A.M. Kusick
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The Pentagon failed 7 audits in a row and is being rewarded with $900 billion dollars.
That’s tax payer money.
Remember this the next time they say there’s too much “waste fraud and abuse” in SNAP and Medicaid.
If there’s $900 billion for war, we can afford to feed people & provide healthcare.
That’s tax payer money.
Remember this the next time they say there’s too much “waste fraud and abuse” in SNAP and Medicaid.
If there’s $900 billion for war, we can afford to feed people & provide healthcare.
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Pentagon failed 7 audits in a row and is being rewarded with $900 billion dollars.
That’s tax payer money.
Remember this the next time they say there’s too much “waste fraud and abuse” in SNAP and Medicaid.
If there’s $900 billion for war, we can afford to feed people & provide healthcare.
That’s tax payer money.
Remember this the next time they say there’s too much “waste fraud and abuse” in SNAP and Medicaid.
If there’s $900 billion for war, we can afford to feed people & provide healthcare.
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“You are not required to finish the work. Neither may you desist from it”
-Maimonides
-Maimonides
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“You are not required to finish the work. Neither may you desist from it”
-Maimonides
-Maimonides
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"The collapse of journalism is part of a larger trend in which institutions are being annihilated."
Andrea Pitzer on one of the most consistent features of dictatorships—an assault on journalism.
Andrea Pitzer on one of the most consistent features of dictatorships—an assault on journalism.
Shredding public knowledge
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The collapse of journalism is part of a larger trend in which institutions are being annihilated."
Andrea Pitzer on one of the most consistent features of dictatorships—an assault on journalism.
Andrea Pitzer on one of the most consistent features of dictatorships—an assault on journalism.
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NEW: I looked into MAGA darling Anduril's latest foreign partner, and its weapons are accused of fueling the ongoing genocide in Sudan. theintercept.com/2025/12/11/a...
Anduril Partners With UAE Bomb Maker Accused of Arming Sudan’s Genocide
Anduril calls itself an “arsenal of democracy.” So why is it partnering with the United Arab Emirates, an authoritarian monarchy to build drones?
theintercept.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
NEW: I looked into MAGA darling Anduril's latest foreign partner, and its weapons are accused of fueling the ongoing genocide in Sudan. theintercept.com/2025/12/11/a...
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Rep. McIver: “Secretary Noem, you have treated Congressional oversight as an inconvenience…Republicans on this committee may be willing to hand over their constitutional duty in order to kiss this administration’s butt cheeks, but I am not.”
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Rep. McIver: “Secretary Noem, you have treated Congressional oversight as an inconvenience…Republicans on this committee may be willing to hand over their constitutional duty in order to kiss this administration’s butt cheeks, but I am not.”
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there’s a lot of irony around how writing a genuinely good prompt for LLMs requires the exact kind of clarity and precision in communication that is taught by good (human) writing instructors - who have now almost all been laid off by college admins
December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
there’s a lot of irony around how writing a genuinely good prompt for LLMs requires the exact kind of clarity and precision in communication that is taught by good (human) writing instructors - who have now almost all been laid off by college admins
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Gallego: "This administration, since they started striking these boats illegally, has been very happy to show their snuff films . Now suddenly they're willing to show the first hit but not the second. Why? ... they're afraid the public is going to see the military killed 2 men that had surrendered."
December 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Gallego: "This administration, since they started striking these boats illegally, has been very happy to show their snuff films . Now suddenly they're willing to show the first hit but not the second. Why? ... they're afraid the public is going to see the military killed 2 men that had surrendered."
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This exchange is wild. These people are clowns.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This exchange is wild. These people are clowns.
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Happy birthday Rita Moreno 🎂
Phil Stern's wonderful shot of Moreno during a rehearsal for West Side Story, 1961
"She’s obviously an icon for all the noteworthy reasons - but she’s a kick in the pants too.”
- Jackie Speier
Phil Stern's wonderful shot of Moreno during a rehearsal for West Side Story, 1961
"She’s obviously an icon for all the noteworthy reasons - but she’s a kick in the pants too.”
- Jackie Speier
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Happy birthday Rita Moreno 🎂
Phil Stern's wonderful shot of Moreno during a rehearsal for West Side Story, 1961
"She’s obviously an icon for all the noteworthy reasons - but she’s a kick in the pants too.”
- Jackie Speier
Phil Stern's wonderful shot of Moreno during a rehearsal for West Side Story, 1961
"She’s obviously an icon for all the noteworthy reasons - but she’s a kick in the pants too.”
- Jackie Speier
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Sadly, I get this, but I thought I was alerting people to a good thing that was happening in real time.
Here is the patient zero post that's going to completely pollute my feed for the next four or five hours
Watching CNN and I know people have been mad at Jake Tapper, but he is spending quite a lot of time taking apart Trump’s completely crazypants speech
December 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Sadly, I get this, but I thought I was alerting people to a good thing that was happening in real time.
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It wasn't some oopsie mistake. He knew exactly what he was doing and wanted to deliberately flaunt it.
“I can’t understand how he could possibly think it appropriate to go there,” said Edward Whelan, a former law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia and a prominent conservative legal commentator. “You can argue about whether the rules clearly prohibit what he did, but he showed terrible judgment.”
Judge Emil Bove Faces Ethics Complaint for Attending Trump Rally
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It wasn't some oopsie mistake. He knew exactly what he was doing and wanted to deliberately flaunt it.
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EPA is wiping mentions of human-caused climate change from its website www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The EPA is wiping mention of human-caused climate change from its website
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
EPA is wiping mentions of human-caused climate change from its website www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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New Jersey and five other states want the regional power grid operator to keep price caps in place to prevent even larger spikes in electricity prices.
Murphy, 5 other governors urge power grid operator to keep price caps to prevent huge rate hikes
New Jersey and five other states want the regional power grid operator to keep price caps in place to prevent even larger spikes in electricity prices.
pressofatlanticcity.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
New Jersey and five other states want the regional power grid operator to keep price caps in place to prevent even larger spikes in electricity prices.
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this is like over half of the dem caucus I think
not enough obviously but something
not enough obviously but something
Read Full Statement Here:
progressives.house.gov/press-releas...
progressives.house.gov/press-releas...
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
this is like over half of the dem caucus I think
not enough obviously but something
not enough obviously but something
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folks we are into “breaking gerrymanders” territory here
we are going to win
we are going to win
This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
folks we are into “breaking gerrymanders” territory here
we are going to win
we are going to win
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 9 DECEMBER 2025
CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR
BUT Tonight in Trump's back yard.. in RED Florida
DEMOCRAT EILEEN HIGGINS
WINS !!
There hasn't been a Democrat Mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years...plus Democrats are winning other down ballot races for commissioner !
DAY 9 DECEMBER 2025
CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR
BUT Tonight in Trump's back yard.. in RED Florida
DEMOCRAT EILEEN HIGGINS
WINS !!
There hasn't been a Democrat Mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years...plus Democrats are winning other down ballot races for commissioner !
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 9 DECEMBER 2025
CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR
BUT Tonight in Trump's back yard.. in RED Florida
DEMOCRAT EILEEN HIGGINS
WINS !!
There hasn't been a Democrat Mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years...plus Democrats are winning other down ballot races for commissioner !
DAY 9 DECEMBER 2025
CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR
BUT Tonight in Trump's back yard.. in RED Florida
DEMOCRAT EILEEN HIGGINS
WINS !!
There hasn't been a Democrat Mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years...plus Democrats are winning other down ballot races for commissioner !
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Just so it’s clear, aside from wasting $40B in taxpayer dollars (our money) on Argentina as well as $170M on private jets and $350M on a trashy ballroom, the orange felon will use $12B of tax dollars to bailout the farmers that he harmed with his tariffs. Lifelong fraudster.
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Just so it’s clear, aside from wasting $40B in taxpayer dollars (our money) on Argentina as well as $170M on private jets and $350M on a trashy ballroom, the orange felon will use $12B of tax dollars to bailout the farmers that he harmed with his tariffs. Lifelong fraudster.
This is the reason why the regime wants to destroy renewable energy.
collapso @chadbourn.bsky.social
Some numbers from the Russian budget for January-November 2025:
▪️ Oil and gas revenues fell by 22.4%. In November alone they fell by 34%. Urals crude oil plummeted by 18% compared to October⤵️
▪️ Oil and gas revenues fell by 22.4%. In November alone they fell by 34%. Urals crude oil plummeted by 18% compared to October⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is the reason why the regime wants to destroy renewable energy.
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Remember that Elon Musk, the man who’s about to become the world’s first trillionaire, is an immigrant who avoids paying taxes.
He wants you to hate immigrants because it keeps you from recognizing that he’s the problem.
Don’t fall for it.
Abolish the billionaire (and trillionaire!) class.
He wants you to hate immigrants because it keeps you from recognizing that he’s the problem.
Don’t fall for it.
Abolish the billionaire (and trillionaire!) class.
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Remember that Elon Musk, the man who’s about to become the world’s first trillionaire, is an immigrant who avoids paying taxes.
He wants you to hate immigrants because it keeps you from recognizing that he’s the problem.
Don’t fall for it.
Abolish the billionaire (and trillionaire!) class.
He wants you to hate immigrants because it keeps you from recognizing that he’s the problem.
Don’t fall for it.
Abolish the billionaire (and trillionaire!) class.
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Even if we would stipulate that the *only* purpose of college is vocational training (ugh) if you think you, at 18 years old, not only know for sure what your future career will be but also know better than all the professors at a college what skills you will need for that career, why bother?
December 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Even if we would stipulate that the *only* purpose of college is vocational training (ugh) if you think you, at 18 years old, not only know for sure what your future career will be but also know better than all the professors at a college what skills you will need for that career, why bother?
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"Terrifying" is the correct word. The level of abdication here by Trump and Republicans who are looking the other way through all this is a true horror.
Trump’s use of the pardon power and his administration’s actions in the Caribbean have been monstrously villainous.
But as @gregsargent.bsky.social stresses, they’ve also been dangerously, recklessly uninformed. Trump is often acting on shoddy intel or no intel at all. It’s frankly terrifying.
But as @gregsargent.bsky.social stresses, they’ve also been dangerously, recklessly uninformed. Trump is often acting on shoddy intel or no intel at all. It’s frankly terrifying.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Terrifying" is the correct word. The level of abdication here by Trump and Republicans who are looking the other way through all this is a true horror.
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🔥 WE’RE changing the media.
Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media.
Utterly new and fresh.
Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇
Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media.
Utterly new and fresh.
Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇