@rhapsodybooks.bsky.social
Pro democracy, justice, & firm believer that education is a life-long and necessary process, & humility over all you don't know is key to compassion & enlightenment. Blogs: http:// rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com and http://legallegacy.wordpress.com
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Every new Trump Epstein revelation is somehow both shocking and not a surprise at all.
Ladies and gentleman: The President of the United States
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December 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Every new Trump Epstein revelation is somehow both shocking and not a surprise at all.
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Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
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When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
In 1961, JFK said he hoped when the future judged his administration, it would note he surrounded himself with people of "courage, judgment, integrity, and dedication." Ha ha, guess Trump can't make a speech like that... (or, not funny, actually, more like very very sad)
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In 1961, JFK said he hoped when the future judged his administration, it would note he surrounded himself with people of "courage, judgment, integrity, and dedication." Ha ha, guess Trump can't make a speech like that... (or, not funny, actually, more like very very sad)
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LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha
Unspeakable.
In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake.
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak.
Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Unspeakable.
I seem to recall that when Charlie Kirk was killed, no one was allowed to even imply he was less than a saint. And yet when Rob Reiner and his wife were killed, Trump took "deranged" aim at them. Hmmm.
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I seem to recall that when Charlie Kirk was killed, no one was allowed to even imply he was less than a saint. And yet when Rob Reiner and his wife were killed, Trump took "deranged" aim at them. Hmmm.
How else to celebrate enabling a cholera epidemic than by a sheet cake?
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result.
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
How else to celebrate enabling a cholera epidemic than by a sheet cake?
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I love Rep. Bennie Thompson and, if you haven't seen this, you really must.
Thompson absolutely destroys FBI Branch and Operations Director Michael Glasheen by simply asking for broad facts about this "Antifa" MAGA is so afraid of.
"That's very fluid... It's ongoing."
Sure.
Thompson absolutely destroys FBI Branch and Operations Director Michael Glasheen by simply asking for broad facts about this "Antifa" MAGA is so afraid of.
"That's very fluid... It's ongoing."
Sure.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I love Rep. Bennie Thompson and, if you haven't seen this, you really must.
Thompson absolutely destroys FBI Branch and Operations Director Michael Glasheen by simply asking for broad facts about this "Antifa" MAGA is so afraid of.
"That's very fluid... It's ongoing."
Sure.
Thompson absolutely destroys FBI Branch and Operations Director Michael Glasheen by simply asking for broad facts about this "Antifa" MAGA is so afraid of.
"That's very fluid... It's ongoing."
Sure.
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I’m so tired of having a president that reports whatever he sees on Fox instead of having, I don’t know, a president that is “in the know” and defers to a team of competent intelligence experts.
Our president should have better information than Joe Bob, MarkWayne, & Suzy Joleen living in MAGAville.
Our president should have better information than Joe Bob, MarkWayne, & Suzy Joleen living in MAGAville.
He issued a correction, proving why he needs to stfu and let the cops do their jobs.
It’s a a goddamned ongoing tragedy, not a reality TV show, primed for him to drop the big reveal.
It’s a a goddamned ongoing tragedy, not a reality TV show, primed for him to drop the big reveal.
December 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I’m so tired of having a president that reports whatever he sees on Fox instead of having, I don’t know, a president that is “in the know” and defers to a team of competent intelligence experts.
Our president should have better information than Joe Bob, MarkWayne, & Suzy Joleen living in MAGAville.
Our president should have better information than Joe Bob, MarkWayne, & Suzy Joleen living in MAGAville.
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Another scandal that will be a one day story (at best) right along with "Trump pardons guy who trafficked 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S." and "Homan took $50,000 bribe in brown paper bag."
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Another scandal that will be a one day story (at best) right along with "Trump pardons guy who trafficked 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S." and "Homan took $50,000 bribe in brown paper bag."
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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34% of U.S. voters say they've skipped a meal in the past year to save money.
The percentages are higher for Black (44%), Hispanic (41%), women (39%) and voters under 30 (54%).
64% of U.S. voters say they've switched to cheaper groceries or buying less food to save money.
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The percentages are higher for Black (44%), Hispanic (41%), women (39%) and voters under 30 (54%).
64% of U.S. voters say they've switched to cheaper groceries or buying less food to save money.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
34% of U.S. voters say they've skipped a meal in the past year to save money.
The percentages are higher for Black (44%), Hispanic (41%), women (39%) and voters under 30 (54%).
64% of U.S. voters say they've switched to cheaper groceries or buying less food to save money.
tcf.org/content/repo...
The percentages are higher for Black (44%), Hispanic (41%), women (39%) and voters under 30 (54%).
64% of U.S. voters say they've switched to cheaper groceries or buying less food to save money.
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Making previously eradicated diseases great again 🙄
“We are faced with ongoing transmission that we anticipate will go on for many more weeks,” Dr. Linda Bell, state epidemiologist, [said]…
Twenty-seven of those cases have been reported since Friday. “That is a significant increase in our cases in a short period of time”
Twenty-seven of those cases have been reported since Friday. “That is a significant increase in our cases in a short period of time”
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Making previously eradicated diseases great again 🙄
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
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December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
More purging of Black history, women's history, and other "DEI" subjects. US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops
abcnews.go.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
More purging of Black history, women's history, and other "DEI" subjects. US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
RFK Jr. - when he's not sexting, he's making American kids die again.... Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates https://wapo.st/4iQ7VwN
December 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
RFK Jr. - when he's not sexting, he's making American kids die again.... Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates https://wapo.st/4iQ7VwN
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Don't be surprised if soon you won't be able to purchase books about Martin Luther King, Jr. at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park. #NationalParks abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops
abcnews.go.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Don't be surprised if soon you won't be able to purchase books about Martin Luther King, Jr. at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park. #NationalParks abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Americans can't afford groceries, housing, healthcare or utilities.
Trump's answer:
Give another $67 billion tax break to Big Tech, and their billionaires who gave him millions in donations, to write off their R&D retroactively.
This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like.
Trump's answer:
Give another $67 billion tax break to Big Tech, and their billionaires who gave him millions in donations, to write off their R&D retroactively.
This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like.
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Americans can't afford groceries, housing, healthcare or utilities.
Trump's answer:
Give another $67 billion tax break to Big Tech, and their billionaires who gave him millions in donations, to write off their R&D retroactively.
This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like.
Trump's answer:
Give another $67 billion tax break to Big Tech, and their billionaires who gave him millions in donations, to write off their R&D retroactively.
This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like.
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This is the man who runs the federal police force. What could go wrong?
MS NOW, citing three unnamed sources, reports Patel has, at least twice, ordered his girlfriend's FBI security detail to also escort one of her allegedly intoxicated friends after a night of partying. Agents have objected to the order, only for Patel to throw a fit trib.al/IruNVbk
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is the man who runs the federal police force. What could go wrong?
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