FessorFrink
@fessorfrink.bsky.social
That could have gone better.
Liberal/Progressive Democrat; will continue to fight against GQP's War on Us; didn't attend the National Grammar Rodeo in Canada. Am I a charming fellow or am I a farming cello? #Finance
Liberal/Progressive Democrat; will continue to fight against GQP's War on Us; didn't attend the National Grammar Rodeo in Canada. Am I a charming fellow or am I a farming cello? #Finance
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The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
2025 Saw Most Measles Cases Since 1992 — Amid Latest Measles Exposure At Newark Airport
The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
www.forbes.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
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If you want our politics to change, it is IMPERATIVE that you become a different kind of voter:
1) become an OBSESSIVE primary, local & off-cycle voter
2) research every candidate and don’t rely on what commercials tell you about them
3) show up at events where candidates speak & debate
1) become an OBSESSIVE primary, local & off-cycle voter
2) research every candidate and don’t rely on what commercials tell you about them
3) show up at events where candidates speak & debate
December 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you want our politics to change, it is IMPERATIVE that you become a different kind of voter:
1) become an OBSESSIVE primary, local & off-cycle voter
2) research every candidate and don’t rely on what commercials tell you about them
3) show up at events where candidates speak & debate
1) become an OBSESSIVE primary, local & off-cycle voter
2) research every candidate and don’t rely on what commercials tell you about them
3) show up at events where candidates speak & debate
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Dammit, who leaked this?!
December 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Dammit, who leaked this?!
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Donald Trump telling Marjorie Taylor Greene not to talk about Epstein because "my friends will get hurt" is an example of how manipulative Donald is.
Donald doesn't have any friends. And he only cares about himself.
He was trying to manipulate her to protect himself.
Donald doesn't have any friends. And he only cares about himself.
He was trying to manipulate her to protect himself.
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Donald Trump telling Marjorie Taylor Greene not to talk about Epstein because "my friends will get hurt" is an example of how manipulative Donald is.
Donald doesn't have any friends. And he only cares about himself.
He was trying to manipulate her to protect himself.
Donald doesn't have any friends. And he only cares about himself.
He was trying to manipulate her to protect himself.
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New in PN: Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
"The truly devoted will still open their wallets to buy lifetime supplies of Trump Bronzer for Men, Trump Blast Energy Drink, & Trump Adult Diapers. But his name should not adorn anything official, anything representing our country & its govt"
"The truly devoted will still open their wallets to buy lifetime supplies of Trump Bronzer for Men, Trump Blast Energy Drink, & Trump Adult Diapers. But his name should not adorn anything official, anything representing our country & its govt"
Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
He's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits.
www.publicnotice.co
December 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New in PN: Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
"The truly devoted will still open their wallets to buy lifetime supplies of Trump Bronzer for Men, Trump Blast Energy Drink, & Trump Adult Diapers. But his name should not adorn anything official, anything representing our country & its govt"
"The truly devoted will still open their wallets to buy lifetime supplies of Trump Bronzer for Men, Trump Blast Energy Drink, & Trump Adult Diapers. But his name should not adorn anything official, anything representing our country & its govt"
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i made a very vibes-based presidential tier list. i didnt put a ton of thought into it. just for funsies. i def think i have some hot takes (esp jfk and washington)
December 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
i made a very vibes-based presidential tier list. i didnt put a ton of thought into it. just for funsies. i def think i have some hot takes (esp jfk and washington)
Combining evil and incompetence!
BREAKING: The Department of Justice failed to redact the identity of a survivor of Epstein's crimes in a released document, per an exclusive comment to MeidasTouch.
Justice Department Fails to Redact Name and Personal Information of Epstein Survivor
Released documents tied to the Epstein Files Transparency Act reportedly included the name and phone number of Danielle Bensky, raising concerns over survivor privacy and government oversight
meidasnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Combining evil and incompetence!
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Incredible reporting here from the @nytimes.com......(gift link).
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Incredible reporting here from the @nytimes.com......(gift link).
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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When Congress returns in January, the House will vote on a 3yr extension of ACA tax credits, helping us prevent the worst of this crisis.
Leader Thune has refused to say he'll put the bill up for a vote in the Senate.
The longer he delays, the more Americans pay. Give us the vote.
Leader Thune has refused to say he'll put the bill up for a vote in the Senate.
The longer he delays, the more Americans pay. Give us the vote.
December 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
When Congress returns in January, the House will vote on a 3yr extension of ACA tax credits, helping us prevent the worst of this crisis.
Leader Thune has refused to say he'll put the bill up for a vote in the Senate.
The longer he delays, the more Americans pay. Give us the vote.
Leader Thune has refused to say he'll put the bill up for a vote in the Senate.
The longer he delays, the more Americans pay. Give us the vote.
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The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
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4 people died in ICE detention in 4 days!
Should an immigration violation be a death sentence?
Is it worth calling Congress to tell them you don't want mass detention & immigrants brutalized&tortured?
Yes, it's the least you can do.
CALL THEM 202-224-3121.
FFS speak out about #ICELawlessness.
🧵
Should an immigration violation be a death sentence?
Is it worth calling Congress to tell them you don't want mass detention & immigrants brutalized&tortured?
Yes, it's the least you can do.
CALL THEM 202-224-3121.
FFS speak out about #ICELawlessness.
🧵
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
4 people died in ICE detention in 4 days!
Should an immigration violation be a death sentence?
Is it worth calling Congress to tell them you don't want mass detention & immigrants brutalized&tortured?
Yes, it's the least you can do.
CALL THEM 202-224-3121.
FFS speak out about #ICELawlessness.
🧵
Should an immigration violation be a death sentence?
Is it worth calling Congress to tell them you don't want mass detention & immigrants brutalized&tortured?
Yes, it's the least you can do.
CALL THEM 202-224-3121.
FFS speak out about #ICELawlessness.
🧵
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Luther Burden is both a wide receiver for the Chicago Bears and a description of Protestantism.
December 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Luther Burden is both a wide receiver for the Chicago Bears and a description of Protestantism.
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The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
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Millions of Americans remain at jobs they hate for one reason: the health insurance they receive. That’s absurd.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
December 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Millions of Americans remain at jobs they hate for one reason: the health insurance they receive. That’s absurd.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
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Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
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It’s not “patriotic” to bail out Argentina while Americans are struggling, to build a ballroom while cutting SNAP benefits, or to pad your own pockets while claiming “affordability” is a hoax.
December 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It’s not “patriotic” to bail out Argentina while Americans are struggling, to build a ballroom while cutting SNAP benefits, or to pad your own pockets while claiming “affordability” is a hoax.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
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I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
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This is purposeful. This is how they create despair and passivity while looting our entire country.
WASH POST: “Corporate bankruptcies surged in 2025, rivaling levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, as import-dependent businesses absorbed the highest tariffs in decades.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This is purposeful. This is how they create despair and passivity while looting our entire country.
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The Trump administration put billionaires, giant corporations and their profits first this year, while working people struggled to make ends meet.
Workers are fed up. And in 2026, America’s unions are ready to shift the fight back into overdrive.
Workers are fed up. And in 2026, America’s unions are ready to shift the fight back into overdrive.
US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s ‘Billionaire First’ agenda
AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Trump administration put billionaires, giant corporations and their profits first this year, while working people struggled to make ends meet.
Workers are fed up. And in 2026, America’s unions are ready to shift the fight back into overdrive.
Workers are fed up. And in 2026, America’s unions are ready to shift the fight back into overdrive.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls