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Anne Eller Drawings

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Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award
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Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award

“They said it was in response to things I’ve done as president,” Trump told reporters.

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December 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM

Anne Eller Drawings

@anneeller.bsky.social

This Is What It Looks Like When RFK Jr. Wins
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This Is What It Looks Like When RFK Jr. Wins

His handpicked ‘experts’ just voted to roll back hepatitis B vaccine guidelines—and reverse a historic public health victory.

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December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM

Anne Eller Drawings

@anneeller.bsky.social

Charges in the RNC/DNC Bomb Planting Case
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Charges in the RNC/DNC Bomb Planting Case

Can we trust the FBI and this Justice Department after years of watching Donald Trump denigrate and politicize those previously independent agencies?

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December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Anne Eller Drawings

@anneeller.bsky.social

Sunday thought: Really, truly, the end of Trump is near
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Sunday thought: Really, truly, the end of Trump is near

MAGA is cracking up, but beware

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December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM

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Ron Filipkowski

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

March 29, 2023.

December 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM

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Seth Abramson

@sethabramson.bsky.social

This is contemptible. Not only do we now have confirmation Hegseth has been lying from the jump, but it seems neither he nor his team understand that killing everyone on a target list *becomes* an illegal No Quarter Order if targets try to surrender or are neutralized. Their semantic games are vile.

Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets

Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...

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December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM

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#TuckFrump

@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social

State of Texas: Minority and women-owned businesses cut from HUB program https://twp.ai/4isUV0

December 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM

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Barb McQuade

@barbmcquade.bsky.social

Disturbing to read DOJ has scrapped efforts from Trump I and Biden administrations to improve management of the escalating volume of digital evidence. These are not serious people.
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Bloomberg Law

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December 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM

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Adam Rifkin 🐼

@ifindkarma.bsky.social

“Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong… Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.”
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social

Alice Walker quote tweet meme: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”

We all have power if we are willing to employ it.

As Dahlia Lithwick observed and said, “Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.”

February 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM

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John dEFR0G needs discount anything

@defrog.bsky.social

I for one find it very hard to believe the military has a list of alleged drug runners to blow up at will.

Also, if they're capable of tracking these boats in order to blow them up, surely they're able to track them to wherever they land and apprehend them there instead of just murdering them?

Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 2d

He says the men they murdered are on a list.

Let’s see the list.

Let’s hear their names.

Show us the evidence.

If you have any.

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Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets

Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...

www.nbcnews.com

December 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM

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Rob Cerulo

@rjc1084.bsky.social

Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?

Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract

Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.

finance.yahoo.com

December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM

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Mina Kimes

@minakimes.bsky.social

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted.
Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.

December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM

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Alex von Tunzelmann

@alexvont.bsky.social

Zero tolerance for doomerism. Stop lazily accepting that everything is screwed forever. Stop normalising low expectations. That’s part of the problem & it’s what the bastards want. It’s also a product of privilege. People in more desperate situations don’t have the option to just sit back & shrug.

December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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Kevin Elliott

@kjephd.bsky.social

I had an enlightening conversation with a very smart lawyer friend recently about court reform, and he made a persuasive case for simple court expansion because it's the only plan that gets you the requisite change that's also completely, unquestionably constitutional.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 3d

I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 3d

A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.

December 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?

TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded

BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.

December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM

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Rolling Stone

@rollingstone.com

Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.

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Trump Is Trying to Legalize Corruption by Abusing His Pardon Power

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December 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM

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Sarah Betancourt

@sweetadelinevt.bsky.social

“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”

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