Laoshi
@palecompanyn.bsky.social
Teacher. Tabletop board gamer. Lover of languages, history, literature, art, music.
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NEW: Here is the link to the DOJ's website where it has posted some of the Epstein Files so far.
www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
DOJ Disclosures
www.justice.gov
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
NEW: Here is the link to the DOJ's website where it has posted some of the Epstein Files so far.
www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
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TAPPER: “This is one of the documents Trump’s DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. ALL BLACK. That’s the ‘transparency’ we’re getting.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
TAPPER: “This is one of the documents Trump’s DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. ALL BLACK. That’s the ‘transparency’ we’re getting.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
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December 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
theonion.com/cia-realizes...
theonion.com/cia-realizes...
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Great list of books
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
The essential China reading list
We asked 51 China watchers for the best book on the country they’ve read this year.
www.semafor.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Great list of books
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
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I’m old enough to remember when Mitt Romney said the problem was that 47% of America didn’t pay taxes and wanted to be freeloaders. But I welcome him to the resistance.
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I’m old enough to remember when Mitt Romney said the problem was that 47% of America didn’t pay taxes and wanted to be freeloaders. But I welcome him to the resistance.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Who does the FCC Chairman think is his boss, Donald Trump or the American people?
It’s not a hypothetical question.
It’s not a hypothetical question.
December 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Who does the FCC Chairman think is his boss, Donald Trump or the American people?
It’s not a hypothetical question.
It’s not a hypothetical question.
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When the FCC Chairman took office he swore an oath to the Constitution, not President Trump.q
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
When the FCC Chairman took office he swore an oath to the Constitution, not President Trump.q
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vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
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Tidal wave of Chinese tea brands place bets on winning over American tastebuds reut.rs/48Vj1w0
Tidal wave of Chinese tea brands place bets on winning over American tastebuds
Amanda Wang, co-founder of Chinese fast-growing beverage chain Ningji Lemon Tea, made four research trips to the U.S. before launching Bobobaba, designed to cater specifically to American tastes.
reut.rs
December 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Tidal wave of Chinese tea brands place bets on winning over American tastebuds reut.rs/48Vj1w0
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Grift and corruption. This just begins to dig into it all. Gift link:
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Grift and corruption. This just begins to dig into it all. Gift link:
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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Yeah, I hate it.
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled. www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Phone Updates Used to Be Annoying. The Latest iOS Is Awful
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Yeah, I hate it.
Ya think?
Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people. n.pr/4ank2iN
Test scores in U.S. schools are down. Are smartphones to blame?
Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ya think?
Good to hear! I’ve been very hopeful of this change.
Night and day difference between the new State Superintendent (who seems like a decent man and someone committed to just doing a good job) and Ryan Walters who was the biggest disaster in OK politics in a generation.
www.koco.com/article/okla...
www.koco.com/article/okla...
Oklahoma State Department of Education responds to court blocking social studies standards
The department, which is now led by State Superintendent Lindel Fields, said it respects the court's decision and is committed to transparency.
www.koco.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Good to hear! I’ve been very hopeful of this change.
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When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.
This is her story... and the story of too many others.
New, @propublica.org
This is her story... and the story of too many others.
New, @propublica.org
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.
This is her story... and the story of too many others.
New, @propublica.org
This is her story... and the story of too many others.
New, @propublica.org
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Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
December 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
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The Weimar Republic saw new musical developments - movie songs from "talkies" and innovative forms of musical theater (images from #Weimar @ulible.bsky.social). I've made a playlist of Weimar Republic music: cliosboardgames.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/i...
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Weimar Republic saw new musical developments - movie songs from "talkies" and innovative forms of musical theater (images from #Weimar @ulible.bsky.social). I've made a playlist of Weimar Republic music: cliosboardgames.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/i...
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President Donald Trump has added partisan and subjective plaques to a refashioned West Wing walkway he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame. The plaques include bombastic language, from “Sleepy Joe” Biden references to painting Republican icon Ronald Reagan as a fan of a young Trump.
Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame
President Donald Trump has added partisan and subjective plaques to a refashioned West Wing walkway he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
President Donald Trump has added partisan and subjective plaques to a refashioned West Wing walkway he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame. The plaques include bombastic language, from “Sleepy Joe” Biden references to painting Republican icon Ronald Reagan as a fan of a young Trump.
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Hegseth just held his #Christmas Worship Service at the Pentagon. Here's my report featuring remarks by Franklin Graham, who praised a "God of War" & read a Bible passage often used to justify genocide: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-pentago...
At Pentagon Christmas Service, Franklin Graham Praises “God of War”
Speaking at a “Christmas Worship Service” at the Pentagon, evangelist Franklin Graham celebrated that God is not just a God of love but also of hate and war.
publicwitness.wordandway.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Hegseth just held his #Christmas Worship Service at the Pentagon. Here's my report featuring remarks by Franklin Graham, who praised a "God of War" & read a Bible passage often used to justify genocide: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-pentago...
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“Chairman Jordan made an excellent decision in not allowing Jack Smith to testify publicly, because had he done so, it would have been absolutely devastating to the President and all the president's men,” says @raskin.house.gov. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Chairman Jordan made an excellent decision in not allowing Jack Smith to testify publicly, because had he done so, it would have been absolutely devastating to the President and all the president's men,” says @raskin.house.gov. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...