DJ
@djshumate.bsky.social
Just one person: Avoiding Amazon, Whole Foods, Canceled my subscription to Washington Post. No Facebook, No Twitter/X, No Tesla… Avoiding Google. Buying local & buying low.
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Congress should pass a law requiring agents to show their faces, identify themselves, & wear their badges. It’s not agent safety we have to worry about these days.
End so-called Kavanaugh stops & admin warrant-based forced entry into homes too. Let’s have a Constitution.
End so-called Kavanaugh stops & admin warrant-based forced entry into homes too. Let’s have a Constitution.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Congress should pass a law requiring agents to show their faces, identify themselves, & wear their badges. It’s not agent safety we have to worry about these days.
End so-called Kavanaugh stops & admin warrant-based forced entry into homes too. Let’s have a Constitution.
End so-called Kavanaugh stops & admin warrant-based forced entry into homes too. Let’s have a Constitution.
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Renee Nicole Good wasn't the first person killed by ICE — but she must be the last.
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
Renee Nicole Good is the latest victim of ICE’s and Border Patrol’s deadly force and threats, from Minneapolis to Chicago and Texas to California.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Renee Nicole Good wasn't the first person killed by ICE — but she must be the last.
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So maybe Fed independence is the line Senate Republicans won't cross?
Kinda pissed it took this long to find a line, massively relieved that there appears to be a line at all.
Kinda pissed it took this long to find a line, massively relieved that there appears to be a line at all.
"Congress needs to investigate the Department of Justice" from two different GOP Senators now.
January 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
So maybe Fed independence is the line Senate Republicans won't cross?
Kinda pissed it took this long to find a line, massively relieved that there appears to be a line at all.
Kinda pissed it took this long to find a line, massively relieved that there appears to be a line at all.
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“Far from making us more powerful, the pursuit of American dominance will make us weaker, eventually leaving us with no sphere, and no influence, at all,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues:
Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing
The president’s moves in Venezuela foretell a new global system.
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
“Far from making us more powerful, the pursuit of American dominance will make us weaker, eventually leaving us with no sphere, and no influence, at all,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues:
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
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The only way the next democratic administration is going to do anything even somewhat resembling reforming and rooting out lawless thugs from ICE and elsewhere is due to sustained popular pressure. Otherwise, the instinct from the Dem elite to just turn the page and move on is going to be massive
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The only way the next democratic administration is going to do anything even somewhat resembling reforming and rooting out lawless thugs from ICE and elsewhere is due to sustained popular pressure. Otherwise, the instinct from the Dem elite to just turn the page and move on is going to be massive
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Trump has claimed that the U.S. needs Greenland to advance security interests in the Arctic—yet it has axed the office dedicated to countering China and Russia in the Arctic in the region, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Vivian Salama report.
The Hole in Trump’s Rationale for Acquiring Greenland
The office dedicated to countering China and Russia in the Arctic has been axed.
bit.ly
January 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Trump has claimed that the U.S. needs Greenland to advance security interests in the Arctic—yet it has axed the office dedicated to countering China and Russia in the Arctic in the region, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Vivian Salama report.
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ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens
January 7, 2026 at 6:57 PM
ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens
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This is genius.
There are a lot of hidden geniuses in these there corners of America.
There are a lot of hidden geniuses in these there corners of America.
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
December 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is genius.
There are a lot of hidden geniuses in these there corners of America.
There are a lot of hidden geniuses in these there corners of America.
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For anyone keeping tracking, Federal workers from 10 agencies have now authored letters of dissent against policies that are harming Americans.
You can read and sign them all here:
linktr.ee/declarations...
You can read and sign them all here:
linktr.ee/declarations...
Civil Servants Speak Up | Linktree
These letters highlight the dedicated civil servants speaking out against the undermining of the federal services that the American people rely on.
linktr.ee
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
For anyone keeping tracking, Federal workers from 10 agencies have now authored letters of dissent against policies that are harming Americans.
You can read and sign them all here:
linktr.ee/declarations...
You can read and sign them all here:
linktr.ee/declarations...
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If you work in the facility where he's being kept and want to anonymously send a tip, my signal is open as well as many other journos I trust. Bring him home.
#momsky #whereisyuanxin
#momsky #whereisyuanxin
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you work in the facility where he's being kept and want to anonymously send a tip, my signal is open as well as many other journos I trust. Bring him home.
#momsky #whereisyuanxin
#momsky #whereisyuanxin
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Donald Trump’s dream of hosting the Kennedy Center Honors came true last night—in an evening that had the characteristics “of a wish made on a monkey’s paw,” @petridishes.bsky.social writes:
Trump’s Very Weird Night at the Kennedy Center Honors
The president and I both got our heart’s desire. But something felt wrong.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Donald Trump’s dream of hosting the Kennedy Center Honors came true last night—in an evening that had the characteristics “of a wish made on a monkey’s paw,” @petridishes.bsky.social writes:
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"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
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Australia will bar children under 16 from social media starting Wednesday, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation. Here is what to know.
How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work
The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.
nyti.ms
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Australia will bar children under 16 from social media starting Wednesday, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation. Here is what to know.
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Biden earmarked billions to revitalize Appalachian mining communities. His successor took it back.
"Demoralizing": How Donald Trump undermined coal country
Biden earmarked billions to revitalize Appalachian mining communities. His successor took it back.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Biden earmarked billions to revitalize Appalachian mining communities. His successor took it back.
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A judge has ordered the unsealing of grand jury transcripts from the 2005 & 2007 investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act compels the DOJ, FBI and federal prosecutors by 19 December to disclose the tranche of materials amassed during investigations into Epstein.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act compels the DOJ, FBI and federal prosecutors by 19 December to disclose the tranche of materials amassed during investigations into Epstein.
Jeffrey Epstein: US judge orders unsealing of grand jury records from abandoned case
A similar request was rejected earlier this year, but a law passed by Congress last month overrides it.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A judge has ordered the unsealing of grand jury transcripts from the 2005 & 2007 investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act compels the DOJ, FBI and federal prosecutors by 19 December to disclose the tranche of materials amassed during investigations into Epstein.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act compels the DOJ, FBI and federal prosecutors by 19 December to disclose the tranche of materials amassed during investigations into Epstein.
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Trump—who didn’t spend a minute behind bars—is about to swindle about 50 percent more than the total amount of money paid to the 97 innocent people who were incarcerated for more than 1,200 years in Texas.
Donald Trump’s restitution scheme is among the greatest heists in US history
Bogus claims of malicious prosecution could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump—who didn’t spend a minute behind bars—is about to swindle about 50 percent more than the total amount of money paid to the 97 innocent people who were incarcerated for more than 1,200 years in Texas.
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WOW! THANK YOU!! — GCN
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
WOW! THANK YOU!! — GCN
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Many Ukrainians “want, even now, to have a government that’s accountable to the public”—while American and Russian kleptocrats are looking to benefit only themselves, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes.
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Many Ukrainians “want, even now, to have a government that’s accountable to the public”—while American and Russian kleptocrats are looking to benefit only themselves, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes.
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Trump’s “Golden Era” is only for the super wealthy.
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Trump’s “Golden Era” is only for the super wealthy.