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Retired teacher. I love cats, gardening, biking, traveling, fiddling, walking. political junkie. PNW & SW
Perfection is the enemy of progress.
Retired teacher. I love cats, gardening, biking, traveling, fiddling, walking. political junkie. PNW & SW
Perfection is the enemy of progress.
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@fiddledeedum.bsky.social
· Oct 26
der speigel always had the most accurate depictions of trump, imo
rich people never had to follow the law...
"defense attorneys are telling us they can’t get their clients to take good or reasonable plea offers because they felt they’re better off spending their money on a political donation, drawing Trump’s attention, and getting the case dismissed or going to trial and getting a pardon."
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
rich people never had to follow the law...
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The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
if only we had media that did this kind of reporting...
The reason President Biden didn’t release the Epstein files is because they were placed under judicial seal on July 30, 2019, during Trump's first term. The expiration date of the judicial seal was November 12, 2025, Trump's second term. That’s why they’re able to be released now.
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
if only we had media that did this kind of reporting...
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this is increasingly what I believe too, especially regarding fascism: it is the ideology of pure indulgent feeling, unchecked by reason or consistency. that's why so much of it is built around empty aesthetics that feel strong or important but have no substantive ideas beneath them.
This mirrors closely my idea (spurred by reading Robert Sapolsky) that at its core, populism is the politics of gut social instincts - our default social mode, inherited from primates. Baboons have no ideological beliefs but tons of MAGAesque social opinions - xenophobia, pro-hierarchy, etc.
MAGA revels in the idea that rules, standards, norms, mores, and even consistent beliefs are for suckers. It is an ideology of indulgent groupthink - "Why not simply go along with the crowd? It'll feel good"
October 31, 2024 at 4:29 PM
this is increasingly what I believe too, especially regarding fascism: it is the ideology of pure indulgent feeling, unchecked by reason or consistency. that's why so much of it is built around empty aesthetics that feel strong or important but have no substantive ideas beneath them.
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If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker.
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker.
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
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Epstein victims 'who have not spoken before' to fly to DC to confront Mike Johnson
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
Epstein victims 'who have not spoken before' to fly to DC to confront Mike Johnson
Victims of Jeffrey Epstein “who have not spoken [publicly] before” are poised to arrive in Washington, D.C. next week to put pressure on lawmakers amid fears that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may...
www.rawstory.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Epstein victims 'who have not spoken before' to fly to DC to confront Mike Johnson
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
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If GOP senators think they deserve 500K minimum for having their phone privacy invaded how much should citizens and legal residents detained by ICE for being Brown get? 10 million? 100 million?
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If GOP senators think they deserve 500K minimum for having their phone privacy invaded how much should citizens and legal residents detained by ICE for being Brown get? 10 million? 100 million?
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Most Americans agree we need to get money out of politics. If that takes a constitutional amendment, then that's what we have to do. And if that's going to take years, then it's all the more reason to begin pushing now.
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Most Americans agree we need to get money out of politics. If that takes a constitutional amendment, then that's what we have to do. And if that's going to take years, then it's all the more reason to begin pushing now.
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I love the framing of the Nuzzi article where she needed to go into exile and get away from everything so she disappeared into ... Los Angeles, and started hanging out with media bigwigs there instead of on the east coast
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I love the framing of the Nuzzi article where she needed to go into exile and get away from everything so she disappeared into ... Los Angeles, and started hanging out with media bigwigs there instead of on the east coast
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You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."
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Emails sparked the beginning of our national nightmare.
Perhaps emails will end it.
Perhaps emails will end it.
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emails sparked the beginning of our national nightmare.
Perhaps emails will end it.
Perhaps emails will end it.
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These Trumps are cardboard copies of human beings.
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
These Trumps are cardboard copies of human beings.
truth telling will not be tolerated!
Prison staff fired after leaks about Ghislaine Maxwell's special treatment: lawyer
Leah Saffian, an attorney for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, said that staff at Federal Prison Camp Bryan were fired after details about special treatment for her client were leaked to Re...
www.rawstory.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
truth telling will not be tolerated!
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The Epstein files must be released. @frost.house.gov is working with his colleagues to ensure that happens. Watch his full interview with Jen Rubin on Substack
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/new-epstein-emails-air-traffic-jams
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/new-epstein-emails-air-traffic-jams
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Epstein files must be released. @frost.house.gov is working with his colleagues to ensure that happens. Watch his full interview with Jen Rubin on Substack
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/new-epstein-emails-air-traffic-jams
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/new-epstein-emails-air-traffic-jams
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The Epstein Fiasco has to greatest proof that there is a discrepancy between white collar crime and every one else.
White collar pedos go on to become president, while others go on to their just dessert as a prison bitch.
White collar pedos go on to become president, while others go on to their just dessert as a prison bitch.
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Epstein Fiasco has to greatest proof that there is a discrepancy between white collar crime and every one else.
White collar pedos go on to become president, while others go on to their just dessert as a prison bitch.
White collar pedos go on to become president, while others go on to their just dessert as a prison bitch.
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The same year the company got that big South Dakota ad contract, it sent up to $25k to one of Noem’s closest aides.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The same year the company got that big South Dakota ad contract, it sent up to $25k to one of Noem’s closest aides.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
I needed that!!
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I needed that!!
we all work for criminals now, apparently, if this is how our HARD EARNED TAX dollars are being spent. Is there a running total anywhere?
$5 mil ashley babbit, $1m per republican senator...commit a crime, get a pardon and get paid.
$5 mil ashley babbit, $1m per republican senator...commit a crime, get a pardon and get paid.
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
we all work for criminals now, apparently, if this is how our HARD EARNED TAX dollars are being spent. Is there a running total anywhere?
$5 mil ashley babbit, $1m per republican senator...commit a crime, get a pardon and get paid.
$5 mil ashley babbit, $1m per republican senator...commit a crime, get a pardon and get paid.
yes please!
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
yes please!
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what could go wrong?
NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two newly hired senior FBI staff, exempting them from polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information, officials said.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
what could go wrong?
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"This is No Coincidence"
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"This is No Coincidence"
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I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
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Epstein offered the NY Times photos of Trump with young girls in bikinis during his first campaign in 2015.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Epstein offered the NY Times photos of Trump with young girls in bikinis during his first campaign in 2015.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.