Joan Ellen Gage
@joanzone53.bsky.social
Digital artist who loves to create light-filled, layered & gorgeous images.
https://www.pictorem.com/collectionlist.html?keyword=PIXquisate
https://www.pictorem.com/collectionlist.html?keyword=PIXquisate
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Dude cannot stop lying
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dude cannot stop lying
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Getting the grade you earned is religious persecution now?
University Of Oklahoma Places Professor On Leave After Student Cries 'Religious Discrimination' For Bad Grade On Essay
www.comicsands.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Getting the grade you earned is religious persecution now?
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“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, / The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity."
W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, / The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity."
W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats
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“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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He truly is Dr. Evil.
Clip Of Trump Mocking Pete Buttigieg As His Cronies Laugh Feels Like It's Straight Out Of 'Austin Powers'
www.comicsands.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
He truly is Dr. Evil.
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“Simply calling them terrorists does not make them so. It does not unlock some hidden lethal power.” Retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel Maurer, a former Judge Advocate General, on legal questions surrounding the September 2 strike on an alleged drug boat during which a second strike killed two survivors
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“Simply calling them terrorists does not make them so. It does not unlock some hidden lethal power.” Retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel Maurer, a former Judge Advocate General, on legal questions surrounding the September 2 strike on an alleged drug boat during which a second strike killed two survivors
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"The rapid erosion of President Donald Trump's support among Latinos underscores how this growing group is poised to become the largest bloc of movable voters in the electorate," writes Ronald Brownstein | Analysis
https://cnn.it/4pTHdFY
https://cnn.it/4pTHdFY
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"The rapid erosion of President Donald Trump's support among Latinos underscores how this growing group is poised to become the largest bloc of movable voters in the electorate," writes Ronald Brownstein | Analysis
https://cnn.it/4pTHdFY
https://cnn.it/4pTHdFY
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When the 20-somethings that wrote the US National Security Strategy had to first ask AI what a ”strategy” is:
December 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When the 20-somethings that wrote the US National Security Strategy had to first ask AI what a ”strategy” is:
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The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
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84 years ago today: Pearl Harbor, the culmination and consequence of two decades of retreat into isolationism, nationalism, nativism, protectionism, and a refusal to defend democracy and confront the dictators.
We have started down that path again.
conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...
We have started down that path again.
conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...
Robert Kagan: Trump's Foreign Policy & The New World Disorder
On Trump’s foreign policy and the new world disorder
conversationswithbillkristol.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
84 years ago today: Pearl Harbor, the culmination and consequence of two decades of retreat into isolationism, nationalism, nativism, protectionism, and a refusal to defend democracy and confront the dictators.
We have started down that path again.
conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...
We have started down that path again.
conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...
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Trump vows to slam America’s doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
Trump vows to slam America’s doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
National guard shooting prompts extraordinary outburst and targeting of people from startling range of countries
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trump vows to slam America’s doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
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“Well he didn’t say that.”
Homan tries to whitewash Trump’s racist rant about Somali Americans being “garbage” by saying he was talking about violent criminals
Bash points out he obviously wasn’t
Homan tries to whitewash Trump’s racist rant about Somali Americans being “garbage” by saying he was talking about violent criminals
Bash points out he obviously wasn’t
December 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“Well he didn’t say that.”
Homan tries to whitewash Trump’s racist rant about Somali Americans being “garbage” by saying he was talking about violent criminals
Bash points out he obviously wasn’t
Homan tries to whitewash Trump’s racist rant about Somali Americans being “garbage” by saying he was talking about violent criminals
Bash points out he obviously wasn’t
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Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view reut.rs/4qefvUL
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view
The U.S. National Security Strategy described Trump's vision as one of "flexible realism."
reut.rs
December 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view reut.rs/4qefvUL
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The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Prior to his current stint with the FBI, when he was a right wing media voice, Dan Bongino lied to his audience. He admitted it this week. Nothing he said was based on facts or the truth. And sadly, he’s not the only one. My end of week wrap up.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...
Danny B. Lets Us in on a Little Secret
The Social Contract Weekly Wrap
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Prior to his current stint with the FBI, when he was a right wing media voice, Dan Bongino lied to his audience. He admitted it this week. Nothing he said was based on facts or the truth. And sadly, he’s not the only one. My end of week wrap up.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...
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TW ⚠️— WISCONSIN: “I am racist.”
Cinnabon has fired this racist worker who hurled the N word at a Hijab-wearing Somali woman and her husband.
This is what Trump has emboldened. Our kids are watching.
More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/cinnabon-fir...
Cinnabon has fired this racist worker who hurled the N word at a Hijab-wearing Somali woman and her husband.
This is what Trump has emboldened. Our kids are watching.
More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/cinnabon-fir...
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
TW ⚠️— WISCONSIN: “I am racist.”
Cinnabon has fired this racist worker who hurled the N word at a Hijab-wearing Somali woman and her husband.
This is what Trump has emboldened. Our kids are watching.
More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/cinnabon-fir...
Cinnabon has fired this racist worker who hurled the N word at a Hijab-wearing Somali woman and her husband.
This is what Trump has emboldened. Our kids are watching.
More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/cinnabon-fir...
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Trump’s plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court
Trump’s plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court
Incremental wins at the court give the White House confidence to go further.
dlvr.it
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump’s plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court
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If you’re taking some satisfaction from the MAGA crackup, don’t let your guard down. It’s when Trump feels he’s in trouble that he does the biggest and craziest things to deflect attention. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-really-truly-the-end
Sunday thought: Really, truly, the end of Trump is near
MAGA is cracking up, but beware
robertreich.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you’re taking some satisfaction from the MAGA crackup, don’t let your guard down. It’s when Trump feels he’s in trouble that he does the biggest and craziest things to deflect attention. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-really-truly-the-end
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Trump’s son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine
Trump’s son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine
Donald Trump Jr. says his father’s unpredictability is forcing people to be intellectually honest.
dlvr.it
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump’s son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine
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Important thread from @rgoodlaw.bsky.social.
"Bradley told lawmakers that the orders he received from Hegseth were to kill the individuals on the approved target list, which included everyone on the boat, then destroy the drugs and sink the boat, those sources said."
They were civilians.
They were civilians.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Important thread from @rgoodlaw.bsky.social.
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When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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Trump’s human trafficking adjacent adult son, Trump jr, is spreading Russian disinformation now. (🎥
@nextatvofficial.bsky.social )
@nextatvofficial.bsky.social )
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trump’s human trafficking adjacent adult son, Trump jr, is spreading Russian disinformation now. (🎥
@nextatvofficial.bsky.social )
@nextatvofficial.bsky.social )