rhammer
@rhammersley.bsky.social
energy/land-use/enviro attorney, ecologist, activist & political junkie, angler/hunter, cyclist/triathlete, music lover, futbol (Arsenal) & Michigan sports fan; live in Traverse City. (he/him)
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Yes, revealing the truth certainly does “hinder” corruption and the manufacturing of lies and propaganda…
Russia said the leak of a recording of a call between top advisers to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was unacceptable and clearly aimed at hindering discussions between Russia and the United States reut.rs/3Xk4PHz
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Yes, revealing the truth certainly does “hinder” corruption and the manufacturing of lies and propaganda…
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When our neighbors are in need, West Michigan always lends a helping hand. Grateful to see this year's Turkey Trot collecting food to support families across our community.
www.woodtv.com/news/grand-r...
www.woodtv.com/news/grand-r...
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
When our neighbors are in need, West Michigan always lends a helping hand. Grateful to see this year's Turkey Trot collecting food to support families across our community.
www.woodtv.com/news/grand-r...
www.woodtv.com/news/grand-r...
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While you’re paying higher costs for groceries, health care, and day-to-day necessities, Donald Trump and his billionaire donors and corporate special interests are busy lining their pockets.
Majority of corporate Trump ballroom donors represented by 3 lobbying firms, watchdog says
Lobbyists from the three firms mingled with top tech executives and President Trump at a dinner for White House ballroom donors last month.
www.cbsnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
While you’re paying higher costs for groceries, health care, and day-to-day necessities, Donald Trump and his billionaire donors and corporate special interests are busy lining their pockets.
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Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown
Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown
The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown
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Donald Trump shows his commitment to "populism" by having Wall Street elites explain to ordinary Americans why they should pay more for the things that they need.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
As Prices Pinch, Bessent Looks for Ways to Mollify Wary Consumers
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Donald Trump shows his commitment to "populism" by having Wall Street elites explain to ordinary Americans why they should pay more for the things that they need.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
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I'm thankful for all the technologists, FOIA officers, parks workers, public health researchers, criminal investigators, and countless other civil servants who have kept diligently doing their jobs under extreme duress. This year has been bad but it could have been so, so much worse.
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm thankful for all the technologists, FOIA officers, parks workers, public health researchers, criminal investigators, and countless other civil servants who have kept diligently doing their jobs under extreme duress. This year has been bad but it could have been so, so much worse.
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A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
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No, we got the DOGE they always intended. They never intended to cut costs. They intended to destroy government agencies they didn't ideologically believe in.
You really suck at this.
Do not waste our time running for president in 2028.
You really suck at this.
Do not waste our time running for president in 2028.
We all believe in improving efficiency, and a team genuinely focused on that could do a world of good.
But the DOGE we could have had is a far cry from the DOGE we actually got.
But the DOGE we could have had is a far cry from the DOGE we actually got.
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No, we got the DOGE they always intended. They never intended to cut costs. They intended to destroy government agencies they didn't ideologically believe in.
You really suck at this.
Do not waste our time running for president in 2028.
You really suck at this.
Do not waste our time running for president in 2028.
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They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
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I was aware of bitcoin back in the day where you could have just mined some on your computer for fun and I could have been very rich if I had done that and held somehow
but that would have meant spending a lot of time around hardcore crypto people and it would not have been worth it
but that would have meant spending a lot of time around hardcore crypto people and it would not have been worth it
I briefly considered buying a couple bitcoin when it was at like $300 in 2015, but I never would have held onto them long enough to make real money. (or they would have been stolen lol)
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I was aware of bitcoin back in the day where you could have just mined some on your computer for fun and I could have been very rich if I had done that and held somehow
but that would have meant spending a lot of time around hardcore crypto people and it would not have been worth it
but that would have meant spending a lot of time around hardcore crypto people and it would not have been worth it
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AI is not designed to improve your life or your health. It’s designed to further consolidate power, wealth, and control.
I don’t think most patients nor doctors realize that their conversations are now often being recorded by AI scribes with their default consent, permanently stored and used by AI companies, and are accessible to hospitals and practice groups and also easily searchable for sensitive information.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
AI is not designed to improve your life or your health. It’s designed to further consolidate power, wealth, and control.
Plan A for Collins was the Leonard Leo-backed Question 1 to make voting much harder in Maine. Lost 64-36 margin
Plan B for Collins is to attack some of most vulnerable Mainers
any of the usual suck up DC reporters asked her about this?
www.pressherald.com?p=7537762&uu...
Plan B for Collins is to attack some of most vulnerable Mainers
any of the usual suck up DC reporters asked her about this?
www.pressherald.com?p=7537762&uu...
Sen. Collins signs Maine petition for initiative to restrict transgender rights
The proposed referendum aims to enforce President Donald Trump’s <a href="https://themainemonitor.org/maine-title-ix-battle-national-consequences/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">stance on ...
www.pressherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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this is like cyberpunk gothic
"A death-haunted Trump is fed a steady stream of AI-generated news and polls while he focuses 100% of his efforts on building a ballroom that would dwarf the rest of the White House while navigating a series of accellerating and hidden health crises" is my take on the current situation.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
this is like cyberpunk gothic
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Can't believe someone at the Treasury read this and though nah he's right
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/a-cycle...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/a-cycle...
A Cycle to Work budget limit would be a mistake – we need as many people buying bikes as possible
Proposals to limit the amount claimed tax-free for bikes are regressive
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Can't believe someone at the Treasury read this and though nah he's right
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/a-cycle...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/a-cycle...
nonsense
Nothing about the conduct of the Trump II White House would suggest that Noem was running the Alien Enemies Act operation herself, let alone out there freelancing on her own. But we’re supposed to believe that the buck stopped with … Kristi Noem.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
The Contempt of Court Buck Stops With … Kristi Noem?
Not Buying It For One Hot Second For the first time, the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
nonsense
head's up turkey day/weekend travelers in and around the mitten...
There are a few tweaks to the total snowfall forecast in just a few areas.
Michigan’s snowfall forecast: What’s changed overnight
There are a few tweaks to the total snowfall forecast in just a few areas.
www.mlive.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
head's up turkey day/weekend travelers in and around the mitten...
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Ralph Abraham is not only a notorious vaccine dingbat but he was also among the country's worst offenders when it came to prescribing opioids and also he may actually be a horse doctor rather than a human doctor?
One of America's foremost authorities on vaccines has appointed a notorious vaccine skeptic as its second-in-command.
RFK Jr.’s CDC Gives Top Job to Doctor Who Slammed Vaccines
Critics have blasted Dr. Ralph Abraham for pushing bogus treatments during the pandemic and halting Louisiana’s vaccination campaign.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ralph Abraham is not only a notorious vaccine dingbat but he was also among the country's worst offenders when it came to prescribing opioids and also he may actually be a horse doctor rather than a human doctor?
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Akio Toyoda, Toyota's shadow CEO, has gone full MAGA.
Under his watch, Toyota has cozied up to Trump & become the largest funder of climate deniers & the most aggressive anti-climate lobbyist in the auto industry.
Toyota's far from the green darling it claims to be.
Under his watch, Toyota has cozied up to Trump & become the largest funder of climate deniers & the most aggressive anti-climate lobbyist in the auto industry.
Toyota's far from the green darling it claims to be.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Akio Toyoda, Toyota's shadow CEO, has gone full MAGA.
Under his watch, Toyota has cozied up to Trump & become the largest funder of climate deniers & the most aggressive anti-climate lobbyist in the auto industry.
Toyota's far from the green darling it claims to be.
Under his watch, Toyota has cozied up to Trump & become the largest funder of climate deniers & the most aggressive anti-climate lobbyist in the auto industry.
Toyota's far from the green darling it claims to be.
smdh...
UC Berkeley (1) fires losing football coach, (2) will continue to pay him $10.9 million, (3) hires prominent anti-vax wacko as interim coach. Great work, California! #highereducationpriorities @governor.ca.gov
Cal makes an extremely unlikely, controversial choice for fill-in coach
Nick Rolovich is set to lead the Bears for at least one game this season.
www.sfgate.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
smdh...
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Imagine going through life like this
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Imagine going through life like this
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Honored to join Second Baptist Church SW, Giant Food, and incredible volunteers at yesterday’s Thanksgiving food drive. Grateful for the community organizations making sure families have what they need this holiday season. This is what Thanksgiving is all about.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Honored to join Second Baptist Church SW, Giant Food, and incredible volunteers at yesterday’s Thanksgiving food drive. Grateful for the community organizations making sure families have what they need this holiday season. This is what Thanksgiving is all about.
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From my anecdotal experience, this is absolutely true
Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.
Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people
A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges of using the city's license plate cameras to stalk and harass people.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
From my anecdotal experience, this is absolutely true
useful
In Google's search engine, you can suppress AI summaries by adding "-ar" to the end of your query.
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
For example: "best way to brine a turkey -ar" www.google.com/search?q=bes...
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
useful
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If the executive can unilaterally shift all functioning out of an congressionally established agency, then what is left of Congress’ lawmaking?
Why should Congress authorize executive agencies to do anything at all, ever?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Why should Congress authorize executive agencies to do anything at all, ever?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If the executive can unilaterally shift all functioning out of an congressionally established agency, then what is left of Congress’ lawmaking?
Why should Congress authorize executive agencies to do anything at all, ever?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Why should Congress authorize executive agencies to do anything at all, ever?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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This seems like a play to cut NPS profitability to make it easier to open these lands up to extraction. 35% of NPS visitors are from overseas
US triples national park fee for non-residents, amid ‘new’ fee for Americans
Interior department, which has defunded conservation organizations, claims fee hike is for conservation
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This seems like a play to cut NPS profitability to make it easier to open these lands up to extraction. 35% of NPS visitors are from overseas