Jim of Pennsyltucky
@jimdigs.bsky.social
"Demagoguery thrives on passion without reason, fear without facts, and loyalty without question."
It is Maga's true religion.
It is Maga's true religion.
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
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The Pentagon investigates a sitting senator, an envoy to Russia plays favorites, and the son of a beloved icon gets a big win – just some of the stories HuffPost is following today.
HuffPost Headlines 11-24
The Pentagon investigates a sitting senator, an envoy to Russia plays favorites, and the son of a beloved icon gets a big win – just some of the stories HuffPost is following today.
www.huffpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Pentagon investigates a sitting senator, an envoy to Russia plays favorites, and the son of a beloved icon gets a big win – just some of the stories HuffPost is following today.
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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We are paying ICE/DHS to spy on all of us.
And while it violates all of our civil liberties, its FOIA program is a joke - making accountability even more difficult.
From here on out, every member of Congress with jurisdiction over DHS should be demanding answers about the state of its FOIA office.
And while it violates all of our civil liberties, its FOIA program is a joke - making accountability even more difficult.
From here on out, every member of Congress with jurisdiction over DHS should be demanding answers about the state of its FOIA office.
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We are paying ICE/DHS to spy on all of us.
And while it violates all of our civil liberties, its FOIA program is a joke - making accountability even more difficult.
From here on out, every member of Congress with jurisdiction over DHS should be demanding answers about the state of its FOIA office.
And while it violates all of our civil liberties, its FOIA program is a joke - making accountability even more difficult.
From here on out, every member of Congress with jurisdiction over DHS should be demanding answers about the state of its FOIA office.
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Seriously, what are we doing, America? We’re helping Russia destroy a democratic country it illegally invaded, one amateur phone call at a time.
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Seriously, what are we doing, America? We’re helping Russia destroy a democratic country it illegally invaded, one amateur phone call at a time.
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So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
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Scott Bessent on the administration's affordability plan: "We'll see. He's the president of solutions, and I'm sure that we will have a solution to this."
(Note the complete lack of pushback to this by Rebecca Quick and contrast with her recent attempted ambush of Hakeem Jeffries)
(Note the complete lack of pushback to this by Rebecca Quick and contrast with her recent attempted ambush of Hakeem Jeffries)
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Scott Bessent on the administration's affordability plan: "We'll see. He's the president of solutions, and I'm sure that we will have a solution to this."
(Note the complete lack of pushback to this by Rebecca Quick and contrast with her recent attempted ambush of Hakeem Jeffries)
(Note the complete lack of pushback to this by Rebecca Quick and contrast with her recent attempted ambush of Hakeem Jeffries)
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This year's fatalities exceed those of "every year on record since reporting began in 2018," they write.
House Democrats Sound Alarm About Number Of Deaths In ICE Detention
This year's fatalities exceed those of "every year on record since reporting began in 2018," they write.
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This year's fatalities exceed those of "every year on record since reporting began in 2018," they write.
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
@maddow.bsky.social @captmarkkelly.bsky.social This is what comes from sedition. The seditious lie the 2020 election was stolen. Ashli Babbitt believed Trump's sedition & died because of it. Trump's sedition continues to this day. Who will it kill next. #maddow
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
@maddow.bsky.social @captmarkkelly.bsky.social This is what comes from sedition. The seditious lie the 2020 election was stolen. Ashli Babbitt believed Trump's sedition & died because of it. Trump's sedition continues to this day. Who will it kill next. #maddow
@maddow.bsky.social Unrefutable Historical parallels:
Hitler and the nazis burned books and people. He put them in camps with guards and dogs.
Trump and maga ban books and people. He puts them in camps in swamps with guards cottonmouths and alligators. #maddow #ice #maga #gop
Hitler and the nazis burned books and people. He put them in camps with guards and dogs.
Trump and maga ban books and people. He puts them in camps in swamps with guards cottonmouths and alligators. #maddow #ice #maga #gop
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
@maddow.bsky.social Unrefutable Historical parallels:
Hitler and the nazis burned books and people. He put them in camps with guards and dogs.
Trump and maga ban books and people. He puts them in camps in swamps with guards cottonmouths and alligators. #maddow #ice #maga #gop
Hitler and the nazis burned books and people. He put them in camps with guards and dogs.
Trump and maga ban books and people. He puts them in camps in swamps with guards cottonmouths and alligators. #maddow #ice #maga #gop
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Is anyone surprised that the top MAGA trolls on X are posting from outside the U.S.?
newrepublic.com/post/203562/...
newrepublic.com/post/203562/...
Many Top MAGA Trolls Aren’t Even in the U.S.
Elon Musk’s new X feature has been very revealing.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Is anyone surprised that the top MAGA trolls on X are posting from outside the U.S.?
newrepublic.com/post/203562/...
newrepublic.com/post/203562/...
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Did you know Starbucks is the biggest labor-law violator in modern U.S. history, and Colorado workers are now filing even more complaints?
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
How Starbucks tried to quash union activity in Colorado
The coffee giant shuttered a store in Colorado Springs in 2022 shortly after its workers voted to unionize. A federal agency later ordered Starbucks to reopen that store, along with 22 others.
seiu.co
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Did you know Starbucks is the biggest labor-law violator in modern U.S. history, and Colorado workers are now filing even more complaints?
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
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November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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After federal courts ruled that Louisiana’s Congressional district map violated the #VotingRightsAct and diluted the power of Black voters, Louisiana drew a fairer map.
Now, SCOTUS is considering overturning that map — and threatening our voting rights across the country in the process. (thread 🧵)
Now, SCOTUS is considering overturning that map — and threatening our voting rights across the country in the process. (thread 🧵)
Louisiana v. Callais: The End of the Voting Rights Act?
Louisiana v. Callais puts Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the Supreme Court’s crosshairs and could result in the elimination of the last remaining bulwark against racial discrimination in voting...
www.americanprogress.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
After federal courts ruled that Louisiana’s Congressional district map violated the #VotingRightsAct and diluted the power of Black voters, Louisiana drew a fairer map.
Now, SCOTUS is considering overturning that map — and threatening our voting rights across the country in the process. (thread 🧵)
Now, SCOTUS is considering overturning that map — and threatening our voting rights across the country in the process. (thread 🧵)
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Trump's corrupt bribe-for-pardon scheme makes criminals think they're above law if they can write a check to a lobbyist with enough zeros on it.
It's never been about justice, just Trump's bottom line.
It's never been about justice, just Trump's bottom line.
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 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Trump's corrupt bribe-for-pardon scheme makes criminals think they're above law if they can write a check to a lobbyist with enough zeros on it.
It's never been about justice, just Trump's bottom line.
It's never been about justice, just Trump's bottom line.
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
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I've found that most people don't know that science is based on the scientific method. When I wrote astronomy articles the pushback was from people thinking science works the same as feeling your way through the dark, or simply random opinion. Even supporters don't tend to know about the SM.
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I've found that most people don't know that science is based on the scientific method. When I wrote astronomy articles the pushback was from people thinking science works the same as feeling your way through the dark, or simply random opinion. Even supporters don't tend to know about the SM.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
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DOGE may be disappearing but its records shouldn’t.
We’ll need them to understand what it did with the datasets it copied from agencies, how it mishandled our data, and how to prevent another DOGE.
So - who’s ensuring the records aren’t being destroyed?
We’ll need them to understand what it did with the datasets it copied from agencies, how it mishandled our data, and how to prevent another DOGE.
So - who’s ensuring the records aren’t being destroyed?
‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule
Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way out
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
DOGE may be disappearing but its records shouldn’t.
We’ll need them to understand what it did with the datasets it copied from agencies, how it mishandled our data, and how to prevent another DOGE.
So - who’s ensuring the records aren’t being destroyed?
We’ll need them to understand what it did with the datasets it copied from agencies, how it mishandled our data, and how to prevent another DOGE.
So - who’s ensuring the records aren’t being destroyed?
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Kristi Noem used a $200M “national emergency” ad campaign to steer work to people connected to her team — including a hidden subcontractor tied to her allies.
Experts say it looks like corruption.
Taxpayer money isn’t supposed to be a friends-and-family hookup.
Experts say it looks like corruption.
Taxpayer money isn’t supposed to be a friends-and-family hookup.
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Kristi Noem used a $200M “national emergency” ad campaign to steer work to people connected to her team — including a hidden subcontractor tied to her allies.
Experts say it looks like corruption.
Taxpayer money isn’t supposed to be a friends-and-family hookup.
Experts say it looks like corruption.
Taxpayer money isn’t supposed to be a friends-and-family hookup.
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Trump has been bashing wind power for years. He’s now cracking down on its use in the United States — and it’s costing people jobs and causing energy bills to skyrocket. More:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices
Unionized workers are fighting Donald Trump's attacks on wind energy. In Baltimore, they're preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future."
www.rollingstone.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Trump has been bashing wind power for years. He’s now cracking down on its use in the United States — and it’s costing people jobs and causing energy bills to skyrocket. More:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Earlier this year, the United States deported 252 Venezuelans to El Salvador and paid its government to imprison them. Now two human-rights organizations have found that all of those men were physically abused, Conor Friedersdorf writes:
What the Deported Venezuelans Went Through in El Salvador
Forty men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration have shared disturbing accounts of abuse by a regime that America paid to imprison them.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Earlier this year, the United States deported 252 Venezuelans to El Salvador and paid its government to imprison them. Now two human-rights organizations have found that all of those men were physically abused, Conor Friedersdorf writes:
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Our health care system is badly broken, but Republicans’ “concepts of a plan” to crush the Affordable Care Act for the umpteenth time just is not going to work.
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Our health care system is badly broken, but Republicans’ “concepts of a plan” to crush the Affordable Care Act for the umpteenth time just is not going to work.