@reindeer67.bsky.social
Mostly reposts. Personal views, not speaking here in my professional role. Unending belief in democracy, education, honor, values, and working for the common good.
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I think he misread, and it said “beef tallow smoothies”…which, well, I have questions. But I’m not sure I want the answers. I’ll just sit here and [[[[shudder]]]] instead.
Trump: "Despite their size, Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they're still MAHA. They've been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies and all the other things they have been eating for this occasion."
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I think he misread, and it said “beef tallow smoothies”…which, well, I have questions. But I’m not sure I want the answers. I’ll just sit here and [[[[shudder]]]] instead.
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So our discourse is impacted by off shore accounts incentivized by paltry X payouts that are locally a decent living? Do I have that right?
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
So our discourse is impacted by off shore accounts incentivized by paltry X payouts that are locally a decent living? Do I have that right?
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Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
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I never said Mueller would get him and I never thought Biden would go for the throat. This is the worst trouble he's been in, and it's his own fault. Barring acts of God I think he's president until '28, but if this is as bad as it looks then it would be generous to call him a lame duck.
I’ll ask you plainly, Mr. President; will this be what finally does him in?
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I never said Mueller would get him and I never thought Biden would go for the throat. This is the worst trouble he's been in, and it's his own fault. Barring acts of God I think he's president until '28, but if this is as bad as it looks then it would be generous to call him a lame duck.
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The Biden administration sought to create a streamlined refund system free of hoops for passengers who experienced canceled or significantly changed flights.
Trump Axes Biden-Era Plan To Compensate Passengers For Flight Disruptions
The Biden administration sought to create a streamlined refund system free of hoops for passengers who experienced canceled or significantly changed flights.
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Biden administration sought to create a streamlined refund system free of hoops for passengers who experienced canceled or significantly changed flights.
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Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
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As Trump focuses on hunting down undocumented immigrants, DHS agents have been diverted from investigating sex crimes against children, human smuggling and Iranian black market oil sales used to fund terrorism, @nytimes.com investigation finds. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
The Department of Deportation
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
As Trump focuses on hunting down undocumented immigrants, DHS agents have been diverted from investigating sex crimes against children, human smuggling and Iranian black market oil sales used to fund terrorism, @nytimes.com investigation finds. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
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Chris Murphy: "He wouldn't be going through all of this effort to try to stop the release of these files if he wasn't seriously implicated in those files. This is most likely the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the country. We know that b/c Trump is going to these extraordinary lengths"
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Chris Murphy: "He wouldn't be going through all of this effort to try to stop the release of these files if he wasn't seriously implicated in those files. This is most likely the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the country. We know that b/c Trump is going to these extraordinary lengths"
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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He declined the idea of running for state governor, but funded housing and food projects. “I’m smart enough to know I’m not smart . . . I don’t know about building roads and bridges, but I know that there’s people that should be fed in New Jersey.”
I sat down with perhaps the most level-headed man in rock music, Jon Bon Jovi, to talk about Trump, tennis and his return to touring after an atrophying vocal chord put his career at risk.
this week's Lunch with the FT: www.ft.com/content/25f2...
this week's Lunch with the FT: www.ft.com/content/25f2...
Jon Bon Jovi: ‘Fame is a liar and a thief’
The rock legend on making peace with the critics, the business of running a band — and his history with Donald Trump
www.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
He declined the idea of running for state governor, but funded housing and food projects. “I’m smart enough to know I’m not smart . . . I don’t know about building roads and bridges, but I know that there’s people that should be fed in New Jersey.”
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This entire administration is a national security risk
As the FBI’s deputy director, Dan Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This entire administration is a national security risk
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This is a heist, plain and simple. Just nonstop grift and corruption from this crooked President and his administration.
They're doing nothing to make life more affordable for regular people, but they ARE working overtime to get rich using taxpayer dollars and resources.
They're doing nothing to make life more affordable for regular people, but they ARE working overtime to get rich using taxpayer dollars and resources.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is a heist, plain and simple. Just nonstop grift and corruption from this crooked President and his administration.
They're doing nothing to make life more affordable for regular people, but they ARE working overtime to get rich using taxpayer dollars and resources.
They're doing nothing to make life more affordable for regular people, but they ARE working overtime to get rich using taxpayer dollars and resources.
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While the Trump admin cuts health care for working families, they’re negotiating massive payouts for his cronies
Taxpayer dollars used should be used to serve the American people, not to pay loyalists
Corruption—plain & simple 👇
Taxpayer dollars used should be used to serve the American people, not to pay loyalists
Corruption—plain & simple 👇
NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations
bit.ly/4hWdolc
bit.ly/4hWdolc
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
While the Trump admin cuts health care for working families, they’re negotiating massive payouts for his cronies
Taxpayer dollars used should be used to serve the American people, not to pay loyalists
Corruption—plain & simple 👇
Taxpayer dollars used should be used to serve the American people, not to pay loyalists
Corruption—plain & simple 👇
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Don't believe their lies — this is about making it more difficult for hardworking people to feed their families. Once again: the cruelty is the point.
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Don't believe their lies — this is about making it more difficult for hardworking people to feed their families. Once again: the cruelty is the point.
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Slow news day. Hard to know what’s the lede.
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Slow news day. Hard to know what’s the lede.
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1. BREAKING
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1. BREAKING
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
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This story by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein?
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This story by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein?
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
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here's the context bsky.app/profile/arid...
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
here's the context bsky.app/profile/arid...
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Imagine if Dems in the Senate hadn't caved. The House wouldn't be in session rn, the discharge petition wouldn't be signed, people wouldn't have SNAP, govt workers would be RIF'd & the GOP would have some decent talking points. But also online rage addicts would be happier! YMMV!
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Imagine if Dems in the Senate hadn't caved. The House wouldn't be in session rn, the discharge petition wouldn't be signed, people wouldn't have SNAP, govt workers would be RIF'd & the GOP would have some decent talking points. But also online rage addicts would be happier! YMMV!
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Wow. Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. The Chase SAR noted that Epstein was laundering his money through Moscow.
Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Wow. Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. The Chase SAR noted that Epstein was laundering his money through Moscow.
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