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Escape from Betsy Taylor at threads, which now fast unravels. Here for politics, conservation, nature photography
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December 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Wow — even China doesn't do this.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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For nearly three decades, Miami’s mayoral office has been a Republican stronghold, a symbol of continuity in a city that has otherwise evolved into a vibrant, diverse, and rapidly changing metropolis. That streak is over.
Eileen Higgins will win Miami mayor’s race, CNN projects, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold | CNN Politics
Eileen Higgins will be the next mayor of the city of Miami, according to a projection from CNN’s Decision Desk, breaking a nearly 30-year Republican streak in holding the nonpartisan seat and giving D...
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Most importantly more people watched my TED talk than watched Sam Altman’s for which I thank everybody involved 🙏
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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He says the men they murdered are on a list.

Let’s see the list.

Let’s hear their names.

Show us the evidence.

If you have any.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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 3:08 AM
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“Every boat we knock out of the water, we save 25,000 American lives…”

The boat was headed South to Suriname.

It wasnt going to America

They have saved exactly zero American lives.
REPORTER: “Mr. President, you said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2, off the coast of Venezuela, Sec. Hegseth—”

TRUMP: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that.”
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Convicted Felon Trump is the Pardon Peddler & it’ll cost you a pretty penny, if you’ve got it.

My latest on how the pardon of former Rep. Henry Cuellar blew up in Trump’s face & how there's a whole cottage industry being built on Trump handing out pardons like candy.

youtu.be/xoLUt-WLGIo?...
Trump’s Latest PARDON BLOWS UP as Bribery SCHEME EXPLODES
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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A video of Nick Fuentes inciting the mob on Jan. 6 is circulating on X - at a time when fissures have erupted over the influence of Fuentes and his “Groypers” within MAGA.

For more on that specific video, and more, see this piece we wrote:

www.justsecurity.org/95385/twitte...
December 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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“It reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany,” Omar said of Stephen Miller’s racist rhetoric—after already having to respond to Trump’s latest racist tirade.
www.jezebel.com/for-the-mill...
For the Millionth Time, Rep. Ilhan Omar Has to Call Out the Trump Admin’s Racist Garbage
“It reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany,” Omar said of Stephen Miller’s racist rhetoric—after already having to respond to Trump’s latest racist tirade.
www.jezebel.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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These days, it's notable whenever a major media company ignores Trump's pressure and stands with talent. So let's note that Disney has renewed Jimmy Kimmel's contract for another year
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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i think this video is pretty good and you should watch it
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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LEAVE Twitter already, folks. Get the fuck off there.
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The only link between babies and ChatGPT is that they both produce an enormous amount of shit.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"

Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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BOOM!

In 2016, Hegseth repeatedly said the military wouldn’t follow illegal orders, even Donald Trump‘s.
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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“I didn’t expect so many people would be so risk-averse.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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In May, the Trump Admin secretly--and probably illegally--began using SSA data to verify voters' citizenship.

One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.

www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Trump Administration’s Legally Dubious Misuse of Social Security Data Risks Disenfranchising Eligible Voters
Friday, December 12 is the deadline for public comments on a policy the Trump Administration secretly adopted in May, giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to personal data from the....
www.cbpp.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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"We hope we won't have to starve people, but if it becomes necessary, we'll be sure to let you know."
Brooke Rollins on food stamps: "I'm very hopeful we're not going to have to cut off any benefits. If we do, then there will be more news coming on that and exactly what that looks like."
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested that billionaire Elon Musk had a "quid pro quo" relationship with President Donald Trump after donating millions to get him re-elected.
​Sonia Sotomayor hits Elon Musk with 'quid pro quo' accusation
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested that billionaire Elon Musk had a "quid pro quo" relationship with President Donald Trump after donating millions to get him re-elected.During a Tuesday hearing on campaign finance laws, Sotomayor made the suggestion to an attorney for the National...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Ellison is also part of the consortium who purchased and is poised to control TikTok in the United States.

This isn’t only about “conservatism.”

This is also about a concerted effort to create a pro-Israel narrative landscape across media modes and platforms.
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:

Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle

And more.
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM