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Inexcusably Athwart
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14h
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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pacesinplaces.bsky.social
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 6:41 AM
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. 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 3:24 AM
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johnwdean.bsky.social
Powerful statements pulling no punches regarding the murders on the high seas by American fighters following illegal orders apparently with a faux justification by DOJ lawyers who should be disbarred. Ambassador Eisen is raising the key issue: can Americans now get away with murder under Trump?
normeisen.bsky.social Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 12h
The supposed legal justifications for these boat strikes just don't make sense

Even in war you can’t target civilians

Experts across party lines agree: this looks like murder

We need the memo, the full video & an investigation

I explained on @ms.now 👇
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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atrupar.com
Trump says reporting on his health is "seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean 'THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.' They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it."
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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mzspress.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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pbump.com
Americans dislike the cost and delays that accompany flying. They don’t care what people are wearing. The administration’s efforts are precisely backward. www.pbump.net/o/even-repub...
Even Republicans don’t think attire is a central problem with flying
It remains the case that a good way to learn how people feel about things is to ask them. So you don't have to simply assume, say, that people are hankering to work up a sweat before hopping onto a si...
www.pbump.net
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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pbump.com
There’s a reason that Nick Fuentes is celebrating Trump’s national security strategy, and it is not because Fuentes has suddenly turned his back on bigotry. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump’s National Security Strategy puts anti-immigration policy on a global scale
Philip Bump: Protecting European racial purity is now U.S. government policy.
www.ms.now
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
Once again, behold the unparalleled parsimony & explanatory power of the Dennis Green Unified Theory Of 🇺🇸 Politics
December 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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shipwreck75.bsky.social
Trump on his health:
December 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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davidcorn.bsky.social
Cognitively well people do not go nuts to tell people they are cognitively well.
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13h
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I’ve stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an “aura” around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks — Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to “ace” this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am “slowing up,” am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am “slowing up,” but it’s not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful “source” of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
I know we’ve been talking about the 25th Amendment being invoked for years now, but we should probably be talking about it a lot more and a lot more seriously right now.
dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 11h
Couple of things here:

1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently

2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"

3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"

4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I've stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an "aura" around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks - Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to "ace" this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am "slowing up," am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am "slowing up," but it's not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it's seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean "THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful "source" of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 908 ReTruths 3.07k Likes Dec 09, 2025, 9:11 PM
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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joyannreid.bsky.social
I’m clear on the fact that these reporters know they would be immediately fired by their networks if they were to respond to this diapered demon by saying: “Mr president, there’s no need to be an asshole. Just answer my question.” What I don’t get is why they don’t push back in united solidarity.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump to ABC's Rachel Scott: "You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you -- you are an obnoxious-- a terrible reporter. And it's always the same thing with you. I told you."
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
"When asked if he would do DOGE again, Musk said he doesn't think so..."

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
December 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
I guess the president just announced he recently took his latest in a series of cognitive tests, this one in front of a room full of medical personnel observing him?
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Once upon a time, a chief executive openly signaling that he’d reorient a newsroom to appease a sitting president would be a five-alarm corporate scandal.

Today, Paramount doesn't even bother to answer questions about it.

More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-paramo...
The CNN Sacrifice
Inside Hudson Yards, CNN staffers are once again panicking about the possibility that David Ellison—who seems willing to compromise the network's integrity—may prove successful in his bid to purchase ...
www.status.news
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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pbump.com
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I’ve stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an “aura” around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks — Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to “ace” this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am “slowing up,” am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am “slowing up,” but it’s not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful “source” of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
thejeffmanghera.bsky.social
Quentin Tarantino Slams Paul Dano As Worst Actor On Wikifeet - The Onion theonion.com/quentin-tara...
Quentin Tarantino Slams Paul Dano As Worst Actor On Wikifeet
LOS ANGELES—In a shockingly personal attack on the actor’s arches, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino made comments Friday slamming Paul Dano as the worst actor on Wikifeet. “Paul Dano’s got the weakest sole...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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pbump.com
Wrote about the administration's money-first national security document and its demand that Europe stay acceptably White. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
This paranoia about nonwhite and non-European people is obviously not only about Europe. It’s also about the revamped vision offered of the U.S. place in the world. The document insists that the U.S. produces the greatest goods and should do more of it, an economic isolationism that makes it essential either that America does offer the highest-quality products without exception (which may be unattainable) or that Americans believe that we do (which is probably easier to make happen). The same holds for people: Either we necessarily have the best human beings on Earth doing the best work, or Americans have to believe that we do, in order to support keeping nonwhite foreign workers out.
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
I was reliably told Trump ended the war between Cambodia and Thailand…
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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paulwaldman.bsky.social
Speaker of the House is a tough job. But Mike Johnson is incredibly bad at it, and things are only getting worse for him. His own members clearly have no faith in him, rebellion is brewing, and they're headed for defeat in 2026.

My latest at Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/mike-johns...
Mike Johnson's downward spiral
Speaker of the House is a tough job. But he's particularly bad at it.
www.publicnotice.co
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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shipwreck75.bsky.social
This is a good article that shows how far behind the US has fallen behind our potential future adversaries.
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Forcing all colleges and *high schools* to have chapters of the Right-Wing Teacher Harassment Grift Machine is insane, even by Texas standards
robertdownen.bsky.social Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
A large group of young Republicans and Texas GOP leaders at the Texas Governors Mansion.
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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atrupar.com
Sean Duffy wants to you to sit next to this guy on your next flight
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM