Cassandra
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We were warned, over 77 million chose not to believe.
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You’ll recall I told you that if Bondi violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it would trigger a lawsuit. That’s what Schumer’s resolution does. It directs the Senate Majority Leader to file federal civil action against the government over failure to release the Epstein files. 1/
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You’ll recall I told you that if Bondi violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it would trigger a lawsuit. That’s what Schumer’s resolution does. It directs the Senate Majority Leader to file federal civil action against the government over failure to release the Epstein files. 1/
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Christmas is very soon, did everyone buy the one doll yet for their kid that Trump and Stephen Miller say you can
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Christmas is very soon, did everyone buy the one doll yet for their kid that Trump and Stephen Miller say you can
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Two workers who make Pennsylvania’s minimum wage would each have to work 96 hours per week to afford the area’s median asking rent.
Good luck affording an apartment in Philly if you earn minimum wage
www.inquirer.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Two workers who make Pennsylvania’s minimum wage would each have to work 96 hours per week to afford the area’s median asking rent.
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History will record that Kimmel and Colbert were among the shining brave lights of our time.
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
History will record that Kimmel and Colbert were among the shining brave lights of our time.
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that's not how irony works. that's just a list of things that are basically the opposite of what they're against.
Rep. Russell Fry on Democrats criticizing Trump for illegally renaming the Kennedy Center: "I just find this incredibly rich coming from the party that spray paints monuments, desecrates memorials, tears down statues."
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
that's not how irony works. that's just a list of things that are basically the opposite of what they're against.
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The Associated Press has an excellent story about how FCC boss Brendan Carr bullied a Bay Area AM radio station for the crime of reporting on local ICE activity.
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media
Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids.
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Associated Press has an excellent story about how FCC boss Brendan Carr bullied a Bay Area AM radio station for the crime of reporting on local ICE activity.
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack:
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Do not miss the religious subtext here
Pence "said Heritage had 'fallen' because it had embraced elements of isolationism, stopped backing Ukraine in the war with Russia, supported some tariffs and backed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS secretary, among other things," including that they "have been willing to tolerate antisemitism."
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Do not miss the religious subtext here
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Four days of school a week in Toledo?
The crisis of underfunding in Ohio….
The crisis of underfunding in Ohio….
In Ohio, crumbling schools and higher property taxes ARE state policy…
Crisis: When The Wheels Come Off a State’s Public School System
A Case Study of a Systemic Underfunding Crisis
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Four days of school a week in Toledo?
The crisis of underfunding in Ohio….
The crisis of underfunding in Ohio….
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So Republicans lost their minds over outlets squashing the Hunter laptop story (while Trump was president!) because it may have been a Russian op… but now Trump allies are literally buying up networks/social media companies and he is censoring stories — and crickets? 🦗 🦗
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
So Republicans lost their minds over outlets squashing the Hunter laptop story (while Trump was president!) because it may have been a Russian op… but now Trump allies are literally buying up networks/social media companies and he is censoring stories — and crickets? 🦗 🦗
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On left:
Barry Weiss on Monday: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera."
On right:
Alfonsi on Sun: "If the standard for airing a story becomes 'the government must agree to be interviewed' ... we go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."
Barry Weiss on Monday: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera."
On right:
Alfonsi on Sun: "If the standard for airing a story becomes 'the government must agree to be interviewed' ... we go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On left:
Barry Weiss on Monday: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera."
On right:
Alfonsi on Sun: "If the standard for airing a story becomes 'the government must agree to be interviewed' ... we go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."
Barry Weiss on Monday: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera."
On right:
Alfonsi on Sun: "If the standard for airing a story becomes 'the government must agree to be interviewed' ... we go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."
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The Trump business empire’s expansion into nuclear fusion is alarming ethics experts, who warn it poses glaring conflicts of interest and risks the federal government playing favorites in what could be the holy grail of clean energy https://cnn.it/497rlJ6
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Trump business empire’s expansion into nuclear fusion is alarming ethics experts, who warn it poses glaring conflicts of interest and risks the federal government playing favorites in what could be the holy grail of clean energy https://cnn.it/497rlJ6
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This is pretext. Trump’s been obsessed w/wind turbines for decades, which began after Scotland put some in near his golf course. He sued the govt & lost, which is why he claims they cause cancer, mental illness in whales, bird extinctions, etc. Welcome to the 19th century. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is pretext. Trump’s been obsessed w/wind turbines for decades, which began after Scotland put some in near his golf course. He sued the govt & lost, which is why he claims they cause cancer, mental illness in whales, bird extinctions, etc. Welcome to the 19th century. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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New: The GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature has pushed through law after law shrinking the powers of the state’s governor since 2016 — always a Democrat in that time frame.
Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors
For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it fina...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New: The GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature has pushed through law after law shrinking the powers of the state’s governor since 2016 — always a Democrat in that time frame.
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
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Pretty amazing.
While leading “Columbians for Academic Freedom,” Bari Weiss sought to get pro-Palestine Columbia professors fired.
While leading “The Free Press,” Weiss is spiking stories to cover for a president who’s sought to get pro-Palestine Columbia students deported.
While leading “Columbians for Academic Freedom,” Bari Weiss sought to get pro-Palestine Columbia professors fired.
While leading “The Free Press,” Weiss is spiking stories to cover for a president who’s sought to get pro-Palestine Columbia students deported.
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Pretty amazing.
While leading “Columbians for Academic Freedom,” Bari Weiss sought to get pro-Palestine Columbia professors fired.
While leading “The Free Press,” Weiss is spiking stories to cover for a president who’s sought to get pro-Palestine Columbia students deported.
While leading “Columbians for Academic Freedom,” Bari Weiss sought to get pro-Palestine Columbia professors fired.
While leading “The Free Press,” Weiss is spiking stories to cover for a president who’s sought to get pro-Palestine Columbia students deported.
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"We also need to invite every American into the story, because they’ve lost something from Trump’s assault on government."
December 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"We also need to invite every American into the story, because they’ve lost something from Trump’s assault on government."
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Holy shit practically the entire Heritage legal center resigned www.nationalreview.com/news/exclusi...
December 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Holy shit practically the entire Heritage legal center resigned www.nationalreview.com/news/exclusi...
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This has been my point from the beginning.
I never thought they’d find anything damning - or at least more damning than what we already know about him as a sexual predator - so why all the coverup?
He only made it much worse. A full release and his MAGAlytes would have moved on.
I never thought they’d find anything damning - or at least more damning than what we already know about him as a sexual predator - so why all the coverup?
He only made it much worse. A full release and his MAGAlytes would have moved on.
Scarborough: "Trump is not on Epstein's list. There's nothing in there really damning about Trump or Bill Clinton. So one of the great mysteries is not what Trump's hiding, it's why if he's not in the files - which all the reporting says he's not - why is he so obsessed on blocking access to them?"
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This has been my point from the beginning.
I never thought they’d find anything damning - or at least more damning than what we already know about him as a sexual predator - so why all the coverup?
He only made it much worse. A full release and his MAGAlytes would have moved on.
I never thought they’d find anything damning - or at least more damning than what we already know about him as a sexual predator - so why all the coverup?
He only made it much worse. A full release and his MAGAlytes would have moved on.
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A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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What we have here is a top editor spiking a story not because of serious editorial concerns, but because:
1) she is insecure and needs to assert authority;
2) she wants to drive serious journalists out of CBS; and
3) she craves attention, which is her oxygen.
Especially number 3
1) she is insecure and needs to assert authority;
2) she wants to drive serious journalists out of CBS; and
3) she craves attention, which is her oxygen.
Especially number 3
Bari Weiss, cont'd: "I held that story because it wasn't ready. The story presented very powerful testimony of abuse in CECOT, but that testimony has already been reported... The public knows that Venezuelans have been subjected to horrific treatment in this prison... we simply need to do more."
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
What we have here is a top editor spiking a story not because of serious editorial concerns, but because:
1) she is insecure and needs to assert authority;
2) she wants to drive serious journalists out of CBS; and
3) she craves attention, which is her oxygen.
Especially number 3
1) she is insecure and needs to assert authority;
2) she wants to drive serious journalists out of CBS; and
3) she craves attention, which is her oxygen.
Especially number 3
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It’s probably too much to hope that today’s modified limited coverup will end in a failure as resounding as Nixon’s. Hope or no, keep holding their feet to the fire.
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Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jbW64f
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It’s probably too much to hope that today’s modified limited coverup will end in a failure as resounding as Nixon’s. Hope or no, keep holding their feet to the fire.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jbW64f
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jbW64f
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The horns and whistles work
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The horns and whistles work
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"Japanese health care has its pluses and minuses, as all systems do. But it performs quite well by any reasonable standard, and has some features I suspect most Americans wish they had."
The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/491dKD7
The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/491dKD7
Trump’s Assault on Health Care, Seen From a Country That Does Health Care Better
Japan is a showcase for universal health care, and what we’re losing in GOP attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Japanese health care has its pluses and minuses, as all systems do. But it performs quite well by any reasonable standard, and has some features I suspect most Americans wish they had."
The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/491dKD7
The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/491dKD7
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Wiles spoke to him 11 times. It’s all on tape.
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wiles spoke to him 11 times. It’s all on tape.
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Green Card holder, living in the U.S. since she was 11, put in ICE detention for 5 months because she bounced a check decades ago.
December 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Green Card holder, living in the U.S. since she was 11, put in ICE detention for 5 months because she bounced a check decades ago.