American Idealist
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Just a girl that loves her country, or the ideas it was founded upon, at least. We've never lived up to the ideas of freedom and equality, guaranteeing life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, that was promised, but I expect we'll keep trying.
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Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."
Vets... this is what the Trump regime thinks of you as, directly from the mouth of the Secretary of War, "You kill people and break things for a living. You are not politically correct and don't necessarily belong always in polite society."
Your leadership says you are hired killers and thugs.
Your leadership says you are hired killers and thugs.
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Looks like Gregory Bovino's ancestors, or people like them, were also hit with the same kind of bigotry that Stephen Miller and Trump are now leveling at today's immigrants. People like Miller's ancestors were as well.
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Looks like Gregory Bovino's ancestors, or people like them, were also hit with the same kind of bigotry that Stephen Miller and Trump are now leveling at today's immigrants. People like Miller's ancestors were as well.
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AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
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🚨BREAKING: Eric Neff, a Republican attorney with a web of ties to election-conspiracy theorists, is the new acting chief of the voting section at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), according to the department’s website. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Replaces Voting Section Chief With Lawyer Tied to Election Conspiracists
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: Eric Neff, a Republican attorney with a web of ties to election-conspiracy theorists, is the new acting chief of the voting section at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), according to the department’s website. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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It's Time For Democrats To Embrace Progressives & Ditch Corporate Centrism
The Democratic Establishment continues to ignore its base & cozy up to billionaires, AIPAC, & Silicon Valley goons, proving that they will always choose restoration to reform & progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Democratic Establishment continues to ignore its base & cozy up to billionaires, AIPAC, & Silicon Valley goons, proving that they will always choose restoration to reform & progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It's Time For Democrats To Embrace Progressives & Ditch Corporate Centrism
The Democratic Establishment continues to ignore its base & cozy up to billionaires, AIPAC, & Silicon Valley goons, proving that they will always choose restoration to reform & progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Democratic Establishment continues to ignore its base & cozy up to billionaires, AIPAC, & Silicon Valley goons, proving that they will always choose restoration to reform & progress.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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“.. The commutation of Mr. Gentile’s sentence undid years of work by prosecutors in Brooklyn to expose a scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, many of whom were older Americans living on fixed incomes.”
@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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December 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“.. The commutation of Mr. Gentile’s sentence undid years of work by prosecutors in Brooklyn to expose a scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, many of whom were older Americans living on fixed incomes.”
@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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Every detail about this story is absolutely insane but even in its broadest sense it is wild that a guy known for collaborating with white nationalists, promoting Pizzagate, spreading foreign state disinformation -- the list goes on and on -- is acting as a henchman for Pentagon officials.
We discovered a Goodreads page linked to the email address of a top Pentagon official featuring pornographic books about “Asian wife sharing.”
The story gets wilder from there.
The story gets wilder from there.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Every detail about this story is absolutely insane but even in its broadest sense it is wild that a guy known for collaborating with white nationalists, promoting Pizzagate, spreading foreign state disinformation -- the list goes on and on -- is acting as a henchman for Pentagon officials.
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Republicans:"Oh ho ho, but what if Bill Clinton is in the Epstein files? Checkmate, libs!"
House Democrats: "Check out this signed photo of Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein."
House Democrats: "Check out this signed photo of Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein."
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Republicans:"Oh ho ho, but what if Bill Clinton is in the Epstein files? Checkmate, libs!"
House Democrats: "Check out this signed photo of Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein."
House Democrats: "Check out this signed photo of Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein."
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🚨 Red Alert: RFK Jr-founded antivax org pushing FDA to BAN mRNA COVID shots as articles of impeachment are filed:
acasignups.net/25/12/12/red...
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Red Alert: RFK Jr-founded Antivax org pushing to BAN mRNA COVID SHOTS as articles of impeachment are filed
Hoo boy. You knew this was coming. Via Jessica Karins of Inside Health Policy: As public health stakeholders and members of Congress grapple with how to respond to changes in HHS’ vaccine policy, the ...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨 Red Alert: RFK Jr-founded antivax org pushing FDA to BAN mRNA COVID shots as articles of impeachment are filed:
acasignups.net/25/12/12/red...
acasignups.net/25/12/12/red...
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NEW, from me: One startling stat captures just how badly the year went for the GOP.
Democrats flipped 21% of all GOP-held legislative seats at play.
That's thanks to gains they made in six states this year, and I break it all down in my latest:
Democrats flipped 21% of all GOP-held legislative seats at play.
That's thanks to gains they made in six states this year, and I break it all down in my latest:
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats - Bolts
At the start of Donald Trump’s first presidency, in 2017, large Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, paired with overperformances in special elections, foreshadowed the blue wave of the......
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December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
NEW, from me: One startling stat captures just how badly the year went for the GOP.
Democrats flipped 21% of all GOP-held legislative seats at play.
That's thanks to gains they made in six states this year, and I break it all down in my latest:
Democrats flipped 21% of all GOP-held legislative seats at play.
That's thanks to gains they made in six states this year, and I break it all down in my latest:
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I think the four pieces I edited by incarcerated queer journalist B Speaks may be the thing I'm proudest of this year. Speaks is an incredible writer, with an ability to take you into the world of the GA prison, and its trans and queer inmates, that takes my breath away.
In August, we got a bit of extra money from a generous donor, and I used it to expand into coverage of trans life in American prisons.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned
In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I think the four pieces I edited by incarcerated queer journalist B Speaks may be the thing I'm proudest of this year. Speaks is an incredible writer, with an ability to take you into the world of the GA prison, and its trans and queer inmates, that takes my breath away.
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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hard to fall asleep while being fellated by so many people but Captain Sundown is built different newrepublic.com/post/203865/...
Trump, 79, Repeatedly Falls Asleep in His Own Cabinet Meeting
Donald Trump can no longer stay awake in his own meetings.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
hard to fall asleep while being fellated by so many people but Captain Sundown is built different newrepublic.com/post/203865/...
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1. WE GET RELATIVELY LITTLE DRUGS FROM VENEZUELA and they DON'T PRODUCE FENTANYL
2. Attacking these boats in the first place was an illegal act
3. The murder of the survivors is even more disgusting
4. The administration is trying to USE DRUGS to MANUFACTURE CONSENT for a Venezuelan conflict
2. Attacking these boats in the first place was an illegal act
3. The murder of the survivors is even more disgusting
4. The administration is trying to USE DRUGS to MANUFACTURE CONSENT for a Venezuelan conflict
A note of caution about the new GOP vow of oversight on the murder of the two men clinging to the boat. It's good to see, but it could become a backdoor way for Rs to defuse pressure for broader scrutiny.
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
1. WE GET RELATIVELY LITTLE DRUGS FROM VENEZUELA and they DON'T PRODUCE FENTANYL
2. Attacking these boats in the first place was an illegal act
3. The murder of the survivors is even more disgusting
4. The administration is trying to USE DRUGS to MANUFACTURE CONSENT for a Venezuelan conflict
2. Attacking these boats in the first place was an illegal act
3. The murder of the survivors is even more disgusting
4. The administration is trying to USE DRUGS to MANUFACTURE CONSENT for a Venezuelan conflict
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"The playbook here is familiar," @parkermolloy.com writes for HW. "Find a trans person in a position of minor institutional authority. Manufacture or amplify a confrontation. Blast it through the conservative media ecosystem until it becomes national news. Watch as institutions capitulate."
A coordinated campaign to drive trans people out of public life
Parker Molloy on the latest Oklahoma anti-trans work
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"The playbook here is familiar," @parkermolloy.com writes for HW. "Find a trans person in a position of minor institutional authority. Manufacture or amplify a confrontation. Blast it through the conservative media ecosystem until it becomes national news. Watch as institutions capitulate."
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1 TON has ~907K grams. ~1 gram of cocaine can be fatal.
Over 20 yrs, former Honduran Pres Juan Orlando Hernández brought over 500 TONS of cocaine to the U.S. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Trump has pardoned & released him from prison.
While mass murdering fisherman as "narcoterrorists."
Over 20 yrs, former Honduran Pres Juan Orlando Hernández brought over 500 TONS of cocaine to the U.S. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Trump has pardoned & released him from prison.
While mass murdering fisherman as "narcoterrorists."
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 TON has ~907K grams. ~1 gram of cocaine can be fatal.
Over 20 yrs, former Honduran Pres Juan Orlando Hernández brought over 500 TONS of cocaine to the U.S. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Trump has pardoned & released him from prison.
While mass murdering fisherman as "narcoterrorists."
Over 20 yrs, former Honduran Pres Juan Orlando Hernández brought over 500 TONS of cocaine to the U.S. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Trump has pardoned & released him from prison.
While mass murdering fisherman as "narcoterrorists."
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I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
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They.
Just.
Lie.
Just.
Lie.
This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Leavitt: "The people of Honduras have highlighted to him how the former President Hernandez was set up. This was a clear Biden over prosecution."
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
They.
Just.
Lie.
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Lie.
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a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
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Unified Theory of "Everyone Is Twelve" has broken Bluesky containment
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Unified Theory of "Everyone Is Twelve" has broken Bluesky containment
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A reminder of what's at stake as the Trump administration moves to gut permanent housing programs:
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A reminder of what's at stake as the Trump administration moves to gut permanent housing programs:
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As you plan your travel for the holiday season, just a reminder that the Trump DOT is making it harder for you to receive compensation when airlines mess up your flight.
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As you plan your travel for the holiday season, just a reminder that the Trump DOT is making it harder for you to receive compensation when airlines mess up your flight.
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
"There’s not a regulation that they don’t either want to weaken or eliminate," @wjm-air.bsky.social told @nytimes.com
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i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
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The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇