Judy Siebert Maseles
@jsmaseles.bsky.social
Retired academic librarian. Former news junkie (next four years)! Pickleball addict. Website Administrator for MIZZOU Retirees. Liberal. Yes, I am.
Foreign detective shows aficionado.
Foreign detective shows aficionado.
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Trump just confirmed he'll sign an executive order banning states from regulating AI.
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump just confirmed he'll sign an executive order banning states from regulating AI.
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
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In 2024, Donald Trump won 55% of the Latino vote in Texas (where I am).
Since that time, Latino support has fallen off a cliff here. (I'm sure you can guess why.)
Texas may redistrict, but Republicans may be in for a helluva surprise when they actually lose seats.
Since that time, Latino support has fallen off a cliff here. (I'm sure you can guess why.)
Texas may redistrict, but Republicans may be in for a helluva surprise when they actually lose seats.
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In 2024, Donald Trump won 55% of the Latino vote in Texas (where I am).
Since that time, Latino support has fallen off a cliff here. (I'm sure you can guess why.)
Texas may redistrict, but Republicans may be in for a helluva surprise when they actually lose seats.
Since that time, Latino support has fallen off a cliff here. (I'm sure you can guess why.)
Texas may redistrict, but Republicans may be in for a helluva surprise when they actually lose seats.
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Trump calls Somali immigrants “garbage.” His VP cheers him on. Meanwhile, families are being torn apart, asylum is being shut down, aid is being gutted, and the military is firing on survivors in the water.
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Trump’s Dehumanization Campaign Is Becoming Normalized
A president who calls immigrants “garbage” is dangerous enough. A country that grows desensitized to it is even more frightening.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Trump calls Somali immigrants “garbage.” His VP cheers him on. Meanwhile, families are being torn apart, asylum is being shut down, aid is being gutted, and the military is firing on survivors in the water.
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Isn't this also an admission that the tariffs are a failed policy? Why isn't the media harping on that fact!? Oh right, legacy MSM only bashes Dems like that. Republicans get a pass on shit like this.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump to offer $12 billion taxpayer bailout for farmers harmed by his tariff policies
Farmers have been slammed by reductions in foreign purchases as a result of Trump’s obsession with import taxes
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Isn't this also an admission that the tariffs are a failed policy? Why isn't the media harping on that fact!? Oh right, legacy MSM only bashes Dems like that. Republicans get a pass on shit like this.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Must read from @martinomalley.bsky.social:
"After President Donald Trump unleashed Elon Musk and DOGE on the Social Security Administration, the agency lost more staff in a shorter period of time than ever before in its 90-year history....The agency has been gutted."
"After President Donald Trump unleashed Elon Musk and DOGE on the Social Security Administration, the agency lost more staff in a shorter period of time than ever before in its 90-year history....The agency has been gutted."
Trump broke his promise to protect a lifeline for 71 million Americans
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE initiative devastated Social Security Administration staffing levels, threatening essential services for millions of Americans.
www.foxnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Must read from @martinomalley.bsky.social:
"After President Donald Trump unleashed Elon Musk and DOGE on the Social Security Administration, the agency lost more staff in a shorter period of time than ever before in its 90-year history....The agency has been gutted."
"After President Donald Trump unleashed Elon Musk and DOGE on the Social Security Administration, the agency lost more staff in a shorter period of time than ever before in its 90-year history....The agency has been gutted."
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Remember Ellison is also angling for co-ownership of TikTok alongside Rupert Murdoch
Maybe it's not a good idea to allow the billionaire Trump-supporting Ellison family at Paramount that just took over CBS News to also take over Warner Brothers, the company that owns CNN. There will be no free press in America if the president and his allies control all the major media outlets.l
Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Remember Ellison is also angling for co-ownership of TikTok alongside Rupert Murdoch
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Do people know that neither of Marco Rubio's parents were American citizens at the time of Rubio's birth? He is in fact a birthright citizenship baby
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Do people know that neither of Marco Rubio's parents were American citizens at the time of Rubio's birth? He is in fact a birthright citizenship baby
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
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New: Colin Allred is dropping out of the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and pivoting to run instead for the Dallas-based 33rd Congressional District.
Colin Allred drops Senate bid, pivots to run for Congress
The former Dallas congressman said he wanted to help his party avoid a runoff. In his campaign to return to the House, he will face U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, his successor in Congress.
www.texastribune.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New: Colin Allred is dropping out of the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and pivoting to run instead for the Dallas-based 33rd Congressional District.
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Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.
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Privatization is the reason for the US becoming the country in the world with the highest per-capita health costs by a good margin, while a significant percentage of people are under-insured or not insured at all.
Going bankrupt over medical bills is a pretty rare issue in most developed countries.
Going bankrupt over medical bills is a pretty rare issue in most developed countries.
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Privatization is the reason for the US becoming the country in the world with the highest per-capita health costs by a good margin, while a significant percentage of people are under-insured or not insured at all.
Going bankrupt over medical bills is a pretty rare issue in most developed countries.
Going bankrupt over medical bills is a pretty rare issue in most developed countries.
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Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
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Real President receives a real award for real accomplishments for world peace. ⬇️
substack.com/@alluringnyc...
substack.com/@alluringnyc...
Elizabeth R. (@alluringnyc)
BIDEN GETS REAL AWARDS
President Biden has been awarded Germany's highest honor, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit at a ceremony in Berlin
substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Real President receives a real award for real accomplishments for world peace. ⬇️
substack.com/@alluringnyc...
substack.com/@alluringnyc...
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I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be unapologetically pro-democracy. It will never back down. It doesn’t seek compromise or half measures. It has no corporate overlords or venture capitalists. It relies only on you. Support it now. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be unapologetically pro-democracy. It will never back down. It doesn’t seek compromise or half measures. It has no corporate overlords or venture capitalists. It relies only on you. Support it now. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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Wow! A Junior backed company got a $620 million dollar contract from the Defense Department.
The corruption and double dealing during the 1st year of this administration is unmatched.
Hunter Biden my a**!
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
finance.yahoo.com/news/company...
The corruption and double dealing during the 1st year of this administration is unmatched.
Hunter Biden my a**!
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
finance.yahoo.com/news/company...
Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.
finance.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Wow! A Junior backed company got a $620 million dollar contract from the Defense Department.
The corruption and double dealing during the 1st year of this administration is unmatched.
Hunter Biden my a**!
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
finance.yahoo.com/news/company...
The corruption and double dealing during the 1st year of this administration is unmatched.
Hunter Biden my a**!
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
finance.yahoo.com/news/company...
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Carleigh Beriont, a Democratic candidate in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, discusses her plans to regulate and break up Big Tech.
Carleigh Beriont says she’ll fight to break up Big Tech in Congress | CloseUp
Carleigh Beriont, a Democratic candidate in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, discusses her plans to regulate and break up Big Tech.
www.wmur.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Carleigh Beriont, a Democratic candidate in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, discusses her plans to regulate and break up Big Tech.
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They can't "normalize" all of us regardless of how many times they try it. To accept it is to become "them" and that just ain't gonna happen.
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
They can't "normalize" all of us regardless of how many times they try it. To accept it is to become "them" and that just ain't gonna happen.
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Surprise, surprise: House Republicans don’t want the public to hear what Jack Smith has to say about President Donald Trump—even though the president claims he’d prefer it. trib.al/cXvAVkj
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Surprise, surprise: House Republicans don’t want the public to hear what Jack Smith has to say about President Donald Trump—even though the president claims he’d prefer it. trib.al/cXvAVkj
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I spoke in Warren County, Indiana tonight. The organizer of the event said they usually have around 30 folks who come to their holiday supper. Tonight there were 150 people there.
Things are changing. Especially in red states.
Things are changing. Especially in red states.
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I spoke in Warren County, Indiana tonight. The organizer of the event said they usually have around 30 folks who come to their holiday supper. Tonight there were 150 people there.
Things are changing. Especially in red states.
Things are changing. Especially in red states.
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"When the nazis say nazi things, they sound like nazis"
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany."
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"When the nazis say nazi things, they sound like nazis"
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When's the list of the accomplishment of Trump coming out? I need a good laugh after 11 months of this political chaos.
BTW... Thanks, Joe
BTW... Thanks, Joe
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
When's the list of the accomplishment of Trump coming out? I need a good laugh after 11 months of this political chaos.
BTW... Thanks, Joe
BTW... Thanks, Joe
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We’ve fallen so far
Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
We’ve fallen so far
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Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
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A DOJ that protects the powerful over the abused isn’t justice. It’s despicable.
Release all the unredacted Epstein files‼️
Release all the unredacted Epstein files‼️
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A DOJ that protects the powerful over the abused isn’t justice. It’s despicable.
Release all the unredacted Epstein files‼️
Release all the unredacted Epstein files‼️