Scott Harrigan
@rangers42.bsky.social
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Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.
July 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.
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Prof McBride, USNA 1974, PhD Johns Hopkins, went on to say, “Your acquiescence was a repudiation of the Naval Academy’s historic mission. You may take some solace that the removal of these books was a lawful order. However, such an interpretation runs contrary to larger Constitutional issues ..
April 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Prof McBride, USNA 1974, PhD Johns Hopkins, went on to say, “Your acquiescence was a repudiation of the Naval Academy’s historic mission. You may take some solace that the removal of these books was a lawful order. However, such an interpretation runs contrary to larger Constitutional issues ..
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The Naval Academy cancelled a freakin' Ken Burns documentary showing, not because of the content, but because Burns had been critical of Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Naval Academy cancelled a freakin' Ken Burns documentary showing, not because of the content, but because Burns had been critical of Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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Today is Day 13.
Still 0 deals.
Still 0 deals.
April 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Today is Day 13.
Still 0 deals.
Still 0 deals.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing scrutiny over his use of the commercial messaging app Signal to discuss U.S. military operations, including operational details about strikes in Yemen.
Here’s what to know.
Here’s what to know.
Pete Hegseth’s Signal chats are drawing scrutiny. Here’s what to know.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly twice shared operational details about military missions via Signal, a commercial messaging app.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing scrutiny over his use of the commercial messaging app Signal to discuss U.S. military operations, including operational details about strikes in Yemen.
Here’s what to know.
Here’s what to know.
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Big price to pay
April 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Big price to pay
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"I'd fire him" -- Don Bacon on Hegseth
April 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"I'd fire him" -- Don Bacon on Hegseth
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Trump officials tried to reopen negotiations in recent days, but Harvard refused. Instead, the university has accused the administration of breaking the law.
Harvard Plans to Use Trump’s Haste Against Him as It Fights Funding Cut
Harvard’s lawyers suggest the administration was sloppy when it froze billions in federal funding. A mundane but crucial law is essential to the university’s case against the government.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Trump officials tried to reopen negotiations in recent days, but Harvard refused. Instead, the university has accused the administration of breaking the law.
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NOTE: There are more people *in this frame of television* than there are transgender athletes in the State of Maine
*All* of this is theater for stupid people
*All* of this is theater for stupid people
April 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NOTE: There are more people *in this frame of television* than there are transgender athletes in the State of Maine
*All* of this is theater for stupid people
*All* of this is theater for stupid people
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Sickening.
We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sickening.
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
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Jim Cramer right now railing about the lack of constitutional / press / legal checks on a runaway executive branch. The era of Resistance CNBC is going to be wild
April 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Jim Cramer right now railing about the lack of constitutional / press / legal checks on a runaway executive branch. The era of Resistance CNBC is going to be wild
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Violent rightist media:
“Don’t trust economists, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust doctors, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust scientists, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust religious leaders, trust Trump.”
“DO NOT TRUST ANYONE UNLESS ITS DONALD TRUMP.”
“Don’t trust economists, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust doctors, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust scientists, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust religious leaders, trust Trump.”
“DO NOT TRUST ANYONE UNLESS ITS DONALD TRUMP.”
April 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Violent rightist media:
“Don’t trust economists, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust doctors, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust scientists, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust religious leaders, trust Trump.”
“DO NOT TRUST ANYONE UNLESS ITS DONALD TRUMP.”
“Don’t trust economists, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust doctors, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust scientists, trust Trump.”
“Don’t trust religious leaders, trust Trump.”
“DO NOT TRUST ANYONE UNLESS ITS DONALD TRUMP.”
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A federal judge ruled that the Trump White House must admit the AP's journalists to news events - ruling its exclusion was "unlawful."
Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech.
My NPR story:
www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...
Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech.
My NPR story:
www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...
Judge orders White House to allow AP access to news events
U.S. Judge Trevor N. McFadden rules the White House cannot deny the Associated Press access to news events because the wire service continues to use "Gulf of Mexico" rather than "Gulf of America".
www.npr.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A federal judge ruled that the Trump White House must admit the AP's journalists to news events - ruling its exclusion was "unlawful."
Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech.
My NPR story:
www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...
Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech.
My NPR story:
www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...
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if this is all true, then the last bit is deeply unfair to the rocks
April 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
if this is all true, then the last bit is deeply unfair to the rocks
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We are in the midst of a coup d’etat and we are living under an oligarchy.
The Trump-Musk regime and Republican Party are transforming how we are governed. This is not an unconstitutional assault, but rather an anti-constitutional assault. Virtually every ruling tradition is being pillaged all in t
The Trump-Musk regime and Republican Party are transforming how we are governed. This is not an unconstitutional assault, but rather an anti-constitutional assault. Virtually every ruling tradition is being pillaged all in t
Stop asking 'can it happen here?' It is happening here.
Not since those sweltering days in Philadelphia in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention has the United States confronted so fundamental a restructuring of the federal government. What’s happening! Today, the mainstream press declares “it can’t happen here” because we are not an authoritarian societ...
www.alternet.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We are in the midst of a coup d’etat and we are living under an oligarchy.
The Trump-Musk regime and Republican Party are transforming how we are governed. This is not an unconstitutional assault, but rather an anti-constitutional assault. Virtually every ruling tradition is being pillaged all in t
The Trump-Musk regime and Republican Party are transforming how we are governed. This is not an unconstitutional assault, but rather an anti-constitutional assault. Virtually every ruling tradition is being pillaged all in t
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Thanks, Trump and Musk! 🤬
March 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Thanks, Trump and Musk! 🤬
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Did Putin sign the cease fire agreement yet?
Because Trump said if he didn’t sign it right away he was going to really teach him a lesson.
Any updates from the Kremlin?
Because Trump said if he didn’t sign it right away he was going to really teach him a lesson.
Any updates from the Kremlin?
March 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Did Putin sign the cease fire agreement yet?
Because Trump said if he didn’t sign it right away he was going to really teach him a lesson.
Any updates from the Kremlin?
Because Trump said if he didn’t sign it right away he was going to really teach him a lesson.
Any updates from the Kremlin?
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Federal immigration authorities on Saturday detained a well-known activist who played a major role in Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian student movement last year, his lawyer said. The former Columbia graduate student is a legal permanent resident of the U.S.
ICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia
Mahmoud Khalil, who recently completed a graduate program at Columbia, has legal permanent residency, his lawyer said.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Federal immigration authorities on Saturday detained a well-known activist who played a major role in Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian student movement last year, his lawyer said. The former Columbia graduate student is a legal permanent resident of the U.S.
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Kristi Noem accompanied ICE on a raid this morning, styling a flak jacket to keep her safe in the extremely dangerous area of (checks notes) Arlington, Virginia
March 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Kristi Noem accompanied ICE on a raid this morning, styling a flak jacket to keep her safe in the extremely dangerous area of (checks notes) Arlington, Virginia
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A story in two acts.
February 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A story in two acts.
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This afternoon, the top FDA food official responsible for overseeing America's food safety and inspections resigned from the federal government.
Top FDA Food Administrator Resigns After Mass Layoffs
This individual was responsible for overseeing our nation's food safety
meidasnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This afternoon, the top FDA food official responsible for overseeing America's food safety and inspections resigned from the federal government.