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Electrical Engineer, Mom to an amazing son w/autism and daughter who's an archivist, grandma to Maia & Alanna, wine drinker, proud U of Toledo graduate, married
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In ways both big (blowing off the law to release ALL Epstein files today) and small (putting Trump's name on the Kennedy Center), today has a total "who's gonna stop me" vibe from the regime
Maybe stop him?
Maybe stop him?
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In ways both big (blowing off the law to release ALL Epstein files today) and small (putting Trump's name on the Kennedy Center), today has a total "who's gonna stop me" vibe from the regime
Maybe stop him?
Maybe stop him?
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jesus -- they're forcing the pharma CEOs to go to the podium and kiss Trump's ass
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
jesus -- they're forcing the pharma CEOs to go to the podium and kiss Trump's ass
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Lawyers for Mustapha Kharbouch’s legal team slammed people who spread rumors about him being the Brown shooter.
"The past few days have been an unimaginable nightmare. I woke up on Tuesday morning to unfounded, vile, Islamophobic, and anti-Palestinian accusations being directed toward me online.
"The past few days have been an unimaginable nightmare. I woke up on Tuesday morning to unfounded, vile, Islamophobic, and anti-Palestinian accusations being directed toward me online.
December 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Lawyers for Mustapha Kharbouch’s legal team slammed people who spread rumors about him being the Brown shooter.
"The past few days have been an unimaginable nightmare. I woke up on Tuesday morning to unfounded, vile, Islamophobic, and anti-Palestinian accusations being directed toward me online.
"The past few days have been an unimaginable nightmare. I woke up on Tuesday morning to unfounded, vile, Islamophobic, and anti-Palestinian accusations being directed toward me online.
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And they’re doing it. How pathetic is this?
jesus -- they're forcing the pharma CEOs to go to the podium and kiss Trump's ass
December 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
And they’re doing it. How pathetic is this?
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This powerful video from our partner @interfaithalliance.org depicts ICE’s horrific and inhumane treatment of our friends and neighbors.
When the Trump-Vance admin chooses cruelty – we choose compassion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALKrOVaRGg
When the Trump-Vance admin chooses cruelty – we choose compassion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALKrOVaRGg
Choose Love Not ICE
YouTube video by Interfaith Alliance
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This powerful video from our partner @interfaithalliance.org depicts ICE’s horrific and inhumane treatment of our friends and neighbors.
When the Trump-Vance admin chooses cruelty – we choose compassion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALKrOVaRGg
When the Trump-Vance admin chooses cruelty – we choose compassion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALKrOVaRGg
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I wrote this one in a hurry, right after the Justice Department moved to drop Eric Adams' case. The central thesis — that Trump was basically trying to decriminalize corruption — might've seemed like a stretch in the moment. I think it's been proven out.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump's Plan Comes Into Focus: Make America Corrupt Again
Donald Trump’s deal to drop charges against Mayor Eric Adams is part of a broader effort to legalize bribery and covert foreign influence.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I wrote this one in a hurry, right after the Justice Department moved to drop Eric Adams' case. The central thesis — that Trump was basically trying to decriminalize corruption — might've seemed like a stretch in the moment. I think it's been proven out.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Remember the big US-Russia prisoner swap? Turns out Putin brought home in that deal someone terribly important to the Kremlin - someone no one wanted to talk much about. He was behind one of the biggest insider trading cases of all time. I went long on his case.
www.wired.com/story/russia...
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www.wired.com/story/russia...
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This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called
In the epic US-Russian prisoner swap last summer, Vladimir Putin brought home an assassin, spies, and another prized ally: the man behind one of the biggest insider trading cases of all time.
www.wired.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Remember the big US-Russia prisoner swap? Turns out Putin brought home in that deal someone terribly important to the Kremlin - someone no one wanted to talk much about. He was behind one of the biggest insider trading cases of all time. I went long on his case.
www.wired.com/story/russia...
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www.wired.com/story/russia...
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2025 was my first full year as a reporter in a long, loooong time. I'm proud of the work I did. Here some of those stories, starting with a deep dive into the horse racing biz. Your tax dollars are keeping it alive, even it mistreats animals and workers alike.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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Opinion | Dead Athletes. Empty Stands. Why Are We Paying Billions to Keep This Sport Alive?
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
2025 was my first full year as a reporter in a long, loooong time. I'm proud of the work I did. Here some of those stories, starting with a deep dive into the horse racing biz. Your tax dollars are keeping it alive, even it mistreats animals and workers alike.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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Kudos to Pope Leo!
Cardinal Dolan, a MAGA supporter, submitted his retirement resignation letter, customary when a Cardinal turns 75.
Often, Popes let a Cardinal stay.
Pope Leo had his replacement ready to go.
If the Catholic Church can do this....so can Congress.
Cardinal Dolan, a MAGA supporter, submitted his retirement resignation letter, customary when a Cardinal turns 75.
Often, Popes let a Cardinal stay.
Pope Leo had his replacement ready to go.
If the Catholic Church can do this....so can Congress.
Why is Cardinal Dolan resigning? What to know as Pope Leo taps Illinois bishop to replace him
News of Cardinal Timothy Dolan's replacement marked one of the most important appointments from Pope Leo XIV so far, but why did Dolan resign from his position and what sparked the change?
www.nbcchicago.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Kudos to Pope Leo!
Cardinal Dolan, a MAGA supporter, submitted his retirement resignation letter, customary when a Cardinal turns 75.
Often, Popes let a Cardinal stay.
Pope Leo had his replacement ready to go.
If the Catholic Church can do this....so can Congress.
Cardinal Dolan, a MAGA supporter, submitted his retirement resignation letter, customary when a Cardinal turns 75.
Often, Popes let a Cardinal stay.
Pope Leo had his replacement ready to go.
If the Catholic Church can do this....so can Congress.
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Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
Until the mid-1970’s, a man could not be convicted of rape in New York State based solely on the testimony of the woman he raped. A second witness was required because the female rape victim was deemed unreliable.
Feminism has not failed women.
Feminism has not failed women.
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
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As Trump's physical and political decline worsens, the cultish flattery from top aides has proportionally grown. As @moiradonegan.bsky.social says on the pod, Trumpworld is now puffing him up publicly to compensate for his deterioration.
Moira is so good here:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
Moira is so good here:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Brutal New Fox Poll Hits Him Hard
As a Fox News survey offers harsh findings and Karoline Leavitt soothes Trump with flattery, the author of a piece on his decline explains how his minions compensate for his deterioration with obsequi...
newrepublic.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
As Trump's physical and political decline worsens, the cultish flattery from top aides has proportionally grown. As @moiradonegan.bsky.social says on the pod, Trumpworld is now puffing him up publicly to compensate for his deterioration.
Moira is so good here:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
Moira is so good here:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
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The "poverty penalty."
Excellent points.
Excellent points.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The "poverty penalty."
Excellent points.
Excellent points.
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“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
@sykescharlie.bsky.social
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
@sykescharlie.bsky.social
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
@sykescharlie.bsky.social
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
@sykescharlie.bsky.social
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Even a valid American birth certificate might not be enough to get Trump's immigration cops off you: “I showed them our identifications, and they didn’t pay me any attention, they went straight to my sister because she’s darker than me.” Via HuffPost
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Even a valid American birth certificate might not be enough to get Trump's immigration cops off you: “I showed them our identifications, and they didn’t pay me any attention, they went straight to my sister because she’s darker than me.” Via HuffPost
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STUNNING: Nearly a year since President Donald Trump took office, his education department’s Office for Civil Rights has not entered into a single new resolution agreement involving racial harassment of students, we found.
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
STUNNING: Nearly a year since President Donald Trump took office, his education department’s Office for Civil Rights has not entered into a single new resolution agreement involving racial harassment of students, we found.
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
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I've mostly been talking about the Trump regime's plan to dismantle NCAR, but you might be asking yourself, wtf is NCAR and why should I care? @drshepherd2013.bsky.social has got you covered here.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I've mostly been talking about the Trump regime's plan to dismantle NCAR, but you might be asking yourself, wtf is NCAR and why should I care? @drshepherd2013.bsky.social has got you covered here.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Latest: A report by the Cato Institute, a new AP investigation, and reams of court documents show how DHS is abusing a law about impeding federal law enforcement to threaten and arrest people for protected First Amendment activity.
Those cases are falling apart in court reason.com/2025/12/18/t...
Those cases are falling apart in court reason.com/2025/12/18/t...
The Trump administration is abusing a law to threaten ICE protesters. The cases are falling apart.
The administration doesn't want to win these cases. It wants to intimidate Americans who oppose its immigration policies.
reason.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Latest: A report by the Cato Institute, a new AP investigation, and reams of court documents show how DHS is abusing a law about impeding federal law enforcement to threaten and arrest people for protected First Amendment activity.
Those cases are falling apart in court reason.com/2025/12/18/t...
Those cases are falling apart in court reason.com/2025/12/18/t...
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Sen. Andy Kim is a force to be reckoned with.
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Sen. Andy Kim is a force to be reckoned with.
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Apparently an unhoused person living near the Brown bldg where shooting took place came forward with info. The police are lauding him for bravery but also strangely dissing him by saying "he was incredibly observant of his surroundings. He was incredibly articulate."
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Apparently an unhoused person living near the Brown bldg where shooting took place came forward with info. The police are lauding him for bravery but also strangely dissing him by saying "he was incredibly observant of his surroundings. He was incredibly articulate."
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so glad nothing bad ever happens during kavanaugh stops, imagine if it did
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
so glad nothing bad ever happens during kavanaugh stops, imagine if it did
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James Talarico: Does your bill replacing counselors with untrained religious chaplains require them to have any training/qualifications?
Republican: No
Talarico: I offered an amendment to require school chaplains to respect freedom of religion, and you refused to accept that?
Republican: Correct
Republican: No
Talarico: I offered an amendment to require school chaplains to respect freedom of religion, and you refused to accept that?
Republican: Correct
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
James Talarico: Does your bill replacing counselors with untrained religious chaplains require them to have any training/qualifications?
Republican: No
Talarico: I offered an amendment to require school chaplains to respect freedom of religion, and you refused to accept that?
Republican: Correct
Republican: No
Talarico: I offered an amendment to require school chaplains to respect freedom of religion, and you refused to accept that?
Republican: Correct
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BREAKING: Tejano star and congressional candidate Bobby Pulido ENDORSES James Talarico for US Senate at a packed rally in the Rio Grande Valley.
December 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
BREAKING: Tejano star and congressional candidate Bobby Pulido ENDORSES James Talarico for US Senate at a packed rally in the Rio Grande Valley.
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“.. The commutation of Mr. Gentile’s sentence undid years of work by prosecutors in Brooklyn to expose a scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, many of whom were older Americans living on fixed incomes.”
@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
December 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“.. The commutation of Mr. Gentile’s sentence undid years of work by prosecutors in Brooklyn to expose a scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, many of whom were older Americans living on fixed incomes.”
@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
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1. He didn’t have the authority to change the name of The Dept of Defense, and he doesn’t have the authority to change the name of the Kennedy Center.
2. More importantly, he needs to be removed from office. He’s mentally unfit to be president, and he’s a clear & present danger to this country.
2. More importantly, he needs to be removed from office. He’s mentally unfit to be president, and he’s a clear & present danger to this country.
December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
1. He didn’t have the authority to change the name of The Dept of Defense, and he doesn’t have the authority to change the name of the Kennedy Center.
2. More importantly, he needs to be removed from office. He’s mentally unfit to be president, and he’s a clear & present danger to this country.
2. More importantly, he needs to be removed from office. He’s mentally unfit to be president, and he’s a clear & present danger to this country.