Paul Loop
@ploop52.bsky.social
Left liberal; ally; SDSU grad; Dodger *and* Charger fan — for balance; ink-stained wretch in a previous life.
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As opposed to the Hellmark Christmas.
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
As opposed to the Hellmark Christmas.
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Remember when the most you’d hear from a President around the holidays was a brief Hallmark sentiment?
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Remember when the most you’d hear from a President around the holidays was a brief Hallmark sentiment?
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no. furthermore, fuck no.
you do not have to sacrifice your peace to appease someone just because you share dna. you just don't.
you do not have to sacrifice your peace to appease someone just because you share dna. you just don't.
Yeah, no thanks.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
December 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
no. furthermore, fuck no.
you do not have to sacrifice your peace to appease someone just because you share dna. you just don't.
you do not have to sacrifice your peace to appease someone just because you share dna. you just don't.
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This *month*
Authorities have reported the death of a Nicaraguan immigrant in ICE custody in a hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, the seventh reported death of an immigrant in ICE custody this month.
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Nicaraguan Man in ICE Custody Dies in Mississippi Hospital
A Nicaraguan man has died in ICE custody at a hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, the seventh reported death of a person in custody this month.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This *month*
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When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
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Corporations are making record profits even as the real economy tanks and working families are facing soaring costs. Trump’s tax giveaways to big businesses and the wealthy are driving this growing inequality, and this is not sustainable. It’s time to put average Americans first again.
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Corporations are making record profits even as the real economy tanks and working families are facing soaring costs. Trump’s tax giveaways to big businesses and the wealthy are driving this growing inequality, and this is not sustainable. It’s time to put average Americans first again.
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Congress plans to force Hegseth to release unedited copies of the video of the Sept. 2 boat strike. They are putting the provision in the defense bill - If the videos aren’t released the Pentagon’s travel budget gets slashed by 25%.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Lawmakers move to compel Hegseth to release military video of Sept. 2 boat strike — ABC News
The legislative provision is tucked into a must-pass Pentagon policy bill.
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Congress plans to force Hegseth to release unedited copies of the video of the Sept. 2 boat strike. They are putting the provision in the defense bill - If the videos aren’t released the Pentagon’s travel budget gets slashed by 25%.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/A9egUGUjpT0a...
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/A9egUGUjpT0a...
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
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BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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“…a proudly democratic America can be a soft-power beacon that encourages fellow humans around the world to be more confident—to pursue freedom in the face of dictatorial & authoritarian regimes. This is the vision Trump is working aggressively to destroy.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/do-you-sup...
www.americaamerica.news/p/do-you-sup...
Do You Support the Global Expansion of Democracy?
A Saturday Prompt
www.americaamerica.news
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
“…a proudly democratic America can be a soft-power beacon that encourages fellow humans around the world to be more confident—to pursue freedom in the face of dictatorial & authoritarian regimes. This is the vision Trump is working aggressively to destroy.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/do-you-sup...
www.americaamerica.news/p/do-you-sup...
Trump and his lackeys repeatedly and loudly bragged about the *trillions* of dollars tariffs would raise — and here we are at $200B and the NYT saying this is the "high-water mark," the most these hucksters and morons can squeeze out of an idiotic economic "plan."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
Have Trump’s Tariffs Hit the ‘High-Water Mark’?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Trump and his lackeys repeatedly and loudly bragged about the *trillions* of dollars tariffs would raise — and here we are at $200B and the NYT saying this is the "high-water mark," the most these hucksters and morons can squeeze out of an idiotic economic "plan."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
Joe Biden and the Democrats saved me, literally, thousands of dollars this year.
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Joe Biden and the Democrats saved me, literally, thousands of dollars this year.
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New in PN: A war criminal without a war
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New in PN: A war criminal without a war
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
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This is literally neo-Nazi talking points that I've been tracking for years.
This is what white nationalists have been promoting & is the thesis of mass shooters and terrorists such as Anders Breivik.
Now? GOP talking points.
Are they doing politics "the right way?"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what white nationalists have been promoting & is the thesis of mass shooters and terrorists such as Anders Breivik.
Now? GOP talking points.
Are they doing politics "the right way?"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration says Europe faces 'civilisational erasure'
European politicians have begun to react, with Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul saying his country did not need "outside advice".
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is literally neo-Nazi talking points that I've been tracking for years.
This is what white nationalists have been promoting & is the thesis of mass shooters and terrorists such as Anders Breivik.
Now? GOP talking points.
Are they doing politics "the right way?"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what white nationalists have been promoting & is the thesis of mass shooters and terrorists such as Anders Breivik.
Now? GOP talking points.
Are they doing politics "the right way?"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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SCOTUS cleared Texas to use maps a lower court found to be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. A new grand jury refused to indict Tish James after Trump's DoJ tried to file new charges. And on the Hill, lawmakers were briefed on the Pentagon's deadly double-tap strike.
Supreme Court upholds Texas maps. Grand Jury declines to charge Tish James. Congress briefed on double-tap strike.
Supreme Court upholds Texas maps. Grand Jury declines to charge Tish James. Congress briefed on double-tap strike.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
SCOTUS cleared Texas to use maps a lower court found to be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. A new grand jury refused to indict Tish James after Trump's DoJ tried to file new charges. And on the Hill, lawmakers were briefed on the Pentagon's deadly double-tap strike.
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Democrats wanted to force big airlines to pay you if they delayed your flight for hours and hours. Then Trump came into office and cancelled the entire plan.
Why? Because he only cares about helping out his billionaire buddies, not you.
Why? Because he only cares about helping out his billionaire buddies, not you.
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Democrats wanted to force big airlines to pay you if they delayed your flight for hours and hours. Then Trump came into office and cancelled the entire plan.
Why? Because he only cares about helping out his billionaire buddies, not you.
Why? Because he only cares about helping out his billionaire buddies, not you.
How far will the racists in the Roberts majority go to advance the white supremacist ambitions of the Republican Party? Guess we're going to find out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
How far will the racists in the Roberts majority go to advance the white supremacist ambitions of the Republican Party? Guess we're going to find out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.
Gov. JB Pritzker signs law on Illinois vaccine guidelines amid ongoing tumult with Trump administration
The new law, part of the Illinois governor’s ongoing battle with the Trump administration, expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois, among other …
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December 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.
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We need more of this, @demgovs.org. And fast.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.
Gov. JB Pritzker signs law on Illinois vaccine guidelines amid ongoing tumult with Trump administration
The new law, part of the Illinois governor’s ongoing battle with the Trump administration, expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois, among other …
trib.al
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We need more of this, @demgovs.org. And fast.
