ltbaumann
@ltbaumann.bsky.social
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If fewer Americans had voted for Trump, Renee Good would be alive and caring for her child today.
No matter what lies Trump and his propagandists spread, no matter what nonsense the media prints, no matter what conspiracies MAGA invents, that remains manifestly true.
No matter what lies Trump and his propagandists spread, no matter what nonsense the media prints, no matter what conspiracies MAGA invents, that remains manifestly true.
January 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
If fewer Americans had voted for Trump, Renee Good would be alive and caring for her child today.
No matter what lies Trump and his propagandists spread, no matter what nonsense the media prints, no matter what conspiracies MAGA invents, that remains manifestly true.
No matter what lies Trump and his propagandists spread, no matter what nonsense the media prints, no matter what conspiracies MAGA invents, that remains manifestly true.
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BOYCOTTS WORK !
#Spotify
By the way, you should still be boycotting #Amazon and #WholeFoods.
Fuck Jeff Bezos.
#Spotify
By the way, you should still be boycotting #Amazon and #WholeFoods.
Fuck Jeff Bezos.
January 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM
BOYCOTTS WORK !
#Spotify
By the way, you should still be boycotting #Amazon and #WholeFoods.
Fuck Jeff Bezos.
#Spotify
By the way, you should still be boycotting #Amazon and #WholeFoods.
Fuck Jeff Bezos.
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This is a hostile occupation, not policing.
January 10, 2026 at 12:25 PM
This is a hostile occupation, not policing.
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This is so important, and it's happened everywhere Bovino's goon squad goes...Charlotte, NOLA, etc.
It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
January 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This is so important, and it's happened everywhere Bovino's goon squad goes...Charlotte, NOLA, etc.
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This is very good from WaPo. Note position of officer's feet to side of car when first shot is fired. I think everyone defending this should be asked: Was it not even an *overreaction* to fire those shots, especially 2 & 3, into her face point-blank with the officer clearly not in danger? Really?
January 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
This is very good from WaPo. Note position of officer's feet to side of car when first shot is fired. I think everyone defending this should be asked: Was it not even an *overreaction* to fire those shots, especially 2 & 3, into her face point-blank with the officer clearly not in danger? Really?
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This is absolutely what happened.
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This is absolutely what happened.
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For years, JD Vance has worn Catholicism like political body armor—invoked when useful, ignored when inconvenient. This week, that armor shattered. In a blistering rebuke, the National Catholic Reporter branded Vance a “moral stain” for his response to the ICE killing
January 10, 2026 at 1:08 PM
For years, JD Vance has worn Catholicism like political body armor—invoked when useful, ignored when inconvenient. This week, that armor shattered. In a blistering rebuke, the National Catholic Reporter branded Vance a “moral stain” for his response to the ICE killing
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -- U.S. Const. amend. I.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -- U.S. Const. amend. I.
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Someone needs to learn about the First Amendment apparently
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Someone needs to learn about the First Amendment apparently
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I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
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Anchor: "News tonight from Americaland where regime-aligned paramilitaries are making a show of force in an opposition-controlled province after the killing of a protestor yesterday sparked widespread outrage."
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Anchor: "News tonight from Americaland where regime-aligned paramilitaries are making a show of force in an opposition-controlled province after the killing of a protestor yesterday sparked widespread outrage."
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Witness account of ICE shooting in Minneapolis today
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Witness account of ICE shooting in Minneapolis today
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Cartoon by Nick Anderson
January 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
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AI needs fixing. They'd better “hop” to
it!
it!
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
AI needs fixing. They'd better “hop” to
it!
it!
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A pair of nuclear reactors that have propelled a U.S. Navy supercarrier to hot spots around the world for half a century could end up repurposed to power a data center in Tennessee. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
USS Nimitz reactors could power future land-based AI data center
If the Nimitz project succeeds, reactors from future decommissioned aircraft carriers, submarines and other sources could be used for data centers.
www.stripes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
A pair of nuclear reactors that have propelled a U.S. Navy supercarrier to hot spots around the world for half a century could end up repurposed to power a data center in Tennessee. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
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Donald Trump, warmongering neocon.
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 8:40 PM
Donald Trump, warmongering neocon.
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With Republicans active in 59 separate voting cases and the DOJ litigating another 30, the picture becomes clear: voter suppression is now a defining feature of the MAGA takeover. It will be the leading GOP strategy in 2026, and it’s our job to prevent it, Marc Elias writes.
https://bit.ly/3KCHVZj
https://bit.ly/3KCHVZj
The Greatest Threat to Democracy
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
With Republicans active in 59 separate voting cases and the DOJ litigating another 30, the picture becomes clear: voter suppression is now a defining feature of the MAGA takeover. It will be the leading GOP strategy in 2026, and it’s our job to prevent it, Marc Elias writes.
https://bit.ly/3KCHVZj
https://bit.ly/3KCHVZj
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Gotta love it when that happens --- A dozen cities, and counting, have renamed their landfills after Trump this week to mock his obsession with naming things after himself.
January 2, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Gotta love it when that happens --- A dozen cities, and counting, have renamed their landfills after Trump this week to mock his obsession with naming things after himself.
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open.substack.com/pub/contrari... In weakening alliances, frittering away our moral authority, aligning himself with international dictators, trashing multilateral organizations, hollowing out the State Department and acting as feckless, corrupt bully, he demolished US standing around the world
The Worst Foreign Policy Blunders of 2025
And the competition was fierce...
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
open.substack.com/pub/contrari... In weakening alliances, frittering away our moral authority, aligning himself with international dictators, trashing multilateral organizations, hollowing out the State Department and acting as feckless, corrupt bully, he demolished US standing around the world
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Rob Dannenberg, former CIA head of Moscow Station: "Putin looks at Trump and sees a weak guy, vain, with huge ego…. He's being manipulated in the way that a good case officer like Putin would manipulate this guy. He's not monogamous, he's greedy, he's fascinated by gold —
I was CIA's top agent in Moscow - Putin has trained to manipulate men like Trump
Rob Dannenberg was the US spy chief in Russia early in Vladimir Putin's rule - and believes he understands the dictator better than most
inews.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Rob Dannenberg, former CIA head of Moscow Station: "Putin looks at Trump and sees a weak guy, vain, with huge ego…. He's being manipulated in the way that a good case officer like Putin would manipulate this guy. He's not monogamous, he's greedy, he's fascinated by gold —
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“Let’s not call it deregistration, let’s call it a death sentence — that is exactly what it would be for the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, MSF Executive Director, as Israel moves to bar nearly 40 aid groups under new registration rules.
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
Oxfam-Québec surprised to be among aid groups Israel bars from Gaza
Nearly 40 organizations supplying aid in Gaza are scheduled to be barred as of Thursday for not complying with new registration requirements.
montrealgazette.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
“Let’s not call it deregistration, let’s call it a death sentence — that is exactly what it would be for the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, MSF Executive Director, as Israel moves to bar nearly 40 aid groups under new registration rules.
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
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"Republicans are never going to fix that problem because they don’t want to. .. While that’s been a usual state of affairs for years, the Trump admin is turbo-charging it. Somehow, the alleged daycare fraud in Minnesota .. is now the basis for freezing all childcare funding."
This is excellent:
This is excellent:
New in PN: The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives
"Republican policies have created a perfect vicious cycle: Privatize services, let private companies run amok, then declare that the government is the problem. And the Trump administration is turbo-charging it."
"Republican policies have created a perfect vicious cycle: Privatize services, let private companies run amok, then declare that the government is the problem. And the Trump administration is turbo-charging it."
The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives
Privatization and a lack of oversight creates a vicious cycle.
www.publicnotice.co
January 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"Republicans are never going to fix that problem because they don’t want to. .. While that’s been a usual state of affairs for years, the Trump admin is turbo-charging it. Somehow, the alleged daycare fraud in Minnesota .. is now the basis for freezing all childcare funding."
This is excellent:
This is excellent: