dustbag
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dustbag
@dustbag.bsky.social
Liberalish boomer, trying to stay sane while watching the country burn to the ground. I don’t auto-follow back.

When do I get paid for this?
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This was sent to me last year by Charlie (aged 9), but it’s far too good not to share again.
Please congratulate him on this brilliant picture of Steve... it still makes me smile every time.
December 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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‘How the South Won the Civil War’ 💯🎯
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December 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Just watched the 60 Minutes segment. Basically it debunks the fundamental claim used by Trump admin that the detainees it sent there are “terrorists” and corroborates torture using clips from El Salvadorean influencers Bukele uses internally. Would be a shock to low information voters, probably
December 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (August)
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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December 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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December 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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December 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Turning Point USA calls me and other teachers “radical” for teaching honest history.
But here’s the truth: THEY are the indoctrinators.
They don’t teach inquiry.
They don’t teach evidence.

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December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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In the battle between people who are proud to be called Nazis and Nazis who would rather not be called Nazis, JD Vance is neutral and believes in a big tent.
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Sounds like they're trying to Bari the story.
An Editor’s Note from 60 Minutes
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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In approx 74% of school shooting incidents, the firearm was obtained from the shooter’s home or the home of a close friend or fam member*

Safe&secure gun storage—unloaded&locked up—saves lives.

Spread the word: Firearm violence prevention is everyone's job
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* publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...
December 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hilarious if true:
December 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Ho, Ho, Ho! I Started Dating Mrs. Claus When She Was 14!
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Happy EPSTEIN Files Release Day Eve for all those who celebrate!!! 👍
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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This is wild!

You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?

Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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someone do a wellness check on Bari Weiss -- CBS News has not posted a tweet about Erika Kirk today
December 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.

Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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So if you are going to share, I'd appreciate it if you would share the original report. 4/4 www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the hate group expanding its presence in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.
www.newschannel5.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM