Lee West
@whodat35.bsky.social
“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” — Things you won’t see trending on X • L.A./N.Y./London/Rome & NOLA. Energy transition, Silicon Valley technofile, aerospace, filmmaker, writer ✍️, former producer, foreign policy and dolphin hugger. #RESIST
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@whodat35.bsky.social
· Jul 27
A new analysis projects a 24% cut to Social Security benefits by late 2032.
Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will cause sharp cuts to Social Security by late 2032, a new analysis says.
www.axios.com
🚨 #SocialSecurity is on the chopping block. Thanks to Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” retirees are now staring down $18,000-a-year benefit cut in just seven years. Seniors who paid in their whole lives are left holding the bag.
– $13,600 cut for a typical retired couple.
– $13,600 cut for a typical retired couple.
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Mikey isn’t gonna bring an ACA subsidy vote to the floor in December. Now playin’ “Promises, Promises.”
youtu.be/9cV6jyvgXdU
youtu.be/9cV6jyvgXdU
Dionne Warwick "Promises, Promises" on The Ed Sullivan Show
YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Mikey isn’t gonna bring an ACA subsidy vote to the floor in December. Now playin’ “Promises, Promises.”
youtu.be/9cV6jyvgXdU
youtu.be/9cV6jyvgXdU
Breaking News: U.S. Senate votes to end government shutdown, 60-40.
Goes now to the U.S. House of Representatives.
abc7.com/live-updates...
Goes now to the U.S. House of Representatives.
abc7.com/live-updates...
Government shutdown updates: Senate passes funding bill to end government shutdown
The Senate passed its bill that would end the government shutdown on Monday night by a vote of 60-40.
abc7.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Breaking News: U.S. Senate votes to end government shutdown, 60-40.
Goes now to the U.S. House of Representatives.
abc7.com/live-updates...
Goes now to the U.S. House of Representatives.
abc7.com/live-updates...
Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen. | AP
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Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen
The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to keep full food aid payments on hold. The request Monday is the latest in a legal fight over how the SNAP program that helps 42 million Ame...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen. | AP
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‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage.
The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage
The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage.
The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Russian asset Sergey Gorokhovsky being sworn in as US ambassador to India in Oval.
Rubio, Bessent, Bondi, Pirro there, as well as Sens. Graham, Risch, Britt, Tuberville. Other guests: Erika Kirk and Laura Ingraham. Photo credit: CBS.
Rubio, Bessent, Bondi, Pirro there, as well as Sens. Graham, Risch, Britt, Tuberville. Other guests: Erika Kirk and Laura Ingraham. Photo credit: CBS.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Russian asset Sergey Gorokhovsky being sworn in as US ambassador to India in Oval.
Rubio, Bessent, Bondi, Pirro there, as well as Sens. Graham, Risch, Britt, Tuberville. Other guests: Erika Kirk and Laura Ingraham. Photo credit: CBS.
Rubio, Bessent, Bondi, Pirro there, as well as Sens. Graham, Risch, Britt, Tuberville. Other guests: Erika Kirk and Laura Ingraham. Photo credit: CBS.
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He hasn’t changed. He is well known for not paying contractors.
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
He hasn’t changed. He is well known for not paying contractors.
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“210 defendants testified they were following Trump’s lead by joining the insurrection… you can’t listen to the speech without concluding he incited it.”
@mrjamesob.bsky.social on the absurdity of BBC leadership going down over an edit in the speech— new casualties in his war on the truth.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social on the absurdity of BBC leadership going down over an edit in the speech— new casualties in his war on the truth.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“210 defendants testified they were following Trump’s lead by joining the insurrection… you can’t listen to the speech without concluding he incited it.”
@mrjamesob.bsky.social on the absurdity of BBC leadership going down over an edit in the speech— new casualties in his war on the truth.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social on the absurdity of BBC leadership going down over an edit in the speech— new casualties in his war on the truth.
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Give Trump Epstein Island, make him the king of it, and rename it Shithole Country.
The whistleblower's letter lays out how Maxwell is preparing to have Trump commute her 20-year sentence for her role in Epstein’s sex crimes.
Trump already had Maxwell transferred to a cushy prison pedophiles aren’t eligible for so she keeps his secret.
www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblowe...
Trump already had Maxwell transferred to a cushy prison pedophiles aren’t eligible for so she keeps his secret.
www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblowe...
Whistleblower Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell Plot to Ask Trump to Commute Her Sentence
Critics voiced growing alarm that the president may be planning to pardon the convicted sex trafficker.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Give Trump Epstein Island, make him the king of it, and rename it Shithole Country.
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⚡️ JUST NOW — Speaker Johnson will NOT guarantee a vote on ACA subsidies even if it passes the senate (after the Schumer-orchestrated cave)👇🏽
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
⚡️ JUST NOW — Speaker Johnson will NOT guarantee a vote on ACA subsidies even if it passes the senate (after the Schumer-orchestrated cave)👇🏽
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Translation: he has no idea how insurance works
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Translation: he has no idea how insurance works
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That one never had a chance anyway.
Doesn't mean that a good portion of SCOTUS isn't intent on chipping away at it.
archive.ph/Qh8yJ
Doesn't mean that a good portion of SCOTUS isn't intent on chipping away at it.
archive.ph/Qh8yJ
archive.ph
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
That one never had a chance anyway.
Doesn't mean that a good portion of SCOTUS isn't intent on chipping away at it.
archive.ph/Qh8yJ
Doesn't mean that a good portion of SCOTUS isn't intent on chipping away at it.
archive.ph/Qh8yJ
The whistleblower's letter lays out how Maxwell is preparing to have Trump commute her 20-year sentence for her role in Epstein’s sex crimes.
Trump already had Maxwell transferred to a cushy prison pedophiles aren’t eligible for so she keeps his secret.
www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblowe...
Trump already had Maxwell transferred to a cushy prison pedophiles aren’t eligible for so she keeps his secret.
www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblowe...
Whistleblower Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell Plot to Ask Trump to Commute Her Sentence
Critics voiced growing alarm that the president may be planning to pardon the convicted sex trafficker.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The whistleblower's letter lays out how Maxwell is preparing to have Trump commute her 20-year sentence for her role in Epstein’s sex crimes.
Trump already had Maxwell transferred to a cushy prison pedophiles aren’t eligible for so she keeps his secret.
www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblowe...
Trump already had Maxwell transferred to a cushy prison pedophiles aren’t eligible for so she keeps his secret.
www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblowe...
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Is this an Onion story? 😜
Argentinian President to Headline CPAC Mar-a-Lago After Receiving $40 Billion Bailout From Trump.
www.mediaite.com/politics/arg...
Argentinian President to Headline CPAC Mar-a-Lago After Receiving $40 Billion Bailout From Trump.
www.mediaite.com/politics/arg...
Argentinian President to Headline CPAC Mar-a-Lago After Receiving $40 Billion Bailout From Trump
Argentina President Javier Milei will deliver a speech at CPAC Mar-a-Lago this week after receiving a $40 billion bailout from President Donald Trump.
www.mediaite.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Is this an Onion story? 😜
Argentinian President to Headline CPAC Mar-a-Lago After Receiving $40 Billion Bailout From Trump.
www.mediaite.com/politics/arg...
Argentinian President to Headline CPAC Mar-a-Lago After Receiving $40 Billion Bailout From Trump.
www.mediaite.com/politics/arg...
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Women, Do You Trust This Person With No Medical Qualifications With Your Health?
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Women, Do You Trust This Person With No Medical Qualifications With Your Health?
The Epstein files have been scrubbed by over a thousand FBI agents at Patel’s direction.
Now they are going to commute Maxwell’s sentence to protect the pedophiles & transnational organized crime because she has blackmail receipts. This is what happens when criminals are running our government.
Now they are going to commute Maxwell’s sentence to protect the pedophiles & transnational organized crime because she has blackmail receipts. This is what happens when criminals are running our government.
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Epstein files have been scrubbed by over a thousand FBI agents at Patel’s direction.
Now they are going to commute Maxwell’s sentence to protect the pedophiles & transnational organized crime because she has blackmail receipts. This is what happens when criminals are running our government.
Now they are going to commute Maxwell’s sentence to protect the pedophiles & transnational organized crime because she has blackmail receipts. This is what happens when criminals are running our government.
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"Rather than use my complete control over the actions of the USDA as the leader of the executive branch to make the report on hunger less political and more accurate, I'll just cancel all future reporting on hunger." ~ DJT (Paraphrased)
(As in: "Stop testing so much and there will be less COVID.")
(As in: "Stop testing so much and there will be less COVID.")
Trump administration ends annual U.S. hunger report
The final U.S. hunger report will be released in October.
www.fox32chicago.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Rather than use my complete control over the actions of the USDA as the leader of the executive branch to make the report on hunger less political and more accurate, I'll just cancel all future reporting on hunger." ~ DJT (Paraphrased)
(As in: "Stop testing so much and there will be less COVID.")
(As in: "Stop testing so much and there will be less COVID.")
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My 87yo mom was in tears last night.
My folks used to have to pay a poll tax simply for being MexAm.
My 91yo dad fought for this country, twice. He’s now fighting for VA healthcare while battling dementia.
But they’ve always held the fucking line for a better tomorrow for their children & community.
My folks used to have to pay a poll tax simply for being MexAm.
My 91yo dad fought for this country, twice. He’s now fighting for VA healthcare while battling dementia.
But they’ve always held the fucking line for a better tomorrow for their children & community.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My 87yo mom was in tears last night.
My folks used to have to pay a poll tax simply for being MexAm.
My 91yo dad fought for this country, twice. He’s now fighting for VA healthcare while battling dementia.
But they’ve always held the fucking line for a better tomorrow for their children & community.
My folks used to have to pay a poll tax simply for being MexAm.
My 91yo dad fought for this country, twice. He’s now fighting for VA healthcare while battling dementia.
But they’ve always held the fucking line for a better tomorrow for their children & community.
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After Tuesday’s elections, Republicans are even more desperate to prevent free and fair elections in 2026. In this video, I lay out the eight things we should all expect next and what we can do to fight back. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...
8 Ways Republicans Will Subvert The 2026 Election
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
After Tuesday’s elections, Republicans are even more desperate to prevent free and fair elections in 2026. In this video, I lay out the eight things we should all expect next and what we can do to fight back. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...
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I am proud that my legal team and I are leading the fight in this case against the Republican Party’s effort to throw out lawful ballots. Everyone needs to recognize this as the next step in the GOP plan to ban mail-in voting entirely and to eventually target early voting as well.
🚨BREAKING: In a case with major implications for voting access, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether a mail-in ballot must be received by Election Day to count, or if it merely must be sent by then. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am proud that my legal team and I are leading the fight in this case against the Republican Party’s effort to throw out lawful ballots. Everyone needs to recognize this as the next step in the GOP plan to ban mail-in voting entirely and to eventually target early voting as well.
Massive voter suppression is the next Don the Con shoe to drop:
“SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting”
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
“SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting”
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Massive voter suppression is the next Don the Con shoe to drop:
“SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting”
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
“SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting”
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“all our attempts at rateffing 2020 election, including the Coffee County Georgia heists, were very legal and cool”—Donny
also Donny: “you get a pardon and YOU get a pardon”
🎩 @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
also Donny: “you get a pardon and YOU get a pardon”
🎩 @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Perhaps better headline:
Trump preemptively pardons everyone planning on election subversion in 2026 and 2028.
www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-p...
Trump preemptively pardons everyone planning on election subversion in 2026 and 2028.
www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-p...
Trump Preemptively Pardons Rudy Giuliani, Others Involved in Attempt to Overturn 2020 Election | National Review
Trump also pardoned John Eastman, Sidney Powell, and dozens of other Republicans who came forward to act as alternate electors.
www.nationalreview.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“all our attempts at rateffing 2020 election, including the Coffee County Georgia heists, were very legal and cool”—Donny
also Donny: “you get a pardon and YOU get a pardon”
🎩 @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
also Donny: “you get a pardon and YOU get a pardon”
🎩 @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Topic: healthcare for 45 million Americans on the brink.
Why is this about a card game?
Why is this about a card game?
MARIA: “What will you do when the ACA subsidies expire (and health insurance premiums skyrocket)?”
DR. OZ: “I don’t want to show our cards.” 🤔
DR. OZ: “I don’t want to show our cards.” 🤔
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Topic: healthcare for 45 million Americans on the brink.
Why is this about a card game?
Why is this about a card game?
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Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.