@l-s-boles.bsky.social
High school history teacher, passionate about saving the planet and democracy
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So this must mean that Kash Patel is going to tell Trump he has to revoke his pardons for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and reinstate their convictions for sedition in connection with January 6, right
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So this must mean that Kash Patel is going to tell Trump he has to revoke his pardons for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and reinstate their convictions for sedition in connection with January 6, right
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Trump is gutting Wall Street safeguards and firing the examiners that make sure megabanks aren’t scamming you or putting our economy at risk.
Trump will own the next financial crisis, but we’re all going to pay for it.
Trump will own the next financial crisis, but we’re all going to pay for it.
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Trump is gutting Wall Street safeguards and firing the examiners that make sure megabanks aren’t scamming you or putting our economy at risk.
Trump will own the next financial crisis, but we’re all going to pay for it.
Trump will own the next financial crisis, but we’re all going to pay for it.
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The structure offered no meaningful protection from the outdoors; detainees said they were left exposed to extreme Florida heat, relentless humidity, direct sunlight, swarms of insects, and the elements without shade, clean water, or basic sanitation.
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The structure offered no meaningful protection from the outdoors; detainees said they were left exposed to extreme Florida heat, relentless humidity, direct sunlight, swarms of insects, and the elements without shade, clean water, or basic sanitation.
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This is so messed up… Amnesty International reports that detainees at Alligator Alcatraz (and at another facility, Krome North Service Processing Center) describe being placed in a “punishment box,” a cage-like structure in the yard so cramped that people could not sit, lie down, or
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is so messed up… Amnesty International reports that detainees at Alligator Alcatraz (and at another facility, Krome North Service Processing Center) describe being placed in a “punishment box,” a cage-like structure in the yard so cramped that people could not sit, lie down, or
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3200 workers to “right-size” its business.
The company is one of four giants that control 80% of meat processing.
This corporate monopoly is great for Tyson’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else. Watch:
The company is one of four giants that control 80% of meat processing.
This corporate monopoly is great for Tyson’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else. Watch:
How Farmers Are Getting Shafted By Monopolies | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3200 workers to “right-size” its business.
The company is one of four giants that control 80% of meat processing.
This corporate monopoly is great for Tyson’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else. Watch:
The company is one of four giants that control 80% of meat processing.
This corporate monopoly is great for Tyson’s executives and a raw deal for everyone else. Watch:
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Why have so many corporations donated to Trump’s White House ballroom project?
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Why have so many corporations donated to Trump’s White House ballroom project?
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
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Playing the "if this were a Democrat" game is tired I know but my God if this were a Democrat it would be the only story we'd hear until 2042. www.thedailybeast.com/don-jrs-fund...
Don Jr.’s Fund to Cash In on $620M Magnet Deal With Pentagon
Never mind that his father views magnets as an almost existential source of confusion, Trump Jr. is on track to benefit from them with the latest contract handed to a company he backs.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Playing the "if this were a Democrat" game is tired I know but my God if this were a Democrat it would be the only story we'd hear until 2042. www.thedailybeast.com/don-jrs-fund...
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💰 How about "blowing" it on more affordable health insurance for Americans⁉️
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voicrs4Victory
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voicrs4Victory
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
💰 How about "blowing" it on more affordable health insurance for Americans⁉️
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voicrs4Victory
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voicrs4Victory
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Trump sued for trafficking girls in $310 million lawsuit which names Bill Gates and Elon Musk.
The victim accuses them of 8 years of abuse including grooming, trafficking and using Gates’ company as cover.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/trump-hit-wi...
The victim accuses them of 8 years of abuse including grooming, trafficking and using Gates’ company as cover.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/trump-hit-wi...
Trump hit with $310M suit alleging trafficking scheme tied to Epstein-style claims
President Donald Trump has been hit with a $310 million lawsuit in Palm Beach County accusing him, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates of participating in an alleged “trafficking venture” that plaintiffs claim ...
www.rawstory.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trump sued for trafficking girls in $310 million lawsuit which names Bill Gates and Elon Musk.
The victim accuses them of 8 years of abuse including grooming, trafficking and using Gates’ company as cover.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/trump-hit-wi...
The victim accuses them of 8 years of abuse including grooming, trafficking and using Gates’ company as cover.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/trump-hit-wi...
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Republicans want you to believe that this is too much to ask for… It’s a good thing we’re no longer asking.
We’re demanding a government that works for the people, not against them.
We’re demanding a government that works for the people, not against them.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Republicans want you to believe that this is too much to ask for… It’s a good thing we’re no longer asking.
We’re demanding a government that works for the people, not against them.
We’re demanding a government that works for the people, not against them.
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Jack Smith should have a press conference on the steps of the Capitol and reveal the truth.
@democrats-judiciary.house.gov
Be as brave as the Epstein survivors!
@democrats-judiciary.house.gov
Be as brave as the Epstein survivors!
Why are Republicans afraid to let Jack Smith testify in public?
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Jack Smith should have a press conference on the steps of the Capitol and reveal the truth.
@democrats-judiciary.house.gov
Be as brave as the Epstein survivors!
@democrats-judiciary.house.gov
Be as brave as the Epstein survivors!
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ICE and DHS are separating young children from their parents and disappearing them.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
ICE and DHS are separating young children from their parents and disappearing them.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
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Terrible things are happening outside...poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are being separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” - Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Terrible things are happening outside...poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are being separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” - Anne Frank (Jan 13, 1943)
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It is not a good thing for the world that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Putin for 5 hours today.
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It is not a good thing for the world that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Putin for 5 hours today.
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A crowd estimated in the thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment on Saturday.
washingtonian.com/2025/11/24/p...
washingtonian.com/2025/11/24/p...
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A crowd estimated in the thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment on Saturday.
washingtonian.com/2025/11/24/p...
washingtonian.com/2025/11/24/p...
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Trump has fired or pushed out more than 100 immigration judges since January and just paused all asylum decisions.
This was never about “legal immigration.” It was always about cruelty. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RawjSlMiR_g
This was never about “legal immigration.” It was always about cruelty. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RawjSlMiR_g
Trump Opposes "Legal Immigration" Too
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Trump has fired or pushed out more than 100 immigration judges since January and just paused all asylum decisions.
This was never about “legal immigration.” It was always about cruelty. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RawjSlMiR_g
This was never about “legal immigration.” It was always about cruelty. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RawjSlMiR_g
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The path forward for Democrats is to embrace economic populism AND social justice — not one or the other. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AymVXqZ6CRw
Some Democrats Still Don't Get It
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The path forward for Democrats is to embrace economic populism AND social justice — not one or the other. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AymVXqZ6CRw
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Reminder that the Trump regime still hasn't told us if border czar Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he took in an undercover bribery sting that was shut down by Trump's DOJ. They haven't even told us if Homan paid taxes on the $50,000 in taxpayer money he shouldn't have taken in the first place.
Goldman, Judiciary Democrats Press Trump-Vance Transition Team on $50,000 Homan Bribery Scandal
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-14), and his House Judiciary colleagues in sending an oversight letter to S...
goldman.house.gov
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Reminder that the Trump regime still hasn't told us if border czar Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he took in an undercover bribery sting that was shut down by Trump's DOJ. They haven't even told us if Homan paid taxes on the $50,000 in taxpayer money he shouldn't have taken in the first place.
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A great list of what we can all do - small collective actions add up to make a huge impact. Please read and share this important article by @djrothkopf.bsky.social :
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/how-to-sto...
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/how-to-sto...
How to Stop the Descent into Madness
To the degree you're just a spectator to this crisis, you're a contributor to it.
davidrothkopf.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A great list of what we can all do - small collective actions add up to make a huge impact. Please read and share this important article by @djrothkopf.bsky.social :
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/how-to-sto...
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/how-to-sto...
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
SOURCES: Michigan State is firing head coach Jonathan Smith, @theathletic.com has learned.
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
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They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
I say bad journalism is having the same liars on TV over and over and expecting to learn the truth.
I say bad journalism is having the same liars on TV over and over and expecting to learn the truth.
WELKER: What vetting did the Trump administration do before giving this suspect asylum?
KRISTI NOEM: The vetting process happens when the person comes into the country and Joe Biden completely did not vet any of these individuals
KRISTI NOEM: The vetting process happens when the person comes into the country and Joe Biden completely did not vet any of these individuals
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
I say bad journalism is having the same liars on TV over and over and expecting to learn the truth.
I say bad journalism is having the same liars on TV over and over and expecting to learn the truth.
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And we’re not taking this anywhere near serious enough.
The Economist calls Trump out. youtube.com/shorts/IZalZ...
Donald Trump is creating his own police force
YouTube video by The Economist
youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
And we’re not taking this anywhere near serious enough.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.