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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌮 ❌👑 @callyson.bsky.social · Sep 9
I did a thing. Hope others find it useful...because we sure AF can't trust the legacy media to deliver the news about what's going on:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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docs.google.com
callyson.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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piperformissouri.bsky.social
Well, well, well…❤️
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
You have to ask, why was Witkoff chosen for this critically important role of special envoy to Putin? He had no diplomatic or foreign policy experience. No education on those subjects. So of all people, why him? I think what we all surmised is clear - Putin wanted Witkoff.
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
callyson.bsky.social
Zero fucks given about the wife, apparently.
I see where Karoline gets it:
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 8h
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
REVERE, Mass. — A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts. The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother. Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
callyson.bsky.social
49% say it is not treason for lawmakers to tell troops not to follow illegal orders-just 25% think it is
50% approve of the Democratic lawmakers' video urging troops not to follow illegal orders-just 32% disapprove
34% think Donald Trump has given illegal orders:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Hegseth is losing his despicable crusade against military hero
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ramped up his tirade against Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on Tuesday, disparaging Kelly's military title and said the Democrat’s video urging troops not to follow illegal ord...
www.dailykos.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
callyson.bsky.social
😡😡😡😡😡
adamparkhomenko.bsky.social Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12h
It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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atrupar.com
Enten: "Trump's net approval rating is at -15 -- the lowest it has been during his entire second term... the Democratic lead on the generic ballot has widened. Trump's political position has worsened. I don't think how you can look at both and conclude anything other than that Dems won the shutdown"
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
callyson.bsky.social
Donald only pardons the best people!
Financial Times: “Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, recently pardoned by Trump, has been hit with a new US federal lawsuit alleging the crypto exchange facilitated millions of dollars in payments to Hamas since the Oct 7, 2023 attack. Families of Oct 7 victims allege Binance knowingly provided ‘substantial assistance’ to groups including Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, helping them move and conceal funds.” … “The suit claims more than $50 million in transactions linked to these groups were facilitated on Binance since Oct 7, and alleges wallets run by Binance sent over $300 million before Oct 7 and more than $115 million after the attack. Lawyers allege the transactions continued even after Binance paid a $4.3 billion settlement in 2023 over US anti–money laundering and sanctions violations. Zhao was sentenced to 4 months in prison for failing to protect against money-laundering and was pardoned by Trump in Oct.”
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
callyson.bsky.social
Is Donald the Terrible suffering from dementia?
Well, that would explain a lot:
Irish Star on reaction to a new video showing Trump struggling to walk: “The president and his grandson were also filmed walking down the Presidential Walk of Fame. Trump could be seen pointing at some of the pictured historical figures that line the hall as Theodore followed him. But the president appeared to be struggling to walk in a straight line. Viewers of the clip noted that Trump seemed unsteady on his feet while dragging one of his legs as he walked.” … “The president appeared to be dragging his left leg in the clip. It comes after a clinical psychologist sounded the alarm over the president’s right leg ‘swing’. Dr John Gartner claimed that the president’s coordination has declined in recent years, as he noted that this type of deterioration is a symptom of dementia.” … Dr. Gartner: “When we talk about deterioration from dementia, I was focusing on language because that’s the thing we most observe, but also we always see deterioration in motor performance. The other thing that’s actually even more diagnostic, and I had a neurologist point this out and then several neurologists confirmed it, if you watch the way he walks, he has what they call a leg swing, where his right he kind of swings it in a semicircle like it’s a dead weight, and he’s just kind of swinging it around.” “It’s very apparent in some tape and not so much in others, but that right leg swing is considered to be very diagnostic of a specific type of dementia, Frontotemporal dementia. Dr Zoffman told me she’s absolutely convinced that it’s Frontotemporal dementia that he has because of that telltale right leg swing.” … I was the first person who posted on social media about Trump’s leg drag. I posted at least a dozen videos of it during the last two years. US media never wrote about it. They did write several stories about Biden’s walk, though. At least foreign press is willing to do stories about it now and then.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
callyson.bsky.social
The Trump regime is betraying our allies...and the causes of democracy & freedom:
CBS: “A US official on Tues said that Ukraine’s govt had ‘agreed to a peace deal’ brokered by the Trump admin to stop Russia’s nearly 4-year assault. The American official and Ukraine’s national security adviser Rustem Umerov said a common understanding on a proposal had been reached, with details still to be worked out.” Official: “The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal. There are some minor details to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal.” … WSJ chief foreign policy editor Yaroslav Trofimov: “Minor, as in major.” … Naturally, before those details were worked out and before Russia agreed to anything, Trump was hyping it on Truth Social again: “There are only a few remaining points of disagreement. I have directed my special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Putin in Moscow and Dan Driscoll will be meeting with the Ukrainians. I look forward to meeting with Putin and Zelensky but ONLY when the deal is FINAL, or in final stages.” … Bloomberg then published a newly released transcript of Witkoff’s call to Putin’s senior foreign policy advisor where he was coaching him on how they can persuade Trump to go along with their proposal: “Congratulate the president for this achievement … say that you respect that he’s a man of peace … Just say that. That would make it a great call.” More from treasonous Witkoff: “Maybe just say this to President Putin, because you know I have the deepest respect for President Putin …” And then he goes on to give advice on what the Russians should say to Trump to get him on their side. … The entire world can clearly see that Putin owns Steve Witkoff and yet Witkoff is the one that Trump wants leading the negotiations on a peace deal. If Putin owns Witkoff, and Trump doesn’t care, that means Putin owns Trump - either directly, by proxy, or by stupidity. … You have to ask, why was Witkoff chosen for this critically important role of special envoy to Putin? He had no diplomatic or foreign policy experience. No experience in government or as an elected official. No education on those subjects. So of all people, why him? I think what we all surmised many months ago is now very clear - Putin wanted Witkoff. … CBS: “Speaking earlier on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters that while Russia ‘appreciates the US position, which is taking the initiative in resolving the Ukrainian conflict,’ Moscow ‘operates professionally, not leaking info before formal agreements are reached. Russia expects the US to inform it of the results of consultations with Ukraine and Europe in the near future.” Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko: “So, Ukraine will once again sign yet another brilliant ‘peace plan,’ just to avoid irritating Trump and keep him from getting an excuse to betray it. And Russia will once again reject it, and it will carry on destroying Ukraine and dragging out sanctions and buying time. And the war will go on, and soon after yet another phone call from Putin to Trump - with promised profits and sugary compliments - a new deranged surrender plan will pop up, and Kyiv and all of Europe will once again have to soften it in a rush.” … “This boundless obsession of Trump’s with empty grandstanding in front of TV cameras, his refusal to read even the bare minimum of what’s put in front of him, and his bottomless ego will lead the world into disaster.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
callyson.bsky.social
Fox host Jesse Watters to Democratic contributor Jessica Tarlov: “Jessica, why don’t more Democrats come to the Oval Office and try to work together on things that they have common ground with Trump on? Tarlov: Jeffries and Schumer came in and were greeted with MAGA hats and sombrero videos”
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
callyson.bsky.social
Hope you didn't actually think the Trump Phone was going to be a thing:
NBC: “In June, Trump’s two older sons held an event at Trump Tower where they touted a new made-in-the-USA mobile phone with an American flag on its back, plus a new wireless service called Trump Mobile. The phone was the Trump brand’s first foray into mobile products and services. According to the initial announcement, the phone was supposed to be released in Aug. But 3 months later, there are no signs that the phone has become a reality.” … “NBC made 5 separate phone calls to the Trump Mobile customer support line between Sept and Nov. At one point in Oct, the call operator promised a specific ship date: Nov. 13. That date passed without an update, and when NBC followed up with the call center, an operator said the delivery would now be in the ‘beginning of Dec,’ with no specific date.” … “In late June, the same month the phone was announced, the website removed any mention of ‘Made in the USA,’ as was originally promised. Instead, the website now says the phone is ‘brought to life right here in the USA.’”
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
callyson.bsky.social
Just in time for winter--energy costs are up (more so):
WaPo: “Soaring electricity prices are triggering a wave of power shutoffs nationwide, leaving more Americans in the dark as unpaid bills pile up. Although there is no national count of electricity shutoffs, data from select utilities in 11 states show that disconnections have risen in at least 8 of them since last year. In some areas, such as NYC, the surge has been dramatic - with residential shutoffs in Aug up fivefold from a year ago.” … In PA, power shutoffs have risen 21% this year, with more than 270,000 households losing electricity. The avg electricity bill in the state has risen 13% from a year ago, as utilities upgrade electric grids to accommodate a burst of new data centers. Overall, Americans are paying 11% more for electricity than they were in Jan. Utility prices have risen roughly 3x faster than overall inflation this year, at a precarious time for the economy. Businesses are announcing mass layoffs, and it’s taking unemployed Americans much longer to find new work. There are also signs that lower- and middle-class families are pulling back on spending.” … Energy economist Mark Wolfe: “With prices going up so rapidly, electricity is becoming unaffordable in many parts of the country. And it isn’t just lower-income households anymore; it’s spilling into the middle class.” A majority of Americans - 6 in 10 - say they are spending more on utilities than they were a year ago, and they blame Trump for the rising prices, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll conducted in late October.” … Energy Sec Chris Wright was asked about it on Fox: Q - “You can see energy going up, electricity going up, gas going a little bit down, but gas service up. And if you look at the average gas price, these are two different things to look at, but, steady from one year ago, it’s about roughly the same. Wright: I think you will soon see a stop in the rise of electricity prices, we’re going to achieve that, I think, hopefully in the first half of 2026. The stop of the rises.” … Good times are always just around the corner when these guys are asked about every single problem. Lots of promises and hopium. Everything will be great in two weeks!
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
callyson.bsky.social
Support the #PatrioticSix:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin posted: “The President directing the FBI to target us is exactly why we made this video in the first place. He believes in weaponizing the federal government against his perceived enemies and does not believe laws apply to him or his Cabinet.” … Sen. Mark Kelly to MS NOW on Hegseth’s threat to court martial him: “This is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and it’s about intimidation. The whole thing is almost comical. We basically repeated the UCMJ, and they’re saying that’s in violation of the UCMJ. It’s absurd. I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. And in response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged, I should beprosecuted. I think it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I’m not going to be silenced.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
callyson.bsky.social
Mind the auto-play but JFC
"Steve Witkoff told top Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov in an Oct. 14 call how Vladimir Putin should pitch a joint Ukraine peace plan to Trump, including arranging a Trump-Putin call and using the Gaza deal as a model ahead of Zelenskiy’s visit"
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
BREAKING: Top Trump Aide Under Fire for Coaching Senior Russian Official About how to Handle Donald Trump
Good afternoon, everyone.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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acw1234.bsky.social
😯
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
callyson.bsky.social
“That turkey could have invested in Eric and Don Jr.’s crypto scams or given me a gold-plated 747, but it chose not to"...
Trump emphasized “the many great things I have done for turkeys,” including “making the price of them go up forty percent:”
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Trump Refuses to Pardon Turkey After it Fails to Bribe Him
"This turkey is a terrible person," Trump said.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
callyson.bsky.social
"the national average price for gasoline is higher than it was at this point last year, citing data from AAA. A fact-check once again exposed how the Trump administration’s economic claims do not reflect real-time public reality:"
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
White House Holiday Gas Price Claim Sputters
Trump administration fuel price tweet goes up in smoke
meidasnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
callyson.bsky.social
Posting this again for no reason at all...
www.youtube.com/shorts/Fk9Gh...
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community...
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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davidcorn.bsky.social
Horrific. Being done with our tax dollars and in our name.
davidjbier.bsky.social David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 20h
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
callyson.bsky.social
“I saw some teens today. I asked them who represents them best. They told me that Gen Alpha and Zoomers are on TikTok and Instagram demanding more and more clips of Alan Dershowitz...They can’t get enough of him. He is the voice of their generation. The voice America needs”
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November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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dashannestokes.com
Aa handful of complicit sycophants does not count as "many great legal scholars." Also, they urged people to disobey illegal orders, which is part of their training and required by law.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:

“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”

That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
callyson.bsky.social
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atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM