@kimscoop.bsky.social
Wisconsinite cheering for democracy and global health.
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The Russian ‘press’ also thought Trump was selling out Ukraine yesterday - and they’re thrilled
December 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Russian ‘press’ also thought Trump was selling out Ukraine yesterday - and they’re thrilled
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T-3 days until Americans start experiencing the Republican health care price hike. When millions see their premiums double on average, remember who did that.
December 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
T-3 days until Americans start experiencing the Republican health care price hike. When millions see their premiums double on average, remember who did that.
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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President Trump exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An EPA official provided guidance to the company, according to emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times. It’s one of many efforts by the Trump administration to weaken or waive environmental protections.
A Copper Smelter in Miami, Arizona, Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened.
The president exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An E.P.A. official guided the company that sought the exemption, emails show.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
President Trump exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An EPA official provided guidance to the company, according to emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times. It’s one of many efforts by the Trump administration to weaken or waive environmental protections.
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Don’t forget that russia allocated billions in their 2026 budget for indoctrination of the stolen Ukrainian kids utilizing 168 conversion camps in Russia, Belarus and North Korea.
December 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Don’t forget that russia allocated billions in their 2026 budget for indoctrination of the stolen Ukrainian kids utilizing 168 conversion camps in Russia, Belarus and North Korea.
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Farmers say Trump's $12 billion aid plan is not enough to undo the damage from his tariffs. This year alone, US crop farmers have lost $34.6 billion and farm bankruptcies are likely to top 1,000.
US farmers say Trump’s $12bn package not enough to undo damage from tariffs
Thousands of farms set to go bankrupt as grain farmers in particular hit by trade disruptions caused by price hikes
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Farmers say Trump's $12 billion aid plan is not enough to undo the damage from his tariffs. This year alone, US crop farmers have lost $34.6 billion and farm bankruptcies are likely to top 1,000.
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WTF! The Trump administration plans to review (with the intent to remove or eliminate) some of the nation’s wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries. Agency director Brian Nesvik ordered officials to identify refuges/hatcheries whose purpose the administration claims “no longer aligns with the mission.”
Requirements and Expectations – Review of the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatchery System | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Sec. 1 What is the background and purpose of this Order? a. The National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) and National Fish Hatchery System (NFHS) are national treasures providing wildlife habitat for th...
www.fws.gov
December 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
WTF! The Trump administration plans to review (with the intent to remove or eliminate) some of the nation’s wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries. Agency director Brian Nesvik ordered officials to identify refuges/hatcheries whose purpose the administration claims “no longer aligns with the mission.”
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I'm urging President Trump to abandon efforts to preempt, punish, and undermine states like Wisconsin that have worked to pass common-sense, bipartisan policies to address AI's harmful consequences and keep kids and families safe.
Read my letter ⬇️
lnks.gd/2/35W3xMM
Read my letter ⬇️
lnks.gd/2/35W3xMM
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I'm urging President Trump to abandon efforts to preempt, punish, and undermine states like Wisconsin that have worked to pass common-sense, bipartisan policies to address AI's harmful consequences and keep kids and families safe.
Read my letter ⬇️
lnks.gd/2/35W3xMM
Read my letter ⬇️
lnks.gd/2/35W3xMM
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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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While moderate members of the GOP were able to stand up for the ACA, @derrickvanorden and @bryansteil are sticking with their party bosses and are all but certain to vote against funding health care. https://bit.ly/4an9DDU
4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies
Four centrist Republicans have broken with their party's leadership over health care. They've signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhance...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
While moderate members of the GOP were able to stand up for the ACA, @derrickvanorden and @bryansteil are sticking with their party bosses and are all but certain to vote against funding health care. https://bit.ly/4an9DDU
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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“Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.”
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.”
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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In the Pentagon watchdog's own words: Pete Hegseth "sent nonpublic DoD information identifying the quantity and strike times of manned U.S. aircraft over hostile territory over an unapproved, unsecure network."
A fireable offense for anyone else.
A fireable offense for anyone else.
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In the Pentagon watchdog's own words: Pete Hegseth "sent nonpublic DoD information identifying the quantity and strike times of manned U.S. aircraft over hostile territory over an unapproved, unsecure network."
A fireable offense for anyone else.
A fireable offense for anyone else.
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“Messages sent from Hegseth’s Signal account to the group chat included material from documents marked classified at the time they were sent, and offered specific, real-time updates about planned military strikes. One even read: ‘This is when the first bombs will drop.’”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing of sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to s...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Messages sent from Hegseth’s Signal account to the group chat included material from documents marked classified at the time they were sent, and offered specific, real-time updates about planned military strikes. One even read: ‘This is when the first bombs will drop.’”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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I love artists.
When they can’t bury the truth at the Capitol, they try to drown it in the river.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I love artists.
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ICE lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms, according to new contracting records reviewed by WIRED.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ICE lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms, according to new contracting records reviewed by WIRED.
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A Trump administration request to the Supreme Court to deploy troops in Chicago contains factual errors, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters, our Visual Investigations team found. nyti.ms/43T7qfn
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A Trump administration request to the Supreme Court to deploy troops in Chicago contains factual errors, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters, our Visual Investigations team found. nyti.ms/43T7qfn
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
Thank goodness this has been stopped.
WIN: The Village of Palmyra will no longer pursue a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
This victory is a testament to the people of Palmyra and to local organizers, who stood united, made their voices heard and persuaded their leaders not to participate in the program.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
This victory is a testament to the people of Palmyra and to local organizers, who stood united, made their voices heard and persuaded their leaders not to participate in the program.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...
Village of Palmyra announces it will no longer pursue partnership with ICE
The Palmyra Public Safety Department would have been Wisconsin's first police department to participate in ICE's 287(g) Task Force Model.
www.jsonline.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thank goodness this has been stopped.
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How can FDA allow TV ads for GLP-1 drug microdosing without any data?
Not aware of a single published study.
youtube.com/watch?v=zIbz...
Not aware of a single published study.
youtube.com/watch?v=zIbz...
Rebel Wilson goes Micro with Noom
YouTube video by Noom
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
How can FDA allow TV ads for GLP-1 drug microdosing without any data?
Not aware of a single published study.
youtube.com/watch?v=zIbz...
Not aware of a single published study.
youtube.com/watch?v=zIbz...
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As a state senator, Tom Tiffany introduced the “abortion reversal” bill — a claim medical experts say is false and unsafe.
Now the GOP legislature is using that same blueprint to push a bill based on more false claims.
This is Tiffany’s playbook and exactly the agenda he would sign as governor.
Now the GOP legislature is using that same blueprint to push a bill based on more false claims.
This is Tiffany’s playbook and exactly the agenda he would sign as governor.
Abortion as a water quality issue? Wisconsin GOP bill targets the aftermath of abortion pills
Wisconsin doctors who prescribe abortion pills would be required to send women home with a catch kit and medical waste bag under a new GOP bill.
www.jsonline.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
As a state senator, Tom Tiffany introduced the “abortion reversal” bill — a claim medical experts say is false and unsafe.
Now the GOP legislature is using that same blueprint to push a bill based on more false claims.
This is Tiffany’s playbook and exactly the agenda he would sign as governor.
Now the GOP legislature is using that same blueprint to push a bill based on more false claims.
This is Tiffany’s playbook and exactly the agenda he would sign as governor.
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Trump’s devastating cuts have stranded thousands of Americans in the middle of life-saving clinical trials.
There simply is no good reason to take this hope away from families, and it’s appalling.
There simply is no good reason to take this hope away from families, and it’s appalling.
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump’s devastating cuts have stranded thousands of Americans in the middle of life-saving clinical trials.
There simply is no good reason to take this hope away from families, and it’s appalling.
There simply is no good reason to take this hope away from families, and it’s appalling.
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On this date 1863 President Lincoln delivers what became known as The Gettysburg Address.
"that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
"that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
On this date 1863 President Lincoln delivers what became known as The Gettysburg Address.
"that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
"that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
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So many of us have been warning the public that RFK Jr. is going to take away access to as many vaccines as he can.
The December ACIP meeting is dedicating an entire day to reviewing “the safety” of the childhood vaccine schedule.
There’s not a shred of credible evidence that warrants this.
The December ACIP meeting is dedicating an entire day to reviewing “the safety” of the childhood vaccine schedule.
There’s not a shred of credible evidence that warrants this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So many of us have been warning the public that RFK Jr. is going to take away access to as many vaccines as he can.
The December ACIP meeting is dedicating an entire day to reviewing “the safety” of the childhood vaccine schedule.
There’s not a shred of credible evidence that warrants this.
The December ACIP meeting is dedicating an entire day to reviewing “the safety” of the childhood vaccine schedule.
There’s not a shred of credible evidence that warrants this.