Tom Smith
@rcolddroid.bsky.social
Vietnam Vet, Retired Navy Chief! A fighter for Truth, Justice, and the American Dream! I swore an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic! Opinions are my own!
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado appears on the balcony of Oslo's Grand Hotel after secretly fleeing Venezuela.
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado appears on the balcony of Oslo's Grand Hotel after secretly fleeing Venezuela.
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Proud.
Southridge High students walked out in solidarity today—joining a wave of young people refusing to be silent while ICE storms their communities. After months of armed, masked agents targeting teens, they’re drawing a line: We protect each other. We show up. And we won’t let fear decide our future.
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Proud.
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"A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to immediately end its current deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles, ruling that the federal government had illegally kept them in the city long after intense street protests had ended in the summer."
#Pinks
#Pinks
Judge Says Trump Must End Guard Deployment in Los Angeles
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to immediately end its current deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles, ruling that the federal government had illegally kept them in the city long after intense street protests had ended in the summer."
#Pinks
#Pinks
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BREAKING NEWS:
3 individual Judges, (1 in FL, 2 in NY) have all ruled the Files to be released. The ruling grants the requests to Unseal and Release all Jeffrey Epstein related files. 70 pages are of the Grand Jury proceeding. We are expecting sheer transparency. The Survivors deserve this NOW.
3 individual Judges, (1 in FL, 2 in NY) have all ruled the Files to be released. The ruling grants the requests to Unseal and Release all Jeffrey Epstein related files. 70 pages are of the Grand Jury proceeding. We are expecting sheer transparency. The Survivors deserve this NOW.
New York judge orders release of Epstein grand jury records
The ruling comes days after a federal judge in Florida also ordered the release of grand jury investigations into Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 and 2007.
www.nbcnewyork.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
BREAKING NEWS:
3 individual Judges, (1 in FL, 2 in NY) have all ruled the Files to be released. The ruling grants the requests to Unseal and Release all Jeffrey Epstein related files. 70 pages are of the Grand Jury proceeding. We are expecting sheer transparency. The Survivors deserve this NOW.
3 individual Judges, (1 in FL, 2 in NY) have all ruled the Files to be released. The ruling grants the requests to Unseal and Release all Jeffrey Epstein related files. 70 pages are of the Grand Jury proceeding. We are expecting sheer transparency. The Survivors deserve this NOW.
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#DACA recipient Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and mute, was at work when agents swooped in like it was a warzone and then refused to uncuff him so he could communicate.
He later said the court interpreter at his hearing “was the first time in wks someone communicated w/him using sign language.”
He later said the court interpreter at his hearing “was the first time in wks someone communicated w/him using sign language.”
new from @tusk81.bsky.social:
From citizens to longtime neighbors, countless people were harmed under Trump’s extremist agenda in 2025. This was never about fixing the system, it was about wielding cruelty as power.
From citizens to longtime neighbors, countless people were harmed under Trump’s extremist agenda in 2025. This was never about fixing the system, it was about wielding cruelty as power.
A Look Back at 2025: Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Obsession and Abuses of Power
It was never about keeping us safe.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#DACA recipient Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and mute, was at work when agents swooped in like it was a warzone and then refused to uncuff him so he could communicate.
He later said the court interpreter at his hearing “was the first time in wks someone communicated w/him using sign language.”
He later said the court interpreter at his hearing “was the first time in wks someone communicated w/him using sign language.”
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A lesson for the religious right.
If this were truly a Christian nation.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #ChristianNation
If this were truly a Christian nation.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #ChristianNation
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A lesson for the religious right.
If this were truly a Christian nation.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #ChristianNation
If this were truly a Christian nation.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #ChristianNation
We need a Criminal Accountability Day and soon!
Today is International Human Rights Day and of course the U.S. government did not recognize Human Rights Day this year.https://www.nps.gov/elro/learn/historyculture/udhr.htm?utm_source=substack
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We need a Criminal Accountability Day and soon!
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@governor.pa.gov
Governor,Trump was a civilian when he faked an assassination attempt that led to the death of two people. You need to order an investigation into this staged murder. There is no statute
of limitations and he is a murderer.
Governor,Trump was a civilian when he faked an assassination attempt that led to the death of two people. You need to order an investigation into this staged murder. There is no statute
of limitations and he is a murderer.
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@governor.pa.gov
Governor,Trump was a civilian when he faked an assassination attempt that led to the death of two people. You need to order an investigation into this staged murder. There is no statute
of limitations and he is a murderer.
Governor,Trump was a civilian when he faked an assassination attempt that led to the death of two people. You need to order an investigation into this staged murder. There is no statute
of limitations and he is a murderer.
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RELEASE THE UNREDACTED ESPTEIN FILES & VIDEOS
CONVICT ALL THE FELONS
INCLUDING THOSE COLLUDING TO THE COVERUP
FOLLOW THE MONEY
CONVICT ALL THE FELONS
INCLUDING THOSE COLLUDING TO THE COVERUP
FOLLOW THE MONEY
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
RELEASE THE UNREDACTED ESPTEIN FILES & VIDEOS
CONVICT ALL THE FELONS
INCLUDING THOSE COLLUDING TO THE COVERUP
FOLLOW THE MONEY
CONVICT ALL THE FELONS
INCLUDING THOSE COLLUDING TO THE COVERUP
FOLLOW THE MONEY
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Release the files … unredacted …. NOW.
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Release the files … unredacted …. NOW.
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The only thing our taxes seem to pay for anymore is state violence that is more often than not wielded against us, be it the military or the dozens of "law enforcement" agencies.
How is that any different than a mob protection racket?
How is that any different than a mob protection racket?
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The only thing our taxes seem to pay for anymore is state violence that is more often than not wielded against us, be it the military or the dozens of "law enforcement" agencies.
How is that any different than a mob protection racket?
How is that any different than a mob protection racket?
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Truth
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Truth
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Important news in this piece:
—Missouri organizers say they’ve collected over 300,000 signatures to block the GOP gerrymander. (They have until Thursday to submit roughly 110,000 valid ones.)
—Federal judge rejects GOP lawsuit to toss the petition. missouriindependent.com/2025/12/08/f...
—Missouri organizers say they’ve collected over 300,000 signatures to block the GOP gerrymander. (They have until Thursday to submit roughly 110,000 valid ones.)
—Federal judge rejects GOP lawsuit to toss the petition. missouriindependent.com/2025/12/08/f...
Federal judge rejects Missouri AG’s push to block referendum on gerrymandered map • Missouri Independent
A federal judge Monday refused to back Missouri’s Republican leaders efforts to block a statewide vote on a gerrymandered congressional map.
missouriindependent.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Important news in this piece:
—Missouri organizers say they’ve collected over 300,000 signatures to block the GOP gerrymander. (They have until Thursday to submit roughly 110,000 valid ones.)
—Federal judge rejects GOP lawsuit to toss the petition. missouriindependent.com/2025/12/08/f...
—Missouri organizers say they’ve collected over 300,000 signatures to block the GOP gerrymander. (They have until Thursday to submit roughly 110,000 valid ones.)
—Federal judge rejects GOP lawsuit to toss the petition. missouriindependent.com/2025/12/08/f...
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Christine Woods’ lawsuit forced the county to redraw local maps this year and create three majority black districts.
Christine Woods, a Black resident of Tennessee's Fayette County, sued her county over how it drew local political maps. She says, “Maybe in their mind, the people they were elected to serve—maybe the people they think of don’t look like me.”
Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS.
The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.
boltsmag.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Christine Woods’ lawsuit forced the county to redraw local maps this year and create three majority black districts.
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Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“
And by extension, a Supreme Court
And by extension, a Supreme Court
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“
And by extension, a Supreme Court
And by extension, a Supreme Court
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ProPublica reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social found that more than 170 U.S. citizens had been detained by immigration agents.
“The number became an important, irrefutable fact in the conversation about the immigration crackdown,” our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
“The number became an important, irrefutable fact in the conversation about the immigration crackdown,” our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our journalists are doing shoe-leather reporting to provide readers with the precise numbers.
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ProPublica reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social found that more than 170 U.S. citizens had been detained by immigration agents.
“The number became an important, irrefutable fact in the conversation about the immigration crackdown,” our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
“The number became an important, irrefutable fact in the conversation about the immigration crackdown,” our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
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NEW: The Trump administration has been accusing political enemies of mortgage fraud for claiming more than one primary residence.
Records show President Trump himself did the same thing.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Records show President Trump himself did the same thing.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has been accusing political enemies of mortgage fraud for claiming more than one primary residence.
Records show President Trump himself did the same thing.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Records show President Trump himself did the same thing.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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youtu.be/UmRgEi23jNQ #lawrenceodonnell #msnow
Donald Trump’s escalating military campaign in the Caribbean, Lawrence explains, is part of Trump’s latest attempt to divert attention away from the Epstein files and the cost of living and health insurance in America.
Lawrence O’Donnell | MS NOW
Donald Trump’s escalating military campaign in the Caribbean, Lawrence explains, is part of Trump’s latest attempt to divert attention away from the Epstein files and the cost of living and health insurance in America.
Lawrence O’Donnell | MS NOW
Lawrence: If Trump hasn’t called you a ‘terrible reporter’ then you’re not doing your job
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
youtu.be/UmRgEi23jNQ #lawrenceodonnell #msnow
Donald Trump’s escalating military campaign in the Caribbean, Lawrence explains, is part of Trump’s latest attempt to divert attention away from the Epstein files and the cost of living and health insurance in America.
Lawrence O’Donnell | MS NOW
Donald Trump’s escalating military campaign in the Caribbean, Lawrence explains, is part of Trump’s latest attempt to divert attention away from the Epstein files and the cost of living and health insurance in America.
Lawrence O’Donnell | MS NOW