edwilk
@edwilk.bsky.social
Old ne'er-do-well living in Southern Colorado
Not looking for followers.
Tighten your truss if it's bowed down, loosen if it's bowed up.
Not looking for followers.
Tighten your truss if it's bowed down, loosen if it's bowed up.
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.
December 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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still early days but the gop gerrymandering project relied on the usual democratic sad sack response of "ok, we'll take it" and instead the party (for a change) pushed back some and it is backfiring.
now, do that for literally everything else.
now, do that for literally everything else.
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
still early days but the gop gerrymandering project relied on the usual democratic sad sack response of "ok, we'll take it" and instead the party (for a change) pushed back some and it is backfiring.
now, do that for literally everything else.
now, do that for literally everything else.
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Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
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The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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LOSS: A New Hampshire court dismissed a pro-voting challenge to a state law requiring voters to verify their identity each time they request a mail ballot. The court found that such requirements “do not unreasonably burden the right to vote.”
🚨 Robertson v. Scanlan
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
LOSS: A New Hampshire court dismissed a pro-voting challenge to a state law requiring voters to verify their identity each time they request a mail ballot. The court found that such requirements “do not unreasonably burden the right to vote.”
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this isn’t just lame duck territory, this is dead duck territory
Indiana Republicans reject effort to redraw voting maps in rebuke to Trump
Measure to redistrict, which would add two GOP-friendly seats, failed 19-31 after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
this isn’t just lame duck territory, this is dead duck territory
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🚨BREAKING: In a powerful reproach to President Donald Trump, the Indiana Senate voted against a mid-decade redistricting that would have gerrymandered the state’s congressional maps. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Blow to Trump, Indiana Rejects GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a powerful reproach to President Donald Trump, the Indiana Senate voted against a mid-decade redistricting that would have gerrymandered the state’s congressional maps. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Lie and leave early.
BREAKING: Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Kristi Noem claimed she left today’s hearing to attend was cancelled.
Kristi Noem Caught Lying About Why She Left Committee Hearing Early
Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Noem left today's hearing for was cancelled.
meidasnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Lie and leave early.
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We went through this exact sequence in the first term too
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We went through this exact sequence in the first term too
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Damn.
I was liking Hochul for a while there.
AI needs regulation YESTERDAY.
I was liking Hochul for a while there.
AI needs regulation YESTERDAY.
BREAKING: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul gutted an AI regulation bill awaiting her signature and replaced it wholesale with a weaker version sought by Big Tech firms. At least two of the groups lobbying on the bill held fundraisers for Hochul in recent weeks.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
Hochul Caves to Big Tech on AI Safety Bill - The American Prospect
A bill that passed the New York legislature was completely gutted and substituted with language perceived as friendlier to the industry.
prospect.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Damn.
I was liking Hochul for a while there.
AI needs regulation YESTERDAY.
I was liking Hochul for a while there.
AI needs regulation YESTERDAY.
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the democrats made economic gains but were practically embarrassed to talk about it. we're spiraling into econ fail under the gop and the tactic is to reboot the covid follies: just pretend it isnt happening at all.
December 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the democrats made economic gains but were practically embarrassed to talk about it. we're spiraling into econ fail under the gop and the tactic is to reboot the covid follies: just pretend it isnt happening at all.
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documentation www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity...
Fox News Rewrites History To Blame Bill Clinton For The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Fox News personalities are attempting to rewrite history in order to shift blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks onto former President Bill Clinton, and away from former President George W. Bush, who G...
www.mediamatters.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
documentation www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity...
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Leavitt lies: "Every economic metric does in fact show that the economy is improving"
December 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Leavitt lies: "Every economic metric does in fact show that the economy is improving"
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Now we know there are at least 1,200 “white elephant” parties upcoming in DC, NYC and Los Angeles.
Yikes!
"Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week"
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs for @forbes.com
"Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week"
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs for @forbes.com
Olivia Nuzzi’s Much-Hyped Book—With RFK Revelation—Sells Just Over 1,000 Copies
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Now we know there are at least 1,200 “white elephant” parties upcoming in DC, NYC and Los Angeles.
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Noem leaves the hearing and is heckled as she departs the room
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Noem leaves the hearing and is heckled as she departs the room
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"Senate fails to advance a GOP measure" that would do nothing to help people in need of health care.
BREAKING: The Senate fails to advance a GOP measure aimed at addressing rising health care costs.
Senate to vote on dueling health care bills with price hikes on the horizon
The Senate is set to vote Thursday on competing measures to lower health care costs, but both parties' bills are expected to fail. Follow live updates here.
cbsn.ws
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Senate fails to advance a GOP measure" that would do nothing to help people in need of health care.
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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Busted
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Busted
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What that means is they're manufacturing an opponent as an excuse for more oppression.
bsky.app/profile/atru...
bsky.app/profile/atru...
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What that means is they're manufacturing an opponent as an excuse for more oppression.
bsky.app/profile/atru...
bsky.app/profile/atru...
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🚨Judge orders #kilmarabregogarcia to be released from #ice custody ‘immediately’
A federal judge in Maryland ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody “immediately,” acc/to a Thursday court filing, a significant development in the case concerning the El Salvadoran mistakenly […]
A federal judge in Maryland ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody “immediately,” acc/to a Thursday court filing, a significant development in the case concerning the El Salvadoran mistakenly […]
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December 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨Judge orders #kilmarabregogarcia to be released from #ice custody ‘immediately’
A federal judge in Maryland ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody “immediately,” acc/to a Thursday court filing, a significant development in the case concerning the El Salvadoran mistakenly […]
A federal judge in Maryland ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody “immediately,” acc/to a Thursday court filing, a significant development in the case concerning the El Salvadoran mistakenly […]
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DOUBLE SCOOP! As @dfriedman.bsky.social was investigating a top Hegseth aide tied to a Goodreads page listing porno books featuring "Asian wife swapping" and sex with transgender women, MAGA hitman Jack Posobiec threatened to do a hit job on Dan. Smells like a Pentagon attempt at intimidation.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
DOUBLE SCOOP! As @dfriedman.bsky.social was investigating a top Hegseth aide tied to a Goodreads page listing porno books featuring "Asian wife swapping" and sex with transgender women, MAGA hitman Jack Posobiec threatened to do a hit job on Dan. Smells like a Pentagon attempt at intimidation.
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"Madam, your incompetence..."
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THANEDAR: It is a fact that you ignored federal court orders in March and in May of this year. Do you plan on ignoring federal orders?
NOEM: We always comply with all federal court orders
THANEDAR: I'm sick of your lies
NOEM: We always comply with all federal court orders
THANEDAR: I'm sick of your lies
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Madam, your incompetence..."
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the fact that we are actually getting "Republicans in disarray" headlines from even conservative media outlets feels like something has shifted
House GOP moderates revolt against Johnson on health care with new discharge petition
Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania introduced a discharge petition to try to bring a bill to the floor that would extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies by two years.
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
the fact that we are actually getting "Republicans in disarray" headlines from even conservative media outlets feels like something has shifted