Deborah Ludwig
@debludwig.bsky.social
Political junkie; former, possibly again future actress; travel bug - often solo; cancer survivor; author of Rebirth. Life mantra: Leap, and the net will appear.
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
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This account on Twitter has 1.3 million followers. All of these generic MAGA accounts are operated by Russians or people in SE Asia being paid to post. American democracy has been captured by Russia.
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This account on Twitter has 1.3 million followers. All of these generic MAGA accounts are operated by Russians or people in SE Asia being paid to post. American democracy has been captured by Russia.
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And there it is. The State Department will now be Musk’s lawyers.
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
And there it is. The State Department will now be Musk’s lawyers.
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And once again the power of the US government will be used to represent a private company owned by the single largest donor to Trump campaign to leverage foreign governments.
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
And once again the power of the US government will be used to represent a private company owned by the single largest donor to Trump campaign to leverage foreign governments.
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Don't fall for the manipulative "censorship" framing of EU's fines against X for DSA violations. The EU is trying to enforce their laws. X is breaking them. And the U.S. government is defending big tech, billionaries, & bullshitters rather than protecting users. www.linkedin.com/posts/daphne...
Don't let anyone tell you that the Commission's DSA enforcement against X is about speech or censorship. https://lnkd.in/g3Cyeeyk
That would, indeed, be interesting! But this is just the EU… ...
Don't let anyone tell you that the Commission's DSA enforcement against X is about speech or censorship. https://lnkd.in/g3Cyeeyk
That would, indeed, be interesting! But this is just the EU enforcing...
www.linkedin.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Don't fall for the manipulative "censorship" framing of EU's fines against X for DSA violations. The EU is trying to enforce their laws. X is breaking them. And the U.S. government is defending big tech, billionaries, & bullshitters rather than protecting users. www.linkedin.com/posts/daphne...
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The arguments Trump’s DoD is making about legitimate targets could be used against members of the American military. A sobering thought.
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The arguments Trump’s DoD is making about legitimate targets could be used against members of the American military. A sobering thought.
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"Trump, in his way, is as much of a wolf as Putin. Europe has run out of excuses to pretend otherwise". My Swamp Notes with @martinsandbu.ft.com on why Europe must make those frozen Russian assets work for Ukraine. The time for that is now. as.ft.com/r/9144c41b-7...
Europe’s fateful moment
[FREE TO READ] The EU faces a historic choice: whether or not to unlock frozen Russian assets and save the Ukrainian war effort
as.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Trump, in his way, is as much of a wolf as Putin. Europe has run out of excuses to pretend otherwise". My Swamp Notes with @martinsandbu.ft.com on why Europe must make those frozen Russian assets work for Ukraine. The time for that is now. as.ft.com/r/9144c41b-7...
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The Signalgate report showed that Hegseth risked American lives. Instead of taking responsibility, his sniveling responses were the worst kind of bureaucratic ass-covering.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses
His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Signalgate report showed that Hegseth risked American lives. Instead of taking responsibility, his sniveling responses were the worst kind of bureaucratic ass-covering.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Must watch
Trump Nuked the GOP’s Texas Plan for No Reason at All (w/ Sam Stein) | The Bulwark Podcast
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Must watch
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You knew it, right? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
You knew it, right? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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1. I’m HIGHLY skeptical of this whole thing.
2. No details or motive given.
3. Comes days after scathing reports showing Patel’s incompetence, corruption, and malfeasance.
4. He uses his statement to promote himself and claim a huge win to save his job.
2. No details or motive given.
3. Comes days after scathing reports showing Patel’s incompetence, corruption, and malfeasance.
4. He uses his statement to promote himself and claim a huge win to save his job.
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
1. I’m HIGHLY skeptical of this whole thing.
2. No details or motive given.
3. Comes days after scathing reports showing Patel’s incompetence, corruption, and malfeasance.
4. He uses his statement to promote himself and claim a huge win to save his job.
2. No details or motive given.
3. Comes days after scathing reports showing Patel’s incompetence, corruption, and malfeasance.
4. He uses his statement to promote himself and claim a huge win to save his job.
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Giant corporations are lobbying Donald Trump for yet another tax handout — this time for research they've ALREADY DONE.
Give me a break.
The last thing American families need is a tax code rigged even more for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
Give me a break.
The last thing American families need is a tax code rigged even more for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
Democrats tee off on possible Treasury corporate tax move - Roll Call
A group of Democrats is leading opposition to a potential regulatory carve-out from a new minimum tax on corporate profits.
rollcall.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Giant corporations are lobbying Donald Trump for yet another tax handout — this time for research they've ALREADY DONE.
Give me a break.
The last thing American families need is a tax code rigged even more for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
Give me a break.
The last thing American families need is a tax code rigged even more for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
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This, of course, as a complete lie, but that's the new Pentagon and Pentagon Press Corp for you, completely untrustworthy.
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This, of course, as a complete lie, but that's the new Pentagon and Pentagon Press Corp for you, completely untrustworthy.
What?? 🤯
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What?? 🤯
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Trump says he doesn't understand how talks with Russia failed. 1) Witkoff has a track record of getting things wrong. 2) They are in over their head and fail to understand how the terms of negotiation are a reflexive control operation designed to divide the US from its allies.
Donald Trump made an embarrassing admission about peace talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin after they ended yet again in failure.
Trump Makes Embarrassing Confession About Putin as Peace Push Flops
Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner have been attempting to bag a peace deal.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trump says he doesn't understand how talks with Russia failed. 1) Witkoff has a track record of getting things wrong. 2) They are in over their head and fail to understand how the terms of negotiation are a reflexive control operation designed to divide the US from its allies.
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Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
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I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.
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NVIDIA's CEO spent the past year lobbying Trump to greenlight the sale of advanced AI chips to China, which could undercut US national security.
Now he's heading to Capitol Hill to push his agenda in secret meetings.
Huang should testify publicly.
Now he's heading to Capitol Hill to push his agenda in secret meetings.
Huang should testify publicly.
Ranking Member Warren's statement on NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill:
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NVIDIA's CEO spent the past year lobbying Trump to greenlight the sale of advanced AI chips to China, which could undercut US national security.
Now he's heading to Capitol Hill to push his agenda in secret meetings.
Huang should testify publicly.
Now he's heading to Capitol Hill to push his agenda in secret meetings.
Huang should testify publicly.
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We must connect the dots.
Trump is trying to normalize the word “enemy” to describe American citizens, while also normalizing military in our streets.
It’s not a coincidence.
Trump is trying to normalize the word “enemy” to describe American citizens, while also normalizing military in our streets.
It’s not a coincidence.
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We must connect the dots.
Trump is trying to normalize the word “enemy” to describe American citizens, while also normalizing military in our streets.
It’s not a coincidence.
Trump is trying to normalize the word “enemy” to describe American citizens, while also normalizing military in our streets.
It’s not a coincidence.
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Note who is missing from this table?
America.
Because we have taken Russia’s side.
bsky.app/profile/ones...
America.
Because we have taken Russia’s side.
bsky.app/profile/ones...
Today in Brussels, Rustem Umerov briefed Nat Sec advisors of Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Finland, and the United Kingdom on the peace talks in Geneva and Miami. There were also representatives of the EU and NATO.
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Note who is missing from this table?
America.
Because we have taken Russia’s side.
bsky.app/profile/ones...
America.
Because we have taken Russia’s side.
bsky.app/profile/ones...