Linda
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Yoshiko Herrera: Respectfully disagree: 1)in fact it is unusual 4 a democracy w/this level of GDP 2 turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2)the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) & individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Wld take less than 10 ppl in congress or 2 SC justices to stop this
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“There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military,” Juliette Kayyem writes, “one of which is the risk of endangering them”:
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military,” Juliette Kayyem writes, “one of which is the risk of endangering them”:
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Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
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Corporate Media is going to pretend that Trump is heartbroken about the two West Virginian National Guardsmen being shot in DC, but the entire point of moving a standing army into a peaceful city was to induce violence by The People to justify more violence by Trump on The People in retaliation.
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Corporate Media is going to pretend that Trump is heartbroken about the two West Virginian National Guardsmen being shot in DC, but the entire point of moving a standing army into a peaceful city was to induce violence by The People to justify more violence by Trump on The People in retaliation.
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Oldie but -- I hope -- goodie, about some baddies, who then became the subjects of two books, The Family (Harper, 2008) & C Street (Little, Brown 2010), which then became a documentary series, The Family (Netflix, 2019), all of which became prelude to the current fascism...
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Oldie but -- I hope -- goodie, about some baddies, who then became the subjects of two books, The Family (Harper, 2008) & C Street (Little, Brown 2010), which then became a documentary series, The Family (Netflix, 2019), all of which became prelude to the current fascism...
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Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
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This was supposed to be a “upbeat news heading into the holiday” but the shooting of our soldiers today caused it to take a turn. I thank @nicollewallace.bsky.social for allowing me to express my thanks to all our soldiers and families.
Nicole Wallace’s deeply affecting conversation with Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.).
“On Thanksgiving, in all of our mess halls around the world, whether it’s in combat or in peacetime, the leaders serve the led.”
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“On Thanksgiving, in all of our mess halls around the world, whether it’s in combat or in peacetime, the leaders serve the led.”
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November 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was supposed to be a “upbeat news heading into the holiday” but the shooting of our soldiers today caused it to take a turn. I thank @nicollewallace.bsky.social for allowing me to express my thanks to all our soldiers and families.
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FLASHBACK: “WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES” 😳
Republicans keep sending us videos of @aftynbehn.bsky.social protesting Rep. Byrd, who apologized on tape for sexually abusing young girls.
Here’s one shrugging it off as they protected him. This is why she protested.
Watch. Share. Vote. #TN7
Republicans keep sending us videos of @aftynbehn.bsky.social protesting Rep. Byrd, who apologized on tape for sexually abusing young girls.
Here’s one shrugging it off as they protected him. This is why she protested.
Watch. Share. Vote. #TN7
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
FLASHBACK: “WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES” 😳
Republicans keep sending us videos of @aftynbehn.bsky.social protesting Rep. Byrd, who apologized on tape for sexually abusing young girls.
Here’s one shrugging it off as they protected him. This is why she protested.
Watch. Share. Vote. #TN7
Republicans keep sending us videos of @aftynbehn.bsky.social protesting Rep. Byrd, who apologized on tape for sexually abusing young girls.
Here’s one shrugging it off as they protected him. This is why she protested.
Watch. Share. Vote. #TN7
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I really wish journalists would stop using the word "retribution" to describe Trump's efforts to criminalize opposition to him, as it treats his claim that his adversaries did something wrong in the first place.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I really wish journalists would stop using the word "retribution" to describe Trump's efforts to criminalize opposition to him, as it treats his claim that his adversaries did something wrong in the first place.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett | British novelist & playwright born #OTD in 1849.
Best known for 3 children's books:
📘 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘺 (1885–1886)
📗 𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1905)
📙 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 (1911)
Finding Hope in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯: iwouldratherbereadingblog.wordpress.com/2019/12/20/3...
Best known for 3 children's books:
📘 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘺 (1885–1886)
📗 𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1905)
📙 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 (1911)
Finding Hope in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯: iwouldratherbereadingblog.wordpress.com/2019/12/20/3...
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Frances Hodgson Burnett | British novelist & playwright born #OTD in 1849.
Best known for 3 children's books:
📘 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘺 (1885–1886)
📗 𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1905)
📙 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 (1911)
Finding Hope in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯: iwouldratherbereadingblog.wordpress.com/2019/12/20/3...
Best known for 3 children's books:
📘 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘺 (1885–1886)
📗 𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1905)
📙 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 (1911)
Finding Hope in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯: iwouldratherbereadingblog.wordpress.com/2019/12/20/3...
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“She died of old age? Then we won.”
- my Black & Jewish 16yo
- my Black & Jewish 16yo
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“She died of old age? Then we won.”
- my Black & Jewish 16yo
- my Black & Jewish 16yo
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Can we just savor the fact that, in these days before Thanksgiving, a federal judge threw out the cases against James Comey and Letitia James and noted that Lindsey Halligan was illegally appointed (making clear that Trump's the one who violated the law)?
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Can we just savor the fact that, in these days before Thanksgiving, a federal judge threw out the cases against James Comey and Letitia James and noted that Lindsey Halligan was illegally appointed (making clear that Trump's the one who violated the law)?
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Chaos on TwitterX as they roll out a new change which shows the location of the user and inadvertently reveal how many fake accounts there are and how much foreign interference.
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Chaos on TwitterX as they roll out a new change which shows the location of the user and inadvertently reveal how many fake accounts there are and how much foreign interference.
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
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Is “Stranger Things” real? “The Manchurian Candidate”? We tackle MKULTRA this week.
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NEW EPISODE! - MKUltra: The CIA’s Mind Control Quest (with Stephen Kinzer)
Podcast Episode · Mission Implausible · 11/23/2025 · 1h
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November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Is “Stranger Things” real? “The Manchurian Candidate”? We tackle MKULTRA this week.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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These countries have intelligence agencies too.
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
These countries have intelligence agencies too.
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Sometimes there’s so much pain
I could swim in it
take a deep breath
and jump
right in
just like a sparkling silver and pink and blue
fish
swim
to the very core
where all the pain starts
and where all the pain comes
back home
I could swim in it
take a deep breath
and jump
right in
just like a sparkling silver and pink and blue
fish
swim
to the very core
where all the pain starts
and where all the pain comes
back home
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sometimes there’s so much pain
I could swim in it
take a deep breath
and jump
right in
just like a sparkling silver and pink and blue
fish
swim
to the very core
where all the pain starts
and where all the pain comes
back home
I could swim in it
take a deep breath
and jump
right in
just like a sparkling silver and pink and blue
fish
swim
to the very core
where all the pain starts
and where all the pain comes
back home
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“VINDMAN LEADS 37 COLLEAGUES IN DEMANDING TRUMP RELEASE THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF TRUMP’S 2019 CALL WITH MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN” 11/10/25
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Vindman Leads 37 Colleagues in Demanding Trump Release the Full Transcript of Trump’s 2019 Call with Mohammed bin Salman | Representative Eugene Vindman
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November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“VINDMAN LEADS 37 COLLEAGUES IN DEMANDING TRUMP RELEASE THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF TRUMP’S 2019 CALL WITH MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN” 11/10/25
vindman.house.gov/2025/11/20/v...
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So far, the only incisive newspaper or magazine look at DC politics to printed in a US publication.
@ninaburleigh.bsky.social @garethgore.bsky.social
archive.ph/3KC6P
@ninaburleigh.bsky.social @garethgore.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
So far, the only incisive newspaper or magazine look at DC politics to printed in a US publication.
@ninaburleigh.bsky.social @garethgore.bsky.social
archive.ph/3KC6P
@ninaburleigh.bsky.social @garethgore.bsky.social
archive.ph/3KC6P