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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
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If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
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No pardon probably means no Carter which maybe means no Volcker and no Reagan.
imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
No pardon probably means no Carter which maybe means no Volcker and no Reagan.
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I don't think they can say that which is why they don't. Some of them don't have a problem with what he is saying. The entire caucus should have been up in arms on their COLLEAGUE Ilhan Omar's behalf. They haven't been.
Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I don't think they can say that which is why they don't. Some of them don't have a problem with what he is saying. The entire caucus should have been up in arms on their COLLEAGUE Ilhan Omar's behalf. They haven't been.
Every elected official who stood by every cop that came out with these same lies to justify their violence has made DHS and ICE possible.
When asked about immigration officers’ misuse of “less lethal” weapons, a DHS spokesperson told ProPublica its officers show “incredible restraint” but sometimes must use force as they “put their lives on the line.”
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Every elected official who stood by every cop that came out with these same lies to justify their violence has made DHS and ICE possible.
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if I could only listen to one kind of music for the rest of my life, the answer would be Memphis soul. RIP Steve Cropper, whose guitar and production defined the Stax sound as much as Booker T’s organ or Otis Redding’s shout
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
if I could only listen to one kind of music for the rest of my life, the answer would be Memphis soul. RIP Steve Cropper, whose guitar and production defined the Stax sound as much as Booker T’s organ or Otis Redding’s shout
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Senator Mark Kelly has seen the Trump admin's classified justification for the boat strikes and said they should be released to the public. Kelly can release the info himself due legislative immunity; but when asked if he would, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Why Hegseth's Alleged War Crime Will Never Be Revealed
Lethal strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean is shrouded in an above-top secret world
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Senator Mark Kelly has seen the Trump admin's classified justification for the boat strikes and said they should be released to the public. Kelly can release the info himself due legislative immunity; but when asked if he would, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
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Every prime minister in Tel Aviv since 1996 has been investigated on charges of corruption.
Beyond Netanyahu: Israel’s major political corruption scandals
Every prime minister in Tel Aviv since 1996 has been investigated on charges of corruption.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Every prime minister in Tel Aviv since 1996 has been investigated on charges of corruption.
They'll use the protections they tried to subvert to resist removal. We can't leave them in there.
NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
They'll use the protections they tried to subvert to resist removal. We can't leave them in there.
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West Bank: Israeli settlers uproot nearly 1000 olive and grape trees near Hebron - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/west-bank-israeli-settlers-uproot-nearly-1000-olive-and-grape-trees-near
West Bank: Israeli settlers uproot nearly 1000 olive and grape trees near Hebron
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers uprooted around 850 olive and grape trees belonging to a Palestinian family southeast of Yatta, south of Hebron on Monday.</p>
<p>Activist Osama Makhamreh told Wafa news agency that armed settlers from the Susiya illegal outpost stormed the lands of Khirbet Khallat al-Hummus southeast of Yatta under the protection of the army.</p>
<p>As well as uprooting around 850 olive and grape trees, they destroyed and vandalised the property.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
West Bank: Israeli settlers uproot nearly 1000 olive and grape trees near Hebron - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/west-bank-israeli-settlers-uproot-nearly-1000-olive-and-grape-trees-near
I think the process selects against anyone who was capable of that ever gaining the position
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I think the process selects against anyone who was capable of that ever gaining the position
Ukraine should check w Palestine about how these "pathways" work out
Delegations meet in Florida to ‘create pathway’ for sovereign Ukraine ahead of US special envoy Witkoff’s Moscow trip.
US and Ukraine talks begin as Trump pushes to bring war to an end
Delegations meet in Florida to ‘create pathway’ for sovereign Ukraine ahead of US special envoy Witkoff’s Moscow trip.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ukraine should check w Palestine about how these "pathways" work out
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I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
So he's definitely going for it
Putin also branded fears that Moscow is planning to invade another European nation 'ridiculous' and 'complete nonsense'.
Putin says ready to guarantee no Russian attack on Europe
Putin also branded fears that Moscow is planning to invade another European nation 'ridiculous' and 'complete nonsense'.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
So he's definitely going for it
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"This illegal occupation and suspension of Constitutional rights is for your freedom"
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"This illegal occupation and suspension of Constitutional rights is for your freedom"
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No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
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Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in northern West Bank village - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-set-fire-mosque-northern-west-bank-village
Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in northern West Bank village
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>A group of Israeli settlers torched a mosque in Biddya, a village in the northern occupied West Bank.</p>
<p>Video circulating online and verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency shows the carpet inside the mosque burning.</p>
<p>The Palestinian Authority’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission says there were more than 2,300 incidents of settler violence in October, the highest monthly total since the UN began tracking such cases in 2006.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in northern West Bank village - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-set-fire-mosque-northern-west-bank-village
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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WATCH St. Paul police, aiding ICE, restrain a man and spray him full in the face. They are not and have never been on our side.
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
WATCH St. Paul police, aiding ICE, restrain a man and spray him full in the face. They are not and have never been on our side.
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
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ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
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Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him.
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him.
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
If I could make one idea sink in, it would be how much it has always been like this, and will continue to be after the current gang is gone. Only facing the actually existing "justice" system can be the basis for the changes we need.
Judge dismisses indictments against James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
The orders make Lindsey Halligan the latest Trump administration prosecutor to be disqualified because of the manner in which they were appointed.
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If I could make one idea sink in, it would be how much it has always been like this, and will continue to be after the current gang is gone. Only facing the actually existing "justice" system can be the basis for the changes we need.
Candidates need to be explicitly making the case for immigration, not only fair treatment of these immigrants. Let the next one in.
Driven by bond policy changes and harsh detainment conditions, the number of immigrants choosing voluntary departure over fighting deportation has increased 1,373 percent this summer.
documentedny.com/2025/11/24/d...
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Voluntary Departures of Detained Immigrants Have Surged 1,373 Percent - Documented
Driven by bond policy changes and harsh detainment conditions, the number of immigrants choosing voluntary departure over fighting deportation has increased 1,373 percent this summer.
documentedny.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Candidates need to be explicitly making the case for immigration, not only fair treatment of these immigrants. Let the next one in.
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UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
Oh, definitely, these are the second-tier ones, you can trust us.
Netanyahu says Rubio assured him Saudi Arabia will not receive F-35s on par with Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanyahu-says-rubio-assured-him-saudi-arabia-will-not-receive-f-35s-par-israel
Netanyahu says Rubio assured him Saudi Arabia will not receive F-35s on par with Israel
Trump said he was aware of an Israeli push to sell the kingdom F-35s of 'reduced calibre' but would disregard it
www.middleeasteye.net
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Oh, definitely, these are the second-tier ones, you can trust us.
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Good old Woz. Good for him.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Good old Woz. Good for him.