Holly Ross
@mshollyross.bsky.social
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Holly Ross
@mshollyross.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Aurel Bachiak, who would have been my Great Uncle, died in Okinawa - while saving democracy. On this day, I keep telling him I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry 😓.
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
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The United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C., now has Trump’s full name on its exterior. New signage shows “Donald J. Trump” positioned above the institute’s original lettering.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C., now has Trump’s full name on its exterior. New signage shows “Donald J. Trump” positioned above the institute’s original lettering.
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It’s just wild to watch Trump fall asleep constantly in meetings, then he wakes up and calls Joe Biden “sleepy.”
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It’s just wild to watch Trump fall asleep constantly in meetings, then he wakes up and calls Joe Biden “sleepy.”
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I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
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Pete Hegseth removed respected journalists from the Pentagon, because he feared their willingness to publish the truth.
Then he brought in only some of the nation's most seasoned sycophants to take their place.
Then he brought in only some of the nation's most seasoned sycophants to take their place.
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Pete Hegseth removed respected journalists from the Pentagon, because he feared their willingness to publish the truth.
Then he brought in only some of the nation's most seasoned sycophants to take their place.
Then he brought in only some of the nation's most seasoned sycophants to take their place.
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What I cannot understand is that Americans by and large don't understand that Trump roots for Putin & not for democracy, rule of law, Ukraine or the US.
Don't they hear what he is saying & see what he is doing?
No, they just say "but he is our president!"
What stupidity!
Don't they hear what he is saying & see what he is doing?
No, they just say "but he is our president!"
What stupidity!
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
What I cannot understand is that Americans by and large don't understand that Trump roots for Putin & not for democracy, rule of law, Ukraine or the US.
Don't they hear what he is saying & see what he is doing?
No, they just say "but he is our president!"
What stupidity!
Don't they hear what he is saying & see what he is doing?
No, they just say "but he is our president!"
What stupidity!
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
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Sen. Mark Kelly: “President Trump is trying to silence me. Threatening to kill me for saying what is true. And he sent his Secretary of Defense after me. And it's not going to work.”
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly: “President Trump is trying to silence me. Threatening to kill me for saying what is true. And he sent his Secretary of Defense after me. And it's not going to work.”
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Donald, on his way—again—to the golf course to bring down prices at the grocery store for us. What a selfless hero.
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Donald, on his way—again—to the golf course to bring down prices at the grocery store for us. What a selfless hero.
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Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
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"'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 12:43 AM
"'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...
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The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
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I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
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Northwestern just discarded every ounce of its now previous prestige. Same with ALL the other universities who've bent the knee. Disgraceful. Shame on you.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Northwestern just discarded every ounce of its now previous prestige. Same with ALL the other universities who've bent the knee. Disgraceful. Shame on you.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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I really should stop using the term “war crime” to describe trump, Hegseth, et al just committing murder willy nilly
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I really should stop using the term “war crime” to describe trump, Hegseth, et al just committing murder willy nilly
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WHY IS ANY OF THIS HAPPENING
WE COULD BE SPENDING THE MONEY GIVEN TO THESE ICE GOONS ON HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.
WE COULD BE SPENDING THE MONEY GIVEN TO THESE ICE GOONS ON HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.
Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
WHY IS ANY OF THIS HAPPENING
WE COULD BE SPENDING THE MONEY GIVEN TO THESE ICE GOONS ON HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.
WE COULD BE SPENDING THE MONEY GIVEN TO THESE ICE GOONS ON HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.
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ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
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This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
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Trump has decided to exempt coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rules for the next two years. He issued a proclamation allowing coke oven facilities to sidestep existing limits on toxic emissions including mercury, formaldehyde, soot, and dioxins.
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Trump has decided to exempt coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rules for the next two years. He issued a proclamation allowing coke oven facilities to sidestep existing limits on toxic emissions including mercury, formaldehyde, soot, and dioxins.
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“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
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We’re suing the Trump Administration for its unlawful cuts to homeless housing funding — cuts that threaten to rip permanent housing support from tens of thousands of California families.
Donald Trump’s recklessness jeopardizes our housing stability.
We will stop him.
Donald Trump’s recklessness jeopardizes our housing stability.
We will stop him.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We’re suing the Trump Administration for its unlawful cuts to homeless housing funding — cuts that threaten to rip permanent housing support from tens of thousands of California families.
Donald Trump’s recklessness jeopardizes our housing stability.
We will stop him.
Donald Trump’s recklessness jeopardizes our housing stability.
We will stop him.
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Sen. Mark Kelly: “I’ve had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I’ve been nearly shot down multiple times. I’ve flown a rocket ship into space four times, built by the lowest bidder. I’m not going to be silenced by Donald Trump.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly: “I’ve had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I’ve been nearly shot down multiple times. I’ve flown a rocket ship into space four times, built by the lowest bidder. I’m not going to be silenced by Donald Trump.”
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Trump, Eric & Junior promised their patriotic ‘Made in the USA’ cell phones would be delivered in Aug to the MAGA rubes. Still no phones, and the ‘Made in USA’ claim had been scrubbed from their website. Scam #1,284. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump, Eric & Junior promised their patriotic ‘Made in the USA’ cell phones would be delivered in Aug to the MAGA rubes. Still no phones, and the ‘Made in USA’ claim had been scrubbed from their website. Scam #1,284. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...