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BA Journalism, Mich. State U; MA Future Studies, U of Houston; former Corp. Communicator/PR Consultant; Outdoor Enthusiast; Lifelong human rights activist.
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It's very important that Senators are working together in a bipartisan way to ensure strict Congressional oversight following reporting of unlawful orders.

Congress must deliver answers and accountability for the American people.
Hegseth's reported 'kill everybody' order draws Senate scrutiny
Hegseth's first strike on drug boats in the Caribbean is now under "vigorous oversight" from the Senate Armed Services Committee.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU

Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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This is the most important op-ed you'll read this week. The Trump administration is about to get rid of the birth-dose of hepatitis B vaccine. That is a deadly choice for many families. @helenouyang.bsky.social tells her story. Now call your member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | My Father Died of Hepatitis B Before the Vaccine. We Must Not Go Back.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Yep. And there is, by design, no clear successor.

Vance was chosen precisely because the base would never accept him as the next MAGA savior, and the base is already fracturing too quickly for any one faction leader to find a path to uniting the movement.

When he goes: chaos.
JP Morgan’s CEO going “we’re not funding the ballroom, the next DOJ will hit us with the book over it” is a pretty big sign that the winds are shifting as far as Trump having a glorious 1000 year reich. I doubt he’ll even make the full four years, and his entourage have their future to pay for it
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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We can't really say this enough...

> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.

www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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To kick people out of the USA—many of whom are indigenous to the Americas—they are disregarding the tribal IDs of Native (US) Ameicans, ignoring the treaties of 100+ years standing with the people who are, you know, the REAL Americans.
“Trish Carter-Goodheart, a Democratic candidate and citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, spoke plainly: Racism and discrimination remain real and persistent …

When the conversation hit a nerve, [the GOP senator] abruptly stormed out, shouting: ‘Why don’t you go back to where you came from?’”
Tribal IDs Are Federally Recognized. ICE Agents Are Ignoring Them.
Opinion. During last year’s Idaho election, a Republican state senator lost his composure when a candidate forum turned to the topic of racism.
nativenewsonline.net
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Hey folks, I'm 638 paid subscribers away from our 2025 goal on Patreon.

If you like what I do here, appreciate my commentary, and maybe also want to help me cover that insane health care premium raise for me and my kids coming 1/1, I'd greatly appreciate your support.

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December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Precisely.
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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And I’m sorry, but if my parents had ever said anything remotely like this to me, that would’ve been the last time we ever spoke.

My Dad was a lifelong Republican but he was not a fucking sociopath.
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Former US military lawyers speak out:

"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."

Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes

1/2
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Let’s be clear: these are extrajudicial killings. “Kill them all” Hegseth needs to be held accountable.

What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.

This warmongering has got to stop.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.

New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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The diehards are starting to decide after much prayerful consideration with their beautiful brides that being in the minority next year sounds like a shit sandwich.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Yup.
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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It doesn’t feel like we’re being invaded by immigrants, it feels like we’re being invaded by Trump.
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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our media is so obsessed with the five famous assholes who unapologetically fucked up instead of all the people who didn't

what about everyone who doesn't "need" a second chance because they didn't expose themselves or assault anyone or move a former student into their house right after graduation?
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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paidprotester.substack.com/p/youve-seen...

These ladies are intelligent and know what will happen due to their persistence. The whole idea is to expose Epstein's sex trafficking network and all those involved.

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinSurviviors #OpenLetter #Giuffre #NobodysGirl
You've seen the Epstein survivors in front of the Capitol twice - now read their letter
The death threats have increased after their appearances.
paidprotester.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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He doesn’t want you talking about the releasing of the Epstein files. POTUS is masterminding (with the help of the GOP) the biggest coverup in American history because he’s a child predator.
So… you know what to do.
Blow up the socials talking about Epstein. GO!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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NYC: ICE is staging at Centre and Howard St. Get down there if you can.
Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM