Alan
@lownslowav8r.bsky.social
Just a guy who loves democracy, the People's House before demolition, kind people, flying my airplane, and, oh yes, my dog, Hapi. 💙 All opinions expressed here are my personal thoughts. Born at 315.34 ppm
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If you think Paramount is just trying to buy Warner Brothers so Ellison can stop CNN from criticizing Trump… you’re right!
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December 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If you think Paramount is just trying to buy Warner Brothers so Ellison can stop CNN from criticizing Trump… you’re right!
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Q: How will you win over Trump supporters?
Crockett: "I don't know that we'll necessarily convert all of Trump's supporters. That's not our goal."
Q: "Do you need to?"
Crockett: "No, we don't. We don't need to."
Crockett: "I don't know that we'll necessarily convert all of Trump's supporters. That's not our goal."
Q: "Do you need to?"
Crockett: "No, we don't. We don't need to."
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Q: How will you win over Trump supporters?
Crockett: "I don't know that we'll necessarily convert all of Trump's supporters. That's not our goal."
Q: "Do you need to?"
Crockett: "No, we don't. We don't need to."
Crockett: "I don't know that we'll necessarily convert all of Trump's supporters. That's not our goal."
Q: "Do you need to?"
Crockett: "No, we don't. We don't need to."
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A passerby could hear the cacophony from miles away.
A symphony of woofs: This is what happens when 2,397 golden retrievers gather in an Argentina park
A passerby could hear the cacophony from miles away. It was the unmistakable sound of hundreds of dogs barking — and breaking the unofficial world record for the largest-ever gathering of golden retrievers.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
A passerby could hear the cacophony from miles away.
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Turns out Trump was helping to bring about a golden age - the Golden Age of China.
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Turns out Trump was helping to bring about a golden age - the Golden Age of China.
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Thank you to @indivisiblequeens.bsky.social and the hundreds of New Yorkers who gathered to protest the Trump regime's arrest and forced separation of six-year-old immigrant Yuanxin Zheng from his father. #KidsArentPawns
We had an incredible rally today in Astoria! Thank you to all of the elected officials, parents, teachers and IWQ members who spoke today. It was incredible to see so many community members come together and demand justice! #kidsarentpawns
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Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
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December 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Thank you to @indivisiblequeens.bsky.social and the hundreds of New Yorkers who gathered to protest the Trump regime's arrest and forced separation of six-year-old immigrant Yuanxin Zheng from his father. #KidsArentPawns
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Sarah Matthews: "Mike Johnson is going to go down as the least effective and least productive speaker in U.S. history…Speaker Johnson has made Congress completely obsolete. He is just functioning basically as Trump's puppet."
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Sarah Matthews: "Mike Johnson is going to go down as the least effective and least productive speaker in U.S. history…Speaker Johnson has made Congress completely obsolete. He is just functioning basically as Trump's puppet."
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President Donald Trump won't be getting his wish, at least not soon. ABC says that it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract.
ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension, months after temporary suspension
President Donald Trump won't be getting his wish, at least not soon. ABC says that it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
President Donald Trump won't be getting his wish, at least not soon. ABC says that it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract.
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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for the US Senate in Texas. Allred to seek House seat
Crockett, one of Congress’ most outspoken Democrats and a frequent target of GOP attacks, jumped into the race on the final day of qualifying in Texas.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.
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NEW: The DOJ will potentially treat opponents of Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo. The move appears to represent the department’s first attempt to implement Trump’s calls to target left-wing activists and others who protest his policies.
Leaked Memo: DOJ To List, Target Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
NEW: The DOJ will potentially treat opponents of Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo. The move appears to represent the department’s first attempt to implement Trump’s calls to target left-wing activists and others who protest his policies.
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Missouri Nurses Association Urges Action After Education Department Downgrades Graduate Nursing Degrees
Missouri Nurses Association Urges Action After Education Department Downgrades Graduate Nursing Degrees - Missourinet
The Missouri Nurses Association is speaking out after a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Education to classify graduate nursing degrees at a lower level than other medical degrees in the fede...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Missouri Nurses Association Urges Action After Education Department Downgrades Graduate Nursing Degrees
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a thought about trump v. slaughter. it is largely unspoken, but the assertion that there is an unlimited presidential removal power and that independent agencies functionally cannot exist is an assertion of presidential sovereignty.
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
a thought about trump v. slaughter. it is largely unspoken, but the assertion that there is an unlimited presidential removal power and that independent agencies functionally cannot exist is an assertion of presidential sovereignty.
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And got elected with SCOTUS' help.
Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
And got elected with SCOTUS' help.
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🔥HOPE WALZ: “Oh Don Jr, it is so clear your dad doesn’t love you… my family will always be richer than yours, because we find joy in each other - not tearing other people down. I really hope you get the help you need.”
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🔥HOPE WALZ: “Oh Don Jr, it is so clear your dad doesn’t love you… my family will always be richer than yours, because we find joy in each other - not tearing other people down. I really hope you get the help you need.”
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hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
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Not just Jared but almost all the gulf monarchies plus a pass through entity for the ccp.
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Not just Jared but almost all the gulf monarchies plus a pass through entity for the ccp.
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gorsuch in particular is just monstrously arrogant. the portrait of a fart sniffer.
It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
Justice Gorsuch: Is it possible--"just maybe"--that we're setting our sights far too low and we should be blowing up many more structures of modern government?
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
gorsuch in particular is just monstrously arrogant. the portrait of a fart sniffer.
Foreigners will pay the tariffs!”
Donald Trump’s agenda is backfiring — hurting our farmers and the American people.
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Foreigners will pay the tariffs!”
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Around a million Syrians have returned since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Around a million Syrians have returned since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
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NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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🎯 @monacharen.bsky.social on Bannon’s cozy relationship with Epstein: “Where is TP USA, the White House, Speaker Johnson? MAGA faithful who claim to believe in a conspiracy among elites to abuse kids? Where’s Bannon’s acknowledgment of wrongdoing? his shame?” www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
🎯 @monacharen.bsky.social on Bannon’s cozy relationship with Epstein: “Where is TP USA, the White House, Speaker Johnson? MAGA faithful who claim to believe in a conspiracy among elites to abuse kids? Where’s Bannon’s acknowledgment of wrongdoing? his shame?” www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
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Actual question, for medical professionals:
If you need to be hooked up for regular IVs, why not in your arm? Or some place that, except for your face and neck, is the most unavoidably visible part of your body?
Not snarky; just wondering why it couldn't be in arm, leg, abdo, etc.
If you need to be hooked up for regular IVs, why not in your arm? Or some place that, except for your face and neck, is the most unavoidably visible part of your body?
Not snarky; just wondering why it couldn't be in arm, leg, abdo, etc.
Trump last night had the complexion of a Thanksgiving turkey that was left in the oven too long and bandages were again visible on the back of his right hand
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
December 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Actual question, for medical professionals:
If you need to be hooked up for regular IVs, why not in your arm? Or some place that, except for your face and neck, is the most unavoidably visible part of your body?
Not snarky; just wondering why it couldn't be in arm, leg, abdo, etc.
If you need to be hooked up for regular IVs, why not in your arm? Or some place that, except for your face and neck, is the most unavoidably visible part of your body?
Not snarky; just wondering why it couldn't be in arm, leg, abdo, etc.
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There’s no question she’s telling the truth about this. It’s obvious many, if not most, of them know he’s a terrible buffoon. And disagree with a lot of what he says and does. But they are all cowards & play this game. I actually respect the true believer rube cultists more. bsky.app/profile/blue...
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans in Congress make fun of Trump behind his back.
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
There’s no question she’s telling the truth about this. It’s obvious many, if not most, of them know he’s a terrible buffoon. And disagree with a lot of what he says and does. But they are all cowards & play this game. I actually respect the true believer rube cultists more. bsky.app/profile/blue...
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The president who watched Jan. 6 violence on TV and responded to Kevin McCarthy's desperate call from inside the Capitol with "well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you" doesn't think death threats against anyone even a little in his way is a bad thing?
Huh.
Huh.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The president who watched Jan. 6 violence on TV and responded to Kevin McCarthy's desperate call from inside the Capitol with "well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you" doesn't think death threats against anyone even a little in his way is a bad thing?
Huh.
Huh.