Clumsy Ninja 📚
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“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy.”
~ Thurgood Marshall
Public ed advocate, retired educator, global citizen attitude, crunchy liberal, atheist, pretty sweary.
~ Thurgood Marshall
Public ed advocate, retired educator, global citizen attitude, crunchy liberal, atheist, pretty sweary.
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Here's an excerpt. This was a little think-piece-y amid this week's stampede of breaking news, but I hope you'll take a minute to read the whole column and tell me what you think
If Trump talks about someone being “low IQ”, 💯% it’s a Black person. It’s his tell, and it’s based on his embrace of eugenics.
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
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I’m a hard no on this “deal.”
I don’t take promises from Trump or Republicans in Congress anymore. I’m no fool.
My constituents deserve enforceable guarantees for their health care and our democracy.
Come back to me when you’re serious.
I don’t take promises from Trump or Republicans in Congress anymore. I’m no fool.
My constituents deserve enforceable guarantees for their health care and our democracy.
Come back to me when you’re serious.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I’m a hard no on this “deal.”
I don’t take promises from Trump or Republicans in Congress anymore. I’m no fool.
My constituents deserve enforceable guarantees for their health care and our democracy.
Come back to me when you’re serious.
I don’t take promises from Trump or Republicans in Congress anymore. I’m no fool.
My constituents deserve enforceable guarantees for their health care and our democracy.
Come back to me when you’re serious.
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Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
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“These most recent pardon recipients appear to have given Trump approximately $250,000 in combined political donations through 2025.”
@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
Trump’s Pardon List: Here Are The Big-Time Donors And Allies He’s Sprung Free
Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“These most recent pardon recipients appear to have given Trump approximately $250,000 in combined political donations through 2025.”
@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee my law firm has filed to intervene to defend the new California congressional map from attack. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
🚨 Tangipa et al v. Newsom et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee my law firm has filed to intervene to defend the new California congressional map from attack. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
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It’s just plain stupid to encourage our most experienced controllers to quit, given the job’s rigorous training requirements and the shortage of controllers.
We should be trying to retain our most experienced controllers, not slandering them and pushing them to leave their careers early.
We should be trying to retain our most experienced controllers, not slandering them and pushing them to leave their careers early.
JUST IN: With air traffic control system that was straining before the shutdown, Trump urges any controllers who sicked out to quit, perhaps ahead of the upcoming holidays
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It’s just plain stupid to encourage our most experienced controllers to quit, given the job’s rigorous training requirements and the shortage of controllers.
We should be trying to retain our most experienced controllers, not slandering them and pushing them to leave their careers early.
We should be trying to retain our most experienced controllers, not slandering them and pushing them to leave their careers early.
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Update: this is no longer included in the final funding deal. I'm going to keep fighting to lower premiums and ensure Republicans can’t get away with a backdoor national abortion ban.
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Update: this is no longer included in the final funding deal. I'm going to keep fighting to lower premiums and ensure Republicans can’t get away with a backdoor national abortion ban.
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Below I provide the names, phone numbers, & a sample script to call these 8 Senate democrats who folded to Trump, & demand they reverse course and side with the American people.
81% of Dem voters want Senate Dems to stand firm. Let's make sure the Senate listens.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
81% of Dem voters want Senate Dems to stand firm. Let's make sure the Senate listens.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
8 Senate Dems Fold on Trump Shutdown
Chuck Schumer must resign and we must elect new leadership, because the American people deserve fighters, not folders
www.qasimrashid.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Below I provide the names, phone numbers, & a sample script to call these 8 Senate democrats who folded to Trump, & demand they reverse course and side with the American people.
81% of Dem voters want Senate Dems to stand firm. Let's make sure the Senate listens.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
81% of Dem voters want Senate Dems to stand firm. Let's make sure the Senate listens.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
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Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
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NEW: We just filed an amicus brief with other free speech groups urging the Supreme Court to maintain the block on President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago.
Our First Amendment right to protest must be protected.
Our First Amendment right to protest must be protected.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
NEW: We just filed an amicus brief with other free speech groups urging the Supreme Court to maintain the block on President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago.
Our First Amendment right to protest must be protected.
Our First Amendment right to protest must be protected.
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NEW: Looks like Thune got around the unanimous consent problem, and the senate could vote TONIGHT on the FINAL shutdown deal, meaning the House would open Wednesday to take it up. Tell me if I'm reading this wrong...
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
NEW: Looks like Thune got around the unanimous consent problem, and the senate could vote TONIGHT on the FINAL shutdown deal, meaning the House would open Wednesday to take it up. Tell me if I'm reading this wrong...
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WIN: A Wisconsin judge vacates his previous order requiring mass citizenship checks for voter registration, after both parties agreed to its withdrawal. The ruling means there will not be a new citizenship verification requirement ahead of the 2026 elections.
In a Win for Voters, Wisconsin Judge Withdraws Anti-Voting Order on Proof of Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
WIN: A Wisconsin judge vacates his previous order requiring mass citizenship checks for voter registration, after both parties agreed to its withdrawal. The ruling means there will not be a new citizenship verification requirement ahead of the 2026 elections.
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Loren Voss introduces Lawfare's new resource tracking how and where National Guard and military forces are being used on U.S. soil and discusses the troubling lack of transparency surrounding domestic deployments. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/coun...
Counting the Boots: Tracking Domestic Deployments, One Missing Report at a Time
A monthlong effort to track domestic deployments revealed a troubling lack of transparency on why and how military forces are used on U.S. soil.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Loren Voss introduces Lawfare's new resource tracking how and where National Guard and military forces are being used on U.S. soil and discusses the troubling lack of transparency surrounding domestic deployments. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/coun...
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ALERT: Another former U.S. Capitol riot defendant is back in jail
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ALERT: Former January 6 defendant is back in jail… charged with kidnapping and assaulting woman
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
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November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
ALERT: Another former U.S. Capitol riot defendant is back in jail
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Since January, Trump's Treasury has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a huge boon for big business and wealthy investors.
Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor.
Reverse Robin Hood.
Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor.
Reverse Robin Hood.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Since January, Trump's Treasury has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a huge boon for big business and wealthy investors.
Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor.
Reverse Robin Hood.
Meanwhile, he's led an all-out assault on Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help the poor.
Reverse Robin Hood.
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A fantastic investigation showing that the unit run by Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol agent in charge of racial profiling in LA and Chicago, is an outlier even in an agency already notorious for unnecessary use of force. Obama and Biden could have fired him, but didn't.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A fantastic investigation showing that the unit run by Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol agent in charge of racial profiling in LA and Chicago, is an outlier even in an agency already notorious for unnecessary use of force. Obama and Biden could have fired him, but didn't.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
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New York assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-NY) about bill to mandate school education on Jan 6:
"People are entitled to their own political beliefs, but they are not entitled to change facts. Anyone of good faith who watched what happened on that day recognizes the threat to democracy"
"People are entitled to their own political beliefs, but they are not entitled to change facts. Anyone of good faith who watched what happened on that day recognizes the threat to democracy"
!! JUST FILED: States maneuver to preserve history of US Capitol Insurrection
One state is considering legislation to require all K-12 school children learn the history and aftermath of Jan 6
www.cbsnews.com/news/state-l...
One state is considering legislation to require all K-12 school children learn the history and aftermath of Jan 6
www.cbsnews.com/news/state-l...
State legislators maneuver to preserve history of U.S. Capitol riot
While GOP lawmakers and the Trump administration have downplayed the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, there are state efforts underway to ensure it's recorded for history.
www.cbsnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New York assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-NY) about bill to mandate school education on Jan 6:
"People are entitled to their own political beliefs, but they are not entitled to change facts. Anyone of good faith who watched what happened on that day recognizes the threat to democracy"
"People are entitled to their own political beliefs, but they are not entitled to change facts. Anyone of good faith who watched what happened on that day recognizes the threat to democracy"
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Second best time is now
In an emotional excerpt from his new book, Sen. John Fetterman said he should have dropped out of his 2022 senatorial race while severely battling depression after his stroke.
John Fetterman said he ‘should have quit’ Senate bid in an excerpt from his new book
John Fetterman gave an emotional look into his struggle with depression in an excerpt of his new book Unfettered.
www.inquirer.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Second best time is now
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From our reporters to our editors to our columnists, everyone at The Colorado Sun works hard for you.
As reporter Parker Yamasaki said, “We deeply appreciate hearing from you, our readers, because this is your newsroom.” 👇
As reporter Parker Yamasaki said, “We deeply appreciate hearing from you, our readers, because this is your newsroom.” 👇
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
From our reporters to our editors to our columnists, everyone at The Colorado Sun works hard for you.
As reporter Parker Yamasaki said, “We deeply appreciate hearing from you, our readers, because this is your newsroom.” 👇
As reporter Parker Yamasaki said, “We deeply appreciate hearing from you, our readers, because this is your newsroom.” 👇
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In the military, we learned that leaders eat last. Marjorie Taylor Greene forgot that lesson a long time ago. I never will. When the government shuts down, I’ll fight to make sure families in Northwest Georgia don’t go hungry. Leadership Matters.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In the military, we learned that leaders eat last. Marjorie Taylor Greene forgot that lesson a long time ago. I never will. When the government shuts down, I’ll fight to make sure families in Northwest Georgia don’t go hungry. Leadership Matters.
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We need more fighters not folders. It is embarrassing that congress is caving to an empty promise. In Colorado you can always count on me to fight and never fold on what’s best for our state. #govshutdown #copolitics #philforcolorado
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We need more fighters not folders. It is embarrassing that congress is caving to an empty promise. In Colorado you can always count on me to fight and never fold on what’s best for our state. #govshutdown #copolitics #philforcolorado
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If Republicans want Democrats to support a budget bill, then they must negotiate with us.
Senate Democrats must hold the line to save health care for Americans, not trade that away for an empty promise.
I’m a NO on this shutdown deal and urge Senate Democrats to vote no.
My full statement:
Senate Democrats must hold the line to save health care for Americans, not trade that away for an empty promise.
I’m a NO on this shutdown deal and urge Senate Democrats to vote no.
My full statement:
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If Republicans want Democrats to support a budget bill, then they must negotiate with us.
Senate Democrats must hold the line to save health care for Americans, not trade that away for an empty promise.
I’m a NO on this shutdown deal and urge Senate Democrats to vote no.
My full statement:
Senate Democrats must hold the line to save health care for Americans, not trade that away for an empty promise.
I’m a NO on this shutdown deal and urge Senate Democrats to vote no.
My full statement: