@shirleyujest.bsky.social
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I really did not have “Kathy Hochul understands this political moment better than almost anyone else in the Democratic Party” on my bingo card but here we are
Governor Hochul on Elise Stefanik doubling down on her claims that Mamdani is a “jihadist.”
Video: Kathy Hochul via X (@KathyHochul)
Video: Kathy Hochul via X (@KathyHochul)
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I really did not have “Kathy Hochul understands this political moment better than almost anyone else in the Democratic Party” on my bingo card but here we are
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Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
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The memes are wonderful
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The memes are wonderful
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What a difference a big (legitimate) election win can make.
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
What a difference a big (legitimate) election win can make.
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The front pages of today’s NYC tabloids.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The front pages of today’s NYC tabloids.
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Pretty much all you need to know.✌🏾
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Pretty much all you need to know.✌🏾
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JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
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well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
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Trump approval (among adults) below 40% again: fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trump approval (among adults) below 40% again: fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
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Tariffs apply to goods, not services. Zero in on the goods-producing sector, and you'll discover that it's hemorrhaging jobs. Indeed, the start of the trade war marks the peak in that sector, and it's been in recession ever since.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Tariffs apply to goods, not services. Zero in on the goods-producing sector, and you'll discover that it's hemorrhaging jobs. Indeed, the start of the trade war marks the peak in that sector, and it's been in recession ever since.
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Don’t know the reason/the reason
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Don’t know the reason/the reason
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Trump just going through Putin's checklist:
- weaken COP, G20, other intl. institutions of US-led global order
- abandon Ukraine and eventually NATO
- tariffs break down US global econ power, trash alliances
- vaporize our soft power - USAID, etc
- disable cyber protections
- promote anti-vax
- weaken COP, G20, other intl. institutions of US-led global order
- abandon Ukraine and eventually NATO
- tariffs break down US global econ power, trash alliances
- vaporize our soft power - USAID, etc
- disable cyber protections
- promote anti-vax
A failure - and one that’s Trump-driven.
The world deserves better.
The world deserves better.
COP30 climate summit ends without new pledges to cut fossil fuels - follow live
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Trump just going through Putin's checklist:
- weaken COP, G20, other intl. institutions of US-led global order
- abandon Ukraine and eventually NATO
- tariffs break down US global econ power, trash alliances
- vaporize our soft power - USAID, etc
- disable cyber protections
- promote anti-vax
- weaken COP, G20, other intl. institutions of US-led global order
- abandon Ukraine and eventually NATO
- tariffs break down US global econ power, trash alliances
- vaporize our soft power - USAID, etc
- disable cyber protections
- promote anti-vax
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Democrats who voted for this measure fell for the
"gotcha" BS of the right-wing fascist Republicans. Now let's have a vote condemning fascism and authoritarian rule.
"gotcha" BS of the right-wing fascist Republicans. Now let's have a vote condemning fascism and authoritarian rule.
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Democrats who voted for this measure fell for the
"gotcha" BS of the right-wing fascist Republicans. Now let's have a vote condemning fascism and authoritarian rule.
"gotcha" BS of the right-wing fascist Republicans. Now let's have a vote condemning fascism and authoritarian rule.
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The more Lizza writes the more he indicts himself in serious ethical lapses but there are a lot of editors and publishers who are complicit here, too.
The whole thing is just gross.
(And shout out to the serious journalists who do good work. You deserve better peers and a healthier industry.)
The whole thing is just gross.
(And shout out to the serious journalists who do good work. You deserve better peers and a healthier industry.)
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The more Lizza writes the more he indicts himself in serious ethical lapses but there are a lot of editors and publishers who are complicit here, too.
The whole thing is just gross.
(And shout out to the serious journalists who do good work. You deserve better peers and a healthier industry.)
The whole thing is just gross.
(And shout out to the serious journalists who do good work. You deserve better peers and a healthier industry.)
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I still can't get over how Trump just nuked their midterm strategy of using Mamdani as a boogeyman by pretty much endorsing him while looking like a kid meeting his favorite star athlete 🤣
Mamdani walked in with an agenda. Trump walked out repeating it.
Trump’s Oval Office Surrender to Zohran Mamdani
In a stunning White House meeting, Donald Trump abandoned his party’s narrative and embraced New York City’s mayor-elect, while Mamdani stayed laser-focused on issues facing the city.
www.meidasplus.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I still can't get over how Trump just nuked their midterm strategy of using Mamdani as a boogeyman by pretty much endorsing him while looking like a kid meeting his favorite star athlete 🤣
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UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
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How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
"In a sane and healthy democracy, a president behaving in this way – as he has many times over the past decade – would quite possibly trigger impeachment proceedings," writes @swin24.bsky.social.
Read: zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
"In a sane and healthy democracy, a president behaving in this way – as he has many times over the past decade – would quite possibly trigger impeachment proceedings," writes @swin24.bsky.social.
Read: zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
Is this what we’ve become, at this failing stage of the grand American democratic experiment?
zeteo.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants
"In a sane and healthy democracy, a president behaving in this way – as he has many times over the past decade – would quite possibly trigger impeachment proceedings," writes @swin24.bsky.social.
Read: zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
"In a sane and healthy democracy, a president behaving in this way – as he has many times over the past decade – would quite possibly trigger impeachment proceedings," writes @swin24.bsky.social.
Read: zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
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Well Said Lt. General Hertling......
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Well Said Lt. General Hertling......
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Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist…
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist…
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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this could mean several different things, none of which are reassuring
![“The question is, is it legal just to kill the guy if he’s not threatening to kill you and you’re outside an armed conflict? There are people who are simply uncomfortable with the president just declaring we’re at war with drug traffickers,” said a former senior official familiar with the debate.
“Internally, a lot of people are treating this like the rendition program,” the former official said. “It’s one thing to get rid of [Iraqi dictator] Saddam Hussein or [Libyan autocrat] Moammar Gaddafi for counterterrorism reasons. This is different.’’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:maiw2rfujepnphhrejytvuu5/bafkreiecj776a2owo634tm7djoq4xyfwoteenbzzind7uxqlvnfkfiak7u@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
this could mean several different things, none of which are reassuring
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The bigots over on TruthSocial aren’t happy about Trump’s Kumbaya moment in the Oval Office with Manami.
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The bigots over on TruthSocial aren’t happy about Trump’s Kumbaya moment in the Oval Office with Manami.
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On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵