SaraSmirks
@sarasmirks.bsky.social
Lived lots of places. Retired science writer/editor. Back south these days--on the water whenever possible. Woke player of concertina, bodhrán, didgeridoo. Blue dot/red state, surrounded by a confederacy of dunces.
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Hello, lawyers at the ICC- you up?
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hello, lawyers at the ICC- you up?
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November 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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question of the century
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
question of the century
trump orders murder of suspected drug dealers yet pardons a convicted drug trafficker. why? because the dude's a fellow president AND because “many friends” had asked him to do so.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
trump orders murder of suspected drug dealers yet pardons a convicted drug trafficker. why? because the dude's a fellow president AND because “many friends” had asked him to do so.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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I pledge support for candidates who promise to tear down any portion of this travesty that actually gets built and restore the plans to a right-sized replacement for the destroyed East Wing. This literally can not stand. Fools that contributed must pay for it.
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Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I pledge support for candidates who promise to tear down any portion of this travesty that actually gets built and restore the plans to a right-sized replacement for the destroyed East Wing. This literally can not stand. Fools that contributed must pay for it.
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'a elevation of Covid grievances into policies'--profoundly true.
Recharging will be key to confront what's to come... the days and months ahead will be marked by a elevation of Covid grievances into policies that could transform the health and regulatory landscape.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Show us the evidence.
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wapo.st/49GmNLP
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Show us the evidence.
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FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
'a elevation of Covid grievances into policies'--profoundly true.
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Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
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Here's a gift link to the story that Hegseth is, well, not denying. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Here's a gift link to the story that Hegseth is, well, not denying. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
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You may not remember these old Trump grifts https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/11/28/2354297/-You-may-not-remember-these-old-Trump-grifts?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=
You may not remember these old Trump grifts
As we watch President Donald Trump use his second term to grift like never before, it’s tough to remember that when Trump took office in January 2017, his attempts to leverage the presidency to ...
www.dailykos.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
You may not remember these old Trump grifts https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/11/28/2354297/-You-may-not-remember-these-old-Trump-grifts?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=
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I know everyone hates fundraising asks, but to be honest, we’ve got two days left in November and we’re still $10,000 away from where we need to be.
If you can afford it, can you chip in to make sure we’re able to educate, engage, and mobilize young voters?
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If you can afford it, can you chip in to make sure we’re able to educate, engage, and mobilize young voters?
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I just gave to Voters of Tomorrow PAC
I just gave to Voters of Tomorrow PAC
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November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I know everyone hates fundraising asks, but to be honest, we’ve got two days left in November and we’re still $10,000 away from where we need to be.
If you can afford it, can you chip in to make sure we’re able to educate, engage, and mobilize young voters?
secure.actblue.com/donate/votho...
If you can afford it, can you chip in to make sure we’re able to educate, engage, and mobilize young voters?
secure.actblue.com/donate/votho...
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
disturbing and horrifying. the WP piece includes a link to The Intercept, first to report. gift article appreciated, @kvconner.bsky.social
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Ops commander followed the SEC Defense's order to leave no survivors.
By Alex Horton Ellen Nakashima wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Ops commander followed the SEC Defense's order to leave no survivors.
By Alex Horton Ellen Nakashima wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
disturbing and horrifying. the WP piece includes a link to The Intercept, first to report. gift article appreciated, @kvconner.bsky.social
important reporting.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
important reporting.
no empathy. no compassion. no engagement. nothing but chilling boredom and resentment that attention is focused elsewhere
The defining photograph of the Trump-era. (via Getty)
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
no empathy. no compassion. no engagement. nothing but chilling boredom and resentment that attention is focused elsewhere
That time Donald Trump destroyed historic art to cut construction costs www.motherjones.com/2020-electio...
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
That time Donald Trump destroyed historic art to cut construction costs www.motherjones.com/2020-electio...
"I’m thankful for the assemblage of the most incompetent, bumbling bunch of fools ever to occupy a presidential administration."
with you on this, Michael
with you on this, Michael
This Thanksgiving, we raise a glass to incompetence, political theater, and self-inflicted disasters; nothing entertains, frustrates, or guarantees blue midterms quite like sheer, glorious chaos.
Subscribe, read, comment and restack!
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"Thankful for the Turkeys Running the Country"
This Thanksgiving, we raise a glass to incompetence, political theater, and self-inflicted disasters; nothing entertains, frustrates, or guarantees blue midterms quite like sheer, glorious chaos.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"I’m thankful for the assemblage of the most incompetent, bumbling bunch of fools ever to occupy a presidential administration."
with you on this, Michael
with you on this, Michael
"It came across as less of a joke and more of an assessment of how he has chosen to wield his power." the correct word is 'yield'--he's a sniveler
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"It came across as less of a joke and more of an assessment of how he has chosen to wield his power." the correct word is 'yield'--he's a sniveler
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Maybe Hegseth and Trump could also send 500 National Guard members to Kentucky, to help administer pertussis vaccines.
Since saving lives is their thing.
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
Since saving lives is their thing.
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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I remember when we used to hold a president in a position of honor. Not a king but reverence, respect.
This guy is a clown, a joke, and a disgrace
This guy is a clown, a joke, and a disgrace
Trump calls Times reporter ‘ugly’ days after branding another journalist ‘piggy’
Trump calls Times reporter ‘ugly’ days after branding another journalist ‘piggy’
In a Truth Social post, the president lashed out at journalist Katie Rogers after a Times article questioned whether he was slowing down
Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday against a New York Times reporter, calling her “ugly inside and out” in his latest personal insult against female members of the media after last week calling another “piggy”.
In a Truth Social post, Trump criticitized the newspaper for an article suggesting he was running low on energy in his 80th year, insisting he has “never worked so hard in my life”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I remember when we used to hold a president in a position of honor. Not a king but reverence, respect.
This guy is a clown, a joke, and a disgrace
This guy is a clown, a joke, and a disgrace
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Just fixing this headline real quick...
NBC: After Spate of Incidents in Which Donald Trump Tried to Get His Political Enemies Murdered, Southern Republican Lawyer Declines to Pursue Prosecution of His Party Leader—Trump—In the Most Serious Criminal Case Any President Has Faced Since the Civil War
NBC: After Spate of Incidents in Which Donald Trump Tried to Get His Political Enemies Murdered, Southern Republican Lawyer Declines to Pursue Prosecution of His Party Leader—Trump—In the Most Serious Criminal Case Any President Has Faced Since the Civil War
Georgia prosecutor who took over 2020 election interference case drops charges against Trump and others
Pete Skandalakis, who took over the case after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified, said the case was "without precedent."
www.nbcnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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not a pose of reflection. he's exhausted and bored. we deserve better--energetic and engaged.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
not a pose of reflection. he's exhausted and bored. we deserve better--energetic and engaged.
Harris should have picked Kelly as her running mate.
Hegseth is a dude-bro sporting some questionable tattoos, a creation of television who’s acting as if he won "The Apprentice: The Nuclear-Weapons Season."
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Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job
He should be secretary of defense.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Harris should have picked Kelly as her running mate.
we now know who to watch and support. FINALLY, I'm seeing a way forward for democrats.
News update: American Patriots under attack by Trump.
Senator Mark Kelly
Senator Elissa Slotkin
Rep. Chris Deluzio
Rep. Maggie Goodlander
Rep. Jason Crow
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan
Apparently all six lawmakers are now under FBI investigation. WTF? 🤬 This is a call for all Veterans to unite.
Senator Mark Kelly
Senator Elissa Slotkin
Rep. Chris Deluzio
Rep. Maggie Goodlander
Rep. Jason Crow
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan
Apparently all six lawmakers are now under FBI investigation. WTF? 🤬 This is a call for all Veterans to unite.
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
we now know who to watch and support. FINALLY, I'm seeing a way forward for democrats.
smart summary. it's obvious that the house should have stayed in session to address this and most republicans are clueless about the affordable care act and how insurance works. the unlucky rest of us will suffer because we trusted our government would look out for us. silly citizens.
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
smart summary. it's obvious that the house should have stayed in session to address this and most republicans are clueless about the affordable care act and how insurance works. the unlucky rest of us will suffer because we trusted our government would look out for us. silly citizens.
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This sums up the verifiable impact of DOGE.
In the end, it didn’t cut government spending, and there was no promised “savings.” In the end, DOGE destroyed countless lives, ravaged American soft power, killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world (soon millions), & stole your data.
Elon Musk should be on trial.
Elon Musk should be on trial.
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This sums up the verifiable impact of DOGE.