Scotty B
@scottyb.bsky.social
Personal acct. Library Director @ Ferguson Library in STL. Views are my own, NOT my employer - obviously. Libraries don't opine on govt corruption, share geekery, or babble about their day.
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No president in American history has profited off the presidency like this
Not close
Foreign money
Crypto schemes
Access for sale
And a net worth up billions
This week on @contrariannews.org we discuss Trump's top 10 profiteering scandals - TN
contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Not close
Foreign money
Crypto schemes
Access for sale
And a net worth up billions
This week on @contrariannews.org we discuss Trump's top 10 profiteering scandals - TN
contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump & Cronies Top 10 Worst…Presidential Profiteering Scandals
Publisher's Roundup 47
contrarian.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
No president in American history has profited off the presidency like this
Not close
Foreign money
Crypto schemes
Access for sale
And a net worth up billions
This week on @contrariannews.org we discuss Trump's top 10 profiteering scandals - TN
contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Not close
Foreign money
Crypto schemes
Access for sale
And a net worth up billions
This week on @contrariannews.org we discuss Trump's top 10 profiteering scandals - TN
contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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The Lt. Gov. of Indiana has now deleted this post which confirmed that the Trump admin threatened to withhold federal funding from Indiana if they didn’t gerrymander.
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Lt. Gov. of Indiana has now deleted this post which confirmed that the Trump admin threatened to withhold federal funding from Indiana if they didn’t gerrymander.
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The Strike That Damaged America’s Soul
youtu.be/XlBNPfb1h_w
youtu.be/XlBNPfb1h_w
The Strike That Damaged America’s Soul
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The Strike That Damaged America’s Soul
youtu.be/XlBNPfb1h_w
youtu.be/XlBNPfb1h_w
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President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he has issued a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a nine-year state sentence — even though presidents have no constitutional authority to pardon state-level crimes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Grants Tina Peters a Legally Meaningless 'Pardon'
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Our heroes serve with honor and show up every single day to do the mission—despite the risks.
And so we better make damn well sure that the mission is the right one. That it is clear and effective. And that it serves our national security.
Not one man’s political agenda.
And so we better make damn well sure that the mission is the right one. That it is clear and effective. And that it serves our national security.
Not one man’s political agenda.
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Our heroes serve with honor and show up every single day to do the mission—despite the risks.
And so we better make damn well sure that the mission is the right one. That it is clear and effective. And that it serves our national security.
Not one man’s political agenda.
And so we better make damn well sure that the mission is the right one. That it is clear and effective. And that it serves our national security.
Not one man’s political agenda.
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Literally one of the main reasons why FBI missed Jan6 is bc Bill Barr had the FBI chasing Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
You’ve got to assume that any real organised crime or terror groups in the US know the FBI isn’t tracking them as closely as they used to.
That could be very bad indeed – and if so, you can expect to see the clips of congressional testimony like today’s many, many times.
That could be very bad indeed – and if so, you can expect to see the clips of congressional testimony like today’s many, many times.
Kinda wild that the organization the FBI considers the biggest domestic threat is ... largely imaginary.
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Literally one of the main reasons why FBI missed Jan6 is bc Bill Barr had the FBI chasing Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
1) Did not realize that sanctions on a country or politician means "we will kill your people and take all your stuff."
2) The article says the admin is pressuring Maduro, but does not say pressuring to do what. If it's "regime change", have the guts to say it.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
2) The article says the admin is pressuring Maduro, but does not say pressuring to do what. If it's "regime change", have the guts to say it.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exclusive: US preparing to seize more tankers off Venezuela's coast after first ship taken, sources say
The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, six sources fami...
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
1) Did not realize that sanctions on a country or politician means "we will kill your people and take all your stuff."
2) The article says the admin is pressuring Maduro, but does not say pressuring to do what. If it's "regime change", have the guts to say it.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
2) The article says the admin is pressuring Maduro, but does not say pressuring to do what. If it's "regime change", have the guts to say it.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
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It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.
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🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
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This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
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The natural outcome when the ADL changed their mission from protecting Jews against antisemitism to protecting Israel’s reputation instead
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The natural outcome when the ADL changed their mission from protecting Jews against antisemitism to protecting Israel’s reputation instead
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“My entire portfolio was focused on white supremacists and violent extremists. After October 7th, it was exclusively pro-Palestine.”
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report on the state of the ADL as it faces isolation from the FBI:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report on the state of the ADL as it faces isolation from the FBI:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
The ADL Tried to Appease MAGA. The FBI Cut Ties with Them Anyway.
The Jewish defense group—whose partnership with federal law enforcement goes back decades—has never been more isolated.
jewishcurrents.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“My entire portfolio was focused on white supremacists and violent extremists. After October 7th, it was exclusively pro-Palestine.”
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report on the state of the ADL as it faces isolation from the FBI:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
Read @maricohen.bsky.social and @alexbkane.bsky.social's report on the state of the ADL as it faces isolation from the FBI:
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-trie...
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Trump wants your kids to ration pencils & dolls while he gets massive ballrooms, luxury jumbo jets, & taxpayer-funded golf trips.
What a greedy grinch.
What a greedy grinch.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump wants your kids to ration pencils & dolls while he gets massive ballrooms, luxury jumbo jets, & taxpayer-funded golf trips.
What a greedy grinch.
What a greedy grinch.
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We spent weeks on the potential harm a wrapped sandwich does to a bulletproof vest. Meanwhile, folks are getting shot in the face for exercising their 1st Amendment rights.
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
Jurors in Sandwich Thrower Case Found Charges ‘Bunch of Baloney’
Two of the 12 jurors who found the accused DC sandwich thrower not guilty of assaulting a federal officer discuss why the case didn’t hold up.
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We spent weeks on the potential harm a wrapped sandwich does to a bulletproof vest. Meanwhile, folks are getting shot in the face for exercising their 1st Amendment rights.
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
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I guarantee you an exception will be made for FIFA World Cup fans, players, coaches, and team officials. Bookmark it.
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I guarantee you an exception will be made for FIFA World Cup fans, players, coaches, and team officials. Bookmark it.
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Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
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U.S. seizes Venezuelan oil tanker bound for Cuba in latest escalation https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/venezuela-oil-tanker-seized-trump https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/venezuela-oil-tanker-seized-trump
December 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
U.S. seizes Venezuelan oil tanker bound for Cuba in latest escalation https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/venezuela-oil-tanker-seized-trump https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/venezuela-oil-tanker-seized-trump
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ALA is disappointed and concerned with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow a lower court ruling in Little v. Llano County stand. This decision will significantly restrict the freedom to read in public libraries across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/48HOSAl
Our statement: https://bit.ly/48HOSAl
December 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
ALA is disappointed and concerned with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow a lower court ruling in Little v. Llano County stand. This decision will significantly restrict the freedom to read in public libraries across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/48HOSAl
Our statement: https://bit.ly/48HOSAl
According to package tracking, the item that was due for delivery last week just now took 24 hours to move 5 miles, from one Amazon warehouse to another.
December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
According to package tracking, the item that was due for delivery last week just now took 24 hours to move 5 miles, from one Amazon warehouse to another.
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By its own admission, ICE now poses a serious threat to Americans’ free speech and privacy rights. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
By its own admission, ICE now poses a serious threat to Americans’ free speech and privacy rights. bit.ly/3Kq348R
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NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...