Carol
@caroljune.bsky.social
Retired, Yellow Dog, Oklahoma, great grandma. 51 years married to the same old man. Not a communist, or socialist, not evil, not godless, or any other right-wing descriptors.
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Professor... Adam Cochran wrote: “Trump is talking about him personally being involved in deciding the fate of the Netflix-Warner Brothers deal, and how it’s ‘bad.’ Meanwhile his son-in-law is financing the competing offer. There has truly never been a more corrupt administration in US history!”
Kushner sparks backlash with role in Warner Bros. Discovery takeover.
I don't know about you, I don't want lying fake Fox noise on every channel.
www.alternet.org/smartnews/ku...
I don't know about you, I don't want lying fake Fox noise on every channel.
www.alternet.org/smartnews/ku...
'Corrupt': Kushner’s role in Warner Brothers Discovery takeover bid draws fierce blowback
On Sunday, President Donald Trump declared that he will “be involved” in the federal government’s decision on whether to allow the streaming service Netflix to buy mass media and entertainment conglom...
www.alternet.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Professor... Adam Cochran wrote: “Trump is talking about him personally being involved in deciding the fate of the Netflix-Warner Brothers deal, and how it’s ‘bad.’ Meanwhile his son-in-law is financing the competing offer. There has truly never been a more corrupt administration in US history!”
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The president is increasingly erratic, forgetting promises he made just days ago and lashing out angrily at reporters for asking routine questions.
Seems like the news should talk more about this
Seems like the news should talk more about this
President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question.
'You are terrible!' Trump fumes as reporter catches him making a U-turn on strike video
President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question. Trump was taking questions from the press following a roundtable discussion about agriculture...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The president is increasingly erratic, forgetting promises he made just days ago and lashing out angrily at reporters for asking routine questions.
Seems like the news should talk more about this
Seems like the news should talk more about this
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Good to see the UK, France, and Germany bolster Ukraine, while Trump’s sidles to Russia and undermines Ukraine. Implicitly, the Europeans seem to be reconciling with the reality that pandering to Trump was futile and are likely to start to disengage from the U.S.
Leaders of Ukraine, United Kingdom, France and Germany are meeting in London today.
Chancellor Merz:
The destiny of Ukraine is the destiny of Europe.
Chancellor Merz:
The destiny of Ukraine is the destiny of Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Good to see the UK, France, and Germany bolster Ukraine, while Trump’s sidles to Russia and undermines Ukraine. Implicitly, the Europeans seem to be reconciling with the reality that pandering to Trump was futile and are likely to start to disengage from the U.S.
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“I’m not asking for special treatment. I’m just asking that we be treated with dignity. They say we don’t contribute, but we built this city.” - Gualberto Olac, day laborer, speaking at Chicago’s City Hall right now demanding safe hiring sites.
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“I’m not asking for special treatment. I’m just asking that we be treated with dignity. They say we don’t contribute, but we built this city.” - Gualberto Olac, day laborer, speaking at Chicago’s City Hall right now demanding safe hiring sites.
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Of course anyone with half a brain knew how this was going to end long ago: Walk away from Ukraine, walk away from NATO, blame Zelensky, lots of business deals between Trump, his cronies, and our new “friends” the murderous, corrupt, lying Russians.
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Of course anyone with half a brain knew how this was going to end long ago: Walk away from Ukraine, walk away from NATO, blame Zelensky, lots of business deals between Trump, his cronies, and our new “friends” the murderous, corrupt, lying Russians.
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lol this is so perfect
Freudian slip from Tom Cotton: "I think President Bush has every power under the Constitution to strike boats in international waters"
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
lol this is so perfect
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Good morning readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
The White House released a new National Security Strategy that criticizes Europe and does not describe Russia as a threat.
I explain what this shift says about America’s worldview - and what it could mean for Ukraine.
The White House released a new National Security Strategy that criticizes Europe and does not describe Russia as a threat.
I explain what this shift says about America’s worldview - and what it could mean for Ukraine.
The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak | Substack
A war correspondent's open notebook, reporting live from Kyiv. Human stories that illustrate what’s happening during the war in Ukraine, and elsewhere on the frontlines for democracy. Issues 3x a week...
www.counteroffensive.news
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Good morning readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
The White House released a new National Security Strategy that criticizes Europe and does not describe Russia as a threat.
I explain what this shift says about America’s worldview - and what it could mean for Ukraine.
The White House released a new National Security Strategy that criticizes Europe and does not describe Russia as a threat.
I explain what this shift says about America’s worldview - and what it could mean for Ukraine.
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Thank you to all the #sd40 Precinct officers! We had a little gathering this morning to say thank you and to get energized for the campaign work ahead! 😍🎅🎄🍩 #TeamHicks
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thank you to all the #sd40 Precinct officers! We had a little gathering this morning to say thank you and to get energized for the campaign work ahead! 😍🎅🎄🍩 #TeamHicks
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@parkermolloy.com has a great (if depressing) rundown on the well-oiled, well-scripted, and lavishly funded machine targeting trans people for simply living. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
Same Script, Different Target
A trans instructor in Oklahoma gave a bad essay the grade it deserved. What happened next follows a formula the right has perfected.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@parkermolloy.com has a great (if depressing) rundown on the well-oiled, well-scripted, and lavishly funded machine targeting trans people for simply living. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
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Around 250 people protested on OU's campus Friday in support of the graduate instructor who was suspended after giving Samantha Fulnecky a failing grade on her Bible-based essay.
Protestors show support for graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination for Bible-based essay
Chants in support of the graduate instructor who was placed on leave after psychology junior Samantha Fulneckly claimed discrimination over a failing grade rang through campus Friday afternoon.
www.oudaily.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Around 250 people protested on OU's campus Friday in support of the graduate instructor who was suspended after giving Samantha Fulnecky a failing grade on her Bible-based essay.
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I think they just didn’t want any witnesses. REM this was the 1st time they did it.
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before 2nd attack, video shows. apple.news/A5wvmlrTgTHS...
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before 2nd attack, video shows. apple.news/A5wvmlrTgTHS...
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows — Guardian US
Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed, sources say
apple.news
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I think they just didn’t want any witnesses. REM this was the 1st time they did it.
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before 2nd attack, video shows. apple.news/A5wvmlrTgTHS...
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before 2nd attack, video shows. apple.news/A5wvmlrTgTHS...
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Only a solid victory over Russia will save us. Moscow is the root of all evil. Moscow is where all the fascists get their money, their "intellectual" leadership etc from. Moscow is the place where the archives listing the traitors is hidden away. We must win over Russia and reclaim our freedom.
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Only a solid victory over Russia will save us. Moscow is the root of all evil. Moscow is where all the fascists get their money, their "intellectual" leadership etc from. Moscow is the place where the archives listing the traitors is hidden away. We must win over Russia and reclaim our freedom.
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She should sue them
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
She should sue them
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It isn't just about defeating Trump/MAGA at the ballot box. It's about the much harder and longer task of rebuilding the architecture of a liberal democracy. lnk.thebulwark.com/44970la
What If It’s Already Too Late?
Institutional rot or ideological infection—either way, a real “Deep State” is already taking shape.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It isn't just about defeating Trump/MAGA at the ballot box. It's about the much harder and longer task of rebuilding the architecture of a liberal democracy. lnk.thebulwark.com/44970la
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Good for Berman. More of this please
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.
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 4:13 PM
Good for Berman. More of this please
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I’m ngl, it feels ok having our reporting vindicated publicly this way, so fwiw; if you want to stay ahead of the curve about trump administration horrors please subscribe to @zeteo.com and follow @premthakker.bsky.social and the rest of our gang here at this independent media company
Unclear to me if this is the same as the classified final product, but as we reported last month, the draft papers name checked Vance and that speech, so that’s why it’s so similar: zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m ngl, it feels ok having our reporting vindicated publicly this way, so fwiw; if you want to stay ahead of the curve about trump administration horrors please subscribe to @zeteo.com and follow @premthakker.bsky.social and the rest of our gang here at this independent media company
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"I am very interested in fighting for a public option, so that every single Texan, every single American, would have the ability to join Medicare and would have that option of affordable, quality coverage."
With Primary Field Still in Flux, James Talarico Pitches His Big Tent Revival
"I'm not interested in tearing down my fellow Democrats, because we are all on the same team ... but I think that I've got a compelling case to make."
www.texasobserver.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"I am very interested in fighting for a public option, so that every single Texan, every single American, would have the ability to join Medicare and would have that option of affordable, quality coverage."
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TRYING TO FLIP” THE BOAT MEANS THE BOAT WAS CAPSIZED AND THEY WERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE WATER.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
TRYING TO FLIP” THE BOAT MEANS THE BOAT WAS CAPSIZED AND THEY WERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE WATER.
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The Trump regime is murdering people in boats. They're desperately trying to confuse the issue with their "fog of war" bullshit. But the fact is, they're murdering people in boats.
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Trump regime is murdering people in boats. They're desperately trying to confuse the issue with their "fog of war" bullshit. But the fact is, they're murdering people in boats.
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Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
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"There is a point in any declining republic where foreign and domestic policy stops looking like strategy and starts looking like a racket. We are well past that point."
-Rick Wilson
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/war-criminals-and-war-criminals
-Rick Wilson
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/war-criminals-and-war-criminals
War, Criminals, and War Criminals
Corruption, lawlessness, and evil inside Trump's inner circle.
www.againstallenemies.net
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"There is a point in any declining republic where foreign and domestic policy stops looking like strategy and starts looking like a racket. We are well past that point."
-Rick Wilson
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/war-criminals-and-war-criminals
-Rick Wilson
https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/war-criminals-and-war-criminals
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
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Ushakov is claiming that Witkoff and Kushner ‘promised’ the Russians that they wouldn’t go to Ukraine, wouldn’t meet with Zelenskyy, and would return to Washington instead.
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ushakov is claiming that Witkoff and Kushner ‘promised’ the Russians that they wouldn’t go to Ukraine, wouldn’t meet with Zelenskyy, and would return to Washington instead.