Phatty
@phat-bat.bsky.social
Always trying out new ideas, never satisfied, never at rest. Fast walker. Basically, allergic to Earth. Savoring & shoveling. Cat magnet. Covid disabler. Pro- Democracy and rule of law.
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Our first lamé duck president
"About a third of the walls are now covered in gold — appliqués, frames or other decorations, a Times analysis showed."
A 3-D Look Inside Trump’s Revamped Oval Office (Gift Article)
Take a 3-D tour of the president’s office, where he covered more than a third of wall space with gold.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Our first lamé duck president
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Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
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The rest of the Epstein Vol 8 files changed analysis is in the GitHub repo with links to the PDFs that seemed to have been pulled.
This was just an afternoon's hacking session so treat this all with a huge grain of salt and confirm with your own analyses.
This was just an afternoon's hacking session so treat this all with a huge grain of salt and confirm with your own analyses.
GitHub - chad-loder/efta-analysis
Contribute to chad-loder/efta-analysis development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The rest of the Epstein Vol 8 files changed analysis is in the GitHub repo with links to the PDFs that seemed to have been pulled.
This was just an afternoon's hacking session so treat this all with a huge grain of salt and confirm with your own analyses.
This was just an afternoon's hacking session so treat this all with a huge grain of salt and confirm with your own analyses.
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{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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"'I am so disgusted with this administration,' said Haley Robson, who voted for Trump, told CNN. 'I think Kash Patel and Pam Bondi both need to resign, and I would love to see Number 47 [Trump] get impeached over this.'"
{gift link} www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
{gift link} www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times
In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed because he was going to name co-conspirators.
www.miamiherald.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"'I am so disgusted with this administration,' said Haley Robson, who voted for Trump, told CNN. 'I think Kash Patel and Pam Bondi both need to resign, and I would love to see Number 47 [Trump] get impeached over this.'"
{gift link} www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
{gift link} www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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If you want to understand why election denialism is so important to MAGA, you need to understand that it is the movements foundational myth. I wrote about this today. Become a member today to access this and all Democracy Docket premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If you want to understand why election denialism is so important to MAGA, you need to understand that it is the movements foundational myth. I wrote about this today. Become a member today to access this and all Democracy Docket premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025
This afternoon, President Donald J.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
December 22, 2025
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The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
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jesus
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
jesus
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Pure fanaticism, just objectively bad policy especially while building all these new data centers. But also an opportunity for Democrats to say loudly, over and over again, that Trump and Republicans are making everything more expensive. Higher electricity costs impact everything.
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Pure fanaticism, just objectively bad policy especially while building all these new data centers. But also an opportunity for Democrats to say loudly, over and over again, that Trump and Republicans are making everything more expensive. Higher electricity costs impact everything.
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This statement is a sick joke. US foreign policy is a sick joke, being implemented by enemies of truth, freedom & democracy - people driven by personal greed & the opportunity to exploit the suffering of others by trading US power and prestige for death & business opportunities.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This statement is a sick joke. US foreign policy is a sick joke, being implemented by enemies of truth, freedom & democracy - people driven by personal greed & the opportunity to exploit the suffering of others by trading US power and prestige for death & business opportunities.
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The GOP War on Nurses washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/22/g...
The GOP War on Nurses
Donald Trump and the Republicans cut graduate student loans for nurses and social workers to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The GOP War on Nurses washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/22/g...
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Honestly, the notion that adding Stephen Miller’s charisma and integrity would help the administration is what’s really delusional.
The whole notion that you can’t air an investigative segment on immigration without going to Stephen Miller for comment is absurd.
December 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Honestly, the notion that adding Stephen Miller’s charisma and integrity would help the administration is what’s really delusional.
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Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
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An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament.
Feel safer?
Feel safer?
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament.
Feel safer?
Feel safer?
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TWENTY TWO MILLION American are about to see dramatic health care premium increases thanks to Donald Trump & Republicans. If you think high egg prices pissed people off in 2024, just wait until this health care premium apocalypse kicks in.
New: Congress leaves town until 2026 with no health care deal
4 House Rs + 214 Ds teamed up to force a vote in January on a 3-year ACA funding extension.
But Senate Republicans tell me that bill is DOA in the Senate.
Premiums will rise for ~22 million.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
4 House Rs + 214 Ds teamed up to force a vote in January on a 3-year ACA funding extension.
But Senate Republicans tell me that bill is DOA in the Senate.
Premiums will rise for ~22 million.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Congress leaves town until 2026 with no health care deal, forcing premium hikes
Four Republicans teamed up with Democrats to require a vote to revive ACA funds in early 2026. But Senate Republicans tell NBC News that bill is dead on arrival across the Capitol.
www.nbcnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
TWENTY TWO MILLION American are about to see dramatic health care premium increases thanks to Donald Trump & Republicans. If you think high egg prices pissed people off in 2024, just wait until this health care premium apocalypse kicks in.
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Administrative burdens: Policymaking by other means
Skilled-worker visa holders who traveled back to India this month to renew their US work permits are now stranded far from home after their appointments were abruptly canceled by U.S. consular offices and rescheduled for months later.
H-1B workers flew to India to renew U.S. visas. Now they’re stuck.
H-1B holders who returned to India this month to renew their visas had consular appointments canceled, stranding them far from their homes and jobs, lawyers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Administrative burdens: Policymaking by other means
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In preparing for my most recent Supreme Court argument, I realized that I have something in common with the Court’s conservative members. Like them, I do not believe there should be “second-class” constitutional rights subject to judicial balancing. If something is a right, it must be protected.
The Right to Vote Deserves First-Class Protection
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In preparing for my most recent Supreme Court argument, I realized that I have something in common with the Court’s conservative members. Like them, I do not believe there should be “second-class” constitutional rights subject to judicial balancing. If something is a right, it must be protected.
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December 20, 2025
December 20, 2025
On November 19, 2025, Congress passed H.R.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
December 20, 2025
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Judge Hannah Dugan Found Guilty of Obstruction: Here's What Happened Inside the Courtroom
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Judge Hannah Dugan Found Guilty of Obstruction: Here's What Happened Inside the Courtroom
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December 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Judge Hannah Dugan Found Guilty of Obstruction: Here's What Happened Inside the Courtroom
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