John Kaster
@jkaster.bsky.social
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ICE is an out-of-control federal agency terrorizing our communities. Their aggressive tactics and abusive behavior in Washington County and across Oregon are outrageous and dangerous.
‘Detain first and ask questions later’: Oregon ICE arrests shot up in October
The Portland Immigrants Rights Coalition reported 329 arrests in Oregon last month.
www.opb.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
ICE is an out-of-control federal agency terrorizing our communities. Their aggressive tactics and abusive behavior in Washington County and across Oregon are outrageous and dangerous.
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The Trump regime has declared war on the American people.
Official U.S. Government account refers to its citizens as "imbecilic morons".
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The Trump regime has declared war on the American people.
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
The anti-science fascist regime in the US is pushing us decades behind the rest of the world cleantechnica.com/2025/11/12/y...
Fossil Fuels Can't Win Against New Perovskite-Silicon Solar Cells
Researchers at Poly U in Hong Kong present a roadmap for higher-performing, lower-costing tandem perovskite-silicon solar cells.
cleantechnica.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The anti-science fascist regime in the US is pushing us decades behind the rest of the world cleantechnica.com/2025/11/12/y...
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Going Live now. Join me to vent/share frustrations over Centrist Dems CAVING for a MAGA inshallah that will never happen and throwing Americans under the bus for the airline industry.
thelefthook.substack.com
No paywalls. All are welcome, even hater.
thelefthook.substack.com
No paywalls. All are welcome, even hater.
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Going Live now. Join me to vent/share frustrations over Centrist Dems CAVING for a MAGA inshallah that will never happen and throwing Americans under the bus for the airline industry.
thelefthook.substack.com
No paywalls. All are welcome, even hater.
thelefthook.substack.com
No paywalls. All are welcome, even hater.
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The pardons are primarily symbolic: No one on the list has been charged with federal crimes, and Trump can't pardon those facing state charges in GA, AZ, NV and WI.
But it's another effort by Trump to recast the history of his bid to seize a second term in 2020. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
But it's another effort by Trump to recast the history of his bid to seize a second term in 2020. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The pardons are primarily symbolic: No one on the list has been charged with federal crimes, and Trump can't pardon those facing state charges in GA, AZ, NV and WI.
But it's another effort by Trump to recast the history of his bid to seize a second term in 2020. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
But it's another effort by Trump to recast the history of his bid to seize a second term in 2020. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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This is the Administration that these useless 8 Dem "centrists" want to negotiate with in good faith.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, other key figures allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election
Ed Martin, the United States Pardon Attorney, announced that President Trump would be pardoning key figures allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
abcnews.go.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This is the Administration that these useless 8 Dem "centrists" want to negotiate with in good faith.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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"Not all Democrats are on board with the contours of this proposal. While the vote would have the effect of forcing each Republican to take a position in public on healthcare costs and access as we head into the midterm election year, some Democrats likened it to caving in."
Here’s what you need to know about legal issues like the National Guard and SNAP for the week ahead, with a little politics in the mix too. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week Ahead
November 9, 2025
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"Not all Democrats are on board with the contours of this proposal. While the vote would have the effect of forcing each Republican to take a position in public on healthcare costs and access as we head into the midterm election year, some Democrats likened it to caving in."
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
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It only just dawned on me today that the handiness of the term “colored” to white supremacists was that it could be applied not only to black people, but to anyone who, for whatever reason, didn’t appear to them to be entirely white.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It only just dawned on me today that the handiness of the term “colored” to white supremacists was that it could be applied not only to black people, but to anyone who, for whatever reason, didn’t appear to them to be entirely white.
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Centrist Dems CAVE For a MAGA "Inshallah" That Will Never Happen
Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus?
With @muellershewrote.com
thelefthook.substack.com/p/centrist-d...
Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus?
With @muellershewrote.com
thelefthook.substack.com/p/centrist-d...
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Centrist Dems CAVE For a MAGA "Inshallah" That Will Never Happen
Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus?
With @muellershewrote.com
thelefthook.substack.com/p/centrist-d...
Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus?
With @muellershewrote.com
thelefthook.substack.com/p/centrist-d...
Something to smile about! scitechdaily.com/goodbye-cavi...
Goodbye, Cavities? Scientists Just Found a Way to Regrow Tooth Enamel
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a new protein-based gel that can restore tooth enamel by mimicking the body’s natural growth processes. A newly developed material has been us...
scitechdaily.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Something to smile about! scitechdaily.com/goodbye-cavi...
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When Pam Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while legacy news outlets like the Washington Post wanted to seem "fair" and gave her a thumbs up.
Reject both sides journalism by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Reject both sides journalism by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
When Pam Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while legacy news outlets like the Washington Post wanted to seem "fair" and gave her a thumbs up.
Reject both sides journalism by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Reject both sides journalism by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Collins: When the president says there's virtually no inflation and that grocery prices are going down, do you agree with him on that?
Greene: No. I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high.
Greene: No. I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high.
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Collins: When the president says there's virtually no inflation and that grocery prices are going down, do you agree with him on that?
Greene: No. I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high.
Greene: No. I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high.
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The @couriernewsroom.bsky.social folks picking up our video of Matt Van Eppstein Files 🫡
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The @couriernewsroom.bsky.social folks picking up our video of Matt Van Eppstein Files 🫡
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They never say this “liquid” bullshit when it comes to tax cuts for the rich or wars or giving money to their friends (in Argentina) etc
See through it
See through it
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
They never say this “liquid” bullshit when it comes to tax cuts for the rich or wars or giving money to their friends (in Argentina) etc
See through it
See through it
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The SNAP contingency fund holds around $6 billion.
Trump refuses to spend it on the American people.
The same guy who just fast-tracked $40 billion to Argentina.
Trump thinks Argentina deserves our money while he lets Americans starve.
Trump refuses to spend it on the American people.
The same guy who just fast-tracked $40 billion to Argentina.
Trump thinks Argentina deserves our money while he lets Americans starve.
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The SNAP contingency fund holds around $6 billion.
Trump refuses to spend it on the American people.
The same guy who just fast-tracked $40 billion to Argentina.
Trump thinks Argentina deserves our money while he lets Americans starve.
Trump refuses to spend it on the American people.
The same guy who just fast-tracked $40 billion to Argentina.
Trump thinks Argentina deserves our money while he lets Americans starve.
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40 billion to Argentina.
40 billion.
40 billion.
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
40 billion to Argentina.
40 billion.
40 billion.
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lol this is a great episode. Totally agree that AI is "interns that don't learn"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6l2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6l2...
EPISODE 27 - Scott and Mark Learn To… The AI Productivity Trap: Senior Boost, Junior Drag
YouTube video by Scott Hanselman
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
lol this is a great episode. Totally agree that AI is "interns that don't learn"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6l2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6l2...
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It might shock you to learn that Nancy Mace is involved in another batshit crazy controversy.
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It might shock you to learn that Nancy Mace is involved in another batshit crazy controversy.
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There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Pretty sure 42 million starving Americans counts as a catastrophe
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Pretty sure 42 million starving Americans counts as a catastrophe