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Fletch
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With friends like these …
Why Sam Harris and Elon Musk Are No Longer Friends
YouTube video by Sam Harris
youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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craigbrittain.com
BREAKING: A nation which is a democratic republic has jailed their corrupt President for abusing the system to rob the poorest people while giving benefits to the richest, in violation of their constitution.
December 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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specialkhersoncat.bsky.social
This is what large-scale supply chain protection looks like in the age of drones. A large Ukrainian anti-drone tunnel over logistics routes stretches for more than 40km.
December 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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jojofromjerz.bsky.social
I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with @hcrichardson.bsky.social, and I walked away feeling much more hopeful than I had before we began.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“When this administration calls you a criminal illegal alien, what do you say?”

karoline leavitt’s Nephew’s mom: “I’m heartbroken. I’m heartbroken for my son. I don’t even have a parking ticket… it doesn’t make any sense. I’m just as lost as you are.”
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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theintellectualist.bsky.social
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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johnbisognano.com
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.

I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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mtsw.bsky.social
We're completely screwed if our response to measles is going to be asking antivaxxers - the most selfish and stupid people in our society - to voluntarily self-report and quarantine for 21 days each every time they get exposed
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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justinmikulka.bsky.social
As a reader learning about how this enhanced geothermal company just got more funding would you prefer to know that the current secretary of energy's company was an early investor in this technology or is that not relevant information?
Exclusive | Fervo Energy Raises $462 Million, Lands Google as Investor
The company, also backed by Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, has emerged as a leader in advanced geothermal energy.
www.wsj.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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jamellebouie.net
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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meidastouch.com
BIG NEWS: A federal grand jury has AGAIN refused to indict NY AG Letitia James in the Eastern District of Virginia — this time in Alexandria.

This is just a week after the DOJ tried and failed to secure a grand jury indictment in Norfolk.
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: Federal prosecutors have failed, for the second time, to re-indict Letitia James.

w/ @joshgerstein

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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atrupar.com
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing

BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?

GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now

THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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jayowens.bsky.social
Want to visit the US?

Hand over 5 years of social media, 10 years of email addresses, the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children…

And even if Dems win in 2028, you know this is never getting rolled back.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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mayaonstage.bsky.social
Soooo the Trump admin is trying to control the narrative by keeping international visitors from talking shit about his administration. The tourism industry is already taking a hit, and this just makes it worse.
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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peter.andringa.me
NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.
Trump’s immigration data dragnet
The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year
ig.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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pbump.com
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I’ve stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an “aura” around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks — Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to “ace” this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am “slowing up,” am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am “slowing up,” but it’s not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful “source” of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
RESULTS: Democrat Tim Keller has won reelection as mayor of Albuquerque.

He defeats a former Republican sheriff, who took issue with Keller's executive order that limited collaboration with ICE.

And that's not all: Liberal faction seizes majority a city council.
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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propublica.org
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud.

Read our full investigation here 👇
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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dominicervolina.com
Couple of things here:

1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently

2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"

3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"

4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I've stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an "aura" around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks - Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to "ace" this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am "slowing up," am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am "slowing up," but it's not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it's seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean "THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful "source" of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 908 ReTruths 3.07k Likes Dec 09, 2025, 9:11 PM
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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meidastouch.com
MAJOR BREAKING: Eileen Higgins will win the Miami mayoral runoff election, becoming the first Democrat to serve as mayor of the city in nearly 30 years, Decision Desk HQ projects.

The Republican candidate won the mayoral race in 2021 by 67 points.
December 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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sammerchant.bsky.social
Code of Conduct for United States Judges, Canon 5: "A judge should not . . . attend or purchase a ticket for a dinner or other event sponsored by a political organization or candidate... A judge should not engage in any other political activity." (All judges receive training on this.)
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d
Via MS NOW: Emil Bove is in attendance at Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania tonight.
Vaughn Hillyard @VaughnHillyard X.com Judge Emil Bove is at President Trump's Pennsylvania event tonight—an unusual move for a federal judge. When asked by MS NOW off camera why he is here, he responded: "Just here as a citizen coming to watch the president speak."
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Breaking on MS NOW:

Trump-appointed federal judge Emil Bove, one of Trump's former personal lawyers, is attending Trump's rally tonight in Pennsylvania.
December 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM