TJSloan
@tjsloan.bsky.social
Southern gentleman living in the third coast
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Trump’s Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver’s Seat
Trump's Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver's Seat
This isn’t the art of the deal but the wages of a foolish pursuit of protectionism. U.S. agriculture has been paying the price for years.
www.cato.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump’s Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver’s Seat
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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1/Because Judge Currie says the govt can’t keep appointing acting US Attys after an initial 120 day appt, it’s now up to the local district judges to name an acting us atty. They’re likely to name someone who will stand for the rule of law & not reindict bad cases. But…
And now, the case against Letitia James is dismissed too, same rationale but minus the statute of limitations complication.
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
1/Because Judge Currie says the govt can’t keep appointing acting US Attys after an initial 120 day appt, it’s now up to the local district judges to name an acting us atty. They’re likely to name someone who will stand for the rule of law & not reindict bad cases. But…
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Oops! One account boosted by Trump this weekend promoted banning Ilhan Omar from office. The account is based in Africa.
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meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...
Trump Amplified Foreign-Based Accounts This Weekend
One account boosted by Trump promoted banning Ilhan Omar from office. The account is based in Africa.
meidasnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oops! One account boosted by Trump this weekend promoted banning Ilhan Omar from office. The account is based in Africa.
meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...
meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...
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“You can’t have a political party that hates everyone except white people who like Hitler..."
“I don’t think we’re at that point,” she added, but “there is a battle.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
“I don’t think we’re at that point,” she added, but “there is a battle.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Why Republicans Are Fighting About the Nazis
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“You can’t have a political party that hates everyone except white people who like Hitler..."
“I don’t think we’re at that point,” she added, but “there is a battle.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
“I don’t think we’re at that point,” she added, but “there is a battle.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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If only Donald Trump could read:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If only Donald Trump could read:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
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"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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“Trump taking out his adversaries is nothing new. Relatives of Trump Casino executives who died in a rental helicopter crash in New Jersey, will tell you that, as some of them once did to me personally.” Chilling.
This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, link to subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'Lunatic Fringe'
The guy who just last Friday, on his way to yet another golf weekend in Palm Beach, pointed at White House press pool reporter Catherine Lucey and screeched, ‘Quiet, quiet piggy!’ is oddly being laude...
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Trump taking out his adversaries is nothing new. Relatives of Trump Casino executives who died in a rental helicopter crash in New Jersey, will tell you that, as some of them once did to me personally.” Chilling.
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"The unemployment rate has reached a four-year high, job openings are at a four-year low, and leading members of Trump’s own economic team have gone so far as to concede in recent weeks that parts of the U.S. economy are already in recession..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The White House’s celebration of the weak job market makes no sense
Job growth in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term is on pace to be the worst since the Great Recession. So why is his team bragging?
www.ms.now
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"The unemployment rate has reached a four-year high, job openings are at a four-year low, and leading members of Trump’s own economic team have gone so far as to concede in recent weeks that parts of the U.S. economy are already in recession..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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The Trump admin submitted a sworn declaration under oath that Costa Rica had changed its mind and would no longer take Mr. Abrego.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Unpacked:
In Aug., Govt said if Abrego pled guilty he could go to Costa Rica, where he's okay with going. Abrego said no to plea. Govt now wants to send him to Liberia. Why not Costa Rica? Govt told judge Thurs that Costa Rica wouldn’t take him anymore. @mariasacchetti exposed them.
In Aug., Govt said if Abrego pled guilty he could go to Costa Rica, where he's okay with going. Abrego said no to plea. Govt now wants to send him to Liberia. Why not Costa Rica? Govt told judge Thurs that Costa Rica wouldn’t take him anymore. @mariasacchetti exposed them.
Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Trump admin submitted a sworn declaration under oath that Costa Rica had changed its mind and would no longer take Mr. Abrego.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
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"Many residents have yelled profanities at them, and honked their horns at agents when their unmarked vehicles are spotted..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
In North Carolina, the Border Patrol’s Presence Divides a Swing State
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Many residents have yelled profanities at them, and honked their horns at agents when their unmarked vehicles are spotted..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
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For the journalism schools:
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
For the journalism schools:
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social
Making a conspiratorial dimwit sound like a maverick hero in a just battle of wills against the negatively valenced "scientific" orthodoxy.
That is not even performative neutrality any more, that is taking sides
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@michaelemann.bsky.social
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“The average eighth grader’s math skills are now a full school year behind where they were in 2013. The premise that foundational ideas don’t need to be learned anymore is a recipe for idiocracy.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’
What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“The average eighth grader’s math skills are now a full school year behind where they were in 2013. The premise that foundational ideas don’t need to be learned anymore is a recipe for idiocracy.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
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My thoughts on ABC news- Scientists, not political appointees, should be who advises the public on clinical guidance. RFK needs to meet with CDC career leaders and learn about the agency's responses to outbreaks and overall programs vs directing CDC website changes based on ideology not science
Video Former CDC chief on agency webpage saying autism, vaccines link ignored
Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned from her position as chief medical officer of the CDC in 2025, called the change on the CDC’s website "disturbing."
abcnews.go.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My thoughts on ABC news- Scientists, not political appointees, should be who advises the public on clinical guidance. RFK needs to meet with CDC career leaders and learn about the agency's responses to outbreaks and overall programs vs directing CDC website changes based on ideology not science
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ICE and Border Patrol are now targeting people who have legal status. It's a moral outrage—but it's also counterproductive. The government is sending the signal to all of us that obeying the law will put you in harm's way. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-for-following-the-rules-immigration-ice
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
www.thebulwark.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICE and Border Patrol are now targeting people who have legal status. It's a moral outrage—but it's also counterproductive. The government is sending the signal to all of us that obeying the law will put you in harm's way. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-for-following-the-rules-immigration-ice
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ICE & Border Patrol are targeting legal immigrants who are complying with their obligations to authorities. The repercussions will be felt by all of us, writes @ansleyskipper.bsky.social. Rather than instituting a new regime of "law and order," this strategy only serves to incentivize law-breaking.
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICE & Border Patrol are targeting legal immigrants who are complying with their obligations to authorities. The repercussions will be felt by all of us, writes @ansleyskipper.bsky.social. Rather than instituting a new regime of "law and order," this strategy only serves to incentivize law-breaking.
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“This is how the wellness influencer industry works,” Hotez said. “It’s not enough to push the snake oil. You have to discredit mainstream biomedical science and portray scientists as public enemies or cartoon villains, and that's what Kennedy’s seeking to do.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“This is how the wellness influencer industry works,” Hotez said. “It’s not enough to push the snake oil. You have to discredit mainstream biomedical science and portray scientists as public enemies or cartoon villains, and that's what Kennedy’s seeking to do.”
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➡️ Science Is Clear: Sex Is A Spectrum
▶️ World Health Organization (WHO)
Die WHO sagt "sex is not limited to male or female".
www.who.int/news/item/06...
▶️ World Health Organization (WHO)
Die WHO sagt "sex is not limited to male or female".
www.who.int/news/item/06...
November 23, 2024 at 10:43 PM
➡️ Science Is Clear: Sex Is A Spectrum
▶️ World Health Organization (WHO)
Die WHO sagt "sex is not limited to male or female".
www.who.int/news/item/06...
▶️ World Health Organization (WHO)
Die WHO sagt "sex is not limited to male or female".
www.who.int/news/item/06...