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Lifelong Dem and defender of democracy
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President Trump thinks he can intimidate Colorado by shuttering NCAR.

It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.

Read our full statement here:
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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I miss my friend, Melissa. This is a beautiful piece about her life. 💚 🌳

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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When we left off two weeks ago, both House and Senate Republicans were busily slapping together various half-assed, half-baked “healthcare reform bills”

Subscribe to read the latest from @charlesgaba.com to answer all your healthcare questions!
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December 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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cheryl2877.bsky.social
I have such respect for
#BruceSpringsteen

He starts by saying it like it is, telling you all the crap our president continues to do!

Plus, it’s a great song!
Bruce Springsteen - My City of Ruins (Manchester May 14, 2025 [Official Live Video])
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December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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histoftech.bsky.social
Glad Rolling Stone published this, especially given the loud silence from the rest of the media on this grim watershed moment in US political history.
rollingstone.com Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 17h
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life

The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.

Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The deranged orange antichrist is now openly talking about a third term while ignoring his destruction of our constitution and our economy while continuing with his ongoing murders, now 95 counts of premeditated 1st-degree murder.

Donald Trump is truly suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome"
December 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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December 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Not much pickup of POTUS speech.

@wsj.com @washingtonpost.com @usatoday.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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marrickg.bsky.social
Anyone notice that Speaker Johnson subtly dismissed Congress today so that they won't be in session on Friday?

Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. From Maryland to Missouri, at least fourteen states are home to towns or counties that have implemented moratoriums: a complete pause on data center development.”

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December 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. Prices are expected to spike even further, especially as rising energy demands are driven by data centers and extreme heat, the study said.”

$XLU
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December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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COMMISSIONER GOMEZ: “.. No edit to a website can erase the long-standing congressional intent to create a multiparty, independent regulatory agency like the FCC that is accountable to Congress and the American people, not the whims of the White House.”

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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MAY I REMIND ALL:
December 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
December 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Trump Screams at Americans to Like Him in White House Address to Nation
Several Trump allies told Zeteo they were surprised anyone in the White House would think Trump’s primetime address was a good idea.
zeteo.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Fantastic piece.
his polls were low. Even the delivery was weird: Seemingly under network time constraints, the president read off the teleprompter angrily and quickly, speaking with the motormouth intensity of a 20-something banker who just discovered cocaine and now has a really great idea for a new restaurant.
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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“.. it was full of bizarre howlers that even Trump’s second-rate speech-writing shop would probably have avoided, .. his voice rising in frustration as he hurled one lie after another into the camera.”

@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
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@chicagotribune.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. The average U.S. household is projected to spend nearly $1,000 this winter to heat its home.”

@nytimes.com $XLU
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/b...
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
dib47.bsky.social
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social Dylan Ratigan was on Ari Melber’s show the beat yesterday. He was speaking about AI and the job market. The information was excellent. You may want to check it out.
December 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Five-byline alert: 🚨

#GoldenAge @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. The cost of protecting Oracle debt against default using derivatives has risen to near the highest since the financial crisis.”

@bloomberg.com $ORCL
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
The PJM power capacity auction wasn’t reassuring last night.

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM