Syd's Soapbox
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FU MERRICK GARLAND & CORPORATE MEDIA! BECAUSE OF YOU WE HAVE TO FIGHT FASCISM IN THE US!
FU MERRICK GARLAND & CORPORATE MEDIA! BECAUSE OF YOU WE HAVE TO FIGHT FASCISM IN THE US!
I still don't believe the mfer won the election though a lot of people voted for the mfer. All along, his rallies have been the "tell"
Trump’s tour to lie about the economy is not getting any turnout.
Less than 200 people in PA and about the same in NC have merchants closing up shop.
An attendee was asked why he wasn’t buying anything he said,” We can’t afford it.”
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Less than 200 people in PA and about the same in NC have merchants closing up shop.
An attendee was asked why he wasn’t buying anything he said,” We can’t afford it.”
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/trump-small-...
'This is strange': Trump fans baffled by puny turnout at North Carolina rally
Donald Trump's rally in tiny Rocky Mount, North Carolina drew a smaller than expected crowd to the economically distressed region, leaving merchandise vendors and supporters disheartened.According to ...
www.rawstory.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I still don't believe the mfer won the election though a lot of people voted for the mfer. All along, his rallies have been the "tell"
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3. “These gratuitous proposals are cruel and unconstitutional attacks on the rights of transgender youth and their families,” said Chase Strangio, Co-Director of the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ACLU Will Challenge Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Effort to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth | American Civil Liberties Union
WASHINGTON–Today, the American Civil Liberties Union condemned the Trump administration’s latest proposals to implement two nationwide rules that...
www.aclu.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
3. “These gratuitous proposals are cruel and unconstitutional attacks on the rights of transgender youth and their families,” said Chase Strangio, Co-Director of the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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2. The proposed rule would bar any hospital system that participates in Medicaid from offering gender-affirming care to trans youth, even if that care is paid privately. If enacted, it would represent the most sweeping overreach yet by the administration in its campaign against trans people.
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Condition of Participation: Prohibiting Sex-Rejecting Procedures for Children
This proposed rule would revise the requirements that Medicare and Medicaid certified hospitals must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These changes are necessary to protect t...
www.federalregister.gov
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
2. The proposed rule would bar any hospital system that participates in Medicaid from offering gender-affirming care to trans youth, even if that care is paid privately. If enacted, it would represent the most sweeping overreach yet by the administration in its campaign against trans people.
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1. The Trump administration last week made headlines with a new rule banning most gender affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
ACLU Pledges To Challenge Trump Admin In Court Over National Trans Youth Care Ban Rule
The rule must undergo a 60 day comment period, whereupon the government must generally respond before it may be put into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1. The Trump administration last week made headlines with a new rule banning most gender affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
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4. “We have seen the devastating consequences of similar policies at the state level, and we have fought them every step of the way. Let us be clear: If this administration moves forward with this attempt to enact a national ban on our medical care through coercion, the ACLU will see them in court."
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
4. “We have seen the devastating consequences of similar policies at the state level, and we have fought them every step of the way. Let us be clear: If this administration moves forward with this attempt to enact a national ban on our medical care through coercion, the ACLU will see them in court."
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In a joint statement, the prime ministers of Greenland and Denmark urged the US to show respect, saying annexation is not an option.
Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Jens Frederik Nielsen stressed that Greenland belongs to its people, not the United States.
Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Jens Frederik Nielsen stressed that Greenland belongs to its people, not the United States.
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In a joint statement, the prime ministers of Greenland and Denmark urged the US to show respect, saying annexation is not an option.
Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Jens Frederik Nielsen stressed that Greenland belongs to its people, not the United States.
Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Jens Frederik Nielsen stressed that Greenland belongs to its people, not the United States.
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i don’t think i’ll ever get over how we’re sending people to torture prison camps in el salvador STILL and those in charge of CBS want us to pretend it’s an old story that’s been resolved. people are still being tortured!
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
i don’t think i’ll ever get over how we’re sending people to torture prison camps in el salvador STILL and those in charge of CBS want us to pretend it’s an old story that’s been resolved. people are still being tortured!
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INSTITUTIONAL FAILURE
This could’ve been avoided 30 years ago.
Maria Farmer’s 1996 FBI complaint has been unearthed in the Epstein files. It was the first time he was reported to the authorities. And they buried it.
“If the FBI had listened to me in 1996, there would’ve been no more victims.”
This could’ve been avoided 30 years ago.
Maria Farmer’s 1996 FBI complaint has been unearthed in the Epstein files. It was the first time he was reported to the authorities. And they buried it.
“If the FBI had listened to me in 1996, there would’ve been no more victims.”
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
INSTITUTIONAL FAILURE
This could’ve been avoided 30 years ago.
Maria Farmer’s 1996 FBI complaint has been unearthed in the Epstein files. It was the first time he was reported to the authorities. And they buried it.
“If the FBI had listened to me in 1996, there would’ve been no more victims.”
This could’ve been avoided 30 years ago.
Maria Farmer’s 1996 FBI complaint has been unearthed in the Epstein files. It was the first time he was reported to the authorities. And they buried it.
“If the FBI had listened to me in 1996, there would’ve been no more victims.”
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CBS has become state regime media.
A Message to CBS from MeidasTouch
By Ben Meiselas
www.meidasplus.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
CBS has become state regime media.
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I was moved that DOJ yesterday released a document showing that Maria Farmer had filed an FBI complaint against Epstein in 1996. Shockingly, the FBI did nothing at the time.
December 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I was moved that DOJ yesterday released a document showing that Maria Farmer had filed an FBI complaint against Epstein in 1996. Shockingly, the FBI did nothing at the time.
Fantastic news.
Just did a Substack Live with Ukrainian General Volodomyr Havrylov. He gave a fascinating overview of the changes in the war. For instance, now Ukraine is close to inflicting 50% of the casualties on the Russians using only 10% of the Ukr military. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Phillips O’Brien and Volodomyr Havrylov
A recording from Phillips P. OBrien's live video
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Fantastic news.
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A free press isn’t free if stories get shelved just because the powerful won’t talk. CBS pulling the CECOT story on Venezuelan deportees sent to El Salvador’s brutal prison erodes trust. We are losing trust that government and media serve us, not the elite.
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A free press isn’t free if stories get shelved just because the powerful won’t talk. CBS pulling the CECOT story on Venezuelan deportees sent to El Salvador’s brutal prison erodes trust. We are losing trust that government and media serve us, not the elite.
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Dear Media,
When JD Vance says "take the country back," what do you think he means? What would the party that controls the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, and various state goats—plus leading businesses, media orgs, and more—take back? Take what from whom?
Thanks,
Anti-bigotry Americans
When JD Vance says "take the country back," what do you think he means? What would the party that controls the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, and various state goats—plus leading businesses, media orgs, and more—take back? Take what from whom?
Thanks,
Anti-bigotry Americans
December 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Dear Media,
When JD Vance says "take the country back," what do you think he means? What would the party that controls the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, and various state goats—plus leading businesses, media orgs, and more—take back? Take what from whom?
Thanks,
Anti-bigotry Americans
When JD Vance says "take the country back," what do you think he means? What would the party that controls the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, and various state goats—plus leading businesses, media orgs, and more—take back? Take what from whom?
Thanks,
Anti-bigotry Americans
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Is it bad when your journalism decision is so transparently awful that it's the top trending story on rival media outlets?
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Is it bad when your journalism decision is so transparently awful that it's the top trending story on rival media outlets?
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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As we wrote in @columjournreview.bsky.social, the Orban playbook was to pressure media companies, find an ally to purchase them when that pressure made them financially vulnerable, then have the ally install loyalists to turn the outlet in regime propaganda. #BariWeiss www.cjr.org/analysis/ant...
On anticipatory obedience and the media
Trump's campaign against the Fourth Estate has been unfolding before our eyes—far more effectively than some in the press would like to believe.
www.cjr.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
As we wrote in @columjournreview.bsky.social, the Orban playbook was to pressure media companies, find an ally to purchase them when that pressure made them financially vulnerable, then have the ally install loyalists to turn the outlet in regime propaganda. #BariWeiss www.cjr.org/analysis/ant...
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Greenland and Denmark should demand 5 years of all social media accounts and then refuse entry, just like the USA would do to people they don't want coming.
The USA should be viewed as a hostile country at this point.
The USA should be viewed as a hostile country at this point.
December 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Greenland and Denmark should demand 5 years of all social media accounts and then refuse entry, just like the USA would do to people they don't want coming.
The USA should be viewed as a hostile country at this point.
The USA should be viewed as a hostile country at this point.
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#GVerse This is the 60 minutes preview for its episode canceled without explanation but undoubtedly because the government censors don't want you to hear about it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#GVerse This is the 60 minutes preview for its episode canceled without explanation but undoubtedly because the government censors don't want you to hear about it.
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I must've missed when Congress passed this law. Also if you leave your dog behind, I'm sure Kristi will take care of it for you.
Kristi Noem makes an announcement on Fox & Friends: "We are saying that if you voluntarily want to go home now to your country, if you're in the US illegally, we'll give you $3,000 through the holidays to send you home. We'll buy you a ticket, give you $3,000 to go home."
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I must've missed when Congress passed this law. Also if you leave your dog behind, I'm sure Kristi will take care of it for you.
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Nothing says leadership like unburdening white people from an apology no one asked for.
Thanks to JD Vance, I do not have to apologize for being white today. It is a tremendous relief.
December 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nothing says leadership like unburdening white people from an apology no one asked for.
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These principles are essential not only for the European Union, but for nations around the world.
We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.
We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
These principles are essential not only for the European Union, but for nations around the world.
We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.
We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.
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Arctic security remains a key priority for the European Union, and one in which we seek to work with allies and partners.
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law.
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law.
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Arctic security remains a key priority for the European Union, and one in which we seek to work with allies and partners.
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law.
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law.
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Things are going great when the President of the 🇪🇺 is subtweeting the 🇺🇸 about the need to defend the territorial integrity of our NATO allies.
Arctic security remains a key priority for the European Union, and one in which we seek to work with allies and partners.
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law.
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law.
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Things are going great when the President of the 🇪🇺 is subtweeting the 🇺🇸 about the need to defend the territorial integrity of our NATO allies.
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How China is just kicking our ass in the EV race. Where we could be vs. where we are is startling.
youtube.com/shorts/dsyok...
youtube.com/shorts/dsyok...
How China Is Beating Us in the EV Race
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
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December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
How China is just kicking our ass in the EV race. Where we could be vs. where we are is startling.
youtube.com/shorts/dsyok...
youtube.com/shorts/dsyok...
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Dear enemies of the United States: to defeat the most powerful military in the world, just set up some windmills. Apparently Pete Hegseth is totally flummoxed by them.
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Dear enemies of the United States: to defeat the most powerful military in the world, just set up some windmills. Apparently Pete Hegseth is totally flummoxed by them.