Itsprkles ✨
@itsprkles.bsky.social
✨SAHM, graphic designer, photographer, aspiring world traveler & weather nerd. Truth teller. Pro-democracy ✨
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Itsprkles ✨
@itsprkles.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Amazing. Threads disabled my account with no warning & no option to appeal because apparently they think I’m a bot. 🤷🏻♀️ I can’t even start over with a new account because it’s tied to my Instagram account - which is still fine. I have no clue what happened. #threads
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Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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In my opinion the president shouldn't constantly be like "Holy shit did you guys see this?" and repeating a thing he kinda heard on TV. I don't think that should be mostly what the president does.
He issued a correction, proving why he needs to stfu and let the cops do their jobs.
It’s a a goddamned ongoing tragedy, not a reality TV show, primed for him to drop the big reveal.
It’s a a goddamned ongoing tragedy, not a reality TV show, primed for him to drop the big reveal.
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In my opinion the president shouldn't constantly be like "Holy shit did you guys see this?" and repeating a thing he kinda heard on TV. I don't think that should be mostly what the president does.
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these mfers love talking about God while radiating evil like an unshielded reactor core
December 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
these mfers love talking about God while radiating evil like an unshielded reactor core
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Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
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This is so perfect. In 2012 CPAC banned the John Birch Society. In 2023 they were welcomed back into the fold. And now here they are working together with TPUSA.
December 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is so perfect. In 2012 CPAC banned the John Birch Society. In 2023 they were welcomed back into the fold. And now here they are working together with TPUSA.
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"The Golden Age of America begins right now!"
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December 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"The Golden Age of America begins right now!"
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ICYMI, new piece/thread from me on the remarkable new turn in the Abrego Garcia case. Everyone should read the judge's latest ruling. It goes deep. It neatly captures the essential lawlessness and state terror of the Trump era:
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
ICYMI, new piece/thread from me on the remarkable new turn in the Abrego Garcia case. Everyone should read the judge's latest ruling. It goes deep. It neatly captures the essential lawlessness and state terror of the Trump era:
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Has anyone noticed his only interest is being a real estate developer again and he’s handed off all the presidential duties to lunatics?
The president wants to play a central role in redeveloping Washington’s public courses, including one that sits on a prime stretch of real estate. on.wsj.com/49879Im
President Trump wants to play a central role in redeveloping Washington, D.C.’s public golf courses, including one that sits on a prime stretch of real estate
The president wants to play a central role in redeveloping Washington’s public courses, including one that sits on a prime stretch of real estate.
on.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Has anyone noticed his only interest is being a real estate developer again and he’s handed off all the presidential duties to lunatics?
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Bari Weiss transitions CBS News into almost pure political propaganda.
December 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Bari Weiss transitions CBS News into almost pure political propaganda.
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Trump scolds female reporter for trying to ask questions: ‘She’s very aggressive’
Trump scolds female reporter for trying to ask questions: ‘She’s very aggressive’
Trump scolds female reporter for trying to ask questions: ‘She’s very aggressive’
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Trump scolds female reporter for trying to ask questions: ‘She’s very aggressive’
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mainstream MAGA media is just unvarnished white nationalism now
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
mainstream MAGA media is just unvarnished white nationalism now
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ICYMI there is a new option on the CBS News website. You can read the typically stellar journalism reported by experienced CBS journalists but then you can 'go deeper' and click over to the Bari Weiss pundit site for....some right wing propaganda. Good grief.
December 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
ICYMI there is a new option on the CBS News website. You can read the typically stellar journalism reported by experienced CBS journalists but then you can 'go deeper' and click over to the Bari Weiss pundit site for....some right wing propaganda. Good grief.
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DeSantis administration executive employee Christina Pushaw demonstrates once again that when you're a Republican, the ends ALWAYS justifies the means.
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
DeSantis administration executive employee Christina Pushaw demonstrates once again that when you're a Republican, the ends ALWAYS justifies the means.
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Trump putting his billionaire tech donor oligarch friends ahead of the people to make regulating A.I. impossible should alarm everyone.
Where are the “states rights” folks on this one?
Where are the “states rights” folks on this one?
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump putting his billionaire tech donor oligarch friends ahead of the people to make regulating A.I. impossible should alarm everyone.
Where are the “states rights” folks on this one?
Where are the “states rights” folks on this one?
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DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
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"The administration genuinely seems to believe it can pull back from the world stage yet somehow still tell the rest of the world what to do. And it has a very firm idea of what it wants Europe to do, which is 'be as racist and xenophobic as Donald Trump.'" — @snipy.bsky.social
We're the baddies now. Our new Security Strategy shows it.
It's a gift to the Kremlin and a middle finger to our erstwhile allies.
www.publicnotice.co
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The administration genuinely seems to believe it can pull back from the world stage yet somehow still tell the rest of the world what to do. And it has a very firm idea of what it wants Europe to do, which is 'be as racist and xenophobic as Donald Trump.'" — @snipy.bsky.social
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i’m convinced they bulldozed the east wing so fast so they could ward off this kind of opposition by basically saying “but we CAN’T delay the ballroom and just leave everything a mess like this”
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.
@apnews.com #NightmareClient
@apnews.com #NightmareClient
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
i’m convinced they bulldozed the east wing so fast so they could ward off this kind of opposition by basically saying “but we CAN’T delay the ballroom and just leave everything a mess like this”
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December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I forget what show I was on, but I mentioned that I think the White House ballroom will never be built, and that surprised the host.
But it's not a hot take. Trump is incompetent. He's already fired one architect. He can't help but fuck this up.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
But it's not a hot take. Trump is incompetent. He's already fired one architect. He can't help but fuck this up.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
National Trust sues to stop Trump’s ballroom construction
The organization, which is charged by Congress with historic preservation, is seeking to halt construction on one of the president’s priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I forget what show I was on, but I mentioned that I think the White House ballroom will never be built, and that surprised the host.
But it's not a hot take. Trump is incompetent. He's already fired one architect. He can't help but fuck this up.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
But it's not a hot take. Trump is incompetent. He's already fired one architect. He can't help but fuck this up.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Trump administration is killing civilians in the Caribbean and Pacific and trying to suppress videos of boat strikes and press coverage.
“Trump Has Appointed Himself, Judge, Jury, and Executioner”
Reporter Nick Turse, human rights attorney Dan Kovalik, and media lawyer Gregg Leslie discuss the boat strikes and attempts to stifle press coverage.
interc.pt
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Trump administration is killing civilians in the Caribbean and Pacific and trying to suppress videos of boat strikes and press coverage.
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Trump appears 4 times in newly released Epstein photos released by House Democrats. Here they are. www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/p...
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Trump appears 4 times in newly released Epstein photos released by House Democrats. Here they are. www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/p...
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Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"
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The ongoing theme of the Garcia case is that of an authoritarian regime so unwilling to admit it was wrong that it will weaponize every act of the administrative state it controls (incl immigration judges now) to impose their lawless outcome
WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The ongoing theme of the Garcia case is that of an authoritarian regime so unwilling to admit it was wrong that it will weaponize every act of the administrative state it controls (incl immigration judges now) to impose their lawless outcome
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This👇
Even for me, this is pretty in the weeds, but the shift in tone in SCOTUSblog's coverage since Sarah Isgur and The Dispatch took over—more deferential to the Court, more reverential of the justices as celebrities, more credulous and stenographic across the board—has been...notable
Maybe this new blog can respond, in one of its first posts, to the argument that the term “interim docket” is a deliberately misleading attempt to minimize the (very permanent) doctrinal and real-world consequences of #SCOTUS’s rulings on emergency applications?
www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This👇
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Why would anybody come to the United States from Europe now?
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Why would anybody come to the United States from Europe now?