Rabbi Iris Richman
@rabbir.bsky.social
Rabbi- Believer in justice, Jewish pluralism and the power to repair the world/ tikkun olam. Conservative Rabbi but liberal
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If Joe Biden had claimed that he redesigned the hulls of Coast Guard cutters, we'd be way over in 25th amendment territory.
With Trump, it's so common that most Americans don't even notice it now.
With Trump, it's so common that most Americans don't even notice it now.
Trump during his Thanksgiving call with service members: "We're ordered a lot of Coast Guard cutters. Brand new, beautiful, the best machines in the world. I'm a looks person. I wanted the hull to be perfect. You know, I sort of redesigned the hull a little bit. The hulls. But we ordered a lot."
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
If Joe Biden had claimed that he redesigned the hulls of Coast Guard cutters, we'd be way over in 25th amendment territory.
With Trump, it's so common that most Americans don't even notice it now.
With Trump, it's so common that most Americans don't even notice it now.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
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If inflation comes up at the dinner table, don’t forget to draw attention to a deeper structural driver of high prices: corporate power.
Much of the food industry is dominated by a few corporate giants with the power to keep prices high because they face little competition.
Much of the food industry is dominated by a few corporate giants with the power to keep prices high because they face little competition.
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If inflation comes up at the dinner table, don’t forget to draw attention to a deeper structural driver of high prices: corporate power.
Much of the food industry is dominated by a few corporate giants with the power to keep prices high because they face little competition.
Much of the food industry is dominated by a few corporate giants with the power to keep prices high because they face little competition.
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CNN: Trump granted the DC shooter asylum in April.
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
CNN: Trump granted the DC shooter asylum in April.
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Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
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Taxpayers have shelled out nearly $71 million for Trump's golf hobby since he retook office — and he's on track to exceed an eye-popping figure
Second-Term Tab For Trump’s Golf Hobby Tops $70 Million, On Track To Exceed $300 Million
The total would double the $151.5 million taxpayers shelled out for him to play golf during his first term.
www.huffpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Taxpayers have shelled out nearly $71 million for Trump's golf hobby since he retook office — and he's on track to exceed an eye-popping figure
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Again, I beg of journalists to stop normalizing Trump's false claims he was wronged by using the word "retribution."
This is a GREAT piece.
Except this is not retribution.
This is a GREAT piece.
Except this is not retribution.
A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT
Trump’s campaign of retribution:
At least 470 targets and counting
The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.
By PETER EISLER, NED PARKER, LINDA SO and JOSEPH TANFANI
Trump’s campaign of retribution:
At least 470 targets and counting
The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.
By PETER EISLER, NED PARKER, LINDA SO and JOSEPH TANFANI
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Again, I beg of journalists to stop normalizing Trump's false claims he was wronged by using the word "retribution."
This is a GREAT piece.
Except this is not retribution.
This is a GREAT piece.
Except this is not retribution.
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🚨 Israel has confirmed the identification of the murdered hostage who was brought back from Gaza on Nov 25, 2025, after more than two years.
🕯️Dror Or — Dror and his wife Yonat were murdered by Hamas terrorists on Kibbutz Be’eri, southern Israel, on Oct 7, 2023, and then he was kidnapped into Gaza.
🕯️Dror Or — Dror and his wife Yonat were murdered by Hamas terrorists on Kibbutz Be’eri, southern Israel, on Oct 7, 2023, and then he was kidnapped into Gaza.
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
🚨 Israel has confirmed the identification of the murdered hostage who was brought back from Gaza on Nov 25, 2025, after more than two years.
🕯️Dror Or — Dror and his wife Yonat were murdered by Hamas terrorists on Kibbutz Be’eri, southern Israel, on Oct 7, 2023, and then he was kidnapped into Gaza.
🕯️Dror Or — Dror and his wife Yonat were murdered by Hamas terrorists on Kibbutz Be’eri, southern Israel, on Oct 7, 2023, and then he was kidnapped into Gaza.
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NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Indiana Republicans bow to pressure from Trump and say they will vote on gerrymandering plan that he has demanded to redraw congressional lines even further in the party's advantage. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Indiana Republicans bow to pressure from Trump and say they will vote on gerrymandering plan that he has demanded to redraw congressional lines even further in the party's advantage. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Over a quarter of Trump's proposed $1T military budget would go to just four companies who have spent $103B in taxpayer dollars on stock buybacks and dividends over the last decade.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Over a quarter of Trump's proposed $1T military budget would go to just four companies who have spent $103B in taxpayer dollars on stock buybacks and dividends over the last decade.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
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Possible theories on how this leaked:
-- It came from a Witkoff antagonist within the US govt
-- It came from the Russians to disrupt US-European talks
-- It came from a third-party intelligence service, eg one in Western Europe
-- Witkoff left the transcript at a Dunkin' rest stop
-- It came from a Witkoff antagonist within the US govt
-- It came from the Russians to disrupt US-European talks
-- It came from a third-party intelligence service, eg one in Western Europe
-- Witkoff left the transcript at a Dunkin' rest stop
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Possible theories on how this leaked:
-- It came from a Witkoff antagonist within the US govt
-- It came from the Russians to disrupt US-European talks
-- It came from a third-party intelligence service, eg one in Western Europe
-- Witkoff left the transcript at a Dunkin' rest stop
-- It came from a Witkoff antagonist within the US govt
-- It came from the Russians to disrupt US-European talks
-- It came from a third-party intelligence service, eg one in Western Europe
-- Witkoff left the transcript at a Dunkin' rest stop
In any other time, the administration would immediately resign if implicated in such traitorous activity
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In any other time, the administration would immediately resign if implicated in such traitorous activity
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Amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown, special agents at the Homeland Security Department have made fewer arrests for drug crimes and seized fewer weapons than they did the previous fiscal year, according to internal government documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
Internal documents reveal the impact on crime fighting as the Trump administration diverts special agents to its mass deportation agenda.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown, special agents at the Homeland Security Department have made fewer arrests for drug crimes and seized fewer weapons than they did the previous fiscal year, according to internal government documents reviewed by The New York Times.
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Prosecutors described Chkhikvishvili as the leader of the Maniac Murder Cult, an international extremist group that adheres to an ideology that promotes violence intended to trigger a racial and religious war.
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Neo-Nazi leader admits plot to give poisoned candy to Jewish kids in New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors said they would seek a sentence of up to 18 years for Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 22-year-old from the Republic of Georgia who goes by the nickname “Commander…
religionnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Prosecutors described Chkhikvishvili as the leader of the Maniac Murder Cult, an international extremist group that adheres to an ideology that promotes violence intended to trigger a racial and religious war.
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/n...
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This is totally unfair. Witkoff and Kushner had extensive help from the Russian foreign ministry, and they are trying to hog all the credit. SMH.
One man -- Marco Rubio -- serves this country as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
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www.wsj.com/world/russia...
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is totally unfair. Witkoff and Kushner had extensive help from the Russian foreign ministry, and they are trying to hog all the credit. SMH.
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NEWS
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
NEWS
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
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"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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RFK Jr in 2024: The administration will “ban the worst agricultural chemicals.”
Team Trump in 2025: We’re advancing a plan to approve agricultural pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, despite scientists' concerns. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Team Trump in 2025: We’re advancing a plan to approve agricultural pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, despite scientists' concerns. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The administration’s approach to ‘forever chemicals’ clashes with its purported MAHA plans The administration’s approach to ‘forever chemicals’ clashes with its purported MAHA plans
The ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda is riddled with a series of overlapping contradictions, which are becoming even more common.
www.ms.now
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
RFK Jr in 2024: The administration will “ban the worst agricultural chemicals.”
Team Trump in 2025: We’re advancing a plan to approve agricultural pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, despite scientists' concerns. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Team Trump in 2025: We’re advancing a plan to approve agricultural pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, despite scientists' concerns. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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CBS/YouGov poll:
Voter approval of Trump's handling of the economy has fallen 15 points since March, from 51% to 36%.
4 in 10 Republicans say Trump portrays prices and inflation as better than they really are.
Voter approval of Trump's handling of the economy has fallen 15 points since March, from 51% to 36%.
4 in 10 Republicans say Trump portrays prices and inflation as better than they really are.
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
CBS/YouGov poll:
Voter approval of Trump's handling of the economy has fallen 15 points since March, from 51% to 36%.
4 in 10 Republicans say Trump portrays prices and inflation as better than they really are.
Voter approval of Trump's handling of the economy has fallen 15 points since March, from 51% to 36%.
4 in 10 Republicans say Trump portrays prices and inflation as better than they really are.
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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Article about how right-wing Christianity turning a benevolent Jesus into a combative, selfish scold laid the groundwork for America turning a supposedly benevolent presidency into a force for everything Jesus stood against.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Article about how right-wing Christianity turning a benevolent Jesus into a combative, selfish scold laid the groundwork for America turning a supposedly benevolent presidency into a force for everything Jesus stood against.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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BREAKING: President Trump has shut down the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
The agency was originally scheduled to last until July 4, 2026
The agency was originally scheduled to last until July 4, 2026
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
BREAKING: President Trump has shut down the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
The agency was originally scheduled to last until July 4, 2026
The agency was originally scheduled to last until July 4, 2026
From the other place. Looks like Russia is outta cash and needs little buddy to make a deal quick.
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
From the other place. Looks like Russia is outta cash and needs little buddy to make a deal quick.