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Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny. (via @kuow.org)
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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The Biden administration? Really?

www.dea.gov/press-releas...
www.dea.gov
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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The house and senate have both expressed interest in investigating the strike on survivors of the first boat strike.

Both Hegseth and adm Bradley will need to answer some questions.

This is why a reminder to not follow illegal orders is important
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.

Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Graduated from Northwestern. So disappointed in the school.
Northwestern’s leaders will likely try to justify their choice to appease fascist extortion with some BS about needing to help researchers get federal funds that were illegally withheld, so it’s important to note that virtually all of the researchers said not to.
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Five-byline alert: 🚨

“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Trump, who is bombing boats said to carry drug runners, pardons the former president of Honduras who was convicted of supporting one of the largest, most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world. @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social Annie Correal Jeff Ernst www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Fascinating--and depressing--read on trailing parents. Liked the guy who transferred to a different school after his parents bought a home next to his campus.
When Helicopter Parents Touch Down—At College
Hovering moms and dads are following their kids all the way to campus.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Dems need to bring this back if they ever regain the majority.
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I get it but actually insurance is not like anything else we ever buy. It’s like if we paid the grocery store regularly but sometimes went three years without eating anything but a salad every six months, and then got in a car accident and needed five years worth of celery in an hour.
Imagine paying a large monthly fee to shop at a supermarket, then paying again for the actual groceries, then getting an extra charge months later because one ingredient in an item you bought came from a farmer associated with a different store.

This post is about healthcare.
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Contrast these ledes.

Left, NYT.

Right, Reuters.

www.reuters.com/world/us/off...
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA?

This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺

youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
"MTG Has Broken Cover" - Marsh Family parody of "Billie Jean" by MJ about Marjorie Taylor Greene
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Same suggestion a my last post, just a different failed legacy news outlet.

My only reaction is once again to suggest people support independent, pro-democracy media. If you are inclined, you can start with Democracy Docket. Subscribing is free. Premium membership is $10mo. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
This is nuts!

Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?

I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Great read-- also, this article has 6 embedded Bluesky posts and none from X or Threads 🥳
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Possible theories on how this leaked:

-- It came from a Witkoff antagonist within the US govt
-- It came from the Russians to disrupt US-European talks
-- It came from a third-party intelligence service, eg one in Western Europe
-- Witkoff left the transcript at a Dunkin' rest stop
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov

Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.

Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:

1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.

2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.

3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Dozens of major accounts masquerading as “America First” or “MAGA” proponents -- like IvankaNews and MAGANationX -- have been identified as originating in places such as Eastern Europe, Russia, India, and Nigeria.

www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Gallego: "Donald Trump is gonna be gone in a couple years. And if you're part of the military that is going after sitting members of Congress and part of the weaponization of government, there will be consequences. Without a doubt."
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM