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@rosemb57.bsky.social

Austin, Texas. Believer in truth, justice and fair play. Pro-democracy. Retired educator and school district administrator

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Dozens denied oath of allegiance at Indianapolis naturalization ceremony Dozens of people arrived at Indianapolis Union Station thinking they'd become U.S. citizens only to learn their participation was "canceled."

As people made their way into a naturalization ceremony, ICE officials stopped 38 of the 100 applicants and told them they wouldn't be leaving with U.S. citizenship. The immigrants β€” who passed every step in the naturalization process β€” needed only to take the oath of allegiance to become citizens.

10.12.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 794    πŸ” 510    πŸ’¬ 115    πŸ“Œ 71
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This new Politico poll should stop us all in our tracks!

50% of Americans are struggling to afford groceries, let’s start there. Then add the fact that we have a president who thinks we’re lying about it.

I’m just waiting for the next poll that asks, β€œDoes the president care about people like me?”

10.12.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1457    πŸ” 740    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 48
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Texas GOP turns schools into indoctrination machines Showing that he’s always laser-focused on what really matters, Texas Gov. Greg AbbottοΏ½ has ordered all high schools to have a Turning Point USA chapter called β€œClub America.” Sure, Texas has ...

Texas GOP turns schools into indoctrination machines

Showing that he’s always laser-focused on what really matters, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered all high schools to have a Turning Point USA chapter called β€œClub America.”

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

10.12.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
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Immigrants β€˜plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall β€œthe cradle of liberty”.

If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.

10.12.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4699    πŸ” 2330    πŸ’¬ 218    πŸ“Œ 167
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Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."

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Justice Sotomayor: "You mean to suggest that the fact that one major donor to the current president, the most major donor to the president, got a very lucrative job immediately upon election from the new administration, does not give the appearance of quid pro quo?"

10.12.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 665    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 9
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Republicans just wrapped a meeting on healthcare and not even pretending to have a plan.

They’re blaming Dems for the shutdown, as if that stopped them from doing the job. They were still getting paid, they could have been working the entire time.

15 years of whining about Obamacareβ€”still nothing!

09.12.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1466    πŸ” 553    πŸ’¬ 115    πŸ“Œ 31
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CNN Data Guru Blown Away by β€˜Kryptonite’ Trump Tanking Republican Candidates The Miami mayoral race is the latest election this year in which voters have rejected the president.

Donald Trump is proving to be β€œabsolute kryptonite” for Republicans.

10.12.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A gerrymander is not a sure thing…

10.12.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8048    πŸ” 1960    πŸ’¬ 335    πŸ“Œ 159
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Jessica: There are some key indicators that Trump and this administration knows this is going badly… We aren't getting the jobs numbers anymore, the GDP numbers or inflation numbers and we know, Donald Trump, if the number is remotely good or he can lie about itβ€”he tells you what it is.

09.12.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2108    πŸ” 598    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 23
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Tesla Barely Beats Jeep for Least Reliable Used Car, Owner Survey Says Consumer Reports' latest used-car reliability leaderboard has some surprises.

Consumer Reports ranking Teslas as the least reliable used car is a surprise. I've heard so much about the low total cost of ownership of EVs, I assumed that they didn't need much maintenance.

They looked at cars from the 2016 to 2021 model years across 140,000 vehicles to get these results.

09.12.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 4
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In 2016, Pete Hegseth warned that Trump would pressure the military to break the law and would abandon anyone who upheld the law. They all knew Trump was a threat to lawful command. Their hypocrisy isn't new-it's the whole project.

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GOP moves to let Obamacare subsidies expire as Trump promises β€˜money to the people’ As the president rails against insurance companies, other Republicans say allowing a subsidy lapse is β€œnot acceptable.”

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are moving decisively away from extending key Obamacare tax credits that help more than 20 million Americans pay for health insurance β€” following direct cues from Trump while also stoking ire among many in the GOP who fear severe political repercussions.

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Allred: I have some empathy for folks who, in the last election, thought, β€œMaybe this guy really will make my costs go down.” The problem is they were lied to. Working folks across Texas know they’re working harder for less while these openly corrupt jackasses are out there doing all kinds of stuff

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Trump, five days apart. A pathological liar.

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It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.

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Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"

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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."

09.12.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 13773    πŸ” 4520    πŸ’¬ 330    πŸ“Œ 160
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Taylor Swift's Last Album Sparked Bizarre Accusations of Nazism. It Was a Coordinated Attack

Data analysis of social media posts painting Taylor Swift as a Trump supporter or white supremacist revealed a network of inauthentic accounts.

09.12.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 65
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Rand Paul: "It has not been the history of the US to kill people who are out of combat. Even if there is a war, which most of us dispute -- that a bunch of people who are unarmed allegedly running drugs is a war -- we still don't kill people when they're incapacitated ... it's illegal and immoral."

09.12.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7096    πŸ” 1798    πŸ’¬ 304    πŸ“Œ 126
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Powerful πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

09.12.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3837    πŸ” 2074    πŸ’¬ 243    πŸ“Œ 202
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Ismael Ayala-Uribe came to the US at 4 yrs old & worked down the street from my parents house where he was detained in an immigration sweep. He died in ICE custody from lack of medical care.

This man died from being at the wrong place at the wrong time because of #IceLawlessness, cruelty & racism.

09.12.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1337    πŸ” 819    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 45
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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."

09.12.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 16388    πŸ” 4414    πŸ’¬ 790    πŸ“Œ 380
Trump says Hegseth will decide whether to release boat strike video
The comments come after the president previously said his administration would release video of a controversial military operation, β€œno problem.”

December 8, 2025 at 6:05 p.m. ESTYesterday at 6:05 p.m. EST

Trump says Hegseth will decide whether to release boat strike video The comments come after the president previously said his administration would release video of a controversial military operation, β€œno problem.” December 8, 2025 at 6:05 p.m. ESTYesterday at 6:05 p.m. EST

After saying he would release the boat strike videosβ€”β€œno problem”—Trump caves and puts the fox (Secretary of War Crimes Hegseth) in charge of the hen house (the videos). This isn’t transparencyβ€”it’s treachery. What could possibly go wrong?

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Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.

Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."

fancy that

08.12.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4245    πŸ” 2217    πŸ’¬ 214    πŸ“Œ 221
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β€œI’d have no problem releasing the video”

β€œI didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”

5 days apart 😬

(From @therecount.com )

08.12.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15414    πŸ” 7323    πŸ’¬ 1381    πŸ“Œ 867
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ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.

ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows

08.12.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2284    πŸ” 1606    πŸ’¬ 157    πŸ“Œ 117
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Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE

Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE

By Ed Shanahan and Stella Raine Chu

17 y.o. William McKernan said, β€œKids shouldn’t be kidnapped. I used to go to [P.S] 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country.”

08.12.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2822    πŸ” 1080    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 23
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Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?

A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.

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