edwilk
@edwilk.bsky.social
Old ne'er-do-well living in Southern Colorado
Not looking for followers.
Tighten your truss if it's bowed down, loosen if it's bowed up.
Not looking for followers.
Tighten your truss if it's bowed down, loosen if it's bowed up.
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the fact that we are actually getting "Republicans in disarray" headlines from even conservative media outlets feels like something has shifted
House GOP moderates revolt against Johnson on health care with new discharge petition
Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania introduced a discharge petition to try to bring a bill to the floor that would extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies by two years.
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
the fact that we are actually getting "Republicans in disarray" headlines from even conservative media outlets feels like something has shifted
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Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
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This does actually change the entire story. Assuming it's correct, it was an entirely lawful seizure.
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This does actually change the entire story. Assuming it's correct, it was an entirely lawful seizure.
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"If patients see prices, they'll forego their treatments and die painfully and horribly instead. As Republicans, we're fine with that."
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"If patients see prices, they'll forego their treatments and die painfully and horribly instead. As Republicans, we're fine with that."
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Nobody wants to go fishing any more because they keep killing all the fishermen.
Trump: "The problem is nobody wants to go fishing anymore. They don't want to get in boats. They don't want anything to do with boats. I think we've destroyed the boat market. Other than that it's been very effective."
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Nobody wants to go fishing any more because they keep killing all the fishermen.
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Very sensitive intelligence methods like murdering the shit out of shipwrecked mariners.
House Intel Chair Rick Crawford on why he doesn't want video of the second Sept 2 boat strike released: "What the trained eye can detect from these videos may reveal sources and methods that would imperil troops." (But releasing video of the first strike didn't?)
December 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Very sensitive intelligence methods like murdering the shit out of shipwrecked mariners.
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Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...
Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns
Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...
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It smells like a newly sharpened pencil on this train and I want to ask my seatmate if it's a fragrance I can buy is that weird.
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It smells like a newly sharpened pencil on this train and I want to ask my seatmate if it's a fragrance I can buy is that weird.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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JFC
Available for purchase at the school Book Fair
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
JFC
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It’s important to remember that Laura Ingraham went to Dartmouth. She’s not as stupid as she sounds. She’s just a shameless liar.
December 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It’s important to remember that Laura Ingraham went to Dartmouth. She’s not as stupid as she sounds. She’s just a shameless liar.
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Not explicitly reported, though hinted at: Admiral Holsey was right, and the Pentagon knew it: "double tap" kill-them-all policy was a crime against humanity. So they stopped doing it. This is the story of how they worked to hide survivors of the boat strikes instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Not explicitly reported, though hinted at: Admiral Holsey was right, and the Pentagon knew it: "double tap" kill-them-all policy was a crime against humanity. So they stopped doing it. This is the story of how they worked to hide survivors of the boat strikes instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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local punk band dropped a crowd-surfing utility worker into its amazing cover. clean water is officially punk rock.
art by @shinercomics.bsky.social
art by @shinercomics.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
local punk band dropped a crowd-surfing utility worker into its amazing cover. clean water is officially punk rock.
art by @shinercomics.bsky.social
art by @shinercomics.bsky.social
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They think it’s an anti white epithet rather than a factual description of a set of beliefs
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
They think it’s an anti white epithet rather than a factual description of a set of beliefs
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I just read this out loud to my wife. If you have a spouse or partner, try it, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Hearing it out loud makes the bonkers-ness sink in.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I just read this out loud to my wife. If you have a spouse or partner, try it, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Hearing it out loud makes the bonkers-ness sink in.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
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Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
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BREAKING: Democrat Eric Gisler has won the GA HD-121 special election, Decision Desk HQ projects, flipping the seat from red to blue
Just last year, Gisler lost this district by 22 points. The district was Trump +12 in 2024.
Just last year, Gisler lost this district by 22 points. The district was Trump +12 in 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Eric Gisler has won the GA HD-121 special election, Decision Desk HQ projects, flipping the seat from red to blue
Just last year, Gisler lost this district by 22 points. The district was Trump +12 in 2024.
Just last year, Gisler lost this district by 22 points. The district was Trump +12 in 2024.
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"Make voter registration part of high school life. Invest in it. Celebrate it. Place young people at the center of it...
Because if the ballot box is the ultimate check on authoritarianism, we need to build and maintain the onramp, and we need to do it now:"
contrarian.substack.com/p/we-say-onl...
Because if the ballot box is the ultimate check on authoritarianism, we need to build and maintain the onramp, and we need to do it now:"
contrarian.substack.com/p/we-say-onl...
We Say, “Only Voters” Will Save Us. Then We Forget About Them.
Bringing true civics, including voter registration, to high schools can help voting turnout.
contrarian.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"Make voter registration part of high school life. Invest in it. Celebrate it. Place young people at the center of it...
Because if the ballot box is the ultimate check on authoritarianism, we need to build and maintain the onramp, and we need to do it now:"
contrarian.substack.com/p/we-say-onl...
Because if the ballot box is the ultimate check on authoritarianism, we need to build and maintain the onramp, and we need to do it now:"
contrarian.substack.com/p/we-say-onl...
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SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
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i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
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And now part of the permanent record. 👏
Sotomayor's dissent unlike anything Katyal has seen before
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
And now part of the permanent record. 👏
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Back from my argument in the Supreme Court defending the campaign finance laws from GOP attack. A big thank you to the @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social team that helped prepare me and our amazing clients @democrats.org, @dscc.bsky.social, and @electdemocrats.bsky.social.
Onto the next battle!
Onto the next battle!
December 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Back from my argument in the Supreme Court defending the campaign finance laws from GOP attack. A big thank you to the @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social team that helped prepare me and our amazing clients @democrats.org, @dscc.bsky.social, and @electdemocrats.bsky.social.
Onto the next battle!
Onto the next battle!