@tonyjoyce.bsky.social
Just a blue dot in a purple state. Finally retired. Tax the rich and help the poor.
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There are two systems of justice:
One to protect the presumed innocent.
And one to persecute the assumed guilty.
One to protect the presumed innocent.
And one to persecute the assumed guilty.
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Murphy: "Congress doesn't work the way it used to. It used to be you could negotiate with Senate Republicans and they would stick to the agreement. Today all that matters is what Trump believes, so you really can't negotiate w/ Republicans bc they are just waiting for Trump to tell them what to do"
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Murphy: "Congress doesn't work the way it used to. It used to be you could negotiate with Senate Republicans and they would stick to the agreement. Today all that matters is what Trump believes, so you really can't negotiate w/ Republicans bc they are just waiting for Trump to tell them what to do"
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Two postdoc positions in environmental data science at Boston U 🧪
Barnes Group - jobs
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November 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Two postdoc positions in environmental data science at Boston U 🧪
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This *entire* episode is all of the evidence anyone should ever need, regardless of their politics, for why it's important to have experienced career officials in key government positions (like U.S. Attorney), rather than partisan cronies (unlawfully) appointed solely to do the President's bidding.
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This *entire* episode is all of the evidence anyone should ever need, regardless of their politics, for why it's important to have experienced career officials in key government positions (like U.S. Attorney), rather than partisan cronies (unlawfully) appointed solely to do the President's bidding.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
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NEW: House Republicans on a judiciary subcommittee are laying the groundwork for a law-defying mid-decade census, claiming counting noncitizens and statistical errors in the 2020 Census justifies a recount to give the GOP more congressional seats.
To Weaken Minority Voting Power, Republicans Push For Unprecedented Mid-Decade Census
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW: House Republicans on a judiciary subcommittee are laying the groundwork for a law-defying mid-decade census, claiming counting noncitizens and statistical errors in the 2020 Census justifies a recount to give the GOP more congressional seats.
@beyerstein.bsky.social ICYMI
Please do yourselves a favor and listen to these birds mimic R2-D2. (And learn something about how some species are able to do it better than others!)
(by Kate Graham-Shaw for @sciam.bsky.social)
(by Kate Graham-Shaw for @sciam.bsky.social)
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
@beyerstein.bsky.social ICYMI
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Raskin said: “We want the whole truth to come out. This is the United States of America. Even the British monarchy wouldn’t put up with this. How about the American democracy? How about we say ‘no way we’re not gonna allow this cover-up to go on for one day more.’”
Raskin Brings The Fire To All Epstein Accomplices, Trump Has Another Oval Office Meltdown, Texas Gerrymandering Blocked, and Charlotte Rises To The Challenge
Resistance grows louder
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Raskin said: “We want the whole truth to come out. This is the United States of America. Even the British monarchy wouldn’t put up with this. How about the American democracy? How about we say ‘no way we’re not gonna allow this cover-up to go on for one day more.’”
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"Trump put himself on a heroic stage in an attempt to anchor to Lincoln's prestige. But Lincoln’s marble gaze looks past Trump with indifference. Trump sits beneath him looking small, unheroic, and very pathetic—Lincoln is great; Trump is calamitous." jennifermercieca.substack.com/p/ranking-th...
Ranking the Presidents
Trump wants us to think of him as the greatest president in American history. This is why that won't happen.
jennifermercieca.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Trump put himself on a heroic stage in an attempt to anchor to Lincoln's prestige. But Lincoln’s marble gaze looks past Trump with indifference. Trump sits beneath him looking small, unheroic, and very pathetic—Lincoln is great; Trump is calamitous." jennifermercieca.substack.com/p/ranking-th...
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If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
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The long running HOPE hacking conference just got banned from its current venue because someone told the university the conference had an “anti-police agenda.” Based it seems on a single pamphlet?
www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
HOPE Hacking Conference Banned From University Venue Over Apparent ‘Anti-Police Agenda’
"The lack of due process on its own is extremely disturbing," the conference said.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The long running HOPE hacking conference just got banned from its current venue because someone told the university the conference had an “anti-police agenda.” Based it seems on a single pamphlet?
www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
www.404media.co/hope-hacking...
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NEW: The League of Women Voters sued the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over its new policy banning NGOs from helping people register to vote at naturalization ceremonies. The group argues the ban violates federal law and the Constitution.
🚨 League of Women Voters v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
NEW: The League of Women Voters sued the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over its new policy banning NGOs from helping people register to vote at naturalization ceremonies. The group argues the ban violates federal law and the Constitution.
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Mike Johnson claims the Epstein files can’t be released unredacted because they contain intelligence-agency material that falls under national security.
✅ Reality check: Jeffrey Epstein was a civilian, with no government contracts, nothing he did should ever be considered classified.
✅ Reality check: Jeffrey Epstein was a civilian, with no government contracts, nothing he did should ever be considered classified.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Mike Johnson claims the Epstein files can’t be released unredacted because they contain intelligence-agency material that falls under national security.
✅ Reality check: Jeffrey Epstein was a civilian, with no government contracts, nothing he did should ever be considered classified.
✅ Reality check: Jeffrey Epstein was a civilian, with no government contracts, nothing he did should ever be considered classified.
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The House has spoken. Now the Senate has a choice: protect the powerful or protect the truth. Every delay smells like fear. Every excuse sounds like someone guarding a rot they hope stays buried. Release the Epstein files. All of them. No redactions. No favors.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The House has spoken. Now the Senate has a choice: protect the powerful or protect the truth. Every delay smells like fear. Every excuse sounds like someone guarding a rot they hope stays buried. Release the Epstein files. All of them. No redactions. No favors.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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The most well-documented illegal quid pro quo in the entire political career of Donald Trump is him covering up the brutal murder of a Washington Post journalist for Mohammed bin Salman and immediately sending the Trump Organization into Saudi Arabia to get deals with MBS worth hundreds of millions
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The most well-documented illegal quid pro quo in the entire political career of Donald Trump is him covering up the brutal murder of a Washington Post journalist for Mohammed bin Salman and immediately sending the Trump Organization into Saudi Arabia to get deals with MBS worth hundreds of millions
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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all just celebrate what we are buying local.
Post it on social media.
“I purchased this so and so from this local retailer.”
Boycotting the billionaires should be a celebration.
Post it on social media.
“I purchased this so and so from this local retailer.”
Boycotting the billionaires should be a celebration.
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all just celebrate what we are buying local.
Post it on social media.
“I purchased this so and so from this local retailer.”
Boycotting the billionaires should be a celebration.
Post it on social media.
“I purchased this so and so from this local retailer.”
Boycotting the billionaires should be a celebration.
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The Epstein scandal is a symptom of a larger disease
The capture and corruption of American politics and institutions of power has created a criminal, abusive, and degenerate class of elites who believe they are untouchable and don’t care who they hurt
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/its-rotten...
The capture and corruption of American politics and institutions of power has created a criminal, abusive, and degenerate class of elites who believe they are untouchable and don’t care who they hurt
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/its-rotten...
It's Rotten All the Way Down: Epstein, Trump, and the Twilight of the Elites
What's being exposed is bigger than Jeffrey Epstein or Donald Trump. It's the failure of American institutions
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Epstein scandal is a symptom of a larger disease
The capture and corruption of American politics and institutions of power has created a criminal, abusive, and degenerate class of elites who believe they are untouchable and don’t care who they hurt
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/its-rotten...
The capture and corruption of American politics and institutions of power has created a criminal, abusive, and degenerate class of elites who believe they are untouchable and don’t care who they hurt
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/its-rotten...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
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A government contractor is recruiting randos on LinkedIn to physically track undocumented immigrants for ICE. $300 per person found
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A government contractor is recruiting randos on LinkedIn to physically track undocumented immigrants for ICE. $300 per person found
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
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I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
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You know, if the press refused to report him after this kind of thing, he would stop.
Some 19th century journalists did this to a threatening congressman. It worked.
Some 19th century journalists did this to a threatening congressman. It worked.
"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 12:53 PM
You know, if the press refused to report him after this kind of thing, he would stop.
Some 19th century journalists did this to a threatening congressman. It worked.
Some 19th century journalists did this to a threatening congressman. It worked.
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This is brilliant!
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is brilliant!
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.