@honeyguyjeff.bsky.social
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Trump’s prime-time “economic address” wasn’t news, it was a live broadcast of lies. The more disturbing story is why legacy media keeps airing this stuff unfiltered, then calling it journalism. #uspolitics #legacymedia #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Live From the White House: Misinformation
Trump’s economic address and the media’s ongoing surrender of journalistic responsibility
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December 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Trump’s prime-time “economic address” wasn’t news, it was a live broadcast of lies. The more disturbing story is why legacy media keeps airing this stuff unfiltered, then calling it journalism. #uspolitics #legacymedia #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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The DOJ says they stopped a “sophisticated terror plot.” The photos show PVC pipes on a folding table in the desert. And the group? They’re on Instagram and call themselves the Order of the Black Lotus.
#uspolitics #kakistocracy
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#uspolitics #kakistocracy
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A Very Serious Plot, According to Very Serious People
On PVC pipes, Instagram radicals, and the DOJ’s ongoing credibility crisis.
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The DOJ says they stopped a “sophisticated terror plot.” The photos show PVC pipes on a folding table in the desert. And the group? They’re on Instagram and call themselves the Order of the Black Lotus.
#uspolitics #kakistocracy
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#uspolitics #kakistocracy
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texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
Enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges
In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
texas literally has assigned armed state troopers to guard the ladies room.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
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“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
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‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE
With ICE targeting vendors and fear rising, community groups are organising fast to keep New Yorkers working on the streets safe
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I dig into how the #healthcare system is being quietly rebuilt through chaos: collapsing exchanges, junk plans on the rise, #Medicare privatization accelerating, and the curious role of #DrOz at CMS. #uspolitics
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The GOP’s Eight-Year Search for a Healthcare Plan (Still Missing)
What the subsidy collapse reveals about the system they’re building instead.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I dig into how the #healthcare system is being quietly rebuilt through chaos: collapsing exchanges, junk plans on the rise, #Medicare privatization accelerating, and the curious role of #DrOz at CMS. #uspolitics
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When the rationale changes, it was made up
The Caribbean Killings Were Unnecessary. Trump Just Proved It.
If we can seize an oil tanker, why did eighty people have to die?
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
When the rationale changes, it was made up
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South Park ends Antichrist plot with Jeffrey Epstein twist in season finale
South Park ends Antichrist plot with Jeffrey Epstein twist in season finale
South Park ends Antichrist plot with Jeffrey Epstein twist in season finale
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
South Park ends Antichrist plot with Jeffrey Epstein twist in season finale
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Almost daily someone wants to tell me that I should mind my own business and stay out of US "politics". So almost daily I have to remind them that Trumpism affects global economics, environment and peace. I'll do what every concerned global citizen should do. I'll express my opinion. Loudly.
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Almost daily someone wants to tell me that I should mind my own business and stay out of US "politics". So almost daily I have to remind them that Trumpism affects global economics, environment and peace. I'll do what every concerned global citizen should do. I'll express my opinion. Loudly.
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Trump threatens new International Court sanctions unless the court pledges not to prosecute him. Previously the US threatened to invade the Netherlands to shut down the ICC.
Every US government Democrat & Republican has refused to sign the Rome Statute and abide by International law.
Every US government Democrat & Republican has refused to sign the Rome Statute and abide by International law.
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Trump threatens new International Court sanctions unless the court pledges not to prosecute him. Previously the US threatened to invade the Netherlands to shut down the ICC.
Every US government Democrat & Republican has refused to sign the Rome Statute and abide by International law.
Every US government Democrat & Republican has refused to sign the Rome Statute and abide by International law.
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
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December 10, 2025
December 10, 2025
Today is Human Rights Day, celebrated internationally in honor of the day seventy-seven years ago, December 10, 1948, when the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Hu...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
December 10, 2025
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Israel has officially come out in support of Russia. Netanyahu brags about being in daily communication and coordination with Putin. Israel is also invested in attacking the EU due to Europe still upholding international law and the ICC.
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Israel has officially come out in support of Russia. Netanyahu brags about being in daily communication and coordination with Putin. Israel is also invested in attacking the EU due to Europe still upholding international law and the ICC.
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Congress, once again, is the branch on the losing end of this.
Supreme Court Poised to Vastly Expand Presidential Power, Again
The 90-year-old precedent protecting independent agencies is likely on its way out.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Congress, once again, is the branch on the losing end of this.
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Doing my morning reading, and want to call out @thebulwark.com, with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social (and others) for consistently smart takes that make me think.
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Doing my morning reading, and want to call out @thebulwark.com, with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social (and others) for consistently smart takes that make me think.
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#Trump’s $1.99 imaginary gas, his $12B farm-aid fan fiction, the AI-chip giveaway to China, #Ramaphosa’s “you are no one to dictate to us,” #PeteHegseth getting heckled outside church while Trump brags about a #FIFA “peace prize.” #uspolitics
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Tariffs, Teleprompters, and the FIFA Peace Prize: A National Farce
Trump’s unraveling press events, global leaders calling him out, Congress tightening the screws on Hegseth, and America’s schadenfreude moment.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#Trump’s $1.99 imaginary gas, his $12B farm-aid fan fiction, the AI-chip giveaway to China, #Ramaphosa’s “you are no one to dictate to us,” #PeteHegseth getting heckled outside church while Trump brags about a #FIFA “peace prize.” #uspolitics
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The monopolies of the Gilded Age led Congress to establish the FTC as an independent agency.
Its independence is meant to insulate it from political pressure so it can check corporate power and protect the American people.
Trump wanting to upend this is very telling.
Its independence is meant to insulate it from political pressure so it can check corporate power and protect the American people.
Trump wanting to upend this is very telling.
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The monopolies of the Gilded Age led Congress to establish the FTC as an independent agency.
Its independence is meant to insulate it from political pressure so it can check corporate power and protect the American people.
Trump wanting to upend this is very telling.
Its independence is meant to insulate it from political pressure so it can check corporate power and protect the American people.
Trump wanting to upend this is very telling.
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Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
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December 6, 2025
December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
December 6, 2025
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Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
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The shift to EVs is happening—fast. Manufacturers can either embrace the long-term transition or chase short-term gains by clinging to petrol and diesel.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The shift to EVs is happening—fast. Manufacturers can either embrace the long-term transition or chase short-term gains by clinging to petrol and diesel.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
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Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.
I had the absolute pleasure of joining @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L...
American Conversations: Zohran Mamdani
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.
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Job Cuts Explode Under Trump in Worst Year Since COVID-19
Job Cuts Explode Under Trump in Worst Year Since COVID-19
The administration is still adamant that it is doing a good job with the economy.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Job Cuts Explode Under Trump in Worst Year Since COVID-19
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RIP Steve Cropper 🎸
Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight (Live, 1970)
YouTube video by 60s70sVintageRock
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December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
RIP Steve Cropper 🎸