Christina Joy
@raidhosjourney.bsky.social
Decided & dedicated Rune reader, sometimes artist & poet, always kind (but *not* nice). LIBERAL. FEMINIST. Cat Mom. Woodstock NY / Lexington KY
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This is some really bleak shit, folks. Take a hard look at your president.
December 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is some really bleak shit, folks. Take a hard look at your president.
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December 19, 2025
December 19, 2025
This past week feels like the final, chaotic days of a political era.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
December 19, 2025
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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It may well be worse now than in the past, but this is extremely typical. I’ve had clients detained by ICE, and it’s like they fall into a black hole. Getting in touch with people in state or federal prison, or even county jail, is easier by an order of magnitude.
They are disappearing people. Listen to this. Nightmare. (And the longer they stay the more money core civic makes)
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It may well be worse now than in the past, but this is extremely typical. I’ve had clients detained by ICE, and it’s like they fall into a black hole. Getting in touch with people in state or federal prison, or even county jail, is easier by an order of magnitude.
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Yet another reason not to feed raw: drug resistant bacteria. whatyourcatwants.com/whats-in-tha...
What’s in that raw and freeze-dried cat food? Turns out it’s more than food -
Raw diets are both popular and controversial. Learn more about a recent study that revealed some of the potential risks.
whatyourcatwants.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Yet another reason not to feed raw: drug resistant bacteria. whatyourcatwants.com/whats-in-tha...
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I obviously can't know who's telling the truth here, but this is exactly why DUE PROCESS matters.
ICE is refusing to release a US citizen despite extensive documentation of her citizenship. Presented with her birth certificate, they called it a fake and transferred her from Maryland to Louisiana. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I obviously can't know who's telling the truth here, but this is exactly why DUE PROCESS matters.
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Yeah I'm SUPER shocked the DOJ is violating the law and not releasing all the Epstein files. WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED they'd continue to protect pedophiles??
Everyone. Everyone guessed.
Everyone. Everyone guessed.
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Yeah I'm SUPER shocked the DOJ is violating the law and not releasing all the Epstein files. WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED they'd continue to protect pedophiles??
Everyone. Everyone guessed.
Everyone. Everyone guessed.
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go:
(Yeah. Idk about this...)
(Yeah. Idk about this...)
December 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go:
(Yeah. Idk about this...)
(Yeah. Idk about this...)
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A federal appeals court has granted bail to former Louisville Metro Police detective Brett Hankison. www.lpm.org/news/2025-12...
Appeals court to let Hankison out of prison
A federal appeals court has granted bail to former Louisville Metro Police detective Brett Hankison.
www.lpm.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A federal appeals court has granted bail to former Louisville Metro Police detective Brett Hankison. www.lpm.org/news/2025-12...
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US forces are launching long-range missiles from the Al Shadadi base in Syria towards ISIS targets in the deserts of Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, and Homs.
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
US forces are launching long-range missiles from the Al Shadadi base in Syria towards ISIS targets in the deserts of Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, and Homs.
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It didn't get enough attention that Susie Wiles said she had read materials protected by grand jury secrecy and other protective orders.
![Wiles told me she’d read what she calls “the Epstein file.” And, she said, “[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file. And he’s not in the file doing anything awful.” Wiles said that Trump “was on [Epstein’s] plane…he’s on the manifest. They were, you know, sort of young, single, whatever—I know it’s a passé word but sort of young, single playboys together.” (Trump started dating Melania Knauss, whom he married in 2005, sometime in 1998. Virginia Giuffre, Epstein’s most prominent accuser, who died by suicide earlier this year, first met Epstein while she was a Mar-a-Lago spa worker in 2000. Trump and Epstein reportedly had a falling out in 2004.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreicrr4rb4hqynyivvjewudmis2jiuzqt2gruaed3bgum7lklkpkeja@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It didn't get enough attention that Susie Wiles said she had read materials protected by grand jury secrecy and other protective orders.
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By way of comparison, a total of 26 people died in ICE detention during the four years of the Biden administration.
Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
December 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
By way of comparison, a total of 26 people died in ICE detention during the four years of the Biden administration.
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First Paramount / CBS and now TikTok.
Trump wants to hand over even more control of what you watch to his billionaire buddies.
Americans deserve to know if the President struck another backdoor deal for this billionaire takeover of TikTok.
Trump wants to hand over even more control of what you watch to his billionaire buddies.
Americans deserve to know if the President struck another backdoor deal for this billionaire takeover of TikTok.
December 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
First Paramount / CBS and now TikTok.
Trump wants to hand over even more control of what you watch to his billionaire buddies.
Americans deserve to know if the President struck another backdoor deal for this billionaire takeover of TikTok.
Trump wants to hand over even more control of what you watch to his billionaire buddies.
Americans deserve to know if the President struck another backdoor deal for this billionaire takeover of TikTok.
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RUTHERFORD COUNTY: “Her whole focus is regaining custody of her daughter.”
Woman gives birth in custody, ICE separates from her baby for 35 days even after all charges dropped - locked up in Louisiana while her newborn is in state custody in Tennessee.
Woman gives birth in custody, ICE separates from her baby for 35 days even after all charges dropped - locked up in Louisiana while her newborn is in state custody in Tennessee.
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
RUTHERFORD COUNTY: “Her whole focus is regaining custody of her daughter.”
Woman gives birth in custody, ICE separates from her baby for 35 days even after all charges dropped - locked up in Louisiana while her newborn is in state custody in Tennessee.
Woman gives birth in custody, ICE separates from her baby for 35 days even after all charges dropped - locked up in Louisiana while her newborn is in state custody in Tennessee.
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Today, Trump declared that the nation will host the first-ever “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” featuring high school athletes, one boy and one girl, from each state and territory.
If you think this sounds like The Hunger Games, you're not alone.
If you think this sounds like The Hunger Games, you're not alone.
Trump just announced his own Hunger Games
In case you needed a reminder that we're living in a fascist hellscape.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Today, Trump declared that the nation will host the first-ever “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” featuring high school athletes, one boy and one girl, from each state and territory.
If you think this sounds like The Hunger Games, you're not alone.
If you think this sounds like The Hunger Games, you're not alone.
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Somewhere, beneath a leaf,
a soft salamander waits to join
your most vital memories.
Somewhere, in autumn’s soil,
a mushroom will stand above ground
and remind you of the strange life below.
Somewhere, a person like us,
who has lost the knack of noticing
will need the magic only you can bring.
a soft salamander waits to join
your most vital memories.
Somewhere, in autumn’s soil,
a mushroom will stand above ground
and remind you of the strange life below.
Somewhere, a person like us,
who has lost the knack of noticing
will need the magic only you can bring.
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Somewhere, beneath a leaf,
a soft salamander waits to join
your most vital memories.
Somewhere, in autumn’s soil,
a mushroom will stand above ground
and remind you of the strange life below.
Somewhere, a person like us,
who has lost the knack of noticing
will need the magic only you can bring.
a soft salamander waits to join
your most vital memories.
Somewhere, in autumn’s soil,
a mushroom will stand above ground
and remind you of the strange life below.
Somewhere, a person like us,
who has lost the knack of noticing
will need the magic only you can bring.
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1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
Nationwide Trans Youth Care Ban Imminent As Trump Admin Announces "Nuclear Option" Federal Rule
The new federal rule formalizes previous threats to hospitals to pull Medicaid funding, and represents a significant legal stretch by this administration.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
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congrats to every "moderate" who cheered on this cruel, unfounded panic. hope you got what you wanted www.npr.org/sections/sho...
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
www.npr.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
congrats to every "moderate" who cheered on this cruel, unfounded panic. hope you got what you wanted www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Zohran: "We have monetized the dysfunction."
Gamers: My dude, welcome to the club.
Korean Devs: I can't believe you idiots still let people buy plane tickets. They should be buying a chance to be given a plane ticket to an unknown destination.
Delta: Wait, we can do that?
Sean Duffy: lol, sure!
Gamers: My dude, welcome to the club.
Korean Devs: I can't believe you idiots still let people buy plane tickets. They should be buying a chance to be given a plane ticket to an unknown destination.
Delta: Wait, we can do that?
Sean Duffy: lol, sure!
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Zohran: "We have monetized the dysfunction."
Gamers: My dude, welcome to the club.
Korean Devs: I can't believe you idiots still let people buy plane tickets. They should be buying a chance to be given a plane ticket to an unknown destination.
Delta: Wait, we can do that?
Sean Duffy: lol, sure!
Gamers: My dude, welcome to the club.
Korean Devs: I can't believe you idiots still let people buy plane tickets. They should be buying a chance to be given a plane ticket to an unknown destination.
Delta: Wait, we can do that?
Sean Duffy: lol, sure!
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It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
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Q: Would you seek authorization for any land attacks on cartels in Venezuela?
TRUMP: I don't have to tell them. It's been proven.
TRUMP: I don't have to tell them. It's been proven.
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Q: Would you seek authorization for any land attacks on cartels in Venezuela?
TRUMP: I don't have to tell them. It's been proven.
TRUMP: I don't have to tell them. It's been proven.
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A second national anti-trans healthcare bill has passed the US House, a medicaid ban for trans youth. 4 Democrats crossed party lines to vote for it. Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA). It is not expected to get through the Senate filibuster.
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A second national anti-trans healthcare bill has passed the US House, a medicaid ban for trans youth. 4 Democrats crossed party lines to vote for it. Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA). It is not expected to get through the Senate filibuster.