Mark Bouffard
@mkbouf.bsky.social
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This is a massive con job at the expense of the American people.
U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic
This rapid debt accumulation is the fastest outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the debt having reached $37 trillion in August.
www.pbs.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is a massive con job at the expense of the American people.
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Can you just imagine what was in that 60 Minutes report that they pulled it?! There are countries doing business with a guy who has concentration camps where people of color are being tortured and disappearing?
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DO MORE! BANKRUPT CBS/PARAMOUNT
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DO MORE! BANKRUPT CBS/PARAMOUNT
December 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Can you just imagine what was in that 60 Minutes report that they pulled it?! There are countries doing business with a guy who has concentration camps where people of color are being tortured and disappearing?
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DO MORE! BANKRUPT CBS/PARAMOUNT
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DO MORE! BANKRUPT CBS/PARAMOUNT
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A free press isn’t free if stories get shelved just because the powerful won’t talk. CBS pulling the CECOT story on Venezuelan deportees sent to El Salvador’s brutal prison erodes trust. We are losing trust that government and media serve us, not the elite.
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A free press isn’t free if stories get shelved just because the powerful won’t talk. CBS pulling the CECOT story on Venezuelan deportees sent to El Salvador’s brutal prison erodes trust. We are losing trust that government and media serve us, not the elite.
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This is something else. Lots of respect for @60minutes.bsky.social reporter Sharyn Alfonso for defending the integrity of her work.
What a disgrace for 60
Minutes. The Trump effect destroys every institution it touches.
GIFT LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
What a disgrace for 60
Minutes. The Trump effect destroys every institution it touches.
GIFT LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This is something else. Lots of respect for @60minutes.bsky.social reporter Sharyn Alfonso for defending the integrity of her work.
What a disgrace for 60
Minutes. The Trump effect destroys every institution it touches.
GIFT LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
What a disgrace for 60
Minutes. The Trump effect destroys every institution it touches.
GIFT LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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In this week’s newsletter, I explain how Trump’s $1,776 payments is actually one of the most dangerous things he’s ever done. Armies loyal to a paycheck and not the government is how you get authoritarian overthrows of republics.
Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ Might Be His Scariest Idea Yet
In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent explores the authoritarian threat beneath Trump’s bonuses for military families. Plus, a case for getting rid of the Second Amendment.
www.thenation.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In this week’s newsletter, I explain how Trump’s $1,776 payments is actually one of the most dangerous things he’s ever done. Armies loyal to a paycheck and not the government is how you get authoritarian overthrows of republics.
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When it comes to developing a healthcare plan for Americans, Donald Trump takes YEARS with no results, but when it comes to slapping his tacky name on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, he is ON IT within 24 hours. #Priorities
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
When it comes to developing a healthcare plan for Americans, Donald Trump takes YEARS with no results, but when it comes to slapping his tacky name on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, he is ON IT within 24 hours. #Priorities
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The US has reached a grim milestone — over 100 killings from strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific.
These are extrajudicial killings, plain and simple.
These are extrajudicial killings, plain and simple.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The US has reached a grim milestone — over 100 killings from strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific.
These are extrajudicial killings, plain and simple.
These are extrajudicial killings, plain and simple.
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
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Vought is one of the top three or four enemies of the Constitution & American democracy. His removal from power is one of the highest priorities for any project of checking the dictatorship's lawless wielding of the vast powers of the state
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Vought is one of the top three or four enemies of the Constitution & American democracy. His removal from power is one of the highest priorities for any project of checking the dictatorship's lawless wielding of the vast powers of the state
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Deputy AG Blanche just said the Trump DOJ will miss the Epstein files deadline.
He says "several hundred thousand" docs will be released today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
All files are required by law to be released today.
He says "several hundred thousand" docs will be released today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
All files are required by law to be released today.
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Deputy AG Blanche just said the Trump DOJ will miss the Epstein files deadline.
He says "several hundred thousand" docs will be released today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
All files are required by law to be released today.
He says "several hundred thousand" docs will be released today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
All files are required by law to be released today.
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When Paul Pelosi was nearly murdered, and Trump responded with conspiracy theories and jokes, it reminded the world that Trump is a man devoid of grace and decency.
Targeting Rob Reiner, he did it again, digging a hole in the bottom of the barrel and falling even further.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Targeting Rob Reiner, he did it again, digging a hole in the bottom of the barrel and falling even further.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump responds to Rob Reiner’s death in the most Trumpian way possible
The president could have said nothing, but his worst instincts appeared to get the better of him.
www.ms.now
December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When Paul Pelosi was nearly murdered, and Trump responded with conspiracy theories and jokes, it reminded the world that Trump is a man devoid of grace and decency.
Targeting Rob Reiner, he did it again, digging a hole in the bottom of the barrel and falling even further.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Targeting Rob Reiner, he did it again, digging a hole in the bottom of the barrel and falling even further.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Leavitt lies: "Every economic metric does in fact show that the economy is improving"
December 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Leavitt lies: "Every economic metric does in fact show that the economy is improving"
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Southridge High students walked out in solidarity today—joining a wave of young people refusing to be silent while ICE storms their communities. After months of armed, masked agents targeting teens, they’re drawing a line: We protect each other. We show up. And we won’t let fear decide our future.
December 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Southridge High students walked out in solidarity today—joining a wave of young people refusing to be silent while ICE storms their communities. After months of armed, masked agents targeting teens, they’re drawing a line: We protect each other. We show up. And we won’t let fear decide our future.
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I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
December 27, 2024 at 11:07 PM
I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
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The best thing to have is enough.
I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
May 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The best thing to have is enough.
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
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10 December 1942 | A transport of 2,500 Jews deported from a transit camp in Małkinia arrived at #Auschwitz. 1,976 people were killed in gas chambers. 524 men were registered in the camp - among them Załmen Lewental, one of the future leaders of the resistance in Sonderkommando.
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
10 December 1942 | A transport of 2,500 Jews deported from a transit camp in Małkinia arrived at #Auschwitz. 1,976 people were killed in gas chambers. 524 men were registered in the camp - among them Załmen Lewental, one of the future leaders of the resistance in Sonderkommando.
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Americans who brush off the idea that Trump is a fascist sometimes imagine that a real fascist regime, unlike Trump’s, would persecute ethnic minorities.
Don't look now... lnk.thebulwark.com/44UVz0H
Don't look now... lnk.thebulwark.com/44UVz0H
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Americans who brush off the idea that Trump is a fascist sometimes imagine that a real fascist regime, unlike Trump’s, would persecute ethnic minorities.
Don't look now... lnk.thebulwark.com/44UVz0H
Don't look now... lnk.thebulwark.com/44UVz0H
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A 19-year-old college student living in the U.S. since age 7, deported on her way home to surprise her family.
Meanwhile, Trump pardons a convicted drug trafficker who brought 400 TONS OF COCAINE into the U.S.
This isn't making America safer, these cruel deportations are just racist cruelty.
Meanwhile, Trump pardons a convicted drug trafficker who brought 400 TONS OF COCAINE into the U.S.
This isn't making America safer, these cruel deportations are just racist cruelty.
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A 19-year-old college student living in the U.S. since age 7, deported on her way home to surprise her family.
Meanwhile, Trump pardons a convicted drug trafficker who brought 400 TONS OF COCAINE into the U.S.
This isn't making America safer, these cruel deportations are just racist cruelty.
Meanwhile, Trump pardons a convicted drug trafficker who brought 400 TONS OF COCAINE into the U.S.
This isn't making America safer, these cruel deportations are just racist cruelty.
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Sen. Mark Kelly just now at the Renew Democracy Initiative’s 2025 Frontlines of Freedom Conference.
@renewdemocracy.bsky.social @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@renewdemocracy.bsky.social @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly just now at the Renew Democracy Initiative’s 2025 Frontlines of Freedom Conference.
@renewdemocracy.bsky.social @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@renewdemocracy.bsky.social @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
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More than 200 people rally in support of a Chinese father who is in immigration detention while his 6-year-old son is being held by the Office of Refugee Resettlement following a routine immigration appointment in New York City.
Hundreds in NYC rally to support 6-year-old separated from dad after ICE check-in
As Fei Zheng is being held at the Orange County Correctional Facility, his son, Yuanxin, is in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
nbcnews.to
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
More than 200 people rally in support of a Chinese father who is in immigration detention while his 6-year-old son is being held by the Office of Refugee Resettlement following a routine immigration appointment in New York City.
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Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
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YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.