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Rambling Soapbox Blog & Pushback on Medium & Substack.
Nature/Travel Photographer; Gardener; Jewelry Maker; Writer; Opinionated Moderate. Lover of cats & dogs/coffee & tea.
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Stephen Miller has six figure investments in the private for-profit detention industry.
Pam Bondi is a former lobbyist for the private for-profit detention industry.
Follow the money.
www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/04...
Pam Bondi is a former lobbyist for the private for-profit detention industry.
Follow the money.
www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/04...
Private prison companies positioned to benefit from increased deportations - OpenSecrets News
As the Trump administration is ramping up detentions and deportations of immigrants living in the United States, it is also…
www.opensecrets.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Stephen Miller has six figure investments in the private for-profit detention industry.
Pam Bondi is a former lobbyist for the private for-profit detention industry.
Follow the money.
www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/04...
Pam Bondi is a former lobbyist for the private for-profit detention industry.
Follow the money.
www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/04...
“God’s Not Dead: The Revenge” Samantha Kulnecky’s Terrible Essay, and the Politics that Enable Brain Drain 🧠 for Power.
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God's Not Dead: The Revenge
Samantha Kulnecky's Terrible Essay, and the Politics that Enable Brain Drain for Power
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December 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“God’s Not Dead: The Revenge” Samantha Kulnecky’s Terrible Essay, and the Politics that Enable Brain Drain 🧠 for Power.
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President Trump's signature law of his second term provides vastly more benefits to the rich Ohioans than to any other group. It also takes more away from Ohio's most vulnerable families than most people might realize, a new analysis says ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/04/r...
Report: Trump law is even harder on poor Ohioans than people might think • Ohio Capital Journal
The details of President Trump's signature law are even worse for the poor and hungry in Ohio than is commonly known, a new report says.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
President Trump's signature law of his second term provides vastly more benefits to the rich Ohioans than to any other group. It also takes more away from Ohio's most vulnerable families than most people might realize, a new analysis says ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/04/r...
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As food prices remain high the Trump administration has made it easier for farmers to hire foreign guest workers and to pay them less. Now other industries with large immigrant workforces also are asking for relief as they combat labor shortages and raids ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/04/r...
More industries want Trump’s help hiring immigrant labor after farms get a break • Ohio Capital Journal
As food prices remain high, the Trump administration has made it easier for farmers to hire foreign guest workers and to pay them less. Now, other industries with large immigrant workforces also are…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
As food prices remain high the Trump administration has made it easier for farmers to hire foreign guest workers and to pay them less. Now other industries with large immigrant workforces also are asking for relief as they combat labor shortages and raids ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/04/r...
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Federal reform of law enforcement is on the Democrats list, right?
A federal database that would keep a record of investigations and disciplinary actions for law enforcement jobs.
A federal database that would keep a record of investigations and disciplinary actions for law enforcement jobs.
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Federal reform of law enforcement is on the Democrats list, right?
A federal database that would keep a record of investigations and disciplinary actions for law enforcement jobs.
A federal database that would keep a record of investigations and disciplinary actions for law enforcement jobs.
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People need to stop voting for sheriffs who allow stuff like this to happen. Yes your votes and lack of votes affects shit like this too. Republican sheriffs will put republicans in top positions who will uplift other problematic officers. Do better white folks. You can’t fix a system by sitting
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
People need to stop voting for sheriffs who allow stuff like this to happen. Yes your votes and lack of votes affects shit like this too. Republican sheriffs will put republicans in top positions who will uplift other problematic officers. Do better white folks. You can’t fix a system by sitting
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ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
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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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Cognetti: We don’t want Joe Rogan or OAN talking about this district because we have a congressman who has become one of the most prolific stock traders—someone who dumped six figures’ worth of Medicaid provider stock a week before he trashed a trillion dollars of Medicaid.
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Cognetti: We don’t want Joe Rogan or OAN talking about this district because we have a congressman who has become one of the most prolific stock traders—someone who dumped six figures’ worth of Medicaid provider stock a week before he trashed a trillion dollars of Medicaid.
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No one wants to be the first. I guarantee that once someone breaks the seal and says something, others will feel more confident doing so moving forward. Courage is contagious
I can’t tell if it’s cowardice or some fucked up sense of decorum that makes no sense in the current environment with this fuckin guy
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
No one wants to be the first. I guarantee that once someone breaks the seal and says something, others will feel more confident doing so moving forward. Courage is contagious
If we live in a United States, every child should be getting the same education from sea to shining sea.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
If we live in a United States, every child should be getting the same education from sea to shining sea.
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Always projection. They keep talking about democrats trying to hand out things to buy votes. They're doing exactly that.
They've been going on for years about George Soros funding everything democrat. Soros's net worth is $7.5 billion.
They have 3 of the 3 wealthiest men in the world funding them.
They've been going on for years about George Soros funding everything democrat. Soros's net worth is $7.5 billion.
They have 3 of the 3 wealthiest men in the world funding them.
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Always projection. They keep talking about democrats trying to hand out things to buy votes. They're doing exactly that.
They've been going on for years about George Soros funding everything democrat. Soros's net worth is $7.5 billion.
They have 3 of the 3 wealthiest men in the world funding them.
They've been going on for years about George Soros funding everything democrat. Soros's net worth is $7.5 billion.
They have 3 of the 3 wealthiest men in the world funding them.
Alex is enjoying a clean carpet tonight.
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Alex is enjoying a clean carpet tonight.
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43/ Here’s my article and thread about William Wolfe, Russ Vought, and an earlier draft of the Statement on Christian Nationalism manifesto (co-edited by Wolfe & Joel Webbon & co-authored by Dusty Deevers). The MSM ignored it. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
3/ Self-professed “Christian Nationalist” William Wolfe is a former fellow of Russ Vought’s Center for Renewing America. I wrote about their relationship—& Wolfe’s co-editing of a draft online manifesto (“The Statement on Christian Nationalism”) here. buckscountybeacon.com/2024/03/shoc...
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
43/ Here’s my article and thread about William Wolfe, Russ Vought, and an earlier draft of the Statement on Christian Nationalism manifesto (co-edited by Wolfe & Joel Webbon & co-authored by Dusty Deevers). The MSM ignored it. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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6/ Related thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
New pro-Trump group, the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), is “writing the blueprint for dismantling bureaucracy in every red state.” Nate Fischer—a founder of New Founding, which is backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen—is an SLI co-founder. The board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts. 1/
New Group Aims To Dismantle Red State Bureaucracies
The State Leadership Initiative is a coalition-building organization aimed at ensuring 'red states' operate in GOP voters' best interests.
thefederalist.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
6/ Related thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts sits on the board of the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), which was co-founded by Nate Fischer & Noah Wall. Alex Acosta (of Epstein plea deal infamy) is the chairman. WTF? 1/
stateleadership.org/about/
stateleadership.org/about/
About | State Leadership Initiative
About Our Vision Americans transforming their state and community into a legacy their children and grandchildren will be proud to call their home. SLI was f ...
stateleadership.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts sits on the board of the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), which was co-founded by Nate Fischer & Noah Wall. Alex Acosta (of Epstein plea deal infamy) is the chairman. WTF? 1/
stateleadership.org/about/
stateleadership.org/about/
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scoop: this year, an engineer at The Washington Post quit, citing unethical use of A.I. in an un-launched product.
The Post ended up rolling out a different A.I. aggregator that it now uses.
All that, and lots more, in this story with
@katierobertson.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
The Post ended up rolling out a different A.I. aggregator that it now uses.
All that, and lots more, in this story with
@katierobertson.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
Who Wrote That Headline? Maybe a Robot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
scoop: this year, an engineer at The Washington Post quit, citing unethical use of A.I. in an un-launched product.
The Post ended up rolling out a different A.I. aggregator that it now uses.
All that, and lots more, in this story with
@katierobertson.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
The Post ended up rolling out a different A.I. aggregator that it now uses.
All that, and lots more, in this story with
@katierobertson.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
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For two decades, Paul Newby has pushed to make judicial elections in North Carolina explicitly partisan and consistently backed initiatives by Republican lawmakers to strip power away from North Carolina’s governor.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
For two decades, Paul Newby has pushed to make judicial elections in North Carolina explicitly partisan and consistently backed initiatives by Republican lawmakers to strip power away from North Carolina’s governor.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
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The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.
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Nothing is set in stone. If they don't give us the backpay, there will be lawsuits.
It's not a given that the SC will let this slide.
We can make change happen.
They want us to feel hopeless.
It's our job to fight back and continue to fight back over everything.
It's not a given that the SC will let this slide.
We can make change happen.
They want us to feel hopeless.
It's our job to fight back and continue to fight back over everything.
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Nothing is set in stone. If they don't give us the backpay, there will be lawsuits.
It's not a given that the SC will let this slide.
We can make change happen.
They want us to feel hopeless.
It's our job to fight back and continue to fight back over everything.
It's not a given that the SC will let this slide.
We can make change happen.
They want us to feel hopeless.
It's our job to fight back and continue to fight back over everything.
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Oh the hypocrisy is rich!!
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Oh the hypocrisy is rich!!
Stupid people are mean because that’s all they have to work with.
October 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Stupid people are mean because that’s all they have to work with.
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