Joelelan
@typomaker.bsky.social
Striving to be well informed; Wish I could spend more time on pottery.
Typos are a side effect of a busy dyslexic and provide you with an opportunity to feel superior—Your welcome…(you’re)lol
Typos are a side effect of a busy dyslexic and provide you with an opportunity to feel superior—Your welcome…(you’re)lol
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Tucked into a spending bill that is part of the deal to end the government shutdown is a provision that would allow GOP senators to personally sue the federal government for as much as $500K over Special Counsel Jack Smith’s lawful search of their phone records.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Shutdown Deal Lets GOP Senators Personally Sue Over Jack Smith Probe
$500K For Election Subversion Tucked into a spending bill that is part...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Tucked into a spending bill that is part of the deal to end the government shutdown is a provision that would allow GOP senators to personally sue the federal government for as much as $500K over Special Counsel Jack Smith’s lawful search of their phone records.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
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The U.S. Air Force Academy's academic accreditation is under review following a formal complaint that the institution no longer has sufficient Ph.D.-level faculty as the federal government reduces its civilian workforce // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social
Air Force Academy’s accreditation under review after cuts to civilian faculty
Concerned alumni and former faculty told The Denver Post they believe the academy is losing too many civilian Ph.D.-level instructors without the ability to replace them with qualified military mem…
www.denverpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The U.S. Air Force Academy's academic accreditation is under review following a formal complaint that the institution no longer has sufficient Ph.D.-level faculty as the federal government reduces its civilian workforce // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social
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Capitulating Democratic senators waited until after the election, indicating they know capitulation was a bad politics that bothers their voters and reduces their chances of retaking power.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Capitulating Democratic senators waited until after the election, indicating they know capitulation was a bad politics that bothers their voters and reduces their chances of retaking power.
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Grijalva will never be seated. Guaranteed. That's over too. We had a chance to do this at the ballot box and Congress just did a Bill Buckner and now we're all fucked
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Grijalva will never be seated. Guaranteed. That's over too. We had a chance to do this at the ballot box and Congress just did a Bill Buckner and now we're all fucked
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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Do we love the money launderers, folks?
⚡️ THERE IT IS — Trump pardons disgraced former speaker Casada and his chief of staff Cade Cothren after their federal corruption charge convictions.
(More proof the law no longer applies to Republicans) www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
(More proof the law no longer applies to Republicans) www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Do we love the money launderers, folks?
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This civic decimation is the wet dream of our anarcho-capitalist space billionaires.
8 iconic billionaires who plan to conquer outer space
A look at how Elon Musk and other famous entrepreneurs are kickstarting America's fledgling spaceflight and space exploration industries.
www.cnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This civic decimation is the wet dream of our anarcho-capitalist space billionaires.
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The Goddard center hosts the largest single concentration of researchers in NASA, including the Science Mission Directorate and Engineering and Technology Directorate. Nearly 10,000 scientists and engineers work at Goddard, around 7,000 of whom are contractors.
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Goddard center hosts the largest single concentration of researchers in NASA, including the Science Mission Directorate and Engineering and Technology Directorate. Nearly 10,000 scientists and engineers work at Goddard, around 7,000 of whom are contractors.
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Goddard spacecraft engineer: "I think it just kind of speaks to the atmosphere of the agency and the nation, where people are like, 'Well, laws don't matter for the people at the top anymore.'"
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Goddard spacecraft engineer: "I think it just kind of speaks to the atmosphere of the agency and the nation, where people are like, 'Well, laws don't matter for the people at the top anymore.'"
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Segrid Harris is the DOGE lackey installed to demolish this national gem.
Again, "demolish" is not figurative - once the buildings are emptied, they will be bulldozed.
Again, "demolish" is not figurative - once the buildings are emptied, they will be bulldozed.
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Segrid Harris is the DOGE lackey installed to demolish this national gem.
Again, "demolish" is not figurative - once the buildings are emptied, they will be bulldozed.
Again, "demolish" is not figurative - once the buildings are emptied, they will be bulldozed.
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Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
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High profile missions (e.g., Roman, Dragonfly) will be immediately harmed or endangered
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
High profile missions (e.g., Roman, Dragonfly) will be immediately harmed or endangered
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A White House spokesperson reportedly said "the pope doesn't know what he's talking about," a claim Vice President JD Vance has questioned.
Pope Leo Blasts Treatment Of Migrants As Tensions Grow Between White House And Vatican
A White House spokesperson reportedly said "the pope doesn't know what he's talking about," a claim Vice President JD Vance has questioned.
www.forbes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A White House spokesperson reportedly said "the pope doesn't know what he's talking about," a claim Vice President JD Vance has questioned.
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🔥🔥🔥Canada with their warmest October on record. Departure from 1991-2020 normal is +3.7C.🔥🔥🔥
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
🔥🔥🔥Canada with their warmest October on record. Departure from 1991-2020 normal is +3.7C.🔥🔥🔥
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Just saw that Trump has nominated Steve Pearce of New Mexico to head the Bureau of Land Management. So, enjoy public land while you still can.
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Just saw that Trump has nominated Steve Pearce of New Mexico to head the Bureau of Land Management. So, enjoy public land while you still can.
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7. We are watching in real time an illustration of why it's very dangerous to have an out of touch, suggestible manchild in the White House who can be manipulated into doing people's bidding by soundbites on Fox News.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
7. We are watching in real time an illustration of why it's very dangerous to have an out of touch, suggestible manchild in the White House who can be manipulated into doing people's bidding by soundbites on Fox News.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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"Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
That needs to be in @democrats.org ads for the next few years.
Amazing that he'd say it plainly like that. Last night must have terrified him.
That needs to be in @democrats.org ads for the next few years.
Amazing that he'd say it plainly like that. Last night must have terrified him.
Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
That needs to be in @democrats.org ads for the next few years.
Amazing that he'd say it plainly like that. Last night must have terrified him.
That needs to be in @democrats.org ads for the next few years.
Amazing that he'd say it plainly like that. Last night must have terrified him.
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Last night's biggest loser may be Greg Abbott. Seeing Latino voters in NJ swinging left by huge margins — plus a Democrat taking the lead for a Texas state senate seat in Fort Worth that Trump won by +18 — you have to imagine Abbott is waking up to the nightmare that his new map may be a dummymander
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last night's biggest loser may be Greg Abbott. Seeing Latino voters in NJ swinging left by huge margins — plus a Democrat taking the lead for a Texas state senate seat in Fort Worth that Trump won by +18 — you have to imagine Abbott is waking up to the nightmare that his new map may be a dummymander
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Today in 2016, a jet belonging to Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev was parked at the same airport as a Trump Campaign jet, for the 2nd time in a week. Trump claimed not to know him, despite having sold a mansion to him and saying that he works for Putin. trumpfile.org/donald-trump...
Donald Trump and Dmitry Rybolovlev cross paths twice in a week (November 3, 2016)
On October 30 and November 3, Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev and Donald Trump are rumored to cross paths. The Trump Campaign's jet and Rybolovlev's jet land at the same airports in Las Vegas and C...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Today in 2016, a jet belonging to Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev was parked at the same airport as a Trump Campaign jet, for the 2nd time in a week. Trump claimed not to know him, despite having sold a mansion to him and saying that he works for Putin. trumpfile.org/donald-trump...
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Of course, this is precisely why we expect law enforcement to wear badges and uniforms and show identification. Anyone could have foreseen (and many of us did) that this would be a serious side-effect of ICE's insistence on behaving like unaccountable thugs.
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Of course, this is precisely why we expect law enforcement to wear badges and uniforms and show identification. Anyone could have foreseen (and many of us did) that this would be a serious side-effect of ICE's insistence on behaving like unaccountable thugs.
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Nevada Dems respond to Trump's call for nuclear testing:
"[To] even contemplate detonating nuclear weapons on American soil is a betrayal of science, safety, and the American people" thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
"[To] even contemplate detonating nuclear weapons on American soil is a betrayal of science, safety, and the American people" thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
Nevada Democrats demand clarity on Trump’s nuclear testing threats - The Nevada Independent
Nevada Democrats demand clarity on Trump’s nuclear testing threats. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
thenevadaindependent.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Nevada Dems respond to Trump's call for nuclear testing:
"[To] even contemplate detonating nuclear weapons on American soil is a betrayal of science, safety, and the American people" thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
"[To] even contemplate detonating nuclear weapons on American soil is a betrayal of science, safety, and the American people" thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...