Gayle Dourn Plantz
@plantz3610.bsky.social
Proud Democrat seeking an alternative to hellscape Twitter. Wife and Mom who enjoys art, travel, gardening, good books and good conversation. Anglophile. Critical thinking a must! #DemCast
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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Meta, TikTok and other social media platforms will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new rules agreed by EU lawmakers.
Social media giants liable for financial scams under new EU law
The new rules set a dangerous precedent, big tech companies say.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Meta, TikTok and other social media platforms will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new rules agreed by EU lawmakers.
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The Trump administration’s plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree would exclude nursing and limit access to student loans, outraging national health care groups.
Trump administration says nursing isn't a professional degree amid new limits on loans
The new student loan caps take effect in July. Here's what that means for students looking to pursue advanced nursing degrees.
nbcnews.to
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Trump administration’s plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree would exclude nursing and limit access to student loans, outraging national health care groups.
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Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
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Trump cuts money from policing...when he says he is working to reduce crime....it's a lie.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Trump Defunds Effective Crime-Prevention Policies
Misguided budget cuts could reverse encouraging crime trends.
www.brennancenter.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Trump cuts money from policing...when he says he is working to reduce crime....it's a lie.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
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this chart is absolutely insane. just look at the UK - went from above-US private consumption levels pre-COVID to 10% below after. never recovered. just a complete economic policy failure.
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
this chart is absolutely insane. just look at the UK - went from above-US private consumption levels pre-COVID to 10% below after. never recovered. just a complete economic policy failure.
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Trump is set to double his golfing taxpayer paid expenses from $151 million in his first term, to exceed $300 million in his second term.
In only the past 10 months, Trump has spent $71 million while many Americans worry about keeping food on the table.
In only the past 10 months, Trump has spent $71 million while many Americans worry about keeping food on the table.
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Trump is set to double his golfing taxpayer paid expenses from $151 million in his first term, to exceed $300 million in his second term.
In only the past 10 months, Trump has spent $71 million while many Americans worry about keeping food on the table.
In only the past 10 months, Trump has spent $71 million while many Americans worry about keeping food on the table.
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Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving.
I am having a wonderful time with my family and cooking up a storm.
My niece asked me about my thoughts for 2028, and I landed on this:
There is no candidate who will satisfy the entire Dem electorate. Period. While JB Pritzker remains my personal fav, I
I am having a wonderful time with my family and cooking up a storm.
My niece asked me about my thoughts for 2028, and I landed on this:
There is no candidate who will satisfy the entire Dem electorate. Period. While JB Pritzker remains my personal fav, I
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving.
I am having a wonderful time with my family and cooking up a storm.
My niece asked me about my thoughts for 2028, and I landed on this:
There is no candidate who will satisfy the entire Dem electorate. Period. While JB Pritzker remains my personal fav, I
I am having a wonderful time with my family and cooking up a storm.
My niece asked me about my thoughts for 2028, and I landed on this:
There is no candidate who will satisfy the entire Dem electorate. Period. While JB Pritzker remains my personal fav, I
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Something to be grateful for in US government today:
"A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond."
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"A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond."
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Judge orders Trump administration to provide bond hearings to detained migrants
District judge in California says detainees who were already living in the US are legally entitled to a bond hearing
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Something to be grateful for in US government today:
"A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond."
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"A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond."
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Unemployment has been rising “a tenth of a point here, a tenth of a point there.” That feels small month to month, but as it has added up month over month, we've silently shifted from a very tight market toward a noticeably weaker one. Slow drips still fill the bucket.
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Unemployment has been rising “a tenth of a point here, a tenth of a point there.” That feels small month to month, but as it has added up month over month, we've silently shifted from a very tight market toward a noticeably weaker one. Slow drips still fill the bucket.
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Pure logistical and tactical stupidity to send in 500 more guardsmen to bolster 1500 already there. No National Guard units from any other state are needed in any other state. They exist to help their own state when needed.
Trump and Hegseth are responsible for the shooting of those guardsmen.
Trump and Hegseth are responsible for the shooting of those guardsmen.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Pure logistical and tactical stupidity to send in 500 more guardsmen to bolster 1500 already there. No National Guard units from any other state are needed in any other state. They exist to help their own state when needed.
Trump and Hegseth are responsible for the shooting of those guardsmen.
Trump and Hegseth are responsible for the shooting of those guardsmen.
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As if the lawsuits ever had a chance.
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As if the lawsuits ever had a chance.
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“Shane Trucking confirmed they are no longer working here with the Boring Company”
WSMV on the NASHVILLE worker walkout on Elon & @GovBillLee’s Teslas only tunnel project over nonpayment and safety concerns
(The tennessean has still not covered this 🤔 for some reason)
WSMV on the NASHVILLE worker walkout on Elon & @GovBillLee’s Teslas only tunnel project over nonpayment and safety concerns
(The tennessean has still not covered this 🤔 for some reason)
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Shane Trucking confirmed they are no longer working here with the Boring Company”
WSMV on the NASHVILLE worker walkout on Elon & @GovBillLee’s Teslas only tunnel project over nonpayment and safety concerns
(The tennessean has still not covered this 🤔 for some reason)
WSMV on the NASHVILLE worker walkout on Elon & @GovBillLee’s Teslas only tunnel project over nonpayment and safety concerns
(The tennessean has still not covered this 🤔 for some reason)
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Mobile Fortify, ICE's face recognition app, threatens the rights of both migrants and U.S. citizens. DHS should shut it down, privacy and civil liberties organizations write.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Rights Organizations Demand Halt to Mobile Fortify, ICE's Handheld
Mobile Fortify, the new app used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use face recognition technology (FRT) to identify people during street encounters, is an affront to the rights and
www.eff.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Mobile Fortify, ICE's face recognition app, threatens the rights of both migrants and U.S. citizens. DHS should shut it down, privacy and civil liberties organizations write.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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"Weeks of watching Florida insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan flail around like a toddler trying to teach calculus should serve as a warning about the perils of crowdsourcing legal research to literal randos on the internet. *But it won’t.*" — @lizdye.bsky.social
Bill Pulte and Ed Martin's shitposting legal strategy
It's backfired so spectacularly that now *they're* the ones being investigated.
www.publicnotice.co
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"Weeks of watching Florida insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan flail around like a toddler trying to teach calculus should serve as a warning about the perils of crowdsourcing legal research to literal randos on the internet. *But it won’t.*" — @lizdye.bsky.social
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FBI paid $851,344 in overtime between March 17 and March 22 alone, and clocked 4,737 overtime hours from January through July—with more than 70 percent of that in March as personnel worked nights and weekends.
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So like, there are copies of everything right?
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So like, there are copies of everything right?
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
FBI paid $851,344 in overtime between March 17 and March 22 alone, and clocked 4,737 overtime hours from January through July—with more than 70 percent of that in March as personnel worked nights and weekends.
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So like, there are copies of everything right?
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So like, there are copies of everything right?
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NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
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They are patrolling subway stops, filling food bags, cleaning garbage. It's disrupting their lives. They are show horses for this ridiculous, incompetent, authoritarian president. And his Secretary of Defense responds to the shooting by saying "Let's send 500 more to DC for no reason."
Two Guardsmen who shouldn’t even have been deployed to DC in the first place were shot today. Donald’s answer? Knee-jerk and send 500 more. JFC!… 🤬
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
They are patrolling subway stops, filling food bags, cleaning garbage. It's disrupting their lives. They are show horses for this ridiculous, incompetent, authoritarian president. And his Secretary of Defense responds to the shooting by saying "Let's send 500 more to DC for no reason."
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
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CORRECTION: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey walks back statement that both National Guard members were killed in shooting near White House. (This post corrects a previous post that stated the two members had died.)
Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says
Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.Emergency vehicles were seen responding to the area.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
CORRECTION: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey walks back statement that both National Guard members were killed in shooting near White House. (This post corrects a previous post that stated the two members had died.)