Iridescent Ashes
@iridescent-ashes.bsky.social
Thoroughly VET & VOTE! Was 'no party affiliation' swing/split voter now reg D.
Pennsylvania
Coming over from Twitter (same name)
Pennsylvania
Coming over from Twitter (same name)
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Nursing Shortage Could Worsen, Thanks to Change in Student Loan Programs www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Nursing Shortage Could Worsen, Thanks to Change in Student Loan Programs
Revised definition of 'professional' would affect all RNs
www.medpagetoday.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Nursing Shortage Could Worsen, Thanks to Change in Student Loan Programs www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
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Always follow the money.
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Always follow the money.
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Pffft, elections?
Q: How soon can an election take place in Velezuela?
TRUMP: I think we're looking more at getting it fixed, getting it ready first, because it's a mess
TRUMP: I think we're looking more at getting it fixed, getting it ready first, because it's a mess
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Pffft, elections?
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Can’t wait until the Trump administration declares that Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen of Greenland is a notorious drug kingpin, obtains an indictment against him, claims America can invade to “capture” him, makes the nation a US colony and threatens Denmark to ensure they “meet our demands”
Chris Murphy: "Over and over again we have seen these warmongering neocons, many of which have influence in this White House, cheerlead us into war under the guise of removing a very bad man. That ends up getting a lot of Americans killed."
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Can’t wait until the Trump administration declares that Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen of Greenland is a notorious drug kingpin, obtains an indictment against him, claims America can invade to “capture” him, makes the nation a US colony and threatens Denmark to ensure they “meet our demands”
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Angus: We see this attack as setting the stage for an attack where Trump could go anywhere. The same language he’s used against Venezuela, he’s used against Canada—and he sees that we have immense resources. The difference is, good luck thinking that you are going to break the Canadian people.
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Angus: We see this attack as setting the stage for an attack where Trump could go anywhere. The same language he’s used against Venezuela, he’s used against Canada—and he sees that we have immense resources. The difference is, good luck thinking that you are going to break the Canadian people.
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Gupta: As we age, sometimes we get a CT of the coronary arteries, a coronary calcium scan, which he actually had in 2018. At the time, there was some evidence of calcification in his coronary arteries…
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
January 3, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Gupta: As we age, sometimes we get a CT of the coronary arteries, a coronary calcium scan, which he actually had in 2018. At the time, there was some evidence of calcification in his coronary arteries…
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Now suddenly it’s completely normal. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
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For more than a decade, Trump has been promising a healthcare plan that simply doesn't exist.
The truth is Trump and the GOP have zero plan to tackle the affordability crisis.
#DonTheCon
The truth is Trump and the GOP have zero plan to tackle the affordability crisis.
#DonTheCon
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
For more than a decade, Trump has been promising a healthcare plan that simply doesn't exist.
The truth is Trump and the GOP have zero plan to tackle the affordability crisis.
#DonTheCon
The truth is Trump and the GOP have zero plan to tackle the affordability crisis.
#DonTheCon
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Republican congressman 👇🏽
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Republican congressman 👇🏽
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I discussed this with @katiephang.bsky.social who posited that Pam Bondi might be "interpreting" the law to mean she has 15 days after all the files are released to provide her explanation for what she withheld and redacted pursuant to the law.
NEWS: A source confirms DOJ has NOT provided Congress the legally required explanation for redactions in the Epstein file releases, despite a Jan. 3 statutory deadline under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Department of Justice Violates Epstein Files Law By Failing to Inform Congress of Reasons Behind Redactions
The Justice Department has now blown through another deadline.
meidasnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I discussed this with @katiephang.bsky.social who posited that Pam Bondi might be "interpreting" the law to mean she has 15 days after all the files are released to provide her explanation for what she withheld and redacted pursuant to the law.
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Q: Rodriguez called it a 'kidnapping' of Maduro
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
January 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Q: Rodriguez called it a 'kidnapping' of Maduro
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
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Not Somali. Not Venezuelan. Worked for Charlie Kirk.
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Not Somali. Not Venezuelan. Worked for Charlie Kirk.
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For the love of God ask the follow up question.
Q: There's about $17 billion of oil reserves in Venezuela
TRUMP: You mean trillion. Did you say billion or trillion?
Q: I said billion
TRUMP: It's much more than that
Q: So what is going to happen to those reserves?
TRUMP: We're going to run everything
TRUMP: You mean trillion. Did you say billion or trillion?
Q: I said billion
TRUMP: It's much more than that
Q: So what is going to happen to those reserves?
TRUMP: We're going to run everything
January 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
For the love of God ask the follow up question.
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I think we're quickly approaching the first twenty-front war
Moments after threatening Colombia, Trump -- who just yesterday bombed Venezuela -- threatens Iran: "If they start killing people like they have in the past, I think they're gonna get very hard by the US"
January 5, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I think we're quickly approaching the first twenty-front war
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"It's different when I do it."
Q: Back in 2016, you criticized the US being involved in regime change and nation building. You stance has changed on that
TRUMP: This isn't a country on the other side of the world. This is Venezuela. It's in our area. The Donroe Doctrine
TRUMP: This isn't a country on the other side of the world. This is Venezuela. It's in our area. The Donroe Doctrine
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
"It's different when I do it."
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Trump: "We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it ... the EU needs us to have it"
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Trump: "We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it ... the EU needs us to have it"
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The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize campaign is off to a shaky start.
January 5, 2026 at 1:12 AM
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize campaign is off to a shaky start.
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“So we’re in the business of nation building?”
TRUMP: “The Donroe Doctrine… OIL…”
Oil oil oil oil oil — get it? Oil companies are getting their return on investment after buying him the election
TRUMP: “The Donroe Doctrine… OIL…”
Oil oil oil oil oil — get it? Oil companies are getting their return on investment after buying him the election
January 5, 2026 at 1:12 AM
“So we’re in the business of nation building?”
TRUMP: “The Donroe Doctrine… OIL…”
Oil oil oil oil oil — get it? Oil companies are getting their return on investment after buying him the election
TRUMP: “The Donroe Doctrine… OIL…”
Oil oil oil oil oil — get it? Oil companies are getting their return on investment after buying him the election
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This is such a pathetic interview
Q: What do you need over the next two weeks from Delcy Rodríguez?
TRUMP: Total access. We need total access. We need access to the oil and other things
TRUMP: Total access. We need total access. We need access to the oil and other things
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
This is such a pathetic interview
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President Trump’s hand-picked interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan has ousted more senior prosecutors from the Eastern District of Virginia office, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Lindsey Halligan ousts more prosecutors in key US attorney’s office | CNN Politics
President Trump’s hand-picked interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan has ousted more senior prosecutors from the Eastern District of Virginia office, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
www.cnn.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
President Trump’s hand-picked interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan has ousted more senior prosecutors from the Eastern District of Virginia office, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
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NEW: “Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off. Disappearing people to a third country,” a former DHS official said. “We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening.”
How Trump is Building a Repressive, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.
www.propublica.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: “Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off. Disappearing people to a third country,” a former DHS official said. “We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening.”
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George Santos, a former U.S. House member expelled for lying about his background, had his prison sentence commuted by President Trump.
His commutation comes less than three months into a seven-year sentence.
His commutation comes less than three months into a seven-year sentence.
A timeline of how George Santos’s web of lies led to his downfall
The disgraced former lawmaker concocted elaborate falsehoods about his life and identity, and was later convicted of fraud. Trump commuted his sentence.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
George Santos, a former U.S. House member expelled for lying about his background, had his prison sentence commuted by President Trump.
His commutation comes less than three months into a seven-year sentence.
His commutation comes less than three months into a seven-year sentence.
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The prolonged government shutdown is helping the Trump administration advance its goal of closing the Department of Education — a longtime conservative aim that congressional Republicans have failed to act on.
With shutdown cuts, Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department
The administration is looking to shed workers and transfer some operations to other departments as it seeks to close the Education Department
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The prolonged government shutdown is helping the Trump administration advance its goal of closing the Department of Education — a longtime conservative aim that congressional Republicans have failed to act on.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The choice to deny Pentagon credentials to many journalists will backfire on Pete Hegseth, Maureen Dowd writes. “Because nothing gets a bunch of reporters going like being forced out of the building where they work and being told they aren’t allowed to do their jobs.”
The choice to deny Pentagon credentials to many journalists will backfire on Pete Hegseth, Maureen Dowd writes. “Because nothing gets a bunch of reporters going like being forced out of the building where they work and being told they aren’t allowed to do their jobs.”
Opinion | Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon
Pete Hegseth can’t handle the truth.
nyti.ms
October 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The choice to deny Pentagon credentials to many journalists will backfire on Pete Hegseth, Maureen Dowd writes. “Because nothing gets a bunch of reporters going like being forced out of the building where they work and being told they aren’t allowed to do their jobs.”
The choice to deny Pentagon credentials to many journalists will backfire on Pete Hegseth, Maureen Dowd writes. “Because nothing gets a bunch of reporters going like being forced out of the building where they work and being told they aren’t allowed to do their jobs.”
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Prosecutors appear to have amassed significant evidence against John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser.
Experts warned that it could take months — or even more than a year — to see how that evidence holds up at a potential trial.
Experts warned that it could take months — or even more than a year — to see how that evidence holds up at a potential trial.
Classified documents case against Bolton could take years, experts say
Former national security adviser could use some of the same tactics his adversary, President Trump, used in his documents case
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Prosecutors appear to have amassed significant evidence against John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser.
Experts warned that it could take months — or even more than a year — to see how that evidence holds up at a potential trial.
Experts warned that it could take months — or even more than a year — to see how that evidence holds up at a potential trial.