@introvertsmiles.bsky.social
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It would not be difficult, practically speaking, for someone from within the journalist/commentary clique whom Suzanne considers peers, to drop her an email and ask her what the 'killing off' of 'trans ideology' would look like, in real terms, including and especially for those immediately affected.
December 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It would not be difficult, practically speaking, for someone from within the journalist/commentary clique whom Suzanne considers peers, to drop her an email and ask her what the 'killing off' of 'trans ideology' would look like, in real terms, including and especially for those immediately affected.
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As one year comes to a close and a new one is on the horizon, I’m reflecting on the opportunity we have in front of us for 2026 to be a year of positive and dramatic change for the country - if we stay focused.
I’m looking forward to doing my part, and I know you are too.
I’m looking forward to doing my part, and I know you are too.
Understanding 2025 and Being Ready for the New Year
We have an opportunity to make 2026 a year of positive and dramatic change for the country - if we stay focused.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As one year comes to a close and a new one is on the horizon, I’m reflecting on the opportunity we have in front of us for 2026 to be a year of positive and dramatic change for the country - if we stay focused.
I’m looking forward to doing my part, and I know you are too.
I’m looking forward to doing my part, and I know you are too.
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NEW: Citing a "large docket of cases", a Justice Dept attorney asks a court to DELAY the upcoming deadline for the Trump Admin to respond to a lawsuit, which seeks to require the hanging of the Jan 6 plaque honoring police at the Capitol
Federal law required the plaque to be hung by 2023
Federal law required the plaque to be hung by 2023
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: Citing a "large docket of cases", a Justice Dept attorney asks a court to DELAY the upcoming deadline for the Trump Admin to respond to a lawsuit, which seeks to require the hanging of the Jan 6 plaque honoring police at the Capitol
Federal law required the plaque to be hung by 2023
Federal law required the plaque to be hung by 2023
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“Republicans have begun to openly and repeatedly defy him. Democrats have started to outmaneuver him. The Epstein scandal has once more erupted with embarrassing revelations. And every now and then, Trump seems to have a hard time even staying awake”
NEW: President Trump spent much of the year as a steamroller
But as 2025 ends, he seems much smaller now
Republicans took losses and are starting to defy him. He seems out of touch and focused on legacy. And Epstein won’t go away
A shrinking president: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
But as 2025 ends, he seems much smaller now
Republicans took losses and are starting to defy him. He seems out of touch and focused on legacy. And Epstein won’t go away
A shrinking president: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump Is Suddenly Looking a Lot Smaller
The president is no longer dominating his party or the country in the way he once did.
www.theatlantic.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“Republicans have begun to openly and repeatedly defy him. Democrats have started to outmaneuver him. The Epstein scandal has once more erupted with embarrassing revelations. And every now and then, Trump seems to have a hard time even staying awake”
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Whose inauguration? What?
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Whose inauguration? What?
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BREAKING: New Year’s Eve concerts at the Kennedy Center are canceled. Jazz drummer Billy Hart said the decision was connected to Trump’s name being added to the arts center.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
BREAKING: New Year’s Eve concerts at the Kennedy Center are canceled. Jazz drummer Billy Hart said the decision was connected to Trump’s name being added to the arts center.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...
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50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person.
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
December 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person.
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
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Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
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uggh. thanks, @asharangappa.bsky.social.
and who would get to determine what constitutes "acts of aggression against the United States" for issuance of the letters of marque and reprisal? what is the even ostensible need for this new Wagner Group?
and who would get to determine what constitutes "acts of aggression against the United States" for issuance of the letters of marque and reprisal? what is the even ostensible need for this new Wagner Group?
Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four:
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
S.3567
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
December 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
uggh. thanks, @asharangappa.bsky.social.
and who would get to determine what constitutes "acts of aggression against the United States" for issuance of the letters of marque and reprisal? what is the even ostensible need for this new Wagner Group?
and who would get to determine what constitutes "acts of aggression against the United States" for issuance of the letters of marque and reprisal? what is the even ostensible need for this new Wagner Group?
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An attack in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution.
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
An attack in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution.
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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top jazz saxophonist on canceling concert at "Trump Kennedy Center":
"I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture."
"I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture."
December 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
top jazz saxophonist on canceling concert at "Trump Kennedy Center":
"I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture."
"I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture."
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Millions of workers are toiling away from their families over the holidays. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Millions of workers are toiling away from their families over the holidays. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.
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Trump can slap his name on the building, but he can’t force artists to show up and clap.
The Trump-branded Kennedy Center is bleeding artists.
The Cookers, a veteran all-star jazz septet, just pulled their NYE shows.
The Trump-branded Kennedy Center is bleeding artists.
The Cookers, a veteran all-star jazz septet, just pulled their NYE shows.
December 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Trump can slap his name on the building, but he can’t force artists to show up and clap.
The Trump-branded Kennedy Center is bleeding artists.
The Cookers, a veteran all-star jazz septet, just pulled their NYE shows.
The Trump-branded Kennedy Center is bleeding artists.
The Cookers, a veteran all-star jazz septet, just pulled their NYE shows.
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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Nothing about this quote about a “ballroom” suggests “peaceful transfer of power.”
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Nothing about this quote about a “ballroom” suggests “peaceful transfer of power.”
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💯 🎯
It appears the whole Putin “Ukraine tried to kill me with 91 drones last night” was entirely made up. And of course Trump repeated it and said he was mad at Ukraine.
Nightly Russia launched drones and missiles at innocent people.
And tried to Kill Zelensky every day
Spare me the gaslight
Nightly Russia launched drones and missiles at innocent people.
And tried to Kill Zelensky every day
Spare me the gaslight
December 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
💯 🎯
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Reporter: China has been doing naval exercises basically to test encircling Taiwan. Can you explain to us what your knowledge is of that?
Trump: Well, I have a great relationship with XI and he hasn't told me anything about it.
Trump: Well, I have a great relationship with XI and he hasn't told me anything about it.
December 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reporter: China has been doing naval exercises basically to test encircling Taiwan. Can you explain to us what your knowledge is of that?
Trump: Well, I have a great relationship with XI and he hasn't told me anything about it.
Trump: Well, I have a great relationship with XI and he hasn't told me anything about it.
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I live in CA where all registered voters get a mail in ballot; I stopped using USPS to post my ballot during the first trmp term. I vote early, and take it directly to the election office. Not even the ballot drop boxes, I hand it over to someone in the election office. Paranoid you say?
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I live in CA where all registered voters get a mail in ballot; I stopped using USPS to post my ballot during the first trmp term. I vote early, and take it directly to the election office. Not even the ballot drop boxes, I hand it over to someone in the election office. Paranoid you say?
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My god.
Letters of Marque & Reprisal.
As though the US lacked a navy.
And to be used for aggressive purposes.
Bordering on legalizing piracy.
I’m only surprised that Trump didn’t try to do it by proclamation—
or should I say, executive order?
I guess legal vulnerability?
Letters of Marque & Reprisal.
As though the US lacked a navy.
And to be used for aggressive purposes.
Bordering on legalizing piracy.
I’m only surprised that Trump didn’t try to do it by proclamation—
or should I say, executive order?
I guess legal vulnerability?
S.3567
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My god.
Letters of Marque & Reprisal.
As though the US lacked a navy.
And to be used for aggressive purposes.
Bordering on legalizing piracy.
I’m only surprised that Trump didn’t try to do it by proclamation—
or should I say, executive order?
I guess legal vulnerability?
Letters of Marque & Reprisal.
As though the US lacked a navy.
And to be used for aggressive purposes.
Bordering on legalizing piracy.
I’m only surprised that Trump didn’t try to do it by proclamation—
or should I say, executive order?
I guess legal vulnerability?
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What is the actual plan for this? AI magically starts producing new industries that don’t exist in the next three months? The unemployed who have never done construction work start doing construction work? Nothing is pointing in this direction, except for elite spending on tennis seats and gambling.
Rep. Michael Rulli: "I think we're really gonna see an economy hopefully by Easter that is roaring"
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What is the actual plan for this? AI magically starts producing new industries that don’t exist in the next three months? The unemployed who have never done construction work start doing construction work? Nothing is pointing in this direction, except for elite spending on tennis seats and gambling.
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Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four:
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
S.3567
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
December 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four:
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
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Pelosi: “The President incited an insurrection. We begged him to send the National Guard, they never sent them. This President is trying to re-write history… it was an assault on the constitution of 🇺🇸.”
December 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Pelosi: “The President incited an insurrection. We begged him to send the National Guard, they never sent them. This President is trying to re-write history… it was an assault on the constitution of 🇺🇸.”
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“…I can still see the butchered women & children lying heaped & scattered…I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud…A people’s dream died there. It was a beautiful dream.”
~Black Elk (Oglala Lakota) on the Wounded Knee Massacre that took place 12/29/1890.
Image: Getty Images.
~Black Elk (Oglala Lakota) on the Wounded Knee Massacre that took place 12/29/1890.
Image: Getty Images.
December 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“…I can still see the butchered women & children lying heaped & scattered…I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud…A people’s dream died there. It was a beautiful dream.”
~Black Elk (Oglala Lakota) on the Wounded Knee Massacre that took place 12/29/1890.
Image: Getty Images.
~Black Elk (Oglala Lakota) on the Wounded Knee Massacre that took place 12/29/1890.
Image: Getty Images.
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In praise of public history - especially now - with the list of who & what got me through this year @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @herberthistory.bsky.social
bit.ly/public-history
bit.ly/public-history
My year-end reflection: In Praise of Public History
My year-end reflection isn’t about what I did this year, but about what got me through this year: public history. While I continue to do a little consulting, what really helped was public history's he...
bit.ly
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In praise of public history - especially now - with the list of who & what got me through this year @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @herberthistory.bsky.social
bit.ly/public-history
bit.ly/public-history
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I Agree With Europe: Don't Trust Trump
open.substack.com/pub/lizadonn...
open.substack.com/pub/lizadonn...
I Agree With Europe: Don't Trust Trump
And the politics of drawing snow people
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I Agree With Europe: Don't Trust Trump
open.substack.com/pub/lizadonn...
open.substack.com/pub/lizadonn...