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Potter. Native plant gardener. Biodiversity. Trying to learn Japanese. Pronouns:Patriot/patriot/patriots
“With its strikes on suspected drug couriers in the Caribbean, our government is conducting extrajudicial killings on the high seas — plain and simple”
Opinion | Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Solar panel areas can be designed to be better for bird diversity than cropland: Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #solarpanels #birds #energy #greenenergy #jernmarker
Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities
Our findings suggest that properly sited and developed ecovoltaic solar facilities in human altered landscapes can improve habitat for birds and other wildlife, but further research is needed to unde...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We the People deserve to know what our military is doing in our name and with our tax dollars. Release the video!
Hegseth Skirts Questions About Releasing Video of Sept. 2 Boat Attack
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”

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December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“Ultimately, the struggle between fascism and democracy was the question of equality. Were all men really created equal as the Declaration of Independence said, or were some born to lead the rest, whom they held subservient to their will?”1/4
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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This week, a federal judge wrote that federal agents – largely from ICE, but also CBP and other agencies operating in D.C. – had adopted an “arrest first, ask questions later” approach, ignoring legal requirements around when and how immigrants can be detained.

@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Federal judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
Lawyers say federal agents unlawfully operated under an ‘arrest first, ask questions later’ policy.
51st.news
December 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Supreme Court’s Long Game is to Install a King (unitary executive) so Elite Powers rule the rest of US. How can We the People Stop this? Vote, Protest, Expand the Court! Term Limits for Radical Supreme Court Justices
Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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In Massachusetts and across the country, the Trump admin is turning the pursuit of the American Dream into an American Nightmare. This is wrong, this is immoral, and this is exactly why we must continue to fight back against Trump’s racist anti-immigrant agenda.
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.

Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Anyone who knows this history should know there’s no contested issue.
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Governor Cox gets a moderate reputation, but he’s the person who signed this earlier this year. bsky.app/profile/bolt...
Utah has had universal vote-by-mail since 2019, and a recent poll found that 87 percent of Utahns trust that their ballots are counted accurately. But Utah’s governor signed a law this spring that ends this system.
Utah Was a Rare Red State to Champion Mail Voting. That Era Is Ending.
Inspired by the architects of Project 2025, Utah adopted a Republican bill to end universal mail voting and impose new restrictions on absentee ballots.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Never forget that the Republican Party turned the government against its own citizens. 💥🇺🇸
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Release the video.

Release the list.
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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One interesting statistic from the article followed by two equally interesting statistics about U Nebraska:
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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I’ll be pushing this post more in the morning but wanted to get it out there for anyone who happens to be interested in reading wonky healthcare data stuff on a Saturday night.

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It's not the ~5M who've actively re-enrolled I'm most worried about; it's the ~17M who haven't yet.
In yesterday's write-up about CMS posting the first official, state-by-state data breakout for the ongoing 2026 ACA Open Enrollment Period, I noted several possible reasons why so far enrollment is ru...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Jimmie Duncan walked out of prison and into his parents’ arms after 27 years on death row. He spent Thanksgiving with his family, then celebrated his 57th birthday.

“We thank God for Jimmie coming home,” his stepmom said.

But Duncan's journey to freedom is far from over.

W/ @veritenews.org
A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.
Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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NEW: A judge tonight blocked the Justice Department from accessing the emails/hard drive of Comey adviser/former lawyer Dan Richman. The ruling on the docs is a blow to prosecutors as they consider bringing new charges against Comey

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Judge blocks prosecutors’ access to James Comey’s lawyer’s emails and data
Court says government’s retention and use of law professor Daniel Richman’s data appears to have been illegal.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“wealthy fans can be lured to stadiums if they’re offered “elevated” experiences that they can’t get from a screen. &, these days, there are nearly 24M millionaires in the US…There are 902 billionaires—a number that has doubled in the past 12 years. (36M people in the country live in poverty.)“ ☹️
How the Sports Stadium Went Luxe
Is the race to create ever more lavish spectator offerings in America’s largest venues changing the fan experience?
www.newyorker.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
“America is a violent country. Nowhere else that is remotely as rich tolerates so many murders or so many weapons. But, sometime during the tumultuous decade of the Trump era, it began to seem that simply participating in the political process put you at risk.” 1/
When Participating in Politics Puts Your Life at Risk
During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem. Elected officials from both parties are struggling to respond.
www.newyorker.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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With Bearing Witness @ ICE in Burlington.
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Back to Burlington MA. Week after week, people stand in the cold protesting the ICE facility.
They're making a difference ➡️
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Crackdown: The Migrant Purge
YouTube video by Craig Crawford's Trail Mix
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December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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This video covers what started our protest against the conditions at the Burlington ICE facility, specifically highlighting the recent detention of local students, including a high school junior and a Babson College student.

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Crackdown: The Migrant Purge
YouTube video by Craig Crawford's Trail Mix
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December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Worth noting in Burlington: Moulton says the ICE office still has no mats months after a teen slept there 6 nights and cells held up to 35 people. Facilities meant for hours are now days. Same law, harsher lived reality. #immigration #MA

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Moulton visits Burlington ICE facility for a second time
BURLINGTON — Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton visited the inside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Burlington for the second time Monday morning amid ongoing concerns about...
ground.news
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM