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San Franciscan, writer, analyst. Interests: democracy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, cognitive science, art, flowers, pastry.

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The thing about Marjorie Taylor Greene doing the β€œI didn’t think the face-eating leopards would eat ME face” bit is that she very clearly thought she was one of the leopards to begin with.

08.12.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 441    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3
Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/kremlin-says-new-us-security-strategy-accords-largely-with-russias-view-2025-12-07/

Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/kremlin-says-new-us-security-strategy-accords-largely-with-russias-view-2025-12-07/

What a strange coincidence

08.12.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 578    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 8
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Kushner is a felon, not diplomat.

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When you hear this sort of thing, it is a chilling look inside a twisted soul. Because there’s objectively nothing good happening right now. Nothing. Just misery, pain, and suffering.

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HOPE WALZ: β€œWhat world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”

She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling β€œR*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.

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Conducting an illegal war against Venezuela.

Deploying the National Guard against our own citizens.

Starting a new nuclear arms race.

And now, asking for another $900 billion for Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth.

Trump and Republicans are out of control.

08.12.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 522    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 3
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Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels Many parents like myself were shocked by a recent change to the English curriculum at Alice Deal Middle School.

A parent at a DC middle school is urging staff to reconsider its new curriculum, which removes all full-length novels from the 8th grade curriculum

Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels

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A Republican president once picked Ben Bernankeβ€”a future Nobel laureateβ€”because expertise mattered more than spin. That norm, picking Fed chairs for brains not loyalty, does more to protect your paycheck than any campaign slogan.

07.12.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1691    πŸ” 553    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 17

As if the crime wasn't bad enough.

07.12.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

In case it wasn’t clear.

bsky.app/profile/snel...

07.12.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone who pardons drug dealers is not fighting a war on drugs

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They were all raised to be sociopaths.

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Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.

Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court

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U.S. Flips History by Casting Europeβ€”Not Russiaβ€”as Villain in New Security Policy An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies.

Still think Trump/Russia is a β€œhoax”?
www.wsj.com/world/europe...

07.12.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1195    πŸ” 589    πŸ’¬ 122    πŸ“Œ 31

It's not luck, though - it was a decades-long effort by Russia to get the US to this point. The people with power and influence now have been built up for years, with a goal of installing a compliant government that would hand over Ukraine. See thread.

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Not MY Thanksgiving turkey. What a liar Bessent is.

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By β€œsovreignty” he means β€œstates should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...

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Tense afternoon in Kenner, outside of New Orleans, as protesters followed Greg Bovino and Border Patrol around a neighborhood around 3pm today.

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Thugs, crooks, creeps...the list is long!

Noel torches Trump's desire (and need) to cozy up to the worst people. Donald's curriculum vitae is a disgusting, corrupt psycopathy.

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'Shakedown Street' You should look at Trump’s pardons - from Ross Ulbricht to the former president of Honduras to Kushner’s disreputable and ex-con pops as what it is - Donald assembling his β€˜Ocean’s Eleven’ gang.

β€œIt’s not just about bribes and campaign contributions, or getting back at Biden; it’s about building a consortium of criminals that will do his bidding.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...

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We're bringing in trillions in foreign investments....

All to ourselves.

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Trump Jr.-Backed Company Cashes In on Massive Pentagon Contract What a coincidence!

Corruption. In plain view. newrepublic.com/post/203954/...

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I'm Louisiana:

How to treat ICE and Border Patrol. Lock the doors and show them you arent afraid of their bullshit.

πŸ“½: culture.20 instagram

07.12.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump Says US Freeze On Asylum Decisions Will Last 'A Long Time' US President Donald Trump said Sunday his administration intends to maintain a pause on asylum decisions for "a long time" after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members near the…

A long-term freeze on asylum decisions isn’t β€œborder security.” It leaves families waiting, courts backed up, and people trapped without answers. Human lives are not a pause button.

Read: www.barrons.com/news/trump-s...

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So every Military recruit must bleach their hair blond and wear blue contacts, just like every female in the Trump Administration? Screen Test for Patriotism?

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Elon Musk shares the Russian govt’s goals in Europe, and uses his platform to advance them, with Musk’s motive anti-democracy white nationalism.

The current US govt shares Russia’s goals in Europe, and published a National Security Strategy explaining the reason is anti-democracy white nationalism.

07.12.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 363    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hegseth reversed the policy Mark Esper put in place in 2020, which was designed to prevent β€œdiscrimination, prejudice, and bias in all ranks.” Hegseth wants to know what they look like when these decisions are made.

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$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.

Whoa … this is really strange.

Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.

🎁 link ‡️

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

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