Jack Stansbury
@stansburyj.bsky.social
Campaign mgr for Beth Farnham for Congress in 2026. Any views expressed are mine alone & do not reflect the views of Beth Farnham. Teacher, programmer, non-profit Board. Patent with my HS kids. Ellie, Eddie, Felix amuse me. M. Ed., MSCS.
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It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.
Simone Weil
Simone Weil
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Statement from the House Select Committee on China, chaired by Republican Rep. John Moolenaar. Trump is selling us out to a foreign country. Again.
December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Statement from the House Select Committee on China, chaired by Republican Rep. John Moolenaar. Trump is selling us out to a foreign country. Again.
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POLITICO: Should Hegseth testify under oath about the second strike on the alleged drug boat?
TRUMP: I don't care if he does. I don't care
POLITICO: Do you think he should?
TRUMP: I don't care. I would say do it if you want.
TRUMP: I don't care if he does. I don't care
POLITICO: Do you think he should?
TRUMP: I don't care. I would say do it if you want.
December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
POLITICO: Should Hegseth testify under oath about the second strike on the alleged drug boat?
TRUMP: I don't care if he does. I don't care
POLITICO: Do you think he should?
TRUMP: I don't care. I would say do it if you want.
TRUMP: I don't care if he does. I don't care
POLITICO: Do you think he should?
TRUMP: I don't care. I would say do it if you want.
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The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything
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Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.
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I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.
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The reason we don’t sell H200, and other advanced chips to China is that they have dual-use (military and civilian) capability.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The reason we don’t sell H200, and other advanced chips to China is that they have dual-use (military and civilian) capability.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
These will help China improve their AI, surveillance, and cyber espionage capability.
The export controls existed strictly for NatSec purposes.
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The administration’s step toward reversing the longstanding, science-based recommendation that all newborns be vaccinated against Hepatitis B will increase preventable cancers and cost lives.
As 40 leading medical, health and patient groups put it: “we will all pay a price.”
As 40 leading medical, health and patient groups put it: “we will all pay a price.”
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The administration’s step toward reversing the longstanding, science-based recommendation that all newborns be vaccinated against Hepatitis B will increase preventable cancers and cost lives.
As 40 leading medical, health and patient groups put it: “we will all pay a price.”
As 40 leading medical, health and patient groups put it: “we will all pay a price.”
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Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Just in: Missouri organizers have turned in ≈300,000 signatures to block the GOP's new gerrymander there.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
Campaign to put gerrymandered Missouri map on the ballot turns in 300,000 signatures • Missouri Independent
Roughly 300,000 signatures demanding Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map be placed on the 2026 ballot were submitted.
missouriindependent.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Just in: Missouri organizers have turned in ≈300,000 signatures to block the GOP's new gerrymander there.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
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Of course criminal slumlord Jared Kushner is behind Paramount’s hostile $108B bid to acquire Warner Bros.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Of course criminal slumlord Jared Kushner is behind Paramount’s hostile $108B bid to acquire Warner Bros.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
Faking a Middle East peace mission and illegally accepting $2B from Saudi Arabia in exchange for US intel wasn’t enough for this crook. They should’ve jailed him long ago.
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While millions scrounge to pay for groceries and medical procedures, FBI Director Kash Patel flies his taxpayer-paid private jet to “date night” with his girlfriend and the “Boondoggle Ranch” (its real name, I kid you not).
House Judiciary Democrats demand reimbursement to the taxpayers.
House Judiciary Democrats demand reimbursement to the taxpayers.
Democrats begin congressional probe of Kash Patel's use of FBI Gulfstream jet
House Democrats allege Patel has used the FBI's Gulfstream jet for a "date night" in Tennessee and an outing with friends in Texas.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
While millions scrounge to pay for groceries and medical procedures, FBI Director Kash Patel flies his taxpayer-paid private jet to “date night” with his girlfriend and the “Boondoggle Ranch” (its real name, I kid you not).
House Judiciary Democrats demand reimbursement to the taxpayers.
House Judiciary Democrats demand reimbursement to the taxpayers.
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POLITICO: Don Jr said you're going to walk away from Ukraine. Is that correct?
TRUMP: It's not correct, but it's not exactly wrong
TRUMP: It's not correct, but it's not exactly wrong
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
POLITICO: Don Jr said you're going to walk away from Ukraine. Is that correct?
TRUMP: It's not correct, but it's not exactly wrong
TRUMP: It's not correct, but it's not exactly wrong
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"There need to be subpoenas for witnesses, for documents all up and down the chain of command. I think it’s appropriate that Hegseth is in the hot seat...but we need to remember that this whole campaign also goes all the way up to the president."
@tessbridgeman.bsky.social is so good in this chat:
@tessbridgeman.bsky.social is so good in this chat:
Trump's bombings are "murder" and "summary executions," says @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, and Hegeth should watch "where he travels when he’s no longer in office" due to potential prosecution by "international tribunals."
On the pod Tess powerfully lays out this case:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
On the pod Tess powerfully lays out this case:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Hegseth Defense Collapsing as Fresh Leaks on Strikes Grow More Damning
As new info makes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s illegal killings look even worse, an expert in national security law explains why his case is imploding—and what must happen now to secure accountabi...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"There need to be subpoenas for witnesses, for documents all up and down the chain of command. I think it’s appropriate that Hegseth is in the hot seat...but we need to remember that this whole campaign also goes all the way up to the president."
@tessbridgeman.bsky.social is so good in this chat:
@tessbridgeman.bsky.social is so good in this chat:
“You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don't see things as clearly as you do. We have to guard carefully against it.” - Carl Sagan
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December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don't see things as clearly as you do. We have to guard carefully against it.” - Carl Sagan
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A federal judge struck down Trump’s halt on approvals of all wind power projects on federal lands and waters.
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A federal judge struck down Trump’s halt on approvals of all wind power projects on federal lands and waters.
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This time there is no bailout for working class Americans.
The people who caused it, wanted it to happen.
It will trigger the most egregious wealth transfer (to the oligarchs) in history, making them too big to fail…or jail.
The people who caused it, wanted it to happen.
It will trigger the most egregious wealth transfer (to the oligarchs) in history, making them too big to fail…or jail.
December 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This time there is no bailout for working class Americans.
The people who caused it, wanted it to happen.
It will trigger the most egregious wealth transfer (to the oligarchs) in history, making them too big to fail…or jail.
The people who caused it, wanted it to happen.
It will trigger the most egregious wealth transfer (to the oligarchs) in history, making them too big to fail…or jail.
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“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne
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vote for me, Beth Farnham, to represent Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District because not only do I #ChooseDemocracy, I choose the health, safety, and privacy of Everyday Americans.
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
vote for me, Beth Farnham, to represent Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District because not only do I #ChooseDemocracy, I choose the health, safety, and privacy of Everyday Americans.
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Ya know, when a teenager puts a bunch of names on a random list, we call in the authorities, not supply the ammunition.
Schiff: "I think that all of these strikes are unlawful. They are a form of extrajudicial killing. These boats are not invading the US in an armed assault ... the fact the administration may put a group of organizations on a list doesn't confer on a president the ability to kill them at sea."
December 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ya know, when a teenager puts a bunch of names on a random list, we call in the authorities, not supply the ammunition.