@theejen.bsky.social
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Every American should feel daily shame that we have allowed ourselves to not only be represented by these people, but that they are using this position to destabilize the world, kill innocent people, and act as a rogue state.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
DOOCY: Is Operation Southern Spear about drugs or oil?
LEAVITT: The Trump administration is focused on doing many things in the Western Hemisphere
LEAVITT: The Trump administration is focused on doing many things in the Western Hemisphere
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Every American should feel daily shame that we have allowed ourselves to not only be represented by these people, but that they are using this position to destabilize the world, kill innocent people, and act as a rogue state.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
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Trump now openly threatening Indiana and saying if they don’t steal seats for him he’ll strip federal funds from them and not pave their roads.
A mob boss president.
A mob boss president.
December 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump now openly threatening Indiana and saying if they don’t steal seats for him he’ll strip federal funds from them and not pave their roads.
A mob boss president.
A mob boss president.
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So just to be clear: This military build up and these strikes were never about stopping drugs.
December 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So just to be clear: This military build up and these strikes were never about stopping drugs.
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BREAKING: Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Kristi Noem claimed she left today’s hearing to attend was cancelled.
Kristi Noem Caught Lying About Why She Left Committee Hearing Early
Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Noem left today's hearing for was cancelled.
meidasnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
BREAKING: Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Kristi Noem claimed she left today’s hearing to attend was cancelled.
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The ACA tax credit catastrophe revealed that after a decade-plus of the ACA, Republicans are no closer to having a serious, coherent plan for fixing the US health system and lowering costs:
www.vox.com/health/47196...
www.vox.com/health/47196...
Blame Republicans for our health insurance mess
Conservatives haven’t taken health policy seriously for decades.
www.vox.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The ACA tax credit catastrophe revealed that after a decade-plus of the ACA, Republicans are no closer to having a serious, coherent plan for fixing the US health system and lowering costs:
www.vox.com/health/47196...
www.vox.com/health/47196...
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New from me: Whooping cough cases are skyrocketing, but CDC is silent—plus the agency's new second-in-command is the former Louisiana surgeon general, a vaccine critic who waited till two babies died of whooping cough to sent out an alert to his state. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The new CDC leader’s whooping cough scandal
“It continues to be appalling, the type of people RFK Jr. is putting into high-level positions in CDC.”
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New from me: Whooping cough cases are skyrocketing, but CDC is silent—plus the agency's new second-in-command is the former Louisiana surgeon general, a vaccine critic who waited till two babies died of whooping cough to sent out an alert to his state. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Translated: If you can't afford health care, you should die.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Translated: If you can't afford health care, you should die.
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The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oIF0MJ
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oIF0MJ
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ICYMI: when @MarshaBlackburn @RepOgles @GovBillLee claim Trump’s ICE goons are going after violent criminals, they’re lying
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
ICYMI: when @MarshaBlackburn @RepOgles @GovBillLee claim Trump’s ICE goons are going after violent criminals, they’re lying
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Trump is dozing off in meetings. He’s wandering during ceremonies. His rants are more unhinged, his temper shorter, and he’s suddenly getting MRIs the White House can’t explain. Something is wrong — and they’re hiding it
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Alarming Signs of a President in Decline
Trump is showing confusion, fatigue, erratic behavior, and unexplained medical tests — and the White House won’t level with the public about what’s happening.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Trump is dozing off in meetings. He’s wandering during ceremonies. His rants are more unhinged, his temper shorter, and he’s suddenly getting MRIs the White House can’t explain. Something is wrong — and they’re hiding it
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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WATCH — Hasan Piker takes on Fuentes’ immigration comments as Piers was unprepared to: “That’s exactly what they said about Italians & your Irish great-grandparents… WASPs had more smoke for Catholics than Muslims— he’s trying to say the new people coming in are brown.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
WATCH — Hasan Piker takes on Fuentes’ immigration comments as Piers was unprepared to: “That’s exactly what they said about Italians & your Irish great-grandparents… WASPs had more smoke for Catholics than Muslims— he’s trying to say the new people coming in are brown.”
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Fascism isn't like great bread, walkable cities, or universal healthcare; it can happen in America
Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism
He’s testing our country’s tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we’re failing the test.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Fascism isn't like great bread, walkable cities, or universal healthcare; it can happen in America
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MAGAZINER: A hardworking man w/no criminal record who raised 3 sons to be Marines -- ICE agents tackled him while he was mowing lawn & imprisoned him. Will you consider him for parole?
NOEM: Everyone in this country illegally has an opportunity to voluntarily go home
M: He raised 3 Marines
NOEM: Everyone in this country illegally has an opportunity to voluntarily go home
M: He raised 3 Marines
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
MAGAZINER: A hardworking man w/no criminal record who raised 3 sons to be Marines -- ICE agents tackled him while he was mowing lawn & imprisoned him. Will you consider him for parole?
NOEM: Everyone in this country illegally has an opportunity to voluntarily go home
M: He raised 3 Marines
NOEM: Everyone in this country illegally has an opportunity to voluntarily go home
M: He raised 3 Marines
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Bookmarking this to use whenever Republicans tell me how much they care about the national debt
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Bookmarking this to use whenever Republicans tell me how much they care about the national debt
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Voters say Trump owns the affordability crisis — and even Republicans blame his tariffs. Read the full story at bit.ly/4rOD4Vs
#TrumpEconomy #AffordabilityCrisis #TariffTrouble #VoterBacklash #GOP #Politics #CostOfLiving #RawStory #Trump
#TrumpEconomy #AffordabilityCrisis #TariffTrouble #VoterBacklash #GOP #Politics #CostOfLiving #RawStory #Trump
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Voters say Trump owns the affordability crisis — and even Republicans blame his tariffs. Read the full story at bit.ly/4rOD4Vs
#TrumpEconomy #AffordabilityCrisis #TariffTrouble #VoterBacklash #GOP #Politics #CostOfLiving #RawStory #Trump
#TrumpEconomy #AffordabilityCrisis #TariffTrouble #VoterBacklash #GOP #Politics #CostOfLiving #RawStory #Trump
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Aaron Rupar is proof that some of the best journalists *are* stenographers. The simple act of recording and publishing the words that they themselves utter - especially when they are as risible as Noem's - is profoundly important.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Aaron Rupar is proof that some of the best journalists *are* stenographers. The simple act of recording and publishing the words that they themselves utter - especially when they are as risible as Noem's - is profoundly important.
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Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
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Very little shocks me these days, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) managed to do it this morning when he told reporters he skipped a meeting of the Gang of Eight yesterday because “we were working on the healthcare stuff.”
American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
Very little shocks me these days, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) managed to do it this morning when he told reporters he skipped a meeting of the Gang of Eight yesterday because “we were workin...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Very little shocks me these days, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) managed to do it this morning when he told reporters he skipped a meeting of the Gang of Eight yesterday because “we were working on the healthcare stuff.”
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Fake peace prize, but real criminal conviction, representing real corruption, the DOJ now moves to dismiss. Hard to say whether it’s more predictable or more repugnant.
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Fake peace prize, but real criminal conviction, representing real corruption, the DOJ now moves to dismiss. Hard to say whether it’s more predictable or more repugnant.
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READ! Injustice upon Injustice ‼️
U.S. oil giant Texaco spent decades polluting the Ecuadorian Amazon. Now, three arbitrators have ordered the Ecuadorian government to pay $220 million in compensation to the company.
Latest Twist in Chevron’s Amazon Pollution Saga: Ecuador Ordered to Pay the Oil Company $220 Million - Inside Climate News
Indigenous and other Ecuadorians have lived with millions of gallons of toxic pollution from Texaco’s operations for decades. Now, those victims’ tax dollars will go to Chevron, which acquired Texaco ...
insideclimatenews.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
READ! Injustice upon Injustice ‼️
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Trump’s racial profiling ICE goons to 🇺🇸 citizen: “Turn around or you’re gonna get the dog.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Trump’s racial profiling ICE goons to 🇺🇸 citizen: “Turn around or you’re gonna get the dog.”
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"The only group of people that he has consistently shown empathy for though, throughout his life are men who are accused of sexual harassment and assault."
@timmiller.bsky.social and @neeratanden.bsky.social on Trump's long-running soft spot for alleged predators.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @neeratanden.bsky.social on Trump's long-running soft spot for alleged predators.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"The only group of people that he has consistently shown empathy for though, throughout his life are men who are accused of sexual harassment and assault."
@timmiller.bsky.social and @neeratanden.bsky.social on Trump's long-running soft spot for alleged predators.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @neeratanden.bsky.social on Trump's long-running soft spot for alleged predators.
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US wants 5 years some tourists' social media to enter the country
US wants 5 years some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
US wants 5 years some tourists' social media to enter the country
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This #HumanRightsDay I am proud to be supporting Amnesty International’s efforts to support asylum seekers, immigrants, and refugees, as well as stopping the spread of dangerous authoritarian practices. Join me! amnestyusa.org/act
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This #HumanRightsDay I am proud to be supporting Amnesty International’s efforts to support asylum seekers, immigrants, and refugees, as well as stopping the spread of dangerous authoritarian practices. Join me! amnestyusa.org/act