Chris P
@terrasanctus9.bsky.social
Retired journalist; LT lesbian relationship; cat mom; rural life; Democrat. NO CHATS!
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Daniel Woodrell, the author of “Winter’s Bone” who was known for his tales of violence and squalor in his native Ozarks, died on Friday. He was 72.
Daniel Woodrell, ‘Country Noir’ Novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ Dies at 72
His tales of violence and squalor in his native Ozarks had the timeless quality of fables and inspired several movies.
nyti.ms
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Daniel Woodrell, the author of “Winter’s Bone” who was known for his tales of violence and squalor in his native Ozarks, died on Friday. He was 72.
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The EU’s highest court ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognize a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany. https://cnn.it/3Xm3WhI
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The EU’s highest court ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognize a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany. https://cnn.it/3Xm3WhI
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The Trump administration has tapped a former Louisiana health official who ordered a stop to promotions of mass vaccination events last winter to be the CDC's new principal deputy director.
Louisiana vaccine skeptic gets No. 2 CDC job
Former Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham also backed the unproven COVID treatment ivermectin.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Trump administration has tapped a former Louisiana health official who ordered a stop to promotions of mass vaccination events last winter to be the CDC's new principal deputy director.
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Almost a year into Trump's second term, veterans doing business with DC are feeling the sting of the president's efforts to shrink the federal government and DOGE’s crusade to combat what it calls waste, fraud and abuse.
Veteran-owned businesses are feeling burned by Trump’s contract cutting
Among the contracts DOGE canceled under the Department of Veterans Affairs alone, two-thirds were with veteran-owned businesses.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Almost a year into Trump's second term, veterans doing business with DC are feeling the sting of the president's efforts to shrink the federal government and DOGE’s crusade to combat what it calls waste, fraud and abuse.
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Watch our reporter Lizzie Presser discuss Tierra Walker's story on @msnowreports.bsky.social:
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Watch our reporter Lizzie Presser discuss Tierra Walker's story on @msnowreports.bsky.social:
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
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We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term.
No president since Clinton has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
No president since Clinton has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Trump Is Undoing DOJ Prosecutions From His First Term
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term.
No president since Clinton has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
No president since Clinton has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
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“I was 14… I was 16… this was me when I met Epstein… there are thousands of us… time to let the secrets out of the shadows”
Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.
Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“I was 14… I was 16… this was me when I met Epstein… there are thousands of us… time to let the secrets out of the shadows”
Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.
Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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“Bible teaching, he noted, is to have ‘special care for strangers, aliens and sojourners.’
‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
U.S. Bishops Elect New Leader as Concerns Mount Over Treatment of Migrants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“Bible teaching, he noted, is to have ‘special care for strangers, aliens and sojourners.’
‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
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Here's a look at the files that have been leaked, shared and released in recent months.
Here are all the "Epstein files" that have been released — and which haven't
Files, images and documents related to Epstein have been a talking point since earlier this year.
www.axios.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Here's a look at the files that have been leaked, shared and released in recent months.
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INGRAHAM: “Does that mean the H-1B visa thing will not be a big priorit?”
TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”
INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”
TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”
Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕
TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”
INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”
TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”
Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
INGRAHAM: “Does that mean the H-1B visa thing will not be a big priorit?”
TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”
INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”
TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”
Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕
TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”
INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”
TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”
Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕
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A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. nyti.ms/3LSL8nC
Jonathan Braun, Felon Freed by Trump, to Be Sentenced Again in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn federal judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in luxury cars.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. nyti.ms/3LSL8nC
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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A prominent dictator in Eastern Europe admitted that he reached out to President Donald Trump to help him create a "financial shield" that would allow him to avoid big election losses, according to a new report.
Dictator admits he reached out to Trump to save him from election doom: report
A prominent dictator in Eastern Europe admitted that he reached out to President Donald Trump to help him create a "financial shield" that would allow him to avoid big election losses, according to a new report. Hungarian dictator Viktor Orban recently met with Trump at the White House for a bilater...
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A prominent dictator in Eastern Europe admitted that he reached out to President Donald Trump to help him create a "financial shield" that would allow him to avoid big election losses, according to a new report.
‘The Night of Broken Glass’: Survivors recall Kristallnacht, 87 years later | Read full article at san.com/cc/the-night...
‘The Night of Broken Glass’: Survivors recall Kristallnacht, 87 years later
More than 80 years later, three survivors of Kristallnacht, an attack on Jewish people in Germany, remember the horror they went through.
san.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
‘The Night of Broken Glass’: Survivors recall Kristallnacht, 87 years later | Read full article at san.com/cc/the-night...
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US: “How to Dems appeal to Christians and not get painted as the anti-God party?”
DNC chair @kenmartin.bsky.social : “There’s nothing Christian about Republicans throwing 42 million Americans off food assistance, or kicking the poorest off of their health benefits. Their faith is empty.”
DNC chair @kenmartin.bsky.social : “There’s nothing Christian about Republicans throwing 42 million Americans off food assistance, or kicking the poorest off of their health benefits. Their faith is empty.”
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
US: “How to Dems appeal to Christians and not get painted as the anti-God party?”
DNC chair @kenmartin.bsky.social : “There’s nothing Christian about Republicans throwing 42 million Americans off food assistance, or kicking the poorest off of their health benefits. Their faith is empty.”
DNC chair @kenmartin.bsky.social : “There’s nothing Christian about Republicans throwing 42 million Americans off food assistance, or kicking the poorest off of their health benefits. Their faith is empty.”
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Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
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President Donald Trump has approved a pardon for Michael McMahon, the White House said Friday, a retired New York City police officer who was convicted in 2023 for his role in stalking a New Jersey family on behalf of the Chinese government.
Trump approves pardon for former NYPD officer convicted in Chinese government scheme | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has approved a pardon for Michael McMahon, the White House said Friday, a retired New York City police officer who was convicted in 2023 for his role in stalking a New Jersey fa...
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
President Donald Trump has approved a pardon for Michael McMahon, the White House said Friday, a retired New York City police officer who was convicted in 2023 for his role in stalking a New Jersey family on behalf of the Chinese government.
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In Opinion
“The instinct to treat Zohran Mamdani as a local New York City phenomenon ignores the reality of the American voters behind his historic win,” Mara Gay writes. “Most of the people who voted for Mr. Mamdani for mayor are at the heart of the Democratic Party coalition, not at its fringes.”
“The instinct to treat Zohran Mamdani as a local New York City phenomenon ignores the reality of the American voters behind his historic win,” Mara Gay writes. “Most of the people who voted for Mr. Mamdani for mayor are at the heart of the Democratic Party coalition, not at its fringes.”
Opinion | What Started as Affordability Politics Has Become Something Deeper
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign ended up winning over some of the exact voters who make up a major part of the Democratic coalition. Why is worth considering.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
In Opinion
“The instinct to treat Zohran Mamdani as a local New York City phenomenon ignores the reality of the American voters behind his historic win,” Mara Gay writes. “Most of the people who voted for Mr. Mamdani for mayor are at the heart of the Democratic Party coalition, not at its fringes.”
“The instinct to treat Zohran Mamdani as a local New York City phenomenon ignores the reality of the American voters behind his historic win,” Mara Gay writes. “Most of the people who voted for Mr. Mamdani for mayor are at the heart of the Democratic Party coalition, not at its fringes.”
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the growing list of Justice Department targets seeking to dismiss criminal charges against them by arguing that their prosecutions are motivated solely by President Trump’s desire for revenge.
Letitia James urges court to toss her case, calling it Trump’s revenge
New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the list of Justice Department targets seeking to dismiss criminal charges by arguing vindictive prosecution.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the growing list of Justice Department targets seeking to dismiss criminal charges against them by arguing that their prosecutions are motivated solely by President Trump’s desire for revenge.
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If Musk meets all the benchmarks of his new $1 trillion pay package from Tesla he will be paid $274 MILLION EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS
This is his part-time job
This is his part-time job
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If Musk meets all the benchmarks of his new $1 trillion pay package from Tesla he will be paid $274 MILLION EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS
This is his part-time job
This is his part-time job
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Jeffries: "This from a group of people who somehow found $40b to bail out their right-wing dictator friend in Argentina. Republicans put Argentina first. And they can't find a dime to extend ACA tax credits? That's part of the reason why Republicans were rejected all across the country, pummeled."
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jeffries: "This from a group of people who somehow found $40b to bail out their right-wing dictator friend in Argentina. Republicans put Argentina first. And they can't find a dime to extend ACA tax credits? That's part of the reason why Republicans were rejected all across the country, pummeled."
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UPDATE: Trump’s FBI Director Kash Patel just fired a guy he blames for outing him for taking a jet to see his girlfriend sing the national anthem at a wrestling match.
‘Veep’ had nothing on this crew. 🎪
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
‘Veep’ had nothing on this crew. 🎪
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
November 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
UPDATE: Trump’s FBI Director Kash Patel just fired a guy he blames for outing him for taking a jet to see his girlfriend sing the national anthem at a wrestling match.
‘Veep’ had nothing on this crew. 🎪
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
‘Veep’ had nothing on this crew. 🎪
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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He’s been described as akin to a shadow president.
On Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. ET, join us for a virtual event digging into Russell Vought’s influence on Trump’s second term.
RSVP below ⤵️
On Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. ET, join us for a virtual event digging into Russell Vought’s influence on Trump’s second term.
RSVP below ⤵️
ProPublica Event - The Shadow President
A conversation about ProPublica’s yearlong investigation into Russell Vought, the Project 2025 architect and Trump budget guru.
events.propublica.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
He’s been described as akin to a shadow president.
On Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. ET, join us for a virtual event digging into Russell Vought’s influence on Trump’s second term.
RSVP below ⤵️
On Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. ET, join us for a virtual event digging into Russell Vought’s influence on Trump’s second term.
RSVP below ⤵️
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A U.S. citizen was seen being detained by Border Patrol agents in Chicago, a day after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed that her agency was not engaging in the practice.
Video shows US citizen cuffed a day after Kristi Noem claimed no such thing is happening
A U.S. citizen was seen being detained by Border Patrol agents in Chicago, a day after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed that her agency was not engaging in the practice.In a video obtained by The Chicago Tribune on Friday, Border Patrol agents surround a Latino man in ha...
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A U.S. citizen was seen being detained by Border Patrol agents in Chicago, a day after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed that her agency was not engaging in the practice.