Elliot the Almost Ready
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It's been a long time since I read the Bible, but . . . isn't this one of the signs of the Apocalypse?
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November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It's been a long time since I read the Bible, but . . . isn't this one of the signs of the Apocalypse?
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"So far this year, the White House has issued proclamations for dozens of other observances, including World Autism Awareness Day, National Manufacturing Day and World Intellectual Property Day."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
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November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"So far this year, the White House has issued proclamations for dozens of other observances, including World Autism Awareness Day, National Manufacturing Day and World Intellectual Property Day."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Hey, you can't expect all those Arabs bearing bribes to wait their turn out in the cold, right?
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Donald Trump Wants His White House Ballroom to Be Even Bigger
But his architect, James McCrery, is pushing back on the proposal to expand the 90,000-square-foot hall.
www.yahoo.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hey, you can't expect all those Arabs bearing bribes to wait their turn out in the cold, right?
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November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm starting to think that every political reporter should be accompanied by a psychologist. The reporter can ask the questions and then the psychologist can give the politician being questioned the counseling they so desperately need.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I'm starting to think that every political reporter should be accompanied by a psychologist. The reporter can ask the questions and then the psychologist can give the politician being questioned the counseling they so desperately need.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
Sorry, Walmart - I only shop where emotional support alligators are welcome.
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Emotional support alligator is no longer welcome in Pennsylvania Walmart
Wesley Silva, 60, says he's never had anything but encouraging feedback when he's out and about with Jinseioshi.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Sorry, Walmart - I only shop where emotional support alligators are welcome.
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The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
How long before Trump starts selling the royal touch that cures disease?
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Royal touch - Wikipedia
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November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
How long before Trump starts selling the royal touch that cures disease?
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Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
A brief history of ... whatever you want to call this mess.
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A brief history of ... whatever you want to call this mess.
I've heard of the Sun Belt... and the Bible Belt... and the Rust Belt. Is there a Kindness Belt? If not, can we make one?
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I've heard of the Sun Belt... and the Bible Belt... and the Rust Belt. Is there a Kindness Belt? If not, can we make one?
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Black Midi is an awesome musical genre…there are often millions of notes per song. youtu.be/tfrIXiemYqo?...
[Black MIDI] "Tau" τ/6.28 MILLION (6,283,185) ~ HDSQ | Piano from Above
YouTube video by Gingeas
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November 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Black Midi is an awesome musical genre…there are often millions of notes per song. youtu.be/tfrIXiemYqo?...
"At the time he was indicted, Smith was strategic director of Turning Point Action, Turning Point USA’s advocacy arm. TPUSA is a far-right organization based in Phoenix that aims to mobilize young conservatives founded by Charlie Kirk...."
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Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
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November 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"At the time he was indicted, Smith was strategic director of Turning Point Action, Turning Point USA’s advocacy arm. TPUSA is a far-right organization based in Phoenix that aims to mobilize young conservatives founded by Charlie Kirk...."
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Of course I get the exact same results when I ask people if the US should bomb Freedonia....
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New CBS poll out since we wrote our piece: 70% of Americans oppose military action in Venezuela.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Of course I get the exact same results when I ask people if the US should bomb Freedonia....
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Trump’s Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver’s Seat
Trump's Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver's Seat
This isn’t the art of the deal but the wages of a foolish pursuit of protectionism. U.S. agriculture has been paying the price for years.
www.cato.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump’s Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver’s Seat
"The ravenous CEOs included Tim Cook of Apple, apparently suffering from a bout of amnesia after his 2019 post-Khashoggi promise to look into Apple’s hosting of a Saudi app that allows men to track the movements of their wives and daughters (it’s still there)...."
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www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
For America’s deeply corrupt billionaires, time heals all wounds — even from a murderous Saudi prince’s bone saw.
www.inquirer.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"The ravenous CEOs included Tim Cook of Apple, apparently suffering from a bout of amnesia after his 2019 post-Khashoggi promise to look into Apple’s hosting of a Saudi app that allows men to track the movements of their wives and daughters (it’s still there)...."
www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
Religion is what you make it.
This article does a good job of explaining why I prefer chocolate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
This article does a good job of explaining why I prefer chocolate.
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They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Religion is what you make it.
This article does a good job of explaining why I prefer chocolate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
This article does a good job of explaining why I prefer chocolate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
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The man President Trump wanted to be attorney general was allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year old girl who was working at a McDonald’s, saving up for braces, and partly living at a homeless shelter. trib.al/37tLsLC
17-Year-Old Girl in Gaetz Probe Was Homeless and Trying to Save Up
She was a high school student who wanted to pay for braces.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The man President Trump wanted to be attorney general was allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year old girl who was working at a McDonald’s, saving up for braces, and partly living at a homeless shelter. trib.al/37tLsLC
Trump says Nicklaus will lead golf course revamp at Joint Base Andrews reut.rs/3XIW5uD
Trump says Nicklaus will lead golf course revamp at Joint Base Andrews
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said golf legend Jack Nicklaus will lead some work to restore two golf courses at Joint Base Andrews, a military base near Washington, D.C., just outside the capital.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Trump’s Dept. of Transportation has:
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump’s Dept. of Transportation has:
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules