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jjmplsmn @jjmplsmn.bsky.social · Jan 24
And then,
they came for me.
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atrupar.com
COLLINS: You talk about 15 years of Obamacare. But that also means Republicans have had 15 years to come up with a solution and have not yet done so.

ROGER MARSHALL: I'm not sure what we can say
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
... me telling you how bad Emil Bove is. www.lawdork.com/p/emil-bove-...
Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
www.lawdork.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Oh, admit it, you knew it was coming.
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
@warren.senate.gov publishes a report listing all the $$ that Congress gave to DOD to do DOD things that DOD instead spent on Stephen Miller's snatch and grab.

As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.

www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
ACTIVITY OBLIGATED DOD FUNDS Deployments to the Border $1.3 billion Border Security $1.1 billion National Defense Areas $13.1 million Permanent Border Barrier $187.2 million Deployments to the U.S. Interior $258 million Deployment in Los Angeles $172 million Deployment in Illinois $12 million Deployment in Oregon $16 million Deployment in Memphis $3 million JAGs authorized for reassignment as immigration judges $55 million Detention Operations $420.9 million Guantánamo $55 million Domestic Military Installations $365.6 million Djibouti $0.3 million Flights on Military Aircraft $40.3 million Detainee Transport Flights to Guantánamo $5.6 million Deportation Flights $33.1 million DoD-Contracted Flights “to support migrant operations” $1.6 million TOTAL DIVERTED OVER $2 BILLION
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
UPDATE — A new Tennessee Supreme Court redistricting ruling “slams the courthouse door in the face of Tennessee voters and gives the General Assembly free rein to largely ignore the constitution”👇🏽
December 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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whitehouse.senate.gov
As people evaluate the credibility of DOJ’s disclosure of the Epstein files, it’s good to remember the bogus effort so far.

🧵
December 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
I know we’ve been talking about the 25th Amendment being invoked for years now, but we should probably be talking about it a lot more and a lot more seriously right now.
dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 1d
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 4:54 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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adamserwer.bsky.social
I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy
A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from deploying members of the California National Guard in Los Angeles, directing return of its control of to Governor Newsom […]
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journa.host
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
This is extraordinary and extraordinarily revealing if true.

“An artificial intelligence chatbot unveiled by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday appears to have described airstrikes against suspected drug smugglers at sea as 'unambiguously illegal.'”

report by @mikaelthalen.bsky.social
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The military's new AI says 'hypothetical' boat strike scenario 'unambiguously illegal’
An AI chatbot unveiled by the Pentagon appears to have described airstrikes against suspected drug smugglers at sea as “illegal.”
san.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
This is the front cover of the 1967 Rockwell Report from which that text came. FWIW, Musk has frequently complained about how American schools supposedly teach white children to hate themselves, and that Jews are somehow behind this anti-white agenda. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
the Rockwell Report George Lincoln Rockwell Feb -March 1967 WHITE SELF-HATE MASTER-STROKE OF THE ENEMY White People! Unite & Fight! Official Publication of the American Nazi Party THE ROCKWELL REPORT is published monthly by the American
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
This post by the world’s richest and most divorced man on the site he bought to promote his far right extremism is ripped straight from the Klan messaging of the 1870s or the 1915 film Birth of a Nation that inspired the Klan’s rebirth as a PR stunt/Ponzi scheme/terrorist organization in the 1920s.
Elon Musk Yes @elonmusk • 6h Declaration of Memes @Liber... •21h We need to save America then the entire West. • 2.7K We are witnessing the greatest act of cuckoldry in human history An entire civilisation willingly giving away its land, women, & children because the alternative is to being called a racist 17 12K 92K Ill 3.7M
December 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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bradheath.bsky.social
A broad swath of Americans oppose the U.S. military's campaign of deadly strikes on boats suspected of carrying illegal drugs in Caribbean and Pacific waters near Venezuela, including about one fifth of President Donald Trump's Republicans, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
www.reuters.com/world/us/bro...
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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karlbode.com
I think it's funny that the same incompetent knobs who tell us government can't work and are hacking away at its foundations with chainsaws for fun somehow think they can keep a lid on this
DeepSeek is Using Banned Nvidia Chips in Race to Build Next Model
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup, has been developing its next major model using several thousand Nvidia’s state-of-the-art Blackwell chips which the U.S. has forbidden from being exported to China, a...
www.theinformation.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.

It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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propublica.org
During the year’s busiest season of charitable giving, donors may wonder whether the nonprofits they are considering donating to are going to be good stewards of their money.

Last year, we added tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that:
Nonprofit Explorer Adds Powerful Tools to Help You Research Organizations’ Financials
ProPublica has added the ability to find nonprofit organizations that auditors have flagged as having serious financial or control deficiencies. We also added the ability to search for organizations t...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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charlesgaba.com
🚨 Of all the "alternative" ACA bills the GOP has scrambled to slap together over the past week or so, it looks like the Senate GOP has decided to go with one of the worst as their alternative to simply extending the f*cking tax credits.

acasignups.net/25/12/08/upd...
December 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Interesting parts of the NDAA:
-It withholds Hegseth's travel budget until he releases the unedited strike video.
-It keeps says troops in Europe can't go below 76,000
-It offers another $400 million to the Ukraine Security Assistance initiative
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Congress makes raising troop pay contingent on Hegseth releasing boat strike video
This year’s annual defense bill will withhold money for Hegseth’s travel budget unless he releases videos of the boat strike in the Caribbean
www.independent.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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propublica.org
One officer was accused of spreading a nude photo of a woman he knew.

Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.

In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.

With @invisible.institute
Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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propublica.org
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape.

The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.

By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
Sick in a Hospital Town: As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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propublica.org
16/ Woven throughout the series is our managing editor and reporter @gingerthompson.bsky.social's pursuit of one question: If Anthony Parker couldn’t get good care at Phoebe, then who could?

Read the rest of the story, starting here 👇
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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propublica.org
15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia.

It’s about getting sick in America.

And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM