MaryinAZ
@maryinaz.bsky.social
Valley of the Sun. Pro-Democracy.🌵🏴☠️🇺🇸🇺🇦
“Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired.” - Jonathan Swift
“Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired.” - Jonathan Swift
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The president is increasingly erratic, forgetting promises he made just days ago and lashing out angrily at reporters for asking routine questions.
Seems like the news should talk more about this
Seems like the news should talk more about this
President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question.
'You are terrible!' Trump fumes as reporter catches him making a U-turn on strike video
President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question. Trump was taking questions from the press following a roundtable discussion about agriculture...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The president is increasingly erratic, forgetting promises he made just days ago and lashing out angrily at reporters for asking routine questions.
Seems like the news should talk more about this
Seems like the news should talk more about this
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WATCH: An ICE agent pushes away a home security camera as she approaches a house.
This is what a police state looks like.
This is what a police state looks like.
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
WATCH: An ICE agent pushes away a home security camera as she approaches a house.
This is what a police state looks like.
This is what a police state looks like.
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Trump, five days apart. A pathological liar.
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Trump, five days apart. A pathological liar.
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Good to see the Washpost putting this as grafs 2 and 3 of tonight’s Hegseth story.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Good to see the Washpost putting this as grafs 2 and 3 of tonight’s Hegseth story.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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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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SCOTUS is literally in a hearing rn where the likely outcome is that they will tell us that it is illegal for Congress to appoint independent and non-partisan figures to oversee public decisions in areas where there are obvious conflicts of interest for politicians
Trump attacks the new Ellison-owned Paramount, saying "THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN THE OLD OWNERSHIP" of CBS. Paramount is biding for Warner on the premise that it has a good relationship with Trump.
(The rest of Trump's post is a complaint about Marjorie-Taylor Greene.)
(The rest of Trump's post is a complaint about Marjorie-Taylor Greene.)
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
SCOTUS is literally in a hearing rn where the likely outcome is that they will tell us that it is illegal for Congress to appoint independent and non-partisan figures to oversee public decisions in areas where there are obvious conflicts of interest for politicians
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Nepo Mogul brings in Saudis, Jared Kushner and his ultra rich daddy who is pals with Trump to prove how “unfair” Netflix is. Hollywood could not write this nonsense: Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Nepo Mogul brings in Saudis, Jared Kushner and his ultra rich daddy who is pals with Trump to prove how “unfair” Netflix is. Hollywood could not write this nonsense: Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
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Justices in the Trump versus Slaughter argument looking for a way to strike down FTC structure, but still keep Fed structure in place.
Kagan scoring strong points pointing out there’s no logical limiting principle, and they are necessarily contemplating huge addition to executive power.
Kagan scoring strong points pointing out there’s no logical limiting principle, and they are necessarily contemplating huge addition to executive power.
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Justices in the Trump versus Slaughter argument looking for a way to strike down FTC structure, but still keep Fed structure in place.
Kagan scoring strong points pointing out there’s no logical limiting principle, and they are necessarily contemplating huge addition to executive power.
Kagan scoring strong points pointing out there’s no logical limiting principle, and they are necessarily contemplating huge addition to executive power.
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Breaking: Kushner and Saudi Arabia are part of Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. This could give them control of CNN and more: www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Breaking: Kushner and Saudi Arabia are part of Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. This could give them control of CNN and more: www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...
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No rule of law in the US. The King decides who deserves punishment.
Rolling Stone: “Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.”
Rolling Stone: “Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.”
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
No rule of law in the US. The King decides who deserves punishment.
Rolling Stone: “Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.”
Rolling Stone: “Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.”
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Here apparently meaning that, if you lose a competition, that you can appeal to the refs for a second chance.
CNBC: Do you sense that the president is in your corner here?
DAVID ELLISON: What I would say is I'm incredibly grateful for the relations with the president, and I also believe he believes in competition
DAVID ELLISON: What I would say is I'm incredibly grateful for the relations with the president, and I also believe he believes in competition
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Here apparently meaning that, if you lose a competition, that you can appeal to the refs for a second chance.
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Before Covid, I would often do hits on CNN. I would get called in to talk about something or other, and one time I was sitting in the Green Room with another guy, when a third guy walks in and is fondly greeted, leading to one of the most telling exchanges I've ever heard:
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Before Covid, I would often do hits on CNN. I would get called in to talk about something or other, and one time I was sitting in the Green Room with another guy, when a third guy walks in and is fondly greeted, leading to one of the most telling exchanges I've ever heard:
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Still think Trump/Russia is a “hoax”?
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
U.S. Flips History by Casting Europe—Not Russia—as Villain in New Security Policy
An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Still think Trump/Russia is a “hoax”?
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Peter Imanuelsen is a holocaust denying antisemite who has called for deporting all muslims and said it's a good idea to execute homosexuals so it's extremely unsurprising that elon follows him
December 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Peter Imanuelsen is a holocaust denying antisemite who has called for deporting all muslims and said it's a good idea to execute homosexuals so it's extremely unsurprising that elon follows him
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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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A remarkable threat from the Deputy AG: DOJ’s No. 2 official suggested Thursday that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they’ve publicly accused the Trump administration of being lax on white-collar crime www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Blanche warns lawyers who criticize Justice Department
DOJ’s No. 2 official said says prosecutors see "inconsistency" in attorneys’ private pleas and public commentary.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A remarkable threat from the Deputy AG: DOJ’s No. 2 official suggested Thursday that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they’ve publicly accused the Trump administration of being lax on white-collar crime www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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It might be funny coming from a person who does interviews for a living, but these tech guys need to sit down (in this case actually) and shut up. The more they talk, the more we see and what we see is unearned aggrievement and deep insecurity that manifests as exhausting arrogance.
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It might be funny coming from a person who does interviews for a living, but these tech guys need to sit down (in this case actually) and shut up. The more they talk, the more we see and what we see is unearned aggrievement and deep insecurity that manifests as exhausting arrogance.
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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So he’s saying when he was a podcaster he was being paid to lie and invent conspiracies for his listeners but now he has to tell the truth.
December 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
So he’s saying when he was a podcaster he was being paid to lie and invent conspiracies for his listeners but now he has to tell the truth.
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Ann Wagner is so scared of Missourians getting to vote on the illegal mid-decade redistricting she went anti-semitic. She wants this gerrymandering so bad to save her. We are going to beat her on any map. 13 years and nothing to show for it but $26M in her portfolio. @wellmanformo.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Ann Wagner is so scared of Missourians getting to vote on the illegal mid-decade redistricting she went anti-semitic. She wants this gerrymandering so bad to save her. We are going to beat her on any map. 13 years and nothing to show for it but $26M in her portfolio. @wellmanformo.bsky.social
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An inconvenient truth for Dan Bongino
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
An inconvenient truth for Dan Bongino