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Retired journalist, wine guy, Miami. Husband, dad, granddad.

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Criminal behavior

15.10.2025 09:45 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
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Jack Smith Speaks You have choices about where you get your news and analysis.

Jack Smith Speaks
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15.10.2025 09:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lyin' fired weasel speaker Kevin McCarthy is sponsoring the 'no on 50' commercials here in CA..tells you everything! VOTE #YesOn50 by NOV 4th.

14.10.2025 23:03 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Cori Bush: The Joy Reid Show 'The Basement' interview Cori Bush has declared a rematch, against the congressman who won the Missouri seat she won in an upset in 2020, and potentially, against the powerful lobby, AIPAC

Cori Bush: The Joy Reid Show 'The Basement' interview
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14.10.2025 23:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

No Kings has Republicans in Disarray

@cheetah.bsky.social latest Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...

14.10.2025 19:09 — 👍 806    🔁 182    💬 39    📌 8

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

14.10.2025 19:06 — 👍 19882    🔁 5543    💬 796    📌 269
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Phang: We know that there is a move by 99% of the Republicans locked step with Trump and countless still unidentified billionaires and politicians to keep this from moving forward. How do we know? Because Speaker Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in Arizona Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva…

13.10.2025 20:19 — 👍 4267    🔁 1404    💬 109    📌 51
Dems FURIOUS as Trump BYPASSES Congress With DANGEROUS Plan
YouTube video by Katie Phang Dems FURIOUS as Trump BYPASSES Congress With DANGEROUS Plan

As Felon Trump calls Democrats “terrorists,” he has also unilaterally declared cartels “designated terrorist organizations.”

@jahimes.bsky.social wants answers from the Admin about what’s going on & why Trump thinks he’s legally justified to do extrajudicial killings.

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14.10.2025 20:38 — 👍 402    🔁 132    💬 29    📌 5
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Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

14.10.2025 00:53 — 👍 19816    🔁 6067    💬 759    📌 356
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Let’s make a deal with the most corrupt president in U.S. history— Donald Trump.

🔥 HOT MIC: Indonesia’s president straight up asks if he can meet with Eric and Don Jr. You can’t make this up.

14.10.2025 15:28 — 👍 1061    🔁 580    💬 88    📌 46
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Trump Brought the Ceasefire. Can America Bring the Peace? Hostages are home, now comes the test we’ve never passed.

Trump Brought the Ceasefire. Can America Bring the Peace?
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14.10.2025 16:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

How fashy do you have to be for the Washington Post to refuse to sign your pre-clearance policy? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

13.10.2025 21:19 — 👍 10306    🔁 2471    💬 318    📌 110
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Respect to those who got here first.

13.10.2025 18:09 — 👍 31523    🔁 6377    💬 523    📌 209
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Suspect Pleads Guilty in Firebombing of Pa. Governor’s Residence Under a plea agreement, Cory Balmer will be imprisoned for 25 to 50 years for attempted murder and other charges in the attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence in Harrisburg, Pa.

Breaking News: The man who firebombed the residence of Josh Shapiro, the governor of Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in a deal with a sentence of 25 to 50 years.

14.10.2025 15:08 — 👍 140    🔁 34    💬 4    📌 5

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

14.10.2025 13:51 — 👍 6488    🔁 1135    💬 321    📌 75

Can I use AI to block AI?

14.10.2025 15:14 — 👍 1549    🔁 120    💬 130    📌 14
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Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?

The NYT blithely tells us that SCOTUS may be about to strike down the use of race in redistricting decisions, which will result in...

...the use of race in redistricting decisions.

What the NYT *means* to say is SCOTUS is about to forbid *stopping* MAGAs from using race in redistricting schemes.

14.10.2025 15:07 — 👍 346    🔁 108    💬 16    📌 5
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Citizens & long-time US residents are being brutalized, detained & deported.
Paramjit Singh has a brain tumor & a heart condition, but because he used a public phone without paying 10 years ago they have detained him for 2 months and withheld medical care, and are deporting him.

13.10.2025 13:01 — 👍 416    🔁 254    💬 18    📌 2
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Historian draws 'eerie parallels' between Trump and notorious 20th century president When civil libertarians criticize U.S. presidents of the 20th Century, two of names that often come up are Republican Richard Nixon and Democrat Woodrow Wilson. One of those civil libertarians is historian Adam Hochschild. In an interview with Salon's Chauncey DeVega published in Q&A form on October 14, Hochschild draws a parallel between Donald Trump's second presidency and the 1910s under Wilson's presidency. Hochschild, author of the book "American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis," told DeVega, "I certainly agree that there are many eerie parallels between the assault on democracy in this country in 1917-1921 and the similar assault Trump is mounting today. I think that's a reason why 'American Midnight' has found a good number of readers. I began it during the first Trump Administration because I saw so many parallels between what he wanted to do and what the second-term Woodrow Wilson actually did do: Censor the critical media, stir vigilante movements to action and throw political enemies in jail." Hochschild continued, "It is strange how different those two presidents are in style and personality. Wilson would have looked down his nose at Trump as a crude, uneducated lout. But the two men are also very similar in their desire to ruthlessly silence their enemies." The historian/author finds it ironic that Trump characterizes 2025's Democrats as far-left, considering that policies are quite mainstream. Hochschild told DeVega, "One difference is that in 1917, the Russian Revolution happened, and the ruling elites in both Europe and the United States feared that its spirit would spread. Today, no matter how much Trump fumes against 'radical-left Marxists,' the Democrats he attacks are neither radical nor Marxist, and are pretty mild by historical standards. The rhetoric is still there, although I think it has less power than it did when many in the United States really did fear revolution. But reality has never been a constraint when it comes to Trump's rhetoric." Chauncey DeVega's full interview with historian Adam Hochschild for Salon is available at this link.
14.10.2025 11:38 — 👍 18    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Rep. Eric Swalwell on Courage, Strategy, and What’s Next for the Democratic Party One thing I’ve learned over the years—especially when you’ve got the mic, the gavel, or the spotlight—is that everybody says they want fighters.

Rep. Eric Swalwell on Courage, Strategy, and What’s Next for the Democratic Party
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14.10.2025 11:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ukraine Will Win Ken Harbaugh just returned from another humanitarian mission in Ukraine. Here's the retired U.S. Navy pilot's story from the front lines.

Ukraine Will Win
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14.10.2025 10:15 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Beware the Oligarch's AI Bubble They’re likely to burst.

Beware the Oligarchs’ Two Bubbles
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14.10.2025 09:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Here’s a hint: She’s brilliant, amazing, and has kicked Felon Trump’s butt TWO TIMES in court

14.10.2025 01:42 — 👍 537    🔁 101    💬 13    📌 0
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“Total destruction”

13.10.2025 20:27 — 👍 2498    🔁 1315    💬 255    📌 164
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Donald Trump is weaponizing The American Dream against us God forbid anyone but one of his cronies buy property to leave a legacy for their families.

Donald Trump is weaponizing The American Dream against us
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14.10.2025 09:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The one and only @maddow.msnbc.com

14.10.2025 01:46 — 👍 452    🔁 65    💬 20    📌 3
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Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like? What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?

The evidence-based conclusion is that impeachment cannot work because of a design failure. This might be a fatal flaw.

14.10.2025 01:00 — 👍 385    🔁 95    💬 39    📌 4
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It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

13.10.2025 23:47 — 👍 29379    🔁 7245    💬 1009    📌 374
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Indigenous Peoples Day: Fight Fascism Everywhere A recording from The Joy Reid Show's live October 13 show

Indigenous Peoples Day: Fight Fascism Everywhere
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14.10.2025 00:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Inherently Corrupting’: Obama Rips Trump’s Military Deployment In Chicago Oh, look, it's a president who knows how to form a sentence.

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14.10.2025 00:18 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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