Birdie to the Max
@mplsbird.bsky.social
MN born and bread. An American with a current fascist government crisis.
Childless cat lady of 2 - my Lola and Rocco. Passionate about live music and baseball #releasetheepsteinfiles
Childless cat lady of 2 - my Lola and Rocco. Passionate about live music and baseball #releasetheepsteinfiles
So my fantasy football team's name is Phish related., the Suzy Greenbergs. Well, I made it to the championship but so did Fluffhead!!! Phish Fantasy Football Championship. #phish
a group of people are sitting in a crowd at a concert and a person is eating a lollipop .
ALT: a group of people are sitting in a crowd at a concert and a person is eating a lollipop .
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So my fantasy football team's name is Phish related., the Suzy Greenbergs. Well, I made it to the championship but so did Fluffhead!!! Phish Fantasy Football Championship. #phish
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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Two problems with this frantic "The story wasn't ready" statement are 1) When a story isn't ready, you know it days, sometimes weeks in advance, not hours and 2) Bari Weiss' idea of how "to do more" has already been made public, and it was to call Stephen Miller. In short, she's lying.
NEW: Bari Weiss addresses her decision to hold last night's CECOT story on the CBS News morning editorial call: "Our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else..."
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Two problems with this frantic "The story wasn't ready" statement are 1) When a story isn't ready, you know it days, sometimes weeks in advance, not hours and 2) Bari Weiss' idea of how "to do more" has already been made public, and it was to call Stephen Miller. In short, she's lying.
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SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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"Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, which are designed to capture license plates as people drive by, Flock’s Condor cameras are pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras designed to record and track people, not vehicles. "
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, which are designed to capture license plates as people drive by, Flock’s Condor cameras are pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras designed to record and track people, not vehicles. "
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Paramount-owned CBS abruptly canceled a story exposing the Trump administration's brutal deportations.
The reporter called it a "political decision."
Paramount needs Trump’s backing to buy Warner Bros. — including CNN.
Is that just a coincidence?
This looks like corruption.
The reporter called it a "political decision."
Paramount needs Trump’s backing to buy Warner Bros. — including CNN.
Is that just a coincidence?
This looks like corruption.
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Paramount-owned CBS abruptly canceled a story exposing the Trump administration's brutal deportations.
The reporter called it a "political decision."
Paramount needs Trump’s backing to buy Warner Bros. — including CNN.
Is that just a coincidence?
This looks like corruption.
The reporter called it a "political decision."
Paramount needs Trump’s backing to buy Warner Bros. — including CNN.
Is that just a coincidence?
This looks like corruption.
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We thank MPD Chief O'Hara for calling out the harmful actions of ICE in our community, and we extend our gratitude to the many observers who are documenting and bearing witness. Join us this Saturday for the ICE OUT OF MN RALLY & MARCH! www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/u... #ICEOUTMN
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We thank MPD Chief O'Hara for calling out the harmful actions of ICE in our community, and we extend our gratitude to the many observers who are documenting and bearing witness. Join us this Saturday for the ICE OUT OF MN RALLY & MARCH! www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/u... #ICEOUTMN
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I am really tired of people talking about 2024 and refusing to acknowledge the LABOR of campaign volunteers who literally make or break the get out of the vote effort for candidates
What makes someone volunteer their labor? What discourages that? The "how to win" conversation must account for this.
What makes someone volunteer their labor? What discourages that? The "how to win" conversation must account for this.
December 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I am really tired of people talking about 2024 and refusing to acknowledge the LABOR of campaign volunteers who literally make or break the get out of the vote effort for candidates
What makes someone volunteer their labor? What discourages that? The "how to win" conversation must account for this.
What makes someone volunteer their labor? What discourages that? The "how to win" conversation must account for this.
Remember there are more of this than them and they think that their wealth will somehow save them.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Remember there are more of this than them and they think that their wealth will somehow save them.
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NEW: Oversight Dems are releasing additional photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate to the public.
We will continue releasing photographs and documents to provide transparency for the American people. It’s time for the Department of Justice to release the files.
We will continue releasing photographs and documents to provide transparency for the American people. It’s time for the Department of Justice to release the files.
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: Oversight Dems are releasing additional photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate to the public.
We will continue releasing photographs and documents to provide transparency for the American people. It’s time for the Department of Justice to release the files.
We will continue releasing photographs and documents to provide transparency for the American people. It’s time for the Department of Justice to release the files.
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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The Pulitzer Board is actually fighting back against one of Trump’s vexatious lawsuits, saying, ‘If you were harmed, prove it — with medical and financial records.’
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist
Donald Trump isn’t going to be happy about this one.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Pulitzer Board is actually fighting back against one of Trump’s vexatious lawsuits, saying, ‘If you were harmed, prove it — with medical and financial records.’
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Republicans want the American people to suffer in the form of poverty medical debt
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Republicans want the American people to suffer in the form of poverty medical debt
Tax them and then make sure they know who they are beholden to.
Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Tax them and then make sure they know who they are beholden to.
Mike Johnson is complete joke. And not a funny one or one that anybody wants to repeat.
Johnson: “If you’re going to restore the people’s faith in the justice system, you have to show them that there are serious consequences for people like Jack Smith who abuses that system.”
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Mike Johnson is complete joke. And not a funny one or one that anybody wants to repeat.
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Trump has pardoned 17 drug dealers and nearly 1600 people who attacked Congress on January 6, 2021.
Johnson: “If you’re going to restore the people’s faith in the justice system, you have to show them that there are serious consequences for people like Jack Smith who abuses that system.”
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Trump has pardoned 17 drug dealers and nearly 1600 people who attacked Congress on January 6, 2021.
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
It took me a second:
theoatmeal.com/comics/tunas...
theoatmeal.com/comics/tunas...
Tunashamed - The Oatmeal
This comic is a lesson in kerning and large fish.
theoatmeal.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It took me a second:
theoatmeal.com/comics/tunas...
theoatmeal.com/comics/tunas...
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Senate Republicans blocked Democratic legislation that would have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people
Republicans Block Bill That Would Extend Affordable Care Act Tax Credits
Democrats, meanwhile, blocked a competing GOP bill on Thursday that would have bolstered health savings accounts instead.
www.huffpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Senate Republicans blocked Democratic legislation that would have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people
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15 years from now: "How'd Gen Alpha get so radicalized"? *Gen Alpha at 10 years old watching ICE raids at schools and on the bus*. Millennials walked so Gen Z could run. Gen Z ran allowing Gen Alpha to teleport.
December 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
15 years from now: "How'd Gen Alpha get so radicalized"? *Gen Alpha at 10 years old watching ICE raids at schools and on the bus*. Millennials walked so Gen Z could run. Gen Z ran allowing Gen Alpha to teleport.
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My daughter’s school bus was delayed this morning because armed ICE agents, some masked, were in the middle of 15th Ave in Cedar Riverside. So why wouldn’t ICE just get out of the way when the bus came? Perhaps they were busy harassing Somali-Americans, who are overwhelmingly citizens. But... (1/4)
December 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My daughter’s school bus was delayed this morning because armed ICE agents, some masked, were in the middle of 15th Ave in Cedar Riverside. So why wouldn’t ICE just get out of the way when the bus came? Perhaps they were busy harassing Somali-Americans, who are overwhelmingly citizens. But... (1/4)
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Mpls Mayor Jacob Frey: "What we are seeing again & again is discrimination only to the extent that it applies to certain groups. So they're discriminating only as it applies to Latinos and Somalis ... you can't do that. You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do there anywhere in this country."
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Mpls Mayor Jacob Frey: "What we are seeing again & again is discrimination only to the extent that it applies to certain groups. So they're discriminating only as it applies to Latinos and Somalis ... you can't do that. You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do there anywhere in this country."