PieAlaMode
@piealamode.bsky.social
Cat lady, all things sci-fi, tech nerd, avid reader, introvert. I'm a supporter of the fediverse. And I'll do whatever I need to do to maintain my peace, serenity and sanity.
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📌"Because buried in the rubble and amid all that the smoke, Democrats have been winning elections at an astonishing clip, and if 2026 looks anything like 2025, Republicans are heading for a bloodbath in the coming months."
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OPINION: Here's why Trump and the GOP are doomed
Here's why Trump and the GOP are doomed
On Dec. 22, 1944, on a brutally cold and snowy battlefield in Bastogne, Belgium, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe's rough-and-ready 101st Airborne Division was surrounded and outnumbered by German armor units, which had literally come out of nowhere.The fighting had been bloody and intense, and t...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📌"Because buried in the rubble and amid all that the smoke, Democrats have been winning elections at an astonishing clip, and if 2026 looks anything like 2025, Republicans are heading for a bloodbath in the coming months."
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A federal judge has thrown out criminal charges against a social media figure shot by ICE goons, after finding the government violated his constitutional rights.
Judge Tosses Indictment Against TikTok Star Shot by ICE Before Trial Even Starts
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during an attempted arrest in Los Angeles in October.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A federal judge has thrown out criminal charges against a social media figure shot by ICE goons, after finding the government violated his constitutional rights.
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I used to think they were all nuts when they’d carry on non-stop about deep state cabals, powerful pedophile rings and highly connected sex traffickers.
It turns out they knew exactly what they were talking about.
They were talking about themselves.
It turns out they knew exactly what they were talking about.
They were talking about themselves.
December 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I used to think they were all nuts when they’d carry on non-stop about deep state cabals, powerful pedophile rings and highly connected sex traffickers.
It turns out they knew exactly what they were talking about.
They were talking about themselves.
It turns out they knew exactly what they were talking about.
They were talking about themselves.
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🎶"It's beginning to look a lot like... COVID"🎶
December 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🎶"It's beginning to look a lot like... COVID"🎶
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"History will not struggle to understand what happened here. It will struggle to understand why it was tolerated."
Susie Wiles’s Inadvertent Indictment of Trump
Take it from his closest aide: he’s a corrupt liar
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December 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"History will not struggle to understand what happened here. It will struggle to understand why it was tolerated."
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'Gotten so many texts': Trump insiders admit panic over rogue MAGA figurehead
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'Gotten so many texts': Trump insiders admit panic over rogue MAGA figurehead
Top White House officials are in full-blown panic over a growing “fracture” within the MAGA movement, led in large part by right-wing influencer Candace Owens, according to a senior Trump official who...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil.” — President of Colombia Gustavo Petro.
December 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil.” — President of Colombia Gustavo Petro.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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Dr. John Gartner dissects Trump’s frequent boasts about cognitive tests and why his latest White House speech alarms mental health professionals.
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Trump Mental Decline Is Accelerating: Psychologist
Dr. John Gartner dissects Trump’s frequent boasts about cognitive tests and why his latest White House speech alarms mental health professionals.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Dr. John Gartner dissects Trump’s frequent boasts about cognitive tests and why his latest White House speech alarms mental health professionals.
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Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
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Update: very active weather week to come in CA! First, a persistent and very warm atmospheric river will remain draped over NorCal, continuing to generate rain--and snow levels in the Sierra will rise yet further, above 8k-9k feet. SoCal stays warm/dry through Tue. [Thread] #CAwx
December 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Update: very active weather week to come in CA! First, a persistent and very warm atmospheric river will remain draped over NorCal, continuing to generate rain--and snow levels in the Sierra will rise yet further, above 8k-9k feet. SoCal stays warm/dry through Tue. [Thread] #CAwx
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How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
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i want to be like you when i grow up
December 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
i want to be like you when i grow up
What took so long?
#Trump signs $900 bn US defense spending bill w $800m in military assistance for #Ukraine
Kyiv gets $400m annually in 2026 and 2027 for weapons contracts with US defense companies
Pentagon must notify Congress w/n 48 hours of any decision to restrict intelligence sharing with Ukraine
#UkraineWar
Kyiv gets $400m annually in 2026 and 2027 for weapons contracts with US defense companies
Pentagon must notify Congress w/n 48 hours of any decision to restrict intelligence sharing with Ukraine
#UkraineWar
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
What took so long?
It looks like substantial rain is headed to California starting early next week.
1/3) Our dry December pattern comes to an end next week as a Trough nudges into the West Coast and brings a series of Storm Systems to California, including #SoCal. The first System will tap into Subtropical moisture, which will likely enhance rainfall rates across the region...
December 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
It looks like substantial rain is headed to California starting early next week.
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Pressure works.
Breaking news: The U.S. Coast Guard deleted language from its new workplace harassment policy that had downgraded the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to “potentially divisive,” reversing course after objections from Congress.
Coast Guard abruptly deletes swastika, noose entry from policy manual
The announcement follows reporting by The Washington Post that detailed plans to downgrade the definition of such symbols to “potentially divisive.”
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December 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Pressure works.
Timeline cleanse
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Timeline cleanse
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What the HELL was that speech?
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
What the HELL was that speech?
A recording from Rick Wilson's live video
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
What the HELL was that speech?
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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28 film projects were just awarded California Film & TV Tax Credits — further boosting our entertainment industry, creating thousands more jobs, and generating an added $562M for our economy.
We're building on California's production legacy and ensuring the entire state benefits.
We're building on California's production legacy and ensuring the entire state benefits.
December 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
28 film projects were just awarded California Film & TV Tax Credits — further boosting our entertainment industry, creating thousands more jobs, and generating an added $562M for our economy.
We're building on California's production legacy and ensuring the entire state benefits.
We're building on California's production legacy and ensuring the entire state benefits.
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😕 tough night for Bari Weiss and CBS News(max)
December 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
😕 tough night for Bari Weiss and CBS News(max)
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“Have you no decency?!”
Tiny acts of kindness to yourself and to strangers until there is more light.
That’s how we get through Trump’s inhumanity. — yes, MAGA — he is grotesque.
Click here since BS won’t allow the upload 🤷🏻♀️ 👇🏼
Tiny acts of kindness to yourself and to strangers until there is more light.
That’s how we get through Trump’s inhumanity. — yes, MAGA — he is grotesque.
Click here since BS won’t allow the upload 🤷🏻♀️ 👇🏼
Outspoken (@out5p0ken)
“Have you no decency?!”
Tiny acts of kindness to yourself and to strangers until there is more light.
That’s how we get through Trump’s inhumanity. — yes, MAGA — he is grotesque.
substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“Have you no decency?!”
Tiny acts of kindness to yourself and to strangers until there is more light.
That’s how we get through Trump’s inhumanity. — yes, MAGA — he is grotesque.
Click here since BS won’t allow the upload 🤷🏻♀️ 👇🏼
Tiny acts of kindness to yourself and to strangers until there is more light.
That’s how we get through Trump’s inhumanity. — yes, MAGA — he is grotesque.
Click here since BS won’t allow the upload 🤷🏻♀️ 👇🏼
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Judge Moraes should never have been Magnitsky-ed in the first place, but glad that the madness is over. The punitive tariffs laid on Brazil in mid-summer have (mostly) been quietly lifted too.
US lifts sanctions on Brazil judge targeted by Trump reut.rs/3KY7pAo
US lifts sanctions on Brazil judge targeted by Trump
The United States has removed sanctions against the Brazilian Supreme Court judge targeted for overseeing a criminal case against an ally of President Donald Trump, the Treasury Department said on Friday.
reut.rs
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Judge Moraes should never have been Magnitsky-ed in the first place, but glad that the madness is over. The punitive tariffs laid on Brazil in mid-summer have (mostly) been quietly lifted too.
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THURSDAY: @jonathancapehart.bsky.social sits down with former First Lady Michelle Obama for an exclusive interview.
They discuss her new book, “The Look,” and its deeper message for society.
Watch “The Look: A Conversation with Michelle Obama” Thursday at 8pm ET on MS NOW.
They discuss her new book, “The Look,” and its deeper message for society.
Watch “The Look: A Conversation with Michelle Obama” Thursday at 8pm ET on MS NOW.
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
THURSDAY: @jonathancapehart.bsky.social sits down with former First Lady Michelle Obama for an exclusive interview.
They discuss her new book, “The Look,” and its deeper message for society.
Watch “The Look: A Conversation with Michelle Obama” Thursday at 8pm ET on MS NOW.
They discuss her new book, “The Look,” and its deeper message for society.
Watch “The Look: A Conversation with Michelle Obama” Thursday at 8pm ET on MS NOW.
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🚨MEME WARS: Internet TROLLS Republicans Mercilessly
We're celebrating our 100th episode with a MEME Wars for the record books and a huge announcement!'
Check it out: youtu.be/lFCB47ig-M8
We're celebrating our 100th episode with a MEME Wars for the record books and a huge announcement!'
Check it out: youtu.be/lFCB47ig-M8
MEME WARS: Internet TROLLS Troll Republicans Mercilessly
YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones
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December 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
🚨MEME WARS: Internet TROLLS Republicans Mercilessly
We're celebrating our 100th episode with a MEME Wars for the record books and a huge announcement!'
Check it out: youtu.be/lFCB47ig-M8
We're celebrating our 100th episode with a MEME Wars for the record books and a huge announcement!'
Check it out: youtu.be/lFCB47ig-M8
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Trump Faces RUDE AWAKENING as Oklahoma Voters FLIP ON HIM
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM