Fed-up Republican
@feduprepublican.bsky.social
"100% ANTI-TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!" - Donald Trump, 2025-11-01
Former GOP voter who is mad as hell about where the party has gone.
Former GOP voter who is mad as hell about where the party has gone.
Pinned
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Nobody treats the Republican base with more contempt or counts on them being stupid more than Republicans
Karoline Leavitt lies with impunity on Fox & Friends: "Don't forget -- a year ago, President Trump inherited the worst inflation crisis in modern American history from the Biden administration."
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nobody treats the Republican base with more contempt or counts on them being stupid more than Republicans
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Today's news roundup:
-Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
-Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-President pardoned by Trump
-Trump says Nvidia can sell H200 AI chips to China
-STC claim broad control of southern Yemen
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www.justsecurity.org/126656/early...
-Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
-Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-President pardoned by Trump
-Trump says Nvidia can sell H200 AI chips to China
-STC claim broad control of southern Yemen
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www.justsecurity.org/126656/early...
Early Edition: December 9, 2025
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.
www.justsecurity.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today's news roundup:
-Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
-Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-President pardoned by Trump
-Trump says Nvidia can sell H200 AI chips to China
-STC claim broad control of southern Yemen
👇
www.justsecurity.org/126656/early...
-Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
-Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-President pardoned by Trump
-Trump says Nvidia can sell H200 AI chips to China
-STC claim broad control of southern Yemen
👇
www.justsecurity.org/126656/early...
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After working as an interpreter for the American coalition in Afghanistan, Jafar Wahidi resettled in California with his wife and seven children in 2017. Now, he says the life he built may not be available to many he is trying to help.
https://cnn.it/48r3yVx
https://cnn.it/48r3yVx
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
After working as an interpreter for the American coalition in Afghanistan, Jafar Wahidi resettled in California with his wife and seven children in 2017. Now, he says the life he built may not be available to many he is trying to help.
https://cnn.it/48r3yVx
https://cnn.it/48r3yVx
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Rand Paul: "It has not been the history of the US to kill people who are out of combat. Even if there is a war, which most of us dispute -- that a bunch of people who are unarmed allegedly running drugs is a war -- we still don't kill people when they're incapacitated ... it's illegal and immoral."
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Rand Paul: "It has not been the history of the US to kill people who are out of combat. Even if there is a war, which most of us dispute -- that a bunch of people who are unarmed allegedly running drugs is a war -- we still don't kill people when they're incapacitated ... it's illegal and immoral."
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WATCH: @samsteindc.bsky.social, @timmiller.bsky.social, and @willsommer.bsky.social take on the Benny Johnson vs. Milo Yiannopoulos feud, lawsuit threats, and how the right-wing influencer world weaponizes sexuality for power. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Kl4fql?utm_...
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
WATCH: @samsteindc.bsky.social, @timmiller.bsky.social, and @willsommer.bsky.social take on the Benny Johnson vs. Milo Yiannopoulos feud, lawsuit threats, and how the right-wing influencer world weaponizes sexuality for power. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Kl4fql?utm_...
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Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
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Newsmax host to Leavitt on Trump's farm bailout: "It's not funded by tax dollars. It's funded by tariffs."
"That's right," Leavitt replies
(Tariffs are taxes on American importers)
"That's right," Leavitt replies
(Tariffs are taxes on American importers)
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Newsmax host to Leavitt on Trump's farm bailout: "It's not funded by tax dollars. It's funded by tariffs."
"That's right," Leavitt replies
(Tariffs are taxes on American importers)
"That's right," Leavitt replies
(Tariffs are taxes on American importers)
This is a lie. Soybean purchases stopped when Trump jacked up tariffs in April.
Leavitt: "President Trump convinced President Xi to continue purchasing again American soybeans, which is something China wasn't doing under the last administration because they had no respect for President Biden or the country at the time."
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is a lie. Soybean purchases stopped when Trump jacked up tariffs in April.
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“When a player leverages his power, it’s a scandal,” Jemele Hill writes. When a college coach does the same thing, “it’s just business as usual”:
The Most Egregious Double Standard in Sports
For college coaches, greed is just business.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“When a player leverages his power, it’s a scandal,” Jemele Hill writes. When a college coach does the same thing, “it’s just business as usual”:
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“We had soiled beds, waiting rooms with holes in the chairs, mounting sepsis issues and had just laid off 200 qualified nurses,” a former Phoebe exec recalled, “but we had a new logo.”
Read Part 3 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Read Part 3 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 3: Poor Grades, Poor Outcomes
Phoebe paid an exorbitant sum to acquire its crosstown rival and became Albany’s only hospital. But as the company’s debt increased, patients suffered.
projects.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“We had soiled beds, waiting rooms with holes in the chairs, mounting sepsis issues and had just laid off 200 qualified nurses,” a former Phoebe exec recalled, “but we had a new logo.”
Read Part 3 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Read Part 3 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
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Asked by Dasha Burns in a new interview to grade the economy under his presidency, President Trump gives it an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus."
Gallup has only 36% of voters approving of his handling of the economy.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Gallup has only 36% of voters approving of his handling of the economy.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Full transcript: POLITICO's interview with President Donald Trump
The president sat for an in-depth interview with POLITICO's Dasha Burns.
www.politico.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Asked by Dasha Burns in a new interview to grade the economy under his presidency, President Trump gives it an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus."
Gallup has only 36% of voters approving of his handling of the economy.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Gallup has only 36% of voters approving of his handling of the economy.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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They need to be independent.
They need to be courageous.. even when it feels difficult.
They need to serve the American people rather than the White House.
They need to have good judgment and a sensible model.. of how the economy works overall.
And they need to show intellectual leadership
They need to be courageous.. even when it feels difficult.
They need to serve the American people rather than the White House.
They need to have good judgment and a sensible model.. of how the economy works overall.
And they need to show intellectual leadership
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
They need to be independent.
They need to be courageous.. even when it feels difficult.
They need to serve the American people rather than the White House.
They need to have good judgment and a sensible model.. of how the economy works overall.
And they need to show intellectual leadership
They need to be courageous.. even when it feels difficult.
They need to serve the American people rather than the White House.
They need to have good judgment and a sensible model.. of how the economy works overall.
And they need to show intellectual leadership
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"Every day that Ukraine remains a sovereign state and NATO meets in Brussels is a victory for the West." And Ukraine, at least, is nowhere near giving up.
New from Tamar Jacoby:
New from Tamar Jacoby:
Ukraine Stands Firm
Attacks on its infrastructure and a major corruption scandal have rocked the country. But President Trump is wrong that Ukraine is destined for defeat.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Every day that Ukraine remains a sovereign state and NATO meets in Brussels is a victory for the West." And Ukraine, at least, is nowhere near giving up.
New from Tamar Jacoby:
New from Tamar Jacoby:
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Exactly why the Ellisons are completely unfit to own Warner and CNN — even with all their wealth, what a bunch of acquiescent stooges. They are uninterested in making journalism better or a better business, but happy to make it better for Trump.
December 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Exactly why the Ellisons are completely unfit to own Warner and CNN — even with all their wealth, what a bunch of acquiescent stooges. They are uninterested in making journalism better or a better business, but happy to make it better for Trump.
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"Shattered norms"
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"Shattered norms"
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Judge Tung got his judicial commission a month ago. Literally. Judge Bybee (who has his many, many issues) has been on the bench for two decades.
JUST IN: Famous 9th Cir Judge Jay Bybee (GWBush) pens 64-page opinion on how Constitution's 'domestic violence' clause may block Trump deployment of National Guard in OR. Judge Eric Tung's (Trump) insulting response: 'A great labor producing a mouse.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
OregonvTrumpCA9AmOrd120825
www.documentcloud.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Judge Tung got his judicial commission a month ago. Literally. Judge Bybee (who has his many, many issues) has been on the bench for two decades.
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Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
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ICYMI: Weiss worst
Bari Weiss, CBS News, and the Triumph of Faux Balance
The record of the Free Press shows her journey from independent to MAGA fellow traveler.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
ICYMI: Weiss worst
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NEW: Right-wing media spent years insisting the Jan. 6 pipe bomber was a deep-state plant. Now that the suspect looks to be a Trump-supporting election denier, the conspiracies are only getting louder.
@willsommer.bsky.social explains why in the latest False Flag: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rLHz32?utm_...
@willsommer.bsky.social explains why in the latest False Flag: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rLHz32?utm_...
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
NEW: Right-wing media spent years insisting the Jan. 6 pipe bomber was a deep-state plant. Now that the suspect looks to be a Trump-supporting election denier, the conspiracies are only getting louder.
@willsommer.bsky.social explains why in the latest False Flag: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rLHz32?utm_...
@willsommer.bsky.social explains why in the latest False Flag: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rLHz32?utm_...
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New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
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And to think there are media organizations that still refuse to call Trump a pathological liar.
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
And to think there are media organizations that still refuse to call Trump a pathological liar.
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Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino recently admitted to lying as a political pundit. @dgraham.bsky.social on media personalities turned administrators and their complex relationship with the truth, in The Atlantic Daily:
Dan Bongino Admits to Lying During His Pundit Days
Before he joined the FBI, Bongino spread bogus claims about the January 6 pipe bomber—and now says he did it because he was getting paid.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino recently admitted to lying as a political pundit. @dgraham.bsky.social on media personalities turned administrators and their complex relationship with the truth, in The Atlantic Daily:
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"Why should we believe *anything* this administration says without supporting evidence? That’s not a rhetorical question." It's a dangerous question, but they have forced us to ask it. lnk.thebulwark.com/3KP4z0z
Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie
The war against Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It’s about the destruction of regular order.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"Why should we believe *anything* this administration says without supporting evidence? That’s not a rhetorical question." It's a dangerous question, but they have forced us to ask it. lnk.thebulwark.com/3KP4z0z
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Trump's reckless tariffs have been crushing farmers.
He found $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
But only $12 billion to help the farmers hurt by his policies.
You deserve better.
He found $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
But only $12 billion to help the farmers hurt by his policies.
You deserve better.
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trump's reckless tariffs have been crushing farmers.
He found $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
But only $12 billion to help the farmers hurt by his policies.
You deserve better.
He found $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
But only $12 billion to help the farmers hurt by his policies.
You deserve better.