@lindyloumn.bsky.social
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Trump is giving a deranged, rambling monologue in Davos to an audience stunned into silence. He sounds incredibly tired, his voice raspy; he keeps trailing off into long pauses. It's jaw-dropping.
The sanewashing headlines are going to say "Trump Doubles Down On Greenland Demand In Davos Speech"
The sanewashing headlines are going to say "Trump Doubles Down On Greenland Demand In Davos Speech"
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Trump is giving a deranged, rambling monologue in Davos to an audience stunned into silence. He sounds incredibly tired, his voice raspy; he keeps trailing off into long pauses. It's jaw-dropping.
The sanewashing headlines are going to say "Trump Doubles Down On Greenland Demand In Davos Speech"
The sanewashing headlines are going to say "Trump Doubles Down On Greenland Demand In Davos Speech"
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A new ethics report shared with Democracy Docket, revealed that Republicans spent $2.9 million to stymie Missourians’ signature-gathering effort aimed at blocking the GOP’s new congressional gerrymander. But most notably, virtually all of that money went to a political firm with Trump ties.
GOP spent $2.9 million to stop Missourians from voting on gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A new ethics report shared with Democracy Docket, revealed that Republicans spent $2.9 million to stymie Missourians’ signature-gathering effort aimed at blocking the GOP’s new congressional gerrymander. But most notably, virtually all of that money went to a political firm with Trump ties.
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KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?”
@pkrugman.bsky.social
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@pkrugman.bsky.social
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January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?”
@pkrugman.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
@pkrugman.bsky.social
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I compared the user interface in this photo to the leaked user guide I have for Mobile Fortify, and it's the same. Mobile Fortify is ICE's app for verifying someone's identity, immigration status, whether issued order of deportation. ICE says it overrides a birth certificate bsky.app/profile/donm...
The people wearing masks are scanning your face to capture your identity.
January 15, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I compared the user interface in this photo to the leaked user guide I have for Mobile Fortify, and it's the same. Mobile Fortify is ICE's app for verifying someone's identity, immigration status, whether issued order of deportation. ICE says it overrides a birth certificate bsky.app/profile/donm...
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In Dec., the Trump Organization sought approval to hire foreign workers for its Virginia winery at $13.90/hr—$1.91 less than what the winery paid in 2025.
Trump’s own Dep’t of Labor had made a rule change in Oct. allowing this type of foreign worker to be paid less.
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
Trump’s own Dep’t of Labor had made a rule change in Oct. allowing this type of foreign worker to be paid less.
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
Trump Vineyard Seeks To Hire Foreign Workers At Lower Wages
Records show the Trump Organization has requested over 2,000 foreign workers since 2008. Its latest request seeks a $13.90 hourly wage—the lowest the winery has offered since 2021.
www.forbes.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM
In Dec., the Trump Organization sought approval to hire foreign workers for its Virginia winery at $13.90/hr—$1.91 less than what the winery paid in 2025.
Trump’s own Dep’t of Labor had made a rule change in Oct. allowing this type of foreign worker to be paid less.
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
Trump’s own Dep’t of Labor had made a rule change in Oct. allowing this type of foreign worker to be paid less.
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
www.msnbc.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
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October 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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🚨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible for release from detention on bond — expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.
September 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🚨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible for release from detention on bond — expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.
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There is no democratic justification for withholding these files. This is a coverup.
September 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There is no democratic justification for withholding these files. This is a coverup.
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According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
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Wow. On NPR, @gbrumfiel.bsky.social reports a Social Security official “copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.”
The source is a whistleblower, who is named: Charles Borges, SSN chief data officer.
The source is a whistleblower, who is named: Charles Borges, SSN chief data officer.
August 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Wow. On NPR, @gbrumfiel.bsky.social reports a Social Security official “copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.”
The source is a whistleblower, who is named: Charles Borges, SSN chief data officer.
The source is a whistleblower, who is named: Charles Borges, SSN chief data officer.
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NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
August 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
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Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.
A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago.
As of July 1, the critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight, a spokesperson for the CDC says.
As of July 1, the critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight, a spokesperson for the CDC says.
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
nbcnews.to
August 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Maybe we shouldn’t let someone who doesn’t believe in germs and who thinks it’s okay to eat roadkill and swim in contaminated ponds be in charge of our national food safety.
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“In a scientific sense, this is a total loss.”
US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants
The decision will hinder lawsuits against grant terminations, legal specialists say.
www.nature.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“In a scientific sense, this is a total loss.”
US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Mark it 2025—The WSJ editorial board catches on to Donald Trump.
WSJ edit board: Mr. Trump is all about short-term tactics and personal political advantage. Institutional integrity bores him. But if he succeeds in taking over the Fed, he and Republicans will own the results and whatever inflation returns. www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Opinion | What if Trump Runs the Federal Reserve?
His firing of Lisa Cook shows he wants to put monetary policy under his personal control. He may succeed, but the country will live to regret it.
www.wsj.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Mark it 2025—The WSJ editorial board catches on to Donald Trump.
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Rep. @jrclemmons.bsky.social asking @govbilllee some fair questions…
August 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Rep. @jrclemmons.bsky.social asking @govbilllee some fair questions…
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1. The president is cheating.
His tariffs are pushing up the price of everything, which means inflation remains high, which means interest rates remain high.
But instead of rethinking a ruinous national sales tax, which is what tariffs are, he’s bullying those who set interest rates.
His tariffs are pushing up the price of everything, which means inflation remains high, which means interest rates remain high.
But instead of rethinking a ruinous national sales tax, which is what tariffs are, he’s bullying those who set interest rates.
August 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
1. The president is cheating.
His tariffs are pushing up the price of everything, which means inflation remains high, which means interest rates remain high.
But instead of rethinking a ruinous national sales tax, which is what tariffs are, he’s bullying those who set interest rates.
His tariffs are pushing up the price of everything, which means inflation remains high, which means interest rates remain high.
But instead of rethinking a ruinous national sales tax, which is what tariffs are, he’s bullying those who set interest rates.
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Communist regimes:
Own companies
Control their central banks
Use tariffs to insulate their economies
Use armies, false charges, home raids & arrests to intimidate the opposition
Idolize their leaders with posters & praise
Sound familiar?
Own companies
Control their central banks
Use tariffs to insulate their economies
Use armies, false charges, home raids & arrests to intimidate the opposition
Idolize their leaders with posters & praise
Sound familiar?
August 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Communist regimes:
Own companies
Control their central banks
Use tariffs to insulate their economies
Use armies, false charges, home raids & arrests to intimidate the opposition
Idolize their leaders with posters & praise
Sound familiar?
Own companies
Control their central banks
Use tariffs to insulate their economies
Use armies, false charges, home raids & arrests to intimidate the opposition
Idolize their leaders with posters & praise
Sound familiar?
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Forcing people to work for no pay is very on brand for the president.
The thousands of National Guardsmen President Trump sent to Los Angeles in an authoritarian power play are working for free.
https://trib.al/MZ7JPyY
The thousands of National Guardsmen President Trump sent to Los Angeles in an authoritarian power play are working for free.
https://trib.al/MZ7JPyY
Trump Is Stiffing the National Guard Soldiers He Sent to L.A.
As usual, Trump is refusing to foot the bill.
trib.al
June 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Forcing people to work for no pay is very on brand for the president.
The thousands of National Guardsmen President Trump sent to Los Angeles in an authoritarian power play are working for free.
https://trib.al/MZ7JPyY
The thousands of National Guardsmen President Trump sent to Los Angeles in an authoritarian power play are working for free.
https://trib.al/MZ7JPyY