@mmegaffee.bsky.social
Professor, sociology and criminology; medical researcher; author; grew up in US Air Force.
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Hegseth did what we all expected: risk U.S. security. This happens when an incompetent, psychotic leader purposefully staffs a cabinet with incompetent people so he can “look good” by comparison AND blame them for ensuing national tragedies. Their only “job” is praising Dear Leader. That’s it.
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The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
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Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents?
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
December 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents?
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
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Imagine how fried-by-white-supremacist-over-online-bullshit your brain needs to be to think that Britain or France's immigration policy is a greater threat than the nuclear arsenals of actual geopolitical rivals like China, North Korea or Russia.
JD VANCE THINKS BRITAIN & FRANCE ARE AMERICAS LIKELY ENEMIES.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
December 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Imagine how fried-by-white-supremacist-over-online-bullshit your brain needs to be to think that Britain or France's immigration policy is a greater threat than the nuclear arsenals of actual geopolitical rivals like China, North Korea or Russia.
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Amazing to now be alive in a world where the vice president of the U.S. is publicly saying there's a chance France and the UK would nuke the U.S. that the U.S. must take seriously and that it should act accordingly and intervene in their affairs
December 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Amazing to now be alive in a world where the vice president of the U.S. is publicly saying there's a chance France and the UK would nuke the U.S. that the U.S. must take seriously and that it should act accordingly and intervene in their affairs
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"President Trump took pardon abuse to a new level this year with a string of dubious clemencies that together present a unique case study in how this unfettered executive power can be used to degrade, corrupt and politicize the justice system." FREE LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
Opinion | I Was the President’s Pardon Attorney. He’s Making a Mockery of the Pardon Process.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"President Trump took pardon abuse to a new level this year with a string of dubious clemencies that together present a unique case study in how this unfettered executive power can be used to degrade, corrupt and politicize the justice system." FREE LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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Of almost a dozen immigration lawyers and migrants interviewed for this story, initially, no one knew anyone who had actually received the $1,000. Two people later received it as a result of this reporting.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Of almost a dozen immigration lawyers and migrants interviewed for this story, initially, no one knew anyone who had actually received the $1,000. Two people later received it as a result of this reporting.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Here’s an easy way for DOJ to cut time redacting the Epstein files: waive any claims that information in the files is privileged. Stop hiding behind attorney/client, deliberative process, and work product privileges. Protect the victims. Release the rest of the files.
Trump: “Now 1,000,000 more pages on Epstein are found. DOJ is being forced to spend all of its time on this Democrat inspired Hoax. When do they say NO MORE, & work on Election Fraud etc. The Dems are the ones who worked with Epstein, not the Republicans. Release all of their names, embarrass them”
December 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Here’s an easy way for DOJ to cut time redacting the Epstein files: waive any claims that information in the files is privileged. Stop hiding behind attorney/client, deliberative process, and work product privileges. Protect the victims. Release the rest of the files.
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I wrote this a year ago and it hit a nerve. It is still relevant today:
Each time I have sat down to write something I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I cannot get out of my head. So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
Each time I have sat down to write something I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I cannot get out of my head. So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I wrote this a year ago and it hit a nerve. It is still relevant today:
Each time I have sat down to write something I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I cannot get out of my head. So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
Each time I have sat down to write something I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I cannot get out of my head. So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
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Disturbing af.
ICE on the Texas/Mexico border stopping and kidnapping people attempting to leave the US.
(12/26/25)
(12/26/25)
December 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Disturbing af.
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I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory
December 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory
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Remember when Democrats read out loud from Project 2025 on a national prime-time TV broadcast?
🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
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This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Remember when Democrats read out loud from Project 2025 on a national prime-time TV broadcast?
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This is called pillaging.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is called pillaging.
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Grenell: How dare you politicize The Kennedy Center after we politicized and bastardized the Kennedy Center by putting Trump’s name on it.
Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building
Board president Richard Grenell said he would seek $1 million in damages “for this political stunt,” in a letter to jazz artist Chuck Redd.
dlvr.it
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Grenell: How dare you politicize The Kennedy Center after we politicized and bastardized the Kennedy Center by putting Trump’s name on it.
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I'm sure the 22 million people whose healthcare premiums will triple in six days are delighted by this news, you inhuman fuck.
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm sure the 22 million people whose healthcare premiums will triple in six days are delighted by this news, you inhuman fuck.
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It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
December 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
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How are these fits of presidential incontinence never covered as their own news events in NYT? Hours of sick hateful bile from the curdled joyless leader of the Christian nationalists sitting in the ruins of the tinsel trimmed White House he’s demolishing — seems like a story to me.
December 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
How are these fits of presidential incontinence never covered as their own news events in NYT? Hours of sick hateful bile from the curdled joyless leader of the Christian nationalists sitting in the ruins of the tinsel trimmed White House he’s demolishing — seems like a story to me.
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A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
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"Every accusation is a confession" remains undefeated
December 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"Every accusation is a confession" remains undefeated
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Heritage Foundation killed by MAGA
Antisemitism in the GOP? The devil you say!
www.publicnotice.co
December 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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The President of the United States is very seriously mentally ill, and elected Republicans are so afraid of him that they won’t do or say anything about it.
December 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The President of the United States is very seriously mentally ill, and elected Republicans are so afraid of him that they won’t do or say anything about it.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social articles in the December and January issues:
Here are people doing cool science that will cure disease or help us understand the natural world. It is being defunded by the Trump administration.
Here are people doing cool science that will cure disease or help us understand the natural world. It is being defunded by the Trump administration.
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social articles in the December and January issues:
Here are people doing cool science that will cure disease or help us understand the natural world. It is being defunded by the Trump administration.
Here are people doing cool science that will cure disease or help us understand the natural world. It is being defunded by the Trump administration.
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Christmas attack on civilians in Kyiv. Sure, the Russians want peace
‼️ Movement of missiles and drones during the massive Russian attack on Ukraine
December 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Christmas attack on civilians in Kyiv. Sure, the Russians want peace
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“A PBS News/NPR/Marist poll this month found that more Americans than ever disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy. Americans also expressed concerns over the cost of living, health care prices and personal finances.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-t...
www.ms.now/news/trump-t...
Trump touts plummeting federal employment: ‘Big news for the USA!’
The president gleefully cited stark cuts in federal employment, even as polls showed Americans’ dissatisfaction over his handling of the economy.
www.ms.now
December 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“A PBS News/NPR/Marist poll this month found that more Americans than ever disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy. Americans also expressed concerns over the cost of living, health care prices and personal finances.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-t...
www.ms.now/news/trump-t...