Peg
@peglet13.bsky.social
Our Constitutional Republic allows for our robust Democracy.
Verifiable facts matter; sometimes snarky.
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Verifiable facts matter; sometimes snarky.
#RedSoxNation
#VOTEBLUE
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“The influence that money played in securing this pardon is unprecedented,” says Elizabeth Oyer, former U.S. pardon attorney, about President Trump’s pardon of crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao.
Zhao didn’t respond to 60 Minutes’ request for an interview. cbsn.ws/4806u9Y
Zhao didn’t respond to 60 Minutes’ request for an interview. cbsn.ws/4806u9Y
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“The influence that money played in securing this pardon is unprecedented,” says Elizabeth Oyer, former U.S. pardon attorney, about President Trump’s pardon of crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao.
Zhao didn’t respond to 60 Minutes’ request for an interview. cbsn.ws/4806u9Y
Zhao didn’t respond to 60 Minutes’ request for an interview. cbsn.ws/4806u9Y
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An Emirati investment fund used a Trump-family cryptocurrency in a $2 billion deal. The cryptocurrency had been on the market for five weeks. The Emiratis tell 60 Minutes they chose World Liberty crypto for “business suitability.” cbsn.ws/4r3epvX
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
An Emirati investment fund used a Trump-family cryptocurrency in a $2 billion deal. The cryptocurrency had been on the market for five weeks. The Emiratis tell 60 Minutes they chose World Liberty crypto for “business suitability.” cbsn.ws/4r3epvX
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Chris Murphy: "The fact of the matter is if you don't put constraints on Donald Trump's illegality, this democracy isn't going to be here next November. It isn't going to be here in 2028. So Democrats, yes, have to draw firm moral lines in the sand right now."
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Chris Murphy: "The fact of the matter is if you don't put constraints on Donald Trump's illegality, this democracy isn't going to be here next November. It isn't going to be here in 2028. So Democrats, yes, have to draw firm moral lines in the sand right now."
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2020 footage said to be in 2025. A scene of protestors in Illinois, suggested as Portland.
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
2020 footage said to be in 2025. A scene of protestors in Illinois, suggested as Portland.
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.
Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
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Covid remains a serious, potentially deadly health risk, listed as the primary cause of death on 31,400 death certificates last year. By comparison, flu killed about 6,500 people and pneumonia, a common complication of the flu, killed an additional 41,600.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Conflicting Advice on Covid Shots Likely To Ding Already Low Vaccine Rates, Experts Warn - KFF Health News
About 1 in 4 American adults got a covid vaccine shot during the 2024-25 virus season, a fraction health care experts warn could be smaller this year as millions wrestle with conflicting advice from t...
kffhealthnews.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Covid remains a serious, potentially deadly health risk, listed as the primary cause of death on 31,400 death certificates last year. By comparison, flu killed about 6,500 people and pneumonia, a common complication of the flu, killed an additional 41,600.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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3 days, 3 cities, 300+ miles on the road.
Just wrapped up another great trip with Powered by People — registering voters, signing up volunteers, recruiting candidates for office, listening to our fellow Texans, doing the work necessary to win. Join us at PoweredxPeople.org
Just wrapped up another great trip with Powered by People — registering voters, signing up volunteers, recruiting candidates for office, listening to our fellow Texans, doing the work necessary to win. Join us at PoweredxPeople.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
3 days, 3 cities, 300+ miles on the road.
Just wrapped up another great trip with Powered by People — registering voters, signing up volunteers, recruiting candidates for office, listening to our fellow Texans, doing the work necessary to win. Join us at PoweredxPeople.org
Just wrapped up another great trip with Powered by People — registering voters, signing up volunteers, recruiting candidates for office, listening to our fellow Texans, doing the work necessary to win. Join us at PoweredxPeople.org
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“When the Border Patrol was created in 1924, white supremacists entered the agency, building the culture of xenophobia and impunity that exists to this day … CBP agents are arrested for criminal activity and corruption at a per-capita rate that exceeds any other federal agency.”
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“When the Border Patrol was created in 1924, white supremacists entered the agency, building the culture of xenophobia and impunity that exists to this day … CBP agents are arrested for criminal activity and corruption at a per-capita rate that exceeds any other federal agency.”
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oh my fucking god he is 100% confusing cadillac insurance plans with people buying cadillacs
"and it's gonna be locked so they can't go out and buy, uh, a cadillac, they can go out and buy health insurance"
"and it's gonna be locked so they can't go out and buy, uh, a cadillac, they can go out and buy health insurance"
Trump on healthcare: "I've had personal talks with some Democrats about paying large amounts of dollars back to the people. This was my idea ... why don't we just pay this money directly to the people of our country and let them buy their own health insurance?"
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
oh my fucking god he is 100% confusing cadillac insurance plans with people buying cadillacs
"and it's gonna be locked so they can't go out and buy, uh, a cadillac, they can go out and buy health insurance"
"and it's gonna be locked so they can't go out and buy, uh, a cadillac, they can go out and buy health insurance"
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Amid the conspiracy theories, the totality of Epstein’s crimes—and how he made his fortune—is still a disturbing mystery.
There's a lot we still don’t know about Jeffrey Epstein
Amid the conspiracy theories, the totality of Epstein’s crimes—and how he made his fortune—is still a disturbing mystery.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Amid the conspiracy theories, the totality of Epstein’s crimes—and how he made his fortune—is still a disturbing mystery.
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Will a single reporter ever ask Trump or Bondi why they're suddenly opening up investigations into Epstein again after declaring DOJ had closed its investigation into Epstein and potential co-conspirators because they'd concluded there was nothing actionable there?
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
'He finally learned his lesson': Mike Johnson pummeled by GOP colleague over Epstein delay
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was dragged Sunday by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) over having dragged out efforts to force the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, with the Kent...
www.rawstory.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Will a single reporter ever ask Trump or Bondi why they're suddenly opening up investigations into Epstein again after declaring DOJ had closed its investigation into Epstein and potential co-conspirators because they'd concluded there was nothing actionable there?
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
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Alt text: An illustration playing off Garth Williams’s work in Charlotte’s Web. A b&w pen & ink style sketch of a pig from the back staring at a spider’s web between two posts, with the words FUCK ICE woven into the web’s center. A politically engaged spider dangles down from the web.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Alt text: An illustration playing off Garth Williams’s work in Charlotte’s Web. A b&w pen & ink style sketch of a pig from the back staring at a spider’s web between two posts, with the words FUCK ICE woven into the web’s center. A politically engaged spider dangles down from the web.
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Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office.
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office.
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
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Targets of the President’s Holocaust disapprove
In CNN’s latest poll, just 20% of Latinos approved of his job performance, down from 41% in February. This 21-point drop far outpaces the 4- and 9-point drops among Black and White Americans and the 10-point drop in his approval rating overall.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...
Republicans have lost ground with Latino voters after Trump’s 2024 gains | CNN Politics
A year after President Donald Trump’s re-election, Republicans are already seeing their gains among Latino voters erode, recent election results and polling suggest. Here’s what’s changed and what it ...
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Targets of the President’s Holocaust disapprove
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"She began to record the agents as they spoke to the landscaper in Spanish. After the agents noticed her phone, they got back in their vehicles and drove away..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
U.S. Border Patrol Launches Operation in Charlotte
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
"She began to record the agents as they spoke to the landscaper in Spanish. After the agents noticed her phone, they got back in their vehicles and drove away..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
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Jamie Raskin, the lead Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, called this provision the height of political corruption. A finance bill grants eight Republican senators one million each. In short, official corruption has found its instruction manual.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Jamie Raskin, the lead Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, called this provision the height of political corruption. A finance bill grants eight Republican senators one million each. In short, official corruption has found its instruction manual.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1
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omg they used one of the white house's three million autopens.
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
omg they used one of the white house's three million autopens.
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These billionaires have, for too long, used their deep pockets to control us. No more. It is time to expose these degenerates. Release the Epstein files.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Rep. Thomas Massie: "Trump's being a bully…They're trying to beat me here in Kentucky. But here's what's interesting, the people financing the campaign consist completely of three billionaires, and they're all in the Epstein class. One of them is named in Epstein's phone book."
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
These billionaires have, for too long, used their deep pockets to control us. No more. It is time to expose these degenerates. Release the Epstein files.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
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I watched 60 minutes. Everyone needs to watch it and share with friends and family. It's enraging and laid out in very simple terms. Trump's pardon of Changpeng Zhao. www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-...
President Trump's pardon of crypto billionaire sparks concerns over his use of pardons
President Trump pardoned the billionaire founder of the largest crypto exchange in the world, Binance. It's raised questions about conflicts of interest and the president's use of the pardon power.
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I watched 60 minutes. Everyone needs to watch it and share with friends and family. It's enraging and laid out in very simple terms. Trump's pardon of Changpeng Zhao. www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-...
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*taps the sign*
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
*taps the sign*
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Lest you think Greene has changed her ways, here she is refusing to denounce Nick Fuentes, suggesting Bash have him on her show, and lying about having known him before she appeared at his conference.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Lest you think Greene has changed her ways, here she is refusing to denounce Nick Fuentes, suggesting Bash have him on her show, and lying about having known him before she appeared at his conference.
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i think charlotte is a vendetta (plus black mayor) bsky.app/profile/bolt...
“When the eight African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system," the Charlotte sheriff told Bolts in 2023 to explain why the GOP was targeting him.
This weekend, DHS announced the deployment of federal agents in Charlotte.
This weekend, DHS announced the deployment of federal agents in Charlotte.
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE - Bolts
Editor’s note: The GOP-run legislature passed this bill in September 2024, sending it to Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s desk. After Cooper vetoed the bill, Republican lawmakers overrode his veto in....
boltsmag.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
i think charlotte is a vendetta (plus black mayor) bsky.app/profile/bolt...
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This should alarm everyone.
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This should alarm everyone.
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
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So, MTG is now admitting that Trump identifying you as an enemy puts your life in danger.
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
So, MTG is now admitting that Trump identifying you as an enemy puts your life in danger.