Laura Ragusa
@neveragain2024.bsky.social
Roadie for a blues drummer. Public radio nerd/former staffer. Finance person in the non-finance world of academia.Will not accept Project 2025 without a fight. I mainly repost because others are more articulate than I am. Connecticut will always be 🏡
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Inside the mind of MAGA: Here's what makes some Trump's supporters so loyal
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Inside the MAGA mindset: Here's what makes Trump's supporters so loyal
twp.ai
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Inside the mind of MAGA: Here's what makes some Trump's supporters so loyal
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OPINION | Across President Trump’s administration, there are never enough life jackets to go around.
Pentagon Pete Is Blowing Up ‘Drug Boats,’ But Kash Patel’s Ship Is Sinking Fast Too
Across President Trump’s administration, there are never enough life jackets to go around.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
OPINION | Across President Trump’s administration, there are never enough life jackets to go around.
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Pathetic Was My First Thought….
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Pathetic Was My First Thought….
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Nat'l Guard commanders, in litigation challenging the high-visibility mission in DC, argued that this could put them in danger. The DOJ countered that the risk was merely “speculative.”
It wasn’t. There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of enda
It wasn’t. There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of enda
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Nat'l Guard commanders, in litigation challenging the high-visibility mission in DC, argued that this could put them in danger. The DOJ countered that the risk was merely “speculative.”
It wasn’t. There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of enda
It wasn’t. There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of enda
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Trump is illegally attacking boats allegedly carrying drugs. He brags about being tough on drug dealers.
Meanwhile, he pardons the former Honduran president — a man convicted in American court of bringing hundreds of tons of cocaine to the U.S.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Meanwhile, he pardons the former Honduran president — a man convicted in American court of bringing hundreds of tons of cocaine to the U.S.
You can’t make this stuff up.
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Trump is illegally attacking boats allegedly carrying drugs. He brags about being tough on drug dealers.
Meanwhile, he pardons the former Honduran president — a man convicted in American court of bringing hundreds of tons of cocaine to the U.S.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Meanwhile, he pardons the former Honduran president — a man convicted in American court of bringing hundreds of tons of cocaine to the U.S.
You can’t make this stuff up.
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However this Tennessee race turns out, this is an unbelievable change over Trump’s 22 pt. victory a year ago. Are my Republican colleagues ready to join us to vote to bring health care premiums down? You have my number.
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
However this Tennessee race turns out, this is an unbelievable change over Trump’s 22 pt. victory a year ago. Are my Republican colleagues ready to join us to vote to bring health care premiums down? You have my number.
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His obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.
Trump on Walz: "You look at what he's done with Somalia where Somalia, which is barely a country -- they have no anything, they just run around killing each other. When I see somebody like Ilhan Omar, I always watch her, for years I've watched her complain about our Constitution ... "
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
His obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.
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Such a national embarrassment.
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Such a national embarrassment.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - US appeals court rules former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - US appeals court rules former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor.
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Stephen Miller Would Kill His Parents Before He Was Born
"If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out."
Beset by violent anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia, Miller's ancestors migrated to America in 1903.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
"If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out."
Beset by violent anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia, Miller's ancestors migrated to America in 1903.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Stephen Miller Would Kill His Parents Before He Was Born
"If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out."
Beset by violent anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia, Miller's ancestors migrated to America in 1903.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
"If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out."
Beset by violent anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia, Miller's ancestors migrated to America in 1903.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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The fucking irony of this Jew to cape Third Reich white supremacist talking points BECAUSE his grandparents could assimilate into US culture when whiteness expanded just enough for them.
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The fucking irony of this Jew to cape Third Reich white supremacist talking points BECAUSE his grandparents could assimilate into US culture when whiteness expanded just enough for them.
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
(One day he might find that this same conditional whiteness he was granted is more conditional+ less secure.)
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Throw that word at the father of a disabled kid and you better run.
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Throw that word at the father of a disabled kid and you better run.
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"The (FDA) is poised to kill a proposed rule that would require testing for toxic asbestos in talc-based cosmetics..."
"Talc is widely used, including in cosmetics, food, medication and personal care products. The order was signed by (RFK Jr.)"
They really want us sick, apparently 😡
#Pinks
"Talc is widely used, including in cosmetics, food, medication and personal care products. The order was signed by (RFK Jr.)"
They really want us sick, apparently 😡
#Pinks
FDA poised to kill proposal that would require asbestos testing for cosmetics
RFK Jr signed order withdrawing rule that would mandate testing for the cancer-linked toxin in talc-based makeup
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"The (FDA) is poised to kill a proposed rule that would require testing for toxic asbestos in talc-based cosmetics..."
"Talc is widely used, including in cosmetics, food, medication and personal care products. The order was signed by (RFK Jr.)"
They really want us sick, apparently 😡
#Pinks
"Talc is widely used, including in cosmetics, food, medication and personal care products. The order was signed by (RFK Jr.)"
They really want us sick, apparently 😡
#Pinks
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Politics abhors a vacuum. When Democrats refuse to define their values — on counterterrorism, on immigration, on democracy — the GOP does it for them. And the label sticks.
open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
Stop Cowering
The lesson the Democratic party's leaders refuse to learn
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Politics abhors a vacuum. When Democrats refuse to define their values — on counterterrorism, on immigration, on democracy — the GOP does it for them. And the label sticks.
open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
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When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
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Everyone (esp media) pay attention. In 2021 almost every Republican attacked the Biden administration and State dept for being too slow in approving Afghanistan special visas as Afghanistan fell.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Everyone (esp media) pay attention. In 2021 almost every Republican attacked the Biden administration and State dept for being too slow in approving Afghanistan special visas as Afghanistan fell.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
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Thou shalt not wear a cross around your neck if you always do the opposite of what Jesus would do.
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thou shalt not wear a cross around your neck if you always do the opposite of what Jesus would do.
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Saucy Pete thinks he’s projecting manhood, when we know he’s projecting snowflakes. What a lightweight.
It’s always about punching down for this tough guy.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
It’s always about punching down for this tough guy.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Saucy Pete thinks he’s projecting manhood, when we know he’s projecting snowflakes. What a lightweight.
It’s always about punching down for this tough guy.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
It’s always about punching down for this tough guy.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
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The AUDACITY of TRUMP & HEGSETH
It disgusts me to my very core
They want to court martial our Arizona Senator !!
Hegseth and Trump can't shine his shoes
Let alone Gabby Giffords
Once again, like Comey this insane investigation wil do nothing, only waste thousands of taxpayer dollars
It disgusts me to my very core
They want to court martial our Arizona Senator !!
Hegseth and Trump can't shine his shoes
Let alone Gabby Giffords
Once again, like Comey this insane investigation wil do nothing, only waste thousands of taxpayer dollars
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The AUDACITY of TRUMP & HEGSETH
It disgusts me to my very core
They want to court martial our Arizona Senator !!
Hegseth and Trump can't shine his shoes
Let alone Gabby Giffords
Once again, like Comey this insane investigation wil do nothing, only waste thousands of taxpayer dollars
It disgusts me to my very core
They want to court martial our Arizona Senator !!
Hegseth and Trump can't shine his shoes
Let alone Gabby Giffords
Once again, like Comey this insane investigation wil do nothing, only waste thousands of taxpayer dollars