HockeyBroad
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A Bug's Life - ''Then they ALL might stand up to us''
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C'mon, people - #Disney taught us about how to handle this kind of stuff in 1998.
youtu.be/VLbWnJGlyMU #ABugsLife
youtu.be/VLbWnJGlyMU #ABugsLife
Chick-lit recommendation of the day: "American Royals" by Katharine McGee.
I had bought this book a while back but just got around to reading it. I think she should've written the younger characters slightly older, but overall, an interesting "what if?" Washington had allowed himself to be king?
I had bought this book a while back but just got around to reading it. I think she should've written the younger characters slightly older, but overall, an interesting "what if?" Washington had allowed himself to be king?
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Chick-lit recommendation of the day: "American Royals" by Katharine McGee.
I had bought this book a while back but just got around to reading it. I think she should've written the younger characters slightly older, but overall, an interesting "what if?" Washington had allowed himself to be king?
I had bought this book a while back but just got around to reading it. I think she should've written the younger characters slightly older, but overall, an interesting "what if?" Washington had allowed himself to be king?
All right, I'm in the mood for a movie-AT-the-actual-theater, so what have you seen lately (new releases) that's good? Or at least good enough that you didn't feel you wasted your money watching it, haha. :)
I'm fairly open to whatever genre, EXCEPT horror.
I'm fairly open to whatever genre, EXCEPT horror.
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
All right, I'm in the mood for a movie-AT-the-actual-theater, so what have you seen lately (new releases) that's good? Or at least good enough that you didn't feel you wasted your money watching it, haha. :)
I'm fairly open to whatever genre, EXCEPT horror.
I'm fairly open to whatever genre, EXCEPT horror.
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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Trump exposed for embezzling donor money into his bank account.
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
Data shows Trump is 'funneling' donor money into his bank account
Newsbreak reports that millionaire President Donald Trump is diverting donor money straight into his pocket.“Even as he leverages his presidency to make himself millions, perhaps even billions of doll...
www.rawstory.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Trump exposed for embezzling donor money into his bank account.
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
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You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
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Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
They've already made a few blows, so democracy is on life support right now.
Either they're going to be remembered for being spineless cowards, or they're going to be remembered for putting a stop to this regime. Not feeling great that they'll do the *right* thing.
Either they're going to be remembered for being spineless cowards, or they're going to be remembered for putting a stop to this regime. Not feeling great that they'll do the *right* thing.
"'History’s eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
They've already made a few blows, so democracy is on life support right now.
Either they're going to be remembered for being spineless cowards, or they're going to be remembered for putting a stop to this regime. Not feeling great that they'll do the *right* thing.
Either they're going to be remembered for being spineless cowards, or they're going to be remembered for putting a stop to this regime. Not feeling great that they'll do the *right* thing.
Make him pay for his own golf trips.
Hey Congress - how about CAPPING HOW MUCH MONEY A PRESIDENT CAN SPEND ON VACATION/PERSONAL TIME PER YEAR? They go over it, they pay for it themselves.
@warren.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @sanders.senate.gov
Hey Congress - how about CAPPING HOW MUCH MONEY A PRESIDENT CAN SPEND ON VACATION/PERSONAL TIME PER YEAR? They go over it, they pay for it themselves.
@warren.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @sanders.senate.gov
Trump’s golf trips add up costing taxpayers millions. Why doesn’t the GOP cut these trips instead of Medicaid?
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Make him pay for his own golf trips.
Hey Congress - how about CAPPING HOW MUCH MONEY A PRESIDENT CAN SPEND ON VACATION/PERSONAL TIME PER YEAR? They go over it, they pay for it themselves.
@warren.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @sanders.senate.gov
Hey Congress - how about CAPPING HOW MUCH MONEY A PRESIDENT CAN SPEND ON VACATION/PERSONAL TIME PER YEAR? They go over it, they pay for it themselves.
@warren.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @sanders.senate.gov
I saw a post on Instagram today measuring snowfall in beer cans, and sorry, but that's the only way to measure Midwest snowfall from here on out.
A first look at snowfall totals so far across Chicagoland.
Chicago’s record for the snowiest November day is 8”. Could this storm be the one to break it?
MORE DETAILS: https://tinyurl.com/2hsfwjyv
Chicago’s record for the snowiest November day is 8”. Could this storm be the one to break it?
MORE DETAILS: https://tinyurl.com/2hsfwjyv
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I saw a post on Instagram today measuring snowfall in beer cans, and sorry, but that's the only way to measure Midwest snowfall from here on out.
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I think about this tweet a lot
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I think about this tweet a lot
The problem with anything related to Congressional salaries is ... they make their own salaries.
And they'll NEVER vote amongst themselves take less money.
But Congress should not be able to give themselves a pay raise WITHOUT raising minimum wage & having MW directly tied into cost of living.
And they'll NEVER vote amongst themselves take less money.
But Congress should not be able to give themselves a pay raise WITHOUT raising minimum wage & having MW directly tied into cost of living.
How about tying minimum wage to congressional salaries & benefits?
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The problem with anything related to Congressional salaries is ... they make their own salaries.
And they'll NEVER vote amongst themselves take less money.
But Congress should not be able to give themselves a pay raise WITHOUT raising minimum wage & having MW directly tied into cost of living.
And they'll NEVER vote amongst themselves take less money.
But Congress should not be able to give themselves a pay raise WITHOUT raising minimum wage & having MW directly tied into cost of living.
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What drives me insane is when large corporations say that they can’t afford to pay more. That’s real screwed up thinking.
The executives have no clue what minimum wage means to people. It means two jobs. Still people are buried by debt for just everyday expenses, then someone gets sick. It’s over.
The executives have no clue what minimum wage means to people. It means two jobs. Still people are buried by debt for just everyday expenses, then someone gets sick. It’s over.
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
What drives me insane is when large corporations say that they can’t afford to pay more. That’s real screwed up thinking.
The executives have no clue what minimum wage means to people. It means two jobs. Still people are buried by debt for just everyday expenses, then someone gets sick. It’s over.
The executives have no clue what minimum wage means to people. It means two jobs. Still people are buried by debt for just everyday expenses, then someone gets sick. It’s over.
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I’d tie the highest wage in a company to the lowest - it can only be, say, ten times the lowest wage in the company or something. That way, businesses have their own self-interest in paying their lowest paid workers comparatively well to the amount they do now.
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’d tie the highest wage in a company to the lowest - it can only be, say, ten times the lowest wage in the company or something. That way, businesses have their own self-interest in paying their lowest paid workers comparatively well to the amount they do now.
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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Wow. Straight up Nazi/Stalin propaganda bullshit.
The White House web site now includes a "media bias" tracker with a leaderboard and an offender hall of shame. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Wow. Straight up Nazi/Stalin propaganda bullshit.
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The Nazis used the term "Lying Press" (Lügenpresse) to discredit and censor all dissenting media, simultaneously targeting journalists, and seizing, and giving their political allies control of news outlets to crush any opposition.
Just mentioning that now for no reason at all.
Just mentioning that now for no reason at all.
November 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Nazis used the term "Lying Press" (Lügenpresse) to discredit and censor all dissenting media, simultaneously targeting journalists, and seizing, and giving their political allies control of news outlets to crush any opposition.
Just mentioning that now for no reason at all.
Just mentioning that now for no reason at all.
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Guns continue to be a cancer eating at the soul of the US.
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Guns continue to be a cancer eating at the soul of the US.
Just think: no previous administration has done this. Has needed to done this. Has claimed such "massive bias" as this one does.
Every other pres: journalists report, the world rolls on.
This regime: "WTF THEY TELL EVERYBODY WHAT WE'RE DOING & IT SOUNDS SO BAD WHEN IT'S SAID OUT LOUD, SO, *BIAS*!"
Every other pres: journalists report, the world rolls on.
This regime: "WTF THEY TELL EVERYBODY WHAT WE'RE DOING & IT SOUNDS SO BAD WHEN IT'S SAID OUT LOUD, SO, *BIAS*!"
The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Just think: no previous administration has done this. Has needed to done this. Has claimed such "massive bias" as this one does.
Every other pres: journalists report, the world rolls on.
This regime: "WTF THEY TELL EVERYBODY WHAT WE'RE DOING & IT SOUNDS SO BAD WHEN IT'S SAID OUT LOUD, SO, *BIAS*!"
Every other pres: journalists report, the world rolls on.
This regime: "WTF THEY TELL EVERYBODY WHAT WE'RE DOING & IT SOUNDS SO BAD WHEN IT'S SAID OUT LOUD, SO, *BIAS*!"
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Biden had nothing to do with this. It is deliberate sabotage. Grifters have stolen billions and plan to crash our systems forever. Project 2025 spelled out every damn page. Wake up and push back. Unite. Peaceful but LOUD.
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Biden had nothing to do with this. It is deliberate sabotage. Grifters have stolen billions and plan to crash our systems forever. Project 2025 spelled out every damn page. Wake up and push back. Unite. Peaceful but LOUD.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
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Are they baking a cake on his head
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Are they baking a cake on his head
How much of that is directly related to tariffs, NOT any actual desire to spend more?
Shoppers spent $1 billion more online shopping on Black Friday this year compared to 2024.
Black Friday Online Sales Up Nearly 10% From Last Year, Study Shows
Shoppers spent $1 billion more online shopping on Black Friday this year compared to 2024.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
How much of that is directly related to tariffs, NOT any actual desire to spend more?