@proud-rino.bsky.social
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The worsening conditions in Gaza under the Trump administration raise the obvious question of whether pro-Palestine voters and groups who sat out the election feel even a tinge of regret. Mostly, no.
The latest from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pro-palest...
The latest from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pro-palest...
Pro-Palestinian Activists Gave Trump a Boost. They Have No Regrets.
Groups that rallied against Biden and Harris say they’d do it all over again.
www.thebulwark.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The worsening conditions in Gaza under the Trump administration raise the obvious question of whether pro-Palestine voters and groups who sat out the election feel even a tinge of regret. Mostly, no.
The latest from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pro-palest...
The latest from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pro-palest...
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Trump has made great progress converting the Republicans into a pro-Putin party, but not so much converting the American majority into a pro-Putin people. February 2025 Pew polling www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
February 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Trump has made great progress converting the Republicans into a pro-Putin party, but not so much converting the American majority into a pro-Putin people. February 2025 Pew polling www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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This is a very good and sobering story that urges Europeans in particular that they cannot trust America now and need to make changes for themselves—and especially Ukraine. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
For eight decades, alliances have formed the bedrock of American foreign, trade and cultural policy. But not any more. Europeans, but also America's Asian allies, need to accept this new world, and learn how to live in it.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The End of the Postwar World
Trump’s cruelty and lies about Ukraine send a dark message to America’s other allies.
www.theatlantic.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is a very good and sobering story that urges Europeans in particular that they cannot trust America now and need to make changes for themselves—and especially Ukraine. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
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Awful: Numerous scientists and researchers were just fired at NIH's center for treating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They fear Trump-Musk cuts could dramatically set back our ability to treat dementias.
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers
Republicans once lavished praise on an NIH center that deals with Alzheimer’s. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hobbling it. What will those Republicans say now?
newrepublic.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Awful: Numerous scientists and researchers were just fired at NIH's center for treating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They fear Trump-Musk cuts could dramatically set back our ability to treat dementias.
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
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We now have a secret concentration camp for immigrants.
We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article)
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We now have a secret concentration camp for immigrants.
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At the top of today's House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on USAID, Chairman Mast suggested to protestors that they were wrong to think PEPFAR was stalled. With respect, Congressman Mast is incorrect. The waivers aren't working yet.
goodauthority.org/news/pepfar-...
goodauthority.org/news/pepfar-...
PEPFAR helps countries provide life-saving HIV treatment.
PEPFAR, the U.S. program funding HIV prevention and treatment in more than 50 countries, has been stalled by Trump's executive orders.
goodauthority.org
February 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
At the top of today's House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on USAID, Chairman Mast suggested to protestors that they were wrong to think PEPFAR was stalled. With respect, Congressman Mast is incorrect. The waivers aren't working yet.
goodauthority.org/news/pepfar-...
goodauthority.org/news/pepfar-...
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See this for what it is (and call it out), another formal boost from Team Trump for the AFD.
US Vice President JD Vance will not meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Munich Security Conference, marking a serious diplomatic rebuke to the leader of the host country at a time of heightened transatlantic tensions over a potential Ukraine peace deal.
JD Vance snubs Germany’s Scholz at Munich Security Conference
“We don’t need to see him, he won’t be chancellor long,” a former U.S. official said of Vance’s thinking.
ow.ly
February 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
See this for what it is (and call it out), another formal boost from Team Trump for the AFD.
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Trump is absolutely without a doubt the worst negotiator in American history and it’s not
Even close.
Seriously
Even close.
Seriously
February 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Trump is absolutely without a doubt the worst negotiator in American history and it’s not
Even close.
Seriously
Even close.
Seriously
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A sane and decent human sees that thousands of people will die because of the cut off of aid and asks: What can I do to fix this? Donald Trump asks: How can we hide the evidence and who can we fire?
February 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A sane and decent human sees that thousands of people will die because of the cut off of aid and asks: What can I do to fix this? Donald Trump asks: How can we hide the evidence and who can we fire?
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"[G]odless secular liberals can learn a lot" Pope Francis' evisceration of Trumpist attacks on immigration bc he exposed some "ugly truths about “America First” Trumpism—and about the high-minded-sounding justifications that Vance is using to paper them over."
Powerful ✍🏻 @gregsargent.bsky.social
Powerful ✍🏻 @gregsargent.bsky.social
Pope Francis’s Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA’s Dark Soul
The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in.
newrepublic.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"[G]odless secular liberals can learn a lot" Pope Francis' evisceration of Trumpist attacks on immigration bc he exposed some "ugly truths about “America First” Trumpism—and about the high-minded-sounding justifications that Vance is using to paper them over."
Powerful ✍🏻 @gregsargent.bsky.social
Powerful ✍🏻 @gregsargent.bsky.social
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This is bad. But not as bad as Hegseth saying that America is no longer the guarantor of European security.
Its now clear that Putin and Trump are aligning positions. Putin has stated he and Putin have spoken, have agreed to start talks, and are basically on the same page. Ukraine is about to get hammered by the USA. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/12/p...
After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start “immediately” after holding a “lengthy and highly productive” telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesd...
edition.cnn.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is bad. But not as bad as Hegseth saying that America is no longer the guarantor of European security.
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The conceptual framework that brought Paula White-Cain's spiritual and political advising together is that of "spiritual warfare," by which she and others can cast political opposition to Trump as evidence of demonic influence over his haters.
What to Expect from the ‘Heretic’ Pastor Trump Installed in the White House
Paula White-Cain is a leading light of Christian Trumpism.
www.thebulwark.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The conceptual framework that brought Paula White-Cain's spiritual and political advising together is that of "spiritual warfare," by which she and others can cast political opposition to Trump as evidence of demonic influence over his haters.
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To all those saying "shouldn't we root out government inefficiency? What's wrong with DOGE?" a quick background on Constitutional law and why the WAY it is being violated exposes the true motives of the criminals:
February 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
To all those saying "shouldn't we root out government inefficiency? What's wrong with DOGE?" a quick background on Constitutional law and why the WAY it is being violated exposes the true motives of the criminals:
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YOU DON'T AUDIT AT THE PAYMENT PROCESSING LEVEL YOU AUDIT AT THE DEPT LEVEL. In what universe would you be in the payments system for ANY reason other than to (illegally) directly turn off payments?? None, ziltch, zero. This crisis is far from over.
It gets worse: Trump's Treasury Dept has a new letter spinning Musk's access to payment data as a mere "audit" that expands on work done during Biden admin. It's a sham. The letter simply ignores the biggest questions about this scandal.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
Trump-Musk Purge Scandal at Treasury Takes Yet Another Unsettling Turn
As the Treasury Department offers some new spin about Elon Musk’s takeover of payment systems and ousting of a top career official, Senator Ron Wyden tells us why this “reeks of a cover-up.”
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
YOU DON'T AUDIT AT THE PAYMENT PROCESSING LEVEL YOU AUDIT AT THE DEPT LEVEL. In what universe would you be in the payments system for ANY reason other than to (illegally) directly turn off payments?? None, ziltch, zero. This crisis is far from over.
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Could it be that @kpmgus.bsky.social, as the internal control auditors of the Treasury, is the most important firewall to protect the country now ?
@aoc.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @stephruhle.bsky.social
Can someone interview them ?
@aoc.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @stephruhle.bsky.social
Can someone interview them ?
February 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Could it be that @kpmgus.bsky.social, as the internal control auditors of the Treasury, is the most important firewall to protect the country now ?
@aoc.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @stephruhle.bsky.social
Can someone interview them ?
@aoc.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @stephruhle.bsky.social
Can someone interview them ?
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The point about Trump’s deranged comments about Gaza is that we’re wasting precious seconds talking about Trump’s deranged comments about Gaza and not unelected Elon Musk’s coup to dismantle our government.
February 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The point about Trump’s deranged comments about Gaza is that we’re wasting precious seconds talking about Trump’s deranged comments about Gaza and not unelected Elon Musk’s coup to dismantle our government.
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Tesla in Europe is following suit...
Tesla sales plummet in European countries
Tesla sales have plummeted in Norway and Sweden, with many calling for Elon Musk, Tesla founder, to step back from politics after his comments
euroweeklynews.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Tesla in Europe is following suit...
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FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.
FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge
Seasoned members of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency are bracing for a mass expulsion as the president roots out anyone he sees as disloyal to him.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.
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Meanwhile, over in yet another hearing room
January 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Meanwhile, over in yet another hearing room
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Meanwhile, RFK refuses to say whether vaccines cause autism and is tap dancing around his previous statements about the HPV vaccine
January 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Meanwhile, RFK refuses to say whether vaccines cause autism and is tap dancing around his previous statements about the HPV vaccine
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You should read DeepSeek terms and conditions before you download the app:
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
January 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You should read DeepSeek terms and conditions before you download the app:
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
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If you are considering downloading DeepSeek, please read this first and share with others
You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..
You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..
You should read DeepSeek terms and conditions before you download the app:
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
January 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If you are considering downloading DeepSeek, please read this first and share with others
You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..
You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..
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WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt just clarified on X that the rescission of the OMB memo was simply to get the federal court case to go away, not lifting the funding freeze on anything that goes against Trump's EOs
translation: "please stop yelling at me for the thing i want to keep doing"
translation: "please stop yelling at me for the thing i want to keep doing"
January 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt just clarified on X that the rescission of the OMB memo was simply to get the federal court case to go away, not lifting the funding freeze on anything that goes against Trump's EOs
translation: "please stop yelling at me for the thing i want to keep doing"
translation: "please stop yelling at me for the thing i want to keep doing"