@cvanduin.bsky.social
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Senator Murphy takes note of Trump bringing a Russian propagandist back to Nashville
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Senator Murphy takes note of Trump bringing a Russian propagandist back to Nashville
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2/ In total, Republican legislators have attempted to seize some 29 boards and powers once controlled by Democrats – and succeeded in taking the majority of them, as we reported last week:
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
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 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
2/ In total, Republican legislators have attempted to seize some 29 boards and powers once controlled by Democrats – and succeeded in taking the majority of them, as we reported last week:
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
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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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uggh. thanks, @asharangappa.bsky.social.
and who would get to determine what constitutes "acts of aggression against the United States" for issuance of the letters of marque and reprisal? what is the even ostensible need for this new Wagner Group?
and who would get to determine what constitutes "acts of aggression against the United States" for issuance of the letters of marque and reprisal? what is the even ostensible need for this new Wagner Group?
Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four:
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
S.3567
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
December 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
uggh. thanks, @asharangappa.bsky.social.
and who would get to determine what constitutes "acts of aggression against the United States" for issuance of the letters of marque and reprisal? what is the even ostensible need for this new Wagner Group?
and who would get to determine what constitutes "acts of aggression against the United States" for issuance of the letters of marque and reprisal? what is the even ostensible need for this new Wagner Group?
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December 29, 2025
December 29, 2025
In an appearance on New York’s WABC radio on Friday, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
December 29, 2025
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It would be nice if Congress decided to exist and rein in this blatantly illegal activity.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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 4:45 AM
It would be nice if Congress decided to exist and rein in this blatantly illegal activity.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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A small number of people whose extreme wealth exerts a political gravitational force that distorts the entire political system is bad, actually. It has been recognized as a threat to free liberal republican government since the first time it emerged in the Gilded Age.
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A small number of people whose extreme wealth exerts a political gravitational force that distorts the entire political system is bad, actually. It has been recognized as a threat to free liberal republican government since the first time it emerged in the Gilded Age.
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This is the very essence of Twitter under Musk. Did you know that the biggest Medicare fraudster in Minnesota—Philip Esformes—is a well known MAGA activist who was pardoned by Trump? He then moved to Florida, where he was arrested again for fraud activities. Medicare fraudsters should be prosecuted
December 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is the very essence of Twitter under Musk. Did you know that the biggest Medicare fraudster in Minnesota—Philip Esformes—is a well known MAGA activist who was pardoned by Trump? He then moved to Florida, where he was arrested again for fraud activities. Medicare fraudsters should be prosecuted
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So let’s get this straight:
Trump’s DOJ buried Epstein’s crimes but kept flight logs on Julie K. Brown, the reporter who exposed them. Her 2019 American Airlines booking shows up in the files.
That’s not a data glitch or an oversight.
Trump’s DOJ buried Epstein’s crimes but kept flight logs on Julie K. Brown, the reporter who exposed them. Her 2019 American Airlines booking shows up in the files.
That’s not a data glitch or an oversight.
December 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
So let’s get this straight:
Trump’s DOJ buried Epstein’s crimes but kept flight logs on Julie K. Brown, the reporter who exposed them. Her 2019 American Airlines booking shows up in the files.
That’s not a data glitch or an oversight.
Trump’s DOJ buried Epstein’s crimes but kept flight logs on Julie K. Brown, the reporter who exposed them. Her 2019 American Airlines booking shows up in the files.
That’s not a data glitch or an oversight.
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Over the holidays, the administration quietly initiated a review of all Wildlife Refuges, something that could preface yet another attempt to steal your land: open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...
They’re Coming For Your Wildlife Refuges
The Fish and Wildlife Service’s over-holiday review, and what it means for 850 million acres of public land and water
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Over the holidays, the administration quietly initiated a review of all Wildlife Refuges, something that could preface yet another attempt to steal your land: open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...
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We’re murdering fishermen in handmade peñeros with $40K in motors using $300K in missiles to depose Maduro so Rubio can come 5th in the 2032 primaries 🎁 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/americas/trump-boat-strikes-gulf-of-venezuela-wreckage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVA.OLR8.KODM5zTAI3xD
December 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We’re murdering fishermen in handmade peñeros with $40K in motors using $300K in missiles to depose Maduro so Rubio can come 5th in the 2032 primaries 🎁 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/americas/trump-boat-strikes-gulf-of-venezuela-wreckage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVA.OLR8.KODM5zTAI3xD
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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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5 yrs ago next Tuesday, an American president who lost an election but refused to accept the loss incited a violent attempt to overthrow the election.
Instead of being treated like a pariah, that president was actually voted back into the White House, a much bigger condemnation of us than him.
Instead of being treated like a pariah, that president was actually voted back into the White House, a much bigger condemnation of us than him.
December 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
5 yrs ago next Tuesday, an American president who lost an election but refused to accept the loss incited a violent attempt to overthrow the election.
Instead of being treated like a pariah, that president was actually voted back into the White House, a much bigger condemnation of us than him.
Instead of being treated like a pariah, that president was actually voted back into the White House, a much bigger condemnation of us than him.
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Donald Trump and the DOJ are breaking federal law by continuing to cover up for Jeffrey Epstein's decades-long, billion-dollar, international sex trafficking ring.
We’re fighting for justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and safety for the public.
We’re fighting for justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and safety for the public.
Some lawmakers criticize DOJ release of Epstein files, say 'fails to comply' with law
Several members of Congress criticized the Department of Justice's release of some of the files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
abcnews.go.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Donald Trump and the DOJ are breaking federal law by continuing to cover up for Jeffrey Epstein's decades-long, billion-dollar, international sex trafficking ring.
We’re fighting for justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and safety for the public.
We’re fighting for justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and safety for the public.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
@jbf1755.bsky.social
Re:afterparty
FYI the afterparty from Friday’s History Matters is still up on YouTube.
Thought you should know. Thanks for all you do.
Re:afterparty
FYI the afterparty from Friday’s History Matters is still up on YouTube.
Thought you should know. Thanks for all you do.
December 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
@jbf1755.bsky.social
Re:afterparty
FYI the afterparty from Friday’s History Matters is still up on YouTube.
Thought you should know. Thanks for all you do.
Re:afterparty
FYI the afterparty from Friday’s History Matters is still up on YouTube.
Thought you should know. Thanks for all you do.
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Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.
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Ding,ding! We have a winner. National Archives reported missing documents and that classified documents were inappropriately handled to the FBI. The NA spent months trying to get Trump to return docs and then contacted the FBI when a batch was returned and classified docs were mixed in.
December 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Ding,ding! We have a winner. National Archives reported missing documents and that classified documents were inappropriately handled to the FBI. The NA spent months trying to get Trump to return docs and then contacted the FBI when a batch was returned and classified docs were mixed in.
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#Resist
#visibilitybrigade
#Maine
Freeport Maine
Rush Hour Brigade
Fridays Jan 2 through
Jan 30, 2026
3 – 4:30pm EST
Desert Road/
Exit 20 Overpass and
Mallett Drive/Exit 22 Overpass
Freeport, ME 04078
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
#visibilitybrigade
#Maine
Freeport Maine
Rush Hour Brigade
Fridays Jan 2 through
Jan 30, 2026
3 – 4:30pm EST
Desert Road/
Exit 20 Overpass and
Mallett Drive/Exit 22 Overpass
Freeport, ME 04078
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Freeport Rush Hour Brigade · Mobilize
This a local Indivisible event!
We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. This is in coordination with othe...
www.mobilize.us
December 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
#Resist
#visibilitybrigade
#Maine
Freeport Maine
Rush Hour Brigade
Fridays Jan 2 through
Jan 30, 2026
3 – 4:30pm EST
Desert Road/
Exit 20 Overpass and
Mallett Drive/Exit 22 Overpass
Freeport, ME 04078
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
#visibilitybrigade
#Maine
Freeport Maine
Rush Hour Brigade
Fridays Jan 2 through
Jan 30, 2026
3 – 4:30pm EST
Desert Road/
Exit 20 Overpass and
Mallett Drive/Exit 22 Overpass
Freeport, ME 04078
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Every single time Trump has a meeting with Zelensky, Putin calls Trump the day before and Trump’s position in the Zelensky meeting then mirrors the Russian position. The talking points are the same, with all the same lies. It’s a simple playbook for Putin and it works every time.
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Every single time Trump has a meeting with Zelensky, Putin calls Trump the day before and Trump’s position in the Zelensky meeting then mirrors the Russian position. The talking points are the same, with all the same lies. It’s a simple playbook for Putin and it works every time.
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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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WATCH — @rbreich.bsky.social: “Starting January 1st the typical ACA premium will be going up by a third or doubling… with food, housing prices, rent going up people are really struggling.”
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
WATCH — @rbreich.bsky.social: “Starting January 1st the typical ACA premium will be going up by a third or doubling… with food, housing prices, rent going up people are really struggling.”