@sbatskins.bsky.social
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The would put Germany in command of U.S. forces, including nuclear weapons, deployed in Europe. Which probably indicates the Trump Administration envisions there being none.
🇺🇸🇩🇪 The US would like Germany to take over the command of Nato forces in Europe, Whitaker said, - The Times
In remarks that elicited shock from a German Nato general seated next to him, Whitaker said it was US long-term “aspirational goal” that Berlin should appoint supreme allied commander Europe.
In remarks that elicited shock from a German Nato general seated next to him, Whitaker said it was US long-term “aspirational goal” that Berlin should appoint supreme allied commander Europe.
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The would put Germany in command of U.S. forces, including nuclear weapons, deployed in Europe. Which probably indicates the Trump Administration envisions there being none.
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DAILY MEMO: A Father Was Abducted by Feds. His Teen Son Left School to Finish His Work Route
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@eltragon.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
DAILY MEMO: A Father Was Abducted by Feds. His Teen Son Left School to Finish His Work Route
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@eltragon.bsky.social
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NATURE/NORWAY1.GIF
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
NATURE/NORWAY1.GIF
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Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
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From Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, Rep. @velazquez.house.gov has always been a champion and tireless advocate for immigrants, small businesses and working families. Your grace and fight showed us what real leadership looks like. From the bottom of my heart, thank you La Luchadora.
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
From Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, Rep. @velazquez.house.gov has always been a champion and tireless advocate for immigrants, small businesses and working families. Your grace and fight showed us what real leadership looks like. From the bottom of my heart, thank you La Luchadora.
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For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM
Watch (or Rewatch) one of my favorite films: "Broadcast News" (1987) - Dir. James L. Brooks
Fantastic performances by Holly Hunter, William Hurt, & Albert Brooks.
And, this unforgettable scene featuring Joan Cusack. ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYCE...
Watch (or Rewatch) one of my favorite films: "Broadcast News" (1987) - Dir. James L. Brooks
Fantastic performances by Holly Hunter, William Hurt, & Albert Brooks.
And, this unforgettable scene featuring Joan Cusack. ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYCE...
Broadcast News - Tape Scene
YouTube video by Peter Ghosh
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM
Watch (or Rewatch) one of my favorite films: "Broadcast News" (1987) - Dir. James L. Brooks
Fantastic performances by Holly Hunter, William Hurt, & Albert Brooks.
And, this unforgettable scene featuring Joan Cusack. ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYCE...
Watch (or Rewatch) one of my favorite films: "Broadcast News" (1987) - Dir. James L. Brooks
Fantastic performances by Holly Hunter, William Hurt, & Albert Brooks.
And, this unforgettable scene featuring Joan Cusack. ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYCE...
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Billionaires own media outlets to protect billionaires from scrutiny.
People who yell about generational inequality are liars or fools. The problem is the super-rich, not your parents deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-rich-p...
The Rich People Who Own the Media Want Generations to Fight, not Classes
Yelling about generational inequality is a sure tell someone is a liar or clueless
deanbaker22.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Billionaires own media outlets to protect billionaires from scrutiny.
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"The wind moves across the ridge, brushing the flags and passing across the graves. And if you stand there long enough, you can almost hear his words carried back through time—not as history, but as instruction." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-great-...
‘The Great Task Remaining Before Us’: Lincoln’s Vision at Gettysburg
On the anniversary of his address, a reminder that democracy requires dedication.
www.thebulwark.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"The wind moves across the ridge, brushing the flags and passing across the graves. And if you stand there long enough, you can almost hear his words carried back through time—not as history, but as instruction." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-great-...
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"What happens when an industry spends 15 years telling talented young journalists that personal brand is currency, that access is the game, that being a character in the story makes better content—and then acts shocked when someone takes that logic a few degrees too far?"
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"What happens when an industry spends 15 years telling talented young journalists that personal brand is currency, that access is the game, that being a character in the story makes better content—and then acts shocked when someone takes that logic a few degrees too far?"
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JFC
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
JFC
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Happy #Snow Day, UK
The Sisters of Mercy - Driven Like the Snow
YouTube video by smoigor
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Happy #Snow Day, UK
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The UK Navy has ordered DragonFire laser systems for its Type 45 destroyers after the system successfully shot down a drone traveling at 650 km/h during tests.
militarnyi.com/en/news/drag...
militarnyi.com/en/news/drag...
DragonFire Laser Successfully Shoots Down Drone at 650 km/h: Britain Orders Systems for Destroyers - Militarnyi
The contract is part of a broader effort to equip ships with new technology to counter potential drone threats.
militarnyi.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The UK Navy has ordered DragonFire laser systems for its Type 45 destroyers after the system successfully shot down a drone traveling at 650 km/h during tests.
militarnyi.com/en/news/drag...
militarnyi.com/en/news/drag...
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BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have dismissed all charges against two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, who were accused of ramming a vehicle driven by Border Patrol agents on Oct. 4, court records show.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
2 Chicagoans, Including Woman Shot by Federal Agents, Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle
Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are facing felony charges of “forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer,” federal prosecutors announc...
news.wttw.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have dismissed all charges against two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, who were accused of ramming a vehicle driven by Border Patrol agents on Oct. 4, court records show.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
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This is the ad for which Trump thinks Democratic lawmakers should be executed:
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is the ad for which Trump thinks Democratic lawmakers should be executed:
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Buzz Grambo is on bluesky if you'd like to give him a follow and/or shout out!
@buzzgrambo.bsky.social is another #AltCitizen finding their best way to resist and committing.
Not everyone is able to do what he does, so we're thankful for those like Buzz who put themselves out there.
@buzzgrambo.bsky.social is another #AltCitizen finding their best way to resist and committing.
Not everyone is able to do what he does, so we're thankful for those like Buzz who put themselves out there.
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Buzz Grambo is on bluesky if you'd like to give him a follow and/or shout out!
@buzzgrambo.bsky.social is another #AltCitizen finding their best way to resist and committing.
Not everyone is able to do what he does, so we're thankful for those like Buzz who put themselves out there.
@buzzgrambo.bsky.social is another #AltCitizen finding their best way to resist and committing.
Not everyone is able to do what he does, so we're thankful for those like Buzz who put themselves out there.
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By characterizing abortion as health care, international orgs have pushed back against abortion exceptionalism. The World Health Organization recognizes that “[a]bortion is a simple health care intervention.” Numerous countries have adopted laws and policies to align with WHO recommendations.
Global Approaches to Abortion as Health Care - O'Neill
The O’Neill Institute believes that the law is a fundamental tool for solving critical health problems.
oneill.law.georgetown.edu
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
By characterizing abortion as health care, international orgs have pushed back against abortion exceptionalism. The World Health Organization recognizes that “[a]bortion is a simple health care intervention.” Numerous countries have adopted laws and policies to align with WHO recommendations.
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It occurs to me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, that what is happening with the ultra rich oppressing and exploiting everyone else is a mirror of what humans have done to the earth.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
It occurs to me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, that what is happening with the ultra rich oppressing and exploiting everyone else is a mirror of what humans have done to the earth.
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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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#50YearsOfESA
#2020
Solar Orbiter was launched on 10 February 2020. An ESA mission with NASA participation, Solar Orbiter is the most complex scientific mission ever sent to our Sun, taking the closest images than any spacecraft before and the first to study our star's polar regions up close 🧪🔭
#2020
Solar Orbiter was launched on 10 February 2020. An ESA mission with NASA participation, Solar Orbiter is the most complex scientific mission ever sent to our Sun, taking the closest images than any spacecraft before and the first to study our star's polar regions up close 🧪🔭
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#50YearsOfESA
#2020
Solar Orbiter was launched on 10 February 2020. An ESA mission with NASA participation, Solar Orbiter is the most complex scientific mission ever sent to our Sun, taking the closest images than any spacecraft before and the first to study our star's polar regions up close 🧪🔭
#2020
Solar Orbiter was launched on 10 February 2020. An ESA mission with NASA participation, Solar Orbiter is the most complex scientific mission ever sent to our Sun, taking the closest images than any spacecraft before and the first to study our star's polar regions up close 🧪🔭
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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This is treason! Never forget.
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is treason! Never forget.
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
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“Tell ppl that there’s an invisible man in the sky
who created the universe, & the vast majority
will believe you.
Tell them the paint is wet, & they have to touch it
to be sure.” - George Carlin
who created the universe, & the vast majority
will believe you.
Tell them the paint is wet, & they have to touch it
to be sure.” - George Carlin
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Tell ppl that there’s an invisible man in the sky
who created the universe, & the vast majority
will believe you.
Tell them the paint is wet, & they have to touch it
to be sure.” - George Carlin
who created the universe, & the vast majority
will believe you.
Tell them the paint is wet, & they have to touch it
to be sure.” - George Carlin