OldeNaturalist
@oldenaturalist.bsky.social
IT Consultant, Naturalist and Drone Pilot. Advocate for clean air in schools and vaccines for all.
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
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The countries which border Putin's Russia have to consider he will attack them. Not because he want's to conquer them; but because he can try to use that fight to conquer Ukraine.
And later try to conquer them, or not.
And later try to conquer them, or not.
Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Wieslaw Kukula: “Poland is in a pre-war stage,” Russia has begun preparing for war with Poland. At this time it is conducting cyberattacks & acts of sabotage on Polish soil. Several countries including France have sent jets to boost defences.
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The countries which border Putin's Russia have to consider he will attack them. Not because he want's to conquer them; but because he can try to use that fight to conquer Ukraine.
And later try to conquer them, or not.
And later try to conquer them, or not.
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i know “quiet, piggy” is just one raindrop in the flood of vile, shocking statements from trump, but it’s SO cruel, so threatening, such a violation of our most basic interpersonal norms. i would really like to see it get some actual coverage.
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
i know “quiet, piggy” is just one raindrop in the flood of vile, shocking statements from trump, but it’s SO cruel, so threatening, such a violation of our most basic interpersonal norms. i would really like to see it get some actual coverage.
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How have we found ourselves here as a country? A supposedly centre-left government unable to rule out child detention.
Will Labour MPs now ask – how have they found themselves here as a party? And, more importantly, what do they plan to do about it?
Will Labour MPs now ask – how have they found themselves here as a party? And, more importantly, what do they plan to do about it?
Lots of Labour MPs asking Mahmood tonight to rule out child detention. She won’t rule it out. That’s because forced removals of families will mean children in detention for periods.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
How have we found ourselves here as a country? A supposedly centre-left government unable to rule out child detention.
Will Labour MPs now ask – how have they found themselves here as a party? And, more importantly, what do they plan to do about it?
Will Labour MPs now ask – how have they found themselves here as a party? And, more importantly, what do they plan to do about it?
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as a reporter, the part of this that i’ve simply never understood is how the next person to ask a question when he does something like this doesn’t simply repeat the question that set him off. it’s not just solidarity with your colleague, it’s an important question that remains worth asking
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
as a reporter, the part of this that i’ve simply never understood is how the next person to ask a question when he does something like this doesn’t simply repeat the question that set him off. it’s not just solidarity with your colleague, it’s an important question that remains worth asking
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I voted Labour last year firstly to get the Tories out but also in the expectation that we could look forward to having grown ups in charge to sort out 14 years of abject failure.
I wasn't expecting and neither did I vote for this.
This country is now in deep shit with three racist parties
I wasn't expecting and neither did I vote for this.
This country is now in deep shit with three racist parties
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I voted Labour last year firstly to get the Tories out but also in the expectation that we could look forward to having grown ups in charge to sort out 14 years of abject failure.
I wasn't expecting and neither did I vote for this.
This country is now in deep shit with three racist parties
I wasn't expecting and neither did I vote for this.
This country is now in deep shit with three racist parties
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On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, protesters and local residents stood up to defend a solitary flower vendor who was being searched by Border Patrol and federal goons in a wooded area.
November 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, protesters and local residents stood up to defend a solitary flower vendor who was being searched by Border Patrol and federal goons in a wooded area.
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Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
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Alma is a disabled activist and the daughter of a US Navy vet.
She was attending her monthly immigration check in with her lawyer when ICE grabbed her.
I wrote about her and other disabled people being abused at the hands of ICE.
Their stories are often untold or quickly forgotten:
She was attending her monthly immigration check in with her lawyer when ICE grabbed her.
I wrote about her and other disabled people being abused at the hands of ICE.
Their stories are often untold or quickly forgotten:
Disabled People are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention Facilities
Why is no one talking about it? Where's the media? Where's the public outcry? Another example of the pervasive nature of ableism and how society views disabled people as expendable.
www.disabledginger.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Alma is a disabled activist and the daughter of a US Navy vet.
She was attending her monthly immigration check in with her lawyer when ICE grabbed her.
I wrote about her and other disabled people being abused at the hands of ICE.
Their stories are often untold or quickly forgotten:
She was attending her monthly immigration check in with her lawyer when ICE grabbed her.
I wrote about her and other disabled people being abused at the hands of ICE.
Their stories are often untold or quickly forgotten:
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Alma Bowman spent nearly 3 years in ICE detention during first Trump term.
When released she worked as a whistleblower to expose these kinds of atrocities.
Forced sterilization & hysterectomies. Medical neglect.
ICE grabbed her again in March and she’s been detained ever since.
Justice for Alma
When released she worked as a whistleblower to expose these kinds of atrocities.
Forced sterilization & hysterectomies. Medical neglect.
ICE grabbed her again in March and she’s been detained ever since.
Justice for Alma
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Alma Bowman spent nearly 3 years in ICE detention during first Trump term.
When released she worked as a whistleblower to expose these kinds of atrocities.
Forced sterilization & hysterectomies. Medical neglect.
ICE grabbed her again in March and she’s been detained ever since.
Justice for Alma
When released she worked as a whistleblower to expose these kinds of atrocities.
Forced sterilization & hysterectomies. Medical neglect.
ICE grabbed her again in March and she’s been detained ever since.
Justice for Alma
A pretend economist running the bloody treasury, who seems to be deciding the budget based upon whatever side of the bed she got out on.
A "pull the ladder up" Home Secretary (again!).
An education minister who wants to send children to school whether they're sick or not.
Clowns.
A "pull the ladder up" Home Secretary (again!).
An education minister who wants to send children to school whether they're sick or not.
Clowns.
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
A pretend economist running the bloody treasury, who seems to be deciding the budget based upon whatever side of the bed she got out on.
A "pull the ladder up" Home Secretary (again!).
An education minister who wants to send children to school whether they're sick or not.
Clowns.
A "pull the ladder up" Home Secretary (again!).
An education minister who wants to send children to school whether they're sick or not.
Clowns.
Yes, let's just treat them like the Nazis treated the Jews. Perhaps we should give them tattoos as well?
What the actual fuck is Labour up to? Instead of demonising these people, we should be treating them with dignity!
Pandering to racists and bigots is never a path forward.
What the actual fuck is Labour up to? Instead of demonising these people, we should be treating them with dignity!
Pandering to racists and bigots is never a path forward.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Yes, let's just treat them like the Nazis treated the Jews. Perhaps we should give them tattoos as well?
What the actual fuck is Labour up to? Instead of demonising these people, we should be treating them with dignity!
Pandering to racists and bigots is never a path forward.
What the actual fuck is Labour up to? Instead of demonising these people, we should be treating them with dignity!
Pandering to racists and bigots is never a path forward.
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It's not possible to make it any plainer than this. This isn't about migrants or levels of migration & there are no concessions that can be given to appease these people. This is about seething racists who object to having to see or know that there are *any* non-white faces anywhere
But this was Farage's plan, so it must be popular.... surely....
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It's not possible to make it any plainer than this. This isn't about migrants or levels of migration & there are no concessions that can be given to appease these people. This is about seething racists who object to having to see or know that there are *any* non-white faces anywhere
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Good lord. Philipson is a blithering idiot.
This "attendance at all costs" regime is ridiculous. Let's be clear: She's causing our children to get sick by insisting that other sick kids turn up at school.
This "attendance at all costs" regime is ridiculous. Let's be clear: She's causing our children to get sick by insisting that other sick kids turn up at school.
'Headteachers will be given the targets this month in an effort to boost attendance rates, which remain stubbornly below pre-pandemic levels.'
We urge @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to understand the additional pressure with will cause for CYP with health conditions.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
We urge @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to understand the additional pressure with will cause for CYP with health conditions.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Good lord. Philipson is a blithering idiot.
This "attendance at all costs" regime is ridiculous. Let's be clear: She's causing our children to get sick by insisting that other sick kids turn up at school.
This "attendance at all costs" regime is ridiculous. Let's be clear: She's causing our children to get sick by insisting that other sick kids turn up at school.
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Tomorrow, the AMA is giving a platform to Dr. Oz — CMS Administrator destroying Medicare and Medicaid.
Residents can’t freely dissent or the AMA will punish them.
This isn’t “dialogue.” It’s coercion.
We wrote the position statement the AMA won’t.
Document link:
drive.proton.me/urls/9CR5SB3...
Residents can’t freely dissent or the AMA will punish them.
This isn’t “dialogue.” It’s coercion.
We wrote the position statement the AMA won’t.
Document link:
drive.proton.me/urls/9CR5SB3...
![REPORT OF THE AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE CONDITIONS, SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY, AND RESIDENT ORGANIZING IN THE POST-2020 POLICY ENVIRONMENT
Position Statement on the Dr. Mehmet Oz Event: Threats to Scientific Integrity and the Coercion of Resident Physicians
Executive Summary
The American medical profession is undergoing a structural realignment driven by three converging forces: the accelerating unionization of resident physicians [1]; the collapse of scientific and public‑health norms in the United States due to the political capture of federal agencies [2]; and a widening gap between the priorities of organized medicine’s legacy institutions and the lived reality of trainees. Medical students and residents now occupy the most precarious position in the physician workforce while simultaneously holding the greatest leverage to redirect the profession’s trajectory.
The present moment is shaped by the consolidation of political power by the current Republican administration and the placement of high‑profile COVID‑19 contrarians—individuals whose pandemic‑era claims were repeatedly discredited—into leadership roles within federal science and health agencies [3]. This shift has destabilized traditional assumptions about evidence‑based governance, regulatory oversight, and the civic role of physicians.
Meanwhile, the resident workforce—the backbone of the U.S. hospital system—faces unprecedented strain: declining inflation‑adjusted wages, chronic understaffing, escalating retaliation risks, and high levels of burnout. Residents organizing through CIR/SEIU have secured major gains across the country [4], while the AMA has only recently adopted policies supportive of collective bargaining for residents.
This report outlines the structural dynamics shaping the profession, the interaction between political disinformation and medical licensure, the implications for trainees, and recommendations for coordinated action between CIR, medical students, and aligned…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nqarhi3oedy4dv6uv5sdoi4r/bafkreibfns5dabf36wpntpmf2hqunebhsflyg4tzxwsszlizjlpix3rpmm@jpeg)
![1997 Balanced Budget Act [6]. These decisions often relied on the belief that physician oversupply would reduce quality or compress income.
COVID‑19 exposed the fragility of this system. Several U.S.-licensed physicians—including some with academic affiliations—used their credentials to oppose public‑health measures and promote unproven treatments. Their claims were amplified by political networks and media ecosystems, contributing to public distrust and increased mortality [7].
Disciplinary action against these physicians was rare. State medical boards were slow or unwilling to intervene [8]. Meanwhile, prominent contrarian physicians consolidated political influence and now occupy key federal health leadership roles.
II. Recent Developments Affecting Trainees
Residents have responded to worsening conditions by organizing at an unprecedented rate. CIR/SEIU now represents tens of thousands of residents across major academic systems. Recent wins include wage increases, due‑process rights, parental‑leave expansions, and improved safety provisions [9].
Medical students increasingly view collective action as the only viable mechanism for improving training conditions. This generational shift is redefining the culture of medicine and the relationship between physicians and institutional authority.
The AMA, historically ambivalent toward physician unionization, adopted policy in 2024 recognizing the legitimacy of resident collective bargaining [10]. However, the AMA’s primary legislative focus remains national scope‑of‑practice battles and physician payment reform, leaving trainees without a national body focused primarily on workplace safety, retaliation protections, or fair compensation.
III. Scientific Integrity Under Political Pressure
The integration of discredited COVID‑19 contrarian physicians into federal leadership represents a fundamental change in the environment for scientific practice [11]. Their elevation undermines the authority of evidence‑based instit…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nqarhi3oedy4dv6uv5sdoi4r/bafkreih5migf4gkghfc2latv7hvx7g25dj57e5bjtxsc4ppt25dpkoi2cy@jpeg)
![Third, trainees who advocate for evidence‑based care may face institutional retaliation, while physicians spreading disinformation face minimal consequences. This asymmetry distorts the professional environment and pushes trainees toward organized collective protection.
IV. Areas of Alignment and Conflict Between AMA Policy and Trainee Needs
While the AMA and resident unions share interest in scientific integrity and physician well‑being, their priorities diverge significantly. Residents require safe staffing, fair compensation, due‑process protections, and freedom from retaliation. The AMA has historically prioritized national legislative battles (such as scope‑of‑practice) over the day‑to‑day realities of residency training.
However, the rise of political interference in scientific institutions creates an emerging area of alignment: both trainees and segments of organized medicine recognize that defending evidence‑based practice is essential to the profession’s future.
V. Risk Assessment for Trainees in the Current Environment
Trainees now operate in a structurally unstable ecosystem shaped by political capture of federal science agencies [12], increasing right‑wing disinformation targeting medicine [13], academic‑center fragility, declining public trust, weak state board enforcement, and widespread vulnerability to employer retaliation.
These forces combine to create a historic level of risk for trainees, and senior leadership has not adequately communicated these stakes to medical students or residents.
VI. Recommendations for Residents, Students, and CIR Leadership
Residents must assert themselves as central actors in the profession’s future. Recommendations include strengthening organizing capacity across academic centers, building communication channels independent of employer oversight, establishing reporting pathways for retaliation or scientific interference, coordinating with allied organizations (including the AMA when aligned), creating educational…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nqarhi3oedy4dv6uv5sdoi4r/bafkreiae5c47yson4c7by3jrtyk4yiaat5xeouuxvgte6j3djbzg3ezkam@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Tomorrow, the AMA is giving a platform to Dr. Oz — CMS Administrator destroying Medicare and Medicaid.
Residents can’t freely dissent or the AMA will punish them.
This isn’t “dialogue.” It’s coercion.
We wrote the position statement the AMA won’t.
Document link:
drive.proton.me/urls/9CR5SB3...
Residents can’t freely dissent or the AMA will punish them.
This isn’t “dialogue.” It’s coercion.
We wrote the position statement the AMA won’t.
Document link:
drive.proton.me/urls/9CR5SB3...
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Between Tom Nichols and Ezra Klein, I have no idea why Democrats are struggling with such a low approval rating.
Most of us have been living under fascism all our lives. We don't have the luxury of hiding from the fucking world--we're poor! We've internalized and accepted the fact that we can end up being murdered by a cop for absolutely no fucking reason. It's a reality that Nichols can't even comprehend.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Between Tom Nichols and Ezra Klein, I have no idea why Democrats are struggling with such a low approval rating.
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This is why I write so critically and frequently about Ezra Klein (and Matt Yglesias). Democrats are led by the centrist blogosphere, yet for the last year they’ve claimed progressives control the DNC to excuse their failure. Klein, Yglesias, Chait, etc ushered in GOP fascism and refuse…
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New York Times columnist Ezra Klein isn't content with opining about the Democratic Party — he's positioned himself as a powerbroker inside of it.
How Ezra Klein's power play is guiding Democrats
The New York Times columnist, podcaster and author has helped shape the party's strategies and policies in President Trump's second term.
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is why I write so critically and frequently about Ezra Klein (and Matt Yglesias). Democrats are led by the centrist blogosphere, yet for the last year they’ve claimed progressives control the DNC to excuse their failure. Klein, Yglesias, Chait, etc ushered in GOP fascism and refuse…
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The reasons appeals are needed is because the Home Office initial decision process, by its own admission, is so poor. What Mahmood is saying is that she will prevent people who absolutely need asylum in the UK from getting it. Right to appeals are essential.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fast-track deportations to be announced as part of asylum reforms
Plans to end multiple appeals against removal and speed up deportations are expected to be unveiled.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The reasons appeals are needed is because the Home Office initial decision process, by its own admission, is so poor. What Mahmood is saying is that she will prevent people who absolutely need asylum in the UK from getting it. Right to appeals are essential.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Rachel Reeves really is beyond incompetent, isn't she.
With a week to go to the budget, she decides "let's spook the markets".
It's so depressing to see Labour make such a pig's ear of absolutely everything.
From the Online "Safety" Act to this ridiculous digital ID... one fiasco after another.
With a week to go to the budget, she decides "let's spook the markets".
It's so depressing to see Labour make such a pig's ear of absolutely everything.
From the Online "Safety" Act to this ridiculous digital ID... one fiasco after another.
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Rachel Reeves really is beyond incompetent, isn't she.
With a week to go to the budget, she decides "let's spook the markets".
It's so depressing to see Labour make such a pig's ear of absolutely everything.
From the Online "Safety" Act to this ridiculous digital ID... one fiasco after another.
With a week to go to the budget, she decides "let's spook the markets".
It's so depressing to see Labour make such a pig's ear of absolutely everything.
From the Online "Safety" Act to this ridiculous digital ID... one fiasco after another.
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Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
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More on ICE/CBP trespassing at a church to abduct a father in front of his family while the congregation did landscaping work, from an eyewitness. Reporting by @charlotteobserver.com
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
More on ICE/CBP trespassing at a church to abduct a father in front of his family while the congregation did landscaping work, from an eyewitness. Reporting by @charlotteobserver.com
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
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“Is it possible that you could have a life here, a job here, maybe kids going to school, a family here, then after 19 years if your country is then considered safe you get booted out and sent home?”
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
“Is it possible that you could have a life here, a job here, maybe kids going to school, a family here, then after 19 years if your country is then considered safe you get booted out and sent home?”
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I am surprised. Flabbergasted.
I appreciate this apology from MTG.
Am I willing to invite her into my home? Nope. No way.
It would take a lot before I would trust her.
But hey, it’s a huge step to recognize that she’s contributed to place we’re in.
Discovered the leopards are eating faces.
I appreciate this apology from MTG.
Am I willing to invite her into my home? Nope. No way.
It would take a lot before I would trust her.
But hey, it’s a huge step to recognize that she’s contributed to place we’re in.
Discovered the leopards are eating faces.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I am surprised. Flabbergasted.
I appreciate this apology from MTG.
Am I willing to invite her into my home? Nope. No way.
It would take a lot before I would trust her.
But hey, it’s a huge step to recognize that she’s contributed to place we’re in.
Discovered the leopards are eating faces.
I appreciate this apology from MTG.
Am I willing to invite her into my home? Nope. No way.
It would take a lot before I would trust her.
But hey, it’s a huge step to recognize that she’s contributed to place we’re in.
Discovered the leopards are eating faces.
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Take #ACloserLook at why Trump and FCC chief Brendan Carr are so mad at Seth Meyers 👇
November 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Take #ACloserLook at why Trump and FCC chief Brendan Carr are so mad at Seth Meyers 👇