@bdwildeman.bsky.social
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Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.
Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit
The Trump administration is lashing out at performers who have chosen to cancel performances at the Kennedy Center following Donald Trump’s recent decision to deface the cultural institution with ...
www.dailykos.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.
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The results of Musk’s chainsaw.
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
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 31, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The results of Musk’s chainsaw.
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I miss the time when sports betting was illegal.
December 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I miss the time when sports betting was illegal.
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Boebert suggests that Trump vetoed a water project in her district because she voted to release the Epstein files.
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Boebert suggests that Trump vetoed a water project in her district because she voted to release the Epstein files.
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Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
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"Ramaswamy could ignore the blatant racial animus within the movement—the role he had given himself would prevent it from reaching him, surely. Until it didn’t."
When It Comes to Race, Vivek Ramaswamy Is No Moral Leader
The Ohio gubernatorial candidate’s political marriage of convenience with MAGA racists lasted until it became inconvenient.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Ramaswamy could ignore the blatant racial animus within the movement—the role he had given himself would prevent it from reaching him, surely. Until it didn’t."
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They really cut $1 Trillion from Medicaid then put $50 billion back and think we’re all too dumb to notice
December 31, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They really cut $1 Trillion from Medicaid then put $50 billion back and think we’re all too dumb to notice
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There is no foolproof protection for anyone, Americans included, from ICE’s rabid tactics.
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
newrepublic.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There is no foolproof protection for anyone, Americans included, from ICE’s rabid tactics.
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The head of CMS is a former supplements pitchman who disparages vaccines and tells Americans they have nothing to fear from the flu.
Still have trouble getting my head around that.
Still have trouble getting my head around that.
Dr. Oz on the "super flu": "Every year there's a flu vaccine. It doesn't always work very well. That's why it's been controversial of late. But like many illnesses, the best news out there is if you can take care of yourself so that when you do end up running into the flu, you can overwhelm it."
December 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The head of CMS is a former supplements pitchman who disparages vaccines and tells Americans they have nothing to fear from the flu.
Still have trouble getting my head around that.
Still have trouble getting my head around that.
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When Bari Weiss's CBS News is debunking your hateful MAGA BS ...
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
When Bari Weiss's CBS News is debunking your hateful MAGA BS ...
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This is how you do it folks
December 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is how you do it folks
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This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
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“The DOJ is forced to spend all of its time …?” My orange Dude: If the DOJ did what was ordered, all they’d have to do is put the boxes of files on a truck and drive them over to the committee. 🤷🏻♀️
December 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“The DOJ is forced to spend all of its time …?” My orange Dude: If the DOJ did what was ordered, all they’d have to do is put the boxes of files on a truck and drive them over to the committee. 🤷🏻♀️
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So Netanyahu met with Trump today and now Trump is threatening to bomb Iran again. Amazing how that happens.
December 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
So Netanyahu met with Trump today and now Trump is threatening to bomb Iran again. Amazing how that happens.
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The truth is Russia made up the allegations against Ukraine to keep the war going. Putin has done this before. He doesn’t want peace. He sure as hell doesn’t want Ukraine to succeed!
December 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The truth is Russia made up the allegations against Ukraine to keep the war going. Putin has done this before. He doesn’t want peace. He sure as hell doesn’t want Ukraine to succeed!
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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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Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
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Once again, Richard Nixon’s presidency-ending crimes were harmless high school-level pranks compared to the daily lawlessness, corruption, & violation of our international treaty commitments that we now are seeing on a daily basis from Trump.
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 3:03 AM
Once again, Richard Nixon’s presidency-ending crimes were harmless high school-level pranks compared to the daily lawlessness, corruption, & violation of our international treaty commitments that we now are seeing on a daily basis from Trump.
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WATCH — @jenpsaki.bsky.social : “Let’s go back to those 10 co-conspirators…”
@rokhanna.bsky.social : “Some of them were at parties where you had 13 & 14 year-olds paraded naked… They did disgusting things. The Epstein class needs to be held accountable. Release the files.”
@rokhanna.bsky.social : “Some of them were at parties where you had 13 & 14 year-olds paraded naked… They did disgusting things. The Epstein class needs to be held accountable. Release the files.”
December 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
WATCH — @jenpsaki.bsky.social : “Let’s go back to those 10 co-conspirators…”
@rokhanna.bsky.social : “Some of them were at parties where you had 13 & 14 year-olds paraded naked… They did disgusting things. The Epstein class needs to be held accountable. Release the files.”
@rokhanna.bsky.social : “Some of them were at parties where you had 13 & 14 year-olds paraded naked… They did disgusting things. The Epstein class needs to be held accountable. Release the files.”
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“But in a modern, free, and truly democratic society, it should not be a mystery for days to its population and its voters whether or not their president has just bombed a new sovereign nation, without any declaration of war – all while the federal government that’s funded by our tax dollars…
December 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“But in a modern, free, and truly democratic society, it should not be a mystery for days to its population and its voters whether or not their president has just bombed a new sovereign nation, without any declaration of war – all while the federal government that’s funded by our tax dollars…
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The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
2025 Saw Most Measles Cases Since 1992 — Amid Latest Measles Exposure At Newark Airport
The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
www.forbes.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
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This is not how a normal Justice Department talks about an ongoing investigation—or about putative targets and their uncharged conduct.
December 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is not how a normal Justice Department talks about an ongoing investigation—or about putative targets and their uncharged conduct.
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It appears the whole Putin “Ukraine tried to kill me with 91 drones last night” was entirely made up. And of course Trump repeated it and said he was mad at Ukraine.
Nightly Russia launched drones and missiles at innocent people.
And tried to Kill Zelensky every day
Spare me the gaslight
Nightly Russia launched drones and missiles at innocent people.
And tried to Kill Zelensky every day
Spare me the gaslight
December 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It appears the whole Putin “Ukraine tried to kill me with 91 drones last night” was entirely made up. And of course Trump repeated it and said he was mad at Ukraine.
Nightly Russia launched drones and missiles at innocent people.
And tried to Kill Zelensky every day
Spare me the gaslight
Nightly Russia launched drones and missiles at innocent people.
And tried to Kill Zelensky every day
Spare me the gaslight
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NEW: Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the DOJ is organizing a conspiracy investigation against an expansive list of Trump’s enemies, including Obama-Biden era officials who scrutinized the president’s 2016 ties to Russia.
DOJ Organizing Vast Conspiracy Investigation Against Trump Enemies, Bondi Admits
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
NEW: Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the DOJ is organizing a conspiracy investigation against an expansive list of Trump’s enemies, including Obama-Biden era officials who scrutinized the president’s 2016 ties to Russia.