MJS
mjs1550.bsky.social
MJS
@mjs1550.bsky.social
An observer of this bizarro world
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"'Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia,' he said

Rhodes added that he’d like to see Trump 'order us all to come together in our counties under his command'...”

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
With a Trump pardon in hand, Stewart Rhodes says he’s ‘rebuilding’ the Oath Keepers
After vowing to bring back his group, Rhodes added that he’d like to see the president “order us all to come together ... under his command.”
www.ms.now
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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“And I don’t think there is, under Trump’s administration, any policy that is kind of future and opportunity-oriented around innovation.

-- It’s (just about) kind of preventing stuff from happening, versus that more positive, proactive making things happen that otherwise would not have happened.”
Economist Warns That Trump's Investments in the Tech Industry Could Crash the Whole Economy
An economist argues that President Donald Trump's investments in Big Tech will ruin the country's economy and its technological edge.
futurism.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.

That goes way beyond frighteners.
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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(Ei niin?) yllättäviä yhtäläisyyksiä Trumpin hallinnon ja hallituksen toimilla, maahamuutosta asuntotuotannoniin leikkauksiin:

"-- the Trump administration unveiled its plan to slash funding for long-term housing programs, cuts that could leave nearly 200,000 people at risk of becoming homeless."
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Oliver S.

They vote for austerity, & avoid paying tax, then act shocked at their country's decline.
November 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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16th November 2021
Planted in the 1840s, the original beech trees in Beechwoods Nature Reserve are all mature, with saplings beneath, and in Autumn the ground is carpeted in rust and fluorescent copper leaves.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at all bookshops.
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Don't be evil?

"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."

www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.

www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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On November 13, 2025, in Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas, agents entered a property without a warrant. They then dropped a man’s head onto the concrete, knelt on his neck, punched him, and tased him, resulting in his coma.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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On November 14th in Portland, Oregon, far-right activists gathered at the ICE facility for the inaugural “Patriots Weekend.” This rally was presented as a demonstration of support for federal immigration enforcement.

Talking a big game in a safe environment.
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Finland’s president urges Europe to hold its nerve as he warns no ceasefire likely soon in Ukraine

A ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before the spring and European allies need to keep up support despite a corruption scandal

apnews.com/article/stub...
Finland's president urges Europe to hold its nerve as he warns no ceasefire likely soon in Ukraine
President Alexander Stubb of Finland told The Associated Press that a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before spring.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Good for him. He's turning out to be a quite decent guy. No you're not going to agree with him about everything but he's a good human being (so was Pope Francis) and he's been standing up to Trump, too.
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Labour is a “godsend” for Farage says the far-right.
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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This is delicious. 👌
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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The fact that the Russians are now mass deporting Ukrainians from occupied lands to Siberia isn't getting enough news coverage.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Rhetoric on immigration, and conditions and prices for skilled visas and international students gets more prohibitive already. Some of the stories here so important to read
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Saudi officials used President Trump’s state visit in May to pique his interest in a major real estate development, the latest example of Trump blending governance and family business, particularly in Persian Gulf countries. nyti.ms/4r7mboU
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Maybe, and I'm spitballing here, women don't like waiting in hospital parking lots until they are near death to have life-saving abortions. Maybe they enjoy having a bank account and jobs and voting rights. Maybe they don't want a court judge to decide if they deserve a divorce. Wow, what a mystery.
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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We are off the cliff folks
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker.

This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Wow.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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TENNESSEAN: “Ethics complaint filed claiming 8 Senators ― including @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty ― violated conflict of interest rules by supporting a provision allowing them to sue the government for millions…”

(Finally they cover this story! 👏🏽)
www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM