@aeternalpessimist.bsky.social
Moderate Dem married to a Maga GOP. Go me.
I support women's rights, voting rights, equal rights, LGBTQ Rights, Climate change, responsible immigration reform, reproductive rights.
Oppose Dictator's-R-Us (GOP) agenda, pushing religious beliefs, book bans
I support women's rights, voting rights, equal rights, LGBTQ Rights, Climate change, responsible immigration reform, reproductive rights.
Oppose Dictator's-R-Us (GOP) agenda, pushing religious beliefs, book bans
More than 100 tribes tried to prevent the passage of any bill that would grant recognition. They claim the Lumbee tribe isn’t a real tribe and likely wouldn’t meet the stringent criteria required by the Interior Dept federal recognition process other tribes have gone through for their recognition.
They Supported Trump’s Reelection — And Got A Big Favor For Doing So
Lawmakers tucked language into a fast-moving defense bill to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the only tribal provision in the 3,086-page bill.
www.huffpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
More than 100 tribes tried to prevent the passage of any bill that would grant recognition. They claim the Lumbee tribe isn’t a real tribe and likely wouldn’t meet the stringent criteria required by the Interior Dept federal recognition process other tribes have gone through for their recognition.
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Russia isn't ONLY attacking European abd Ukrainian infrastructure.
They are attacking US' infrastructure too, specifically the states of Texas, Missouri, California, Pennsylvania, Colorado,and Indiana.
They are attacking US' infrastructure too, specifically the states of Texas, Missouri, California, Pennsylvania, Colorado,and Indiana.
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Russia isn't ONLY attacking European abd Ukrainian infrastructure.
They are attacking US' infrastructure too, specifically the states of Texas, Missouri, California, Pennsylvania, Colorado,and Indiana.
They are attacking US' infrastructure too, specifically the states of Texas, Missouri, California, Pennsylvania, Colorado,and Indiana.
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Piggy 🎲: Biden Receives Germany’s Highest Honor for a Foreign Pres, and Congress UNITES for the first time since he stole the Presidency to Overturn his Exec Order that Strips Federal Workers of Their Union’s Collective Bargaining Rights😈✊😈.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republican-led House votes to overturn Trump executive order on bargaining rights
The rare bipartisan vote, 231-195, marks the first time the House has voted to overturn an executive order from President Donald Trump this term.
www.nbcnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Piggy 🎲: Biden Receives Germany’s Highest Honor for a Foreign Pres, and Congress UNITES for the first time since he stole the Presidency to Overturn his Exec Order that Strips Federal Workers of Their Union’s Collective Bargaining Rights😈✊😈.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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THE RUSSIAN AND NY MOB secretly fund careers of "Lawyers" - even funding their law school, so that they eventually have corrupt cronies like Judge Aileen Cannon as prosecutors or even Judges. Cannon was/is most certainly WHOLLY CORRUPT, and was likely paid a lot to derail Jack Smith's prosecutions.
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
THE RUSSIAN AND NY MOB secretly fund careers of "Lawyers" - even funding their law school, so that they eventually have corrupt cronies like Judge Aileen Cannon as prosecutors or even Judges. Cannon was/is most certainly WHOLLY CORRUPT, and was likely paid a lot to derail Jack Smith's prosecutions.
Disability-rights advocates condemned the list, pointing out that many Head Start programs also receive federal funding through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act specifically to identify and support young children with disabilities.
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
www.npr.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Disability-rights advocates condemned the list, pointing out that many Head Start programs also receive federal funding through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act specifically to identify and support young children with disabilities.
Alot voters in MN are furious that so far the lazy a** DFL is not holding a primary. In no way is Watz going to get reelected. The fraud changes are too little too late. I have complained to everyone I talk to but just hit a wall. He and the party MUST have a primary and give voters a choice.
In 2026 campaign for Minnesota governor, fraud emerges as a defining issue
Gov. Walz is seeking a third term next November against several GOP challengers who have made fraud a centerpiece of their campaigns.
www.kare11.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Alot voters in MN are furious that so far the lazy a** DFL is not holding a primary. In no way is Watz going to get reelected. The fraud changes are too little too late. I have complained to everyone I talk to but just hit a wall. He and the party MUST have a primary and give voters a choice.
What we are witnessing “coercion without consensus.” As the ideological appeal of US-led globalisation fades/ economic leverage weakens, the imperial centre resorts to naked force and threats. Mechanisms of consent that once sustained US hegemony have lost their purchase. What remains is coercion.
Coercion Without Consensus: The United States and the New Imperial Disorder
The year 2025 witnessed escalated threats from the United States on the Global South. In the span of months, Washington declared Venezuelan
znetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
What we are witnessing “coercion without consensus.” As the ideological appeal of US-led globalisation fades/ economic leverage weakens, the imperial centre resorts to naked force and threats. Mechanisms of consent that once sustained US hegemony have lost their purchase. What remains is coercion.
"He wasn't born in this country, and still, he loves this country enough that he signed up to serve it," Watkins said. "Fifty years later, when he needs this country, this country is turning its back on him."
He served this country; now it's 'turning its back': Georgia veteran stuck in ICE detention after policy shift
Godfrey Wade is a wartime U.S. Army veteran who served overseas and received commendations upon his honorable discharge. Now he's set for deportation.
www.11alive.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"He wasn't born in this country, and still, he loves this country enough that he signed up to serve it," Watkins said. "Fifty years later, when he needs this country, this country is turning its back on him."
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ICC Judges 'Wiped Out Economically and Socially' by US Sanctions—But Remain Resolute www.commondreams.org/news/icc-jud... 9 ICC officials are under sanctions imposed in two waves earlier this year by the Trump 'regime' following the Hague-based tribunal’s issuance of arrest warrants for Netanyahu
ICC Judges 'Wiped Out Economically and Socially' by US Sanctions—But Remain Resolute | Common Dreams
“In my country, I prosecuted terrorists and drug lords," said Judge Luz Ibáñez Carranza of Peru. "I will continue my work."
www.commondreams.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
ICC Judges 'Wiped Out Economically and Socially' by US Sanctions—But Remain Resolute www.commondreams.org/news/icc-jud... 9 ICC officials are under sanctions imposed in two waves earlier this year by the Trump 'regime' following the Hague-based tribunal’s issuance of arrest warrants for Netanyahu
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The DOJ’s demands for private voter data are not just a problem for blue states, they’re beginning to irk red states too. The department sued Georgia after the GOP-led swing state told it to “pound sand” over its demands, warning of more lawsuits to come.
DOJ to Sue Georgia as Even Red States Resist Demand for Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The DOJ’s demands for private voter data are not just a problem for blue states, they’re beginning to irk red states too. The department sued Georgia after the GOP-led swing state told it to “pound sand” over its demands, warning of more lawsuits to come.
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NEW: Shortly before the Indiana Senate voted against passing a GOP gerrymander, a right-wing group warned Republican state lawmakers that Trump would withhold all federal funding if they rejected his demands to redraw congressional districts.
Trump's Threats to Indiana Funding Are Illegal 'Coercion on Steroids'
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW: Shortly before the Indiana Senate voted against passing a GOP gerrymander, a right-wing group warned Republican state lawmakers that Trump would withhold all federal funding if they rejected his demands to redraw congressional districts.
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And so, the disgruntled conservatives who are trashing the Nativity scene online are, once again, cherry-picking which parts of Christianity fit their values, and which are a little too “woke.”
This Church’s Nativity Scene Dragged ICE — And We Can't Ignore the Irony of It All
Some of y'all have conveniently forgotten who Jesus actually was, and it shows.
www.huffpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
And so, the disgruntled conservatives who are trashing the Nativity scene online are, once again, cherry-picking which parts of Christianity fit their values, and which are a little too “woke.”
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This piece is effing awesome!
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Our Past, Our Future
What Could Have Been But Wasn't
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This piece is effing awesome!
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Most vulnerable to this outcome are 26 states that have enacted sweeping corporate and personal income tax cuts over the past five years, depriving them of billions of dollars in revenue that they could have used at just this sort of moment.
Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, the...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Most vulnerable to this outcome are 26 states that have enacted sweeping corporate and personal income tax cuts over the past five years, depriving them of billions of dollars in revenue that they could have used at just this sort of moment.
Well then MAGA can be considered a domestic terrorist group
Florida governor declares Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month.
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Well then MAGA can be considered a domestic terrorist group
Records show Trump, 79, signed a mortgage on a “Bermuda style” Palm Beach house in December 1993 and, seven weeks later, a second on a neighboring seven-bedroom property—attesting that both would be his principal residence.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Revealed to Be What He Calls Fraud
The president has done the exact same thing he’s claimed is “crooked” and “deceitful” when his political opponents do it, records show.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Records show Trump, 79, signed a mortgage on a “Bermuda style” Palm Beach house in December 1993 and, seven weeks later, a second on a neighboring seven-bedroom property—attesting that both would be his principal residence.