@lawrscott.bsky.social
girl dad, fact based thinker, doesn't suffer fools well. wanting a better world for my daughter. simply can't understand hate driven behavior. worried for the future. bourbon. dogs and cats. soccer.
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The Verge subscription turns one
Looking back at one year of The Verge’s subscription — and ahead to what’s next.
www.theverge.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We're doing something new. Going forward, every day we'll have three stories that are completely free to read for everyone. Let's see what we've got today: 🧵
so much winning i fucking can't take anymore...
America didn’t get downgraded by accident Trump drove it there. They’re the markers governments and investors use to spot countries sliding into authoritarianism. The world isn’t warning us anymore it’s confirming it.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
🇺🇸 America Just Got Downgraded: “The United States Is No Longer a Functional Democracy” — And Trump’s America Deserves Every Inch of It
When the world stops seeing you as a democracy, maybe stop acting like a dictatorship.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
so much winning i fucking can't take anymore...
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One way to think of the Trump Admin is as having SHIFTED the $$ we used to spend on curing cancer (and providing care to Veterans and protecting nature and etc) to snatching brown people off the streets.
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments. n.pr/4a4N3zD
After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
n.pr
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
One way to think of the Trump Admin is as having SHIFTED the $$ we used to spend on curing cancer (and providing care to Veterans and protecting nature and etc) to snatching brown people off the streets.
If true, there has to be consequences to this. As a whole, we need accountability.
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If true, there has to be consequences to this. As a whole, we need accountability.
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Trump refuses to share pre-holiday inflation report — first skipped month in 12 years
www.rawstory.com/bureau-of-la...
www.rawstory.com/bureau-of-la...
Trump refuses to share pre-holiday inflation report — first skipped month in 12 years
The Bureau of Labor Statistics won't be publishing a delayed report on wholesale price inflation this month.The federal agency will skip the postponed October report on the Producer Price Index and in...
www.rawstory.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trump refuses to share pre-holiday inflation report — first skipped month in 12 years
www.rawstory.com/bureau-of-la...
www.rawstory.com/bureau-of-la...
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I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be unapologetically pro-democracy. It will never back down. It doesn’t seek compromise or half measures. It has no corporate overlords or venture capitalists. It relies only on you. Support it now. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be unapologetically pro-democracy. It will never back down. It doesn’t seek compromise or half measures. It has no corporate overlords or venture capitalists. It relies only on you. Support it now. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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Trump calls Somali immigrants “garbage.” His VP cheers him on. Meanwhile, families are being torn apart, asylum is being shut down, aid is being gutted, and the military is firing on survivors in the water.
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Trump’s Dehumanization Campaign Is Becoming Normalized
A president who calls immigrants “garbage” is dangerous enough. A country that grows desensitized to it is even more frightening.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Trump calls Somali immigrants “garbage.” His VP cheers him on. Meanwhile, families are being torn apart, asylum is being shut down, aid is being gutted, and the military is firing on survivors in the water.
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Are you aware that MASKED ICE AGENTS
That engage in cruelty with no warrant and no due process have nearly arrested 75,000 people in the first 9 months of trump's administration
(source NBC news DC)
Congress allows this
Masked & no identification
NO FILMING
Call your reps
202 202 224-3121
That engage in cruelty with no warrant and no due process have nearly arrested 75,000 people in the first 9 months of trump's administration
(source NBC news DC)
Congress allows this
Masked & no identification
NO FILMING
Call your reps
202 202 224-3121
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Are you aware that MASKED ICE AGENTS
That engage in cruelty with no warrant and no due process have nearly arrested 75,000 people in the first 9 months of trump's administration
(source NBC news DC)
Congress allows this
Masked & no identification
NO FILMING
Call your reps
202 202 224-3121
That engage in cruelty with no warrant and no due process have nearly arrested 75,000 people in the first 9 months of trump's administration
(source NBC news DC)
Congress allows this
Masked & no identification
NO FILMING
Call your reps
202 202 224-3121
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Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.
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“It confirms what we already knew — this was not about public safety, it’s about stoking chaos and fear and terrorizing communities,” said state Sen. Royce Duplessis.
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown
Records reviewed by the AP show that few of those arrested have criminal histories beyond traffic violations.
www.nola.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
“It confirms what we already knew — this was not about public safety, it’s about stoking chaos and fear and terrorizing communities,” said state Sen. Royce Duplessis.
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Jonathan Turley is obsessed with me to the point that it's creepy. I suppose I can't expect more from a guy who is essentially just Mike Lindell with tenure.
December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Jonathan Turley is obsessed with me to the point that it's creepy. I suppose I can't expect more from a guy who is essentially just Mike Lindell with tenure.
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To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
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My law firm is currently intervening to defend against this in the first 8 lawsuits DOJ filed. More soon.
"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My law firm is currently intervening to defend against this in the first 8 lawsuits DOJ filed. More soon.
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We're bringing in trillions in foreign investments....
All to ourselves.
All to ourselves.
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We're bringing in trillions in foreign investments....
All to ourselves.
All to ourselves.
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Sen Eric Schmitt (R-MO) remains silent on Trump using the R-word. Schmitt has a disabled son and is an advocate for #autism. I tagged him over on X if you want to ask him to speak up.
x.com/nancylevine/...
x.com/nancylevine/...
x.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sen Eric Schmitt (R-MO) remains silent on Trump using the R-word. Schmitt has a disabled son and is an advocate for #autism. I tagged him over on X if you want to ask him to speak up.
x.com/nancylevine/...
x.com/nancylevine/...
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HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
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And beyond that, we need activists on the ground in some of the new Texas districts, driving the kind of voter turnout that will turn this around on Texas and Trump. Many of the districts created are designed to be close; they can be flipped blue. The work goes on.
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And beyond that, we need activists on the ground in some of the new Texas districts, driving the kind of voter turnout that will turn this around on Texas and Trump. Many of the districts created are designed to be close; they can be flipped blue. The work goes on.
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
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Officials from both parties have refused to turn over sensitive voter information, insisting they will protect the data entrusted to them — no matter how many lawsuits the Trump administration intends to file. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
States Push Back Against Trump DOJ Lawsuits Seeking Millions of Voters’ Private Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Officials from both parties have refused to turn over sensitive voter information, insisting they will protect the data entrusted to them — no matter how many lawsuits the Trump administration intends to file. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a boon for big corporations.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a boon for big corporations.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year.
A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.
A aggregate loss of roughly 1.17 million jobs this year. It isn't an accident they aren't releasing the Nov. jobs report.
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A aggregate loss of roughly 1.17 million jobs this year. It isn't an accident they aren't releasing the Nov. jobs report.
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Breaking:
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Federal judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Florida.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Federal judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Florida.
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Breaking:
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Federal judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Florida.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Federal judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Florida.
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Business Insider: A US Navy aircraft carrier's hard evasive turn to avoid Houthi missile fire caught crewmembers off guard and sent a $60 million F/A-18 Super Hornet rolling off the deck and into the Red Sea.
Are we great yet? 🙄
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Are we great yet? 🙄
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Business Insider: A US Navy aircraft carrier's hard evasive turn to avoid Houthi missile fire caught crewmembers off guard and sent a $60 million F/A-18 Super Hornet rolling off the deck and into the Red Sea.
Are we great yet? 🙄
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Are we great yet? 🙄
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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Good Morning, friends.
How do I know this is true?
Because I was purged last month and had to request a provisional ballot. Then I watched as it was officially counted.
We, The People, have to stand up to this corrupt regime.
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
#Pinks
How do I know this is true?
Because I was purged last month and had to request a provisional ballot. Then I watched as it was officially counted.
We, The People, have to stand up to this corrupt regime.
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
#Pinks
Over the last 6 months, the Justice Department has demanded full, unredacted voter rolls from dozens of states.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good Morning, friends.
How do I know this is true?
Because I was purged last month and had to request a provisional ballot. Then I watched as it was officially counted.
We, The People, have to stand up to this corrupt regime.
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
#Pinks
How do I know this is true?
Because I was purged last month and had to request a provisional ballot. Then I watched as it was officially counted.
We, The People, have to stand up to this corrupt regime.
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
#Pinks
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Donald Trump’s restitution scheme is among the greatest heists in US history
Donald Trump’s restitution scheme is among the greatest heists in US history
Bogus claims of malicious prosecution could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Donald Trump’s restitution scheme is among the greatest heists in US history