Seandalai
@seandalai.bsky.social
Ex-bureaucrat, now retired and living around the west.
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The ACLU of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against ICE, Noem, and other DHS officials. Susan Tincher, who had her wedding ring cut off by ICE agents, is one of the plaintiffs in the case.
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The ACLU of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against ICE, Noem, and other DHS officials. Susan Tincher, who had her wedding ring cut off by ICE agents, is one of the plaintiffs in the case.
I can’t forget the data theft and my thoughts just race about all those DOGE hackers melting into the bureaucracy…. What if each of them has their own set of copies?
Elon Musk said he’d spend less on elections after a falling out with Trump.
He's now reportedly donating to Republicans again ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Musk pulled the strings early on in Trump 2.0.
It now appears that he wants even more influence within the GOP.
He's now reportedly donating to Republicans again ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Musk pulled the strings early on in Trump 2.0.
It now appears that he wants even more influence within the GOP.
What Does Elon Musk Really Want?
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I can’t forget the data theft and my thoughts just race about all those DOGE hackers melting into the bureaucracy…. What if each of them has their own set of copies?
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"I will continue to destroy every Russian lie on the frontline and around the world."
- Volodymyr Zelensky 🇺🇦
- Volodymyr Zelensky 🇺🇦
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"I will continue to destroy every Russian lie on the frontline and around the world."
- Volodymyr Zelensky 🇺🇦
- Volodymyr Zelensky 🇺🇦
GAWD this is pathetic. Damn that Mr. Speaker…
INFURIATING NEWS!!!
🚨 HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND SPEAKER JOHNSON 🚨
BY A VOTE OF 204-203
The House voted to put a STOP to the last minute
move by DEMOCRATS
with Republicans on board to extend ACA subsidies
Outrage
Republican Leadership gaveling an end to the VOTE PREMATURELY before all voted
🚨 HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND SPEAKER JOHNSON 🚨
BY A VOTE OF 204-203
The House voted to put a STOP to the last minute
move by DEMOCRATS
with Republicans on board to extend ACA subsidies
Outrage
Republican Leadership gaveling an end to the VOTE PREMATURELY before all voted
December 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
GAWD this is pathetic. Damn that Mr. Speaker…
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Robert Reich may be onto something here.
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Robert Reich may be onto something here.
This is wonderful…
Grace Strobel & her friends have a strong #CupOfJoe for President Trump.
“This is not about politics. It’s about human decency.
When you posted the R-word on your social media for the world to see, you showed no human decency.”
Words DO MATTER. Do better.
“This is not about politics. It’s about human decency.
When you posted the R-word on your social media for the world to see, you showed no human decency.”
Words DO MATTER. Do better.
December 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is wonderful…
Attempted murder.
This is state sanctioned racism. Everyone should be furious. 😡
December 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Attempted murder.
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Dumping plans to honor the most positive parts of American History is a typical move for this administration
They want to erase our accomplishments from history
Civil Rights, Women's Right to Vote and the End of Slavery
We should be protesting in every State, in cities and small towns
They want to erase our accomplishments from history
Civil Rights, Women's Right to Vote and the End of Slavery
We should be protesting in every State, in cities and small towns
The Trump administration jettisoned a plan to honor the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and the civil-rights movement on quarters for the nation’s 250th birthday.
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Dumping plans to honor the most positive parts of American History is a typical move for this administration
They want to erase our accomplishments from history
Civil Rights, Women's Right to Vote and the End of Slavery
We should be protesting in every State, in cities and small towns
They want to erase our accomplishments from history
Civil Rights, Women's Right to Vote and the End of Slavery
We should be protesting in every State, in cities and small towns
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🚨 Social divisions, conspiracy theories and populist politics are rife in the democratic world. Russia and other hostile states have deliberately stoked internal dissent, weakening their opponents overseas.
@mattrosswrites.bsky.social 👇
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/organised-ch...
@mattrosswrites.bsky.social 👇
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/organised-ch...
Organised chaos: how Russia weaponised the culture wars
Social divisions, conspiracy theories and populist politics are rife in the democratic world. As we enter a year during which more than two billion people will go to the polls, we begin a series on fo...
www.globalgovernmentforum.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚨 Social divisions, conspiracy theories and populist politics are rife in the democratic world. Russia and other hostile states have deliberately stoked internal dissent, weakening their opponents overseas.
@mattrosswrites.bsky.social 👇
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/organised-ch...
@mattrosswrites.bsky.social 👇
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/organised-ch...
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Australia's leaders agreed on Monday to tougher gun laws after the country's worst mass shooting in almost three decades.
America? Just thoughts.
Y’all see how weak we are? We won’t even have a discussion on mass shootings!
Vote better!
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
#Pinks
#Voices4Victory
America? Just thoughts.
Y’all see how weak we are? We won’t even have a discussion on mass shootings!
Vote better!
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
#Pinks
#Voices4Victory
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Australia's leaders agreed on Monday to tougher gun laws after the country's worst mass shooting in almost three decades.
America? Just thoughts.
Y’all see how weak we are? We won’t even have a discussion on mass shootings!
Vote better!
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
#Pinks
#Voices4Victory
America? Just thoughts.
Y’all see how weak we are? We won’t even have a discussion on mass shootings!
Vote better!
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
#Pinks
#Voices4Victory
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As I woke up to news that the #BerlinPeaceTalks where Witkoff and Kushner 🤢 are meeting with Zelenskyy are going nowhere thanks to Putin… my Flipboard gave me a good alternative to the MSM drivel!
As soon as I have more on the Berlin meeting I’ll post it below but… 😢
🧵
flip.it/JNZnAg
As soon as I have more on the Berlin meeting I’ll post it below but… 😢
🧵
flip.it/JNZnAg
Trump is about to sell us out to our most dangerous enemy
Many of us have long suspected or even predicted that Donald Trump would betray America, gut our democracy in favor of a police state, and align us with Russia. You know, the country that the Financia...
flip.it
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
As I woke up to news that the #BerlinPeaceTalks where Witkoff and Kushner 🤢 are meeting with Zelenskyy are going nowhere thanks to Putin… my Flipboard gave me a good alternative to the MSM drivel!
As soon as I have more on the Berlin meeting I’ll post it below but… 😢
🧵
flip.it/JNZnAg
As soon as I have more on the Berlin meeting I’ll post it below but… 😢
🧵
flip.it/JNZnAg
Beware voters!
It's not a coincidence Democrats are doing so well in the elections and suddenly there is an explosion of Gazabots. They are all over the James Talarico, Jasmine Crockett primary race.
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Beware voters!
This is abborrent…
Straight to the point, no bullshit, honest headline.
More like this, please.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
More like this, please.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Some Republican lawmakers call for mass expulsion of American Muslims
Comments from Rep. Randy Fine (R-Florida) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) reflect a brazen Islamophobic sentiment being voiced by some in the party.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This is abborrent…
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
You can hear it..
A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”
Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
You can hear it..
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This was the whole goal from the beginning when they called everything derogatory to Trump fake news while spreading blatant lies from the government podium. Liars like Trump thrive in an environment where the public doesn't know who to trust for their factual information.
When we can't believe anything anymore, they can get away with everything.
December 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This was the whole goal from the beginning when they called everything derogatory to Trump fake news while spreading blatant lies from the government podium. Liars like Trump thrive in an environment where the public doesn't know who to trust for their factual information.
Egg-zactly
I would describe the current situation as being passengers in a giant car driven by a lunatic at full speed off a cliff and telling each other, if only someone had the wherewithal to remove the driver and take the steering wheel before we all die.
December 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Egg-zactly
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Serbians handed in guns after two attacks. Montenegro said it would crack down on firearms. Sweden pledged to tighten gun laws.
While gun-control measures divide politics in the U.S., they are a common response to mass killings in many countries.
While gun-control measures divide politics in the U.S., they are a common response to mass killings in many countries.
How countries around the world have responded to mass shootings
A mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Australia’s Bondi Beach has renewed a global discussion about gun control. Australia is known for large-scale gun buybacks.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Serbians handed in guns after two attacks. Montenegro said it would crack down on firearms. Sweden pledged to tighten gun laws.
While gun-control measures divide politics in the U.S., they are a common response to mass killings in many countries.
While gun-control measures divide politics in the U.S., they are a common response to mass killings in many countries.
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Around the time of the shooting at Bondi Beach, Ahmed al-Ahmed planned to meet a friend for coffee and was shocked to see men firing their weapons at civilians — then he sprang into action. https://wapo.st/3Yrj3H8
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Around the time of the shooting at Bondi Beach, Ahmed al-Ahmed planned to meet a friend for coffee and was shocked to see men firing their weapons at civilians — then he sprang into action. https://wapo.st/3Yrj3H8
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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"The standout in Burlington started with two people and has grown to as many as 750..."
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Activists hit the road to rally against ICE raids in Massachusetts - Daily Hampshire Gazette
NORTHAMPTON — In organizing a street theater performance in front of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Burlington this week, activists from western Massachusetts relayed, both orally ...
gazettenet.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"The standout in Burlington started with two people and has grown to as many as 750..."
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gazettenet.com/2025/12/12/a...
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Trump's "strong approval" rating among those who call themselves MAGA Republicans has dropped from 78% to 70% in latest @nbcnews.com poll and the share of Republicans who identify as MAGA has fallen from 57% to 50%. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Poll: Trump's MAGA base is still behind him — but cracks are showing ahead of 2026
A new NBC News Decision Desk Poll shows the majority of American adults think the country is on the wrong track, as the economy remains a top concern.
www.nbcnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Trump's "strong approval" rating among those who call themselves MAGA Republicans has dropped from 78% to 70% in latest @nbcnews.com poll and the share of Republicans who identify as MAGA has fallen from 57% to 50%. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
www.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
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The government is arguing there's no public interest in the Epstein materials I'm suing to get. I'll show you their outrageous argument. Going live in five minutes here: www.youtube.com/live/-EUjapt...
LIVE: Trump Issues SHOCK RESPONSE to MY REQUEST About THE FILES
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The government is arguing there's no public interest in the Epstein materials I'm suing to get. I'll show you their outrageous argument. Going live in five minutes here: www.youtube.com/live/-EUjapt...