Laura Walker
@laurawalkerkc.bsky.social
Sauntering vaguely downward . . . OSINT advocate, J.D., Anglophile, addicted to crooners and decadent textiles.
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It’s ok, everyone, the guy who committed the biggest fraud in Medicare history is personally vouching for Trump’s HHS pick.
Rick Scott describes RFK Jr as "very impressive" and claims "he's pro-vaccine"
December 18, 2024 at 3:56 AM
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“We’re not going to have the FBI conduct standard background checks for these insane nominees and we’ll sue any reporters who look into their records” is really inspiring confidence.
Authoritarian regime consolidation cliches-in-action #2: threaten/execute legal action against news organizations and dissenting voices to intimidate them into not revealing or discussing your failures, corruption, or lawlessness. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage
The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:04 PM
“We’re not going to have the FBI conduct standard background checks for these insane nominees and we’ll sue any reporters who look into their records” is really inspiring confidence.
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guzzling straight from the bottle with it pouring off his face onto his shirt is a perfectly normal way to drink champagne … if you’ve just won the World Series
After Fox co-workers told media he was often drinking or hungover while at work, Pete Hegseth challenged people to find a single clip showing him drinking on the job. We accepted the challenge. meidasnews.com/news/bottoms...
“Bottoms Up”— Pete Hegseth Took Swigs from Champagne Bottle, Plunged Into the Alcoholic Beverage During Fox News Broadcast
Hegseth’s kids were present and sampled the dunk tank champagne
meidasnews.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:36 AM
guzzling straight from the bottle with it pouring off his face onto his shirt is a perfectly normal way to drink champagne … if you’ve just won the World Series
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I’m old enough to remember there was some lady (I think she was like Black and Indian or something) who told us he was gonna do this and it would be bad
The Washington Post scoops some of Trump's plans for retribution at DOJ www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump plans to fire Jack Smith’s team, use DOJ to probe 2020 election
The plans show how president-elect Donald Trump wants to use the Justice Department to address his own personal grievances.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:22 PM
I’m old enough to remember there was some lady (I think she was like Black and Indian or something) who told us he was gonna do this and it would be bad
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A big unspoken key to Trump’s appeal is: “If a piece of shit like this can be president of the United States, what do YOU have to feel bad about?”
December 18, 2024 at 2:00 AM
A big unspoken key to Trump’s appeal is: “If a piece of shit like this can be president of the United States, what do YOU have to feel bad about?”
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In a sense, this is the real culture war and the rest is window dressing. The GOP has rebranded itself as the Trash Party. Their fundamental promise isn’t really anything about policy. It’s that you have permission to be vulgar and stupid and hateful and not feel bad about it anymore.
Problem was, they were full of shit. And being full of shit makes people eventually ignore anything good you say. Hypocrisy kills norms.
Say what you want about the Focus on The Family people of the 90s, but this shit wouldn’t have gotten past them.
December 18, 2024 at 1:54 AM
In a sense, this is the real culture war and the rest is window dressing. The GOP has rebranded itself as the Trash Party. Their fundamental promise isn’t really anything about policy. It’s that you have permission to be vulgar and stupid and hateful and not feel bad about it anymore.
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during the 2023 presidential primary, the legal team for a major GOP candidate threatened to sue me if i wrote critically about the candidate's wardrobe
The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage
The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:29 AM
during the 2023 presidential primary, the legal team for a major GOP candidate threatened to sue me if i wrote critically about the candidate's wardrobe
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Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...
www.ajmc.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
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On This Day in 1978:
I married my dental hygienist, Marilou York.
She cleaned my teeth & the rest... is history.
#HappyAnniversary2TheLoveOfMyLife. ❤️ 🎆 🙏
I married my dental hygienist, Marilou York.
She cleaned my teeth & the rest... is history.
#HappyAnniversary2TheLoveOfMyLife. ❤️ 🎆 🙏
December 18, 2024 at 1:21 AM
On This Day in 1978:
I married my dental hygienist, Marilou York.
She cleaned my teeth & the rest... is history.
#HappyAnniversary2TheLoveOfMyLife. ❤️ 🎆 🙏
I married my dental hygienist, Marilou York.
She cleaned my teeth & the rest... is history.
#HappyAnniversary2TheLoveOfMyLife. ❤️ 🎆 🙏
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Way to go Liz. This is just insane
See below for my statement in response to Chairman Loudermilk's "Interim Report":
December 18, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Way to go Liz. This is just insane
'Not going to cooperate': Border state sheriffs throw wrench in Trump’s deportation plan www.rawstory.com/not-going-to...
'Not going to cooperate': Border state sheriffs throw wrench in Trump’s deportation plan
President-elect Donald Trump's advisers have been hoping county sheriffs in border states will assist with the incoming administration's mass deportation campaign. But several sheriffs are already pub...
www.rawstory.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:02 AM
'Not going to cooperate': Border state sheriffs throw wrench in Trump’s deportation plan www.rawstory.com/not-going-to...
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See below for my statement in response to Chairman Loudermilk's "Interim Report":
December 17, 2024 at 7:36 PM
See below for my statement in response to Chairman Loudermilk's "Interim Report":
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What an honor to be invited to The White House Christmas party,,, and special thankx to the great Dr Jill Biden for the hospitality and the opportunity to meet her husband,,, the PRESIDENT of the United States of America, Joe Biden.
December 18, 2024 at 1:17 AM
What an honor to be invited to The White House Christmas party,,, and special thankx to the great Dr Jill Biden for the hospitality and the opportunity to meet her husband,,, the PRESIDENT of the United States of America, Joe Biden.
Utter bollocks: GOP report recommends Liz Cheney be criminally investigated over Jan. 6 work thehill.com/homenews/hou...
GOP report recommends Liz Cheney be criminally investigated over Jan. 6 work
Republicans on Tuesday released a report reviewing the “failures and politicization” of the now-disbanded House Jan. 6 committee, capping their investigation by recommending a criminal investigatio…
thehill.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Utter bollocks: GOP report recommends Liz Cheney be criminally investigated over Jan. 6 work thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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Started / Going
December 17, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Started / Going
Oof: Stock market today: Dow logs longest losing streak since 1978 as stocks slide ahead of Fed decision finance.yahoo.com/news/live/st...
Stock market today: Dow logs longest losing streak since 1978 as stocks slide ahead of Fed decision
The Fed meeting kicks off with investors on alert for clues to the path of rates after the widely expected December cut.
finance.yahoo.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Oof: Stock market today: Dow logs longest losing streak since 1978 as stocks slide ahead of Fed decision finance.yahoo.com/news/live/st...
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RFK Jr.,Trump's nominee to lead the HHS, suggested that the Polio vaccine "killed many, many more people" than polio ever did.
December 18, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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When my son first started to really be able to read at age 5, he asked me why our neighbor has a flag that says "F*ck your feelings" on their house. There was a lot to unpack there, but I told him that they are doing us a favor and letting us know they are not worth knowing.
December 17, 2024 at 11:50 PM
When my son first started to really be able to read at age 5, he asked me why our neighbor has a flag that says "F*ck your feelings" on their house. There was a lot to unpack there, but I told him that they are doing us a favor and letting us know they are not worth knowing.
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guy with a “fuck your feelings” shirt at the elementary school band concert. like what do you even do with that
December 17, 2024 at 11:38 PM
guy with a “fuck your feelings” shirt at the elementary school band concert. like what do you even do with that
Kremlin Insiders Spill Putin’s Secret Plan to Manipulate Trump - via @juliadavisnews.bsky.social at @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-insi...
Kremlin Insiders Spill Putin’s Secret Plan to Manipulate Trump
Russia’s top propagandist has revealed the Kremlin’s plot to win over Donald Trump.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Kremlin Insiders Spill Putin’s Secret Plan to Manipulate Trump - via @juliadavisnews.bsky.social at @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-insi...
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The Trump economy? The Dow ends the day lower, suffering its longest losing streak since the Carter administration
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The Dow just did something it hasn’t done since Jimmy Carter was president | CNN Business
The world’s most famous market indicator just suffered its longest losing streak since Jimmy Carter was in the White House.
t.co
December 17, 2024 at 10:56 PM
The Trump economy? The Dow ends the day lower, suffering its longest losing streak since the Carter administration
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One of the defining features of the political culture of the current GOP is that it's reached into the brains of a significant portion of the party's leadership and activist class, identified the spot where Occam's Razor is located, and used a power tool to grind it down to a stump.
December 17, 2024 at 4:03 PM
One of the defining features of the political culture of the current GOP is that it's reached into the brains of a significant portion of the party's leadership and activist class, identified the spot where Occam's Razor is located, and used a power tool to grind it down to a stump.
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Pennsylvania Republican Senator Doug Mastriano got a Community Note for implying that a life size model of a Star Wars Tie Fighter space ship (used by Darth Vader and the Empire) was a unexplained drone that had been recovered off the coast.
December 17, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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Gubbio, a beautiful medieval town in the heart of Central Italy's Umbria Region, claims the world's largest Christmas tree. This is the 44th year for this tree display!
December 17, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Gubbio, a beautiful medieval town in the heart of Central Italy's Umbria Region, claims the world's largest Christmas tree. This is the 44th year for this tree display!
The principal Christmas tree at Sofia Square in Kyiv, Ukraine
December 17, 2024 at 1:54 AM
The principal Christmas tree at Sofia Square in Kyiv, Ukraine