@tollertwins.bsky.social
Retired artist wannabe. Trying hard to keep from having to retire my pony, too.
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What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
The Night Raids
CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn't been held accountable. A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.
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I needed something to brighten my mood and I found out @markhamillofficial.bsky.social is the Defense ambassador for @u24.gov.ua 😍 i love it. I assume because a Jedi uses the force for knowledge and defense. Never attack. (Something Kegseth should have learned)
Donate. u24.gov.ua/ambassador/m...
Donate. u24.gov.ua/ambassador/m...
Mark Hamill
The American actor Mark Hamill has played and voiced over 250 roles, gaining world fame with his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movie saga. To this day, his role as a jedi remains one of...
u24.gov.ua
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I needed something to brighten my mood and I found out @markhamillofficial.bsky.social is the Defense ambassador for @u24.gov.ua 😍 i love it. I assume because a Jedi uses the force for knowledge and defense. Never attack. (Something Kegseth should have learned)
Donate. u24.gov.ua/ambassador/m...
Donate. u24.gov.ua/ambassador/m...
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Even a decade ago I'd have far sooner predicted that the US would succumb to authoritarian rule than that it would become a state where vaccines were unavailable.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
www.politico.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Even a decade ago I'd have far sooner predicted that the US would succumb to authoritarian rule than that it would become a state where vaccines were unavailable.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
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"The appalling spectacle of Republican Senators refusing to uphold their oath of office is not a difference of opinion on foreign affairs. It is the coerced behavior of the influence of the Russian Federation. Because Trump is compromised, and they follow Trump, they are compromised."
The Republican Party is compromised and is now a functional asset of the Russian Federation.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"The appalling spectacle of Republican Senators refusing to uphold their oath of office is not a difference of opinion on foreign affairs. It is the coerced behavior of the influence of the Russian Federation. Because Trump is compromised, and they follow Trump, they are compromised."
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There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
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“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
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November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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It’s almost as if there were signs!!
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It’s almost as if there were signs!!
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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Hegseth included the below in a chapter titled “The Laws of War, For Winners”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Hegseth included the below in a chapter titled “The Laws of War, For Winners”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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This thread…
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This thread…
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Telling people “prices are going down” while they’re in the checkout line is like telling someone on a treadmill they’re sitting on a couch. Their legs know you’re lying.
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Telling people “prices are going down” while they’re in the checkout line is like telling someone on a treadmill they’re sitting on a couch. Their legs know you’re lying.
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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So the war on drugs is to kill the fishermen and release the kingpins. Makes perfect sense. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
So the war on drugs is to kill the fishermen and release the kingpins. Makes perfect sense. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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And also…ALSO…it’s just wrong. Try that on.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
And also…ALSO…it’s just wrong. Try that on.
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⚖️ No vaccine is 100% safe. The job is to ensure it’s very safe and highly effective — protecting us from a disease that’s far more dangerous.
⚰️ And Covid IS deadly, for kids too.
1597 children died from covid (2020-2022).
⚖️ No vaccine is 100% safe. The job is to ensure it’s very safe and highly effective — protecting us from a disease that’s far more dangerous.
⚰️ And Covid IS deadly, for kids too.
1597 children died from covid (2020-2022).
About the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
VAERS accepts and analyzes reports of possible health problems that happen after vaccination.
www.cdc.gov
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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⚖️ No vaccine is 100% safe. The job is to ensure it’s very safe and highly effective — protecting us from a disease that’s far more dangerous.
⚰️ And Covid IS deadly, for kids too.
1597 children died from covid (2020-2022).
⚖️ No vaccine is 100% safe. The job is to ensure it’s very safe and highly effective — protecting us from a disease that’s far more dangerous.
⚰️ And Covid IS deadly, for kids too.
1597 children died from covid (2020-2022).
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📊🤷♀️ If covid vaccines harmed kids, show us evidence! Prasad, FDA top vax regulator, asks us to just trust him.
We prefer data.
🗂️ Even after approval, we cont to monitor vax safety. VAERS is an early-warning system where anyone can report anything. CDC/FDA then investigate what’s real vs noise
📊🤷♀️ If covid vaccines harmed kids, show us evidence! Prasad, FDA top vax regulator, asks us to just trust him.
We prefer data.
🗂️ Even after approval, we cont to monitor vax safety. VAERS is an early-warning system where anyone can report anything. CDC/FDA then investigate what’s real vs noise
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety-systems/vaers/index.html⚖️
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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📊🤷♀️ If covid vaccines harmed kids, show us evidence! Prasad, FDA top vax regulator, asks us to just trust him.
We prefer data.
🗂️ Even after approval, we cont to monitor vax safety. VAERS is an early-warning system where anyone can report anything. CDC/FDA then investigate what’s real vs noise
📊🤷♀️ If covid vaccines harmed kids, show us evidence! Prasad, FDA top vax regulator, asks us to just trust him.
We prefer data.
🗂️ Even after approval, we cont to monitor vax safety. VAERS is an early-warning system where anyone can report anything. CDC/FDA then investigate what’s real vs noise
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FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
FDA to raise hurdles for vaccines, faulting COVID shots for 10 kids' deaths
Food and Drug Administration officials say they will ratchet up requirements for vaccine studies, citing concerns about COVID shots for kids. But public health experts question the agency's analysis.
www.npr.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
FDA is supposed to protect us from unsafe and ineffective medicines and vaccines.
And yet 🫠...just like at CDC, it's the political appointed leadership holding the agency hostage...
FDA is failing in its mission as it turns a political hammer to the covid vaccines.
A few points in next post 👉
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
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National public health “leadership” (hi RFK Jr 🙄) keeps poisoning public health with lies.
Vaccines prevent needless childhood deaths.
No baby in America should be dying of whooping cough — not when we have safe, effective vaccines literally ready to go.
This is a national tragedy
Vaccines prevent needless childhood deaths.
No baby in America should be dying of whooping cough — not when we have safe, effective vaccines literally ready to go.
This is a national tragedy
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
National public health “leadership” (hi RFK Jr 🙄) keeps poisoning public health with lies.
Vaccines prevent needless childhood deaths.
No baby in America should be dying of whooping cough — not when we have safe, effective vaccines literally ready to go.
This is a national tragedy
Vaccines prevent needless childhood deaths.
No baby in America should be dying of whooping cough — not when we have safe, effective vaccines literally ready to go.
This is a national tragedy
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Vinay Prasad is a liar and an antivaxxer
Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
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.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Vinay Prasad is a liar and an antivaxxer
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“Siri, what is it like to live in a major metropolitan area in the United States right now?”
Caught between the threat of a U.S. attack and a government they don’t trust to provide accurate information, Venezuelans are living moment to moment, unsure of what to expect next — a disrupting, exhausting existence.
Hurry up and wait: Ordinary Venezuelans try to prepare for U.S. attack
Caught between President Donald Trump’s threats and a government they don’t trust, Venezuelans are living moment to moment, unsure of what to expect next.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“Siri, what is it like to live in a major metropolitan area in the United States right now?”
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