Normal Citizen Vermont
@normalcitizenvt.bsky.social
Just a normal citizen here in Vermont
Project manager by day, political junkie the rest of the time
Project manager by day, political junkie the rest of the time
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NYT corroborating and extending WaPo's results.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record (Gift Article)
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
NYT corroborating and extending WaPo's results.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Chef's kiss to @ryanjreilly.com and NBC for this sequence of paragraphs in this story about the pipe bomber
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Chef's kiss to @ryanjreilly.com and NBC for this sequence of paragraphs in this story about the pipe bomber
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me!" she cries. "Why are you doing this to me?"
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me!" she cries. "Why are you doing this to me?"
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
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Rep Jim Hines: Admiral Bradley testified that there was no ‘kill them all’ order from Hegseth.
The committee members also say that the video is horrific- a clear shot at stranded shipwrecked victims which Bradley would know was a war crime.
Why would Bradley do this?
The committee members also say that the video is horrific- a clear shot at stranded shipwrecked victims which Bradley would know was a war crime.
Why would Bradley do this?
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Rep Jim Hines: Admiral Bradley testified that there was no ‘kill them all’ order from Hegseth.
The committee members also say that the video is horrific- a clear shot at stranded shipwrecked victims which Bradley would know was a war crime.
Why would Bradley do this?
The committee members also say that the video is horrific- a clear shot at stranded shipwrecked victims which Bradley would know was a war crime.
Why would Bradley do this?
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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Misinterpreting the most vulnerable and self-defensive attempt to survive as a hostile act? Who do you think you are, a cop?
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Misinterpreting the most vulnerable and self-defensive attempt to survive as a hostile act? Who do you think you are, a cop?
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December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The Inspector General says some of the Signal messages on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's personal phone about strikes in Yemen had been deleted, so "we had to rely in part on the transcript of the chat The Atlantic posted publicly."
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Inspector General says some of the Signal messages on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's personal phone about strikes in Yemen had been deleted, so "we had to rely in part on the transcript of the chat The Atlantic posted publicly."
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They need to release this video to the public
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
They need to release this video to the public
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This is amazing.
“Three weeks ago your father killed my brother.”
A Ukrainian journalist confronted Vladimir Putin’s alleged daughter, Yelizaveta Krivonogikh, in Paris.
A Ukrainian journalist confronted Vladimir Putin’s alleged daughter, Yelizaveta Krivonogikh, in Paris.
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is amazing.
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To be clear, if a military vessel tries to flee an engagement (say, to rejoin its fleet), you can fire on it again. But if what the WSJ is saying, then Bradley and his JAG tormented that logic to inanity - and I'd bet they did so because they were trying to conform to Hegseth's orders.
This is why, after a battle, you execute any wounded trying to crawl away.
Eh? You *don't* do that?
It's barbaric, cruel, and evil?
Has anyone told Hicseth this?
Eh? You *don't* do that?
It's barbaric, cruel, and evil?
Has anyone told Hicseth this?
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
To be clear, if a military vessel tries to flee an engagement (say, to rejoin its fleet), you can fire on it again. But if what the WSJ is saying, then Bradley and his JAG tormented that logic to inanity - and I'd bet they did so because they were trying to conform to Hegseth's orders.
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ACIP member and radical anti-vaxxer Robert Malone is more interested in silencing actual experts in order to stay on schedule than he is in exploring why these experts are all outraged about the misinformation that has been presented about HepB.
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
ACIP member and radical anti-vaxxer Robert Malone is more interested in silencing actual experts in order to stay on schedule than he is in exploring why these experts are all outraged about the misinformation that has been presented about HepB.
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Dr. Jason Goldman of the American College of Physicians says (paraphrasing) that they are hiding the names of the people serving on vaccine workgroups and their conflicts of interest, since they have removed all of the experts from the workgroups.
He is correct on both IMO.
He is correct on both IMO.
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Dr. Jason Goldman of the American College of Physicians says (paraphrasing) that they are hiding the names of the people serving on vaccine workgroups and their conflicts of interest, since they have removed all of the experts from the workgroups.
He is correct on both IMO.
He is correct on both IMO.
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Anti-vaxxer and climate scientist Cynthia Nevison now claims that HBV vaccine causes multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, among other things, as radical anti-vaxxer Mark Blaxill nods vigorously.
The data do not support these claims.
The data do not support these claims.
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Anti-vaxxer and climate scientist Cynthia Nevison now claims that HBV vaccine causes multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, among other things, as radical anti-vaxxer Mark Blaxill nods vigorously.
The data do not support these claims.
The data do not support these claims.
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Boom. ACIP member Hibbeln has had it with the nonsense.
Anti-vaxxer and Harvard MBA Mark Blaxill admits he doesn’t have evidence of harm of HBV vaccine at birth, other than “
Hibbeln responds, emphatically:
“So speculation and limited evidence. Okay. Got it”.
Anti-vaxxer and Harvard MBA Mark Blaxill admits he doesn’t have evidence of harm of HBV vaccine at birth, other than “
Hibbeln responds, emphatically:
“So speculation and limited evidence. Okay. Got it”.
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Boom. ACIP member Hibbeln has had it with the nonsense.
Anti-vaxxer and Harvard MBA Mark Blaxill admits he doesn’t have evidence of harm of HBV vaccine at birth, other than “
Hibbeln responds, emphatically:
“So speculation and limited evidence. Okay. Got it”.
Anti-vaxxer and Harvard MBA Mark Blaxill admits he doesn’t have evidence of harm of HBV vaccine at birth, other than “
Hibbeln responds, emphatically:
“So speculation and limited evidence. Okay. Got it”.
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College student who was kidnapped, and later rushed onto a plane in shackles to be illegally deported to Honduras says: "It felt like I was a criminal, and I'm not."
'Shackled' and 'Handcuffed': Deported college student in tears SPEAKING OUT on ICE encounter
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
College student who was kidnapped, and later rushed onto a plane in shackles to be illegally deported to Honduras says: "It felt like I was a criminal, and I'm not."
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Court rules that the Constitution exists
Federal agents can no longer arrest people in D.C. on immigration violations without a warrant or probable cause to believe they could potentially flee if not detained, a judge has ruled.
It's the second significant legal loss for the Trump administration over its activities in D.C. in two weeks.
It's the second significant legal loss for the Trump administration over its activities in D.C. in two weeks.
Federal judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
Lawyers say federal agents unlawfully operated under an ‘arrest first, ask questions later’ policy.
51st.news
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Court rules that the Constitution exists
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👀👀👀👀
About time. Curious to see who this was, and if it’s a Republican, how quickly they get pardoned
About time. Curious to see who this was, and if it’s a Republican, how quickly they get pardoned
December 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
👀👀👀👀
About time. Curious to see who this was, and if it’s a Republican, how quickly they get pardoned
About time. Curious to see who this was, and if it’s a Republican, how quickly they get pardoned
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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What happens if this alleged January 6 pipe bomber claims that he was merely a tourist who just wanted to put on a fireworks display to celebrate President Trump's victory in the 2020 election?
Would that get him a pardon, a dismissal, and maybe damages?
Would that get him a pardon, a dismissal, and maybe damages?
BREAKING: The FBI makes an arrest in the investigation into pipe bombs placed in D.C. on the eve of the Jan. 6 riot, an AP source says.
FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP source says
The FBI has made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
What happens if this alleged January 6 pipe bomber claims that he was merely a tourist who just wanted to put on a fireworks display to celebrate President Trump's victory in the 2020 election?
Would that get him a pardon, a dismissal, and maybe damages?
Would that get him a pardon, a dismissal, and maybe damages?
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New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
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NEWS: We’ve confirmed reports that there’s been an arrest in connection with the Jan. 6 pipe bombs. The man is expected to appear in court later today. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NEWS: We’ve confirmed reports that there’s been an arrest in connection with the Jan. 6 pipe bombs. The man is expected to appear in court later today. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Multiple news outlets, reporting an arrest, but not reporting on the suspect’s identity.
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Multiple news outlets, reporting an arrest, but not reporting on the suspect’s identity.
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he's the Cal Ripken Jr. of never reading the news
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
he's the Cal Ripken Jr. of never reading the news
This was an amazing read
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This was an amazing read