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What a mess. Someday I’ll get to sink back into the trees. Queer, pagan, Okie, humanist, learner, maker, fiber and textile enthusiast.
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The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States…
The secret history of the fight for gay rights that beg…
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As we enter this new era of #mccarthyism now’s a great time to get your eyes or ears on a copy of “The Deviant’s War” by Dr. Eric Cervini.
Outlining gov’s efforts to drive wedges between sects of the working class in order to maintain supremacy. Keep your head up and your eyes open!
Outlining gov’s efforts to drive wedges between sects of the working class in order to maintain supremacy. Keep your head up and your eyes open!
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From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
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December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
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The Trump administration's voter verification tool known as SAVE is flagging U.S. citizens and non-citizens, which can trigger voter registrations to be cancelled. The admin is ramping up the program nationwide
www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n... by @jjoffeblock.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n... by @jjoffeblock.bsky.social
Trump's SAVE tool is looking for noncitizen voters. But it's flagging U.S. citizens too
Anthony Nel, of Texas, became a U.S. citizen as a teen. But a flaw in a Trump administration citizenship tool flagged him as a potential noncitizen, which led to his voter registration being canceled.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Trump administration's voter verification tool known as SAVE is flagging U.S. citizens and non-citizens, which can trigger voter registrations to be cancelled. The admin is ramping up the program nationwide
www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n... by @jjoffeblock.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n... by @jjoffeblock.bsky.social
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Then there's this....
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Then there's this....
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With the release of Epstein files pending, let me remind what we've uncovered:
Convicted sex-trafficker worked directly with an FSB officer who ran Putin's elite St. Petersburg Economic Forum. We have their emails
🧵(Read on)
Convicted sex-trafficker worked directly with an FSB officer who ran Putin's elite St. Petersburg Economic Forum. We have their emails
🧵(Read on)
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
With the release of Epstein files pending, let me remind what we've uncovered:
Convicted sex-trafficker worked directly with an FSB officer who ran Putin's elite St. Petersburg Economic Forum. We have their emails
🧵(Read on)
Convicted sex-trafficker worked directly with an FSB officer who ran Putin's elite St. Petersburg Economic Forum. We have their emails
🧵(Read on)
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DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
A Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times investigation found the DeSantis’ administration’s use of public money to fund a campaign against marijuana and abortion access was more sprawling than previously kn...
www.miamiherald.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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Because it needs to be said, the orange felon’s $12B bailout/welfare program for farmers is the direct result of him destroying the farming industry with his trade war tariffs.
So socialism is now okay when it means helping the MAGA voters that he originally hurt.
So socialism is now okay when it means helping the MAGA voters that he originally hurt.
December 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Because it needs to be said, the orange felon’s $12B bailout/welfare program for farmers is the direct result of him destroying the farming industry with his trade war tariffs.
So socialism is now okay when it means helping the MAGA voters that he originally hurt.
So socialism is now okay when it means helping the MAGA voters that he originally hurt.
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Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?
Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.
finance.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?
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Once the debate centers on whether the 2nd strike was legal, the first 21 strikes have been accepted as baseline. But the murder of the two survivors doesn’t make the other 21 any more legal. Selective outrage, not silence, is how authoritarianism becomes normalized @tadstoermer.bsky.social
The Second Strike on the Caribbean Boat: A Resistance History Lesson in Normalizing Authoritarianism
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The Second Strike on the Caribbean Boat: A Resistance History Lesson in Normalizing Authoritarianism
YouTube video by Tad Stoermer
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December 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Once the debate centers on whether the 2nd strike was legal, the first 21 strikes have been accepted as baseline. But the murder of the two survivors doesn’t make the other 21 any more legal. Selective outrage, not silence, is how authoritarianism becomes normalized @tadstoermer.bsky.social
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NYT: Most immigrants arrested in a Trump’s authoritarian invasions by his racial profiling goons “have no criminal record”
www.wsmv.com/2025/12/06/l...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
NYT: Most immigrants arrested in a Trump’s authoritarian invasions by his racial profiling goons “have no criminal record”
www.wsmv.com/2025/12/06/l...
www.wsmv.com/2025/12/06/l...
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
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trump admin reaction to EU fine of X is illuminating. it shows a few things:
1. they are trying to distract from its own massive censorship of americans.
2. they are worried about losing a propaganda and disinformation platform to support racist anti-migrant parties in europe.
1. they are trying to distract from its own massive censorship of americans.
2. they are worried about losing a propaganda and disinformation platform to support racist anti-migrant parties in europe.
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
trump admin reaction to EU fine of X is illuminating. it shows a few things:
1. they are trying to distract from its own massive censorship of americans.
2. they are worried about losing a propaganda and disinformation platform to support racist anti-migrant parties in europe.
1. they are trying to distract from its own massive censorship of americans.
2. they are worried about losing a propaganda and disinformation platform to support racist anti-migrant parties in europe.
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I write about some crazy stuff that can seem far-fetched.
But here's venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar explaining why nations like the USA must be replaced with "network states."
He was an early investor in AirBNB, Uber, Slack, Warby Parker, Postmates, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVkI...
But here's venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar explaining why nations like the USA must be replaced with "network states."
He was an early investor in AirBNB, Uber, Slack, Warby Parker, Postmates, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVkI...
19 - Network State Conference 2024 - Shervin Pishevar
YouTube video by Network State Podcast
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December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I write about some crazy stuff that can seem far-fetched.
But here's venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar explaining why nations like the USA must be replaced with "network states."
He was an early investor in AirBNB, Uber, Slack, Warby Parker, Postmates, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVkI...
But here's venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar explaining why nations like the USA must be replaced with "network states."
He was an early investor in AirBNB, Uber, Slack, Warby Parker, Postmates, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVkI...
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Trump announces plans to “evaluate” the entire childhood vaccine schedule.
This was always the plan when RFK Jr. took power.
Those who enabled this have blood on their hands.
This was always the plan when RFK Jr. took power.
Those who enabled this have blood on their hands.
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Trump announces plans to “evaluate” the entire childhood vaccine schedule.
This was always the plan when RFK Jr. took power.
Those who enabled this have blood on their hands.
This was always the plan when RFK Jr. took power.
Those who enabled this have blood on their hands.
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So many lies, so little time.
VARNEY: Do the Republicans have a messaging problem with affordability?
MIKE JOHNSON: No. It's just that we've had so many things to message.
MIKE JOHNSON: No. It's just that we've had so many things to message.
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
So many lies, so little time.
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NEW: ProPublica reporter Jessica Lussenhop received a roughly 40-minute recorded conversation between sheriff’s detectives and two preachers at a Minnesota church.
The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.
The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.
A Police Recording Reveals How a Minnesota Old Apostolic Lutheran Church Enabled an Abuser
A roughly 40-minute conversation shows how leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church kept an open secret quiet for so long.
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica reporter Jessica Lussenhop received a roughly 40-minute recorded conversation between sheriff’s detectives and two preachers at a Minnesota church.
The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.
The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.
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the religious undertones here are unsurprising but still horrific
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
the religious undertones here are unsurprising but still horrific
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Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said earlier today that seeing this video was "one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service."
"People will someday see this video and they will see that that video shows ... an attack on shipwrecked sailors."
"People will someday see this video and they will see that that video shows ... an attack on shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said earlier today that seeing this video was "one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service."
"People will someday see this video and they will see that that video shows ... an attack on shipwrecked sailors."
"People will someday see this video and they will see that that video shows ... an attack on shipwrecked sailors."
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This rules people.com/halle-berry-...
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This rules people.com/halle-berry-...
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
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These a-holes sat around the WH table today, lying, swearing fealty to a psychopath who slept through half the meeting. What bothers me even more, is that IF we get out of this with a semblance of Democracy, these same a-holes will try to grift us into reading crazier shit in their books.
F*ck that.
F*ck that.
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These a-holes sat around the WH table today, lying, swearing fealty to a psychopath who slept through half the meeting. What bothers me even more, is that IF we get out of this with a semblance of Democracy, these same a-holes will try to grift us into reading crazier shit in their books.
F*ck that.
F*ck that.
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Oh swell.
. @cnn.com is partnering with Kalshi, the "world's largest global prediction market company."
That means the cable "news" network is now in business with the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., a senior adviser to the company.
Another reason not to watch.
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
. @cnn.com is partnering with Kalshi, the "world's largest global prediction market company."
That means the cable "news" network is now in business with the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., a senior adviser to the company.
Another reason not to watch.
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Oh swell.
. @cnn.com is partnering with Kalshi, the "world's largest global prediction market company."
That means the cable "news" network is now in business with the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., a senior adviser to the company.
Another reason not to watch.
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
. @cnn.com is partnering with Kalshi, the "world's largest global prediction market company."
That means the cable "news" network is now in business with the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., a senior adviser to the company.
Another reason not to watch.
www.axios.com/newsletters/...