Blue Wave Earper
@blueearper.bsky.social
British TV watcher. Democracy enthusiast. Covid realist. #CovidIsNotOver
Owned by a one-eyed orange cat named Spike.
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Los Angeles
Owned by a one-eyed orange cat named Spike.
🏳️🌈 (she/her) #KeepCaliforniaBlue #BlueWave2026
Los Angeles
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Every day, Americans are bombarded with the bad news of Trump 2.0. It is exhausting to keep track of and absorb each new outrage. That is the clear intent.
The Trump transgressions come so fast that they distract from each other.
The Trump transgressions come so fast that they distract from each other.
Donald Trump and the deconstruction of America
Don't let the daily outrages obscure the big picture.
www.motherjones.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Every day, Americans are bombarded with the bad news of Trump 2.0. It is exhausting to keep track of and absorb each new outrage. That is the clear intent.
The Trump transgressions come so fast that they distract from each other.
The Trump transgressions come so fast that they distract from each other.
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I've now watched the censored 60 Minutes report on CECOT. If you watched it too—and if you have any decency at all—I'm sure you came to the same conclusion I did: winning elections won't be enough; people like Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem will need to be charged and imprisoned.
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I've now watched the censored 60 Minutes report on CECOT. If you watched it too—and if you have any decency at all—I'm sure you came to the same conclusion I did: winning elections won't be enough; people like Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem will need to be charged and imprisoned.
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I wrote about Pluribus and the dangers of writing exclusively for the fans. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Importance of Critical Thinking in a Zombiefied World
Why romantasy is crucial to understanding Apple TV’s hit show “Pluribus”
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I wrote about Pluribus and the dangers of writing exclusively for the fans. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Trump spent $230 million to remodel the White House. It sucks.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump spent $230 million to remodel the White House. It sucks.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
CBS Pulled a “60 Minutes” Story Because the White House Refused to Comment — That’s a Veto on Journalism
Pulling a finished investigation because the administration refused to comment isn’t journalism. It’s submission.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Join me LIVE with @sammyroth.bsky.social at the top of the hour (12 pm ET) to discuss his new climate journalism push on Substack and more. three ways to watch and engage below. @coveringclimatenow.org #journalism 1/
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join me LIVE with @sammyroth.bsky.social at the top of the hour (12 pm ET) to discuss his new climate journalism push on Substack and more. three ways to watch and engage below. @coveringclimatenow.org #journalism 1/
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Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.
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A year of hell for immigrants
A year of hell for immigrants
In the first Trump administration, cruelty was the point. Now, it is the norm.
www.motherjones.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A year of hell for immigrants
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Exactly right. And by tomorrow we should be protesting in front of local CBS stations the way we protested in front ABC/Disney stations on behalf of Jimmy Kimmel. And go after advertisers too. Fire Bari Weiss.
Kudos to 60 Minutes reporter Sharyn Alfonsi for calling a spade a spade. Everyone at CBS News who believes in independent journalism should stand with her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Exactly right. And by tomorrow we should be protesting in front of local CBS stations the way we protested in front ABC/Disney stations on behalf of Jimmy Kimmel. And go after advertisers too. Fire Bari Weiss.
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60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch full episodes of FRONTLINE, the PBS documentary series, and explore news investigations from FRONTLINE's award-winning journalism team.
www.pbs.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
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DOGE framed neoliberal austerity as "efficiency". Social programs and oversight were cut, spending stayed high, and corporate power faced fewer constraints. Elon’s objective was never fiscal discipline—it was political realignment further in favor of private power.
CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
DOGE framed neoliberal austerity as "efficiency". Social programs and oversight were cut, spending stayed high, and corporate power faced fewer constraints. Elon’s objective was never fiscal discipline—it was political realignment further in favor of private power.
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Donald Trump’s Department of Justice just went on national television and said that their official position is to protect pedophiles.
That’s what Todd Blanche just said out loud on TV.
Is this what you voted for Maga?
That’s what Todd Blanche just said out loud on TV.
Is this what you voted for Maga?
December 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Donald Trump’s Department of Justice just went on national television and said that their official position is to protect pedophiles.
That’s what Todd Blanche just said out loud on TV.
Is this what you voted for Maga?
That’s what Todd Blanche just said out loud on TV.
Is this what you voted for Maga?
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Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
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Mmm, yeah, this.
December 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Mmm, yeah, this.
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Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts?
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Who's making big money off Border Patrol and ICE contracts?
In the wake of high-profile immigration operations in Louisiana and North Carolina, a Facing South/Institute analysis looks at more than 50 businesses in both states receiving money from U.S. Border P...
www.facingsouth.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts?
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
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Safety first! From pandemic to apocalypse, a high quality mask will protect you and your loved ones, no matter what transpires. Your future matters!
December 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Safety first! From pandemic to apocalypse, a high quality mask will protect you and your loved ones, no matter what transpires. Your future matters!
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At least 20 people who have received clemency from President Trump so far this year were also forgiven of financial penalties totaling tens of millions of dollars.
Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
Trump’s pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims
In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president’s clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
At least 20 people who have received clemency from President Trump so far this year were also forgiven of financial penalties totaling tens of millions of dollars.
Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
Some of these offenders owed money to real-life victims of fraud.
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This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
The admin is wasting no crisis... Sec. Kristi Noem said she is suspending the diversity visa lottery program (DV-1) after the Brown University suspect entered the U.S. through it in 2017.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
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Trump administration lawyers admitted in court filings that they specifically targeted blue states for energy grant cuts during the government shutdown
Trump administration admits to targeting blue states for energy grant cuts
Justice Department lawyers argue in court documents that it is legal for the administration to withhold funding based on partisan politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump administration lawyers admitted in court filings that they specifically targeted blue states for energy grant cuts during the government shutdown
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DOGE is an espionage unit. Elon Musk is conducting cyber espionage. The intelligence gathering of all of our government's records is called Target Exploitation. Who is he gathering intelligence for? Read more about social engineering through espionage. www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybers...
What is Cyber Espionage? | CrowdStrike
Cyber espionage is a cyberattack that attempts to access sensitive data for economic gain, competitive advantage or political reasons.
www.crowdstrike.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
DOGE is an espionage unit. Elon Musk is conducting cyber espionage. The intelligence gathering of all of our government's records is called Target Exploitation. Who is he gathering intelligence for? Read more about social engineering through espionage. www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybers...