Tracy @bsky.social
@taiping2.bsky.social
Retired internist. Bookworm. True blue. Meet me in the land of hope and dreams. Let freedom ring.💙
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Tracy @bsky.social
@taiping2.bsky.social
· May 15
Land of Hope and Dreams
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Let us come together to protect our democracy, the Land of Hope and Dreams. Thank you Springsteen! The power of the people is greater than the people in power. youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs?...
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@timmiller.bsky.social: "You can do border control and you can do deportations without having masked guys coming and grabbing you because of the way you look…How do you think it makes sense for a masked person to jump out of their car and grab you? How is that legal?"
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
@timmiller.bsky.social: "You can do border control and you can do deportations without having masked guys coming and grabbing you because of the way you look…How do you think it makes sense for a masked person to jump out of their car and grab you? How is that legal?"
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@timmiller.bsky.social: "The head of the whole immigration enforcement effort took $50,000 in a Cava bag. This is not a group that's interested in following the law."
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
@timmiller.bsky.social: "The head of the whole immigration enforcement effort took $50,000 in a Cava bag. This is not a group that's interested in following the law."
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a thing about immigrants is that every single one of them is a person, a full human being, no exceptions, whether deemed by this vicious state to be "peaceful" or not smh
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
a thing about immigrants is that every single one of them is a person, a full human being, no exceptions, whether deemed by this vicious state to be "peaceful" or not smh
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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He also doesn't regard Trump as a bad guy.
"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy."
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
He also doesn't regard Trump as a bad guy.
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Interesting framing. From whom did it originate. Especially given the undeniable fact that the two collaborating adversaries of Kyiv are atop any league table of the most corrupt governments on earth. (Putin and Trump.)
“For Ukraine’s partners, the taboo question now is not whether corruption is pervasive,” writes the former adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky. “But whether the current leadership is still part of the solution” econ.st/4olgKjA
Illustration: Dan Williams
Illustration: Dan Williams
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Interesting framing. From whom did it originate. Especially given the undeniable fact that the two collaborating adversaries of Kyiv are atop any league table of the most corrupt governments on earth. (Putin and Trump.)
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'An ordinary president, Kelly told us on Tuesday afternoon, would have responded to the video by affirming that troops should of course follow lawful orders. “But not this guy,” he added. “We basically said, ‘Follow the law.’ And he said, ‘Kill them.’”'
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
‘An Example MUST BE SET’
The pursuit of Mark Kelly in the military-justice system sends a clear message to service members and veterans.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
'An ordinary president, Kelly told us on Tuesday afternoon, would have responded to the video by affirming that troops should of course follow lawful orders. “But not this guy,” he added. “We basically said, ‘Follow the law.’ And he said, ‘Kill them.’”'
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
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November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Since Helsinki it’s been clear that the 🍊 menace is a Putin puppet. Now it’s clear that Witkoff is also a Russian asset
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Since Helsinki it’s been clear that the 🍊 menace is a Putin puppet. Now it’s clear that Witkoff is also a Russian asset
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This is so true.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is so true.
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My sister is a nurse. My oldest daughter is a nurse. My wife is a lab tech. And...and one time...I was a nurse. Don't tell my family...or the hundreds of thousands of other families...that nurses...and those in the health field...aren't "professionals."
You're Goddamn right we're professionals.
You're Goddamn right we're professionals.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My sister is a nurse. My oldest daughter is a nurse. My wife is a lab tech. And...and one time...I was a nurse. Don't tell my family...or the hundreds of thousands of other families...that nurses...and those in the health field...aren't "professionals."
You're Goddamn right we're professionals.
You're Goddamn right we're professionals.
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Ukraine never signed a “Trump peace plan”; no such plan exists. Trump pushed a Russia written proposal and tried to pass it off as his own, it was replaced by a legitimate European framework coordinated with the US. Real peace requires Russia to leave all Ukrainian territory.
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Ukraine never signed a “Trump peace plan”; no such plan exists. Trump pushed a Russia written proposal and tried to pass it off as his own, it was replaced by a legitimate European framework coordinated with the US. Real peace requires Russia to leave all Ukrainian territory.
With Boomers aging, demand for allied health practitioners is increasing. OT and PT require PhDs. We need more support for students to insure that the needs of an aging population are met. In addition, PAs and NPs are essential midlevel practitioners to compensate for scarcity of MDs
Not just bad policy for nurses or health care more broadly...terrible for each and every American.
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
With Boomers aging, demand for allied health practitioners is increasing. OT and PT require PhDs. We need more support for students to insure that the needs of an aging population are met. In addition, PAs and NPs are essential midlevel practitioners to compensate for scarcity of MDs
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This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
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Whose side is he on? Whose side are we on? Spoiler alert: We already knew the answers. This just confirms them.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Whose side is he on? Whose side are we on? Spoiler alert: We already knew the answers. This just confirms them.
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Simon's 3-point analysis is on the nose.
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Simon's 3-point analysis is on the nose.
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This is totally unfair. Witkoff and Kushner had extensive help from the Russian foreign ministry, and they are trying to hog all the credit. SMH.
One man -- Marco Rubio -- serves this country as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is totally unfair. Witkoff and Kushner had extensive help from the Russian foreign ministry, and they are trying to hog all the credit. SMH.
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If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
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We're moments away from them outlawing the Constitution. (They're already seeking its death by a thousand cuts.)
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL CONFIRMS FBI HAS REQUESTED INTERVIEWS WITH SIX U.S. LAWMAKERS WHO WARNED ABOUT ILLEGAL MILITARY ORDERS
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We're moments away from them outlawing the Constitution. (They're already seeking its death by a thousand cuts.)
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...