Jaki Chantler
@jakichantler.bsky.social
Virology Professor (emeritus). Granny to 5. Interests include politics, photography and gardening.
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Wow. Lindsey Halligan made only one error in filing her notice of appearance.
Robert McBride filed as her, and she filed as him.
Why can't Trump's eye candy lawyer tell between a man and a woman?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Robert McBride filed as her, and she filed as him.
Why can't Trump's eye candy lawyer tell between a man and a woman?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Wow. Lindsey Halligan made only one error in filing her notice of appearance.
Robert McBride filed as her, and she filed as him.
Why can't Trump's eye candy lawyer tell between a man and a woman?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Robert McBride filed as her, and she filed as him.
Why can't Trump's eye candy lawyer tell between a man and a woman?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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intentional
Israel is creating the perfect conditions for disease to spread. The list of ways Israel is killing people in Gaza goes on and on.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Please take the time to know about this case. This is a little boy.
I would not be surprised if they have lost him.
He needs to be located & reunited w/ his family.
I would not be surprised if they have lost him.
He needs to be located & reunited w/ his family.
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Please take the time to know about this case. This is a little boy.
I would not be surprised if they have lost him.
He needs to be located & reunited w/ his family.
I would not be surprised if they have lost him.
He needs to be located & reunited w/ his family.
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Was nobody paying attention??
Threatening to seize the oil of other countries is Trump's perpetual wet dream.
www.nationalreview.com/2015/07/dona...
Threatening to seize the oil of other countries is Trump's perpetual wet dream.
www.nationalreview.com/2015/07/dona...
Donald Trump’s Odd Fixation on Seizing Middle Eastern Oil Fields | National Review
Trump has in recent years repeatedly endorsed the bizarre, bellicose fantasy that the U.S. could and should seize oil fields in Iraq and Libya.
www.nationalreview.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Was nobody paying attention??
Threatening to seize the oil of other countries is Trump's perpetual wet dream.
www.nationalreview.com/2015/07/dona...
Threatening to seize the oil of other countries is Trump's perpetual wet dream.
www.nationalreview.com/2015/07/dona...
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Trump Eyeing Federal Buildings for Demolition, Ex-Official Says
The Trump administration is considering demolishing four historic Washington buildings, including those that housed the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Voice of America, a former gover...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Same. What’s with the ”war”?
From what I see, it’s the struggle to
1) Distract us from Epstein,
2) Distract us from ICE brutality, &
3) Wag the dog. Because if all else fails, create a ‘real‘ war.
From what I see, it’s the struggle to
1) Distract us from Epstein,
2) Distract us from ICE brutality, &
3) Wag the dog. Because if all else fails, create a ‘real‘ war.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Same. What’s with the ”war”?
From what I see, it’s the struggle to
1) Distract us from Epstein,
2) Distract us from ICE brutality, &
3) Wag the dog. Because if all else fails, create a ‘real‘ war.
From what I see, it’s the struggle to
1) Distract us from Epstein,
2) Distract us from ICE brutality, &
3) Wag the dog. Because if all else fails, create a ‘real‘ war.
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Noteworthy that the two guys behind Trump were mediocre musicians who became famous in the 70s by putting on makeup, high heels, and one piece jump suits…while writing seductive love letters to their largely young, male fans.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Noteworthy that the two guys behind Trump were mediocre musicians who became famous in the 70s by putting on makeup, high heels, and one piece jump suits…while writing seductive love letters to their largely young, male fans.
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Read this. Words matter.
As a military officer I am going to keep saying this---please stop framing this as "war crimes". There is no war here. We are not at war with a handful of drug runners off the coast of Venezuela. It's a extrajudicial killing. Calling it a "war crime" gives it legitimacy it does not have.
December 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Read this. Words matter.
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The United States new National Security Strategy has declared Europe the enemy, it is now official US policy to weaken and destroy the European Union in order to subjugate the continent under Russia.
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The United States new National Security Strategy has declared Europe the enemy, it is now official US policy to weaken and destroy the European Union in order to subjugate the continent under Russia.
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I’m convinced there are teams of “specialists” whose work is solely to hone & promote TFG’s messaging for MSM.
Blaming Biden, Dems, Somalis… it’s a full-time job.
Trump’s too stupid to devise complex schemes.
There are lingering scents of Miller & sulfur.
Blaming Biden, Dems, Somalis… it’s a full-time job.
Trump’s too stupid to devise complex schemes.
There are lingering scents of Miller & sulfur.
Let's not forget, there was a BIPARTISAN border bill that Trump killed by pressuring GOP members of Congress -- because he didn't want Biden to have a win.
That said, I agree that Democrats in general have not given immigration problems the weight the public wants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
That said, I agree that Democrats in general have not given immigration problems the weight the public wants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I’m convinced there are teams of “specialists” whose work is solely to hone & promote TFG’s messaging for MSM.
Blaming Biden, Dems, Somalis… it’s a full-time job.
Trump’s too stupid to devise complex schemes.
There are lingering scents of Miller & sulfur.
Blaming Biden, Dems, Somalis… it’s a full-time job.
Trump’s too stupid to devise complex schemes.
There are lingering scents of Miller & sulfur.
Tomorrow Hubby and I will fly to Halifax with Son1 to speak to the medical team looking after our grandson. Long journey, at worst possible time of year, but we can at least take presents.
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tomorrow Hubby and I will fly to Halifax with Son1 to speak to the medical team looking after our grandson. Long journey, at worst possible time of year, but we can at least take presents.
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One of the most odious of those we pay in Congress.
Inhumane. Cruel, for the fun of it.
Inhumane. Cruel, for the fun of it.
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the most odious of those we pay in Congress.
Inhumane. Cruel, for the fun of it.
Inhumane. Cruel, for the fun of it.
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***And this suggests to me that we live in an abuse-oriented society…
So I think that’s what I’ve been pondering. To answer the question “How does a cult of abuse end, and what is our part in ending it?” I ask “What should our boundaries be, and how should we redraw them?”**
So I think that’s what I’ve been pondering. To answer the question “How does a cult of abuse end, and what is our part in ending it?” I ask “What should our boundaries be, and how should we redraw them?”**
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
***And this suggests to me that we live in an abuse-oriented society…
So I think that’s what I’ve been pondering. To answer the question “How does a cult of abuse end, and what is our part in ending it?” I ask “What should our boundaries be, and how should we redraw them?”**
So I think that’s what I’ve been pondering. To answer the question “How does a cult of abuse end, and what is our part in ending it?” I ask “What should our boundaries be, and how should we redraw them?”**
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An excelleNT essay. Re: Our ‘culture of abuse.”
**[When] a cult reaches a critical mass, to such a degree that it… informs societal beliefs & permissions, & captures the political apparatus, I would argue that the cult has become culture.
…I would say we are dealing with…a culture of abuse**1/2
**[When] a cult reaches a critical mass, to such a degree that it… informs societal beliefs & permissions, & captures the political apparatus, I would argue that the cult has become culture.
…I would say we are dealing with…a culture of abuse**1/2
"Say I tell you 'My father is choking my brother.' What do you say to that?
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
Cult(ure) of Abuse
How do we deal with a culture of abuse? What is our part in ending it? How do we deal with an abusive cult of millions?
www.the-reframe.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
An excelleNT essay. Re: Our ‘culture of abuse.”
**[When] a cult reaches a critical mass, to such a degree that it… informs societal beliefs & permissions, & captures the political apparatus, I would argue that the cult has become culture.
…I would say we are dealing with…a culture of abuse**1/2
**[When] a cult reaches a critical mass, to such a degree that it… informs societal beliefs & permissions, & captures the political apparatus, I would argue that the cult has become culture.
…I would say we are dealing with…a culture of abuse**1/2
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After Bublé’s final number, Pope Leo XIV took the microphone to offer his own brief reflection on the night.
“Tonight, music was like a bridge that leads us to God,” Leo shared, noting that a song can express “the deepest movements of the soul” and lift our spirits even in hard times.
“Tonight, music was like a bridge that leads us to God,” Leo shared, noting that a song can express “the deepest movements of the soul” and lift our spirits even in hard times.
Pope Leo Sings L.O.V.E with Michael Bublé at Vatican Concert with the Poor
The singing pope strikes again: In a heartwarming moment at the Vatican’s Concert with the Poor, Leo XIV joined Michael Bublé in an impromptu duet that has gone viral.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
After Bublé’s final number, Pope Leo XIV took the microphone to offer his own brief reflection on the night.
“Tonight, music was like a bridge that leads us to God,” Leo shared, noting that a song can express “the deepest movements of the soul” and lift our spirits even in hard times.
“Tonight, music was like a bridge that leads us to God,” Leo shared, noting that a song can express “the deepest movements of the soul” and lift our spirits even in hard times.
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One of the most important things you can do right now is convince family and friends that Trump & Co. threaten the future of everyone they love. It’s not “the same old politics,“ which many people carefully ignore. They’ve got to get involved.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One of the most important things you can do right now is convince family and friends that Trump & Co. threaten the future of everyone they love. It’s not “the same old politics,“ which many people carefully ignore. They’ve got to get involved.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
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At no point during the five-year span that Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on the BBC, from October 1969 to December 1974, could the greatest comedic minds of their time come up with a skit more grotesquely absurd than Trump placing a fake peace-prize medal over his own head.
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
At no point during the five-year span that Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on the BBC, from October 1969 to December 1974, could the greatest comedic minds of their time come up with a skit more grotesquely absurd than Trump placing a fake peace-prize medal over his own head.
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“Federal judges in Alexandria, Virginia, have lashed out at the Justice Department as they continue to list Lindsey Halligan on court documents — some going as far as striking her name from paperwork from the bench." politicalwire.com/2025/12/05/j...
Justice Department Still Names Lindsey Halligan
"Federal judges in Alexandria, Virginia, have lashed out at the Justice Department as they continue to list Lindsey Halligan on court documents — some going as far as striking her name from paperwork ...
politicalwire.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Pres. Meatsweat gets his special little prize, which later came with a little chocolate trophy and a sticker book
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Pres. Meatsweat gets his special little prize, which later came with a little chocolate trophy and a sticker book
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Judging by Democrats’ collective several-year nap, I must prepare for upcoming elections in which our party once again will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Yes, attack SCOTUS.
And Republicans. And Trump. And Ice. And TFG’s entire cabinet. Please… ATTACK.
Yes, attack SCOTUS.
And Republicans. And Trump. And Ice. And TFG’s entire cabinet. Please… ATTACK.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Judging by Democrats’ collective several-year nap, I must prepare for upcoming elections in which our party once again will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Yes, attack SCOTUS.
And Republicans. And Trump. And Ice. And TFG’s entire cabinet. Please… ATTACK.
Yes, attack SCOTUS.
And Republicans. And Trump. And Ice. And TFG’s entire cabinet. Please… ATTACK.
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There are innovations in architecture that I appreciate and admire but not wonky just to be different. For example, I’ve always loved the Qube in Vancouver…https://glotmansimpson.com/project/the-qube/
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
There are innovations in architecture that I appreciate and admire but not wonky just to be different. For example, I’ve always loved the Qube in Vancouver…https://glotmansimpson.com/project/the-qube/
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Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.
I had the absolute pleasure of joining @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L...
American Conversations: Zohran Mamdani
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.
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Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.