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utahbug.bsky.social
Spending millions in Utah to overthrow Prop 4.
(unlocked)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Post-Trump, What Happens to His War Chest? Utah Offers One Clue.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
utahbug.bsky.social
How did Paramount lose out to Netflix in making a deal with Warner? (unlocked)
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Paramount was poised to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. What went wrong?
Tech mogul Larry Ellison made a bold move to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but lost out to Netflix, setting the stage for a legal fight that could shape the future of Hollywood.
www.latimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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bagleycartoons.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
SS Minnow
theomoudakis.bsky.social Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 2d
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
Miami Herald
View from the US citizen who was detained by ICE.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
The Hegseth Murders
#Hegseth
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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davewhamond.bsky.social
Couldn't resist.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social
Newsday.com/matt
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
Free National Parks Day to 2026.
-MLK Day is out.
-Trump B-day is in.
Images: NPS 2025 vs 2026
www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/de...
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
utahbug.bsky.social
Founders of politically connected nuclear companies that have never built commercial reactors are becoming billionaires. (unlocked) wapo.st/4oDnI3A
Kilowatts or connections? Trump’s favored nuclear start-ups soar to riches.
Founders of politically connected nuclear companies that have never built commercial reactors are becoming billionaires.
wapo.st
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
Tonight brings the last super moon of the year. www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/mo...
What Is a Supermoon?
When the Full Moon or occurs near the Moon's closest approach to Earth, its perigee, it is often called a supermoon.
www.timeanddate.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
If you want to do something illegal, fire the lawyers.
Former military lawyers agree that the killing of survivors is illegal. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Column: Now it's clear why Trump got rid of the top military lawyers
People who know and enforce the law would have been inconvenient during the president's undeclared war in the Pacific and the Caribbean.
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
San Francisco’s albino alligator has died. But the toe (bit by a female) remains preserved in a jar. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Here’s why San Francisco’s legendary albino alligator Claude died at just 30
Claude, a rare albino alligator who lived at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, died this week. Officials revealed why the "iconic swamp king" perished.
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
utahbug.bsky.social
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votebiue.bsky.social Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 4d
BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors!
You must refuse illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
It’s private employment that’s hurting.
huffpost.com HuffPost @huffpost.com · 4d
Private employment fell last month in what is now the third decline in four months.
Private Employment Falls With Another 32,000 Job Cuts In November
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
Hiding corruption.
Trump doesn’t want you to see the files. #JackSmith
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump: Jack Smith classified documents report should remain secret
Trump’s request is a break from the Justice Department’s handling of all special counsel reports in recent decades.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
Trump’s pardon of the person responsible for bringing tons of cocaine to the US. (unlocked)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
Rocky Mountain Power is scheming to raise your electric bills again. This increase will be another 4.48%. @utahnewsdispatch
utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/02/r...
Rocky Mountain Power requests 4.48% rate increase to feed fire fund • Utah News Dispatch
Rocky Mountain Power is requesting a 4.48% rate increase to feed an account to cover extraordinary expenses in case of wildfires.
utahnewsdispatch.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
Swiss politicians filed a criminal complaint with the country’s top prosecutor over a Rolex table clock and an engraved gold bar presented to US President Donald Trump by business executives shortly before he agreed to cut tariffs on the country’s exports. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rolex, Gold Gifts to Trump Spur Call for Swiss Investigation
Swiss politicians have urged the the country’s top prosecutor to open a criminal investigation into the gifting of a Rolex table clock and an engraved gold bar to US President Donald Trump by business...
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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stephenking.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
ICE
Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters. #ICE
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
utahbug.bsky.social
Not a good time for military leaders to follow illegal orders.
Trump & Hegseth will deny and let them hang.
#Hegseth (unlocked)
wapo.st/3KA18uw
Trump says Hegseth denied issuing order to kill boat crew
The president also said he would not have wanted a second strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs, which occurred after U.S. forces realized the initial attack left two survivors, as The Post report...
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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gwpda.bsky.social
@evanbernick.bsky.social - www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...

Chickens, coming home. caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-10t...
Fired worker sues government in a case that could upend civil rights laws
A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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andertoon.bsky.social
Drug Boat
For @rawstory.com
Follow my work on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
utahbug.bsky.social
SpeechNow is an organization that we should pay attention to.
The case that lets billionaires spend big and anonymously on elections never reached the Supreme Court. (unlocked)
#SpeechNow #CitizensUnited wapo.st/48sLXLO
A case that lets billionaires spend big on elections never reached Supreme Court
A less-recognized campaign finance case from 2010 paved the way for the super PACs frequently used by billionaires such as Elon Musk to spend big on elections.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM