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Zhusana (Mavis Purdy)
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dean.bsky.social
Remembering Joan Didion on her birthday 🎂
📷 Irving Penn, 1996

"To be a Didion fan is to be a defender of the sharp and brutal edges, a champion of the dispassion, a forgiver - even an appreciator - of the simmering elitism."
- Meghan Daum
Didion poses with her hands on her chin
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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rweingarten.bsky.social
Smaller businesses have less money and fewer resources than larger companies to contend with higher costs from tariffs, rising utility bills and other economic pressures. This resulted in more jobs cut by small businesses. www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Small businesses cut 120,000 jobs in November, ADP says
Economists had been expecting to see a slight overall gain in jobs. The data reflects a difficult business environment for smaller employers.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
The U.S. Supreme Court: "ICE can racially profile people it arrests."

Also, the U.S. Supreme Court: "Texas can disenfranchise voters based on race."

Can we all agree that we currently have a white supremacist Supreme Court?
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE detain mother days after emerhency C-section—leave her baby abandoned in NICU relying on ventilator to breathe.

Denied postpartum medical care—even just a breast pump—causing her milk to dry up.

She was finally released—but with flu symptoms keeping her separated from baby for yet another week
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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therickydavila.bsky.social
Today creepy MAGA insurrectionist Mike Johnson swore in MAGA lunatic Matt Van Epps after being elected in TN-07’s special election.

It took him 50 days to swear in Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva.

He’s in no way Speaker, he’s a terrorist scumbag who belongs in jail.
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.

This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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around.com
They can't use the word, but this is a $14 billion tax fraud—theft from Americans who actually DO pay taxes—by our untouchable oligarch Elon Musk.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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pamspaulding.bsky.social
"The complaint names US Sec of Def Pete Hegseth as the perpetrator, saying he “was responsible for ordering the bombing of boats like those of Alejandro Carranza Medina & the murder of all those on such boats.” It also claims that Hegseth’s conduct was “ratified” by US Pres Trump."
🧾 is.gd/ex0wX8
Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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sylvielongeron.bsky.social
Vivian Maier
Chicago 1969
October 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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jazzagemusic.bsky.social
NOVEMBER 25TH...
Happy Birthday Wilmoth Houdini!
(November 25, 1895 – August 6, 1973)

open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

#November25 #November25TH #WilmothHoudini #Houdini #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #78rpm #OldMusic #TinPanAlley #Calypso #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music
NOVEMBER 25TH
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILMOUTH HOUDINI!!
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
zhusana.bsky.social
Children play on the huge Joske's of San Antonio Texas Santa Claus, 1960
Photos: (A. Y. Owen)
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
trump: “no see we HAVE to blow up those boats in the caribbean, they could be carrying drugs!”

also trump:
NYT headline: Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case President Trump said he would pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, who prosecutors said partnered with cocaine traffickers as Hondurass president and is serving a 45-year sentence.
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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thegodpodcast.com
The reason Pete Hegseth issued illegal orders to “kill them all” is because they don’t want anyone finding out they killed innocent fishermen instead of drug traffickers. They don’t care who they kill.
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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just-jack-1.bsky.social
Cold blooded murder.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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patriottakes.bsky.social
Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.

Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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davmicrot.bsky.social
A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family. The real migrant population is much higher. This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.). As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota. Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for “prey” as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone. The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst “Congressman/woman” in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how “badly” she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation…
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted by a jury of conspiring to traffic 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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atrupar.com
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland. As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be “lethal, kinetic strikes.” The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people. Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization. The Biden administration preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing millions of people — including dangerous cartels and unvetted Afghans — to flood our communities with drugs and violence. The Trump administration has sealed the border and gone on offense against narco-terrorists. Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them. Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command. Our warriors in SOUTHCOM put their lives on the line every day to protect the Homeland from narco-terrorists — and I will ALWAYS have their back.
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing

"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."

Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
The DC shooting is a Reichstag Fire.

Trump granted the man asylum this spring. Trump agreed with the program that brought him here in 2021. There was full vetting. Trump’s DC op is why this happened.

Now it’s being used to end all immigration from nonwhite countries. And undo the Biden presidency.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d
The Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House this week underwent thorough vetting by counterterrorism authorities before entering the U.S., according to people with direct knowledge of the case.
Counterterrorism officials vetted Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S.
Individuals with knowledge of the process that Rahmanullah Lakanwal went through contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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susanmcp.bsky.social
We can hope!

"There is still plenty of risk for any Republican in defying Trump. But the farther he falls and the more erratic he becomes, the more that calculation shifts toward the place where it’s every Republican for themselves."

Latest in PN from @paulwaldman.bsky.social (and thank you!)
Why MAGA is coming apart at the seams
Turns out they're not in it for Trump, they're in it for themselves.
www.publicnotice.co
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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yasharali.bsky.social
In sworn testimony during his trial, a witness testified that former President Hernández once said that he wanted to “shove drugs right up the noses of the gringos.”

Now he is going to be granted a pardon by President Trump — not even a commutation — and be freed from a 45-year prison sentence.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7d
1. President Trump is directly and publicly intervening in the elections of a foreign nation and has also promised to grant a pardon to former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández.
Donald J. Trump @reaDonaldTrump ① If Tito Asfura wins for President of Honduras, because the United States has so much confidence in him, his Policies, and what he will do for the Great People of Honduras, we will be very supportive. If he doesn't win, the United States will not be throwing good money after bad, because a wrong Leader can only bring catastrophic results to a country, no matter which country it is. Tito will be a Great President, and the United States will work closely with him in order to ensure the success, with all of its potential, of Honduras! Additionally, I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly. This cannot be allowed to happen, especially now, after Tito Asfura wins the Election, when Honduras will be on its way to Great Political and Financial Success. VOTE FOR TITO ASFURA FOR PRESIDENT, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ ON YOUR UPCOMING PARDON. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE HONDURAS GREAT AGAIN! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP Donald J. Trump * + @realDonaldTrump Democracy is on trial in the coming Elections in the beautiful country of Honduras on November 30th. Will Maduro and his Narcoterrorists take over another country like they have taken over Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela? The man who is standing up for Democracy, and fighting against Maduro, is Tito Asfura, the Presidential Candidate of the National Party. Tito was the highly successful Mayor of Tegucigalpa where he brought running water to millions, and paved hundreds of kilometers of roads. His chief opponent is Rixi Moncada, who says Fidel Castro is her idol. Normally, the smart people of Honduras, would reject her, and elect Tito Asfura, but the Communists are trying to trick the people by running a third Candidate, Salvador Nasralla. Nasralla is no friend of Freedom. A borderline Communist, he helped Xiomara Castro by running as her Vice President. He won, and helped Castro win. Then he resigned, and is now pretending to be an anti-Communist only for the purposes of splitting Asfura's vote. The people of Honduras must not be tricked again. The only real friend of Freedom in Honduras is Tito Asfura. Tito and I can work together to fight the Narcocommunists, and bring needed aid to the people of Honduras. I cannot work with Moncada and the Communists, and Nasralla is not a reliable partner for Freedom, and cannot be trusted. I hope the people of Honduras vote for Freedom and Democracy, and elect Tito Asfura, President!
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
Modern Movies: "Even the concept is a spoiler! We declare an embargo on all discussion!"

R.W. Paul: "A MOTORING COUPLE RUN DOWN A TRAFFIC COP, ESCAPE INTO OUTER SPACE, THEN RETURN TO EARTH TO KILL AGAIN!"
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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gengelstein.bsky.social
The designer of Mouse Trap, Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Lite Brite, and many other toys has passed away.

What a legacy of joy!

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM