Amy McLaughlin
@amymclaughlin.bsky.social
Painter. Lover of nature and art. Happiest outdoors or in a museum. Believes in democracy. Human and animal rights. The sovereignty of good. Deep blue. PwME since 1987. No DMS, please.
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He’s so flipping guilty and he’s stripped the FBI and DOJ down to incompetent morons.
The first time I searched Trump, there were over 900 records found.
I also confirmed there are now 332.
I also confirmed there are now 332.
December 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
He’s so flipping guilty and he’s stripped the FBI and DOJ down to incompetent morons.
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"Following the Ukraine-US meeting, Trump lauded Putin, saying the Russian president “wants to see Ukraine succeed”.
This is becoming farcical
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
This is becoming farcical
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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks fail to deliver breakthrough on Ukraine peace deal
US president says ‘thorny’ issues remain on ending Europe’s biggest land war in 80 years
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December 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"Following the Ukraine-US meeting, Trump lauded Putin, saying the Russian president “wants to see Ukraine succeed”.
This is becoming farcical
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
This is becoming farcical
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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. @luchkov.bsky.social and I just published our very detailed investigation into how Russia is using its Orthodox Church to carry out operations against Ukraine in the US. Please subscribe, share, and help push back…
maligninfluenceoperations.substack.com/p/russias-or...
maligninfluenceoperations.substack.com/p/russias-or...
Russia’s Orthodox Influence Operation Hits Washington: How the “Christian Persecution” Disinformation Reached Congress
A Deep-Dive Investigation Into Russia's Orthodox Church Networks, Oligarch Money, Disinformation Operations, and Congressional Outreach
maligninfluenceoperations.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
. @luchkov.bsky.social and I just published our very detailed investigation into how Russia is using its Orthodox Church to carry out operations against Ukraine in the US. Please subscribe, share, and help push back…
maligninfluenceoperations.substack.com/p/russias-or...
maligninfluenceoperations.substack.com/p/russias-or...
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"Some blind individuals have been displaced at least 15 times ... Everything related to the lives of the blind has become piles of rubble. There is no training, no rehabilitation, no education, no employment, no assistive devices and a shortage of medications."
"The pain in my eyes is unbearable."
"[S]ince October 2023, more than 1,500 people were added to the 10,000 people who are blind or with limited vision in Gaza."
"Israel still prevents the entry of eye drops and treatments."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #Healthcare
"[S]ince October 2023, more than 1,500 people were added to the 10,000 people who are blind or with limited vision in Gaza."
"Israel still prevents the entry of eye drops and treatments."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #Healthcare
Israel blocks entry of eye drops for blind people in Gaza
Despite the October ceasefire, thousands could develop conditions affecting their vision.
electronicintifada.net
December 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Some blind individuals have been displaced at least 15 times ... Everything related to the lives of the blind has become piles of rubble. There is no training, no rehabilitation, no education, no employment, no assistive devices and a shortage of medications."
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Infuriating NEWS...
The damage Trump is doing is irreversible...
Just destroyed native protected land that was home to wildlife AND outrage as he damaged sacred Indigenous Burial Grounds
Irreversible Damage
The damage Trump is doing is irreversible...
Just destroyed native protected land that was home to wildlife AND outrage as he damaged sacred Indigenous Burial Grounds
Irreversible Damage
December 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Infuriating NEWS...
The damage Trump is doing is irreversible...
Just destroyed native protected land that was home to wildlife AND outrage as he damaged sacred Indigenous Burial Grounds
Irreversible Damage
The damage Trump is doing is irreversible...
Just destroyed native protected land that was home to wildlife AND outrage as he damaged sacred Indigenous Burial Grounds
Irreversible Damage
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#Ukrainians do not need to be persuaded that peace is needed. Ukrainians want peace more than anyone else, because war is our daily reality.
A lasting peace and a ceasefire depend on Russia, which started this war and continues to wage it.
There is no peace because Russia wants war⤵️
A lasting peace and a ceasefire depend on Russia, which started this war and continues to wage it.
There is no peace because Russia wants war⤵️
December 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#Ukrainians do not need to be persuaded that peace is needed. Ukrainians want peace more than anyone else, because war is our daily reality.
A lasting peace and a ceasefire depend on Russia, which started this war and continues to wage it.
There is no peace because Russia wants war⤵️
A lasting peace and a ceasefire depend on Russia, which started this war and continues to wage it.
There is no peace because Russia wants war⤵️
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This is profoundly un-American.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is profoundly un-American.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Stephen Miller is on Fox calling for everyone involved in the CBS “revolt” to be fired.
“The revolt” is called journalism.
They were doing their job.
The person who should be fired is Bari Weiss, who tried to censor and kill a well researched story that the American people had a right to see.
“The revolt” is called journalism.
They were doing their job.
The person who should be fired is Bari Weiss, who tried to censor and kill a well researched story that the American people had a right to see.
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Stephen Miller is on Fox calling for everyone involved in the CBS “revolt” to be fired.
“The revolt” is called journalism.
They were doing their job.
The person who should be fired is Bari Weiss, who tried to censor and kill a well researched story that the American people had a right to see.
“The revolt” is called journalism.
They were doing their job.
The person who should be fired is Bari Weiss, who tried to censor and kill a well researched story that the American people had a right to see.
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"After the largest inland oil spill from Enbridge's pipelines in the U.S. in 2010 — flooding more than a million gallons into the Kalamazoo River in [MI] — the largest spill in [WI]'s history happened last year... Initially, [Enbridge's] spill [of around 69,000 gallons] was reported as two gallons."
An Ojibwe band is suing to overturn a federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline, arguing the reroute would pollute their wetlands and threaten treaty‑protected waters, wild rice, and other vital resources.
This Ojibwe Band Is Suing to Stop a Pipeline From Polluting Their Wetland Home
The suit targets a federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5, which the tribe says puts treaty-protected resources at risk.
buff.ly
December 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
"After the largest inland oil spill from Enbridge's pipelines in the U.S. in 2010 — flooding more than a million gallons into the Kalamazoo River in [MI] — the largest spill in [WI]'s history happened last year... Initially, [Enbridge's] spill [of around 69,000 gallons] was reported as two gallons."
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US media has decided to pretend that the Epstein-Nassar Letter Epstein sent just before he died merely had a "crude reference" to Trump.
NO.
It was a clear, unambiguous allegation by Epstein that Trump *regularly sexually assaulted* "young, nubile girls."
Our media is BROKEN.
NO.
It was a clear, unambiguous allegation by Epstein that Trump *regularly sexually assaulted* "young, nubile girls."
Our media is BROKEN.
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
US media has decided to pretend that the Epstein-Nassar Letter Epstein sent just before he died merely had a "crude reference" to Trump.
NO.
It was a clear, unambiguous allegation by Epstein that Trump *regularly sexually assaulted* "young, nubile girls."
Our media is BROKEN.
NO.
It was a clear, unambiguous allegation by Epstein that Trump *regularly sexually assaulted* "young, nubile girls."
Our media is BROKEN.
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
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Trump’s corruption is sprawling & documented
We @democracydefendersfund.org are challenging abuses like the Qatari jet & crypto profits through over 237 legal cases & matters
Courts are pushing back—but but the ultimate guardrail is the American people
I explained on @ms.now👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are challenging abuses like the Qatari jet & crypto profits through over 237 legal cases & matters
Courts are pushing back—but but the ultimate guardrail is the American people
I explained on @ms.now👇
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Trump’s corruption is sprawling & documented
We @democracydefendersfund.org are challenging abuses like the Qatari jet & crypto profits through over 237 legal cases & matters
Courts are pushing back—but but the ultimate guardrail is the American people
I explained on @ms.now👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are challenging abuses like the Qatari jet & crypto profits through over 237 legal cases & matters
Courts are pushing back—but but the ultimate guardrail is the American people
I explained on @ms.now👇
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December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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“He was taken from an opportunity that his dad worked so hard for,” Ms. Hlavka said. “I think we are forgetting as a society that every human matters.”
“It is quite sad,” Ms. Spector said on Friday. “He came here wanting to give his son a different and better life than he might have had in China. That’s what they were coming for. And they had a lot to offer.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“He was taken from an opportunity that his dad worked so hard for,” Ms. Hlavka said. “I think we are forgetting as a society that every human matters.”
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Hey, America. This is what you do after a mass shooting.
Fuck the empty 'thoughts and prayers' bullshit. Does nothing. Changes nothing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fuck the empty 'thoughts and prayers' bullshit. Does nothing. Changes nothing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia launches biggest gun buyback in 30 years after Bondi beach terror attack
Prime minister announces first firearm buyback since Port Arthur massacre, and designates Sunday a national day of reflection in honour of Hanukah shooting victims
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Hey, America. This is what you do after a mass shooting.
Fuck the empty 'thoughts and prayers' bullshit. Does nothing. Changes nothing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fuck the empty 'thoughts and prayers' bullshit. Does nothing. Changes nothing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death - ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death - ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
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If you loved the original War for Oil, you're going to Love War for Oil 2.
Seems like Trump and his groupies think starting a regime change war of conquest out of nowhere is a political masterstroke that will get them back on the front foot, but I don’t think that’s how it will play out.
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you loved the original War for Oil, you're going to Love War for Oil 2.
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I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
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Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”