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Excellent read-
Trump, long an enthusiastic advocate of extrajudicial killings and war crimes, "has been lusting for this kind of violence for years, maybe decades. And he has made no secret of it. This is what he wanted, and this is what he is doing right now. Expect much more." [@sykescharlie.bsky.social]
"The Order Was to Kill Everybody."
Pete Hegseth's murders. And our War Crimes President.
charliesykes.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Excellent read-
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huh i wonder if this is because like 90% of nurses are women (it’s definitely because of that)
The Trump admin now says nursing isn't a professional degree.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they'll pay for graduate degrees.
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
huh i wonder if this is because like 90% of nurses are women (it’s definitely because of that)
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I see what the GOP is doing here.
Do you?
Making the ACA completely unaffordable, it will cause people to drop their plans. If not enough people are enrolled, it makes the ACA obsolete & then they can get rid of it altogether. That is and always has been the plan.
WE TOLD YOU.
#OneV1 #ProudBlue
Do you?
Making the ACA completely unaffordable, it will cause people to drop their plans. If not enough people are enrolled, it makes the ACA obsolete & then they can get rid of it altogether. That is and always has been the plan.
WE TOLD YOU.
#OneV1 #ProudBlue
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I see what the GOP is doing here.
Do you?
Making the ACA completely unaffordable, it will cause people to drop their plans. If not enough people are enrolled, it makes the ACA obsolete & then they can get rid of it altogether. That is and always has been the plan.
WE TOLD YOU.
#OneV1 #ProudBlue
Do you?
Making the ACA completely unaffordable, it will cause people to drop their plans. If not enough people are enrolled, it makes the ACA obsolete & then they can get rid of it altogether. That is and always has been the plan.
WE TOLD YOU.
#OneV1 #ProudBlue
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For the first time in US history, the GOP is intentionally uninsuring millions of Americans www.thefarce.org/for-the-firs... via @thefarce.org
For the first time in US history, the GOP is intentionally uninsuring millions of Americans
Paul Ryan's wettest dream is about to come true. And it's everything Ted Cruz tried to prevent.
www.thefarce.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For the first time in US history, the GOP is intentionally uninsuring millions of Americans www.thefarce.org/for-the-firs... via @thefarce.org
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This bill has nothing to do with conservation. It basically allows DHS to bulldoze whatever it wants in the name of “border security.”
Border Lands Conservation Act
This bill, titled the Border Lands Conservation Act, aims to enhance border security and address environmental concerns along the United States' southern and...
www.amendment.app
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This bill has nothing to do with conservation. It basically allows DHS to bulldoze whatever it wants in the name of “border security.”
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🖋️ “Oppose Mike Lee's ruinous Borderlands 'conservation' act.
It brings destruction” hit 100 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PDKJMY to 50409
It brings destruction” hit 100 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PDKJMY to 50409
Oppose Mike Lee's ruinous Borderlands "conservation" act.
It brings destruction
Text SIGN PDKJMY to 50409 — Say NO to Mike Lee's 'Borderlands Conservation Act.'
Its very title is backwards language. It would be devasting.
It would open all federal lands within 100 miles of the U.S. border to roads, buildings, and motorized access. This encompasses the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Superior National Forest.
Consider the damage it would do:
If passed, the Border Lands
Conservation Act would:
• Gut key Wilderness Act protections
• Allow new roads, buildings, and
motorized vehicle use in protected
Wilderness areas
• Station DHS agents in Wilderness
areas as it deems necessary
• Sideline the U.S. Forest Service and
Bureau of Land Management
• Invite destructive development into
one of our nation's most pristine
landscapes.
This is not preservation or conservation. It is desecration and destruction of a precious, even a sacred legacy: the splendor of unspoiled wilderness.
Speak out against this bill.
Do not allow it to advance.
Do not allow precious wild areas to be pillaged and destroyed on your watch.
Please oppose Senator Lee's bill vehemently and publicly
resist.bot
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🖋️ “Oppose Mike Lee's ruinous Borderlands 'conservation' act.
It brings destruction” hit 100 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PDKJMY to 50409
It brings destruction” hit 100 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PDKJMY to 50409
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Erin Hawley, wife of Josh, helped get Roe v. Wade overturned and argued that states shouldn’t have to provide abortions until the pregnant person is on the brink of death (EMTALA case). She’s also involved in an active lawsuit seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill nationwide
Litigator Erin Hawley Said to Be Interested in Circuit Judgeship
A Trump-appointed trial judge and a senior Justice Department official are included on a White House list of candidates interviewing for a federal appeals court seat in Missouri, a person familiar wit...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Erin Hawley, wife of Josh, helped get Roe v. Wade overturned and argued that states shouldn’t have to provide abortions until the pregnant person is on the brink of death (EMTALA case). She’s also involved in an active lawsuit seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill nationwide
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Important conversation. But the conclusion understates the case. It is not that handing Russia the huge territory that contains Ukraine’s best defenses would “not necessarily” bring peace. It is that so doing would guarantee a bloodier and longer war.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US deal must punish Russia war crimes, says Ukraine’s Nobel peace prize winner
Oleksandra Matviichuk warns any amnesty could encourage authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Important conversation. But the conclusion understates the case. It is not that handing Russia the huge territory that contains Ukraine’s best defenses would “not necessarily” bring peace. It is that so doing would guarantee a bloodier and longer war.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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All we can say about this is: WTF? lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
All we can say about this is: WTF? lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
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Rep. Don Bacon: "We saw that WSJ article yesterday that many people around the president are hoping to make billions of dollars—these are all billionaires in their own right—from an agreement from Russia, if they get a favorable agreement with Ukraine. That alarms me tremendously."
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Rep. Don Bacon: "We saw that WSJ article yesterday that many people around the president are hoping to make billions of dollars—these are all billionaires in their own right—from an agreement from Russia, if they get a favorable agreement with Ukraine. That alarms me tremendously."
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A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/xWOhQsA
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/xWOhQsA
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/xWOhQsA
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/xWOhQsA
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Excellent explanation by @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social of the breadth and extremism of Trump’s attack on immigration and immigrants, of where we are and of where it seems to be going and why it’s unlikely to let up.
www.youtube.com/live/fKeiTXa...
www.youtube.com/live/fKeiTXa...
Inside Trump’s Brutal Anti-Immigrant Agenda (w/ Aaron Reichlin-Melnick) | Bulwark on Sunday
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Excellent explanation by @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social of the breadth and extremism of Trump’s attack on immigration and immigrants, of where we are and of where it seems to be going and why it’s unlikely to let up.
www.youtube.com/live/fKeiTXa...
www.youtube.com/live/fKeiTXa...
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The state of Social Security under republicans...
November 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The state of Social Security under republicans...
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$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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A presidential memo saying officers carrying out Caribbean boat strikes can’t be prosecuted is a confession the attacks are war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
On the horrific news that Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of boat bombing survivors, remember: The Trump Murder Memo "authorizing" the strikes preemptively clears those carrying them out. That's unusual. And we still haven't heard from the commander who resigned:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A presidential memo saying officers carrying out Caribbean boat strikes can’t be prosecuted is a confession the attacks are war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
Virtually every lawyer across the political spectrum identifying them as blatant, unambiguous violations of the laws of armed combat is because they’re war crimes.
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Gallup: Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%.
Who would have thought letting the lunatics run the asylum would turn out to be a really bad idea? 🙄
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
Who would have thought letting the lunatics run the asylum would turn out to be a really bad idea? 🙄
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Gallup: Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%.
Who would have thought letting the lunatics run the asylum would turn out to be a really bad idea? 🙄
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
Who would have thought letting the lunatics run the asylum would turn out to be a really bad idea? 🙄
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
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House Democrats, led by Representative Jamie Raskin, have introduced a resolution that will put Republicans on the record on Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious accomplice. trib.al/z6VAXIe
Jamie Raskin Tries to Force Republicans to Vote on Ghislaine Maxwell
The Democratic representative has introduced a resolution that will put Republicans on the record on Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious accomplice.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
House Democrats, led by Representative Jamie Raskin, have introduced a resolution that will put Republicans on the record on Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious accomplice. trib.al/z6VAXIe
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially requested a pardon in his corruption trial, an unusual move over an issue that has divided the country.
Netanyahu Asks for a Pardon After Trump Says He Should Get One
Israel’s prime minister, who was indicted on bribery and other charges in 2019, has officially requested a pardon as his trial continues.
on.wsj.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially requested a pardon in his corruption trial, an unusual move over an issue that has divided the country.
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx just dropped the most exciting asteroid news of the decade: samples from asteroid Bennu contain 15 amino acids (including the elusive tryptophan, never before seen in space rocks) and ALL five nucleobases needed for DNA and RNA. #life
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx just dropped the most exciting asteroid news of the decade: samples from asteroid Bennu contain 15 amino acids (including the elusive tryptophan, never before seen in space rocks) and ALL five nucleobases needed for DNA and RNA. #life
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Inclusion on Trump’s retribution list is a back-handed badge of honor
Trump continues on his retributive rampage, but the American people aren’t having it
I explained @velshimsnow.bsky.social
Trump continues on his retributive rampage, but the American people aren’t having it
I explained @velshimsnow.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Inclusion on Trump’s retribution list is a back-handed badge of honor
Trump continues on his retributive rampage, but the American people aren’t having it
I explained @velshimsnow.bsky.social
Trump continues on his retributive rampage, but the American people aren’t having it
I explained @velshimsnow.bsky.social
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What do Jeffrey Clark, Harmeet Dhillon, Heather Honey and Kari Lake have in common? While they do happen to be Trump’s favorite election deniers, they’re also the force behind the administration’s anti-voting efforts.
Here’s what you need to know👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
Here’s what you need to know👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
Trump’s Administration Is Full of Election Deniers — They’re Already Working to Rig the Vote
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
What do Jeffrey Clark, Harmeet Dhillon, Heather Honey and Kari Lake have in common? While they do happen to be Trump’s favorite election deniers, they’re also the force behind the administration’s anti-voting efforts.
Here’s what you need to know👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
Here’s what you need to know👇
https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6
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Why would a professional architect disgrace himself by participating in this outrageous and illegal project, whether or not it complies with norms of design?
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Why would a professional architect disgrace himself by participating in this outrageous and illegal project, whether or not it complies with norms of design?
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Since trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of the presidency to advance his personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of the presidency to advance his personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact. @delanomassey.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
America stares down erasure of Black history and progress
In the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections.
www.axios.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact. @delanomassey.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...