Mariner's Tribble
@marinerstribble.bsky.social
Lover of all things Star Trek. Lefty, lezzie, okie.
News/politics junkie since Watergate.
News/politics junkie since Watergate.
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The good news:
1) Aftyn Behn moved a ruby red district 12 points more blue.
2) She can and should run again in the midterm election.
3) With real investment and good candidates, every R+ 7 or less seat is now in play.
The bad news:
Rural white voters are still the absolute worst.
1) Aftyn Behn moved a ruby red district 12 points more blue.
2) She can and should run again in the midterm election.
3) With real investment and good candidates, every R+ 7 or less seat is now in play.
The bad news:
Rural white voters are still the absolute worst.
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The good news:
1) Aftyn Behn moved a ruby red district 12 points more blue.
2) She can and should run again in the midterm election.
3) With real investment and good candidates, every R+ 7 or less seat is now in play.
The bad news:
Rural white voters are still the absolute worst.
1) Aftyn Behn moved a ruby red district 12 points more blue.
2) She can and should run again in the midterm election.
3) With real investment and good candidates, every R+ 7 or less seat is now in play.
The bad news:
Rural white voters are still the absolute worst.
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First, the story about Hegseth allegedly committing war crimes has been going on for days
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
First, the story about Hegseth allegedly committing war crimes has been going on for days
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
Second, if a Speaker of the House isn't up to date on current news, he isn't fit to serve. Even if Mike Johnson he didn't see it himself-highly unlikely-a staffer would've told him
So third, Johnson is lying
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I miss having an actual president.
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I miss having an actual president.
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I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
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NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
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Rand Paul: "Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn't happen. And then the next day, from the podium of the WH, they're saying it did happen. So either he was lying to us on Sunday or he's incompetent and didn't know what had happened."
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Rand Paul: "Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn't happen. And then the next day, from the podium of the WH, they're saying it did happen. So either he was lying to us on Sunday or he's incompetent and didn't know what had happened."
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This was created in a lab to give me an aneurysm.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This was created in a lab to give me an aneurysm.
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The NY Times said Trump labeling Somalis as “garbage” was “shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.” Then NYT put the story on Page 13. When Trump called for “termination” of the Constitution in 2022, NYT put it on Page 13, too. In case you wonder if NYT has learned anything in the last 3 years. 1/🧵
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🙄 “so much winning” continues
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🙄 “so much winning” continues
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Congratulations, MAGAs, you’ve owned the Libs—and all it’s cost you is a functioning government, a working democracy, human rights, national peace, economic stability, affordable groceries, affordable healthcare, qualified leaders, and global standing.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/congratula...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/congratula...
Congratulations, Trump Supporters, You've Owned the Libs
Well, Trump Supporters, as a member of the woke radical Left, it kills me to say this, but you win.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Congratulations, MAGAs, you’ve owned the Libs—and all it’s cost you is a functioning government, a working democracy, human rights, national peace, economic stability, affordable groceries, affordable healthcare, qualified leaders, and global standing.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/congratula...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/congratula...
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Initial thoughts:
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
Despite Rs Spending Millions Dems Contest A +22 Trump District Tonight. It's Another Deeply Encouraging Result For Us
We have one more to win in 2025 - Eileen Higgins for Mayor of Miami next Tuesday
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Initial thoughts:
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
At some point US taxpayers are going to start paying for the trump / Hegseth lawlessness.
At some point US taxpayers are going to start paying for the trump / Hegseth lawlessness.
Family of victim in alleged Trump ‘drug boat’ killings files first formal complaint
Exclusive: Petition says Colombia citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in US airstrike on 15 September
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
At some point US taxpayers are going to start paying for the trump / Hegseth lawlessness.
At some point US taxpayers are going to start paying for the trump / Hegseth lawlessness.
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they are an outrage machine that can whip people into a frenzy over a trans kid playing jv tennis with their friends 500 miles away but thats about it
a thing to ask yourself re: the GOP's electoral position is what could happen over the next year that could *improve* its position? and what could trump do, plausibly, that might *boost* his numbers with the public?
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
they are an outrage machine that can whip people into a frenzy over a trans kid playing jv tennis with their friends 500 miles away but thats about it
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Solid advice: If you see a masked man with a gun grabbing someone, call the cops. Unless, you know, it's the cops doing the grabbing...
O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Solid advice: If you see a masked man with a gun grabbing someone, call the cops. Unless, you know, it's the cops doing the grabbing...
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You know it takes a lot for me to say that an image is perfect
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
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Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
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Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, and Kristi Noem are truly screwed and should lawyer up.
Especially Kegseth.
Especially Kegseth.
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, and Kristi Noem are truly screwed and should lawyer up.
Especially Kegseth.
Especially Kegseth.
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Fifteen years after the ACA became law, Republicans still have no replacement plan, have voted more than 70 times to weaken the ACA, and are now pushing junk plans that leave families with big bills and little real coverage.
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Fifteen years after the ACA became law, Republicans still have no replacement plan, have voted more than 70 times to weaken the ACA, and are now pushing junk plans that leave families with big bills and little real coverage.
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i like that this administration is committed to inflicting as much pain on as many americans as possible.
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
i like that this administration is committed to inflicting as much pain on as many americans as possible.
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
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The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
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they're all still on his nazi propaganda website
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
they're all still on his nazi propaganda website
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Worth remembering now
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Worth remembering now
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944
"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."
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2/2 Part of the pain in watching that response is knowing how the reported patently illegal orders will affect US servicemembers.
I highly recommend this essay by @marknevitt.bsky.social (Commander, JAGC (ret.)):
I highly recommend this essay by @marknevitt.bsky.social (Commander, JAGC (ret.)):
Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers
If the United States chooses a path where killing defenseless survivors becomes acceptable, American servicemembers will pay the price for that choice.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
2/2 Part of the pain in watching that response is knowing how the reported patently illegal orders will affect US servicemembers.
I highly recommend this essay by @marknevitt.bsky.social (Commander, JAGC (ret.)):
I highly recommend this essay by @marknevitt.bsky.social (Commander, JAGC (ret.)):