Sko Hayes
@skohayes.bsky.social
Blue dot in rural west, dog mom, retired. Single, no kids. Life is good.
"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."- George Orwell
"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."- George Orwell
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
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More waste, fraud, & abuse by the party of chaos, corruption, & cruelty.
Your tax dollars fund all they do in your name. Call your Congress person. THEY must stop this.
#Voices4Victory
#usDemocracy
Your tax dollars fund all they do in your name. Call your Congress person. THEY must stop this.
#Voices4Victory
#usDemocracy
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
More waste, fraud, & abuse by the party of chaos, corruption, & cruelty.
Your tax dollars fund all they do in your name. Call your Congress person. THEY must stop this.
#Voices4Victory
#usDemocracy
Your tax dollars fund all they do in your name. Call your Congress person. THEY must stop this.
#Voices4Victory
#usDemocracy
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Trump's corrupt administration gave a company backed by his son a $620 million federal contract. These ethical issues are glaring and this type of blatant corruption is damning.
Trump Jr.-Backed Company Cashes In on Massive Pentagon Contract
What a coincidence!
newrepublic.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump's corrupt administration gave a company backed by his son a $620 million federal contract. These ethical issues are glaring and this type of blatant corruption is damning.
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This is despicable. Tourism is already plummeting, costing America big time. This will crush it. Also: it is un-American. Also: China just extended their visa-free travel program for another year.
Tourists visiting the United States will have their social media profiles vetted before being allowed to enter the country, under proposals set out by the Trump administration ⬇️
Tourists may have to provide social media history to enter US
The Trump administration is considering whether to introduce harsher restrictions for travellers obtaining an Esta
www.thetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is despicable. Tourism is already plummeting, costing America big time. This will crush it. Also: it is un-American. Also: China just extended their visa-free travel program for another year.
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In this Ohio diner, Pete still means Rose, not Hegseth. But they do know this: Firing missiles at Venezuelan boaters is the best way to teach them the grit and hustle that you need to get ahead in life.
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In this Ohio diner, Pete still means Rose, not Hegseth. But they do know this: Firing missiles at Venezuelan boaters is the best way to teach them the grit and hustle that you need to get ahead in life.
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More middle-class tax dollars wasted and more tax payers deported, great
More waste, fraud, & abuse by the party of chaos, corruption, & cruelty.
Your tax dollars fund all they do in your name. Call your Congress person. THEY must stop this.
#Voices4Victory
#usDemocracy
Your tax dollars fund all they do in your name. Call your Congress person. THEY must stop this.
#Voices4Victory
#usDemocracy
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
More middle-class tax dollars wasted and more tax payers deported, great
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Forever just me pointing to all the fake "someone spit in my food" stories from law enforcement.
www.vice.com/en/article/h...
www.vice.com/en/article/h...
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Forever just me pointing to all the fake "someone spit in my food" stories from law enforcement.
www.vice.com/en/article/h...
www.vice.com/en/article/h...
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Shapiro shreds Trump's economy https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/shapiro-shreds-trumps-economy-215000726.html
Shapiro shreds Trump's economy
President Donald Trump told POLITICO his economy gets an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus" grade. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says that "does not reflect the reality on the ground."
www.yahoo.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Shapiro shreds Trump's economy https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/shapiro-shreds-trumps-economy-215000726.html
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Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
Eileen Higgins Blows It Out In Miami, Wins 59%-40%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
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"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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You may be right but Democratic White men haven't been winning statewide either and nobody is telling them to sit down:
Crockett can raise some money, no doubt. It’s one of her biggest strengths. But I lived in Texas for 30 years….there is no way in the world a feisty, black woman is gonna win a statewide seat there.
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
You may be right but Democratic White men haven't been winning statewide either and nobody is telling them to sit down:
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
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JOHN DEERE: "Our US market has been the one under the most pressure . . . based on what’s happened with trade flows, what’s happened with tariffs .." We'll build "half as many tractors this year as we did two years ago."
@financialtimes.com $DE
www.ft.com/content/523a...
@financialtimes.com $DE
www.ft.com/content/523a...
Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns
Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
JOHN DEERE: "Our US market has been the one under the most pressure . . . based on what’s happened with trade flows, what’s happened with tariffs .." We'll build "half as many tractors this year as we did two years ago."
@financialtimes.com $DE
www.ft.com/content/523a...
@financialtimes.com $DE
www.ft.com/content/523a...
Now Trump is going to destroy tourism.
No one wants to go through this bullshit just for a 2 week vacation.
No one wants to go through this bullshit just for a 2 week vacation.
"[Per NYT], soon, under new Homeland Security [regs], before tourists & students from countries like Britain, France, Germany, & South Korea can visit America, they will have to hand over as much as five years of their social-media history"
At this pt, you have to wonder why ppl would want to come
At this pt, you have to wonder why ppl would want to come
Before You Visit America, Hand Over Your Instagram
The U.S. now plans to inspect five years of tourists’ online lives. This is not the country we’re supposed to be.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Now Trump is going to destroy tourism.
No one wants to go through this bullshit just for a 2 week vacation.
No one wants to go through this bullshit just for a 2 week vacation.
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Only the best people...
My dead grandma would do a better job than these Convicted Felon Donald Trump appointees.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
My dead grandma would do a better job than these Convicted Felon Donald Trump appointees.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Election denier tapped for FEMA leadership role
Gregg Phillips, who claimed that millions of “noncitizens” voted illegally in the 2016 election, will head FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Only the best people...
My dead grandma would do a better job than these Convicted Felon Donald Trump appointees.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
My dead grandma would do a better job than these Convicted Felon Donald Trump appointees.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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how jon ossoff is sleeping tonight after those results
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
how jon ossoff is sleeping tonight after those results
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An epitaph for Republican members of Congress in the era of Trump: They never failed to fail to step up.
"The Republican chair of House Armed Services said he doesn’t see the need to investigate a controversial military strike that killed survivors of an attack..."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
"The Republican chair of House Armed Services said he doesn’t see the need to investigate a controversial military strike that killed survivors of an attack..."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
‘It's done’ — House Armed Services chair sees no need to further probe boat strike
www.politico.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
An epitaph for Republican members of Congress in the era of Trump: They never failed to fail to step up.
"The Republican chair of House Armed Services said he doesn’t see the need to investigate a controversial military strike that killed survivors of an attack..."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
"The Republican chair of House Armed Services said he doesn’t see the need to investigate a controversial military strike that killed survivors of an attack..."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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#MorningVibe
The most powerful stories of 2025 were collective; Women moving as one.
Rise up for one another. Because, we are ALWAYS stronger together.
The most powerful stories of 2025 were collective; Women moving as one.
Rise up for one another. Because, we are ALWAYS stronger together.
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#MorningVibe
The most powerful stories of 2025 were collective; Women moving as one.
Rise up for one another. Because, we are ALWAYS stronger together.
The most powerful stories of 2025 were collective; Women moving as one.
Rise up for one another. Because, we are ALWAYS stronger together.
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A scathing 115-page report from a national alliance of retired & active-duty FBI special agents & analysts says FBI director, Kash Patel is “in over his head” & leading a “chronically under-performing” agency paralyzed by fear & plummeting morale.
No pay wall.
No pay wall.
FBI under Kash Patel has become ‘internally paralyzed by fear’, new report reveals
Leaked assessment based on confidential accounts from 24 FBI sources describes organization as a ‘rudderless ship’
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A scathing 115-page report from a national alliance of retired & active-duty FBI special agents & analysts says FBI director, Kash Patel is “in over his head” & leading a “chronically under-performing” agency paralyzed by fear & plummeting morale.
No pay wall.
No pay wall.
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This 66-year-old man has been in jail in Shelby County, Alabama, since June on a $400K bond for exercising his 1st Amendment right by posting anti-tRump signs in his own yard!
Harassed by the locals until he put up fencing, then barbed wire and fireworks.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #JerryLeeClark #Alabama
Harassed by the locals until he put up fencing, then barbed wire and fireworks.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #JerryLeeClark #Alabama
December 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This 66-year-old man has been in jail in Shelby County, Alabama, since June on a $400K bond for exercising his 1st Amendment right by posting anti-tRump signs in his own yard!
Harassed by the locals until he put up fencing, then barbed wire and fireworks.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #JerryLeeClark #Alabama
Harassed by the locals until he put up fencing, then barbed wire and fireworks.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #JerryLeeClark #Alabama
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🫡 Fighting in the Pokrovsk area, which the Russian occupiers have already claimed as their own three times.
“How many people came here?”
“Twenty. All dead, guys. You shot everyone.”
One of the episodes of a gun battle with an enemy assault group.
“How many people came here?”
“Twenty. All dead, guys. You shot everyone.”
One of the episodes of a gun battle with an enemy assault group.
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🫡 Fighting in the Pokrovsk area, which the Russian occupiers have already claimed as their own three times.
“How many people came here?”
“Twenty. All dead, guys. You shot everyone.”
One of the episodes of a gun battle with an enemy assault group.
“How many people came here?”
“Twenty. All dead, guys. You shot everyone.”
One of the episodes of a gun battle with an enemy assault group.
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“Of the state’s 27 new cases, 16 were linked to exposure at a church, the Way of Truth Church in Inman.”
".. A measles outbreak that began in South Carolina at the start of October is showing no signs of slowing as officials on Tuesday reported 27 new cases since Friday. Those cases bring the outbreak total to 111."
@arstechnica.com @aaronsojourner.org
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
@arstechnica.com @aaronsojourner.org
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“Of the state’s 27 new cases, 16 were linked to exposure at a church, the Way of Truth Church in Inman.”
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