Grudgie the Whale
@grudgie.bsky.social
Progressive. 🇺🇸. This flag is ours. They wave the Trump flag & the one that celebrates cop violence.
Pinned
My literal life goal is to never actually hear Trump’s voice ever again
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"The GOP will flinch from more than doubling health insurance premiums—at least if middle-class people and up are the most affected—but only if they can also make the insurance worse, and make poor people pay more." prospect.org/2025/11/25/t...
Trump’s Obamacare Plan Is Still Not Great - The American Prospect
The Republican plan to more than double premiums is gone, but the insurance will get worse, and the poor will pay more.
prospect.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"The GOP will flinch from more than doubling health insurance premiums—at least if middle-class people and up are the most affected—but only if they can also make the insurance worse, and make poor people pay more." prospect.org/2025/11/25/t...
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District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
I don’t really know what to say except when you go crazy that someone says illegal orders shouldn’t be followed you are confessing
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I don’t really know what to say except when you go crazy that someone says illegal orders shouldn’t be followed you are confessing
STAGFLATION
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
STAGFLATION
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The people who mocked Trump/Russia should be ashamed of themselves.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The people who mocked Trump/Russia should be ashamed of themselves.
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When you only want boy-friendly spaces
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When you only want boy-friendly spaces
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Delete Twitter, the fascist propaganda site.
As soon as this new information was unleashed, people began looking at the location data for accounts that primarily serve to stoke political tensions in the U.S. with far-right narratives that are often misleading or outright false.
X's Top MAGA Trolls Revealed to Be Foreign Accounts
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November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Delete Twitter, the fascist propaganda site.
You didn’t have to google anything. The President has murdered 80 people on fishing boats and the government admittedly has no idea who they are or what they possessed.
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
You didn’t have to google anything. The President has murdered 80 people on fishing boats and the government admittedly has no idea who they are or what they possessed.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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To be fair, Putin has already made the only concession he needed to make: He helped Trump become president, twice.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
To be fair, Putin has already made the only concession he needed to make: He helped Trump become president, twice.
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EXCLUSIVE first look to MaddowBlog: In a FOIA request filed with the DOJ’s criminal division, Senators Whitehouse, Blumenthal and Schiff, each of whom serve on the Judiciary Committee, are demanding a variety of details related to the Tom Homas case.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Democratic senators file FOIA request, demand answers about Tom Homan controversy Democratic senators file FOIA request demanding answers about the Tom Homan controversy
The FBI recorded Homan allegedly accepting $50,000 in cash as part of an undercover operation. Three senators are still seeking information about the case.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE first look to MaddowBlog: In a FOIA request filed with the DOJ’s criminal division, Senators Whitehouse, Blumenthal and Schiff, each of whom serve on the Judiciary Committee, are demanding a variety of details related to the Tom Homas case.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
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Pathetic.
“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold…
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold…
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
Unintentionally revealing
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Pathetic.
“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold…
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold…
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
I say it every day but every day there’s a Trump scandal that would be the biggest scandal for like 43 Presidents that swallows the entire term. Every. Single. Day.
A convicted fraudster paid two right-wing lobbyists $960,000 for "seeking a federal pardon" for him. Months later, Trump pardoned him. @postkranish.bsky.social Aaron Schafer www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I say it every day but every day there’s a Trump scandal that would be the biggest scandal for like 43 Presidents that swallows the entire term. Every. Single. Day.
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“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
We really should give the Statue of Liberty back.
It’s just a cruel reminder of how far we’ve strayed from our stated values.
It’s just a cruel reminder of how far we’ve strayed from our stated values.
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We really should give the Statue of Liberty back.
It’s just a cruel reminder of how far we’ve strayed from our stated values.
It’s just a cruel reminder of how far we’ve strayed from our stated values.
Huge positive findings that will surely find the pages of the NYT since these are the answers they’ve “only been asking questions” to.
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Huge positive findings that will surely find the pages of the NYT since these are the answers they’ve “only been asking questions” to.
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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Worst retail sales print since May.
US RETAIL SALES (MOM) (SEP) ACTUAL: 0.2% VS 0.6% PREVIOUS; EST 0.4%
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Worst retail sales print since May.
The first thing that used to come to mind when I thought of the UK was dry humor but now I think it’s deranged bigotry over trans people.
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The first thing that used to come to mind when I thought of the UK was dry humor but now I think it’s deranged bigotry over trans people.
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You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
I think that’s pretty generous
"This is a C-plus, B-minus labor market," says ADP's Chief Economist on CNBC.
US ADP EMPLOYMENT CHANGE WEEKLY ACTUAL: -13.5K VS -2.50K PREVIOUS
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I think that’s pretty generous
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?
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It is unsettling. What’s her name?
Deeply unsettled by this older photo of Mike Johnson with a beard.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It is unsettling. What’s her name?