Cheryl
cmaj.bsky.social
Cheryl
@cmaj.bsky.social
Lover of cats, books, flowers and a few other things. Blue dot in a red Texas sea.
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The threats from unchecked AI are real — worker displacement, corporate surveillance, invasion of privacy, environmental destruction, unmanned warfare.

Today, a tiny number of billionaires are shaping the future of AI behind closed doors. That is unacceptable. That must change.
The threats from AI are real | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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While millions of families struggle to put food on the table Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Mark Zuckerberg own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans.

That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.

Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Everyone knows that our current health care system is broken.

That’s why over 60% of the American people support Medicare for All.

The day will come when every man, woman and child in this country will have health care as a human right.

We’re going to win this fight.
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Workers at Caesars Horseshoe Casino in Indiana this week are voting to form a union in the face of aggressive and illegal union busting.

I applaud their courageous effort and strongly support their fight for a union against outrageous corporate greed.
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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At one point or another, we're all going to need to see a doctor.

But our health care system remains unaffordable, inaccessible, and deeply dysfunctional. It is unacceptable.

That’s why a strong majority of Americans agree: We need Medicare for All.
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Out early on a drizzly morning with #sophiefromromania who seemed bemused by my desire to hurry her along and get home for breakfast when there was important sniffing to be done
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Only our 5th Golden Ticket ever

Little Birdie is a very old girl and she can no longer control her bladder. She doesn't belong on the streets
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Some very special news today for little Stormzy.

Look at him just after getting the news. Bouncing!!!
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Somehow this is the worst part.

Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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I'm not sure he's going to make it, folks. Eyes are closed
December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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When you stayed up too late shitposting.
I'm not sure he's going to make it, folks. Eyes are closed
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.

You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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BERMAN: How many of the 40,000 people born in Somalia living in Minnesota do you consider to be garbage?

McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data

BERMAN: All of them?

McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.

Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Trump keeps losing in court.
Trump Faltering in Face of Lower Courts
The rule of law is proving to be stronger than he thought
contrarian.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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The American Revolution I Didn't Know: Thoughts on a 12-hour teachable "moment" from Ken Burns. Surprises and provocations, gritty details and historical sweep. Also brutality, hypocrisy, and oh yeah, our lofty ideals. My latest at History Keeps Happening. jilllawrence.substack.com/p/american-r...
The American Revolution I Didn't Know
Thoughts on a 12-hour teachable "moment" from Ken Burns
jilllawrence.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Good point from @swin24.bsky.social and team here: Trump and Hegseth suddenly refusing to take credit for the second strike, after they've spent weeks sadistically yukking it up over their killings, is a key tell:
zeteo.com/p/trump-hegs...
Trump Admin Lawyers Now Warn Boat Strike May Be Illegal, as Hegseth Passes the Buck
‘If the Washington Post is right, then a crime was committed,’ a Trump admin lawyer tells Zeteo, as Pete Hegseth tries to pass the buck.
zeteo.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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"Heading into Tuesday, Rs had underperformed Trump by an average of 13 points across dozens of state and federal special elections." Same again last night.

As I keep suggesting conventional patterns are kicking in and people's brains are too melted by 2024 to see it:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Heading Toward Midterms, the G.O.P. Continues to Slip
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Important: WaPo is doubling down on its reporting on Trump's bombings, asserting expressly that the second strike was ordered "when" the two survivors were "detected."

Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Trump: “The word affordability is a con job by the Democrats….The word affordability is a Democrat scam."

The 2026 team captain for the GOP.
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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So am I.
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM