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@amyinthelou.bsky.social
I ❤️ my library
I talk to my dog a lot
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George Conway & Anne Coulter were besties. The never-trumpers gave us trump
That brand new Dem George Conway is running for a safe Dem seat is offensive. If he was even remotely the hero he pretends to be (instead of a crass opportunist) he'd use his vast fortune as a mergers and aquistions lawyer to run against a GOP incumbent to flip a red seat to blue. #opportunist
December 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
George Conway & Anne Coulter were besties. The never-trumpers gave us trump
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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Did US Special Forces just inadvertently confirm there was a CIA operation in Venezuela?
CNN has added this update to their story about the alleged CIA drone strike in Venezuela:
December 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Did US Special Forces just inadvertently confirm there was a CIA operation in Venezuela?
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50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person.
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
December 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person.
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
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Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
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An attack in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution.
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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 1:46 AM
An attack in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution.
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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Zuckerburg is paying only $190M to settle an $8B lawsuit by FB shareholders for the Cambridge Analytica crime.
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Zuckerburg is paying only $190M to settle an $8B lawsuit by FB shareholders for the Cambridge Analytica crime.
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
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Good grief.😳
Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average from 2017 to 2024, according to internal data revealed in litigation, far more than what the company has publicly disclosed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average from 2017 to 2024, according to internal data revealed in litigation, far more than what the company has publicly disclosed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
Uber Cleared Violent Felons to Drive. Passengers Accused Them of Rape.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Good grief.😳
Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average from 2017 to 2024, according to internal data revealed in litigation, far more than what the company has publicly disclosed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average from 2017 to 2024, according to internal data revealed in litigation, far more than what the company has publicly disclosed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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In one fell swoop, Trump has successfully achieved his goal of fucking up voting by mail.
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In one fell swoop, Trump has successfully achieved his goal of fucking up voting by mail.
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We need new words to describe this because "hypocrisy" just doesn't work any more.
State Department Exiles Critics to “Protect” Free Speech
Last week, Marco Rubio and the State Department revoked visas for five Europeans—including Imran Ahmed, a legal permanent resident in the US married to a US citizen—because they don't like their speech about disinformation. The State…
Last week, Marco Rubio and the State Department revoked visas for five Europeans—including Imran Ahmed, a legal permanent resident in the US married to a US citizen—because they don't like their speech about disinformation. The State…
State Department Exiles Critics to “Protect” Free Speech
Last week, Marco Rubio and the State Department revoked visas for five Europeans—including Imran Ahmed, a legal permanent resident in the US married to a US citizen—because they don't like their speech about disinformation. The State Department's justification? This form of speech suppression is necessary to protect free speech. This is merely the latest episode in what will go down as the most anti-free speech, censorial presidential administration in history.
www.techdirt.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
We need new words to describe this because "hypocrisy" just doesn't work any more.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
December 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, the head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
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By the way, Gavin Newsom is apparently raising money to fight AGAINST the billionaire tax. So thoughtful of him to come to their aid at this particular time in history,
December 29, 2025 at 4:31 AM
By the way, Gavin Newsom is apparently raising money to fight AGAINST the billionaire tax. So thoughtful of him to come to their aid at this particular time in history,
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
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From this article:
Servants of the Mafia State
Merrick Garland, Jamie Gorelick, and the truth
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
From this article:
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Someone at FBI/DOJ was monitoring reporter Julie Brown (@jkbjournalist.bsky.social), who broke the Epstein story, right around the time of his arrest on July 8, 2019: these flights were on July 6 and 8. The public deserves to know when her records were searched for. Before the arrest, or after? 1/
December 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Someone at FBI/DOJ was monitoring reporter Julie Brown (@jkbjournalist.bsky.social), who broke the Epstein story, right around the time of his arrest on July 8, 2019: these flights were on July 6 and 8. The public deserves to know when her records were searched for. Before the arrest, or after? 1/
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former Commissioner Thierry Breton.
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former Commissioner Thierry Breton.
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
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"albeit" is doing mammoth work in that NBC sentence.
Even moreso had "regular airstrikes" been supplemented with the reality of the continuing denial of adequate life-supporting aid to Palestinians, and the arbitrary imposition of a new border on the open-air concentration camp that is Gaza.
Even moreso had "regular airstrikes" been supplemented with the reality of the continuing denial of adequate life-supporting aid to Palestinians, and the arbitrary imposition of a new border on the open-air concentration camp that is Gaza.
NBC News actually published this: "While Trump’s peace plan appears to be holding, albeit with regular Israeli airstrikes, the crisis endures."
Just imagine NBC framing it this way if Hamas engaged in "regular strikes against Israel?"
This is how legacy media normalizes genocide & white supremacy.
Just imagine NBC framing it this way if Hamas engaged in "regular strikes against Israel?"
This is how legacy media normalizes genocide & white supremacy.
December 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"albeit" is doing mammoth work in that NBC sentence.
Even moreso had "regular airstrikes" been supplemented with the reality of the continuing denial of adequate life-supporting aid to Palestinians, and the arbitrary imposition of a new border on the open-air concentration camp that is Gaza.
Even moreso had "regular airstrikes" been supplemented with the reality of the continuing denial of adequate life-supporting aid to Palestinians, and the arbitrary imposition of a new border on the open-air concentration camp that is Gaza.
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Remember the horrible story in the Epstein files about the limo driver who met a survivor of Trump and Epstein who was afraid for her life if she reported it and was then found shot to death?
The Oklahoman may have uncovered evidence of her death this week.
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
The Oklahoman may have uncovered evidence of her death this week.
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
'Ruled a suicide': Newly uncovered records support FBI tip about Epstein and Trump
Explosive claims in an FBI tip about President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein gained new weight this week after a local newspaper uncovered death records consistent with details described in the tip...
www.rawstory.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Remember the horrible story in the Epstein files about the limo driver who met a survivor of Trump and Epstein who was afraid for her life if she reported it and was then found shot to death?
The Oklahoman may have uncovered evidence of her death this week.
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
The Oklahoman may have uncovered evidence of her death this week.
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
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Leo talks and acts a lot like Francis. But there are significant differences. One of them is that the first American pope follows the political developments in the US under Trump very closely and is distressed by what he sees. Hardly a day passed without comments which, though carefully worded,
Weihnachten 2025: Papst Leo XIV. gewinnt an Profil
Papst Leo XIV. zeigt Präsenz und setzt auf Traditionen. Während seines ersten Weihnachtsfestes thematisiert er Krieg, Frieden und soziale Ungleichheit. Erneuerung im Vatikan unter seinem Einfluss ist ...
www.sueddeutsche.de
December 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Leo talks and acts a lot like Francis. But there are significant differences. One of them is that the first American pope follows the political developments in the US under Trump very closely and is distressed by what he sees. Hardly a day passed without comments which, though carefully worded,
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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Well, shit. I guess I needed a midday cry.
Seriously though, this is beautiful—give it a watch:
Seriously though, this is beautiful—give it a watch:
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Well, shit. I guess I needed a midday cry.
Seriously though, this is beautiful—give it a watch:
Seriously though, this is beautiful—give it a watch:
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I had to double check on PBS’s feed to make sure this wasn’t AI. Rubio looks so fucked up, I assumed it must be fake. But no, it’s real.
yeah I mean it’s genuinely sad that the “reasonable old school” Republican (who Dems eagerly and unanimously voted to confirm) is out here doing pressers blatantly geeked out coke and it’s not subtle
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I had to double check on PBS’s feed to make sure this wasn’t AI. Rubio looks so fucked up, I assumed it must be fake. But no, it’s real.
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We couldn’t be more grateful to Gracie Abrams, @boniverwi.bsky.social , and Aaron Dessner for raising awareness about our mission to end gun violence with their new song ‘Sold Out.’
Gracie Abrams, Aaron Dessner & Bon Iver Release Song to Help End Gun Violence: ‘The World Is Hurting’
Gracie Abrams, Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver have released a song to help end gun violence.
www.billboard.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We couldn’t be more grateful to Gracie Abrams, @boniverwi.bsky.social , and Aaron Dessner for raising awareness about our mission to end gun violence with their new song ‘Sold Out.’