Mark Yeager
@myeager42.bsky.social
Husband, father, retired chemistry professor.
Atheist, humanist
Cellist in a community orchestra
Atheist, humanist
Cellist in a community orchestra
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There's a Hill bubble narrative, posing as savvy realism, in treating impeachment as some radioactive poison and so Democrats must squash any talk of it. But there's zero evidence for that. No polls back it up, nor recent history. It's all just pundit-brained conventional wisdom eating its own tail.
December 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
There's a Hill bubble narrative, posing as savvy realism, in treating impeachment as some radioactive poison and so Democrats must squash any talk of it. But there's zero evidence for that. No polls back it up, nor recent history. It's all just pundit-brained conventional wisdom eating its own tail.
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Bernie Sanders: It's not good enough just to extend the ACA credits. We have got to join every major country in the world, guarantee healthcare to all people, and pass a Medicare for All, single payer program.
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Yesterday I argued in the Supreme Court to defend a 50 year old law that prevent corruption in our campaign finance system. Meanwhile, Republicans are attacking the 60 year old Voting Rights Act in SCOTUS as well. We won't let them gut democracy without a fight.
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Yesterday I argued in the Supreme Court to defend a 50 year old law that prevent corruption in our campaign finance system. Meanwhile, Republicans are attacking the 60 year old Voting Rights Act in SCOTUS as well. We won't let them gut democracy without a fight.
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Bernie Sanders: What we see time and time again is Donald Trump acting in a kleptocratic way out of self-interest, not the interest of the American People.
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Bernie Sanders: What we see time and time again is Donald Trump acting in a kleptocratic way out of self-interest, not the interest of the American People.
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Half of House Democrats just voted for a bill that legally defines trans women as men and trans men as women.
As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
December 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Half of House Democrats just voted for a bill that legally defines trans women as men and trans men as women.
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Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
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Started / Going
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Started / Going
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“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
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Tomorrow, the Senate will vote to either save the ACA tax credits or not.
This will determine if premiums will skyrocket for millions of Americans.
Pay attention to see if Republicans vote to help or hurt regular Americans.
This will determine if premiums will skyrocket for millions of Americans.
Pay attention to see if Republicans vote to help or hurt regular Americans.
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tomorrow, the Senate will vote to either save the ACA tax credits or not.
This will determine if premiums will skyrocket for millions of Americans.
Pay attention to see if Republicans vote to help or hurt regular Americans.
This will determine if premiums will skyrocket for millions of Americans.
Pay attention to see if Republicans vote to help or hurt regular Americans.
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Healthcare for profit is evil as it is but "want patients to become consumers" is just despicable.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Healthcare for profit is evil as it is but "want patients to become consumers" is just despicable.
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🚨SCOOP: One of Trump's reported business partners asked Jeffrey Epstein to put him in touch with Elon Musk, according to leaked emails reviewed by @The Lever.
Epstein’s schedules included a 2014 note stating “Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)”
Epstein’s schedules included a 2014 note stating “Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)”
Businessman Asked Epstein For Elon Musk Connection, Leaked Emails Show
“Can you put me in touch with Elon,” wrote one-time Trump business partner Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem in 2015, after Epstein had served time for soliciting a minor.
www.levernews.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
🚨SCOOP: One of Trump's reported business partners asked Jeffrey Epstein to put him in touch with Elon Musk, according to leaked emails reviewed by @The Lever.
Epstein’s schedules included a 2014 note stating “Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)”
Epstein’s schedules included a 2014 note stating “Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)”
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Nice country you have here, it’d be a shame if anything happened to it
This is the kind of thing you might hear in a 1930s gangster movie
Trump on the president of Colombia: "He's gonna have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up ... he better wise up or he'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's gonna be next."
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Nice country you have here, it’d be a shame if anything happened to it
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An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.
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NEW: Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law.
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
www.lawdork.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
NEW: Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law.
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
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The cost of living in America has skyrocketed.
So what's the Trump Administration doing?
Ending the most affordable repayment plan for student loan borrowers in history.
So what's the Trump Administration doing?
Ending the most affordable repayment plan for student loan borrowers in history.
Education Dept. officially kills Biden-era student loan repayment plan
The Trump administration announced a joint legal settlement that will end Biden's main student debt relief program.
www.usatoday.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The cost of living in America has skyrocketed.
So what's the Trump Administration doing?
Ending the most affordable repayment plan for student loan borrowers in history.
So what's the Trump Administration doing?
Ending the most affordable repayment plan for student loan borrowers in history.
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Something Pamela Jo Bondi has expunged from the Epstein Files: anything to do with Melania Trump’s connection with Jeffrey Epstein. Melania knew him *before* Trump. Epstein introduced Melania to Donald on Epstein’s plane, where they immediately had sex. I wonder if she was procured for that purpose.
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Something Pamela Jo Bondi has expunged from the Epstein Files: anything to do with Melania Trump’s connection with Jeffrey Epstein. Melania knew him *before* Trump. Epstein introduced Melania to Donald on Epstein’s plane, where they immediately had sex. I wonder if she was procured for that purpose.
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5 citizens are in DC today sharing how immigration agents detained them
DHS still denies it is arresting citizens
Dayanne Figueroa of Chicago agrees. What happened to her wasn’t an arrest, she told House & Senate Democrats just now
“It was an assault & kidnapping of a U.S. citizen.”
DHS still denies it is arresting citizens
Dayanne Figueroa of Chicago agrees. What happened to her wasn’t an arrest, she told House & Senate Democrats just now
“It was an assault & kidnapping of a U.S. citizen.”
NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
5 citizens are in DC today sharing how immigration agents detained them
DHS still denies it is arresting citizens
Dayanne Figueroa of Chicago agrees. What happened to her wasn’t an arrest, she told House & Senate Democrats just now
“It was an assault & kidnapping of a U.S. citizen.”
DHS still denies it is arresting citizens
Dayanne Figueroa of Chicago agrees. What happened to her wasn’t an arrest, she told House & Senate Democrats just now
“It was an assault & kidnapping of a U.S. citizen.”
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Gavin Newsom saying he doesn't take AIPAC money is deeply funny when he's one of the most reactionary and pro-Israel members of the Democratic party. Dude, you literally codified prohibitions on criticizing Israel in schools over the wishes of the teachers unions. Shut up.
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Gavin Newsom saying he doesn't take AIPAC money is deeply funny when he's one of the most reactionary and pro-Israel members of the Democratic party. Dude, you literally codified prohibitions on criticizing Israel in schools over the wishes of the teachers unions. Shut up.
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The problem for Republicans is that they’ve never had a serious health care plan; they define themselves by what they’re against. So when they have to produce, nada. Their “ideas” come from creepy billionaire-funded “think tanks,” and would fail in practice.
Why Senate Republicans aren't uniting behind a health care plan
Voting on any alternative to Democrats' Obamacare extension is likely to highlight the divisions in the GOP.
www.politico.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The problem for Republicans is that they’ve never had a serious health care plan; they define themselves by what they’re against. So when they have to produce, nada. Their “ideas” come from creepy billionaire-funded “think tanks,” and would fail in practice.
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The very real problem Republicans have right is there are zero adults around Trump right now.
It's Loomers all the way down.
It's Loomers all the way down.
POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The very real problem Republicans have right is there are zero adults around Trump right now.
It's Loomers all the way down.
It's Loomers all the way down.
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“The UK, Canada, and other allied nations who partner with the United States on counternarcotics efforts have ample evidence that the US is unlawfully killing people at sea,” HRW said. “The rules-based international order depends on countries speaking out against violations.”
Human Rights Group Warns US Allies Against Complicity in Trump’s Boat Strikes
It’s not enough to accept US assurances that it’s not using shared intelligence for unlawful strikes, the group said.
truthout.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“The UK, Canada, and other allied nations who partner with the United States on counternarcotics efforts have ample evidence that the US is unlawfully killing people at sea,” HRW said. “The rules-based international order depends on countries speaking out against violations.”
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And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.
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The creator of ICEBlock is suing several Trump officials for saying the app “incites violence,” leading to it being unduly removed from the Apple Store. “The U.S. government used its regulatory power to coerce a private platform to suppress First Amendment-protected expression,” the lawsuit states.
Lawsuit: White House Pushed Apple to Remove ICE Tracking App From Store
Several Trump officials made unsubstantiated claims that the app encouraged or led to violent outcomes.
truthout.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The creator of ICEBlock is suing several Trump officials for saying the app “incites violence,” leading to it being unduly removed from the Apple Store. “The U.S. government used its regulatory power to coerce a private platform to suppress First Amendment-protected expression,” the lawsuit states.
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Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill.
Congress Quietly Kills Military “Right to Repair,” Allowing Corporations to Cash In on Fixing Broken Products
Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill.
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At this point I'm pretty sure that if an NFL team's choices for quarterback were Colin Kaepernick and Birdy Janeway, they'd send her a contract.
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Sources: Ailing Colts to work out retired QB Rivers
The Indianapolis Colts will work out retired quarterback Philip Rivers on Tuesday, sources confirmed to ESPN.
www.espn.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
At this point I'm pretty sure that if an NFL team's choices for quarterback were Colin Kaepernick and Birdy Janeway, they'd send her a contract.
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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