@pls16.bsky.social
Blue dot in a red state. Hanging in there for now
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Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ passed this year will add record amounts to the national debt while enacting regressive tax cuts and pushing millions off of Medicaid. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ passed this year will add record amounts to the national debt while enacting regressive tax cuts and pushing millions off of Medicaid. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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I always think about the maya Angelou quote because it’s really true,
“People will always remember how you made them feel,"
“People will always remember how you made them feel,"
December 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I always think about the maya Angelou quote because it’s really true,
“People will always remember how you made them feel,"
“People will always remember how you made them feel,"
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Why didn’t people believe the victims ?
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Why didn’t people believe the victims ?
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For MAGA on X
Pedophilia isn't a deal breaker? Time for some serious self-reflection
Pedophilia isn't a deal breaker? Time for some serious self-reflection
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
For MAGA on X
Pedophilia isn't a deal breaker? Time for some serious self-reflection
Pedophilia isn't a deal breaker? Time for some serious self-reflection
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People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
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But the “Biden crime family,” right?
December 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
But the “Biden crime family,” right?
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Trump and Republicans claim they want to "protect children."
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Trump and Republicans claim they want to "protect children."
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
How disrespectful to add trump’s name to the Kennedy Center. As usual, he’s doing something he isn’t allowed to do. He is trash
December 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
How disrespectful to add trump’s name to the Kennedy Center. As usual, he’s doing something he isn’t allowed to do. He is trash
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🚨 US CITIZEN KIDNAPPED BY ICE FACES BEING TRAFFICKED OUT OF COUNTRY 🚨
#CallToAction - Share this video far and wide! Yesterday a US citizen was kidnapped by ICE. In under 48 hours, she was illegally moved out of Maryland, ignoring the court order to keep her there. She's at last stop to deportation
#CallToAction - Share this video far and wide! Yesterday a US citizen was kidnapped by ICE. In under 48 hours, she was illegally moved out of Maryland, ignoring the court order to keep her there. She's at last stop to deportation
December 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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The world has lost two magnificently creative human beings in Rob and Michele Reiner. Their violent deaths add to the darkness of these days, but their humor, their compassion and their love for the world shine an imperishable light.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The world has lost two magnificently creative human beings in Rob and Michele Reiner. Their violent deaths add to the darkness of these days, but their humor, their compassion and their love for the world shine an imperishable light.
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So, this happened😱 no one is talking about it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So, this happened😱 no one is talking about it.
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Re: Donald Trump’s comments about Rob Reiner.
Rob Reiner was a compassionate human, a devotee of democracy, a necessary moral voice and a greatly gifted creative artist.
Donald Trump is a sick sociopath and a hateful person who dishonors the human race every time he opens his mouth.
Rob Reiner was a compassionate human, a devotee of democracy, a necessary moral voice and a greatly gifted creative artist.
Donald Trump is a sick sociopath and a hateful person who dishonors the human race every time he opens his mouth.
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Re: Donald Trump’s comments about Rob Reiner.
Rob Reiner was a compassionate human, a devotee of democracy, a necessary moral voice and a greatly gifted creative artist.
Donald Trump is a sick sociopath and a hateful person who dishonors the human race every time he opens his mouth.
Rob Reiner was a compassionate human, a devotee of democracy, a necessary moral voice and a greatly gifted creative artist.
Donald Trump is a sick sociopath and a hateful person who dishonors the human race every time he opens his mouth.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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Things to celebrate: JD Vance and Mike Johnson both went to Indiana to whip votes. The failed.
December 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Things to celebrate: JD Vance and Mike Johnson both went to Indiana to whip votes. The failed.
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Yesterday, Spc Sarah Becstrom was laid to rest in West Virginia at a VA National Cemetery.
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
Spc. Sarah Beckstrom laid to rest with full military honors at W.Va. National Cemetery
Spc. Sarah Beckstrom was laid to rest with full military honors Tuesday in Grafton.
www.wvva.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Yesterday, Spc Sarah Becstrom was laid to rest in West Virginia at a VA National Cemetery.
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 268. This is a big one. Noem runs out of a hearing after getting destroyed and Indiana Republicans reject Trump. That and everything else that happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 268. 12/11/25
… A contentious exchange took place today between Kristi Noem and Rep.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Today in Politics, Bulletin 268. This is a big one. Noem runs out of a hearing after getting destroyed and Indiana Republicans reject Trump. That and everything else that happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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No one, literally no one on the planet is dumb enough to believe this fucking shit is from “hand shaking.”
No one.
No one.
December 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
No one, literally no one on the planet is dumb enough to believe this fucking shit is from “hand shaking.”
No one.
No one.
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Who do you think you are @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social - Nancy Mace? Only she out fake injures Trump!!!
Also, why is your cast pee hole at your belly button? I have many questions.
Also, why is your cast pee hole at your belly button? I have many questions.
December 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Who do you think you are @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social - Nancy Mace? Only she out fake injures Trump!!!
Also, why is your cast pee hole at your belly button? I have many questions.
Also, why is your cast pee hole at your belly button? I have many questions.
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Sean Hecker, Kilmar's attorney, once hailed how much courage it took Kilmar to challenge what DOJ/DHS is doing to him. That stuck with me. Kilmar Abrego is just some guy, vulnerable in a way most of us are not.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
"Today’s ruling is a powerful affirmation that the rule of law still matters," Sandoval-Moshenberg said. "The Court made … clear that the govt cannot detain a person indefinitely without legal authority, and that every agency involved must now comply fully and promptly with the Court’s directives."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from ICE custody following judge's order
Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court in Maryland ruled that the Trump administration lacked the legal authority to continue holding Abrego.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sean Hecker, Kilmar's attorney, once hailed how much courage it took Kilmar to challenge what DOJ/DHS is doing to him. That stuck with me. Kilmar Abrego is just some guy, vulnerable in a way most of us are not.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
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lol ... let him keep saying it. Never get in your enemy's way when he's busy destroying himself.
Moskowitz: "Perhaps someone should tell the president that every time he says 'affordability is a hoax,' another Democrat sprouts of the ground and lands in the House of Representatives and eventually we'll get a gavel."
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
lol ... let him keep saying it. Never get in your enemy's way when he's busy destroying himself.
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Senate rejects dueling health care bills as Obamacare deadline looms
The result virtually guarantees insurance subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will lapse at the end of the year, dramatically driving up health care costs.
The result virtually guarantees insurance subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will lapse at the end of the year, dramatically driving up health care costs.
Senate rejects dueling health care bills as Obamacare deadline looms
The result virtually guarantees insurance subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will lapse at the end of the year.
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Senate rejects dueling health care bills as Obamacare deadline looms
The result virtually guarantees insurance subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will lapse at the end of the year, dramatically driving up health care costs.
The result virtually guarantees insurance subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will lapse at the end of the year, dramatically driving up health care costs.