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retiredcynic.bsky.social
Donny’s very shitty week ends with new Epstein photos released
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Donny’s very shitty week ends with new Epstein photos released
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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December 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🤷🏼 ⏰ Trump’s Heath care plan is coming “very soon” y’all

(From Home of the Brave)
December 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW! Our incredible legal team at @immcouncil.org just secured a victory in federal court, reinforcing a ruling blocking blocking ICE from taking unaccompanied children into ICE detention on their 18th birthday, and re-detaining previously-released teenagers. Proud to work with such awesome lawyers!
immcouncil.org American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · 12h
BREAKING: A federal court in D.C. has blocked ICE’s unlawful policy of automatically detaining unaccompanied immigrant teens once they turn 18 – and from re-detaining those teens for no reason.

This ruling means youth can stay in safe, supportive settings – not adult jails.
December 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
retiredcynic.bsky.social
'Outrageous': Lawyers warn court of possible ICE raids in churches over holidays
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'Outrageous': Lawyers warn court of possible ICE raids in churches over holidays
Democracy Forward says they're especially vigilant today for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, widely celebrated by people of Latin American heritage.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
retiredcynic.bsky.social
Plaintiffs in the Alien Enemies Act Contempt Proceedings File a Blistering Response
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Plaintiffs in the Alien Enemies Act Contempt Proceedings File a Blistering Response
The government wants to block testimony from a DOJ lawyer and whistleblower Erez Reuveni next week because they’re trying to protect Emil Bove. The plaintiffs respond.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Wow. Be sure to read Mitch Daniel's celebration of the Indiana GOP's slap back at Trump, and particularly the passage where he compares Trump and his senior team to World War II area Soviet political commissars shooting Russian soldiers in the back. It's quite something. wapo.st/3Yp5lV7
Opinion | Hooray for Hoosiers, cynical GOP redistricting fails
Despite a White House intimidation, Indiana legislators defeated an unfair gerrymandering ploy.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
Seems bad.
nickturse.bsky.social Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 16h
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List

The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.

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White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Somehow every high profile Trump issue in the DC Circuit lands in the hands of Trump judges, even though they are less than 30% of the total. Something very fishy going on here.
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
retiredcynic.bsky.social
December 11, 2025
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December 11, 2025
On Tuesday, President Donald J.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
retiredcynic.bsky.social
What a bunch of self-serving crap. A good report from WaPo. Paywall present.

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How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors
The controversial order given by Adm. Frank Bradley is under scrutiny from Congress. Inside the most consequential deliberation of his career.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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I wrote for @slate.com about the tennis ban on trans women and girls, and the Renée Richards of it all
The Attack on Women in Sports Just Claimed Another Victory—This One Really Hurts
50 years of progress undone, just like that.
slate.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
retiredcynic.bsky.social
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Stop Blue Origin from Dumping Wastewater Into Indian River Lagoon
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December 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
retiredcynic.bsky.social
Morning Digest, sponsored by Grassroots Analytics: Indiana Republicans kill Trump's gerrymandering push
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Morning Digest, sponsored by Grassroots Analytics: Indiana Republicans kill Trump's gerrymandering push
A wild pressure campaign backfired as GOP lawmakers voted down a new map
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December 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
retiredcynic.bsky.social
www.nprillinois.org/illinois/202...
New laws: Gun storage, police background check changes take effect in 2026
First-time gun offenders can earn a FOID card under new law
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December 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
literally just the villain of a Midsomer Murders episode
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: A major shift in underway in recent months kicked into gear this week, with ICE trial attorneys around the country asking immigration "judges" to toss out *nearly all* asylum applications on the grounds of "safe third country" agreements with Uganda, Honduras, Ecuador, and Guatemala.
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
"I'm a socialist and therefore employers should not be permitted to fire someone who is on camera hurling racial slurs at customers without first going through an 'exhaustive' adjudication process" is quite the take!

I'm all for stronger labor protections but... come on.
Cinnabon was quick to terminate Wilsey’s employment and declare that her actions didn’t reflect the “values of Cinnabon.” Progressives who abhor racism may applaud this move. But as a socialist, I can’t easily take the side of a billion-dollar corporation over that of an ordinary worker. (Cinnabon is owned by the Georgia-based conglomerate GoTo Foods, which also owns Auntie Anne’s, Schlotzsky’s, and many other brands popular in the South.) Sure, Wilsey might not be a great fit for a customer-facing position. Her critics online also point to her long rap sheet, which includes charges of child endangerment, disorderly conduct, marijuana possession, and driving while intoxicated. We should nevertheless resist the urge to tell a simple moral story that celebrates someone losing their livelihood. That job at the shopping mall may be the bare minimum she needs to support herself. I am not arguing that all workers should have guaranteed jobs for life. Employees sometimes lose jobs for cause, such as when they fail to do assigned tasks or they endanger either their co-workers or their employer’s business. But the impulse to celebrate a worker’s firing is one we should check. Employers should be held rigorously to account for their reasons and procedures when they fire workers, even those who are guilty of repugnant acts such as hurling racist abuse or calling a customer “racist” because they ordered Kirk’s favorite drink. This is especially true in the United States, which lacks a strong social safety net. Losing a job can be catastrophic. In a better America, firing a worker would require an exhaustive process, including disciplinary action prior to dismissal, and involve representation by workers’ bodies. Such a process might still have ended by terminating Wilsey’s employment. In this better world, unemployed workers would also have the means to support themselves until they return to the workforce.
December 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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brucebourgoine.bsky.social
Of course we all instinctively knew this...

#resist #mepolitics #VoteBlue
publiccitizen.bsky.social Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 18h
Trump has gone after his political enemies for so-called mortgage fraud.

But the hypocrite-in-chief has committed the IDENTICAL offense of signing MULTIPLE mortgages for new "primary residences" & instead used them as investment or rental properties.

It's time for Trump's DOJ to investigate HIM.
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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muellershewrote.com
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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aaronsojourner.org
Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump. Together, they have remade federal policy to benefit oil and gas companies, and put off the transition to greener alternatives like solar power and batteries.
Harold Hamm, Oklahoma Oil Tycoon, Allies With Trump to Reshape U.S. Energy
Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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muellershewrote.com
Oh you FEARED YOU WERE BEING ABDUCTED? WHAT’S THAT LIKE? Here we go with the “police are scared.” Then quit your job. QUIT YOUR JOB.
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The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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kissphoria.bsky.social
Here's a video I did about Arlington, Texas becoming one of the first places in the nation to remove citywide anti discrimination protects for LGBTQ protections: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
retiredcynic.bsky.social
Affordable Care Act
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Affordable Care Act
After months of political theater, a 43-day government shutdown, and endless speeches about “standing with working families,” Senate Republicans finished the year by doing exactly what they set out to...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM