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I keep coming back to this. wonderwyrm.tumblr.com/post/7239467...
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@marisakabas.bsky.social managing to concisely lay out what's going on, without screaming and cursing like when I do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
@marisakabas.bsky.social managing to concisely lay out what's going on, without screaming and cursing like when I do it
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A lot of people are trying to justify their own desire to surrender to Trump early in the year
I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
December 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A lot of people are trying to justify their own desire to surrender to Trump early in the year
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The mainstream media has been virtually completely captured by people who like Trump and want him to win, and who protect him by constantly, unceasingly minimizing and obfuscating everything negative about his presidency.
December 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The mainstream media has been virtually completely captured by people who like Trump and want him to win, and who protect him by constantly, unceasingly minimizing and obfuscating everything negative about his presidency.
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If anything, accusations of pro-Trump media bias in 2024 were grossly understated. It's a remarkably clear tell that the media has gone from breathlessly obsessed with Biden's age and health to utterly disinterested in Trump's (clearly much worse and actually disqualifying) age and health.
The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
Trump looked pretty rough today -- note that both of his hands are discolored
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
December 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If anything, accusations of pro-Trump media bias in 2024 were grossly understated. It's a remarkably clear tell that the media has gone from breathlessly obsessed with Biden's age and health to utterly disinterested in Trump's (clearly much worse and actually disqualifying) age and health.
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Big congratulations to the “no new wars” crowd.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
December 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Big congratulations to the “no new wars” crowd.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
Remember when Harris proposed covering at home care for the elderly as part of Medicare and the press yawned?
To @asociologist.bsky.social's point, I'm NOT saying home healthcare jobs are inherently bad. I'm saying these jobs are currently undesirable because--w/ care's cost disease and w/o big public investment--home healthcare can't be both affordable for people who need it and adequately compensated. 4/
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Remember when Harris proposed covering at home care for the elderly as part of Medicare and the press yawned?
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US citizens don't want home healthcare jobs. Not because they don't care about the elderly. But because the jobs are underpaid, overworked, and exploitative.
Take Sylvia, a mom I interviewed who took a home healthcare job because it was her only option, then left it as soon as she could. 1/🧵
Take Sylvia, a mom I interviewed who took a home healthcare job because it was her only option, then left it as soon as she could. 1/🧵
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
US citizens don't want home healthcare jobs. Not because they don't care about the elderly. But because the jobs are underpaid, overworked, and exploitative.
Take Sylvia, a mom I interviewed who took a home healthcare job because it was her only option, then left it as soon as she could. 1/🧵
Take Sylvia, a mom I interviewed who took a home healthcare job because it was her only option, then left it as soon as she could. 1/🧵
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This is about outcomes when water breaks too early: "After the law went into effect, termination was only an option in Texas if the mother's life was endangered. Risk of serious adverse outcomes overall increased from 24% to 38.5%, while rates of sepsis jumped from 9.4% to 29.2%."
A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
What researchers have discovered about maternal, infant health under Texas' abortion laws
In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change.
medicalxpress.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This is about outcomes when water breaks too early: "After the law went into effect, termination was only an option in Texas if the mother's life was endangered. Risk of serious adverse outcomes overall increased from 24% to 38.5%, while rates of sepsis jumped from 9.4% to 29.2%."
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Republicans have held a Supreme Court majority since 1974, no matter what the mood of the country is, and I think people have finally had enough. Ford gets a pick during his 2 years, Carter got none during his 4. The lifetime selection, random lottery of deaths and retirements doesn't serve us well.
December 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Republicans have held a Supreme Court majority since 1974, no matter what the mood of the country is, and I think people have finally had enough. Ford gets a pick during his 2 years, Carter got none during his 4. The lifetime selection, random lottery of deaths and retirements doesn't serve us well.
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The US is at war with Venezuela.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The US is at war with Venezuela.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
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I've updated my piece to reflect CNN's new reporting that the CIA conducted a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, citing "sources familiar with the matter." (Their report doesn't include a date for alleged strike. CIA/WH/US Special Forces haven't confirmed.)
Trump says US bombed alleged drug facility in Venezuela. No one knows if it’s true.
It could be a lie from social media, or a conflation of other stories. Either way, Americans need to know.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I've updated my piece to reflect CNN's new reporting that the CIA conducted a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, citing "sources familiar with the matter." (Their report doesn't include a date for alleged strike. CIA/WH/US Special Forces haven't confirmed.)
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Bribery & treason are *the* two constitutionally enumerated “high crimes and misdemeanors” for impeaching & removing the President etc.
December 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Bribery & treason are *the* two constitutionally enumerated “high crimes and misdemeanors” for impeaching & removing the President etc.
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You want me to look back on 2025? The thing that doomed Orpheus? The thing that turned Lot’s wife to salt?
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
You want me to look back on 2025? The thing that doomed Orpheus? The thing that turned Lot’s wife to salt?
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Anti-vaxxers have a lot to answer for. A lot.
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Anti-vaxxers have a lot to answer for. A lot.
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Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
For more stories like this, like Slate on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
slate.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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DNA evidence is *very* extremely conclusive.
There is a problem though: even though the odds of a false match are like one in a billion, laboratory error is not.
It is illegal to mention this.
www.cnn.com/2024/03/09/u...
There is a problem though: even though the odds of a false match are like one in a billion, laboratory error is not.
It is illegal to mention this.
www.cnn.com/2024/03/09/u...
Colorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades | CNN
A now-former forensic scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) manipulated DNA test results in hundreds of criminal cases, an internal affairs investigation found, which prompted a fu...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
DNA evidence is *very* extremely conclusive.
There is a problem though: even though the odds of a false match are like one in a billion, laboratory error is not.
It is illegal to mention this.
www.cnn.com/2024/03/09/u...
There is a problem though: even though the odds of a false match are like one in a billion, laboratory error is not.
It is illegal to mention this.
www.cnn.com/2024/03/09/u...
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South Tucson Mayor Roxy Valenzuela rejects calls to increase policing as a response to rising homelessness.
“Sometimes the best people to offer those resources are not the cops — it can be a community member or a clinician,” she says.
“Sometimes the best people to offer those resources are not the cops — it can be a community member or a clinician,” she says.
Facing Arizona’s Crackdown on Homelessness, Two Cities Offer Different Responses
State intervention has led Tucson to ramp up sweeps and pass harsh new policies. Officials in the small town of South Tucson have emphasized support and services, even as they face blowback.
boltsmag.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
South Tucson Mayor Roxy Valenzuela rejects calls to increase policing as a response to rising homelessness.
“Sometimes the best people to offer those resources are not the cops — it can be a community member or a clinician,” she says.
“Sometimes the best people to offer those resources are not the cops — it can be a community member or a clinician,” she says.
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Since I first posted on Sunday about Trump's radio spot alleging a land strike on Venezuela, I've gotten a surprising amount of hand waving in response. No matter what the explanation is here, it's important to understand what actually did (or didn't) happen.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
![But what struck me most [no pun intended] was the incuriousness and the learned helplessness; the permeation of this idea that Trump’s words and actions are so often inscrutable that trying to divine meaning from them is useless. I think this is wrong. Not only does it let Trump off the hook from explaining himself, but it also lets journalists off the hook from doing our jobs.
If Trump is lying about ordering a land strike on Venezuela, that is important information. If Trump did, in fact, order his first land strike on Venezuela, that is important information. If Trump believes the US carried out a land strike on Venezuela based on social media rumors or his own cognitive deficiencies and his team is running cover for him, that is important information. This isn’t Trump running his mouth about how the economy is really great, actually, and how America is back, baby. No, this is a question of whether or not the US just escalated a war.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreibr5goyfmlq7ixngscguajpmjyhypjrcuraaifutoniwxbvs7iggy@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Since I first posted on Sunday about Trump's radio spot alleging a land strike on Venezuela, I've gotten a surprising amount of hand waving in response. No matter what the explanation is here, it's important to understand what actually did (or didn't) happen.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
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NEW from me — I broke down Trump's claim on local right wing radio that the US carried out a Christmas Eve land strike in Venezuela, how he doubled down Monday, the subsequent media reports with no substance, the potential role of social media rumors about an actual fire, and how we need the truth:
Trump says US bombed alleged drug facility in Venezuela. No one knows if it’s true.
It could be a lie from social media, or a conflation of other stories. Either way, Americans need to know.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
NEW from me — I broke down Trump's claim on local right wing radio that the US carried out a Christmas Eve land strike in Venezuela, how he doubled down Monday, the subsequent media reports with no substance, the potential role of social media rumors about an actual fire, and how we need the truth:
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I wonder if people know that @psabortionfund.bsky.social is volunteer run. Hard to find a better example of mutual aid and yet they struggle to keep supporting abortion seekers every month because of lack of money. When I think of it, I want to absolutely rant but it won't do any good.
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I wonder if people know that @psabortionfund.bsky.social is volunteer run. Hard to find a better example of mutual aid and yet they struggle to keep supporting abortion seekers every month because of lack of money. When I think of it, I want to absolutely rant but it won't do any good.
I have never seen an episode of "Stranger Things." Never watched a Knives Out movie. Will never watch the gay hockey show. But I might finally watch "KPop Demon Hunters" for this year's NYE movie.
December 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I have never seen an episode of "Stranger Things." Never watched a Knives Out movie. Will never watch the gay hockey show. But I might finally watch "KPop Demon Hunters" for this year's NYE movie.
What pisses me off is the keyboard warriors who screamed endlessly about Gaza doing nothing to keep him from becoming president again.
Bibi is right that no POTUS has been as pro (right-wing) Israel as Trump.
Apparent in Trump Term 1, when he abandoned bipartisan US policy to move the embassy to Jerusalem and cut funding for an E. Jerusalem hospital, among other things.
But American voters didn't think that mattered. Or liked it.
Apparent in Trump Term 1, when he abandoned bipartisan US policy to move the embassy to Jerusalem and cut funding for an E. Jerusalem hospital, among other things.
But American voters didn't think that mattered. Or liked it.
Netanyahu: We've never had a friend like President Trump in the White House. It's not even close. I think Israel is very blessed to have President Trump leading the United States.
December 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
What pisses me off is the keyboard warriors who screamed endlessly about Gaza doing nothing to keep him from becoming president again.
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The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
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once again, "sex with underage girl" = statutory rape of a child
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
once again, "sex with underage girl" = statutory rape of a child