virgowolf.bsky.social
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Trump’s promise Wednesday to pay troops a “warrior dividend” bonus is actually a military housing stipend already approved by Congress, and not a generous new White House program.
Trump claims credit for military bonus that Congress already approved
The White House’s plans for a “warrior dividend” to reward troops this holiday season are actually housing assistance funds approved this summer.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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ICYMI: “TikTok signs deal to spin-off U.S. operations to a group controlled by mostly 🇺🇸 investors, including software giant Oracle — run by billionaire Trump ally Larry Ellison.”

The Ellisons/Trump allies gobbling up everything, to control what we see. www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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This is extraordinary, heartbreaking, and a red alert warning sign for our democracy.

These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.

They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?

Trump nominee: *dodges*

Trump nominee: *dodges*

Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.

Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?

CARR: I think th---

L: Yes or no

C: There's a test for this in the la---

L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question

C: The FCC is not

L: So is your website lying?

C: Possibly
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds.

Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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My coauthor @cdelawalla.bsky.social asks NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya whether, as he seems to have previously asserted, the polio vaccine is worse than the disease.

Needless to say, he weasels and doesn't answer the question.
We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer...

@repauchincloss.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Donald Trump and David Sacks aren't making policy – they're running a con. This executive order does little to protect innovation or the interests of Americans.

California will continue building a nation-leading innovation economy while implementing common sense safeguards.
Trump signs order to fight state AI laws
President Trump signed Thursday night an executive order to impose a national AI standard, a move that would limit states’ efforts to enact their own AI laws. “We have to be unified. Chin…
thehill.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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December 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Fck ICE! Fck Fascism made possible by the transactional RICO PEODO Commander in Fraud.

Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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WONKETTE: “Department of Homeland Security is retooling a federal immigration database in ways that states can use to strike people from voter rolls by claiming they’re not eligible to vote.” www.wonkette.com/p/dhs-takes-...
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
THIS! We don’t just bow to corrupt leaders in “our” party. We want them out! We have an opportunity for REAL change and make it happen!
We asked Indivisibles around the country what they want to see from Democrats in 2026: Nominate real fighters, secure stronger leadership, and demonstrate that the Democratic majorities of 2027 will not be held back by the 2025 status quo.
We are in a battle against fascism. We need fighters, not folders.
It’s time to turn the page in the Democratic Party.
indivisibleteam.medium.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Some REAL House cleaning needed!
A corrupt president pardons a corrupt member of Congress for corrupt reasons. With multiple guilty pleas establishing a bribery-laundering scheme, Hakeem Jeffries still called the case “thin” and sought cover in a bribery-plagued Supreme Court.

A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
And THAT’S how a man of integrity speaks!
Never in a million years would I think it possible to have a sitting senator with the record of Mark Kelly have to give this speech that was written for 4th grade comprehension to a nation where the fundamentals of character go over the head of 70 million idiots. youtu.be/X3PYKHW2_pQ?...
'Trump is trying to silence me': Sen. Mark Kelly speaks out about Trump and Hegseth's threats
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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ATTN: Warriors. Are you man enough to take the fall for Pete Hegseth?
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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BREAKING: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were seen in central Moscow with Putin’s adviser Kirill Dmitriev ahead of their meeting with the Russian dictator.
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Looks like Trump and Hegseth might be preparing to throw the military under the bus on the second strike.

This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Americans are fed a steady diet of propaganda about Black people, and @lesdoggg.bsky.social isn't having it
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The same people who i used to fight with in the GOP, who wanted to withdraw American troops from everywhere, are now the ones justifying the murder of two survivors.

It’s almost like…. It was never about that
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM