Steve Yelvington
@yelvington.com
Former enemy of the people, now mostly just an annoyance. Digital news pioneer. Cancer survivor. Newspaper journalism survivor. Would-be traveler.
Held senior positions at startribune.com, Cox, Morris.
Self-hosting Mastodon @steve@s.yelvington.com
Held senior positions at startribune.com, Cox, Morris.
Self-hosting Mastodon @steve@s.yelvington.com
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I've found some disturbing connections involving Kushner and his circle regarding Ukraine but I'm not posting them here because this site banned me for quoting Johnny Cash lyrics
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I've found some disturbing connections involving Kushner and his circle regarding Ukraine but I'm not posting them here because this site banned me for quoting Johnny Cash lyrics
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"Watch what Trump's inner cohort -- in particular, Kushner -- wants to do to Ukraine and what they want to do to Gaza, because it indicates what they want to do to the world at large."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
Trump Ties to Russian Mob, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"Watch what Trump's inner cohort -- in particular, Kushner -- wants to do to Ukraine and what they want to do to Gaza, because it indicates what they want to do to the world at large."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
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They're just trying to normalize their vile racism bc positive views of immigration are at an ALL TIME HIGH.
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
They're just trying to normalize their vile racism bc positive views of immigration are at an ALL TIME HIGH.
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very funny that hours after this was published trump issued another corrupt pardon
wrote about the problem of the pardon power (gift link)
Opinion | Guess Which Presidential Power Trump Likes the Most
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
very funny that hours after this was published trump issued another corrupt pardon
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NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
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Cuellar was charged, by the Biden DOJ, with taking cash to push Azerbaijani and payday-loan interests and then laundering that cash through shell companies. If Jeffries can’t at least furrow his brow in concern over this he shouldn’t be anywhere near the levers of leadership.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Cuellar was charged, by the Biden DOJ, with taking cash to push Azerbaijani and payday-loan interests and then laundering that cash through shell companies. If Jeffries can’t at least furrow his brow in concern over this he shouldn’t be anywhere near the levers of leadership.
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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As the mom of a five-year-old reading this and imagining what this family is going through made me physically ill. Unimaginable evil is being perpetrated before our eyes and with our tax dollars.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
As the mom of a five-year-old reading this and imagining what this family is going through made me physically ill. Unimaginable evil is being perpetrated before our eyes and with our tax dollars.
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The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5
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Troops are on the Ground in Venezuela. This is not going to end well. Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Troops are on the Ground in Venezuela. This is not going to end well. Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
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First, the story about Hegseth allegedly committing war crimes has been going on for days
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
First, the story about Hegseth allegedly committing war crimes has been going on for days
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
The CBS News DEI purge appears to have included their audio engineers. Evening News is nigh unwatchable.
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The CBS News DEI purge appears to have included their audio engineers. Evening News is nigh unwatchable.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Not mine but very apt.
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Not mine but very apt.
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It's Rosa Parks' birthday.
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's Rosa Parks' birthday.
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FYI: the EXAMPLE of what a war crime is in the DoD Law of War manual is EXACTLY what Hegseth did. bsky.app/profile/jjin...
⚖️ DoD Law of War Manual, page 1075:
"For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."
ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
"For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."
ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
FYI: the EXAMPLE of what a war crime is in the DoD Law of War manual is EXACTLY what Hegseth did. bsky.app/profile/jjin...
