@drb-3-25.bsky.social
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Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
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the real story is the way the country's obscenely rich have hijacked new and old media to pour lemon juice in the country's unhealed race and gender wounds to divide the electorate and derail genuine progressive reform, justice-oriented taxation, and corporate oversight
now THAT's a story
now THAT's a story
December 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
the real story is the way the country's obscenely rich have hijacked new and old media to pour lemon juice in the country's unhealed race and gender wounds to divide the electorate and derail genuine progressive reform, justice-oriented taxation, and corporate oversight
now THAT's a story
now THAT's a story
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Donald Trump said strikes on targets within Venezuela could begin "very soon.”
We take the President's words seriously, and literally.
I'm working with Senators Kaine, Paul, and Schumer to prevent the Trump Administration from dragging us into a war that Americans don't want.
We take the President's words seriously, and literally.
I'm working with Senators Kaine, Paul, and Schumer to prevent the Trump Administration from dragging us into a war that Americans don't want.
Schiff launches Senate bid to block Trump from attacking Venezuela
People “don’t want more forever wars,” say Sen. Adam Schiff and Senate colleagues.
www.sacbee.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Donald Trump said strikes on targets within Venezuela could begin "very soon.”
We take the President's words seriously, and literally.
I'm working with Senators Kaine, Paul, and Schumer to prevent the Trump Administration from dragging us into a war that Americans don't want.
We take the President's words seriously, and literally.
I'm working with Senators Kaine, Paul, and Schumer to prevent the Trump Administration from dragging us into a war that Americans don't want.
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Signature Hegseth. He has to go.
A top Pentagon officer whose abrupt retirement came as a shock to his colleagues was reportedly forced out after repeated clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Real Reason for Pentagon Pete Commander’s Shock Retirement Revealed
Reports initially stated Hegseth had nothing to do with the officer’s abrupt exit.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Signature Hegseth. He has to go.
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A top Pentagon officer whose abrupt retirement came as a shock to his colleagues was reportedly forced out after repeated clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Real Reason for Pentagon Pete Commander’s Shock Retirement Revealed
Reports initially stated Hegseth had nothing to do with the officer’s abrupt exit.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A top Pentagon officer whose abrupt retirement came as a shock to his colleagues was reportedly forced out after repeated clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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ten years into this bullshit and journalists are still out here operating as if anything this administration does is actually in the public interest, or anything it says has any real-world value
Trump said he’s looking into an Australian-style retirement program for America. Here’s how it works | CNN Business
The Trump administration is looking Down Under for inspiration on how to improve the United States’ retirement savings system.
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
ten years into this bullshit and journalists are still out here operating as if anything this administration does is actually in the public interest, or anything it says has any real-world value
Read this and share it everywhere:
The past decade has seen grave threats and unmistakable decline. But the past few days and weeks reveal that we have entered in a new and more perilous chapter here in the U.S. It must be a call to a new kind of action. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We Have Descended into Utter Madness
A new sense of urgency is needed. Our national crisis has grown much more acute.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Read this and share it everywhere:
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“If you believe the MAGA postliberal project is real, then liberalism must understand MAGA is not a reaction to economic consequences or “elite failures,” but an affirmative preference for illiberalism.
Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-and-l...
Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-and-l...
Liberals: Stop the Masochism
Why liberalism romanticizes the Forgotten Man and is reluctant to take its own side in the fight against authoritarianism.
www.thebulwark.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“If you believe the MAGA postliberal project is real, then liberalism must understand MAGA is not a reaction to economic consequences or “elite failures,” but an affirmative preference for illiberalism.
Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-and-l...
Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-and-l...
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Genuinely terrifying. Healthcare (really, health insurance) costs skyrocketing. Then complicated by these fuckers wanting us all to be more sick, all the time. Our kids, sick. Our elders, sick. All of us, sicker and sicker, and paying more for it.
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Genuinely terrifying. Healthcare (really, health insurance) costs skyrocketing. Then complicated by these fuckers wanting us all to be more sick, all the time. Our kids, sick. Our elders, sick. All of us, sicker and sicker, and paying more for it.
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very funny that hours after this was published trump issued another corrupt pardon
wrote about the problem of the pardon power (gift link)
Opinion | Guess Which Presidential Power Trump Likes the Most
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
very funny that hours after this was published trump issued another corrupt pardon
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When buying a house is unattainable and jobs are disappearing, it's no surprise young people think they can’t succeed, especially young men.
It's not their fault. It’s Washington’s fault for allowing the middle class to be hollowed out just to make rich people richer.
It's not their fault. It’s Washington’s fault for allowing the middle class to be hollowed out just to make rich people richer.
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
When buying a house is unattainable and jobs are disappearing, it's no surprise young people think they can’t succeed, especially young men.
It's not their fault. It’s Washington’s fault for allowing the middle class to be hollowed out just to make rich people richer.
It's not their fault. It’s Washington’s fault for allowing the middle class to be hollowed out just to make rich people richer.
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Imagine if Senate and House Dems made a criminal referral to DOJ over Kushner’s corrupt involvement in these negotiations.
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Imagine if Senate and House Dems made a criminal referral to DOJ over Kushner’s corrupt involvement in these negotiations.
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This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Trump calls Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) "garbage," says that Somalians don't belong in the U.S. because they "do nothing but complain... do nothing but bitch"
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
Complete insanity.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Complete insanity.
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The same people who i used to fight with in the GOP, who wanted to withdraw American troops from everywhere, are now the ones justifying the murder of two survivors.
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The same people who i used to fight with in the GOP, who wanted to withdraw American troops from everywhere, are now the ones justifying the murder of two survivors.
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
It’s almost like…. It was never about that
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Update: Trump appears to have fallen asleep in his own Cabinet meeting. bsky.app/profile/fact...
Donald Trump spent last night having some bizarre social media fever dream. It’s long past time for the president's mental fitness to be a sustained front-page story. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to talk about Donald Trump’s health (again)
The most consequential topic in the world is the simple question: Is the President mentally fit to serve?
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Update: Trump appears to have fallen asleep in his own Cabinet meeting. bsky.app/profile/fact...
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"The very least the press corps could do is report as extensively on Donald Trump’s mental fitness NOW as it has this year investigated the mental fitness of Joe Biden THEN."
1000% agree with this @vermontgmg.bsky.social assessment of the need for a dramatic uptick in coverage of Trump's health:
1000% agree with this @vermontgmg.bsky.social assessment of the need for a dramatic uptick in coverage of Trump's health:
Donald Trump spent last night having some bizarre social media fever dream. It’s long past time for the president's mental fitness to be a sustained front-page story. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to talk about Donald Trump’s health (again)
The most consequential topic in the world is the simple question: Is the President mentally fit to serve?
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"The very least the press corps could do is report as extensively on Donald Trump’s mental fitness NOW as it has this year investigated the mental fitness of Joe Biden THEN."
1000% agree with this @vermontgmg.bsky.social assessment of the need for a dramatic uptick in coverage of Trump's health:
1000% agree with this @vermontgmg.bsky.social assessment of the need for a dramatic uptick in coverage of Trump's health:
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Yes, why bother doing anything
Nice rant, but if Hegseth is tossed tonight, why would you expect his replacement to be an improvement?
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Yes, why bother doing anything
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The arrogance/incoherence of freeing one narco-trafficking former head of a "narco-state" while threatening to turn the wrath of the US military on another (and killing off alleged footsoldiers without due process along the way) is breathtaking. Trump loves criminals...if they bend the knee to him.
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The arrogance/incoherence of freeing one narco-trafficking former head of a "narco-state" while threatening to turn the wrath of the US military on another (and killing off alleged footsoldiers without due process along the way) is breathtaking. Trump loves criminals...if they bend the knee to him.
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This, from @edwardluce.bsky.social, is exactly right. The campaign against Venezuela has everything--lunacy, arrogance, disregard for US interests, disregard for the law, murder, hypocrisy, contempt for the military, contempt for our allies, values and international agreements. 100% pure Trump.
"America is being led by men whom senior brass do not respect. Trump's message is that the law is for wimps. Eisenhower said that plans are worthless but planning is everything. If Trump goes for regime change, it will be on the basis of Hegseth’s planning." My column. on.ft.com/4rrwMLj
Trump-style regime change in Venezuela
[FREE TO READ] Conducting foreign policy, let alone war, by meme is dangerous and foolish
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This, from @edwardluce.bsky.social, is exactly right. The campaign against Venezuela has everything--lunacy, arrogance, disregard for US interests, disregard for the law, murder, hypocrisy, contempt for the military, contempt for our allies, values and international agreements. 100% pure Trump.
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Even I wasn’t pessimistic enough about how badly Trump was planning to screw Ukraine
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Even I wasn’t pessimistic enough about how badly Trump was planning to screw Ukraine
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I get it my friend. Trump works for Putin. He always has. That’s tough to really, truly wrap your arms around.
Even I wasn’t pessimistic enough about how badly Trump was planning to screw Ukraine
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I get it my friend. Trump works for Putin. He always has. That’s tough to really, truly wrap your arms around.