William Babbel
@sanjoseaficionado.bsky.social
Life long fan of the Warriors & Dolphins Retired Engineer
Politics Nerd
Politics Nerd
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🚨If YOU live in 1 of these REPUBLICAN districts, these are the MOST vulnerable R's whose seats will be FLIPPED next year if they vote YES to cut Medicaid.
Please CALL your representative the vote is TODAY & help SAVE MEDICAID. YOUR voice does matter and does make a DIFFERENCE. 202-224-3121.🚨
Please CALL your representative the vote is TODAY & help SAVE MEDICAID. YOUR voice does matter and does make a DIFFERENCE. 202-224-3121.🚨
February 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨If YOU live in 1 of these REPUBLICAN districts, these are the MOST vulnerable R's whose seats will be FLIPPED next year if they vote YES to cut Medicaid.
Please CALL your representative the vote is TODAY & help SAVE MEDICAID. YOUR voice does matter and does make a DIFFERENCE. 202-224-3121.🚨
Please CALL your representative the vote is TODAY & help SAVE MEDICAID. YOUR voice does matter and does make a DIFFERENCE. 202-224-3121.🚨
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One of the greatest clapbacks in the history of Twitter from when it was still Twitter.
February 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
One of the greatest clapbacks in the history of Twitter from when it was still Twitter.
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REPORTER: What expertise does Elon Musk have in the areas of global health or humanitarian aid to assess what's happening at USAID?
LEAVITT: He's a once in a generation business leader. And I think Elon Musk has a little bit of common sense.
LEAVITT: He's a once in a generation business leader. And I think Elon Musk has a little bit of common sense.
February 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
REPORTER: What expertise does Elon Musk have in the areas of global health or humanitarian aid to assess what's happening at USAID?
LEAVITT: He's a once in a generation business leader. And I think Elon Musk has a little bit of common sense.
LEAVITT: He's a once in a generation business leader. And I think Elon Musk has a little bit of common sense.
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The Trump’s campaign promise was to finish the job they started on Jan 6 and this is what it looks like.
The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID
Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to consolidate power and slash funding.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The Trump’s campaign promise was to finish the job they started on Jan 6 and this is what it looks like.
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i love that in addition to everything else, elon musk is the dumbest asshole on the planet
February 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
i love that in addition to everything else, elon musk is the dumbest asshole on the planet
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Just the <checks notes> Chair of the House Appropriations Committee going on the record to say that appropriations statutes “are not a law.”
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
January 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just the <checks notes> Chair of the House Appropriations Committee going on the record to say that appropriations statutes “are not a law.”
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
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JUST IN: Grassley and Durbin write jointly to Trump and demand he "immediately" comply with law re: inspectors general removal. www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
January 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
JUST IN: Grassley and Durbin write jointly to Trump and demand he "immediately" comply with law re: inspectors general removal. www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Sounds like an official act so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This purge is bone-chilling and unprecedented. It’s straight out of the authoritarian’s playbook. Inspectors General are a vital, independent check on misconduct and abuse within the executive branch. Trump is ousting them so he can break the law with zero oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Sounds like an official act so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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She leaned in with her whole chest and a smile. 😂
January 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
She leaned in with her whole chest and a smile. 😂
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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum trolls Trump by displaying a 17th-century world map showing "America Mexicana"
January 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum trolls Trump by displaying a 17th-century world map showing "America Mexicana"
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CONCUR! Not only am I not posting on X and have deleted my account there, as a journalist I have changed my social handle on my chyron from X to bluesky . I encourage every member of the media to do the same.
December 18, 2024 at 11:31 PM
CONCUR! Not only am I not posting on X and have deleted my account there, as a journalist I have changed my social handle on my chyron from X to bluesky . I encourage every member of the media to do the same.
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Whew!
@wajali.bsky.social leaves Pete Hegseth for roadkill, then backs up to run over his dead ass again.
@wajali.bsky.social leaves Pete Hegseth for roadkill, then backs up to run over his dead ass again.
December 14, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Whew!
@wajali.bsky.social leaves Pete Hegseth for roadkill, then backs up to run over his dead ass again.
@wajali.bsky.social leaves Pete Hegseth for roadkill, then backs up to run over his dead ass again.
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NBC: Mississippi Free Press "Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter,” Pittman said. “Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.”
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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
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November 30, 2024 at 4:38 PM
NBC: Mississippi Free Press "Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter,” Pittman said. “Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.”
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Donald Trump lied that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she was closing the border on a call with him.
She rebuffed him saying “we reiterate that Mexico's position is not to close borders.”
Border crossings are at the lowest of Biden’s presidency and he’s taking credit.
What a total fraud
She rebuffed him saying “we reiterate that Mexico's position is not to close borders.”
Border crossings are at the lowest of Biden’s presidency and he’s taking credit.
What a total fraud
November 28, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Donald Trump lied that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she was closing the border on a call with him.
She rebuffed him saying “we reiterate that Mexico's position is not to close borders.”
Border crossings are at the lowest of Biden’s presidency and he’s taking credit.
What a total fraud
She rebuffed him saying “we reiterate that Mexico's position is not to close borders.”
Border crossings are at the lowest of Biden’s presidency and he’s taking credit.
What a total fraud
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Tommy got his Putin talking points scrambled.
November 27, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Tommy got his Putin talking points scrambled.
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All this.
Things I’m tired of explaining to people on Twitter:
• Yes, scientists know more than you do.
• No, your own “research” is not better than peer-reviewed data.
• Your vs. You’re
• No, Hitler did not have a point.
• A constitutional republic is a form of democracy.
• Yes, scientists know more than you do.
• No, your own “research” is not better than peer-reviewed data.
• Your vs. You’re
• No, Hitler did not have a point.
• A constitutional republic is a form of democracy.
November 23, 2024 at 11:13 PM
All this.
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So this is pretty cool: I think I’m the first national news correspondent to switch my chyron social handle from X to Bluesky. 💪🏽
November 22, 2024 at 6:24 AM
So this is pretty cool: I think I’m the first national news correspondent to switch my chyron social handle from X to Bluesky. 💪🏽
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The Senate appears to be doing what the American people did not: preventing men who have been credibly accused of sexually assaulting women from taking high offices.
November 21, 2024 at 6:38 PM
The Senate appears to be doing what the American people did not: preventing men who have been credibly accused of sexually assaulting women from taking high offices.
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Turd owned us again.
November 21, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Turd owned us again.
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"After being asked for comment for this story, Gaetz announced he was backing out as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee."
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
EXCLUSIVE: Ethics committee told of second sexual encounter between Matt Gaetz and 17-year-old, sources say | CNN Politics
The woman who says she had sex when she was a minor with then-Rep. Matt Gaetz told the House Ethics Committee she had two sexual encounters with him at a party in 2017, sources familiar with her testi...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:56 PM
"After being asked for comment for this story, Gaetz announced he was backing out as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee."
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...
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Trump is itching to get his Cabinet in place. President Biden should help him by ordering FBI background checks on all Trump nominees to begin immediately.
Pretty interesting idea - Biden can order background checks into Trump’s outrageous nominees.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | Biden should order background checks of Trump’s Cabinet picks
The FBI has conducted background investigations of White House nominees since at least the tenure of President Dwight Eisenhower’s time in office.
www.msnbc.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Trump is itching to get his Cabinet in place. President Biden should help him by ordering FBI background checks on all Trump nominees to begin immediately.
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BREAKING:
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
BREAKING:
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.