Tween The Ditches
@tweentheditches.bsky.social
Country Lawyer, Center-Left Dem in the Deep Red Sip.
Oxford, Mississippi checking in! How am I still here? Thought BlueSky was shut down in this here cesspool of conservatism.
August 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Oxford, Mississippi checking in! How am I still here? Thought BlueSky was shut down in this here cesspool of conservatism.
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The missing piece of this viral post is that the Texas officials are lying and deflecting blame. The NWS, hobbled as it is, issued an accurate flood watch for Kerr County the evening before and accurate escalating warnings overnight as the flood was developing.
After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
July 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The missing piece of this viral post is that the Texas officials are lying and deflecting blame. The NWS, hobbled as it is, issued an accurate flood watch for Kerr County the evening before and accurate escalating warnings overnight as the flood was developing.
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Trump was reportedly livid after his director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard posted an unauthorized video on social media last week warning that “warmongers” had brought the world “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before.”
Trump Was Furious With Gabbard’s Unauthorized Video Trashing ‘Warmongers’
Tensions has reportedly been building between the president and his spy chief.
www.thedailybeast.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Trump was reportedly livid after his director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard posted an unauthorized video on social media last week warning that “warmongers” had brought the world “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before.”
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Republicans want to stop subsidizing Americans who benefit from government-funded health programs.
Blaming the poor while daddy-made millionaires sneak off with the welfare
Republicans want to stop subsidizing Americans who benefit from government-funded health programs. But by far the greatest American subsidies go to the millionaires, the 10% of Americans who own 93 percent of the stock market.That's in part because of the so-called tax expenditures, which include mo...
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June 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Republicans want to stop subsidizing Americans who benefit from government-funded health programs.
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TODAY is a SCOTUS opinion day!
We're watching for a Louisiana redistricting decision, a ruling on nationwide injunctions and a decision on the federal government’s request to proceed with mass layoffs.
Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
We're watching for a Louisiana redistricting decision, a ruling on nationwide injunctions and a decision on the federal government’s request to proceed with mass layoffs.
Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
LIVE BLOG: SCOTUS Hears Oral Argument in Louisiana Redistricting Case That Could Gut the VRA
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
TODAY is a SCOTUS opinion day!
We're watching for a Louisiana redistricting decision, a ruling on nationwide injunctions and a decision on the federal government’s request to proceed with mass layoffs.
Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
We're watching for a Louisiana redistricting decision, a ruling on nationwide injunctions and a decision on the federal government’s request to proceed with mass layoffs.
Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The same president who wants to cut $800B from Medicaid and strip health care from 16 million Americans to fund tax cuts for billionaires...is spending $134M to send troops to CA and $45M on his birthday parade in DC.
Burning taxpayer dollars to play king. Un-American.
Burning taxpayer dollars to play king. Un-American.
Troops deployed to LA will cost $134M, Pentagon predicts
The estimate came during a budget hearing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said the president is enforcing “law and order.”
www.politico.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The same president who wants to cut $800B from Medicaid and strip health care from 16 million Americans to fund tax cuts for billionaires...is spending $134M to send troops to CA and $45M on his birthday parade in DC.
Burning taxpayer dollars to play king. Un-American.
Burning taxpayer dollars to play king. Un-American.
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This video is from May.
Regarding protecting the US democracy you might want to watch this video.
Historian Professor Lichtman talks about a executive order that Trump signed in the start of May.
He already have authorized Hegseth. Trump has been waiting for this.
youtu.be/Muqad4OI3Y8?...
Regarding protecting the US democracy you might want to watch this video.
Historian Professor Lichtman talks about a executive order that Trump signed in the start of May.
He already have authorized Hegseth. Trump has been waiting for this.
youtu.be/Muqad4OI3Y8?...
The Most Chilling Trump Executive Order Yet?!? [Martial Law Threat]
YouTube video by Allan Lichtman
youtu.be
June 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This video is from May.
Regarding protecting the US democracy you might want to watch this video.
Historian Professor Lichtman talks about a executive order that Trump signed in the start of May.
He already have authorized Hegseth. Trump has been waiting for this.
youtu.be/Muqad4OI3Y8?...
Regarding protecting the US democracy you might want to watch this video.
Historian Professor Lichtman talks about a executive order that Trump signed in the start of May.
He already have authorized Hegseth. Trump has been waiting for this.
youtu.be/Muqad4OI3Y8?...
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My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:
June 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:
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CNBC's @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social makes a rare and bold (and likely spot-on) observation about the real potential that Trump, his administration and/or elected officials participated in insider trading just prior to Trump's disastrous "Liberation Day" tariffs announcement. #CORRUPTION
April 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
CNBC's @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social makes a rare and bold (and likely spot-on) observation about the real potential that Trump, his administration and/or elected officials participated in insider trading just prior to Trump's disastrous "Liberation Day" tariffs announcement. #CORRUPTION
Elon Musk and his crooked campaign tactics are getting crushed in Wisconsin.
April 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Elon Musk and his crooked campaign tactics are getting crushed in Wisconsin.
Is this the new prosperity gospel?
March 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Is this the new prosperity gospel?
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Such a distillation of the con: guess who got Musk's $1 million check yesterday? The head of the Wisconsin College Republicans.
meidasnews.com/news/republi...
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Republican Operative Nicholas Jacobs Locks Twitter After Elon Musk Check Controversy
Jacobs received a $1M check from Musk at a rally in support of Brad Schimel
meidasnews.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Such a distillation of the con: guess who got Musk's $1 million check yesterday? The head of the Wisconsin College Republicans.
meidasnews.com/news/republi...
meidasnews.com/news/republi...
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If you think Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race doesn’t affect you just because you don’t live there—think again. If Musk pulls this off, it’s one step closer to him buying an election near you.
Got friends, family, or even followers in Wisconsin? Tell them to get out and vote the right way. 📢
Got friends, family, or even followers in Wisconsin? Tell them to get out and vote the right way. 📢
March 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If you think Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race doesn’t affect you just because you don’t live there—think again. If Musk pulls this off, it’s one step closer to him buying an election near you.
Got friends, family, or even followers in Wisconsin? Tell them to get out and vote the right way. 📢
Got friends, family, or even followers in Wisconsin? Tell them to get out and vote the right way. 📢
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Orthodox Judaism, both in the United States and Israel, has typically espoused a right-wing political orientation that includes unconditional support for Israel. This upcoming conference is a noteworthy turn.
A group of modern Orthodox Jews is hosting a conference critical of Israel
(RNS) — Orthodox Judaism, both in the United States and Israel, has typically espoused a right-wing political orientation and unconditional support for Israel. These Jews beg to differ.
religionnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Orthodox Judaism, both in the United States and Israel, has typically espoused a right-wing political orientation that includes unconditional support for Israel. This upcoming conference is a noteworthy turn.
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JD Vance: “The president said we have to have Greenland…We cannot just ignore this place. We cannot just ignore the president’s desires.”
March 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
JD Vance: “The president said we have to have Greenland…We cannot just ignore this place. We cannot just ignore the president’s desires.”
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This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
propub.li
March 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The very dark agenda of tech billionaires and members of their movement.
What We Must Understand About the Dark Enlightenment Movement
The “Dark Enlightenment” movement and Curtis Yarvin have curried favor with tech executives in recent years, writes Ed Simon.
time.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The very dark agenda of tech billionaires and members of their movement.
Have any of these people been convicted of crimes? This is dystopian.
Once again, a lot more senior people needed to go to jail for a very long time for Iran-Contra, Bush-era torture, & all the other previously unpunished, wildly illegal & unconstitutional executive branch crimes that have led us inexorably to this utterly shameful, horrifying moment as a country.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Have any of these people been convicted of crimes? This is dystopian.
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Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
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My written testimony for yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the so-called "censorship industrial complex," which is more detailed than my opening statement, can be downloaded here: www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/202...
Download File: 2025-03-25_Testimony_Franks | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
www.judiciary.senate.gov
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
My written testimony for yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the so-called "censorship industrial complex," which is more detailed than my opening statement, can be downloaded here: www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/202...
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If Trump issued an Executive Order requiring all newspapers to send articles to the WH for review before publication, would newspapers report it is a “requirement” or “mandate”? Or would the fact it’s preposterously illegal and unconstitutional make right into the lede and headline?
March 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
If Trump issued an Executive Order requiring all newspapers to send articles to the WH for review before publication, would newspapers report it is a “requirement” or “mandate”? Or would the fact it’s preposterously illegal and unconstitutional make right into the lede and headline?
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Reminder that Greenland just had an election, and the most anti-American party won
www.forbes.com/sites/pialau...
www.forbes.com/sites/pialau...
Greenland Has Spoken: What Trump Doesn’t Get About Danish Leaders
Greenlanders have voted. And their message is clear: Trump can keep his billions to himself. But how come Trump's promises don't work in Greenland?
www.forbes.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Reminder that Greenland just had an election, and the most anti-American party won
www.forbes.com/sites/pialau...
www.forbes.com/sites/pialau...
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There has been reporting on Big Balls' ties to criminal hackers. Reuters reports on a slightly different (or related) group from past reports.
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
Exclusive: DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show
The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
There has been reporting on Big Balls' ties to criminal hackers. Reuters reports on a slightly different (or related) group from past reports.
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
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The breadth of these executive orders makes me wonder if Republicans (or GOP leaning law firms, conservative colleges, GOP states with certain voting laws) can't imagine a future in which Dems regain the White House and just do their version of this stuff. Or maybe they assume no more elections?
March 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The breadth of these executive orders makes me wonder if Republicans (or GOP leaning law firms, conservative colleges, GOP states with certain voting laws) can't imagine a future in which Dems regain the White House and just do their version of this stuff. Or maybe they assume no more elections?