Blue Icicle
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Believer of science & facts. Nature lover. Attorney. Worrier. Cat lady. Human mom. All people are created equal. Her body her choice. Democracy now. Fight corruption. Protect the future. Clean water Clean air. COVID is not over. #maskup #nokings #noice
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Measles and whooping cough cases soar as the head of Health LIES to Americans about how to stay healthy while making it harder for them to do so..
Kennedy is a sociopath. Children shouldn't be collateral damage.
GET KENNEDY OUT
Kennedy is a sociopath. Children shouldn't be collateral damage.
GET KENNEDY OUT
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Measles and whooping cough cases soar as the head of Health LIES to Americans about how to stay healthy while making it harder for them to do so..
Kennedy is a sociopath. Children shouldn't be collateral damage.
GET KENNEDY OUT
Kennedy is a sociopath. Children shouldn't be collateral damage.
GET KENNEDY OUT
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It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
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A federal judge in Kentucky has proposed that the Bill of Rights does not protect more than 50M immigrants. The Trump appointee forcefully argues that millions living lawfully in the U.S. can be seized at the government’s whims.
His opinion is a train wreck, to put it mildly. trib.al/zmzZrOH
His opinion is a train wreck, to put it mildly. trib.al/zmzZrOH
The Trump Judge Who Tried to Rewrite the Bill of Rights
Trump appointee Amul Thapar unleashed an appalling judicial broadside against the constitutional rights of noncitizens that amounts to a wholesale negation of our judicial history.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A federal judge in Kentucky has proposed that the Bill of Rights does not protect more than 50M immigrants. The Trump appointee forcefully argues that millions living lawfully in the U.S. can be seized at the government’s whims.
His opinion is a train wreck, to put it mildly. trib.al/zmzZrOH
His opinion is a train wreck, to put it mildly. trib.al/zmzZrOH
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RELEASE THE FILES!!
😂😂😂😂 ☠️⚰️🪦
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Omg this is peak dumb. The actual point of a retrospective is to help us win in the future so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past. Release the files!!
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
RELEASE THE FILES!!
😂😂😂😂 ☠️⚰️🪦
😂😂😂😂 ☠️⚰️🪦
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Moderna receives $54.3M investment for bird flu vaccine, covering axed federal mRNA contracts https://twp.ai/4iu38N
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Moderna receives $54.3M investment for bird flu vaccine, covering axed federal mRNA contracts https://twp.ai/4iu38N
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I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
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LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
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Trump calls for the arrest of Chris Wray (his handpicked former FBI director) and Merrick Garland
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Trump calls for the arrest of Chris Wray (his handpicked former FBI director) and Merrick Garland
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Good summary of how we’ve ended up in this horror show.
Tonight, I’m published in MSNBC—sorry, MS Now.
In this piece, I explain how the right-wing war on COVID mitigation measures and politicization of science led us to this moment.
www.ms.now/opinion/fda-...
In this piece, I explain how the right-wing war on COVID mitigation measures and politicization of science led us to this moment.
www.ms.now/opinion/fda-...
Opinion | The FDA’s anti-vax turn came out of the right-wing backlash to the Covid pandemic
Walker Bragman: The Food and Drug Administration — like other HHS agencies overseen by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — is no longer moored to evidence-based reality.
www.ms.now
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Good summary of how we’ve ended up in this horror show.
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After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
December 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
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Judges Neomi Rao and Justin Walker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday night blocked D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg from beginning his scheduled Alien Enemies Act case contempt proceedings next week.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
Breaking: D.C. Circuit's Trump appointees again block Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry
DOJ keeps going to the D.C. Circuit, where Trump appointees on the court have repeatedly stopped the district court's effort to hold the Trump admin accountable.
www.lawdork.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Judges Neomi Rao and Justin Walker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday night blocked D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg from beginning his scheduled Alien Enemies Act case contempt proceedings next week.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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🚨There’s a measles outbreak in South Carolina involving Spartanburg County with 111 cases reported to date. The outbreak has been ongoing since October but has recently seen an increase in new cases with 27 reported yesterday.
dph.sc.gov/diseases-con...
dph.sc.gov/diseases-con...
2025 Measles Outbreak | South Carolina Department of Public Health
dph.sc.gov
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🚨There’s a measles outbreak in South Carolina involving Spartanburg County with 111 cases reported to date. The outbreak has been ongoing since October but has recently seen an increase in new cases with 27 reported yesterday.
dph.sc.gov/diseases-con...
dph.sc.gov/diseases-con...
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Judge Emil Bove, Trump's former personal lawyer who Trump then appointed to the federal bench, has been hit with an ethics complaint for attending Trump's rally last night.
"[T]his was a highly charged, highly political event that no federal judge should have been within shouting distance of."
"[T]his was a highly charged, highly political event that no federal judge should have been within shouting distance of."
Judge Bove Faces Complaint Over Trump Rally Attendance - Law360 Pulse
U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who previously served as President Donald Trump's personal defense attorney and a top official at the U.S. Department of Justice, has been hit with a judicial misconduct ...
www.law360.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Judge Emil Bove, Trump's former personal lawyer who Trump then appointed to the federal bench, has been hit with an ethics complaint for attending Trump's rally last night.
"[T]his was a highly charged, highly political event that no federal judge should have been within shouting distance of."
"[T]his was a highly charged, highly political event that no federal judge should have been within shouting distance of."
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 10 DECEMBER 2025
THESE APPALLING TIMES
TODAY IS
WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
LADY LIBERTY WEEPS
As we do also
For the first time the
UNITED STATES HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHLIST
Added by the org. CIVIVCUS
due to TRUMP faltering civil freedoms
DAY 10 DECEMBER 2025
THESE APPALLING TIMES
TODAY IS
WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
LADY LIBERTY WEEPS
As we do also
For the first time the
UNITED STATES HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHLIST
Added by the org. CIVIVCUS
due to TRUMP faltering civil freedoms
December 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 10 DECEMBER 2025
THESE APPALLING TIMES
TODAY IS
WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
LADY LIBERTY WEEPS
As we do also
For the first time the
UNITED STATES HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHLIST
Added by the org. CIVIVCUS
due to TRUMP faltering civil freedoms
DAY 10 DECEMBER 2025
THESE APPALLING TIMES
TODAY IS
WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
LADY LIBERTY WEEPS
As we do also
For the first time the
UNITED STATES HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHLIST
Added by the org. CIVIVCUS
due to TRUMP faltering civil freedoms
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“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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The orange felon has officially ended President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan which will now drastically increase costs on millions of Americans.
The cruelty has always been the point and it’s coming from the lifelong fraudster with a vendetta against the US.
The cruelty has always been the point and it’s coming from the lifelong fraudster with a vendetta against the US.
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The orange felon has officially ended President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan which will now drastically increase costs on millions of Americans.
The cruelty has always been the point and it’s coming from the lifelong fraudster with a vendetta against the US.
The cruelty has always been the point and it’s coming from the lifelong fraudster with a vendetta against the US.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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How about not committing crimes? This administration continues to tell on itself.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
How about not committing crimes? This administration continues to tell on itself.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...