wizard prang
@wzrdprang.bsky.social
photographer, very big on disability rights, believer in Western Liberalism & democracy, not a fan of fascism, socially awkward/not intentionally obnoxious
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Rick Scott to CNN: I get paid by the American people but I don't need to do ANYTHING FOR THEM!!! Just like when he STOLE MONEY from Medicare/Medicaid when he defrauded them with his nursing homes. Nursing home and rehab staff are often liars from what I witnessed.
Rick Scott is to public service
what Bernie Madoff was to investment advisors
what Bernie Madoff was to investment advisors
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Rick Scott to CNN: I get paid by the American people but I don't need to do ANYTHING FOR THEM!!! Just like when he STOLE MONEY from Medicare/Medicaid when he defrauded them with his nursing homes. Nursing home and rehab staff are often liars from what I witnessed.
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I love that Rick Scott is on CNN talking about all the waste and deception in the health care/insurance business. He really is an expert since his company paid a record $1.7 billion in fines for Medicare fraud.
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I love that Rick Scott is on CNN talking about all the waste and deception in the health care/insurance business. He really is an expert since his company paid a record $1.7 billion in fines for Medicare fraud.
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Since the core of Firefox is open source, there are a few projects like LibreWolf that package it without the Mozilla extracurriculars. I’m thinking I’m going that way once I get off my butt about
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Since the core of Firefox is open source, there are a few projects like LibreWolf that package it without the Mozilla extracurriculars. I’m thinking I’m going that way once I get off my butt about
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December 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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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...
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The only hint in the CNN report that someone may have beat them to the story by nine months is a reference to Patriot Front founder Thomas Rousseau disputing "local media coverage." Here would have been an opportunity for CNN to credit our reporting, but no.... 3/
December 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The only hint in the CNN report that someone may have beat them to the story by nine months is a reference to Patriot Front founder Thomas Rousseau disputing "local media coverage." Here would have been an opportunity for CNN to credit our reporting, but no.... 3/
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Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
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Susie Wiles is one of the most brilliant political operators in the business, having guided DeSantis and then Trump to significant victories, and the idea that she doesn't know how 'on the record' worked is like saying a pilot doesn't know how to land a plane.
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Susie Wiles is one of the most brilliant political operators in the business, having guided DeSantis and then Trump to significant victories, and the idea that she doesn't know how 'on the record' worked is like saying a pilot doesn't know how to land a plane.
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“The president doesn’t know and never will,” she told me. “He doesn’t know the details of these smallish agencies.”
-Susie Wiles on the destruction of USAID, which has led to 600,000 deaths, including ~400,000 children, in the last year alone.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
-Susie Wiles on the destruction of USAID, which has led to 600,000 deaths, including ~400,000 children, in the last year alone.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Susie Wiles Talks About The First Year of Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)
In the first half of ‘Vanity Fair’’s interview with Susie Wiles, the chief of staff discusses Elon Musk’s DOGE disaster, the FBI’s “incredible job” investigating January 6, and how Trump once berated ...
www.vanityfair.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“The president doesn’t know and never will,” she told me. “He doesn’t know the details of these smallish agencies.”
-Susie Wiles on the destruction of USAID, which has led to 600,000 deaths, including ~400,000 children, in the last year alone.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
-Susie Wiles on the destruction of USAID, which has led to 600,000 deaths, including ~400,000 children, in the last year alone.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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Trump has pardoned 17 drug dealers and nearly 1600 people who attacked Congress on January 6, 2021.
Johnson: “If you’re going to restore the people’s faith in the justice system, you have to show them that there are serious consequences for people like Jack Smith who abuses that system.”
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Trump has pardoned 17 drug dealers and nearly 1600 people who attacked Congress on January 6, 2021.
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This is a photo from the Vanity Fair article. Notice how they have to arrange it so Stephen Miller is on the end, so it isn’t obvious that there is no reflection of him on the mirrored table.🧛
December 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is a photo from the Vanity Fair article. Notice how they have to arrange it so Stephen Miller is on the end, so it isn’t obvious that there is no reflection of him on the mirrored table.🧛
If you want to improve your lives, your state, the country, & the world, never vote R again.
VANDY POLL: “Tennesseans’ economic anxiety surges… concern about ability to pay for medical emergencies, cover bills, save for retirement increased by double digits since Trump elected…” news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/12/11/v...
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If you want to improve your lives, your state, the country, & the world, never vote R again.
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As you look at this ugly example of gender affirming medical intervention, remember that Trump never stops talking about Leavitt's "lips that don't stop-op-op-op, like a little machine gun."
Once had a conversation with a photographer who explained that a portrait wasn't supposed to offer dermatological documentation. He would gently blur photos (keeping the eyes and mouth crisp) to present people in the best light.
Just thinking of that as I look at this photo of Leavitt in VF.
Just thinking of that as I look at this photo of Leavitt in VF.
December 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
As you look at this ugly example of gender affirming medical intervention, remember that Trump never stops talking about Leavitt's "lips that don't stop-op-op-op, like a little machine gun."
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Note that per WaPo, Hegseth considered but opted against an ArcticCom.
December 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Note that per WaPo, Hegseth considered but opted against an ArcticCom.
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Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean. https://to.pbs.org/4pZJb8p
Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean
Hegseth said that members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee would have an opportunity this week to review the video, but did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to ...
to.pbs.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
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I’m sorry, but that’s not how this works.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’m sorry, but that’s not how this works.
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Pro-wrestling legend Mick Foley announced this morning that he's parting ways with WWE over the organization's "close relationship with Donald Trump," saying the president's "incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death is the final straw for me."
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Pro-wrestling legend Mick Foley announced this morning that he's parting ways with WWE over the organization's "close relationship with Donald Trump," saying the president's "incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death is the final straw for me."
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
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What do you call a well-balanced horse?
Stable.
Stable.
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
What do you call a well-balanced horse?
Stable.
Stable.
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Skimmer Sky
In this photograph, hundreds of black skimmers (Rynchops niger) fill the frame, sweeping from right to left across a ...
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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #shorebirds #blackskimmers
In this photograph, hundreds of black skimmers (Rynchops niger) fill the frame, sweeping from right to left across a ...
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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #shorebirds #blackskimmers
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Skimmer Sky
In this photograph, hundreds of black skimmers (Rynchops niger) fill the frame, sweeping from right to left across a ...
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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #shorebirds #blackskimmers
In this photograph, hundreds of black skimmers (Rynchops niger) fill the frame, sweeping from right to left across a ...
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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #shorebirds #blackskimmers
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Sobering historic fact: The anti-communist McCarran-Walter Act that Rubio is using to deport students in the name of antisemitism was written by an antisemite, and in practice, used to block European Jews from entering the US. Such tools can be used on any immigrant group for any reason.
April 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sobering historic fact: The anti-communist McCarran-Walter Act that Rubio is using to deport students in the name of antisemitism was written by an antisemite, and in practice, used to block European Jews from entering the US. Such tools can be used on any immigrant group for any reason.
I think they only listen to one another, if anyone, so it's not just lies & delusion, it's those things in an echo chamber.
when you read this it is very clear that Wiles thinks she is flexing the administration's muscle. relatedly, it is also very clear that the White House is completely delusional about its standing with the public. they are high on their own supply.
Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2)
Susie Wiles discusses the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth’s war tactics, and “retribution” against Letitia James.
www.vanityfair.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I think they only listen to one another, if anyone, so it's not just lies & delusion, it's those things in an echo chamber.