability crisis.
Prices are up, ADP reports Nov job losses, & even 37% of Trump voters say the cost of living is the worst in memory.
My co-panelist was given a chance to respond, but the facts spoke for themselves.
Prices are up, ADP reports Nov job losses, & even 37% of Trump voters say the cost of living is the worst in memory.
My co-panelist was given a chance to respond, but the facts spoke for themselves.
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I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
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So, according to Adm. Bradley, we’re supposed to believe that two people clinging to life on a foundering vessel were “continuing the drug mission” and *had* to be dispatched by a second strike…
Himes just saw the full video:
Himes just saw the full video:
December 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So, according to Adm. Bradley, we’re supposed to believe that two people clinging to life on a foundering vessel were “continuing the drug mission” and *had* to be dispatched by a second strike…
Himes just saw the full video:
Himes just saw the full video:
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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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For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
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Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
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You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
A Maine woman retired early to be a caregiver for her terminally ill mother.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Habba: There were individuals that were saying that this should be a safe harbor, a safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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Trump, with no authority to do so, demands the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela be closed as he threatens to bomb and invade the country.
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump, with no authority to do so, demands the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela be closed as he threatens to bomb and invade the country.
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NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!