@grandmawnl.bsky.social
Retired RN. Army Mom. Army Vet. We must help each other, not point fingers and blame folks that don’t look like us. And I must add that I am a Trekkie. I have been so since 1966.
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Is this the fourth or fifth disqualified Trump US attorney? I think the fifth? Essayli, Halligan, Chattah, Habba, and now Sarcone (the guy who appointed himself as his own deputy.)
January 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Is this the fourth or fifth disqualified Trump US attorney? I think the fifth? Essayli, Halligan, Chattah, Habba, and now Sarcone (the guy who appointed himself as his own deputy.)
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The New York Times released a forensic analysis of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. The video completely refutes the Trump administration’s BS.
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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WATCH: “America is the place of dreams. Equal rights. That’s not how I got treated today… I was treated like an animal.”
MINNEAPOLIS — A LEGAL 🇺🇸 CITIZEN from Liberia was choked, roughed up and hospitalized by Trump’s ICE goons demanding MORE proof of citizenship.
MINNEAPOLIS — A LEGAL 🇺🇸 CITIZEN from Liberia was choked, roughed up and hospitalized by Trump’s ICE goons demanding MORE proof of citizenship.
January 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
WATCH: “America is the place of dreams. Equal rights. That’s not how I got treated today… I was treated like an animal.”
MINNEAPOLIS — A LEGAL 🇺🇸 CITIZEN from Liberia was choked, roughed up and hospitalized by Trump’s ICE goons demanding MORE proof of citizenship.
MINNEAPOLIS — A LEGAL 🇺🇸 CITIZEN from Liberia was choked, roughed up and hospitalized by Trump’s ICE goons demanding MORE proof of citizenship.
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Surely Twain had a vision of the future and Noem when he said this!
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Surely Twain had a vision of the future and Noem when he said this!
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The deranged speech of Russian propagandist Solovyev:
"War has revealed many things. War has restored meaning to my generation, which at one point thought the Motherland no longer existed.
It has become clear that a man is made for war.
In war, everything best comes to the surface.
"War has revealed many things. War has restored meaning to my generation, which at one point thought the Motherland no longer existed.
It has become clear that a man is made for war.
In war, everything best comes to the surface.
December 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The deranged speech of Russian propagandist Solovyev:
"War has revealed many things. War has restored meaning to my generation, which at one point thought the Motherland no longer existed.
It has become clear that a man is made for war.
In war, everything best comes to the surface.
"War has revealed many things. War has restored meaning to my generation, which at one point thought the Motherland no longer existed.
It has become clear that a man is made for war.
In war, everything best comes to the surface.
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All Americans Should Be Outraged
By This….
By This….
December 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
All Americans Should Be Outraged
By This….
By This….
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
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Pretty obscure but consequential rule that may make it more challenging for battery operators in Texas to contribute to peak electricity needs. It's not quite clear why the rule changed was enacted. www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...
Texas’ energy market redesign could leave battery developers in limbo
ERCOT changes, billed as improving system efficiency, could cause battery owners to face unpredictable penalties — and raise prices for consumers.
www.canarymedia.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Pretty obscure but consequential rule that may make it more challenging for battery operators in Texas to contribute to peak electricity needs. It's not quite clear why the rule changed was enacted. www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...
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The man who stopped one of the Bondi Beach shooters is Ahmed El Ahmad, a Muslim man and 43 year old father of two.
He risked his life to save others, and reminded all of us that not all heroes wear capes.
He was shot twice and is in the hospital having surgery.
Please remember this man’s name.
He risked his life to save others, and reminded all of us that not all heroes wear capes.
He was shot twice and is in the hospital having surgery.
Please remember this man’s name.
December 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The man who stopped one of the Bondi Beach shooters is Ahmed El Ahmad, a Muslim man and 43 year old father of two.
He risked his life to save others, and reminded all of us that not all heroes wear capes.
He was shot twice and is in the hospital having surgery.
Please remember this man’s name.
He risked his life to save others, and reminded all of us that not all heroes wear capes.
He was shot twice and is in the hospital having surgery.
Please remember this man’s name.
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Today New York made history, becoming the first state to require companies disclose when they use AI-generated actors in advertisements.
New York wouldn’t be New York without its film and TV industry. Responsible AI policies like this protect the actors who keep it running.
New York wouldn’t be New York without its film and TV industry. Responsible AI policies like this protect the actors who keep it running.
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Today New York made history, becoming the first state to require companies disclose when they use AI-generated actors in advertisements.
New York wouldn’t be New York without its film and TV industry. Responsible AI policies like this protect the actors who keep it running.
New York wouldn’t be New York without its film and TV industry. Responsible AI policies like this protect the actors who keep it running.
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In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
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New European phone has been released and sold out at once. It is Linux based and does not send user data to the US for them to spy on us any more. Made by former Nokia employees that started the company Jolla in 2012. It can run Android apps, but locks out any phone home to the US shit. This is 1/2
New European Linux phone “Jolla” sounds too good to be true: initial batch gone in hours
Finnish company Jolla has announced a new Linux phone that focuses on privacy and supports Android apps.
cybernews.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
New European phone has been released and sold out at once. It is Linux based and does not send user data to the US for them to spy on us any more. Made by former Nokia employees that started the company Jolla in 2012. It can run Android apps, but locks out any phone home to the US shit. This is 1/2
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One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
Glyphosate safety article retracted eight years after Monsanto ghostwriting revealed in court
Credit: Mike Mozart/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) A review article concluding the weed killer Roundup “does not pose a health risk to humans” has been retracted eight years after documents released in a court…
retractionwatch.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
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How is that a reasonable answer?
POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
How is that a reasonable answer?
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James Garfield was murdered by a man who thought he deserved a government job. Chester Arthur—once a machine politician—responded by helping create civil service reform.
Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The GOP’s War on Civil Service: A Rejection of Its Own History
A look at how Garfield’s murder and Arthur’s unexpected courage created modern civil service protections—and why today’s GOP is trying to dismantle them.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
James Garfield was murdered by a man who thought he deserved a government job. Chester Arthur—once a machine politician—responded by helping create civil service reform.
Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Now Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee - vow "vigorous oversight" and "full accounting" of Secretary Hegseth's alleged "kill them all" order and double-strike operation.
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Now Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee - vow "vigorous oversight" and "full accounting" of Secretary Hegseth's alleged "kill them all" order and double-strike operation.
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
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Is the reason they had to dig back to 2019 because Trump is golfing?
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Is the reason they had to dig back to 2019 because Trump is golfing?
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I think its important to point out that Graham, a dog that was pretty clearly leashed by Trump, breaking from him (amid the aftermath of a terrorist attack) is probably a big deal for where Trump stands and where the real GOP is going as they barrel towards a potential mid-term loss.
Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I think its important to point out that Graham, a dog that was pretty clearly leashed by Trump, breaking from him (amid the aftermath of a terrorist attack) is probably a big deal for where Trump stands and where the real GOP is going as they barrel towards a potential mid-term loss.
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I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
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Today we filed 1st Amendment lawsuit against AG Pam Bondi & Dept of Justice for illegal firing of senior official w/o any due process for personal comments of public interest he made on private date that turned out to be targeted O'Keefe operation.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Former DOJ official whose remarks about Epstein files were recorded sues over firing
In the lawsuit, Joseph Schnitt claims he was secretly recorded during private conversations with a woman he met on Hinge.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today we filed 1st Amendment lawsuit against AG Pam Bondi & Dept of Justice for illegal firing of senior official w/o any due process for personal comments of public interest he made on private date that turned out to be targeted O'Keefe operation.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.