clp200
@twilou.bsky.social
Lurking jackal, childless cat lady, Twitter leaver
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Trump began his roughly 20-minute address, part of a messaging blitz to try to convince voters that his economic plans are working, at a normal pace, but his delivery gradually grew more frantic and he was practically yelling by the end.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-rants-...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-rants-...
Trump Rants Incoherently at 2X Speed in Bonkers TV Address
“11 months ago, I inherited a mess and I’m fixing it,” the billionaire president told the nation.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Trump began his roughly 20-minute address, part of a messaging blitz to try to convince voters that his economic plans are working, at a normal pace, but his delivery gradually grew more frantic and he was practically yelling by the end.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-rants-...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-rants-...
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2013 was the first time in 30 years the Maine shrimp season was canceled. It never reopened (if you had Maine shrimp in the intervening years, it was from the small "test catch" done to see if they could reopen. This year's catch was < 7 pounds).
This is just so sad. We did this.
This is just so sad. We did this.
When climate change takes a flavor from the world.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
New England’s shrimp fishery to shut down for the long haul after years of decline
Fishing regulators are extending a shutdown for New England’s historic shrimp fishing business, effectively shuttering an industry that fell victim to warming oceans.
www.pressherald.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
2013 was the first time in 30 years the Maine shrimp season was canceled. It never reopened (if you had Maine shrimp in the intervening years, it was from the small "test catch" done to see if they could reopen. This year's catch was < 7 pounds).
This is just so sad. We did this.
This is just so sad. We did this.
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👉 Donald Trump’s businesses have sought to bring in at least 2,033 foreign workers to staff his clubs, resort, and winery since 2008.
Published yesterday: The Trump Organization requested a record 184 foreign workers this year.
me, for @forbes.com
me, for @forbes.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
👉 Donald Trump’s businesses have sought to bring in at least 2,033 foreign workers to staff his clubs, resort, and winery since 2008.
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Hegseth. Patel. Bongino. And now Bhattacharya ("too busy podcasting").
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
And this will drive him *crazy*.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Hegseth. Patel. Bongino. And now Bhattacharya ("too busy podcasting").
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
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This speech is terrible, even for Trump.
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This speech is terrible, even for Trump.
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“the president read off the teleprompter angrily and quickly, speaking with the motormouth intensity of a 20-something banker who just discovered cocaine and now has a really great idea for a new restaurant.”
I’m not the biggest @vox.com fan but this nailed it.
apple.news/AhpkUbo5NR3u...
I’m not the biggest @vox.com fan but this nailed it.
apple.news/AhpkUbo5NR3u...
The revealing pointlessness of Trump’s primetime speech — Vox
When a president gives a primetime televised speech, it is typically about something of serious import: to make the case for a major new policy or to announce the beginning of a war.
apple.news
December 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“the president read off the teleprompter angrily and quickly, speaking with the motormouth intensity of a 20-something banker who just discovered cocaine and now has a really great idea for a new restaurant.”
I’m not the biggest @vox.com fan but this nailed it.
apple.news/AhpkUbo5NR3u...
I’m not the biggest @vox.com fan but this nailed it.
apple.news/AhpkUbo5NR3u...
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And this will drive him *crazy*.
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
And this will drive him *crazy*.
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WATCH: CNN’s Daniel Dale fact checks Trump's unhinged "presidential" address tonight as only he can.
Dale can barely get through all the nonsense Trump spewed this evening.
Spread this far and wide.
#DonTheCon
Dale can barely get through all the nonsense Trump spewed this evening.
Spread this far and wide.
#DonTheCon
December 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
WATCH: CNN’s Daniel Dale fact checks Trump's unhinged "presidential" address tonight as only he can.
Dale can barely get through all the nonsense Trump spewed this evening.
Spread this far and wide.
#DonTheCon
Dale can barely get through all the nonsense Trump spewed this evening.
Spread this far and wide.
#DonTheCon
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Fuck the three Democrats who were the difference on this passing and especially fuck the Democratic leaders who made no effort to whip them into line and who will do nothing to punish them after the fact. I will never support a party who cannot pass the most basic tests of human decency.
Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Fuck the three Democrats who were the difference on this passing and especially fuck the Democratic leaders who made no effort to whip them into line and who will do nothing to punish them after the fact. I will never support a party who cannot pass the most basic tests of human decency.
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President Trump says that checks for $1,776 each are going out to nearly 1.5 million servicemembers. I have questions.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
President Trump says that checks for $1,776 each are going out to nearly 1.5 million servicemembers. I have questions.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
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Exclusive at @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy - The Navy quietly disciplined 18 Navy SEALs after military investigators found a private group chat that contained racist memes targeting a Black SEAL. We obtained over 500 pages of documents from FOIA. www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-se...
Over a dozen Navy SEALs disciplined for racist memes earlier this year
Military investigators found more than a dozen Navy SEALs had been in a group chat containing racist memes targeting a Black SEAL.
www.cbsnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Exclusive at @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy - The Navy quietly disciplined 18 Navy SEALs after military investigators found a private group chat that contained racist memes targeting a Black SEAL. We obtained over 500 pages of documents from FOIA. www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-se...
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So Andreessen Horowitz, one of the wealthiest and most influential Silicon Valley venture capital firms, is funding nightmarish stuff like this, a company whose purpose is to evade social media platforms' terms of service and drown us in AI slop.
Cool!
Cool!
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So Andreessen Horowitz, one of the wealthiest and most influential Silicon Valley venture capital firms, is funding nightmarish stuff like this, a company whose purpose is to evade social media platforms' terms of service and drown us in AI slop.
Cool!
Cool!
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Four Republicans choose to do basic, bare bones politics.
CNN: *NUCLEAR OPTION*
CNN: *NUCLEAR OPTION*
In a stunning blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, four GOP lawmakers have agreed to back a Democratic push to extend pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies. https://cnn.it/48HCNwa
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Four Republicans choose to do basic, bare bones politics.
CNN: *NUCLEAR OPTION*
CNN: *NUCLEAR OPTION*
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MORE from Jack Smith:
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
MORE from Jack Smith:
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
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As Brendan Carr testifies before the Senate, check out my @lawfaremedia.org piece on Carr and his role in the Jimmy Kimmel saga
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...
Amy Klobuchar just tore FCC Chair Brendan Chair a new one over his hypocritical stance that Trump supporters deserve all the free speech but liberals shouldn't get any at all
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
As Brendan Carr testifies before the Senate, check out my @lawfaremedia.org piece on Carr and his role in the Jimmy Kimmel saga
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...
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As this administration crumbles, as it will, eventually, he's going to get crazier and more dangerous.
Trump just endorsed a post calling for the arrests of Chris Wray and Merrick Garland.
There's almost no media coverage of the sitting president supporting the arrest of a former FBI director and former Attorney General.
There's almost no media coverage of the sitting president supporting the arrest of a former FBI director and former Attorney General.
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
As this administration crumbles, as it will, eventually, he's going to get crazier and more dangerous.
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Republicans have begun to realize that people want to be able to see a doctor when their sick without missing a tent or mortgage payment. Voting gives us power because people tell politicians what earns their votes. So let’s not let any elected leaders block voters from the ballot!
Urgent update.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Republicans have begun to realize that people want to be able to see a doctor when their sick without missing a tent or mortgage payment. Voting gives us power because people tell politicians what earns their votes. So let’s not let any elected leaders block voters from the ballot!
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One reason I'm reposting this (other than it's very good) is the occupation of Memphis, unlike other cities, seems to be undercovered.
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
One reason I'm reposting this (other than it's very good) is the occupation of Memphis, unlike other cities, seems to be undercovered.
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Excerpts of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's closed-door statement to House Judiciary Committee just now:
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Excerpts of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's closed-door statement to House Judiciary Committee just now:
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
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Boom.
Trump’s Little Johnson might be the least effective Speaker in history
Trump’s Little Johnson might be the least effective Speaker in history
BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Boom.
Trump’s Little Johnson might be the least effective Speaker in history
Trump’s Little Johnson might be the least effective Speaker in history
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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Given all the insane things that the Trump regime has done, nothing should surprise us. But I’m still shocked and angry that they are going to dismantle NCAR.
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR - Eos
The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement fro...
eos.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Given all the insane things that the Trump regime has done, nothing should surprise us. But I’m still shocked and angry that they are going to dismantle NCAR.
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Here is CNN's report: 2/ www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/u...
Inside the White supremacist compound hiding in plain sight | CNN
Patriot Front, a White supremacist group, has been quietly building a 124-acre compound in the mountains of east Tennessee, where they train members and host fight clubs.
www.cnn.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Here is CNN's report: 2/ www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/u...
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CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the hate group expanding its presence in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.
www.newschannel5.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...