TimmyTvdP
@timmytvdp.bsky.social
fmr National Foreign Language Teacher Aide in CA, ID, WA, MA, WI, OH
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Newsmax host to Leavitt on Trump's farm bailout: "It's not funded by tax dollars. It's funded by tariffs."
"That's right," Leavitt replies
(Tariffs are taxes on American importers)
"That's right," Leavitt replies
(Tariffs are taxes on American importers)
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Newsmax host to Leavitt on Trump's farm bailout: "It's not funded by tax dollars. It's funded by tariffs."
"That's right," Leavitt replies
(Tariffs are taxes on American importers)
"That's right," Leavitt replies
(Tariffs are taxes on American importers)
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It’s way past time for every WH reporter to speak out to Trump’s face when he’s insulting female reporters. Is your access so critical that you’ll allow your colleagues to be abused?
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s way past time for every WH reporter to speak out to Trump’s face when he’s insulting female reporters. Is your access so critical that you’ll allow your colleagues to be abused?
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Join me at 5:30 PM PT for a live watchalong of The Last Class — the film about my final semester teaching. We’ll introduce the film, offer commentary during it, and answer questions at the end. All you need to do is click the link below to watch!
https://www.youtube.com/live/LuHZz17aZWw
https://www.youtube.com/live/LuHZz17aZWw
The Last Class with Robert Reich: Live Watchalong
Inequality Media Civic Action
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Join me at 5:30 PM PT for a live watchalong of The Last Class — the film about my final semester teaching. We’ll introduce the film, offer commentary during it, and answer questions at the end. All you need to do is click the link below to watch!
https://www.youtube.com/live/LuHZz17aZWw
https://www.youtube.com/live/LuHZz17aZWw
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The illegal make believe war at sea could be a prelude to an illegal real war with Venezuela.
“We are on the cusp of another unjustified, unauthorized war.”
The second strike isn’t the only problem
Extrajudicial killings may lead to another regime-change war
contrarian.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The illegal make believe war at sea could be a prelude to an illegal real war with Venezuela.
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NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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As a kid, Pearl Harbor Day seemed like such a big day on the news since so many survivors were still alive, now only 12 are alive.
We are losing history in real time - thank god, though, we recorded on the news so many memorials that Pearl Harbor survivors did attend!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/u...
We are losing history in real time - thank god, though, we recorded on the news so many memorials that Pearl Harbor survivors did attend!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/u...
Only 12 Pearl Harbor survivors remain. On the 84th anniversary, none can attend this year’s remembrance | CNN
Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront.
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
As a kid, Pearl Harbor Day seemed like such a big day on the news since so many survivors were still alive, now only 12 are alive.
We are losing history in real time - thank god, though, we recorded on the news so many memorials that Pearl Harbor survivors did attend!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/u...
We are losing history in real time - thank god, though, we recorded on the news so many memorials that Pearl Harbor survivors did attend!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/u...
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NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
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contrarian.substack.com/p/the-second... As horrifying the second strike may be, Paul correctly identified a more frightful issue: Trump’s concocted “drug war” is just a pretext to bootstrap extrajudicial killings into grounds for a regime-change war of the very type Trump vowed never to start
The second strike isn’t the only problem
Extrajudicial killings may lead to another regime-change war
contrarian.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
contrarian.substack.com/p/the-second... As horrifying the second strike may be, Paul correctly identified a more frightful issue: Trump’s concocted “drug war” is just a pretext to bootstrap extrajudicial killings into grounds for a regime-change war of the very type Trump vowed never to start
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The “garbage” destroying America isn’t in Minnesota’s Somalian community. It’s in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The “garbage” destroying America isn’t in Minnesota’s Somalian community. It’s in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I've outlined the structure and presumptions of the National Security Strategy so you can more easily see how much of it builds off wildly false assumptions about America's strength.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/08/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/08/t...
The National Security Strategy's Structure and Presumptions - emptywheel
Trump's National Security Strategy envisions sustaining American power by removing brown people and women from positions of power, sustaining a failed trade war, and dictating what Europe should be.
www.emptywheel.net
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I've outlined the structure and presumptions of the National Security Strategy so you can more easily see how much of it builds off wildly false assumptions about America's strength.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/08/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/08/t...
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Grim and excellent discussion today on the president’s unhinged cabinet meeting rant (upon waking) about Somalian Americans, the vacuous press secretary’s cultish praise, and the regime’s push towards remigration - a euphemism for ethnic cleansing. Great work by @gregsargent.bsky.social and guest.
This got largely overlooked, but note that Karoline Leavitt actually praised Trump's vile rant about Somalis as "epic." The cult worship has gotten so bad that his open racism now must be celebrated.
On the pod, we dig into this and his threat to denaturalize:
newrepublic.com/article/2040...
On the pod, we dig into this and his threat to denaturalize:
newrepublic.com/article/2040...
Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Spin on Mental State Flies Off Rails
As Karoline Leavitt’s defense of Trump morphs into bizarre praise for his racism toward Somalis, a former White House official explains how the saga unmasks the deeper depravities consuming Trumpworld...
newrepublic.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Grim and excellent discussion today on the president’s unhinged cabinet meeting rant (upon waking) about Somalian Americans, the vacuous press secretary’s cultish praise, and the regime’s push towards remigration - a euphemism for ethnic cleansing. Great work by @gregsargent.bsky.social and guest.
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“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice. Trump has deemed that this type of misrepresentation is sufficient to preclude someone from serving the country.”
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice. Trump has deemed that this type of misrepresentation is sufficient to preclude someone from serving the country.”
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In the not-too-recent past, it would have been unthinkable for a president to attack his political opponent using a derogatory term for people with intellectual disabilities.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
December 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In the not-too-recent past, it would have been unthinkable for a president to attack his political opponent using a derogatory term for people with intellectual disabilities.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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"In less than a year’s time, a quarter of the workforce has departed. Morale is dangerously low. In the present environment, speaking truth to power is being turned into an occupational hazard.” - the American Foreign Service Association
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Exodus From State Department Legal Office Could Heighten Risk Of Trump Admin Breaking The Law
The office tackles global issues such as the administration’s deadly strikes in the Caribbean, which lawmakers and experts say could involve war crimes. Dozens of officials have left this year.
www.huffpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"In less than a year’s time, a quarter of the workforce has departed. Morale is dangerously low. In the present environment, speaking truth to power is being turned into an occupational hazard.” - the American Foreign Service Association
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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“I’m descended from wolves”
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“I’m descended from wolves”
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Does anyone’s opinion matter more to Trump than Vladimir Putin?
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Does anyone’s opinion matter more to Trump than Vladimir Putin?
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Last week’s release of Trump’s National Security Strategy made one thing brutally clear and that is that the United States is no longer fully shaping its own foreign policy. The document reads like parts of it were written in Moscow and stamped in Washington
America’s Foreign Policy Now Alligns With Russia
Last week’s release of Trump’s National Security Strategy made one thing brutally clear and that is that the United States is no longer fully shaping its own foreign policy.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Last week’s release of Trump’s National Security Strategy made one thing brutally clear and that is that the United States is no longer fully shaping its own foreign policy. The document reads like parts of it were written in Moscow and stamped in Washington
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BINGO.
Even having a ZERO dollar deductible doesn’t do you any good if you can’t afford the premiums in the first place!
Even having a ZERO dollar deductible doesn’t do you any good if you can’t afford the premiums in the first place!
Lindsey Graham’s “plan” for healthcare is a scam. Please don’t buy what he is selling.
December 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
BINGO.
Even having a ZERO dollar deductible doesn’t do you any good if you can’t afford the premiums in the first place!
Even having a ZERO dollar deductible doesn’t do you any good if you can’t afford the premiums in the first place!
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We do not want to go back to sham health insurance plans and denials
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
We do not want to go back to sham health insurance plans and denials
Obamacare isn’t perfect, but it’s better than what we had—and what the GOP proposes.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We do not want to go back to sham health insurance plans and denials
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
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Rep. Jim Himes: "Pete Hegseth has no credibility on this matter. A week after this strike there was a briefing for Congress. Why was a follow up strike taken?"
December 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Rep. Jim Himes: "Pete Hegseth has no credibility on this matter. A week after this strike there was a briefing for Congress. Why was a follow up strike taken?"
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Megyn Kelly on Venezuela boat strikes: “I not only want to see them killed in the water, but I’d really like to see them suffer. I'd like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so that they lose a limb & bleed out a little.”
How very Christian of her.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
How very Christian of her.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Megyn Kelly on Venezuela boat strikes: “I not only want to see them killed in the water, but I’d really like to see them suffer. I'd like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so that they lose a limb & bleed out a little.”
How very Christian of her.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
How very Christian of her.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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Masked ICE agent says he “doesn’t care” if he’s a citizen as he kidnaps U.S. teen.
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Masked ICE agent says he “doesn’t care” if he’s a citizen as he kidnaps U.S. teen.
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
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“A recent Gallup poll found that Republicans disapprove of Trump’s policy on Ukraine more than any other issue.”
#Pinks #ProudBlue #MomSky
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
#Pinks #ProudBlue #MomSky
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Alarm grows in Europe over what is seen as Trump's 'betrayal' of Ukraine
European governments are fearful that Washington is laying the groundwork for an ultimatum to Kyiv on Moscow's terms.
www.latimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“A recent Gallup poll found that Republicans disapprove of Trump’s policy on Ukraine more than any other issue.”
#Pinks #ProudBlue #MomSky
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
#Pinks #ProudBlue #MomSky
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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"This Court’s eagerness to playact a district court here has serious consequences,” Justice Elena Kagan said after the ruling. “The majority calls its ‘evaluation’ of this case ‘preliminary.’ The results, though, will be anything but.”
www.theroot.com/why-supreme-...
www.theroot.com/why-supreme-...
December 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"This Court’s eagerness to playact a district court here has serious consequences,” Justice Elena Kagan said after the ruling. “The majority calls its ‘evaluation’ of this case ‘preliminary.’ The results, though, will be anything but.”
www.theroot.com/why-supreme-...
www.theroot.com/why-supreme-...