Joe Bearden📎
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Rigging Democracy: Supreme Court Approves Racial Texas Gerrymander, Handing Trump Midterm Advantage #ncpol
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/te...
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Rigging Democracy: Supreme Court Approves Racial Texas Gerrymander, Handing Trump Midterm Advantage
The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a gerrymandered congressional map in next year’s midterm elections that a lower court found racially discrimina...
www.democracynow.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Rigging Democracy: Supreme Court Approves Racial Texas Gerrymander, Handing Trump Midterm Advantage #ncpol
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/te...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/te...
#ncpol This is bad, very bad.
Over the last 6 months, the Justice Department has demanded full, unredacted voter rolls from dozens of states.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#ncpol This is bad, very bad.
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Despite Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries' rejection of the idea, calls are mounting for Pete Hegseth to be impeached over his role in the illegal strike on boat bombing survivors. Even many Republicans are raising questions about his actions.
Calls Grow for Impeachment of Hegseth for 'Murder,' Even as Jeffries Dumps Cold Water on the Idea
As Congress demands answers, Win Without War says "answers aren’t enough" and that "impeachment is how Congress must check an out-of-control official who abuses his power."
www.commondreams.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Despite Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries' rejection of the idea, calls are mounting for Pete Hegseth to be impeached over his role in the illegal strike on boat bombing survivors. Even many Republicans are raising questions about his actions.
Another reason to boycott the World Cup…
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Another reason to boycott the World Cup…
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Fuck FIFA and their fucked up prize
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Fuck FIFA and their fucked up prize
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Hepatitis B vaccination guidance is changing, but the facts have not. Hep. B vaccines have been recommended for all infants since 1991 & continue to safely protect against chronic infection & death. Protect your child’s lifelong health by getting them vaccinated on time: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hepatitis B vaccination guidance is changing, but the facts have not. Hep. B vaccines have been recommended for all infants since 1991 & continue to safely protect against chronic infection & death. Protect your child’s lifelong health by getting them vaccinated on time: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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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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This wildly tacky World Cup draw is a grimly fascinating preview of what happens if the aesthetics of fascism finally get their way.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This wildly tacky World Cup draw is a grimly fascinating preview of what happens if the aesthetics of fascism finally get their way.
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When and How does Raleigh Vote?
Join us Dec 8 and find out!
New Primaries & 4-year Terms
#Raleigh #RalPol @wakedems.bsky.social
@lambertmeltonnc.bsky.social @1stormie1.bsky.social
@mitchellsilver.bsky.social @jane4raleigh.bsky.social
Details: livableraleigh.com/when-and-how...
Join us Dec 8 and find out!
New Primaries & 4-year Terms
#Raleigh #RalPol @wakedems.bsky.social
@lambertmeltonnc.bsky.social @1stormie1.bsky.social
@mitchellsilver.bsky.social @jane4raleigh.bsky.social
Details: livableraleigh.com/when-and-how...
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
When and How does Raleigh Vote?
Join us Dec 8 and find out!
New Primaries & 4-year Terms
#Raleigh #RalPol @wakedems.bsky.social
@lambertmeltonnc.bsky.social @1stormie1.bsky.social
@mitchellsilver.bsky.social @jane4raleigh.bsky.social
Details: livableraleigh.com/when-and-how...
Join us Dec 8 and find out!
New Primaries & 4-year Terms
#Raleigh #RalPol @wakedems.bsky.social
@lambertmeltonnc.bsky.social @1stormie1.bsky.social
@mitchellsilver.bsky.social @jane4raleigh.bsky.social
Details: livableraleigh.com/when-and-how...
To sum this up…
The ACC is a G6 football conference with a good tv contract.
Bad decisions and teams that want to leave.
Is it basketball season yet?
www.espn.com/college-foot...
The ACC is a G6 football conference with a good tv contract.
Bad decisions and teams that want to leave.
Is it basketball season yet?
www.espn.com/college-foot...
'Coastal Chaos' and 7-5 Duke: Can the ACC's longstanding problems ever get resolved?
Duke's presence in the ACC title game isn't just a result of five-way tie for second, it's a symptom of longstanding issues.
www.espn.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
To sum this up…
The ACC is a G6 football conference with a good tv contract.
Bad decisions and teams that want to leave.
Is it basketball season yet?
www.espn.com/college-foot...
The ACC is a G6 football conference with a good tv contract.
Bad decisions and teams that want to leave.
Is it basketball season yet?
www.espn.com/college-foot...
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The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Pete Hegseth is a threat to national security, the lives of members of our armed services & to our country!
youtube.com/shorts/JQegm...
youtube.com/shorts/JQegm...
Mark Kelly CLAPS BACK at Pete Hegseth
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Pete Hegseth is a threat to national security, the lives of members of our armed services & to our country!
youtube.com/shorts/JQegm...
youtube.com/shorts/JQegm...
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Breaking news, former dirty energy executive loves dirty energy.
The former oil executive/DOE official who held the all-staff meeting announcing the change repeatedly told the scientists who work on clean energy that she "hates" clean energy.
'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Breaking news, former dirty energy executive loves dirty energy.
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“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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It’s time.
Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s time.
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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Alright. That means the Supreme Court would let democrats keep their re-drawn maps, too, right? Right?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has permitted Texas to keep its newly redistricted, GOP-favorable congressional map in 2026.
Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.
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Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Alright. That means the Supreme Court would let democrats keep their re-drawn maps, too, right? Right?
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Last week, I spoke to SCOTUS scholar @leahlitman.bsky.social in an interview about how the Texas map case posed a test for the Roberts court.
It'd show "immense hypocrisy" to uphold Texas maps, but void Louisiana's, she said.
ICYMI at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/texas-loui...
It'd show "immense hypocrisy" to uphold Texas maps, but void Louisiana's, she said.
ICYMI at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/texas-loui...
Texas and Louisiana maps pose test for Roberts Court
SCOTUS scholar Leah Litman says it would show "immense hypocrisy" to uphold Texas maps, but void the Bayou State's.
www.allrisenews.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Last week, I spoke to SCOTUS scholar @leahlitman.bsky.social in an interview about how the Texas map case posed a test for the Roberts court.
It'd show "immense hypocrisy" to uphold Texas maps, but void Louisiana's, she said.
ICYMI at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/texas-loui...
It'd show "immense hypocrisy" to uphold Texas maps, but void Louisiana's, she said.
ICYMI at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/texas-loui...
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Anyone defending execution as a reasonable punishment for drug smuggling is a Nazi. Pass it on.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Anyone defending execution as a reasonable punishment for drug smuggling is a Nazi. Pass it on.
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
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And that’s why we didn’t get any details about Cole’s activity between 12/19 and 1/5 in the affidavit or the press conference.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
And that’s why we didn’t get any details about Cole’s activity between 12/19 and 1/5 in the affidavit or the press conference.
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BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
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The most interesting part of this story isn’t that the pipe bomber is MAGA. That was blatantly obvious. What should interest folks is that the FBI and DoJ hid that fact from you, and still haven’t made a statement. This info is coming from sources on the condition of anonymity.
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The most interesting part of this story isn’t that the pipe bomber is MAGA. That was blatantly obvious. What should interest folks is that the FBI and DoJ hid that fact from you, and still haven’t made a statement. This info is coming from sources on the condition of anonymity.
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I really just cannot get over this. Jeffries has to go. If you have any hope for the Democrat party, remove Jeffries from his position.
Corporate Dem Rep Henry Cuellar & his wife were indicted in March 2024 for accepting hundreds of thousands in foreign bribes.
Trump just pardoned them.
Hakeem Jeffries is praising Trump’s decision as “exactly the right outcome” & praising Cuellar as “a beloved member of the House.”
Ridiculous.😐
Trump just pardoned them.
Hakeem Jeffries is praising Trump’s decision as “exactly the right outcome” & praising Cuellar as “a beloved member of the House.”
Ridiculous.😐
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I really just cannot get over this. Jeffries has to go. If you have any hope for the Democrat party, remove Jeffries from his position.