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"To be insulted by these fascists, it's so degrading, and It's No Game." Bowie
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Raindancer451 @raindancer451.bsky.social · Dec 12

My Best New & Lost Christmas Songs 2024

1. Holiday Road by Kesha
2. Christmas Time Is Here by Khruangbin
3. Frosty The Snowman by The Cocteau Twins
4. Little Dove AND Silent Night by Sara Noelle
5. Holidays by Conan Gray
6. Pretty Paper by Dean & Britta and Sonic Boom
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emptywheel.bsky.social
She has done great work!! Hire her!!
nicolefoy.bsky.social Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 4h
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year

My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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BBC Radio 2
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Millie
My Boy Lollipop
August 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Listen to My Boy Lollipop on your streaming service tidal.com/browse/track...
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
Listen to My Boy Lollipop on TIDAL
tidal.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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My boy Lollipop
You make my heart go giddyup
You are as sweet as candy
You're my sugar dandy
Whoa oh, my boy Lollipop
Never ever leave me
Because it would grieve me
My heart told me so

Millie Small
23 May 1964
#MusicSky
Millie Small
May 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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levin.bsky.social
One great and fun listen for anyone is the episode of A History of Rock and Roll in 500 Songs about My Boy Lollipop. The first ska song to become a hit outside Jamaica. 500songs.com/podcast/epis...
Episode 114: “My Boy Lollipop” by Millie
This week’s episode looks at “My Boy Lollipop” and the origins of ska music. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. P…
500songs.com
August 26, 2023 at 2:18 PM
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mtpromises.bsky.social
My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small
youtu.be/HKP7nDaj-Wo?...
My Boy Lollipop
YouTube video by Millie Small - Topic
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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charityclassics.bsky.social
#nowplaying Millie "My Boy Lollipop / Something's Gotta Be Done"
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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#EmojiSounds
#MusicChallenge

Day 2 - 🇯🇲

Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqxc...
MILLIE SMALL "MY BOY LOLLIPOP" 1964
YouTube video by GreatPerformers1
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December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Good news. I think I've come up with a policy idea that can both eliminate the harm that Trump's trade war is doing to farmers AND also reduce the cost of groceries for regular Americans. (You'll never guess what it is.)
justinwolfers.bsky.social Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 7h
Farmers get a bail out in the face of the costs they've born from Trump's trade war. Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans.

Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” — John F. Kennedy Jr.

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” — Robert F. Kennedy Sr.

"Mommy milky." — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Quentin Tarantino Slams Paul Dano As Worst Actor On Wikifeet
LOS ANGELES—In a shockingly personal attack on the actor’s arches, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino made comments Friday slamming Paul Dano as the worst actor on Wikifeet. “Paul Dano’s got the weakest sole...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Style guide:

Alina Habba is not STEPPING DOWN.

She is ending her unlawful charade that she is US Attorney.
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Here's a statement from the NSS which is an easy way to tell Stephen Miller played a key role in it.

Imagine thinking that the single most important aspect of national security was the border?

legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Border security is the primary element of national security.
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Alina Habba was first ruled to be playacting as US Attorney on August 21 (though she had already been playacting at that point since July 1).

So taxpayers have paid for Alina to pretend she's US Attorney for 109 days.
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
The headlines on Slaughter are all about SCOTUS giving their pet more power.

Sure, that's accurate. But it is, specifically, about gutting consumer protection.

Trump's FTC head was among those WAAAAAIIIIILLLLLLLLING that the EU fined Xitter for fraudulent blue checks (of which I have one).
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Trump is trying to make the Park Police DC's cops.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Democratic senators demand U.S. Park Police suspend hiring spree
The oversight comes after The Post reported on the agency’s push to double in size and become “the premier law enforcement agency in D.C.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Jim Caviezel stars in HOSPITAL MAN
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h
Jim Caviezel to play Jair Bolsonaro in ‘heroic’ biopic
Jim Caviezel to play Jair Bolsonaro in ‘heroic’ biopic
Actor, who starred in The Passion of the Christ, will play the disgraced ex-Brazilian president in film written by his one-time secretary of culture Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president now in prison for plotting a coup, is getting the biopic treatment. Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, is reportedly filming a “heroic” portrait of the rightwing ex-politician in secret. Dark Horse, directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and written by Mário Frias, who served as secretary of culture under Bolsonaro, started shooting three months ago in Brazil, where Bolsonaro served as president from 2019 until 2023. He was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison in September 2025 for leading a criminal conspiracy to stop his leftwing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, taking power, though his supporters deny the allegations and have compared the prosecution to the “lawfare” allegedly faced by Donald Trump before he was re-elected. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Here's the expertise of the people Kash fired in September because they took a knee to deescalate a situation in 2020.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
a. In late March 2025, Plaintiff Jane Doe 5 was informed that she was being removed at the direction of Defendant Patel from her position at FBI Headquarters as a Deputy Assistant Director for the FBI overseeing counterintelligence at the direction of Defendant Patel because she kneeled on June 4, 2020. Plaintiff Jane Doe 5 had been specifically identified in thenRepresentative Gaetz’s letter. Plaintiff Jane Doe 5 retained her SES status but was demoted to a Section Chief position. b. In April 2025, Plaintiff Jane Doe 6 was serving as the Legal Attache for the FBI based overseas along with her family. In that capacity, Plaintiff Jane Doe 6 had previously provided briefings to Defendant Patel with which he said he was very impressed. Nevertheless, on April 3, 2025, an FBI senior leader informed her that she was being removed from her term position in the Senior Executive Service to a non-Senior Executive Service position, abruptly uprooting her entire family and resulting in a significant pay decrease. The FBI senior leader informed Plaintiff Jane Doe 6 that Defendant Patel had indicated that his mind was made up and could not be changed. c. In April 2025, Plaintiff Jane Doe 9 was demoted from her position as a supervisor overseeing all FBI ransomware and malware investigations. An FBI senior leader informed her that the demotion came straight from top level FBI leadership. d. In April 2025, Defendant Patel directed the removal of Plaintiff Jane Doe 8 from her position supervising a counterintelligence squad.
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
"There’s no C suite, there’s nobody looking over our shoulders... I don’t have to worry about being bullied by lobby groups. And unfortunately, mainstream media organizations do."

I spoke to CJR about Zeteo and independent journalism for their big piece:
How the news changes when journalism becomes content.
How the news changes when journalism becomes content.
www.cjr.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
Farmers get a bail out in the face of the costs they've born from Trump's trade war. Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans.

Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Help me out US-based ET people.

When Judge Kollar-Kotelly orders Pam Bondi personally to certify something by 12PM on December 8, should that certification be in the docket by now?

[Sometimes I get this time zone thingie wrong.]

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The Attorney General of the United States or her designee is further ORDERED to certify that the United States is in compliance with this Order no later than 12:00 p.m. ET on Monday, December 8, 2025.
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
NEW: Emil Bove — former DOJ official turned Third Circuit judge — files declaration in ongoing contempt inquiry by Judge Boasberg re: Alien Enemies Act planes.

Bove says he isn’t authorized to disclose privileged information.
Emil Bove, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. I am submitting this declaration in response to the court's November 28, 2025 order. ECF No. 196. 2. On March 15, 2025, I was serving as DOJ's Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General. I left that role at DOJ in late-August 2025. DOJ has not authorized me to disclose privileged information in this declaration. 3. Beginning during the morning of March 15, 2025, and throughout that weekend, I monitored developments related to this case. 4. On the evening of March 15, 2025, I was aware of statements by the court during proceedings that day, the court's minute entries, and other public filings on the docket sheet. See, e.g., ECF No. 195 1 3. Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 199 Filed 12/08/25 Page 2 of 2 5. Based on my evaluation of those materials, I contributed to privileged legal advice provided to the Secretary of Homeland Security on March 15, 2025—by communicating with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Acting DHS General Counsel Joseph Mazzara- regarding the transfer of custody of aliens who had been detained pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act and removed from the United States. See ECF No. 195 1 4. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated: December 5, 2025 /s/ Emil Bove Honorable Emil Bove Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
Of course. Of course.

www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
The authoritarian whiner in chief is already unhappy that Bari Weiss hasn’t stopped any criticism of him from airing on CBS and demanding an apology for the Marge interview
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The GOP enacted civil service reform.

The GOP will destroy civil service reform.

The GOP is NOT the same party that it was. Keep this in mind when they claim Lincoln as their own
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM