Panama Red
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N.C., USA. Old white guy; neurospicy; sweary and stabby when provoked. I block Nazis, pornbots, crypto and unsolicited DMs. Interests: maps, dataviz, astronomy, journalism, politics, writing, CATS. #Panthers, #Heels
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Panama Red
@panamared27401.bsky.social
· Jan 24
"Nazis. I hate these guys." -- Indiana Jones
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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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Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
Panama Red's Corollary: At some point, competence becomes an ethical issue.
December 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Panama Red's Corollary: At some point, competence becomes an ethical issue.
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The Trump presidency is dangerous — for our country, our democratic institutions, and for the people we're supposed to serve as elected officials.
December 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The Trump presidency is dangerous — for our country, our democratic institutions, and for the people we're supposed to serve as elected officials.
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Only criminals attack the innocent. ICE agents abusing power should be arrested, and so should the man who gave them their orders.
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Only criminals attack the innocent. ICE agents abusing power should be arrested, and so should the man who gave them their orders.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Like we were saying in 2015. (This is directed at MSM journalists generally and not at Maggie personally.)
When a President threatens people,to get his own way,then he is not a President. He is behaving like a mob boss.
December 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Like we were saying in 2015. (This is directed at MSM journalists generally and not at Maggie personally.)
Abolish ICE and salt the ground underneath it so that nothing else ever grows there.
Just a reminder that ICE didn't exist until 2002. It's not some longstanding institution that must be maintained. It was created as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, and it could be gotten rid of as easily as it was created.
December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Abolish ICE and salt the ground underneath it so that nothing else ever grows there.
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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
In AP English in 1977-78, I had to read more than a book a month from a list of classics and write a book report about every one I read.
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
In AP English in 1977-78, I had to read more than a book a month from a list of classics and write a book report about every one I read.
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Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.
"That's why I say Vance and Trump are naive. They think that no matter what they do, there's going to be an America, and I'm sad to say that's just not true." -- Timothy Snyder, author of "On Fascism," speaking to Rachel Maddow on MSNOW about the possibility of the dissolution of the Union.
December 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"That's why I say Vance and Trump are naive. They think that no matter what they do, there's going to be an America, and I'm sad to say that's just not true." -- Timothy Snyder, author of "On Fascism," speaking to Rachel Maddow on MSNOW about the possibility of the dissolution of the Union.
Because if they acknowledged the reality, they'd have to act on it, and if they act on it, Mango Mussolini would say bad things about them.
Why does the corporate media pretend that the GOP is a legitimate political Party with realistic plans to solve problems?
December 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Because if they acknowledged the reality, they'd have to act on it, and if they act on it, Mango Mussolini would say bad things about them.
If Bill Clinton so much as touched a minor, lock him up.
Put me down as NOT surprised that Bill Clinton hung out with Epstein. He’s not exactly a quality human being. Dudes been cheating on his wife since day 1!!
December 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If Bill Clinton so much as touched a minor, lock him up.
Republicans don't just want you dead, they also want you ignorant before you die.
Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1 - CTV News www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1
The commission that oversees public television in Arkansas voted Thursday to sever ties with PBS, making it the first state to end its contract with the broadcast giant that provides popular televisio...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Republicans don't just want you dead, they also want you ignorant before you die.
Oh, we know. And a lot of us know and understand that it will take a TON of work to win back your trust.
I get the impression that Americans believe they can just elect a president who is a tad less crazy than this one and everyone will be friends with the US again. I don´t think that will happen. The US will not recover from this anytime soon. A fair share of Europeans see you as enemies now.
December 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Oh, we know. And a lot of us know and understand that it will take a TON of work to win back your trust.
Not only does Trump lack the legal power to do this, but trying to do it would be (yet another) impeachable offense under the Take Care (" ... that the Laws be faithfully executed ...") Clause of Article II, Sec. 3 of the Constitution.
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Not only does Trump lack the legal power to do this, but trying to do it would be (yet another) impeachable offense under the Take Care (" ... that the Laws be faithfully executed ...") Clause of Article II, Sec. 3 of the Constitution.
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While we are waiting for the Epstein Files, let's have a look at those tax returns (complete, unredacted) and that actual MRI report.
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
While we are waiting for the Epstein Files, let's have a look at those tax returns (complete, unredacted) and that actual MRI report.
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Whatever doesn't kill you any more makes rfk jr. determined to bring it back.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Whatever doesn't kill you any more makes rfk jr. determined to bring it back.
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They need to be arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned.
Why does ICE wear vests that say, "POLICE?"
They are not a law enforcement agency. They are upholding no law.
They are a gov't funded private militia charged with instituting the GOP/Heritage Society's vision of a white nationalist state.
They need to be stopped.
They are not a law enforcement agency. They are upholding no law.
They are a gov't funded private militia charged with instituting the GOP/Heritage Society's vision of a white nationalist state.
They need to be stopped.
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
They need to be arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned.
AP gonna AP.
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
AP gonna AP.
He's right. Not only has SCOTUS overturned pretty much every campaign-finance law ever enacted at the federal level, it also has made it practically impossible for DOJ to prosecute corruption cases against public officials successfully. The Menendez case was a rare, high-profile exception.
Whitehouse: Not only were the founders extremely interested in checks and balances but they were desperately concerned about corruption.
This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.
This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.
December 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
He's right. Not only has SCOTUS overturned pretty much every campaign-finance law ever enacted at the federal level, it also has made it practically impossible for DOJ to prosecute corruption cases against public officials successfully. The Menendez case was a rare, high-profile exception.
Oopsie. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project
President Donald Trump has been sued by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Oopsie. apnews.com/article/trum...
They are trying to go after Abrego Garcia AGAIN, but a federal judge said no. apnews.com/article/abre...
Federal judge issues order to prohibit immigration officials from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office after a federal judge ordered that officials could not detain him.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
They are trying to go after Abrego Garcia AGAIN, but a federal judge said no. apnews.com/article/abre...
Wellnow. Mayhap Orange Julius's sway over the GOP is finally waning? apnews.com/article/indi...
Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House itself, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 e...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Wellnow. Mayhap Orange Julius's sway over the GOP is finally waning? apnews.com/article/indi...