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BREAKING:

Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.

This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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sarahbca.bsky.social
RFK Jr (aka former heroin addict who eats roadkill) is not “challenging medical orthodoxy” he is spreading dangerous misinformation and lies. Without safe and effective vaccines, children will die needlessly.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
Trump: Minnesota, under Governor Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity. I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota. Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from. It's OVER! President DJT 217 ReTruths 650 Likes 11/21/25, 5:37 PM
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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botherer.bsky.social
I forgot to say, earlier today I wrote about the catastrophically disastrous interview the Roblox CEO gave to the NYT about protecting children from predators. It's hard to overstate how badly it went.

kotaku.com/roblox-new-y...
"It doesn't begin well. When asked about the "scope of the problem" of predators in the application, Baszucki came in shoulders first saying, "We think of it not necessarily just as a problem, but an opportunity as well." Ah, the good ol' opportunities available when your company's product is rife with pedophilia. He continued, outlining how wonderful it is that young people can build and communicate together, how they have "150 million daily actives, 11 billion hours a month, like what is the best way to keep pushing this forward." It is the most astonishingly tone-deaf response." “I would actually say that is a very simple red flag. Like, that sounds like text filter many prior generations. So I would say the techniques are much more sophisticated than that. We're constantly getting better than that and sometimes it's adversarial. Like, we're getting into, you know, if we cryptographically were going to try to have an exchange of how to share your Snap handle or whatever handle. We see some of that starting, like things we'll have to essentially prevent in the future." “Fun,” says Baszucki, a man who appears pathologically incapable of reading the room. "Let's keep going down this. And so, first off, Hindenburg is not longer in existence, correct? So, you should report on that. They went out of business for some reason..." He then demanded to know if Newton had researched the answer for himself, before saying that it's because they've moved so much of the safety regulation onto AI, all while sounding absolutely furious that he was being asked. He then demands that Newton agree that if AI is more effective, it's better to use it, and when Newton does, Baszucki starts to behave incredibly immaturely. "Good, so you're aligning with what we did. High-five." Then when Newton tries to ask a question, he interrupts to say, "Thank you for supporting our Roblox decision matrix." Then interrupts yet again to say, "I'm so glad you guys are aligned with the way we run Roblox. High-five." Think he's done? Nope. Yet again he interrupts the question with, "Is this a stealth interview where actually you love everything we're doing and you're here to stealthily support it?"
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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“The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court considers whether to allow the new map favorable to Republicans to be used in the midterm elections.” END/
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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BREAKING: Alito has issued a temporary administrative stay BLOCKING the order that found Texas’ gerrymander to be racially biased. 1/ apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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reuters.com
Tyson Foods to close major US beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle reut.rs/44kxeB1
Tyson Foods to close major US beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle
Tyson Foods will close a major beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, with about 3,200 employees in January after U.S. cattle supplies dropped to their lowest level in nearly 75 years, the meatpacker said on Friday.
reut.rs
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Hochul on Chris Hayes, about Stefanik: “She’s full of shit.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
So hilarious that they brought the Pizzagate guy in his Trump uniform as a “White House Correspondent” to try and argue with Mamdani and that went nowhere also for MAGA.
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she is resigning from Congress in January
too many people in Washington. I believe in term limits and do not think Congress should be a lifelong career or an assisted living facility. My only goal and desire has ever been to hold the Republican Party accountable for the promises it makes to the American people and put America First, and I have fought against Democrat's damaging policies like the Green New Deal, wide open deadly unsafe border policies, and the trans agenda on children and against women. With that has brought years of nonstop never ending personal attacks, death threats, lawfare, ridiculous slander and lies about me, that most people could never withstand even for a day. It has been unfair and wrong, not only to me and especially my family, but to my district as well. I have too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms. And in turn, be expected to defend the President against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me. It's all so absurd and completely unserious. I refuse to be a "battered wife" hoping it all goes away and gets better. If I am cast aside by MAGA Inc and replaced by Neocons, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Military Industrial War Complex, foreign leaders, and the elite donor class that can't even relate to real Americans, then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well. There is no "plan to save the world" or insane 4D chess game being played. When the common American people finally realize and understand that the Political Industrial Complex of both parties is ripping this country apart, that not one elected leader like me is able to stop Washington's machine from gradually destroying our country, and instead the reality is that they, common Americans, The People, possess the real p…
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
hard launch.

on truth social.

mamdani broke his brain.
Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump 412 ReTruths 1.55k Likes 11/21/25, 6:54 PM
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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annamerlan.bsky.social
Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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atrupar.com
Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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yasharali.bsky.social
Five hours apart
toddstarnes C @toddstarnes X.com SCENARIO: Mamdani enters the Oval Office today only to be greeted by Tom Homan who then personally escorts the Communist back to Uganda. 8:56 AM • 11/21/25 • 51K Views - toddstarnes O @toddstarnes X.com I thought Mamdani was supposed to be a fascist dictator? What the heck is going on at the White House? 1:40 PM • 11/21/25 • 3.3K Views
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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A company is reportedly withdrawing its $99 AI teddy bear from the market after researchers found it told a tester where to get knives, pills and matches when asked.

It also spoke graphically about sex positions and sexual kinks.
AI toys can cajole kids or be made to discuss sex, watchdog groups warn
A company is reportedly withdrawing its AI teddy bear from the market after researchers found it told a tester where to get knives, pills and matches when asked.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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nytimes.com
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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hillaryclinton.bsky.social
With his ultimatum that Ukraine surrender to Russia, Trump finally wins a prize:

The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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reuters.com
Argentina did not discuss $20 bln bailout with banks, minister says reut.rs/4iyqQMN
Argentina did not discuss $20 bln bailout with banks, minister says
Argentine officials did not speak with U.S. banks about a $20 billion rescue package, the country's economy minister, Luis Caputo, said on Friday in a post on social media.
reut.rs
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Following this week's shenanigans from Lindsey Halligan and crew, James Comey seeks dismissal of the indictment against him "because the grand jury never approved the operative indictment." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
JAMES B. COMEY, JR.’S MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT BASED ON FIFTH AMENDMENT, RULE 6, AND GRAND JURY VIOLATIONS James B. Comey, Jr., by and through undersigned counsel, and pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(b), moves this Court to dismiss the government’s indictment. As explained in the accompanying Memorandum, the case should be dismissed because the grand jury never approved the operative indictment. “A grand jury may indict only if at least 12 jurors concur.” Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(f). But here, at least 12 jurors did not concur in the operative twocount indictment; and the grand jury rejected the only indictment that the government presented to it. The government’s attempt to prosecute Mr. Comey without a valid “indictment of a Grand Jury” violates the Fifth Amendment. U.S. Const. Amend. V. Moreover, dismissal is independently warranted because of the government’s misconduct before the grand jury. Among other things, the government relied on information it obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment and the attorney-client privilege; and it made serious misstatements of law to the grand jury. Collectively, those violations raise “‘grave doubt that the decision to indict was free from the substantial influence of” the government’s misconduct, warranting dismissal with prejudice. Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States, 487 U.S. 250, 256 (1988) (citation omitted).
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: Arizona’s AG asks the state Supreme Court to revive the criminal case she brought against Trump’s inner circle. It’s the third time in two weeks a court or prosecutor breathed life into a case stemming from Trump’s 2020 election gambit.

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Arizona attorney general asks state supreme court to revive case against Trump’s 2020 allies
It’s the third time in recent days that local courts or prosecutors breathed new life into criminal cases stemming from Trump’s 2020 election effort.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Paging Andy Ogles!
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEW: Texas goes to the Supreme Court in the redistricting case, seeking a stay pending appeal and administrative stay. The state also asks the court to treat this as a request for merits review.

This filing was expected, but this is very quick.

It will be Docket No. 25A608.
No. 25A In the Supreme Cout of the United States GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, ET AL., Applicants, LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, ET A.., Respondents. EMERGENCY APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAY PENDING APPEAL KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General RYAN G. KERCHER Chief, Special Litigation Division ZACHARY L. RHINES ALI M. THORBURN Special Counsel WILLIAM R. PETERSON Solicitor General Counsel of Record WILLIAM F. COLE Principal Deputy Solicitor General BENJAMIN WALLACE MENDELSON Assistant Solicitor General CHRISTOPHER J. PAVLINEC MOHMED I. PATEL Assistant Attorneys General OFFICE OF THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 936-1700 William.Peterson@oag.texas.gov Counsel for Applicants
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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kamimagic.bsky.social
The DOE just cut multiple fields from the “professional degree” list, shrinking loan access for future workers. Nursing, PAs, PT, OT, audiology, public health, social work, & education master’s all got dropped.

And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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malena.bsky.social
"I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."

That's what the #ICE agent who rammed US Citizen, Miramar Martinez & shot her 5 times.

Then ICE lied & said she rammed them.

#ICELawlessness abounds.

If it can happen to them, it can happen to you!

So speak out & share!
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November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM