Lyda Astrove
@lydaa.bsky.social
Love flamingos, alligators, sharks, beagles. Autism mom. Lawyer. Ponte Vedra Beach gal. Running. Baseball.
What a clown.
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
What a clown.
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wtop.com/dc/2026/01/n... No reason for this. Not needed.
National Guard troops to stay on Washington, DC, streets through 2026 - WTOP News
National Guard troops will be on the streets of Washington, D.C., until the end of the year.
wtop.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM
wtop.com/dc/2026/01/n... No reason for this. Not needed.
Paraphasia. #DementiaDon
Trump: Starting on day one, we fully secured the southern boulevard… and think of it, as we were securing southern boulevard, we were securing the southern border.
January 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Paraphasia. #DementiaDon
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NEWS: Canada just checkmated the United States.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
NEWS: Canada just checkmated the United States.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
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Excellent James Carville suggestion: make “pedophile protector” a nickname and meme that sticks to him like, oh, “short-fingered vulgarian.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
January 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Excellent James Carville suggestion: make “pedophile protector” a nickname and meme that sticks to him like, oh, “short-fingered vulgarian.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.
Opinion | Something Is Rotten in the State of America
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.
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"Let them eat a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing."
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM
"Let them eat a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing."
Perfect name. Adorable hound dog. 🩵💙
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Perfect name. Adorable hound dog. 🩵💙
You promised to let us know when it was time to panic. I think I’m going to go ahead and panic now.
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
You promised to let us know when it was time to panic. I think I’m going to go ahead and panic now.
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Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well.
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Most Dangerous Gambit
His irrational obsession with Greenland could lead to global conflict.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Danish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well.
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III.
(Gifted.)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I enjoy sending postcards. Will pop one in the mail.
January 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I enjoy sending postcards. Will pop one in the mail.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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"TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at the factory, told The Post that he was the one shouting at Trump. He said he has been suspended from work pending an investigation.
{gift link} wapo.st/4sG38CD
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Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward a line worker shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
wapo.st
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
"TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at the factory, told The Post that he was the one shouting at Trump. He said he has been suspended from work pending an investigation.
{gift link} wapo.st/4sG38CD
{gift link} wapo.st/4sG38CD
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At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest over the Trump administration’s handling of the fatal shooting of a motorist in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 4:39 AM
At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest over the Trump administration’s handling of the fatal shooting of a motorist in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
“It’s not a presidency. It’s a crime spree.”
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 AM
“It’s not a presidency. It’s a crime spree.”
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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Live: Stock futures slide as Trump's DOJ opens criminal investigation into Fed Chair Powell www.cnbc.com/2026/01/11/s...
Stock futures slide as Trump's DOJ opens criminal investigation into Fed Chair Powell: Live updates
Traders are preparing for the kickoff of earnings season, with major Wall Street banks set to report results in the days ahead.
www.cnbc.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Live: Stock futures slide as Trump's DOJ opens criminal investigation into Fed Chair Powell www.cnbc.com/2026/01/11/s...
