Aaron
@grumbeld.bsky.social
Teacher, parent, gamer, writer, and lover
Also, Ultimate Game Connoisseur as per guessthegame.com
Also, Ultimate Game Connoisseur as per guessthegame.com
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It’s also plainly ridiculous to attack Nigeria for being “unsafe for Christianity” when we are now cozy strategic allies with Saudi Arabia where it is illegal to publicly practice Christianity
December 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It’s also plainly ridiculous to attack Nigeria for being “unsafe for Christianity” when we are now cozy strategic allies with Saudi Arabia where it is illegal to publicly practice Christianity
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There's no firm burden of proof for "high crimes and misdemeanors," but it's properly closer to a preponderance of the evidence than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It's not a criminal proceeding, nobody's life or freedom is in jeopardy. It's an employment review. Likelier than not is sufficient.
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
There's no firm burden of proof for "high crimes and misdemeanors," but it's properly closer to a preponderance of the evidence than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It's not a criminal proceeding, nobody's life or freedom is in jeopardy. It's an employment review. Likelier than not is sufficient.
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When formerly incarcerated people are able to obtain work, it tends to be a low-paying position with little job security, keeping them well below the poverty line. “The No. 1 contributor to recidivism is poverty,” says a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.
Budget Cuts Threaten Oregon Program for Helping People Get Jobs After Prison
The state had recently expanded the novel program for providing one-on-one career coaching, job fairs behind bars, and support for people after release.
boltsmag.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
When formerly incarcerated people are able to obtain work, it tends to be a low-paying position with little job security, keeping them well below the poverty line. “The No. 1 contributor to recidivism is poverty,” says a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.
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Trump was a frequent traveler on Epstein Air, including trips with Epstein alone and a trip with just Epstein and a [redacted] trafficking victim.
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Trump was a frequent traveler on Epstein Air, including trips with Epstein alone and a trip with just Epstein and a [redacted] trafficking victim.
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Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
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Meanwhile, this last-minute cancelation comes after Trump has been raging about 60 Minutes segments he doesn't like and complaining that the Ellisons aren't his "friends" anymore -- all while they are banking on Trump to side with their Warner Bros hostile takeover bid.
December 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Meanwhile, this last-minute cancelation comes after Trump has been raging about 60 Minutes segments he doesn't like and complaining that the Ellisons aren't his "friends" anymore -- all while they are banking on Trump to side with their Warner Bros hostile takeover bid.
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Once when we wanted to show the ineffectual dithering of The Good Place Committee, we had one of them say, "There are rules, procedures. This is The Good Place -- we can't just *do stuff.*" We almost didn't include it, because we thought it was a little on the nose.
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Once when we wanted to show the ineffectual dithering of The Good Place Committee, we had one of them say, "There are rules, procedures. This is The Good Place -- we can't just *do stuff.*" We almost didn't include it, because we thought it was a little on the nose.
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Evil
The Trump administration reversed a Biden-era ban on antipersonnel land mines except on the Korean Peninsula.
The memo, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, says the reversal would give the U.S. military a “force multiplier” against enemies.
The memo, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, says the reversal would give the U.S. military a “force multiplier” against enemies.
Hegseth reverses land mine policy to allow use of controversial weapon
The Trump administration will reverse a Biden-era policy that prohibits the use of antipersonnel land mines, according to a Dec. 2 document reviewed by The Post.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Evil
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I’m launching an investigation into the role of shipping companies in cartel-backed fuel smuggling. This is a multi-billion dollar industry for drug cartels and criminals. If companies operating in the U.S. are involved, they must be held accountable.
Exclusive: US senator presses tanker giants over cartel-linked fuel smuggling at sea
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has contacted seven maritime shipping companies as part of an inquiry into cartel-linked fuel smuggling between the United States and Mexico, asking the firms to explain their v...
www.reuters.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I’m launching an investigation into the role of shipping companies in cartel-backed fuel smuggling. This is a multi-billion dollar industry for drug cartels and criminals. If companies operating in the U.S. are involved, they must be held accountable.
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Hi Senator, excuse me for jumping in, but... while I agree with you that this is really damaging, I couldn't help but notice YOU VOTED FOR THE FREAKING BILL THAT GAVE TRUMP THIS POWER (which some of us warned you not to do).
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Hi Senator, excuse me for jumping in, but... while I agree with you that this is really damaging, I couldn't help but notice YOU VOTED FOR THE FREAKING BILL THAT GAVE TRUMP THIS POWER (which some of us warned you not to do).
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
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For no particular reason...
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
For no particular reason...
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
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January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
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This is what Gavin Newsom's strategic strategizing gets you.
Alabama rep cites Gavin Newson's vote to out trans kids to parents as precedent that the federal government should follow
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is what Gavin Newsom's strategic strategizing gets you.
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Just to be clear, this ban would have prevented me from coming to the US, had it existed in 1983.
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Just to be clear, this ban would have prevented me from coming to the US, had it existed in 1983.
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This is damn good. Thank you for it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is damn good. Thank you for it.
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For those who can’t / don’t have access to IG, here’s an article about it h/t to @mathiastck.bsky.social amp.sacbee.com/news/local/e...
Lincoln mayor's remarks at high school’s first Club America ignite controversy
Club America is the high school program associated with Turning Point USA, a nonprofit that advocates for conservative politics.
amp.sacbee.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
For those who can’t / don’t have access to IG, here’s an article about it h/t to @mathiastck.bsky.social amp.sacbee.com/news/local/e...
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Intentionally killing innocent people is always wrong.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
December 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Intentionally killing innocent people is always wrong.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
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The reason you defend civil liberties is not because it is popular (it is never popular) but because if the government can deport you to a foreign gulag without trial then it doesn't matter how popular the rest of your policy platform is.
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The reason you defend civil liberties is not because it is popular (it is never popular) but because if the government can deport you to a foreign gulag without trial then it doesn't matter how popular the rest of your policy platform is.
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
Walking on foot as winter starts. I applaud these people, and I hope they serve as an inspiration for others.
On Wednesday, December 10, a delegation of Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Temple in Fort Worth, Texas, crossed through Jackson, Mississippi, on a 2,300-mile sojourn to Washington, D.C.
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Photos: Buddhist Monks On Nationwide Walk For Peace Pass Through Jackson
A group of Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Temple in Fort Worth, Texas, traveled through Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walking on foot as winter starts. I applaud these people, and I hope they serve as an inspiration for others.
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On Wednesday, December 10, a delegation of Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Temple in Fort Worth, Texas, crossed through Jackson, Mississippi, on a 2,300-mile sojourn to Washington, D.C.
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Photos: Buddhist Monks On Nationwide Walk For Peace Pass Through Jackson
A group of Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Temple in Fort Worth, Texas, traveled through Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
On Wednesday, December 10, a delegation of Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Temple in Fort Worth, Texas, crossed through Jackson, Mississippi, on a 2,300-mile sojourn to Washington, D.C.
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It sounds as though ICE (and associated agencies, I assume) are running afoul of HIPAA laws, and at least one hospital isn't standing up to them -- Legacy Emanuel in Portland, Oregon.
Call me old fashioned, but I think law enforcement should follow the law.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Call me old fashioned, but I think law enforcement should follow the law.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Nurses union alleges ICE is allowed to dictate patient care at Legacy Emanuel
The Oregon Nurses Association alleges management told nurses that immigration detainees do not hold the same rights as other patients.
www.opb.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It sounds as though ICE (and associated agencies, I assume) are running afoul of HIPAA laws, and at least one hospital isn't standing up to them -- Legacy Emanuel in Portland, Oregon.
Call me old fashioned, but I think law enforcement should follow the law.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Call me old fashioned, but I think law enforcement should follow the law.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
The West Wing is on Netflix, and in the first 10 minutes they already argued against the ludicrousness of what we're doing in the waters north of Venezuela.
"You think we should send the military against 12 guys in a rowboat?"
"You think we should send the military against 12 guys in a rowboat?"
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The West Wing is on Netflix, and in the first 10 minutes they already argued against the ludicrousness of what we're doing in the waters north of Venezuela.
"You think we should send the military against 12 guys in a rowboat?"
"You think we should send the military against 12 guys in a rowboat?"