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Pam Spaulding
@pamspaulding.bsky.social
Former natl political blogger, Pam's House Blend (2004-2013) during OG citizen journo era. Dipping back into pol discourse here. Spinal fusion vet (3x). DM only if I know IRL. Durham, NC native, now in Central Valley CA.

PHB history: https://is.gd/7GbAv2
‼️👀 @keithedwards.bsky.social shows the sanewashing news outlets like @cnn.com participate in & are rarely called out for.

Witness today's turkey pardon event. Trump's diarrhea of the mouth of insults & disgraceful comments are sanitized — or not mentioned at all.
📺 youtu.be/cAQHJHDvgOk?...
Trump RUINS THANKSGIVING with UNHINGED SCREECH in Front of KIDS
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Your tax dollars at work in the surveillance state. #ICE

"Contractors would confirm home & work addresses for people targeted for removal by—among other techniques—photographing residences, documenting comings & goings, & staking out workplaces & apt complexes."
🧾 www.wired.com/story/ice-bo...
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Let's see...has Ka$h moved up on the list to get bounced first?

- Bondi
- Ka$h
- Noem/Lewandowski
- Homan
- Hegseth

Other nominations for the first to get the boot?

🧾 www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
"...the president is eyeing removing Patel and is considering top FBI official Andrew Bailey as the bureau’s new director..."
Trump can install Bailey as acting FBI director without Senate confirmation after Dec 15, when he will have served 90 days in his position.

(I hoped Hegseth would go first.)
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Reposted by Pam Spaulding
over the years, Collins notably refused to engage in state ballot referenda, like on marriage twice

To paraphrase what Zohran Mamdani said of Trump, Susan Collins, one of the people in Maine with the most power, is now expending her energy targeting those with the least

Craven is too kind
In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:

Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Trump says inflation's down, & we're rolling in so much tariff 💰 he wants to cut us a $2K "rebate" check!

Weary MAGA Mike, however, doesn't sound too bullish now...

“The economy is a very complex thing; you don’t flip a switch & just change it all in one week. It takes a while.”

🧾 is.gd/AN6med
Mike Johnson warns delivering on Trump's affordability agenda will take 'a while'
The House speaker added a cautionary note on affordability, as pressure builds on Trump to deliver tangible economic results swiftly.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tee hee. 😁

"There was little doubt within the MAGA movement that the meeting at least temporarily undercut Stefanik’s central campaign premise."

“Dems just need to run clips of the presser today to defeat Elise.” —Laura Loomer on X in the meeting’s aftermath.

🧾 www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump’s Mamdani embrace complicates Elise Stefanik’s path to governor
The president fawned over the mayor-elect, parting with the New York Republican who has claimed he’s a jihadist.
www.politico.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
BBC = Trump-compromised.

"Is it really now beyond the pale for the BBC to air an accurate description of Trump’s open & explicit corruption & to correctly situate it in the American historical context? The answer, unfortunately, appears to be yes."
🧾 newrepublic.com/article/2036...

🦋 is.gd/78wchI
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."

BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Someone needs to get to the bottom of this. Our intelligence folks know what happened.

Other people had to be on the line w/Trump & Bolsonaro.

NOTE: Karoline Leavitt was asked & punted — she claims not to know whether any call even occurred.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3kx...
🦋 is.gd/t6yvHW
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"I love President Trump."
— TX rancher, even as the regime hurts ranchers 😳

The meat packer oligarchy—an issue Trump's done nothing about. Also: how is sending Argentina $20B helping?!

Vote D, my man.

(No shade on vid; it's eye-opening—cred to @rokhanna.bsky.social.)
📺 bsky.app/profile/rokh...
I went to the heart of Trumpland to find out why beef prices are going up.

In Texas, it's cowboys versus the corporate oligarchy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reposted by Pam Spaulding
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Practically too late, since the coup began months ago, w/fair warning (P2025).

Leadership is compromised by donors, lobbyists, & effing consultants ahead of THE PEOPLE. Too timid, too protective of norms that the Rs blew away on Day One.

We won Election Tuesday *in spite of them*.
🧾 is.gd/fcsakr
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."

They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
No wonder it's delayed. The Rs hate Grandpa Chaos's lazy non-plan that he developed without any consultation. (Kind of hard when Mike Johnson kept the House out of session over #Epstein files *bc of Trump*).

Another clear example of how Rs are incompetent at governing.
🧾 www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
In Florida, the R primary for gov will be hilarious. Black MAGA Byron Donalds faces 30-year-old investor James Fishback.

In the latter's vid: “I’m a proud American who will never apologize for our history.” (Followed by a close-up of a Confederate monument). 😳🤣
📺 youtu.be/9_-oDkSWKMc?...
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Fishback for Florida Governor
YouTube video by James Fishback
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
For God's sake, Alabama — you have a real chance to redeem yourself —kick absolute moron Tuberville to the curb. Alabama hasn't elected a D gov since 2003, but Doug Jones deserves the job.

Jones is looking to succeed the *awful* term-limited MAGA Gov. Kay Ivey.
🧾 www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Former Sen. Doug Jones jumps into Alabama governor’s race
The Democrat is set for a rematch against GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville.
www.politico.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Bring it, my #Durham peeps!
No 🧊!

📺 bsky.app/profile/iwil...
ICE melts fast in the South because we bring the heat 🔥
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Yesterday I posted about the exploding number of repos of cars, a clear indicator that the economy is tanking.

Now we have growing numbers of people unable to pay their power bill & other utilities.

Trump did that! 🙄
🧾 WaPo: is.gd/kRT9g8
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) is saying (w/Grandpa Chaos now on the ropes) Trump's tariffs are why prices skyrocketed.

*Rolling any of them back is Trump ADMITTING HE WAS WRONG*.

Ds, hammer it home — as even Rs are saying the obvious — Trump's tariffs killed the economy & he knows it.
📺 is.gd/r7XuKj
Cramer: If you haven’t noticed, the president has been taking down some tariffs little by little, country by country. He is noticing the inflationary outcome of some of those specific tariffs.
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
🤣🤣🤣 Will we see Decomposing Dictator's plan in...2 weeks?

The suspense is killing us.

📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
There it is. All about oil. Did American service members sign up to die for oil (again)? To kill Venezuelans to prop up this failing FELON?

The greed of this regime & the oligarch buddies is open and voracious & needs to be addressed by bouncing Trumpism & MAGA.
📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Who's your money on?
- Ka$h
- Bondi
- Noem/Lewandowski
- Homan
- Hegseth

Other nominations for the first to get the boot?
🧾 www.irishstar.com/news/politic...
Calls for Pam Bondi to be fired grow as James Comey case collapses

"Bondi has twice submitted affirmations to this court about the propriety of Lindsay Halligan’s grand jury presentation. She lied, or she’s equally incompetent, but more likely she lied."
www.irishstar.com/news/politic...
Ex-Trump lawyer calls for Pam Bondi to be fired as James Comey case collapses
Ty Cobb, who was part of Donald Trump's legal team during his first administration, called out the DOJ after it admitted that it failed to submit the indictment of Comey to the full grand jury
www.irishstar.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Projection city. These dangerous 🤡s come after Obama, even as an unindicted co-conspirator, it's political & legal lights out for this regime's filthy psychopaths that are drowning in corruption & open criming.

Live hearings, along criminal prosecutions for all...
📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...
Maria Bartiromo is pushing the idea that Obama might be indicted
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
No wonder he's trying to start a war. The losses are piling up for Decomposing Dictator today.

This case looks like another L for the regime.

🧾 Former DOJ lawyer whose remarks about Epstein files were recorded sues over firing (Politico): is.gd/9M3vl5
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🔥 The MAGA rats are planning to flee the sinking ship. (If enough leave early, the House changes to D hands. 😁)

They smell investigations coming & having to defend a dangerous lame duck for 2 years as too high a price to pay. A petty, wounded Trump won't hand out pardons.
🧾 is.gd/wMkGPE
MORE ⬇️
More Republican reps are considering following MTG out the door, report says
‘More explosive early resignations are coming,’ one unnamed senior House Republican said.
www.the-independent.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Newsom Press Account: time to ramp up...Grandpa Chaos is back in biz, resurrecting "liddle" & classic insults from his weak humor vocab.

Rand Paul's the 🎯, as he openly criticizes the regime on a few issues (like #Epstein), most recently Trump's illegal aggression & warmongering re: Venezuela.
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM