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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1ɩ @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · Aug 23
{𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿}: At moments like this —𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓— you can almost hear Cicero thunder: the Republic demands light, not flattery; law, not loyalty tests. Stop prostituting 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓼 to shield the prince; restore it to the public good.
⤴ {𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿} ❝At moments such as these, when truth itself seems bent to the service of power, one cannot but summon in imagination the voice of Cicero1, thundering with righteous fury as though the very Forum still echoed with his words from the rostra:❞ ❝Studium veritatis, quod sanctissimum semper haberi oportuit atque lumen rei publicae esse debuit, hic non modo flectitur sed plane depravatur, non modo infirmatur sed turpissime prostituitur atque corrumpitur, ut non populi salutem tueatur nec legum auctoritatem confirmet, sed principis mendacia contegat, eiusque libidini ac dominationi serviat.❞ English (thunder in the Forum): The pursuit of truth, which ought always to be held most sacred and to stand as the light of the Republic, is here not only bent but utterly debased, not only weakened but most shamefully prostituted and corrupted, so that it does not guard the safety of the people nor uphold the authority of the laws, but cloaks the ruler’s lies and serves his lust and tyranny. 1 The Roman statesman, orator, and lawyer Marcus Tullius Cicero (Mon. 03-Jan-0106 BCE — Fri. 07-Dec-0043 BCE). BTW, that’s pronounced KIK-eh-ro ˈkɪkɛro. If you want to hear Italian as close to Latin as possible, listen to Sardinians speak.
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{𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿} Today is 🇨🇦 107th Remembrance Day.
Today is 🇨🇦 107th Remembrance Day.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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BBC turmoil deepens: DG Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness resign after Panorama’s misleading Jan. 6 edit; chair Samir Shah apologizes; Trump threatens $1B suit. Leak alleges systemic bias (incl. Gaza). Ofcom recently sanctioned a Gaza documentary.
The BBC’s leadership shake-up, Shah’s apology, and Trump’s $1B legal threat turn a long-running bias fight into a full-blown crisis. ❝Given that the BBC has admitted to re-editing, you’d have been shocked had Trump not used this as a political opportunity…❞ Des Freedman — ❝Trump’s threat of a billion-dollar lawsuit adds to the BBC’s existential crisis❞ — CBC News — Mon. 10-Nov-2025 ❝Mistakes are made, but there’s no institutional bias… That’s why it’s the world’s most trusted news provider.❞ Deborah Turness — ibid ❝Here is an absolutely massive problem — a problem never addressed and a problem never admitted.❞ Lord Charles Moore — ibid
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
BBC Newsnight mock-up of Jeremy Corbyn as a Bolshevik revolutionary, in the style of a Soviet propaganda poster.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Crooked Trump dishes out blanket pardons to almost 80 die-hard cronies like Giuliani, Meadows, and Powell, letting them off the hook for federal charges over scheming to steal the 2020 election from Biden after his obvious defeat. #January6
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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🚨😘𝙸𝙲𝚈𝙼𝙸︱Fri. 07-Nov-2025: The New Republic reports Alexander Smirnov is 𝓷𝓸𝓽 housed at FCI Terminal Island; staff call it a ❝furlough.❞ 👀 𝘽𝙊𝙋 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 (release Feb. 2029). Judge denied release pending appeal Wed. 30-Apr-2025.
Smirnov, the ex-FBI informant behind the debunked Biden/Burisma tale, is absent from FCI Terminal Island; the facility told a process server and a sheriff he’s on ❝furlough.❞ ❝Alexander Smirnov … has been released from prison just months into his six-year prison sentence.❞ Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling — ❝FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail❞ — The New Republic — Fri. 07-Nov-2025 ❝They’ve confirmed that Mr. Smirnov has been furloughed, but no forwarding or new address has been provided.❞ Local Sheriff’s Department message — ibid
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Five Eyes 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 jitters: NYT reports Kash Patel pledged to keep an FBI tech post in London for MI5, then let it vanish amid budget cuts; allies also cite purges and NZ 🇳🇿 gift-gun fiasco. Pattern: politicization + protocol drift.
U.S.–U.K. trust frayed as MI5’s chief sought help from FBI Director Kash Patel to keep a key London tech billet; Patel pledged support, then the post disappeared. Allies now question reliability. ❝In all of my life — 32 years in the business — I have never seen a law enforcement or intelligence organization like the bureau be directed to go after people purely on political, vindictive reasons.❞ Phil Gurski — ❝F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It❞ — The New York Times — Mon. 10-Nov-2025 ❝To ensure compliance with firearms laws, I instructed Police to retain and destroy them.❞ Richard Chambers — ibid
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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State Dept cable tells consulates to weigh chronic conditions —𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚— under ❝public charge❞ when deciding visas. Critics see broad, discretionary denials; legal hook is INA 212(a)(4). Follows Trump’s GLP-1 price splash. 🧩⚖️
TNR reports a cable urging visa denials when chronic conditions could drive high costs; experts say this revives speculative ❝public charge❞ screening and expands consular discretion. ❝You must consider an applicant’s health.❞ State Department cable — ❝Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People from Now on❞ — The New Republic — Fri. 07-Nov-2025 ❝Certain medical conditions — including… diabetes… and mental health conditions — can require hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of care.❞ State Department cable — ibid ❝All of these can require expensive, long-term care.❞ State Department cable — ibid ❝Where’s Steve [Cheung]? … He’s taking it.❞ 🙄 Donald Trump — ibid
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Dems’11/4 wave: Spanberger +15 (VA), Sherrill double-digit (NJ). TNR’s read: 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 ≈ 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀; 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓻𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓬𝓮 𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻. Working-class gains, Prop 50 passes in CA, Mamdani wins NYC. 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦.
Democrats’ big off-year wins show that anti-authoritarian messaging and affordability concerns are not a trade-off — they are the same fight. ❝Anti-Trump politics is affordability politics, and affordability politics is anti-Trump politics.❞ Greg Sargent — ❝Trump Humiliation Worsens as Fresh Info Reveals Scale of GOP Losses❞ — The New Republic — Wed. 05-Nov-2025 ❝Tuesday’s results decisively refute that false-choice narrative.❞ Ibid. ❝Democrats won by campaigning hard against [Trump’s abuses]… and by promising a better alternative.❞ Ibid.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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🔍 🎥 🔬 🧪 🧫 German caves: brown rats filmed hunting bats—snatching in air, attacking on ground. Study logged 13 kills/5 weeks and a cache of 52 remains 🌿 🦇 🐀 🏙️ 🌍. NPR reports experts see conservation risk pandemic threat; 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 📈 📊 🧩 ⚖️ ℹ️.
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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{𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿} Areglado! 😇
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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NYT op-ed argues Kennedy’s moralizing about GLP-1s and psych meds stigmatizes care, conflates addiction with dependence, and ignores evidence that methadone/buprenorphine cut deaths yet remain underused. Published Mon. 10-Nov-2025.
Szalavitz dismantles Kennedy’s medication-shaming by separating addiction from dependence and stressing that evidence-based meds (including MOUD) save lives and shouldn’t be stigmatized. It is not more virtuous to recover via talk therapy and ❝hard work❞ than it is to get better with medication. Maia Szalavitz — ❝What is Kennedy's Problem with Medication?❞ — The New York Times — Mon. 10-Nov-2025 Addiction is compulsive drug use despite harm. Dependence is just needing something to function. Ibid. The only treatment proven to reduce overdose deaths by half or more is ongoing use of the addiction medications methadone or buprenorphine. Ibid. Natural doesn’t necessarily mean good — dying in childbirth is natural, too. Ibid. Dependence that improves lives shouldn’t be stigmatized. Ibid.
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Biggest polluters like the US, China, and India - responsible for nearly half of global emissions - snub COP30, leaving Europe to shoulder billions in climate finance for vulnerable nations. #ClimateJustice
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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This is the GOP that 8 Democratic senators just agreed to bargain with “in good faith.”
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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BREAKING:

Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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!! JUST FILED: States maneuver to preserve history of US Capitol Insurrection

One state is considering legislation to require all K-12 school children learn the history and aftermath of Jan 6

www.cbsnews.com/news/state-l...
State legislators maneuver to preserve history of U.S. Capitol riot
While GOP lawmakers and the Trump administration have downplayed the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, there are state efforts underway to ensure it's recorded for history.
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Seriously.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Reagan-appointed Judge Mark L. Wolf, 78, resigns to speak freely, warning of an ❝existential threat to democracy❞ from Trump’s weaponization of law. NYT piece published Sun. 09-Nov-2025 after a Fri. 07-Nov-2025 retirement notice.
Reagan-appointed Judge Mark L. Wolf, 78, resigned to speak freely, warning of an ❝existential threat to democracy❞ and accusing Trump of weaponizing the law; NYT details the court notice and reactions. ❝A federal judge warned of an ❛existential threat to democracy❜ … saying he had stepped down from the bench to speak out against President Trump.❞ Mattathias Schwartz — ❝Federal Judge, Warning of ❛Existential Threat❜ to Democracy, Resigns❞ — The New York Times — Sun. 09-Nov-2025 ❝ [Trump is] ❛using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment.❜❞ Ibid ❝ [This is] ❛contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Department of Justice and on the bench.❜❞ Ibid
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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{𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿} Tariffs plus dollar-weakening talk = a risky combo. Porter argues it chips away at the dollar’s ❝safety❞ premium and the U.S.’s cheap-funding edge — shrinking leverage abroad while nudging rates up at home.
{𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿} Trumpworld’s tariffs-plus-weak-dollar mix risks eroding the dollar’s safe-haven premium and the U.S.’s ❝exorbitant privilege,❞ trading short-term optics for long-term higher borrowing costs. ❝Magical thinking is indispensable to understanding Team Trump’s economic policymaking.❞ Eduardo Porter — ❝Trump’s dollar delusion: how trade war risks ending the US’s ❛exorbitant privilege❜❞ — The Guardian — Sun. 09-Nov-2025 ❝It is not impossible that Trump & Co. could effectively debase the dollar.❞ Ibid ❝These days it accounts for 58% of global foreign exchange reserves.❞ Ibid
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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⚠️😬 USDA memo (Nov 8) tells states to halt full November SNAP, issue ~65% instead, and ❝undo❞ any full payments; noncompliance risks losing federal admin funds. SCOTUS (Jackson) stayed a RI order for full payouts.
USDA told states to halt full November SNAP, issue ~65% partials, and reverse any full payouts — after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily stayed a Rhode Island order. ❝A memo … directs states to ❛immediately undo any steps taken to issue❜ full payments to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.❞ Mariana Alfaro — ❝Trump administration orders states to pause paying full SNAP benefits❞ — The Washington Post — Sun. 09-Nov-2025 ❝ [T]he White House is asking states to issue only partial payments — which are about 65 percent of a usual SNAP payment.❞ Ibid ❝ [S]tates … will face consequences, including the cancellation of federal funding that states need to cover some of SNAP’s administrative costs.❞ Ibid ❝The move came after Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson … temporarily blocked a Rhode Island judge’s order.❞ Ibid ❝SNAP … provide [s] aid to about 42 million people, mostly children, the elderly and adults with disabilities.❞ Ibid
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM