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Was @amidthetumult for over 15 years at the other place. Professor Indigenous Studies; Ph.D. (Leiden) Anthropology. Hoping something can be saved of Democracy and world order in the next few years. I stand with Ukraine

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10.11.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 10953    πŸ” 2478    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 59
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Elise Stefanik’s Bad Bet on MAGA Politics For a promise of power, she has let herself be yanked around. Now she’s launched a Trumpian campaign for governor of New York.

Stefanik's NY governor announcement is straight from the Trump School of Belligerent Capital-Letter Nicknames. Even after last week's GOP drubbing, she's treating Trump as a winning role model. What can she be thinking? It's a mystery. Or maybe not. @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/elise-stef...

10.11.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 240    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 9

The server I keep my β€œImagine If Biden Had Done This” file on is using more energy than all AI models combined.

10.11.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 871    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 3

In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.

We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party

10.11.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1379    πŸ” 307    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 14
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.

"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

10.11.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4028    πŸ” 1279    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 84
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Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.

NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.

So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.

Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:

10.11.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7406    πŸ” 2419    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 82
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Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.

Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.

10.11.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9026    πŸ” 1936    πŸ’¬ 249    πŸ“Œ 99

This echoes the conservative counterargument to union rights a century ago, the so-called "liberty of contract."

As FDR's Interior Secretary Harold Ickes noted, that kind of "liberty" merely gave helpless individuals the freedom to "drive a bargain with a great corporation."

11.11.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 840    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 11

When are people going to start talking about the clear cognitive decline of the president?

09.11.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 920    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 8

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

07.11.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13984    πŸ” 4206    πŸ’¬ 172    πŸ“Œ 98
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4/ One of those roles was burying the dead, a highly traumatic duty as many of the bodies were severely mutilated. The cemetery was constructed by the 960th Quartermaster Service Company, an all-Black unit of 260 men under the command of a White officer (as was usual).

09.11.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3041    πŸ” 538    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 12

3/ One of the two panels described how a million African-Americans volunteered for service during World War II, but had to fight against both the enemy and racism on their own side, including segregation within the army itself that confined many to supporting roles.

09.11.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3133    πŸ” 577    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 11

2/ The Dutch newspaper reports that two memorial panels installed at the NAC were removed some time earlier this year. They commemorated African-American soldiers who helped liberate Europe from German occupation during World War II.

09.11.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2953    πŸ” 586    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 15
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

09.11.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 10976    πŸ” 7285    πŸ’¬ 873    πŸ“Œ 1746

Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.

10.11.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1381    πŸ” 284    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 11

Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"

10.11.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4632    πŸ” 1065    πŸ’¬ 262    πŸ“Œ 76

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

09.11.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 26734    πŸ” 7511    πŸ’¬ 842    πŸ“Œ 530
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BREAKING

The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.

The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.

Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...

10.11.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2118    πŸ” 634    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 71
STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): I've been invited to speak across the country about January 6. And now that I'm relaunching Oath Keepers, I'm getting more invitations to come speak as well. So, yeah, I'm relaunching the organization and rebuilding it. 

...

They tried to take us out after January 6 but what man means for evil, God will use for good. I came out stronger after it, and so my goal is to rebuild the organization stronger than ever because it's an essential mission. Absolutely.

JIM HOFT (HOST): Oh, that's wonderful news. So the Oath Keepers is going to have a relaunch here, and Stewart's breaking that news this weekend?

RHODES: Yes, sir.

...

RHODES: I mean, I have to make sure that if I'm ever taken out again or if I'm or when I'm taken out again, that the organization can drive on without me. That's not what happened last time.

...

So we want to make sure it's got resilience and redundancy built in that it can drive on strong. With the same mission, though. You can't call yourself an Oath Keeper if you're not willing to protect people against radical antifa and other leftist violence in the streets.

STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): I've been invited to speak across the country about January 6. And now that I'm relaunching Oath Keepers, I'm getting more invitations to come speak as well. So, yeah, I'm relaunching the organization and rebuilding it. ... They tried to take us out after January 6 but what man means for evil, God will use for good. I came out stronger after it, and so my goal is to rebuild the organization stronger than ever because it's an essential mission. Absolutely. JIM HOFT (HOST): Oh, that's wonderful news. So the Oath Keepers is going to have a relaunch here, and Stewart's breaking that news this weekend? RHODES: Yes, sir. ... RHODES: I mean, I have to make sure that if I'm ever taken out again or if I'm or when I'm taken out again, that the organization can drive on without me. That's not what happened last time. ... So we want to make sure it's got resilience and redundancy built in that it can drive on strong. With the same mission, though. You can't call yourself an Oath Keeper if you're not willing to protect people against radical antifa and other leftist violence in the streets.

STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us β€” in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience. 

Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play. 

...

And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.

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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.

STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us β€” in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience. Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play. ... And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country. ... He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.

New:

On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers

He also urged Trump to β€œcall us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...

10.11.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 790    πŸ” 478    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 129
GRANTING PARDONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATED TO THE 2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
.....β€’ -
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
This proclamation ends a grave national injustice
perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020
Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation.
Acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article II,
Section 2, of the Constitution of the United States,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, do hereby grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens for conduct
relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors, whether or not recognized by any State or State official, in connection with the 2020 Presidential Election, as well for any conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 Presidential Blection.
This includes, but is not limited to:
β€’ Mark Amick
β€’ Kathy Berden
β€’ Christina Bobb
β€’ Tyler Bowyer
β€’ Joseph Bxannan
β€’ Carol Brunner
β€’ Mary Buestrin
β€’ Darryl Carlson
β€’ James "Ken" Carroll
β€’ Brad Carver

GRANTING PARDONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATED TO THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION .....β€’ - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation. Acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution of the United States, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, do hereby grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors, whether or not recognized by any State or State official, in connection with the 2020 Presidential Election, as well for any conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 Presidential Blection. This includes, but is not limited to: β€’ Mark Amick β€’ Kathy Berden β€’ Christina Bobb β€’ Tyler Bowyer β€’ Joseph Bxannan β€’ Carol Brunner β€’ Mary Buestrin β€’ Darryl Carlson β€’ James "Ken" Carroll β€’ Brad Carver

Robert Cheeley
β€’ Kenneth Chesebro
β€’ Hank Choate
β€’ Jeffrey Clark
β€’ Vikki Consiglio
β€’ Nancy Cottle
β€’ James DeGraffenreid
β€’ John Downey
β€’ John Eastman
β€’ Jenna Ellis
β€’ Boris Epshteyn
β€’ Amy Facchinello
β€’ B111 Feehan
β€’ Carolyn Fisher
β€’ Harrison Ployd
β€’ Clifford Frost
β€’ Kay Godwin
β€’ Edward Scott Grabins
β€’ Stanley Grot
β€’ Rudolph Giuliani
β€’ John Haggard
β€’ Scott Hall
β€’ Misty Hampton
β€’ David G. Hanna
β€’ Mark Hennessy
β€’ Mari-Ann Henry
β€’ Durward James Hindle III

Robert Cheeley β€’ Kenneth Chesebro β€’ Hank Choate β€’ Jeffrey Clark β€’ Vikki Consiglio β€’ Nancy Cottle β€’ James DeGraffenreid β€’ John Downey β€’ John Eastman β€’ Jenna Ellis β€’ Boris Epshteyn β€’ Amy Facchinello β€’ B111 Feehan β€’ Carolyn Fisher β€’ Harrison Ployd β€’ Clifford Frost β€’ Kay Godwin β€’ Edward Scott Grabins β€’ Stanley Grot β€’ Rudolph Giuliani β€’ John Haggard β€’ Scott Hall β€’ Misty Hampton β€’ David G. Hanna β€’ Mark Hennessy β€’ Mari-Ann Henry β€’ Durward James Hindle III

β€’ Burt Jones
β€’ Anthony T. Kern
β€’ Kathy Kiernen
β€’ Timothy King
β€’Trevian Kutts
β€’ James Lamon
β€’ Cathleen Latham
β€’ Jesse Law
β€’ Stephen Lee
β€’ Michele Lundgren
β€’ Meshawn Maddock
β€’ Michael McDonald
β€’ Mark Meadows
β€’ Shawn Mechan
β€’ Robert Montgomery
β€’ Daryl Moody
β€’ Samuel I. Moorhead
β€’ Loraine Pellegrino
β€’ Sidney Powe11
β€’ James Renner
β€’ Bileen Rice
β€’ Mayra Rodriguez
β€’ Mike Roman
β€’ Rose Rook
β€’ Kelly Ruh
β€’ Greg Safsten
β€’ David Shafer
β€’ Marian Sheridan
β€’ Ray Stallings Smith III

β€’ Burt Jones β€’ Anthony T. Kern β€’ Kathy Kiernen β€’ Timothy King β€’Trevian Kutts β€’ James Lamon β€’ Cathleen Latham β€’ Jesse Law β€’ Stephen Lee β€’ Michele Lundgren β€’ Meshawn Maddock β€’ Michael McDonald β€’ Mark Meadows β€’ Shawn Mechan β€’ Robert Montgomery β€’ Daryl Moody β€’ Samuel I. Moorhead β€’ Loraine Pellegrino β€’ Sidney Powe11 β€’ James Renner β€’ Bileen Rice β€’ Mayra Rodriguez β€’ Mike Roman β€’ Rose Rook β€’ Kelly Ruh β€’ Greg Safsten β€’ David Shafer β€’ Marian Sheridan β€’ Ray Stallings Smith III

4
β€’ Robert F. Spindell Jx.
β€’ Shawn Still
β€’ Ken Thompson
β€’ Pam Travis
β€’ James Troupis
β€’ Kent Vanderwood
β€’ Kelli Ward
β€’ Michael Ward
β€’ C.B. Yadav
This pardon does not apply to the President of the
United States, Donald J. Trump.
The Attorney General, acting through the Pardon Attorney, shall administer and effectuate the issuance of certificates of
pardon to eligible applicants.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
seventh day of November, in the year of our lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.

4 β€’ Robert F. Spindell Jx. β€’ Shawn Still β€’ Ken Thompson β€’ Pam Travis β€’ James Troupis β€’ Kent Vanderwood β€’ Kelli Ward β€’ Michael Ward β€’ C.B. Yadav This pardon does not apply to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. The Attorney General, acting through the Pardon Attorney, shall administer and effectuate the issuance of certificates of pardon to eligible applicants. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of November, in the year of our lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.

Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other β€œalternate electors.”

Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.

10.11.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4542    πŸ” 1396    πŸ’¬ 183    πŸ“Œ 112
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FIFA head says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new peace prize FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.

Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.

10.11.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 718    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 28

Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:

Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.

Now he’s pardoning them for it.

bsky.app/profile/anna...

10.11.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 918    πŸ” 379    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 5
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Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months

A felon freed by Trump in his first term is sentenced again, this time to 27 months after a judge found that he sexually assaulted a nanny, swung an IV pole at a nurse and dodged tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...

10.11.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 701    πŸ” 239    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 28
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Donald Trump Is Putting His Face on Both Sides of a New Coin. U.S. Treasury Reveals 'First Drafts' The U.S. Treasury revealed the draft of a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump on both sides.

people.com/donald-trump... I just knew this was coming. And if you think this doesn’t end with a massive gold trump statue in DC you’re not paying attention

10.11.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 417    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 57

"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."

10.11.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 597    πŸ” 291    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6

I'm told Sen. Ted Cruz led this effort. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats weren't consulted on the addition of this language, per a source familiar. Committee's top Dem, Dick Durbin, was among the 8 Ds who voted to advance the spending measure last night.

10.11.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 363    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 8
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Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...

Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

10.11.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1395    πŸ” 840    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 348

Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"

10.11.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2710    πŸ” 852    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 33

His fuckery regarding the civil suit alone should prevent his ever being an attorney again.

10.11.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 459    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 0

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