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graylib.bsky.social
@graylib.bsky.social
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Democracy loving Boomer.
Rule of law, freedom, dignity, compassion. Pronouns: she/her

My issues: RIGHTS, PEOPLE!

Liberty by Law! Vaccines save lives!
Jeepers, I’m a Democratic Socialist!?
And I’m mad as hell.
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gtconway.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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vanessawbyers.bsky.social
🚨 DAILY REMINDER 🚨
I post this video every day so we never forget Jan. 6, 2021 and Trump’s role in the attack on our democracy. An assault on the U.S. Constitution is an assault on America. Never forget. Vote the Republicans out!🇺🇸

#StayWoke ✊🏽 #Pinks 🌸

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December 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
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December 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Happy Saturday & TY MErlin
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December 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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mcsquared.bsky.social
Tis the season
December 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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protip.altgov.info
We weren’t attacked

We aren’t at war

There’s no conceivable security or safety threat

None of that justified our treatment of Japanese Americans in WWII and none of it even exists now

This is hate for its own sake, untethered to context, sown and harvested in service of corruption
democratswin.bsky.social Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 8h
The facility has become a “human and civil rights catastrophe,” the ACLU & other organizations said. The organizations are calling for the camp to be shut down, alleging detained immigrants are subject to beatings, sexual abuse by officers, medical neglect, hunger and denial of access to attorneys.
ACLU: ICE Detainees at Camp East Montana Beaten, Threatened with Illegal Removal to Mexico – Deceleration
Camp East Montana, a massive tent ICE detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, opened in August and now holds about 2,700 detainees. Camp East Montana, a massive tent ICE detention facility...
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December 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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rollingstone.com
Commentary: "It’s never a good sign when the United States’ national security plan is praised by Russia as being 'largely consistent with our vision.' But that’s the bizarro world we’re living in."
Trump Shares Russia's Twisted Vision of 'Peace' in New National Security Strategy
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December 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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kimf-m.bsky.social
Um, NO - THEY DIDN'T.

Redacted files does
NOT a release make.

*If you agree, please repost.
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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swin24.bsky.social
I did not realize that former trump attorney and now one of his hatchetwomen at DOJ Harmeet Dhillon spread this, and that Elise Stefanik joined in. @chrislhayes.bsky.social adds that Stefanik announced she was suspending her guv run & not returning to Congress and correctly notes that…. Good!!
allinwithchris.bsky.social All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 1d
“This is a student who did nothing wrong on a campus that is already in mourning,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the "enraging" story of right-wing figures falsely claiming with zero evidence the Brown University gunman was a Palestinian student.
December 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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profrrothschild.bsky.social
Some of the best political reporting these days is coming out of Rolling Stone magazine.
This piece is among the most important I've read recently: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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You’re going to want to sit down and read this.
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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December 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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NEW: Louisiana and lawyer Erin Hawley of ADF just asked a federal judge to IMMEDIATELY end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone while their lawsuit against the FDA proceeds. They cite Fifth Circuit opinion and the Comstock Act of 1873
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screenshot 1/2 with some words highlighted in yellow. they are offset by asterisks below: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, by and through its Attorney General, LIZ MURRILL, and ROSALIE MARKEZICH, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al., Defendants. Case No.: 6:25-cv-01491-DCJ-DJA Judge David C. Joseph Magistrate Judge David J. Ayo PLAINTIFFS STATE OF LOUISIANA AND ROSALIE MARKEZICH’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY RELIEF UNDER 5 U.S.C. § 705 Plaintiffs State of Louisiana and Rosalie Markezich respectfully move under 5 U.S.C. § 705 for **an order staying or postponing the effective date of the 2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued to allow mifepristone to be dispensed remotely** (the 2023 REMS). Plaintiffs also move in the alternative under 5 U.S.C. § 705 for a preliminary injunction under Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ordering FDA to suspend or withdraw the 2023 REMS while this case proceeds. The 2023 REMS is unlawful for at least the following reasons: **First, as five Fifth Circuit judges already have indicated, the 2023 REMS is arbitrary and capricious** and an abuse of discretion in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A). All. for Hippocratic Med. v. FDA, No. 23-10362, 2023 WL 2913725, at *17–18 (5th Cir. Apr. 12, 2023) (Alliance I); All. for Hippocratic Med. v. FDA, 78 F.4th 210, 249–51 (5th Cir. 2023) (Alliance II), rev’d and remanded on other grounds, 602 U.S. 367 (2024) (Alliance). That is because FDA permanently removed the in-person dispensing requirement and made other changes based on sources that the agency conceded did not support its decision. docket here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71544002/louisiana-v-u-s-food-drug-administration/?order_by=desc screenshot 2/2 with some words highlighted in yellow. they are offset by asterisks below: **Second, the 2023 REMS is “otherwise not in accordance with law.” 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A). Under 18 U.S.C. § 1462** [NOTE: THIS IS THE COMSTOCK ACT. IT'S 18 U.S.C 1461-1462], Congress prohibits the use of “any express company or other common carrier or interactive computer service” for “any drug, medicine, article, or thing designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion.” Because a federal agency cannot permit what federal law expressly prohibits, FDA lacked authority to permanently remove the in-person dispensing requirement. For these reasons, and as set forth fully in Plaintiffs’ Complaint and supporting Memorandum of Law, interim relief is necessary and appropriate to mitigate irreparable injuries caused by the 2023 REMS. Interim relief will serve the public interest and will not harm Defendants. This Motion is made on the grounds specified in this Motion, the accompanying Memorandum of Law, the exhibits attached to this Motion, the Complaint, and the Complaint’s accompanying exhibits, as well as on such other and further oral or documentary evidence as may be presented to the Court at or before a hearing on this Motion.1 An exhibit list and a proposed order are attached. docket here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71544002/louisiana-v-u-s-food-drug-administration/?order_by=desc
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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qasimrashid.com
If Trump announces a new war with Venezuela, three things must happen immediately:
1. Congress move to impeach him for declaring war without approval
2. US military announce their refusal to comply with illegal orders
3. UNSC resolution to condemn war, even against US opposition.

No Blood For OIl!
December 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
The Bush administration conned a majority of the country into thinking Iraq was tied to 9/11 to justify that war, and that came after nearly a year and a half of steady propaganda.

They worked to build up public support and held it through the early months of the war, before it all turned to shit.
Before the Iraq War, majorities in both parties believed the falsehood that Saddam Hussein had aided the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States (66% in October 2002, 57% in Feb 2003)
December 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
But this?

If you polled 100 random Americans this afternoon and told them Trump was about to take the nation to war, how many would even be able to name the target? How many could name its leader? How many could articulate the reason why?

They're speed-running 2003. Apparently to edge out Epstein?
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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larrytenney.bsky.social
WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has made it clear that the objective for oil rich Venezuela is regime change

And Pete Hegseth's narcoboat war games are the false predicate they've manufactured to rationalize their scheme

Sound familiar? Iraq, Libya maybe?

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
December 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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tshred.bsky.social SHRED @tshred.bsky.social · 4d
She was sentenced to life in prison for money laundering and cocaine.

Trump pardons her and puts her in charge of pardons. The "Pardon Czar".

Major drug dealers are loving this.

You'll never hear this on the news media for whatever reasons.

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December 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Trump has pardoned 17 drug dealers and nearly 1600 people who attacked Congress on January 6, 2021.
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d
Johnson: “If you’re going to restore the people’s faith in the justice system, you have to show them that there are serious consequences for people like Jack Smith who abuses that system.”
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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There's a special election tonight for the KY Senate in a seat that Harris won by just 5 points last year, but the GOP doesn't seem to be contesting it seriously.

One possible reason? Their candidate called young women “coddled americunts."

Our writeup: www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...
Kentucky Democrats are defending a state Senate seat in the Louisville area in a special election on Tuesday night, one that saw a close race at the top of the ticket last year. Republicans, however, do not appear to be seriously contesting it. The 37th District became vacant in October after its previous holder, Democratic Sen. David Yates, was appointed Jefferson County clerk. Yates defeated Republican Calvin Leach by a wide 60-40 margin last year, but Kamala Harris carried the district by a much smaller 52-47 spread, according to calculations from The Downballot. That also represented a considerable drop from Joe Biden’s 54-44 win four years earlier. In the contest to succeed Yates, Democrats nominated Army veteran Gary Clemons, who is president of the local branch of the United Steelworkers union. Republicans once again went with Leach, who is also an Army veteran. Shortly after Leach was selected, Kentucky Public Radio reported on an article he wrote in 2018 in which he described young women as “promiscuous skanks,” “coddled americunts,” and “party whores.” He defended the article in an interview with KPR but quickly deleted it, though as the outlet noted, he continued to make similar comments online as recently as this summer.
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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🚨 Senate Republicans just voted to more than double avg. health insurance premiums for 24 million Americans.

Today would be a good day to help Democrats flip the Senate. #Blue26

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December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Putin has allowed the recognition of unoccupied property and the seizure of housing in illegally occupied regions until 2030.

The law applies to the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions,

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December 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM