MamaBear is in Georgia
@stllstandingbear.bsky.social
Fan of science, DEI, immigration, democracy, rule of law, preserving habitats, and American chestnut trees.
No to Christian Nationalism, dictatorships and the people who enable them.
I spend my spare time outside in awe of the natural world.
No to Christian Nationalism, dictatorships and the people who enable them.
I spend my spare time outside in awe of the natural world.
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This from the guy determined to lock up anyone he doesn't like for crimes they didn't commit.
If an elderly cancer survivor didn’t want to spend 9 years in prison, because that would terrible and not worth the risk, she shouldn’t have committed four felony counts of election fraud…
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This from the guy determined to lock up anyone he doesn't like for crimes they didn't commit.
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Newsom’s comms team still going hard
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Newsom’s comms team still going hard
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1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
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Trump never had reasonable concerns. Other people did. He did not
Donald Trump had reasonable concerns about how Joe Biden’s relatives enriched themselves through his service. Yet his own family is making the “Biden crime family” look small-time
How Donald Trump is turning into Joe Biden
It’s about more than denying inflation
econ.st
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trump never had reasonable concerns. Other people did. He did not
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The Republicans’ problem is that their entire health care plan has been to be against stuff: Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Care.
Their “plans” are an incoherent grab-bag of billionaire-funded policy junk that consumers will hate. Bring it on.
Their “plans” are an incoherent grab-bag of billionaire-funded policy junk that consumers will hate. Bring it on.
thehill.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Republicans’ problem is that their entire health care plan has been to be against stuff: Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Care.
Their “plans” are an incoherent grab-bag of billionaire-funded policy junk that consumers will hate. Bring it on.
Their “plans” are an incoherent grab-bag of billionaire-funded policy junk that consumers will hate. Bring it on.
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Over on Twitter, a bunch of right-wing people are claiming to have inherited The Post's desk in the Pentagon press area with one responding to having been corrected by bragging about how they, unlike The Post, promised not to journalism.
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Over on Twitter, a bunch of right-wing people are claiming to have inherited The Post's desk in the Pentagon press area with one responding to having been corrected by bragging about how they, unlike The Post, promised not to journalism.
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These people are operating outside the State Department, rather like the “Three Amigos” of Trump’s first term.
Steve Witkoff, a special envoy for President Trump, and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, are expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Moscow on Tuesday, as the White House pushes for an end to the war in Ukraine. Follow live.
Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. Envoy to Meet With Putin in Moscow
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
These people are operating outside the State Department, rather like the “Three Amigos” of Trump’s first term.
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Here's a passage from the sentencing memo of Juan Orlando Hernández.
You can see why Trump loves him.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
You can see why Trump loves him.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![The defendant did more than exact political retribution on his drug trafficking partners who
became too visible. For example, on a call intercepted in June 2015, Yulan Adonay Archaga
Carias, a/k/a “Porky,” (“Porky”), the leader of Mara Salvatrucha (“MS-13”) in Honduras, told
David Campbell, one of Porky’s drug trafficking partners, that the defendant had “assigned an elite
police team to kill” a drug trafficker named Byron Ruiz, who had worked with Tony Hernandez,
“because it’s inconvenient if the Americans catch him and take him away,” i.e., out of concern that
he would cooperate if extradited. (GX 404-T, Lines 9-13; see also Tr. 768; PSR ¶ 64).6
The opposite was true for the defendant’s drug trafficking allies. For example, on an intercepted call
from September 2015, Porky described how “the president,” i.e., the defendant, had “gifted” a
drug route to Los Cachiros. (GX 405-T, Line 23; PSR ¶ 64).
The defendant and his co-conspirators took other steps in an effort to derail potential
witnesses against them. For example, in 2016, the defendant’s cousin and eventual co-defendant
in this case, Mauricio Hernandez Pineda, a former HNP officer, approached cooperating witness
Giovanni Rodriguez, another corrupt HNP officer who was planning to surrender to U.S.
authorities in connection with his own public charges. (Tr. 1218; PSR ¶ 65). Pineda cautioned
Rodriguez not to mention the defendant, Tony Hernandez, or Pineda because “that could be very
dangerous” for Rodriguez. (Id.; PSR ¶ 65). Pineda also told Rodriguez that the defendant “had
passed the extradition law due to pressure from the United States, but [the defendant’s] thinking
at the time was to get rid of extradition in Honduras.” (Tr. 1219; PSR ¶ 65).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreihb7wh3olhm5wgzgs67hsbpd7dd6g47xeu3zwngvhehxep5t343la@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Here's a passage from the sentencing memo of Juan Orlando Hernández.
You can see why Trump loves him.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
You can see why Trump loves him.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I would love for them to point to just three things that *uniquely* define US culture which are not directly borrowed/stolen from another culture.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I would love for them to point to just three things that *uniquely* define US culture which are not directly borrowed/stolen from another culture.
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Our system is broken. Medicare for All, now.
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Our system is broken. Medicare for All, now.
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It’s finished.
It’s also not finished because, in the words of Paul Valéry, a piece of writing is never finished. Ultimately it is abandoned. That’s because writing is thinking, and we’re never finished with that.
Anyway, I figured out what to do with that long blog post . . .
1/
It’s also not finished because, in the words of Paul Valéry, a piece of writing is never finished. Ultimately it is abandoned. That’s because writing is thinking, and we’re never finished with that.
Anyway, I figured out what to do with that long blog post . . .
1/
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s finished.
It’s also not finished because, in the words of Paul Valéry, a piece of writing is never finished. Ultimately it is abandoned. That’s because writing is thinking, and we’re never finished with that.
Anyway, I figured out what to do with that long blog post . . .
1/
It’s also not finished because, in the words of Paul Valéry, a piece of writing is never finished. Ultimately it is abandoned. That’s because writing is thinking, and we’re never finished with that.
Anyway, I figured out what to do with that long blog post . . .
1/
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—Shitty polling
—MTG breakup
—Thune refusing to kill the filibuster
—Near-unanimous Epstein vote
—House backlash over ACA proposal
—2 IN state senators telling him to fuck off
—Now this
Something is happening…
—MTG breakup
—Thune refusing to kill the filibuster
—Near-unanimous Epstein vote
—House backlash over ACA proposal
—2 IN state senators telling him to fuck off
—Now this
Something is happening…
Wow: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon seems to think that companies involved with Trump's ballroom project could be criminally prosecuted. thehill.com/business/559...
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
—Shitty polling
—MTG breakup
—Thune refusing to kill the filibuster
—Near-unanimous Epstein vote
—House backlash over ACA proposal
—2 IN state senators telling him to fuck off
—Now this
Something is happening…
—MTG breakup
—Thune refusing to kill the filibuster
—Near-unanimous Epstein vote
—House backlash over ACA proposal
—2 IN state senators telling him to fuck off
—Now this
Something is happening…
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I mean, this is what the rule of law is all about! You can’t just push people around through brute force. And it’s *most* important to hold the government to such limits. Elite institutions have a special responsibility to stand up for this principle, even when it’s not easy to do so.
The law wisely does not permit the feds just to turn off the funding spigots w/o following legal requirements, and certainly not without explaining themselves. Why, you might ask? Well, to prevent the feds from acting like the mob and shaking down Unis to push them around for partisan ... 3/x
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I mean, this is what the rule of law is all about! You can’t just push people around through brute force. And it’s *most* important to hold the government to such limits. Elite institutions have a special responsibility to stand up for this principle, even when it’s not easy to do so.
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Once again Trump will prioritize his personal profits over what's right and wrong, our national security, European security, and the reputation of the United States in the of the world.
His only interest in peace is to win a prize and be praised, and if he can't have that he wants money.
His only interest in peace is to win a prize and be praised, and if he can't have that he wants money.
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Once again Trump will prioritize his personal profits over what's right and wrong, our national security, European security, and the reputation of the United States in the of the world.
His only interest in peace is to win a prize and be praised, and if he can't have that he wants money.
His only interest in peace is to win a prize and be praised, and if he can't have that he wants money.
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Religion never left… what he means is theocracy.
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Religion never left… what he means is theocracy.
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Only 16% of Trump voters support Ukraine making territorial concessions to Russia and 72% are in favor of selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, according to a new poll by The Vandenberg Coalition.
72% of Trump voters also believe the US should help Ukraine and hold Russia accountable.
72% of Trump voters also believe the US should help Ukraine and hold Russia accountable.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Only 16% of Trump voters support Ukraine making territorial concessions to Russia and 72% are in favor of selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, according to a new poll by The Vandenberg Coalition.
72% of Trump voters also believe the US should help Ukraine and hold Russia accountable.
72% of Trump voters also believe the US should help Ukraine and hold Russia accountable.
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If you dare to displease the despot, you will be declared an enemy of the state and every lever of it will be deployed against you.
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you dare to displease the despot, you will be declared an enemy of the state and every lever of it will be deployed against you.
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News coverage of DOGE’s creation earlier this year was practically wall-to-wall — for weeks. “$2 trillion in savings, $5000 dividend checks, an entirely new model of government.” And now that it’s gone, it’s like eh.
@techcrunch.com
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@techcrunch.com
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DOGE days are over as Trump disbands Elon Musk's team of federal cost-cutters | TechCrunch
DOGE members are reportedly worried that they could face prosecution for some of their activities conducted while under the leadership of Elon Musk.
techcrunch.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
News coverage of DOGE’s creation earlier this year was practically wall-to-wall — for weeks. “$2 trillion in savings, $5000 dividend checks, an entirely new model of government.” And now that it’s gone, it’s like eh.
@techcrunch.com
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@techcrunch.com
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Jesus Christ.
I remember when Rubio was supposed to be the one Trump appointee who would be at least kind of/sort of qualified, or at the very least wouldn’t be a complete embarrassment.
I remember when Rubio was supposed to be the one Trump appointee who would be at least kind of/sort of qualified, or at the very least wouldn’t be a complete embarrassment.
Chaos and lies in US diplomacy & media: Marco Rubio now denies the US had any input into the savage 28-point ultimatum to Ukraine - says it's from Russia. But Axios reporters Barak Ravid and David Lawler, who got the leak, claimed it was written by the US, by Steve Witkoff and... Marco Rubio! 1/
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Jesus Christ.
I remember when Rubio was supposed to be the one Trump appointee who would be at least kind of/sort of qualified, or at the very least wouldn’t be a complete embarrassment.
I remember when Rubio was supposed to be the one Trump appointee who would be at least kind of/sort of qualified, or at the very least wouldn’t be a complete embarrassment.
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Spiraling gets worse — the guy has totally lost it as Epstein’s looms. 25th?
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Spiraling gets worse — the guy has totally lost it as Epstein’s looms. 25th?
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House rating changes, via Sabato Crystal Ball:
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
House rating changes, via Sabato Crystal Ball:
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Claims He Heard ‘from a Pretty Good Source’ That Epstein Files Are Being Scrubbed of Republican Names people.com/epstein-s-br...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Claims He Heard ‘from a Pretty Good Source’ That Epstein Files Are Being Scrubbed of Republican Names
Mark Epstein, brother of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, alleged in an interview with NewsNation that the Epstein files are being edited to remove Republican names.
people.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Claims He Heard ‘from a Pretty Good Source’ That Epstein Files Are Being Scrubbed of Republican Names people.com/epstein-s-br...
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NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Experts say the changes will cost lives.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.