M. Portnoy 🇺🇸
@mportnoy.bsky.social
Pro-Democracy. ⚖️ Anti-MAGA. 👔
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M. Portnoy 🇺🇸
@mportnoy.bsky.social
· Jan 12
History repeats itself. We will never learn. #diesindarkness
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The plot thickens. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The plot thickens. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Every politician knows that once in office you start threatening key demographic groups that swung towards you and your party!
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Trump Bites the Hand That Voted for Him
He couldn’t have won in 2024 without naturalized Americans—yet now he’s threatening their citizenship status.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Every politician knows that once in office you start threatening key demographic groups that swung towards you and your party!
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Fox: Do Republicans have a messaging problem with affordability?
Johnson: No, it's just that we've had so many things to message.
Johnson: No, it's just that we've had so many things to message.
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Fox: Do Republicans have a messaging problem with affordability?
Johnson: No, it's just that we've had so many things to message.
Johnson: No, it's just that we've had so many things to message.
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THIS is where we are in terms of freedom of press ⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
THIS is where we are in terms of freedom of press ⬇️
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We have less freedom of the press than Moldova, Romania, Croatia and Armenia now. But cheer up, we're still ahead of Orban's Hungary.
THIS is where we are in terms of freedom of press ⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
We have less freedom of the press than Moldova, Romania, Croatia and Armenia now. But cheer up, we're still ahead of Orban's Hungary.
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“There is a risk that the focus on the second strike and specifically the talk of ‘war crimes’ feeds into the administration’s false wartime framing and veils the fact that the entire boat-strikes campaign is murder, full stop.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
“There is a risk that the focus on the second strike and specifically the talk of ‘war crimes’ feeds into the administration’s false wartime framing and veils the fact that the entire boat-strikes campaign is murder, full stop.”
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This is a worthwhile article, replete though it is with NYTisms. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u... 🎁
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
This is a worthwhile article, replete though it is with NYTisms. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u... 🎁
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The Veruca Salt of media weighs in when Daddy can’t get him his media giant. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Paramount Calls Warner Bros. Sale Process “Unfair” In Blistering Letter
The David Ellison-led studio questions whether the bidding has been "tilted" and suggests Netflix has been receiving more favorable treatment so far in the auction.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Veruca Salt of media weighs in when Daddy can’t get him his media giant. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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These are human lives, being murdered without any due process, and the head of our military is joke-bragging about it.
These are sociopaths.
These are sociopaths.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
These are human lives, being murdered without any due process, and the head of our military is joke-bragging about it.
These are sociopaths.
These are sociopaths.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
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Hegseth: "I watched that first strike live. As you can image at the Dept of War, we've got a lot of things to do. So I didn't stick around for the hour to 2 hours, whatever, where all the sensitive sight exploitation digitally occurs. I moved on to my next meeting. A couple hours later I learned..."
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hegseth: "I watched that first strike live. As you can image at the Dept of War, we've got a lot of things to do. So I didn't stick around for the hour to 2 hours, whatever, where all the sensitive sight exploitation digitally occurs. I moved on to my next meeting. A couple hours later I learned..."
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BREAKING: U.S. forces struck another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing all four men aboard.
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
BREAKING: U.S. forces struck another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing all four men aboard.
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🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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Host: Employers announced 71,321 layoffs last month. This is a 24% jump from the planned layoffs in November 2024. Data has continued to point to elevated layoffs, and is seen as problematic for the labor market.
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Host: Employers announced 71,321 layoffs last month. This is a 24% jump from the planned layoffs in November 2024. Data has continued to point to elevated layoffs, and is seen as problematic for the labor market.
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For a second day in a row, President Trump launches into a hate-filled rant against Somalia and Somali immigrants living in the U.S., saying they’ve “destroyed Minnesota” and “our country.”
Trump disparages Somali immigrants for the second straight day, saying they've 'destroyed our country'
The president also continued his verbal attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., saying the first Somali American elected to Congress "shouldn’t be allowed to be a congresswoman."
nbcnews.to
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
For a second day in a row, President Trump launches into a hate-filled rant against Somalia and Somali immigrants living in the U.S., saying they’ve “destroyed Minnesota” and “our country.”
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Van Epps had to wait 48 fewer days for his swearing in than Adelina Grijalva.
US Rep. Matt Van Epps (R-Tennessee) was sworn in by Speaker Johnson to succeed Mark Green (R).
Van Epps was elected Tuesday in Tennessee's 7th District.
House now 220R-213D. 2 vacancies (for now): TX-18 (Turner/D) & NJ-11 (Sherrill/D).
Van Epps was elected Tuesday in Tennessee's 7th District.
House now 220R-213D. 2 vacancies (for now): TX-18 (Turner/D) & NJ-11 (Sherrill/D).
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Van Epps had to wait 48 fewer days for his swearing in than Adelina Grijalva.
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Host: The Pentagon IG report concludes that Pete Hegseth risked endangering American service members by sharing sensitive attack plans for targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen. Hegseth shared this highly sensitive information with unauthorized individuals and failed to preserve those communications
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Host: The Pentagon IG report concludes that Pete Hegseth risked endangering American service members by sharing sensitive attack plans for targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen. Hegseth shared this highly sensitive information with unauthorized individuals and failed to preserve those communications
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Republican congressman criticizes Pete Hegseth:
"You don't go on Signal to discuss future war plans, especially when you're putting American troops in harm's way... When I discuss things like this, we're in the SCIF, which is a classified briefing room. I have a classified phone as well."
"You don't go on Signal to discuss future war plans, especially when you're putting American troops in harm's way... When I discuss things like this, we're in the SCIF, which is a classified briefing room. I have a classified phone as well."
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Republican congressman criticizes Pete Hegseth:
"You don't go on Signal to discuss future war plans, especially when you're putting American troops in harm's way... When I discuss things like this, we're in the SCIF, which is a classified briefing room. I have a classified phone as well."
"You don't go on Signal to discuss future war plans, especially when you're putting American troops in harm's way... When I discuss things like this, we're in the SCIF, which is a classified briefing room. I have a classified phone as well."
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I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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@ananavarro.bsky.social & @abbyphillip00.bsky.social shut down Dementia Don’s former Principal Deputy Press Secretary, Harrison Fields.
They weren’t playing his delusional disinformation, deflection, & misogynistic gaslighting game.
"You don’t have a day job” & "you’re wrong!"
They weren’t playing his delusional disinformation, deflection, & misogynistic gaslighting game.
"You don’t have a day job” & "you’re wrong!"
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@ananavarro.bsky.social & @abbyphillip00.bsky.social shut down Dementia Don’s former Principal Deputy Press Secretary, Harrison Fields.
They weren’t playing his delusional disinformation, deflection, & misogynistic gaslighting game.
"You don’t have a day job” & "you’re wrong!"
They weren’t playing his delusional disinformation, deflection, & misogynistic gaslighting game.
"You don’t have a day job” & "you’re wrong!"
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Catherine Rampell: Americans' views of the job market are the most negative Gallup has recorded since the closing days of Trump’s first term, in January 2021 during the pandemic.
December 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Catherine Rampell: Americans' views of the job market are the most negative Gallup has recorded since the closing days of Trump’s first term, in January 2021 during the pandemic.
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A Somali Republican in Minnesota who backed Trump is disappointed by the president
A Somali Republican in Minnesota who backed Trump is disappointed by the president
Salman Fiqy said Trump's comments will ruin Republicans' chances of winning Minnesota.
www.axios.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A Somali Republican in Minnesota who backed Trump is disappointed by the president
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The ‘Fog of War’ Is No Excuse
Mistakes are one thing; failures of moral judgment are another.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Their behavior indicates that they are (now at least) aware that this was illegal and they've failed to keep it secret, so they will do their best to twist reality to prove they're in the right.
The Trump regime’s lawyers are doing legal gymnastics to argue that murder isn’t murder.
Trump officials say second strike aimed to destroy suspected drug boat instead of crew
Officials hew closely to secret memo which gives legal cover to firing on boats even if it would kill people on board
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Their behavior indicates that they are (now at least) aware that this was illegal and they've failed to keep it secret, so they will do their best to twist reality to prove they're in the right.