Cleves Whaley
@cleveswhaley.bsky.social
Trump hater.
Democracy lover.
She/her
Democracy lover.
She/her
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Donald Trump declares he's surrounded Venezuela and is imposing a total naval blockade without a congressional authorization, in international law speak, this is an official declaration of war from the United States to Venezuela. Days before the Epstein files release.
December 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Donald Trump declares he's surrounded Venezuela and is imposing a total naval blockade without a congressional authorization, in international law speak, this is an official declaration of war from the United States to Venezuela. Days before the Epstein files release.
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ICE enters NYC shelters armed and without judicial warrants, reports show
ICE enters NYC shelters armed and without judicial warrants, reports show
Here's how 'incident reports' detail interactions between federal immigration enforcement officers and staff at city shelters for immigrants.
gothamist.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
ICE enters NYC shelters armed and without judicial warrants, reports show
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How do we stop these murders. It's our tax $$ paying for ALL of this
Murder on the high Seas!
No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
December 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
How do we stop these murders. It's our tax $$ paying for ALL of this
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We only know of the big cases Kash Patel is bungling. Who knows how many smaller cases he's also made a dog's breakfast of.
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
We only know of the big cases Kash Patel is bungling. Who knows how many smaller cases he's also made a dog's breakfast of.
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We’re told this thing about @SenatorHagerty having his eye on leaving the senate to be the next TVA CEO ($10.5 MILLION per year) is true, and TN GOP donor Lee Beaman’s (stalled) appointment is to put Bill there to privatize TVA.
And @MarshaBlackburn is neck deep in the scheme.
And @MarshaBlackburn is neck deep in the scheme.
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We’re told this thing about @SenatorHagerty having his eye on leaving the senate to be the next TVA CEO ($10.5 MILLION per year) is true, and TN GOP donor Lee Beaman’s (stalled) appointment is to put Bill there to privatize TVA.
And @MarshaBlackburn is neck deep in the scheme.
And @MarshaBlackburn is neck deep in the scheme.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Someday he will be gone. But we will never forgive or forget the people who supported him.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Someday he will be gone. But we will never forgive or forget the people who supported him.
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A cast of Trump’s lesser-known political appointees and DOGE operatives cut programs in ways that guaranteed widespread harm and death in some of the world’s most desperate situations.
From our friends at @propublica.org:
From our friends at @propublica.org:
Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A cast of Trump’s lesser-known political appointees and DOGE operatives cut programs in ways that guaranteed widespread harm and death in some of the world’s most desperate situations.
From our friends at @propublica.org:
From our friends at @propublica.org:
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If you aren't paying attention to right-wing media and the Republican distraction machine, they are bringing back all the classic anti-Muslim War on Terror talking points.
Just dusted them off. Didn't even change it or give it a reboot.
Wonder if they'll still work.
Just dusted them off. Didn't even change it or give it a reboot.
Wonder if they'll still work.
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
If you aren't paying attention to right-wing media and the Republican distraction machine, they are bringing back all the classic anti-Muslim War on Terror talking points.
Just dusted them off. Didn't even change it or give it a reboot.
Wonder if they'll still work.
Just dusted them off. Didn't even change it or give it a reboot.
Wonder if they'll still work.
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Republican Conundrum: Working-Class Base, Plutocratic Agenda prospect.org/2025/12/15/r...
Republican Conundrum: Working-Class Base, Plutocratic Agenda - The American Prospect
Last week, some swing-district Republicans inched away, selectively, from their party’s economics.
prospect.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Republican Conundrum: Working-Class Base, Plutocratic Agenda prospect.org/2025/12/15/r...
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The Kennedy Center of Contagious Diseases prospect.org/2025/12/15/k...
The Kennedy Center of Contagious Diseases - The American Prospect
Measles and whooping cough are spreading around the country. The man in charge of American public health is making everything worse.
prospect.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The Kennedy Center of Contagious Diseases prospect.org/2025/12/15/k...
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Donald Trump is failing to govern at all.
Mike Johnson is Trump’s wingman. Vladimir Putin is Trump’s “daddy.”
The Republican Congress is sacrificing their future for a fascist dictator.
Mike Johnson is Trump’s wingman. Vladimir Putin is Trump’s “daddy.”
The Republican Congress is sacrificing their future for a fascist dictator.
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Donald Trump is failing to govern at all.
Mike Johnson is Trump’s wingman. Vladimir Putin is Trump’s “daddy.”
The Republican Congress is sacrificing their future for a fascist dictator.
Mike Johnson is Trump’s wingman. Vladimir Putin is Trump’s “daddy.”
The Republican Congress is sacrificing their future for a fascist dictator.
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www.commondreams.org/news/tsa-union
“Noem’s decision to rip up the union contract for 47,000 TSA officers is an illegal act of retaliatory union busting that should cause concern for every person who steps foot in an airport,” said the AFGE president.
“Noem’s decision to rip up the union contract for 47,000 TSA officers is an illegal act of retaliatory union busting that should cause concern for every person who steps foot in an airport,” said the AFGE president.
Labor Leaders Blast DHS Chief Noem's Union-Busting Attack on TSA Workers | Common Dreams
The Transportation Security Administration revived Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's effort to tear up TSA workers' collective bargaining agreement. Their union vowed to fight back.
www.commondreams.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
www.commondreams.org/news/tsa-union
“Noem’s decision to rip up the union contract for 47,000 TSA officers is an illegal act of retaliatory union busting that should cause concern for every person who steps foot in an airport,” said the AFGE president.
“Noem’s decision to rip up the union contract for 47,000 TSA officers is an illegal act of retaliatory union busting that should cause concern for every person who steps foot in an airport,” said the AFGE president.
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The Islamophobic Response to the Bondi Terror Attack Reveals the Fragility of White Supremacy
@joyannreid.bsky.social & I have no time for sanitized, whitewashed, corporate centrist "both sides" nonsense; instead, we're just going to call out the double standards.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
@joyannreid.bsky.social & I have no time for sanitized, whitewashed, corporate centrist "both sides" nonsense; instead, we're just going to call out the double standards.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Islamophobic Response to the Bondi Terror Attack Reveals the Fragility of White Supremacy
Joy-Ann Reid and I have no time for sanitized, whitewashed, corporate centrist "both sides" nonsense and instead we're just going to call out the double standards.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The Islamophobic Response to the Bondi Terror Attack Reveals the Fragility of White Supremacy
@joyannreid.bsky.social & I have no time for sanitized, whitewashed, corporate centrist "both sides" nonsense; instead, we're just going to call out the double standards.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
@joyannreid.bsky.social & I have no time for sanitized, whitewashed, corporate centrist "both sides" nonsense; instead, we're just going to call out the double standards.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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“We are all doing the work of others to compensate,” one VA employee told the Post. “The idea that relief isn’t coming is really, really disappointing.”
The advocacy organization VoteVets cast the job cuts as another step toward the longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the VA.
The advocacy organization VoteVets cast the job cuts as another step toward the longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the VA.
Veterans furious as Trump admin attempts 'to strangle the VA'
Veterans furious as Trump admin attempts 'to strangle the VA'
Before the end of the year, the Trump administration is planning to eliminate up to 35,000 healthcare jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, a chronically understaffed agency that has already lost tens of thousands of employees to the White House’s sweeping assault on the federal workforce.The ...
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“We are all doing the work of others to compensate,” one VA employee told the Post. “The idea that relief isn’t coming is really, really disappointing.”
The advocacy organization VoteVets cast the job cuts as another step toward the longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the VA.
The advocacy organization VoteVets cast the job cuts as another step toward the longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the VA.
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The Trump admin, in its quest to eliminate the entire concept of asylum from the law and get rid of all asylum applicants without hearing their cases, wants to deport a Chinese dissident to Uganda, despite the fact that he has a slam-dunk asylum claim.
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Trump admin, in its quest to eliminate the entire concept of asylum from the law and get rid of all asylum applicants without hearing their cases, wants to deport a Chinese dissident to Uganda, despite the fact that he has a slam-dunk asylum claim.
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While many Republicans running for Congress in swing districts are going to try to distance themselves from Trump, Miller, Kash, Hegseth, RFK Jr, et al, they enabled ALL of it. They all supported Mike Johnson for Speaker, who abdicated all oversight and congressional authority.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
While many Republicans running for Congress in swing districts are going to try to distance themselves from Trump, Miller, Kash, Hegseth, RFK Jr, et al, they enabled ALL of it. They all supported Mike Johnson for Speaker, who abdicated all oversight and congressional authority.
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The government has no problem trying to set up a national voter database, so they can track your vote but they bristle at the idea of a national gun registry
We are so messed up
We are so messed up
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The government has no problem trying to set up a national voter database, so they can track your vote but they bristle at the idea of a national gun registry
We are so messed up
We are so messed up
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Trump has given racists license to be racists in public.
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Trump has given racists license to be racists in public.
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When asked about his political views, Carolla said, "I guess I would be Republican, in the sense that I want a secure border, I'm not into the welfare state, I'm not into all those freebie lunch programs.
During the pandemic, Adam took out over $300K in PPP loans and never paid it back.
During the pandemic, Adam took out over $300K in PPP loans and never paid it back.
December 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
When asked about his political views, Carolla said, "I guess I would be Republican, in the sense that I want a secure border, I'm not into the welfare state, I'm not into all those freebie lunch programs.
During the pandemic, Adam took out over $300K in PPP loans and never paid it back.
During the pandemic, Adam took out over $300K in PPP loans and never paid it back.
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I really enjoyed this conversation with Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Bowie. I think you will too.
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
The Supreme Court's Secret Plan to Reshape America | Professor Nikolas Bowie
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I really enjoyed this conversation with Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Bowie. I think you will too.
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
Tuberville needs to STFU and go back to sports
Straight to the point, no bullshit, honest headline.
More like this, please.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
More like this, please.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Some Republican lawmakers call for mass expulsion of American Muslims
Comments from Rep. Randy Fine (R-Florida) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) reflect a brazen Islamophobic sentiment being voiced by some in the party.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Tuberville needs to STFU and go back to sports
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Straight to the point, no bullshit, honest headline.
More like this, please.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
More like this, please.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Some Republican lawmakers call for mass expulsion of American Muslims
Comments from Rep. Randy Fine (R-Florida) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) reflect a brazen Islamophobic sentiment being voiced by some in the party.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Straight to the point, no bullshit, honest headline.
More like this, please.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
More like this, please.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)