Scott Costello
@thepowertobeheard.bsky.social
💙Progressive. Skeptic. Stoic. Secular. Social Worker. Writer.
The Power to Be Heard, Substack
https://biggovernment.substack.com/
The Power to Be Heard, Substack
https://biggovernment.substack.com/
Reposted by Scott Costello
Thanks to the Republican Majority…
For Approving RFKjr…
For Approving RFKjr…
December 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thanks to the Republican Majority…
For Approving RFKjr…
For Approving RFKjr…
Reposted by Scott Costello
Bush v. Gore — decided 25 years ago this week — changed the trajectory of election law and painted the Supreme Court in a partisan light like never before. bit.ly/48F2YSP
25 Years After Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court and Election Law Still Feel the Fallout
The 5–4 decision started a long slide in public approval for the court, accentuated by a widening partisan gap.
www.brennancenter.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Bush v. Gore — decided 25 years ago this week — changed the trajectory of election law and painted the Supreme Court in a partisan light like never before. bit.ly/48F2YSP
Reposted by Scott Costello
The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was enacted to keep the U.S. military out of civilian law enforcement except where authorized by Congress. bit.ly/47Qbde5
Why the Posse Comitatus Act Must Be Reformed
Significant exceptions and loopholes, along with a lack of enforcement mechanisms, undermine the law that prevents military involvement in law enforcement.
www.brennancenter.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was enacted to keep the U.S. military out of civilian law enforcement except where authorized by Congress. bit.ly/47Qbde5
December 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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CBS News has now made 13 posts about Erika Kirk in the last 2 days, dominating their news page over all other stories.
December 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
CBS News has now made 13 posts about Erika Kirk in the last 2 days, dominating their news page over all other stories.
Reposted by Scott Costello
The pilot program, added to the military budget behind closed doors, upends an 80-year precedent against covering contractors’ interest payments.
Lawmakers Pave the Way to Billions in Handouts for Weapons Makers That the Pentagon Itself Opposed
The pilot program upends an 80-year precedent against covering contractors’ interest payments — something the military itself opposed.
interc.pt
December 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The pilot program, added to the military budget behind closed doors, upends an 80-year precedent against covering contractors’ interest payments.
The FBI has a very long history of arresting the wrong guy only later to find through trial or post trial they were innocent or lacked evidence
We should always be skeptical esp of this clown & shit show
www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-...
We should always be skeptical esp of this clown & shit show
www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-...
Thomas Massie Thinks FBI Arrested Wrong Guy For Pipe Bombs
House Republicans are unsatisfied with the recent arrest of a Virginia man who allegedly built and placed the devices.
www.huffpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The FBI has a very long history of arresting the wrong guy only later to find through trial or post trial they were innocent or lacked evidence
We should always be skeptical esp of this clown & shit show
www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-...
We should always be skeptical esp of this clown & shit show
www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-...
Minority Republican Leaders like Chuck Schumer are pushing Republicans to fund ACA Subsidies for a year
This plan seems more about maintaining the Status Quo than helping Americans
Extending healthcare allows Susan Collins & Lisa Murkowski & House Repubs to face less stress in the 2026 midterms
This plan seems more about maintaining the Status Quo than helping Americans
Extending healthcare allows Susan Collins & Lisa Murkowski & House Repubs to face less stress in the 2026 midterms
Senate face-plants on health care as Obamacare premiums are set to skyrocket
Dueling proposals to address expiring Obamacare subsidies both failed in the Senate on Thursday, but lawmakers are hoping there may still be a path toward action.
www.ms.now
December 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Minority Republican Leaders like Chuck Schumer are pushing Republicans to fund ACA Subsidies for a year
This plan seems more about maintaining the Status Quo than helping Americans
Extending healthcare allows Susan Collins & Lisa Murkowski & House Repubs to face less stress in the 2026 midterms
This plan seems more about maintaining the Status Quo than helping Americans
Extending healthcare allows Susan Collins & Lisa Murkowski & House Repubs to face less stress in the 2026 midterms
#MAHA is such a sick joke on Americans
You really have to be blinded by pride and ignorance to think they're interested in your health
Fact is that it's propaganda aimed at getting more votes
Increasing Formaldehyde and complaining about Fluoride is insane
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
You really have to be blinded by pride and ignorance to think they're interested in your health
Fact is that it's propaganda aimed at getting more votes
Increasing Formaldehyde and complaining about Fluoride is insane
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.huffpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#MAHA is such a sick joke on Americans
You really have to be blinded by pride and ignorance to think they're interested in your health
Fact is that it's propaganda aimed at getting more votes
Increasing Formaldehyde and complaining about Fluoride is insane
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
You really have to be blinded by pride and ignorance to think they're interested in your health
Fact is that it's propaganda aimed at getting more votes
Increasing Formaldehyde and complaining about Fluoride is insane
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Democrats should be turning themselves upside down to gerrymander House seats. If that means changing state constitutions, so be it.
The Supreme Court will not overturn partisan gerrymandering and Texas began the fight. Dems are weak if they don't move on it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u....
The Supreme Court will not overturn partisan gerrymandering and Texas began the fight. Dems are weak if they don't move on it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u....
A State-by-State Guide to the Gerrymandering Fight for Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Democrats should be turning themselves upside down to gerrymander House seats. If that means changing state constitutions, so be it.
The Supreme Court will not overturn partisan gerrymandering and Texas began the fight. Dems are weak if they don't move on it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u....
The Supreme Court will not overturn partisan gerrymandering and Texas began the fight. Dems are weak if they don't move on it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u....
Charlie would approve
FREE SPEECH
FREE SPEECH
Mean Girls and Mamma Mia star Amanda Seyfried has refused to back down on labeling right-wing activist Charlie Kirk “hateful” shortly after his murder.
‘Mean Girls’ Star Refuses to Apologize for Charlie Kirk Death Comments
The 40-year-old has defended her right to have an opinion.
trib.al
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Charlie would approve
FREE SPEECH
FREE SPEECH
Flexible Spending Accounts
Americans should be able to keep 100% of what they earn and the program should be more "flexible" than it is
End the FSA penalty
open.substack.com/pub/biggover...
Americans should be able to keep 100% of what they earn and the program should be more "flexible" than it is
End the FSA penalty
open.substack.com/pub/biggover...
You Earned It. They Kept It. Time to End the Flexible Spending Accounts Forfeiture Penalty
How an IRS rule from the Reagan era still forces Americans to let corporations keep billions of their hard earned wages and salaries for simply making a bad guess!
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Flexible Spending Accounts
Americans should be able to keep 100% of what they earn and the program should be more "flexible" than it is
End the FSA penalty
open.substack.com/pub/biggover...
Americans should be able to keep 100% of what they earn and the program should be more "flexible" than it is
End the FSA penalty
open.substack.com/pub/biggover...
#WSJ #WallStreetJournal IGNORING Trump's DEMENTIA and demented ranting in Pennsylvania
but complained about Biden's fitness
www.wsj.com
but complained about Biden's fitness
www.wsj.com
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December 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#WSJ #WallStreetJournal IGNORING Trump's DEMENTIA and demented ranting in Pennsylvania
but complained about Biden's fitness
www.wsj.com
but complained about Biden's fitness
www.wsj.com
#WAPO #WashingtonPost IGNORING Trump's Demented Ranting in Pennsylvania
but complained about Biden's fitness
www.washingtonpost.com
but complained about Biden's fitness
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December 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#WAPO #WashingtonPost IGNORING Trump's Demented Ranting in Pennsylvania
but complained about Biden's fitness
www.washingtonpost.com
but complained about Biden's fitness
www.washingtonpost.com
#NewYorkTimes Ignoring Trump's Demented Speech in Pennsylvania
meanwhile they complained about Biden daily
www.nytimes.com
meanwhile they complained about Biden daily
www.nytimes.com
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December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
#NewYorkTimes Ignoring Trump's Demented Speech in Pennsylvania
meanwhile they complained about Biden daily
www.nytimes.com
meanwhile they complained about Biden daily
www.nytimes.com
#LATIMES Ignoring Trump's Demented Speech in Pennsylvania
meanwhile they complained about Biden daily
www.latimes.com/politics
meanwhile they complained about Biden daily
www.latimes.com/politics
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December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#LATIMES Ignoring Trump's Demented Speech in Pennsylvania
meanwhile they complained about Biden daily
www.latimes.com/politics
meanwhile they complained about Biden daily
www.latimes.com/politics
#CNN minimizing Trump's Dementia
meanwhile, they daily complained about Biden
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
meanwhile, they daily complained about Biden
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
Analysis: Trump has ‘fun’ but fails to feel American’s pain on prices | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump certainly made himself feel better. Whether he did the same for gloomy voters haunted by high prices is more doubtful.
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#CNN minimizing Trump's Dementia
meanwhile, they daily complained about Biden
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
meanwhile, they daily complained about Biden
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
#MSNBC
Apologizing for Trump with this headline "veers off message"
Sorry but Trump was Tangential and shows signs of Thought Disorder you see in Dementia, rambling, irrational
www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
Apologizing for Trump with this headline "veers off message"
Sorry but Trump was Tangential and shows signs of Thought Disorder you see in Dementia, rambling, irrational
www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
Trump veers off-message in economic speech, calls affordability a ‘hoax’
It was 15 minutes into his Pennsylvania address before President Donald Trump first uttered the word “affordable” — and it wasn’t long before he began railing against the concept entirely.
www.ms.now
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#MSNBC
Apologizing for Trump with this headline "veers off message"
Sorry but Trump was Tangential and shows signs of Thought Disorder you see in Dementia, rambling, irrational
www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
Apologizing for Trump with this headline "veers off message"
Sorry but Trump was Tangential and shows signs of Thought Disorder you see in Dementia, rambling, irrational
www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
Trump Ran on bringing prices down
Now he says the affordability crisis is a hoax
Does he know that these are the same things?
Probably not
This is the guy that thinks "asylum" was what Hannibal Lecter was in
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
Now he says the affordability crisis is a hoax
Does he know that these are the same things?
Probably not
This is the guy that thinks "asylum" was what Hannibal Lecter was in
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
Analysis: Trump has ‘fun’ but fails to feel American’s pain on prices | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump certainly made himself feel better. Whether he did the same for gloomy voters haunted by high prices is more doubtful.
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Trump Ran on bringing prices down
Now he says the affordability crisis is a hoax
Does he know that these are the same things?
Probably not
This is the guy that thinks "asylum" was what Hannibal Lecter was in
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
Now he says the affordability crisis is a hoax
Does he know that these are the same things?
Probably not
This is the guy that thinks "asylum" was what Hannibal Lecter was in
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
The "Persians for Trump" is especially hilarious
I always wonder how much they get paid to stand there
and the one's who are not paid, who drives them back home?
I always wonder how much they get paid to stand there
and the one's who are not paid, who drives them back home?
Dementia in full four-color view.
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 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The "Persians for Trump" is especially hilarious
I always wonder how much they get paid to stand there
and the one's who are not paid, who drives them back home?
I always wonder how much they get paid to stand there
and the one's who are not paid, who drives them back home?
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“Here we have Florida jailers using CIA-pedigreed torture techniques on migrants accused of being in the country without proper authorization, a civil, not criminal, violation.”
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Here we have Florida jailers using CIA-pedigreed torture techniques on migrants accused of being in the country without proper authorization, a civil, not criminal, violation.”
The Housing Crisis
One of the primary aspects of the Affordability Crisis that
Republicans say is a "made up" problem
Meanwhile, Republicans make-up phony problems monthly:
DEI, CRT, etc.
biggovernment.substack.com/p/the-housin...
One of the primary aspects of the Affordability Crisis that
Republicans say is a "made up" problem
Meanwhile, Republicans make-up phony problems monthly:
DEI, CRT, etc.
biggovernment.substack.com/p/the-housin...
The Housing Crisis and Climate Crisis Converge
American politicians denied then pushed band-aids to address climate change, why should we expect anything better for our housing problems that are now a crisis?
biggovernment.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Housing Crisis
One of the primary aspects of the Affordability Crisis that
Republicans say is a "made up" problem
Meanwhile, Republicans make-up phony problems monthly:
DEI, CRT, etc.
biggovernment.substack.com/p/the-housin...
One of the primary aspects of the Affordability Crisis that
Republicans say is a "made up" problem
Meanwhile, Republicans make-up phony problems monthly:
DEI, CRT, etc.
biggovernment.substack.com/p/the-housin...
2025
America's Biggest Loser
University of Oklahoma
#UniversityOfOklahoma
If you can call the Governor when you fail a paper
Get 2 or 3 professors fired
To prove a passive aggressive point that doesnt exist in your stupid bible
Youre not at a credible University
America's Biggest Loser
University of Oklahoma
#UniversityOfOklahoma
If you can call the Governor when you fail a paper
Get 2 or 3 professors fired
To prove a passive aggressive point that doesnt exist in your stupid bible
Youre not at a credible University
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
2025
America's Biggest Loser
University of Oklahoma
#UniversityOfOklahoma
If you can call the Governor when you fail a paper
Get 2 or 3 professors fired
To prove a passive aggressive point that doesnt exist in your stupid bible
Youre not at a credible University
America's Biggest Loser
University of Oklahoma
#UniversityOfOklahoma
If you can call the Governor when you fail a paper
Get 2 or 3 professors fired
To prove a passive aggressive point that doesnt exist in your stupid bible
Youre not at a credible University