Pam Spaulding

LEFT: Mark Kelly, shirt covered with medals. RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze. https://x.com/middleageriot/status/1993054885366083838?t=G0z4Bh7NShDWRMtvXpP5PQ&s=19

This side-by-side about sums it up re: #DUIHireHegseth having anything to say about Sen. Mark Kelly and his service to this country.

Someone at the Dept of "War" has a serious inferiority complex, among other issues...

a movie poster for sunset boulevard shows a woman standing in front of a crowd Alt: a movie poster for sunset boulevard shows a woman standing in front of a crowd

What would be great is to see ICE Barbie behind bars, w/no access to makeup or Botox for her close-ups...

Looks like Kristi Noem is going under the bus... 😄😄

🧾 Background:
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/19/t...

Today's updates:
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Where is the avalanche of support from R electeds that served & took the oath Senator Mark Kelly took?

Sen. Lisa Murkowski & Rep. Don Bacon can't be the only ones. Are the rest just cowards? 🧐

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🚨 NEW! Exclusive from @jasonleopold.bsky.social:
Inside the FBI’s Review & Redaction of #Epstein Files

The communications released to FOIA Files provide a look behind the scenes as agents & other FBI personnel started to work on the Epstein files earlier this year.
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White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro Did the president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure. Nov. 25, 2025, 1:10 PM EST By Steve Benen It’s been a couple of months since former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of plotting what was effectively a coup after his reelection defeat a few years ago. Conditions for the authoritarian leader known as the “Trump of the Tropics” went from bad to worse over the weekend, when Bolsonaro was arrested again, this time accused of plotting to escape from house arrest days before his 27-year prison sentence was scheduled to begin. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-house-trump-bolsonaro-phone-call

Friday night: Bolsonaro’s son summons a crowd to their family home. Later Friday night: Bolsonaro takes a soldering iron to his ankle monitor. Saturday morning: Bolsonaro is re-arrested. Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see the Brazilian leader “in the very near future.” Monday afternoon: The White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he publicly referenced two days earlier. https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-house-trump-bolsonaro-phone-call

It looks like the US govt/Trump:

1) attempted to home jailbreak FELON Bolsonaro —Trump said he talked to B on the phone as B was taking a soldering iron to his ankle monitor;

OR

2) the FOTUS is so dementia-ridden he can't remember who he speaks to anymore.

What do you believe? 🤔
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Trump ruins turkey pardon tradition with unhinged murder rant � On Tuesday, President Donald Trump turned the traditional pre-Thanksgiving turkey pardon at the White House into a platform to rant about murder and to air his grievances about Democrats. ...

More on the deranged dictator's diatribe against Democrats:

🧾 www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...

YouTube video by Keith Edwards Trump RUINS THANKSGIVING with UNHINGED SCREECH in Front of KIDS

‼️👀 @keithedwards.bsky.social shows the sanewashing news outlets like @cnn.com participate in & are rarely called out for.

Witness today's turkey pardon event. Trump's diarrhea of the mouth of insults & disgraceful comments are sanitized — or not mentioned at all.
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ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.

Your tax dollars at work in the surveillance state. #ICE

"Contractors would confirm home & work addresses for people targeted for removal by—among other techniques—photographing residences, documenting comings & goings, & staking out workplaces & apt complexes."
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Ka$h needs to dump all the #Epstein files out to the public on his way out, and dish on whatever new podcast he starts, what he was told to lie about.

Oh, what am I thinking? Never going to happen.

Let's see...has Ka$h moved up on the list to get bounced first?

- Bondi
- Ka$h
- Noem/Lewandowski
- Homan
- Hegseth

Other nominations for the first to get the boot?

🧾 www.ms.now/news/trump-k...

over the years, Collins notably refused to engage in state ballot referenda, like on marriage twice

To paraphrase what Zohran Mamdani said of Trump, Susan Collins, one of the people in Maine with the most power, is now expending her energy targeting those with the least

Craven is too kind

Mike Johnson warns delivering on Trump's affordability agenda will take 'a while' The House speaker added a cautionary note on affordability, as pressure builds on Trump to deliver tangible economic results swiftly.

Trump says inflation's down, & we're rolling in so much tariff 💰 he wants to cut us a $2K "rebate" check!

Weary MAGA Mike, however, doesn't sound too bullish now...

“The economy is a very complex thing; you don’t flip a switch & just change it all in one week. It takes a while.”

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Trump’s Mamdani embrace complicates Elise Stefanik’s path to governor The president fawned over the mayor-elect, parting with the New York Republican who has claimed he’s a jihadist.

Tee hee. 😁

"There was little doubt within the MAGA movement that the meeting at least temporarily undercut Stefanik’s central campaign premise."

“Dems just need to run clips of the presser today to defeat Elise.” —Laura Loomer on X in the meeting’s aftermath.

🧾 www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

BBC = Trump-compromised.

"Is it really now beyond the pale for the BBC to air an accurate description of Trump’s open & explicit corruption & to correctly situate it in the American historical context? The answer, unfortunately, appears to be yes."
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Doug's first promo out of the gate...

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Someone needs to get to the bottom of this. Our intelligence folks know what happened.

Other people had to be on the line w/Trump & Bolsonaro.

NOTE: Karoline Leavitt was asked & punted — she claims not to know whether any call even occurred.
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"I love President Trump."
— TX rancher, even as the regime hurts ranchers 😳

The meat packer oligarchy—an issue Trump's done nothing about. Also: how is sending Argentina $20B helping?!

Vote D, my man.

(No shade on vid; it's eye-opening—cred to @rokhanna.bsky.social.)
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

Scoop: GOP Rep. Don Bacon weighed resignation over Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace plan Rep. Don Bacon said he was "so angry" at Trump's proposed Ukraine plan that he "thought about" resigning in protest.

Damn, man. You should have stepped down!

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Practically too late, since the coup began months ago, w/fair warning (P2025).

Leadership is compromised by donors, lobbyists, & effing consultants ahead of THE PEOPLE. Too timid, too protective of norms that the Rs blew away on Day One.

We won Election Tuesday *in spite of them*.
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‘Obamacare-lite’? Republicans revolt against Trump’s secret health care plan Republicans on Capitol Hill suggested Trump’s plan, which two White House officials said he would now delay revealing, caught the GOP rank-and-file by surprise.

While the White House sought to downplay the seriousness of the delay, Republicans indicated they were surprised and angered by a plan that would help preserve the Affordable Care Act. “I wasn’t expecting the proposal to be Obamacare-lite,” a conservative House Republican, who requested anonymity to discuss the yet-to-be-released plan. “Absolutely not supportive of extending ACA subsidies.” “I’ve talked to enough [Republicans] to know that people weren’t expecting this and aren’t happy about it,” this lawmaker added. “I don’t see how a proposal like this has any chance of getting majority Republican support. We need to be focused on health care, but extending Obamacare isn’t even serious.” https://www.ms.now/news/trump-aca-health-care-announcement-delay-congressional-republicans

No wonder it's delayed. The Rs hate Grandpa Chaos's lazy non-plan that he developed without any consultation. (Kind of hard when Mike Johnson kept the House out of session over #Epstein files *bc of Trump*).

Another clear example of how Rs are incompetent at governing.
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GOP investor James Fishback is entering the Florida governor’s race, challenging Trump’s pick | CNN Politics Another GOP contender has launched a bid to succeed Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, teeing up a broader challenge to President Donald Trump’s chosen candidate to lead his adopted home state.

🤡 Bootlicker Byron thinks Trump's endorsement is a plus. 🤪

“Byron Donalds will be Florida’s next governor because he is the proven conservative fighter endorsed by President Trump,” said Ryan Smith, chief strategist for Donalds’ campaign.

🧾 www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...

YouTube video by James Fishback Fishback for Florida Governor

In Florida, the R primary for gov will be hilarious. Black MAGA Byron Donalds faces 30-year-old investor James Fishback.

In the latter's vid: “I’m a proud American who will never apologize for our history.” (Followed by a close-up of a Confederate monument). 😳🤣
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Former Sen. Doug Jones jumps into Alabama governor’s race The Democrat is set for a rematch against GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

For God's sake, Alabama — you have a real chance to redeem yourself —kick absolute moron Tuberville to the curb. Alabama hasn't elected a D gov since 2003, but Doug Jones deserves the job.

Jones is looking to succeed the *awful* term-limited MAGA Gov. Kay Ivey.
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Bring it, my #Durham peeps!
No 🧊!

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More Americans are getting their power shut off, as unpaid bills pile up Average electricity costs have risen 11 percent since January, more than three times the rate of inflation. “For the first time, we’re behind on all of our utilities," one Ohioan said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/24/power-shutoffs-surge-electric-bills/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqDwgAKgcICjCO1JQKMLfRdDD6h-AE&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=g&gaa_n=AWEtsqenDOfdM5AOkYUKBulaaqynKXOtcSn6YcmEzgoyONm73qEeTEvgqYG957rnuZBjret8sAd1atZCdNUdh7twlLHX&gaa_ts=6924fe91&gaa_sig=4MBFbBbB9aPf2L8weKx7Zt6bTTRkDVFLVXklGmBeysHRHT7IpWrqDHT-5e0sbi06rjHFTGKr1ocYtggTQu7kIA%3D%3D

Electricity costs have risen significantly for many Americans Average change in residential price per kilowatt-hour, January to August 2025 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/24/power-shutoffs-surge-electric-bills/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqDwgAKgcICjCO1JQKMLfRdDD6h-AE&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=g&gaa_n=AWEtsqenDOfdM5AOkYUKBulaaqynKXOtcSn6YcmEzgoyONm73qEeTEvgqYG957rnuZBjret8sAd1atZCdNUdh7twlLHX&gaa_ts=6924fe91&gaa_sig=4MBFbBbB9aPf2L8weKx7Zt6bTTRkDVFLVXklGmBeysHRHT7IpWrqDHT-5e0sbi06rjHFTGKr1ocYtggTQu7kIA%3D%3D

Trump I did that sticker.

Yesterday I posted about the exploding number of repos of cars, a clear indicator that the economy is tanking.

Now we have growing numbers of people unable to pay their power bill & other utilities.

Trump did that! 🙄
🧾 WaPo: is.gd/kRT9g8

I watched Seven Days in May recently. Hits too close to home now.

The other disaster is Trump pimping the AI sector — enriching his Tech Bros & buds all trading back & forth w/one another, building data centers that explode people's electric bills, w/a goal of killing jobs.

All while the Trump regime destroys the social safety net.
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Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) is saying (w/Grandpa Chaos now on the ropes) Trump's tariffs are why prices skyrocketed.

*Rolling any of them back is Trump ADMITTING HE WAS WRONG*.

Ds, hammer it home — as even Rs are saying the obvious — Trump's tariffs killed the economy & he knows it.
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