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cpflory.bsky.social
@cpflory.bsky.social
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Survival mode with science, nature, art, cats and rational thinkers who still believe in caring about other people and the planet; she/her
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tribelaw.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Golf Carts w/missing wheels: Rebutting Sen. Lankford's CNN Appearance, Part 2
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Golf Carts w/missing wheels: Rebutting Sen. Lankford's CNN Appearance, Part 2
This is a long one so the email version might get cut off...
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
cpflory.bsky.social
The Evil Elf on the Shelf
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The Evil Elf on the Shelf
Trump's WH Deputy Chief of Staff is scary for a number of reasons.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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muellershewrote.com
It’s still up on my Substack. Muellershewrote.com
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
Of course they are — good luck putting the cat back in the bag, Bari. All you’re doing is guaranteeing more people will see it. #CBSNewsmax
December 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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propublica.org
When police returned Reggie Williams’ wallet, an officer told him: Don’t do anything bad and keep your ID on you.

To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.

(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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markjacob.bsky.social
The Streisand effect strikes again.
Streisand effect A positive quality of today’s media environment is that cover-ups often backfire. The Streisand effect got its name after singer Barbra Streisand sued to get a photo of her Malibu home removed from an online database of photos along the California coast. Pre-suit, the picture was accessed six times. Soon after the suit was filed, it was seen 400,000 times.
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
cpflory.bsky.social
Rebutting Sen. Lankford's Disingenuous CNN Appearance: Part 1 of 2
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Rebutting Sen. Lankford's Disingenuous CNN Appearance: Part 1 of 2
His claims range from technically accurate (but totally irrelevant) to flat-out wrong.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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thewatchdogco.bsky.social
Mike Johnson closed the House down early to avoid a vote on extending ACA tax credits. Nice try, Mike—all that does is give us more time to rally up support.

Let's get loud as hell, folks, and make sure every member of Congress knows where we stand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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crazycanloon.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
December 20, 2025
December 20, 2025
On November 19, 2025, Congress passed H.R.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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phillipspobrien.bsky.social
My free weekend update is out. This week confirmed the basic truth that Ukraine is winning the war at sea. Offensively the Ukrainians took the war into a vital Russian naval base and attacked a Russian tanker at sea. Russia is far more vulnerable than many admit. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #164: Ukraine Is Winning The War At Sea
Europe: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?; Is The Trump Administration Quietly Unwinding Sanctions On Russia?
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December 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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sifill.bsky.social
This is plain obstruction and demands consequences.
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.

Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.

See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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While many nonprofits rely on government dollars, about half of those that edited or watered down diversity, equity and inclusion language in their mission statements reported receiving no government funding.
Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms
As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statem...
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December 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
♥️ 😳🇺🇸
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
Media lying is now utterly commonplace.
December 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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alicehyc.bsky.social
A Conversation with
@johnjharwood.bsky.social
and
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Wednesday Dec. 17, 2025

Where interesting and intelligent people help calm my anxiety and panic at the world.
youtu.be/wbCiS39Q6Rw
A Conversation with John Harwood
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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lenasun.bsky.social
SCOOP: American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. Research included reducing sudden infant deaths and identifying autism early. Me and @Paigecunningham.Bsky.Social
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American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.
HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
What would be great is if Dem members in multiple states showed up at multiple ICE facilities at 10 a.m. tomorrow armed with this injunction.
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
He's lying. How do we know?

Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: "Of course we're not going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the general public"
December 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
cpflory.bsky.social
Christmas Gifts
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Christmas Gifts
Lawmakers are debating whether to extend subsidies that make health insurance affordable for millions of Americans, a policy that would cost roughly $85 billion over three years—and they say no.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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skepchick.org
Harvard physicist Avi Loeb has escalated his "It's Aliens!!!" bullshit to the point where he appears to be driving people to psychosis. This is bad! Thanks to @astrowright.bsky.social for laying it all out so clearly skepchick.org/2025/12/alie...
Alien Apocalypse Fantasies Will Get People Killed
Transcript: Two years ago I made a video about Avi Loeb, a man who achieved some degree of prominence in his chosen field of physics and managed to become the Director of the Institute for Theory a…
skepchick.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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aclu.org
A man detained at California's largest ICE facility likely has cancer but he's been continuously denied medication and urgent treatment as his condition worsens.

We filed an emergency motion in court demanding he gets access to the care he needs that could save his life.
Immigrants Detained by ICE Sue Immigration Detention Center for Medical Neglect and Other Conditions
Seven people sue the California ICE detention center, citing punitive conditions, medical neglect, and more.
www.aclu.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM