@billr01.bsky.social
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I love the Smithsonian. I've supported it with annual donations for many years because I believe in the value of their work. No more, not a single penny until this revisionist bullsh*t stops.
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AP: At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein with zero explanation or notice to the public apnews.com/article/rele...
December 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
AP: At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein with zero explanation or notice to the public apnews.com/article/rele...
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
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What’s happening at the Supreme Court this week is bigger than just one FTC commissioner. The majority seems ready to endorse the “unitary executive” theory, giving Trump the power to purge agency staffers and replace them with loyalists. It’s a frightening prospect we should be paying attention to.
Humphrey’s Who? The Big SCOTUS Case Few Understand
A decision over who Trump can fire will reshape how our entire government functions
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What’s happening at the Supreme Court this week is bigger than just one FTC commissioner. The majority seems ready to endorse the “unitary executive” theory, giving Trump the power to purge agency staffers and replace them with loyalists. It’s a frightening prospect we should be paying attention to.
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Americans aren’t confused: they see Ukraine as an ally — and Russia as an enemy.
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Americans aren’t confused: they see Ukraine as an ally — and Russia as an enemy.
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
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"Both the tone and substance of the National Security Strategy is not just a tilt away from America’s traditional commitment to Europe, it is in fact a calculated insult."
#UK
#Europe
#USA
#Defence
#UK
#Europe
#USA
#Defence
New US national security framework – is a huge win for Russia
As the US releases its National Security Strategy paper; an alignment with Russia and an abandonment from Europe becomes evident
bylines.scot
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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“This is not about the American people. This is not about democracy… This is just pigs at the trough.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“This is not about the American people. This is not about democracy… This is just pigs at the trough.”
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
@karaswisher.bsky.social has thoughts on Trump’s AI czar David Sacks — and the tech bros rushing to defend him.
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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.
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.
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
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.
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Remember when he mocked everyone else for being “low energy”? Look at him now.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Remember when he mocked everyone else for being “low energy”? Look at him now.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
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Ternopil today after Russia bombed apartment building with a missile . 73 people wounded, including 15 kids.
25 people killed including 3 kids
25 people killed including 3 kids
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Ternopil today after Russia bombed apartment building with a missile . 73 people wounded, including 15 kids.
25 people killed including 3 kids
25 people killed including 3 kids
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The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
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Trump Job Approval Among 18-29 Year Olds:
🔴 Disapprove: 75% (+38)
🟢 Approve: 20% (-22)
YouGov / Oct 27, 2025
(% Change With Feb 4, 2025)
🔴 Disapprove: 75% (+38)
🟢 Approve: 20% (-22)
YouGov / Oct 27, 2025
(% Change With Feb 4, 2025)
November 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Trump Job Approval Among 18-29 Year Olds:
🔴 Disapprove: 75% (+38)
🟢 Approve: 20% (-22)
YouGov / Oct 27, 2025
(% Change With Feb 4, 2025)
🔴 Disapprove: 75% (+38)
🟢 Approve: 20% (-22)
YouGov / Oct 27, 2025
(% Change With Feb 4, 2025)
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When FOX STATE NEWS does this remind them that those changes went through a public approval process. While we are at getting rid of all the horrible things MAGA has done can we also get a new FCC to remove FOX?
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
When FOX STATE NEWS does this remind them that those changes went through a public approval process. While we are at getting rid of all the horrible things MAGA has done can we also get a new FCC to remove FOX?
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Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today.
You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.
You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.
October 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today.
You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.
You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.
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The Smithsonian removes a Trump impeachment reference from an exhibit. The label, added in 2021 to the National Museum of American History’s presidential power exhibit, has been taken down for “revisions.”
August 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Smithsonian removes a Trump impeachment reference from an exhibit. The label, added in 2021 to the National Museum of American History’s presidential power exhibit, has been taken down for “revisions.”
Trump and his enablers are directly responsible for all these deaths and this destruction.
The attacks came hours after US President Donald Trump accused Zelensky of harming peace negotiations.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kyiv hit by deadly Russian missile and drone attack - officials
At least eight people were killed and dozens injured in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital, officials say.
www.bbc.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Trump and his enablers are directly responsible for all these deaths and this destruction.
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The attacks came hours after US President Donald Trump accused Zelensky of harming peace negotiations.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kyiv hit by deadly Russian missile and drone attack - officials
At least eight people were killed and dozens injured in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital, officials say.
www.bbc.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The attacks came hours after US President Donald Trump accused Zelensky of harming peace negotiations.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...