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@mescherer.bsky.social
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"Trump is still Trump, but what a difference it is, nonetheless, to go from a President who felt it necessary to deny that he had said 'shithole countries' to one who, eight years later, is celebrating the fact that he said it," writes @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Curse of Trump 2.0
What does it say that the President doesn’t even feel he needs to hide his most profane and radical views anymore?
www.newyorker.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Trump is still Trump, but what a difference it is, nonetheless, to go from a President who felt it necessary to deny that he had said 'shithole countries' to one who, eight years later, is celebrating the fact that he said it," writes @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.
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He is either 1). Really upset; or 2. Just always a racist, psychotic, manic, weirdo, freak; or 3). A racist, psychotic, manic, weirdo, freak who is more upset than normal today.
December 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
He is either 1). Really upset; or 2. Just always a racist, psychotic, manic, weirdo, freak; or 3). A racist, psychotic, manic, weirdo, freak who is more upset than normal today.
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He just needs to find the right pollster to give him the approval rating he wants. Surely there must be one out there somewhere. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "When the real pollsters start doing the polls I think you're gonna see some really fantastic numbers."
December 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
He just needs to find the right pollster to give him the approval rating he wants. Surely there must be one out there somewhere. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Based on the rapid pace of Trump’s mental decline, which only exacerbates his malignant narcissism, repulsive behavior, megalomania, and habitual lying, 2026 is going to be a rough year.
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Based on the rapid pace of Trump’s mental decline, which only exacerbates his malignant narcissism, repulsive behavior, megalomania, and habitual lying, 2026 is going to be a rough year.
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I just don't see how the court can avoid at least sanctioning the attorneys at this point.
"Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal."
December 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I just don't see how the court can avoid at least sanctioning the attorneys at this point.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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In June of this year, DHS Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin forcefully proclaimed on social media that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “will never go free on American soil”
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
In June of this year, DHS Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin forcefully proclaimed on social media that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “will never go free on American soil”
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
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This story is insane, but the moral appears to be don’t fuck with @dfriedman.bsky.social.
Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This story is insane, but the moral appears to be don’t fuck with @dfriedman.bsky.social.
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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Publicly defending the Tate brothers seems to be a bridge too far for even this WH, though I note both of these people still have jobs in the administration
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Publicly defending the Tate brothers seems to be a bridge too far for even this WH, though I note both of these people still have jobs in the administration
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The daily value of NATO is not that it fights wars. The greater value is that it prevents them by binding together the strategic nervous systems of democracies. When that system weakens, the United States does not become freer. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pAE7qK
This Isn’t the End of NATO
There’s a reason every previous prediction of the alliance’s dissolution was wrong.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The daily value of NATO is not that it fights wars. The greater value is that it prevents them by binding together the strategic nervous systems of democracies. When that system weakens, the United States does not become freer. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pAE7qK
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When the rationale changes, it was made up
The Caribbean Killings Were Unnecessary. Trump Just Proved It.
If we can seize an oil tanker, why did eighty people have to die?
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
When the rationale changes, it was made up
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The new National Security Strategy mentions preventing NATO expansion as a U.S. priority.
That is all you need to know, but it gets even worse.
That is all you need to know, but it gets even worse.
New Trump Security Strategy Turns Against the Free World
... and toward racialism, Russia, and the right wing.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The new National Security Strategy mentions preventing NATO expansion as a U.S. priority.
That is all you need to know, but it gets even worse.
That is all you need to know, but it gets even worse.
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He thinks 5G is about cameras. Donald Trump is an idiot.
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
He thinks 5G is about cameras. Donald Trump is an idiot.
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Good. Now let’s make sure the order is actually enforced, and that Garcia has every opportunity to hold this administration accountable in court.
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody ‘immediately’
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Good. Now let’s make sure the order is actually enforced, and that Garcia has every opportunity to hold this administration accountable in court.
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In 2021, Jared Kushner claimed he was leaving politics. Instead, armed with billions in funding from Middle East autocrats, he is brokering “peace” deals for Trump that double as real estate ventures and positioning himself at the center of Trump's media ambitions. None of it is an accident.
The Disturbing Return Of The Prodigal Son-In-Law
Jared Kushner is so back, and what he's up to should concern us all.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
In 2021, Jared Kushner claimed he was leaving politics. Instead, armed with billions in funding from Middle East autocrats, he is brokering “peace” deals for Trump that double as real estate ventures and positioning himself at the center of Trump's media ambitions. None of it is an accident.
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We need to teach our young men about misogyny so they don't think it's okay to become like him.
December 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We need to teach our young men about misogyny so they don't think it's okay to become like him.
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In bizarre, self-pitying tirade, unraveling Trump admits his polling is actually pretty bad and not at record highs, as he keeps claiming
December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
In bizarre, self-pitying tirade, unraveling Trump admits his polling is actually pretty bad and not at record highs, as he keeps claiming
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“When will my delusions be validated?” says the rapidly decompensating man with multiple psychiatric diagnoses.
In bizarre, self-pitying tirade, unraveling Trump admits his polling is actually pretty bad and not at record highs, as he keeps claiming
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“When will my delusions be validated?” says the rapidly decompensating man with multiple psychiatric diagnoses.
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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This is actually the fourth time Trump has failed to indict Letitia James:
1. Erik Seibert refused to
2. Lindsey Halligan wasn't lawfully appointed
3. DOJ tried again and failed last week
4. DOJ tried again and failed today
1. Erik Seibert refused to
2. Lindsey Halligan wasn't lawfully appointed
3. DOJ tried again and failed last week
4. DOJ tried again and failed today
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is actually the fourth time Trump has failed to indict Letitia James:
1. Erik Seibert refused to
2. Lindsey Halligan wasn't lawfully appointed
3. DOJ tried again and failed last week
4. DOJ tried again and failed today
1. Erik Seibert refused to
2. Lindsey Halligan wasn't lawfully appointed
3. DOJ tried again and failed last week
4. DOJ tried again and failed today
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Here you go! Explanations in this thread.
EB-2 is an employment-based visa for people with either "exceptional ability in their field," or an advanced degree such as an MA or a PhD.
But there is a national interest waiver that bypasses the requirement of a job offer, and it's this loophole which Trump is driving a truck through.
But there is a national interest waiver that bypasses the requirement of a job offer, and it's this loophole which Trump is driving a truck through.
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Here you go! Explanations in this thread.
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My first read of this case is that it's a COMPLEX decision.
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has BLOCKED the order from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings, that aimed to release hundreds detained by ICE, under the terms below.
Full opinion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/02/3a/bf63a3...
Full opinion here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/02/3a/bf63a3...
December 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My first read of this case is that it's a COMPLEX decision.
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument
Bad stuff:
- Order releasing 442 people is blocked.
- Limits courts ability to block illegal ICE conduct.
Good stuff:
- Consent decree survives and individual releases can be sought
- Government loses a big mandatory detention argument