Rod Rose
@rodrose2.bsky.social
I'm a retired journalist, spending 43 years at one daily, with (much) briefer stops at two other papers, and 12 years as a volunteer firefighter. The older I get the more liberal I become.
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BREAKING: We're joining a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from accessing Rhode Island’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.
This puts our sensitive information at risk and could be used to try to disenfranchise voters.
This puts our sensitive information at risk and could be used to try to disenfranchise voters.
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
BREAKING: We're joining a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from accessing Rhode Island’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.
This puts our sensitive information at risk and could be used to try to disenfranchise voters.
This puts our sensitive information at risk and could be used to try to disenfranchise voters.
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voter suppression and illegal gerrymandering is commonplace in Texas because that state's Republicans hate democracy. I'm amazed that any Democrats, a brave group, were elected.
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
voter suppression and illegal gerrymandering is commonplace in Texas because that state's Republicans hate democracy. I'm amazed that any Democrats, a brave group, were elected.
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The Indianapolis Colts have signed 44-year-old Philip Rivers out of retirement to the practice squad. The QB last played in the NFL in 2020. https://cnn.it/3Mp8dPf
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Indianapolis Colts have signed 44-year-old Philip Rivers out of retirement to the practice squad. The QB last played in the NFL in 2020. https://cnn.it/3Mp8dPf
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Trump has ordered the killings of over 80 people in the Caribbean Sea for allegedly bringing drugs into the U.S., yet he pardoned someone who trafficked in infinitely more drugs than any of these people he’s illegally killing. trib.al/3HP7yud
And it gets worse.
And it gets worse.
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trump has ordered the killings of over 80 people in the Caribbean Sea for allegedly bringing drugs into the U.S., yet he pardoned someone who trafficked in infinitely more drugs than any of these people he’s illegally killing. trib.al/3HP7yud
And it gets worse.
And it gets worse.
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Legal scholars are worried that Supreme Court decisions are increasingly kneecapping Congress and may enable “aggressive efforts” by the current president and his successors.
Legal Experts Sound Alarm on ‘Very Bad Sign’ in SCOTUS Case
Legal scholars agree that SCOTUS decisions will be “very hard to recover from.”
trib.al
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Legal scholars are worried that Supreme Court decisions are increasingly kneecapping Congress and may enable “aggressive efforts” by the current president and his successors.
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And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.
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Jimmy Kimmel has signed a yearlong contract extension with ABC. The agreement would keep him on air through at least May 2027 — despite Trump's wishes.
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Jimmy Kimmel has signed a yearlong contract extension with ABC. The agreement would keep him on air through at least May 2027 — despite Trump's wishes.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
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I’m guessing this is sedition or treason or something
The top U.S. military officer overseeing operations in Latin America met privately with lawmakers, days before he is due to step down prematurely amid tension with the Trump administration over its deadly counternarcotics campaign there.
Admiral pushed out by Hegseth meets privately with lawmakers
Adm. Alvin Holsey, who oversees military operations in Latin America, has voiced concern about the Trump administration’s activities there.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I’m guessing this is sedition or treason or something
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Reminder that not only do library systems have physical media (& many also lend tools, electronics etc), your library card may give you access to streamers Kanopy and Hoopla. We just watched Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of The Rainmaker via a hoopla the other night. Pretty good!
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Reminder that not only do library systems have physical media (& many also lend tools, electronics etc), your library card may give you access to streamers Kanopy and Hoopla. We just watched Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of The Rainmaker via a hoopla the other night. Pretty good!
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ICEBlock creator sues Trump officials after Apple pulled app in ‘unconstitutional’ coercion scheme
ICEBlock creator sues Trump officials after DOJ ‘coerced’ Apple to pull app
www.independent.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ICEBlock creator sues Trump officials after Apple pulled app in ‘unconstitutional’ coercion scheme
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First, let me say: Fuck the Heritage Foundation. This is adjacent to 2025.
Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
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Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
🧵
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
First, let me say: Fuck the Heritage Foundation. This is adjacent to 2025.
Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
🧵
Second: Don't go to their website because don't give them the traffic.
Third: This is their nonsense plan for making everyone miserable in '26.
🧵
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EU officials are weighing the 'Nuclear Option' of dumping U.S. Treasuries if Trump cuts a Ukraine deal and betrays the Allies. This would trigger an economic collapse in the US, millions would lose everything overnight and Saudi Arabia, UAE, and China would buyout the country.
December 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
EU officials are weighing the 'Nuclear Option' of dumping U.S. Treasuries if Trump cuts a Ukraine deal and betrays the Allies. This would trigger an economic collapse in the US, millions would lose everything overnight and Saudi Arabia, UAE, and China would buyout the country.
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American airports will have small gyms installed as part of a drive by Robert F Kennedy Jr to make travellers more active
RFK Jr wants you to work out at the airport
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
American airports will have small gyms installed as part of a drive by Robert F Kennedy Jr to make travellers more active
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These grand jury materials will “not add to the public knowledge.” A judge says Trump misled the public and disregarded the victims.”
A federal judge ORDERS the disclosure of Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials.
But Judge Engelmayer swipes repeatedly at Trump's DOJ for paying "lip service" to then sidelining victims — and misleading the public about what the records contain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But Judge Engelmayer swipes repeatedly at Trump's DOJ for paying "lip service" to then sidelining victims — and misleading the public about what the records contain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
These grand jury materials will “not add to the public knowledge.” A judge says Trump misled the public and disregarded the victims.”
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Two U.S. F-18 fighter jets flying in tandem entered Venezuelan airspace around noon Tuesday, circling over the Gulf of Venezuela in the latest show of force against the regime of Nicolás Maduro.
In defiant flyover, U.S. F-18 fighter jets enter Venezuelan airspace for 40 minutes
Two U.S. F-18 fighter jets entered Venezuelan airspace in a dramatic show of force as military tensions between Washington and the Maduro regime escalate
www.miamiherald.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Two U.S. F-18 fighter jets flying in tandem entered Venezuelan airspace around noon Tuesday, circling over the Gulf of Venezuela in the latest show of force against the regime of Nicolás Maduro.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Awesome work to show a commercial while the most important moment of the game happened Fox
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Awesome work to show a commercial while the most important moment of the game happened Fox
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Really disgusting, but SO typical of the Trump administration. Making up their own rules and continuing their assaults on US people...
Toledo-Martinez answered a knock at his door to find a federal immigration agent posing as a construction worker, who claimed to have hit his car.
He went outside and another agent released the dog, which bit him repeatedly. Now Patty Murray calls for his release.
newrepublic.com/post/204073/...
He went outside and another agent released the dog, which bit him repeatedly. Now Patty Murray calls for his release.
newrepublic.com/post/204073/...
ICE Agents Released an Attack Dog on a Man: Report
The latest horrific development in Trump’s war on immigrants occurred in the state of Washington.
newrepublic.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Really disgusting, but SO typical of the Trump administration. Making up their own rules and continuing their assaults on US people...
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without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
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You guys pardoned over 1,500 people like that
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
You guys pardoned over 1,500 people like that
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Trump threat to deport US citizens will 'face significant legal challenges': experts
www.alternet.org
Trump threat to deport US citizens will 'face significant legal challenges': experts
twp.ai
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump threat to deport US citizens will 'face significant legal challenges': experts
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it's not the most important issue right now but I would *really* like to see Democrats who want to be president announcing in no uncertain terms that anything this goober manages to carve his name on, it comes off. anything he builds, it gets torn down.
Trump: "There's a big event on Friday at the Trump-Kennedy Center-- op -- excuse me, at the Kennedy Center"
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
it's not the most important issue right now but I would *really* like to see Democrats who want to be president announcing in no uncertain terms that anything this goober manages to carve his name on, it comes off. anything he builds, it gets torn down.
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Trump pardons media exec indicted by his own DOJ
www.rawstory.com
Trump pardons media exec indicted by his own DOJ
twp.ai
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Trump pardons media exec indicted by his own DOJ