American Idealist
@americanidealist.bsky.social
Just a girl that loves her country, or the ideas it was founded upon, at least. We've never lived up to the ideas of freedom and equality, guaranteeing life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, that was promised, but I expect we'll keep trying.
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Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."
Vets... this is what the Trump regime thinks of you as, directly from the mouth of the Secretary of War, "You kill people and break things for a living. You are not politically correct and don't necessarily belong always in polite society."
Your leadership says you are hired killers and thugs.
Your leadership says you are hired killers and thugs.
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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hard to fall asleep while being fellated by so many people but Captain Sundown is built different newrepublic.com/post/203865/...
Trump, 79, Repeatedly Falls Asleep in His Own Cabinet Meeting
Donald Trump can no longer stay awake in his own meetings.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
hard to fall asleep while being fellated by so many people but Captain Sundown is built different newrepublic.com/post/203865/...
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1. WE GET RELATIVELY LITTLE DRUGS FROM VENEZUELA and they DON'T PRODUCE FENTANYL
2. Attacking these boats in the first place was an illegal act
3. The murder of the survivors is even more disgusting
4. The administration is trying to USE DRUGS to MANUFACTURE CONSENT for a Venezuelan conflict
2. Attacking these boats in the first place was an illegal act
3. The murder of the survivors is even more disgusting
4. The administration is trying to USE DRUGS to MANUFACTURE CONSENT for a Venezuelan conflict
A note of caution about the new GOP vow of oversight on the murder of the two men clinging to the boat. It's good to see, but it could become a backdoor way for Rs to defuse pressure for broader scrutiny.
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
1. WE GET RELATIVELY LITTLE DRUGS FROM VENEZUELA and they DON'T PRODUCE FENTANYL
2. Attacking these boats in the first place was an illegal act
3. The murder of the survivors is even more disgusting
4. The administration is trying to USE DRUGS to MANUFACTURE CONSENT for a Venezuelan conflict
2. Attacking these boats in the first place was an illegal act
3. The murder of the survivors is even more disgusting
4. The administration is trying to USE DRUGS to MANUFACTURE CONSENT for a Venezuelan conflict
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"The playbook here is familiar," @parkermolloy.com writes for HW. "Find a trans person in a position of minor institutional authority. Manufacture or amplify a confrontation. Blast it through the conservative media ecosystem until it becomes national news. Watch as institutions capitulate."
A coordinated campaign to drive trans people out of public life
Parker Molloy on the latest Oklahoma anti-trans work
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"The playbook here is familiar," @parkermolloy.com writes for HW. "Find a trans person in a position of minor institutional authority. Manufacture or amplify a confrontation. Blast it through the conservative media ecosystem until it becomes national news. Watch as institutions capitulate."
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1 TON has ~907K grams. ~1 gram of cocaine can be fatal.
Over 20 yrs, former Honduran Pres Juan Orlando Hernández brought over 500 TONS of cocaine to the U.S. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Trump has pardoned & released him from prison.
While mass murdering fisherman as "narcoterrorists."
Over 20 yrs, former Honduran Pres Juan Orlando Hernández brought over 500 TONS of cocaine to the U.S. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Trump has pardoned & released him from prison.
While mass murdering fisherman as "narcoterrorists."
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 TON has ~907K grams. ~1 gram of cocaine can be fatal.
Over 20 yrs, former Honduran Pres Juan Orlando Hernández brought over 500 TONS of cocaine to the U.S. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Trump has pardoned & released him from prison.
While mass murdering fisherman as "narcoterrorists."
Over 20 yrs, former Honduran Pres Juan Orlando Hernández brought over 500 TONS of cocaine to the U.S. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Trump has pardoned & released him from prison.
While mass murdering fisherman as "narcoterrorists."
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I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
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They.
Just.
Lie.
Just.
Lie.
This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Leavitt: "The people of Honduras have highlighted to him how the former President Hernandez was set up. This was a clear Biden over prosecution."
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
They.
Just.
Lie.
Just.
Lie.
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a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
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Unified Theory of "Everyone Is Twelve" has broken Bluesky containment
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Unified Theory of "Everyone Is Twelve" has broken Bluesky containment
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A reminder of what's at stake as the Trump administration moves to gut permanent housing programs:
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A reminder of what's at stake as the Trump administration moves to gut permanent housing programs:
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As you plan your travel for the holiday season, just a reminder that the Trump DOT is making it harder for you to receive compensation when airlines mess up your flight.
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As you plan your travel for the holiday season, just a reminder that the Trump DOT is making it harder for you to receive compensation when airlines mess up your flight.
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
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i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
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The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
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NEW: President Trump has never before been in such an echo chamber
His domestic travel has basically stopped. He sees rich donors and MAGA media, not actual voters
Everyone around him is saying he is right. But polls show more Americans think he is wrong www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His domestic travel has basically stopped. He sees rich donors and MAGA media, not actual voters
Everyone around him is saying he is right. But polls show more Americans think he is wrong www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump Has Never Been More Isolated
Even Trump’s allies worry that he has become out of touch with what the public wants.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
NEW: President Trump has never before been in such an echo chamber
His domestic travel has basically stopped. He sees rich donors and MAGA media, not actual voters
Everyone around him is saying he is right. But polls show more Americans think he is wrong www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His domestic travel has basically stopped. He sees rich donors and MAGA media, not actual voters
Everyone around him is saying he is right. But polls show more Americans think he is wrong www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Rolling Stone reviewed a screenshot of a chat where Zero Unit veterans shared information with a CIA representative about ongoing issues. Lakanwal posted messages asking for help.
His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Rolling Stone reviewed a screenshot of a chat where Zero Unit veterans shared information with a CIA representative about ongoing issues. Lakanwal posted messages asking for help.
His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Just days into his prison term.
The rich get richer and no time served.
Did these people wonder why the people cheered the actions of Robin Hood? Who knew that there were any kids that wanted to grow up to be the Sheriff of Nottingham?
The rich get richer and no time served.
Did these people wonder why the people cheered the actions of Robin Hood? Who knew that there were any kids that wanted to grow up to be the Sheriff of Nottingham?
November 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just days into his prison term.
The rich get richer and no time served.
Did these people wonder why the people cheered the actions of Robin Hood? Who knew that there were any kids that wanted to grow up to be the Sheriff of Nottingham?
The rich get richer and no time served.
Did these people wonder why the people cheered the actions of Robin Hood? Who knew that there were any kids that wanted to grow up to be the Sheriff of Nottingham?
She got her safety from persecution in the US and now she's happy to ensure others won't get the same benefit. Self-serving pieces of shit can't see the hypocrisy, but the rest of us can.
Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
She got her safety from persecution in the US and now she's happy to ensure others won't get the same benefit. Self-serving pieces of shit can't see the hypocrisy, but the rest of us can.
The only motto that's ever stuck for me is not from a politician.
"If you want a better republic, be a better citizen." - @stonekettle.bsky.social
Maybe Dems should run on that motto. Maybe what Dems really need is aspirational governance for 'We the People' but that means WE must contribute too
"If you want a better republic, be a better citizen." - @stonekettle.bsky.social
Maybe Dems should run on that motto. Maybe what Dems really need is aspirational governance for 'We the People' but that means WE must contribute too
#1 'Strong Floor' etc is a blah motto. But...
#2 Mottos for midterms Do Not Matter.
#3 Don't believe #2? Then tell me one "messaging" line from 2022, 2018, 2014, 2010, 2002, etc that you remember.
("Tea party" mattered in 2010, but that was name for a movement, not a "message.")
#2 Mottos for midterms Do Not Matter.
#3 Don't believe #2? Then tell me one "messaging" line from 2022, 2018, 2014, 2010, 2002, etc that you remember.
("Tea party" mattered in 2010, but that was name for a movement, not a "message.")
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The only motto that's ever stuck for me is not from a politician.
"If you want a better republic, be a better citizen." - @stonekettle.bsky.social
Maybe Dems should run on that motto. Maybe what Dems really need is aspirational governance for 'We the People' but that means WE must contribute too
"If you want a better republic, be a better citizen." - @stonekettle.bsky.social
Maybe Dems should run on that motto. Maybe what Dems really need is aspirational governance for 'We the People' but that means WE must contribute too
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November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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📣 Caveat: This is not an endorsement of Sen. McMorrow; I'm a big fan of both her as well as Rep. Stevens.
Having said that, as someone who has personally raised over $21 million for hundreds of Democrats via *small individual* donors over the past few cycles, I want to underscore her point here: 1/
Having said that, as someone who has personally raised over $21 million for hundreds of Democrats via *small individual* donors over the past few cycles, I want to underscore her point here: 1/
I’m not accepting a dime of corporate PAC money.
Why?
We need to rebuild trust in our politics. And the people you serve shouldn’t wonder who you really work for.
Why?
We need to rebuild trust in our politics. And the people you serve shouldn’t wonder who you really work for.
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📣 Caveat: This is not an endorsement of Sen. McMorrow; I'm a big fan of both her as well as Rep. Stevens.
Having said that, as someone who has personally raised over $21 million for hundreds of Democrats via *small individual* donors over the past few cycles, I want to underscore her point here: 1/
Having said that, as someone who has personally raised over $21 million for hundreds of Democrats via *small individual* donors over the past few cycles, I want to underscore her point here: 1/
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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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NEWS: A group of military lawyers issue statement concluded Pete Hegseth has committed war crimes, murder, or both.
This comes as Trump moves America closer to war with Venezuela.
An important update this afternoon. Subscribe to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
This comes as Trump moves America closer to war with Venezuela.
An important update this afternoon. Subscribe to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
NEWS: Group of Military Lawyers Conclude Hegseth Committed War Crimes, Murder, or Both
A group of former military lawyers have concluded, in a new statement, that Hegseth and anyone under him, have committed war crimes, murder, or both.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
NEWS: A group of military lawyers issue statement concluded Pete Hegseth has committed war crimes, murder, or both.
This comes as Trump moves America closer to war with Venezuela.
An important update this afternoon. Subscribe to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
This comes as Trump moves America closer to war with Venezuela.
An important update this afternoon. Subscribe to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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Isn’t this something that should be investigated? What are the details related to this pardon? Who requested that a pardon be considered on behalf of Juan Hernandez. What documents, emails exist? Was anything of value offered? Who was involved in the process?
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Isn’t this something that should be investigated? What are the details related to this pardon? Who requested that a pardon be considered on behalf of Juan Hernandez. What documents, emails exist? Was anything of value offered? Who was involved in the process?
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a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
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 7:32 PM
a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
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Remember, too, that Hegseth would have been rejected if a single additional Republican senator — or, JD Vance — had joined Sen. Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski in voting no with the Democrats. See: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Remember, too, that Hegseth would have been rejected if a single additional Republican senator — or, JD Vance — had joined Sen. Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski in voting no with the Democrats. See: www.senate.gov/legislative/...