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@still4dems.bsky.social
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Love string quartets, cats, baseball, water aerobics.
#DefendDemocracy
#DemCast
#Voterizer
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about 21 hours ago
Felon's lying. Again. "[The issue w] claims of Christian genocide in Nigeria is that terror groups & militias are killing everyone, Christians & Muslims alike" "[His BS abt this is like his BS abt] white genocide in South Africa—and both Christian & Muslims in Nigeria will suffer the consequences"
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Nigeria Clarifies What Really Happened With Trump’s Airstrikes
The Nigerian foreign ministry is fact-checking Donald Trump.
https://newrepublic.com/post/204748/nigeria-trump-us-airstrikes
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only)
1 day ago
Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat
about 21 hours ago
BRAVO Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg for standing firm and protecting her father’s name and The Kennedy Center.
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
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Mueller, She Wrote
1 day ago
The numbers are in. More people watched the bootlegged 60 Minutes CECOT segment than watched Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.
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What is the cost of the war against scientific reality?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward
This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/22/trump-stalin-national-center-atmospheric-research?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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You can dismantle the research institution but you can’t dismantle the Earth’s climate system, the atmosphere, the ocean, extreme heat and cold, fires, floods, etc. We’ll pay the price if we do.
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This is a good quality video of the “pulled” 60 Minutes segment.
open.substack.com/pub/yashar/p...
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BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
https://open.substack.com/pub/yashar/p/breaking-heres-the-60-minutes-segment?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Senator Patty Murray
4 days ago
Our democracy depends on a free press—not one where an administration can block any reporting they don't like from the air. We need answers ASAP.
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‘I ultimately had to comply’: ‘60 Minutes’ EP faces fallout after Bari Weiss shelves story
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/21/cbs-news-bari-weiss-intervention/
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
3 days ago
This whole time people on the left have been clear—we don't care if Bill Clinton is in the Epstein files. Release them in full & let justice be served. We're not in a cult and that's what justice demands. Now Bill Clinton is calling for their full release. And suddenly MAGA is silent. Fascinating.
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@FieldTeam6.org
is launching the biggest in-person voter drive campaign since Civil Rights! Wanna help? Host a voter drive! We'll train you & you'll leave the call fired up, knowing everything you need to lead your own voter drive!
#Voterizer
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Eat, drink, be merry. This Holiday Season, give the gift that keeps on giving: more Democrats signed up to to vote! 💙 Every dollar donated to
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Rachel Maddow
2 months ago
worth 4 mins of your time to watch this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfD...
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Now is the Time to Speak up for Justice
YouTube video by Justice Connection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfDvRlqozU
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You're a Mean One, Mr. Trump
The administration’s tariffs are costing a lot this holiday season — and taking your hard-earned money along the way.
https://open.substack.com/pub/schiffnotes/p/youre-a-mean-one-mr-trump?r=biccw&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
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Margaret Sullivan’s take on Bari Weiss’ editorial decision to pull “60 Minutes” show on CBS.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bari Weiss yanking a 60 Minutes story is censorship by oligarchy | Margaret Sullivan
Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor – not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/23/bari-weiss-60-minutes-cecot-episode-censorship?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Bill Kristol
4 days ago
“It is unlikely that any of these ships will ever be built. This is vaporware. No different than the Foxconn mega-plant in Wisconsin, or all of the iPhones that are just about to be made in America, or the addition of Canada as the 51st state...”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Trump-Class Battleships Are the Navy’s Trump Ballroom
Trump Steaks. Trump University. Trump Coins. Why not? Let’s do this and be legends.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/trump-class-battleships-are-the-navys?r=1emko
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Asha Rangappa
5 days ago
Just watched the 60 Minutes segment. Basically it debunks the fundamental claim used by Trump admin that the detainees it sent there are “terrorists” and corroborates torture using clips from El Salvadorean influencers Bukele uses internally. Would be a shock to low information voters, probably
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Kudos to Jen Rubin and the Contrarian. This gives us a lot to keep in mind for 2026 and beyond.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Lessons from 2025
What will guide us going forward?
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/lessons-from-2025?r=biccw&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
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CO Rep Brianna Titone
5 days ago
Contrary to what tRump thinks, there are still Republicans here in Colorado but everything he does seems to just be some form of extortion to control people who disagree with him. It's completely disgraceful and I expect all 8 Reps in Congress to say something.
www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
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Trump rejects Colorado’s bid for federal disaster relief after fires, flooding
President Donald Trump late Saturday denied Colorado’s request for disaster relief funding following the Elk and Lee fires and Western Slope flooding this summer.
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/trump-rejects-colorados-bid-for-federal-disaster-relief-after-fires-flooding
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Danielle ❌👑
5 days ago
As many predicted, Trump’s mass deportations are not keeping American communities safe, but doing the opposite. With witnesses and victims being deported or fearing contact with the system, DAs report more difficulty prosecuting ppl accused of violent crimes.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/22/t...
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Texas prosecutors say deportations are harming criminal cases
District attorneys in Harris, El Paso and other counties say some cases, including murders, have been hobbled or lost because witnesses were detained, deported or too scared to come to court.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/22/texas-district-attorneys-deportation-witnesses-criminal-cases-immigrants/
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L’Etat C’est Moi
5 days ago
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro was the victim of AI-generated fake photos. They weren’t posted by an ordinary troll. The culprit was PA’s GOP Treasurer Stacy Garrity, who’s challenging Shapiro next year. Watch out for Republican AI scams in 2026!
lancasteronline.com/news/politic...
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Voters to face unprecedented levels of AI-generated misinformation in 2026
An image was posted to social media in October depicting Gov. Josh Shapiro in his signature blue suit, white collared shirt and rectangular black-frame glasses.
https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/voters-to-face-unprecedented-levels-of-ai-generated-misinformation-in-2026/article_d1a7912d-8a97-418d-90ae-f88d948c52b5.html
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Joan ❌👑
5 days ago
Europe has learned; you don't bargain with the bully. Call out his BS loudly when he starts trying to slide into your space. Good for them for telling him NO in plain language (Probably easier to call out w the dumbass 'envoy' yapping abt his “honour to serve...to make Greenland a part of the US”)
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You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump
Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/denmark-summon-us-ambassador-trump-greenland-envoy-appointment
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Adam Kinzinger
5 days ago
Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus Censorship. Bari Weiss
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Frank Figliuzzi
5 days ago
I’m old enough to remember when we had a free press. CBS yanks 60 Minutes segment on CECOT prison Trump sends deportees to:
www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-s...
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'60 Minutes' Suddenly Drops Segment on Major Trump Controversy
The show announced a programming change just before its Sunday night timeslot.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-suddenly-drops-segment-on-major-trump-controversy/
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🌎Mar-rick🌐🇺🇸
6 days ago
A few reminders about the SCOTUS immunity decision for Presidents: It does not provide immunity for prior crimes. It does not provide immunity to the President's cabinet. Similar to Roe v. Wade, it can be overturned in the future.
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Timothy Snyder
6 days ago
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity. Do listen. I wrote about the history here:
snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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Marc Elias
6 days ago
I am furious that DOJ ignored the new federal law requiring release of the Epstein Files. I am equally angry that so many in legacy media seem not to care. My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content.
hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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The Tennessee Holler
6 days ago
🧑🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
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Christopher Webb
6 days ago
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head. That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Aaron Rupar
6 days ago
BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply? MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
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Alt National Park Service
7 days ago
Yesterday we were all waiting in the Epstein line. Today, the entire country has turned into investigators, tracking which files are disappearing. Sixteen gone so far. There’s been a remarkable amount of teamwork, with people working together to identify the missing documents.
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7 days ago
They're working overtime on the cover-up. "NPR identified more than a dozen files released by the DOJ on Friday that are no longer available Saturday afternoon, including one that shows President Trump's photo on a desk among several other photographs."
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Available to download Friday, some Epstein files no longer there Saturday afternoon
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/20/nx-s1-5650758/epstein-files-doj-trump-photo
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DrH
7 days ago
Unnecessary, possibly unethical $1.6M being awarded to controversial Danish group by CDC to study Hepatitis B vaccine that has already been studied for decades and been proven effective. This is over the objections of numerous virologists, scientists and the WHO.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study by controversial Danish researchers
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/cdc-awards-16-million-hepatitis-b-vaccine-study-controversial-danish-researchers
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Libbed Out American
7 days ago
Only 31% of U.S. adults now approve of how Donald Trump is handling the economy, down from 40% in March, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Those approval numbers are still way too high.
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Scott MacFarlane
7 days ago
Zero indication the Epstein controversy has cooled Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) says today’s document release “grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law
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The Tennessee Holler
8 days ago
WATCH: DuBois & Dickerson sign off from Bari Weiss’ CBS News(max) for the last time
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Release of Epstein files includes “incomplete and heavily-redacted documents.” A coverup? Would you be surprised?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump over-promises and under-delivers with heavily redacted Epstein cache
‘Most transparent’ administration has slow-walked and stonewalled – the incomplete release smells of a cover-up
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/doj-epstein-files-release-redacted-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
7 days ago
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TizzyWoman
8 days ago
Surprise, surprise. The DOJ isn’t meeting deadline to
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
. Those mfr’s are NOT above the law. Hold them accountable.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Jennifer C
8 days ago
This is blatant lawbreaking. Federal statute is crystal clear: only Congress can rename a national memorial. The Kennedy Center is legally JFK’s. But they rushed to alter the website & sign anyway without authority, just ego-driven vandalism and not giving a damn about the law or we, the people.
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L’Etat C’est Moi
8 days ago
The WSJ mapped out Trump’s greedy, self-enriching empire. (Don’t scoff at the WSJ. It’s telling more truth about Trump than the NYT.) Gift link.
www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
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The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-family-business-visualized-6d132c71?st=JEAyf6&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Planned Parenthood Votes! South Atlantic
8 days ago
This is disgusting. Trans youth deserve healthy, full lives. Gender-affirming health care is life-saving, and the ongoing fixation on trans kids is cruel and harmful.
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RFK Jr. announces new rules targeting care for transgender youth
If approved, the proposed federal regulations would dramatically impact an already challenging landscape.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/trump-administration-moves-to-adopt-sweeping-new-rules-targeting-care-for-transgender-youth/
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@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social
8 days ago
🇨🇦BREAKING: Mark Carney Just Shut Down All Trade Talks With Trump — Until Washington “Stabilizes”
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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🇨🇦BREAKING: Mark Carney Just Shut Down All Trade Talks With Trump — Until Washington “Stabilizes”
No kneeling. No panic. No tariff-for-favours scams. Just grown-up governance.
https://open.substack.com/pub/deanblundell/p/breaking-mark-carney-just-shut-down?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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The New York Times
8 days ago
Breaking News: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to swap the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule for Denmark’s, with fewer shot recommendations.
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R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”
https://nyti.ms/4pJBIKd
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Senator Mark Warner
8 days ago
BREAKING NEWS: The White House broke the law by failing to release all of the Epstein files.
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Marc Elias
8 days ago
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files Release in Violation of New Law
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/justice-department-fail-epstein-files-deadline-blanche/
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Global Abortion Rights News
8 days ago
Today, French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill exonerating women punished for abortion before it was legalized in 1975. This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
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France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
Between 1870 and 1975, more than 11,660 people were convicted for performing or seeking an abortion, according to official estimates.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/12/18/france-exonerates-women-convicted-over-abortions-before-legalisation_6748632_7.html
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Simon Rosenberg
9 days ago
There’s only one story tonight - Trump is unwell and unfit. Everything else is just detail.
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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET
10 days ago
Bring this to the House Floor NOW CALL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES 202 224-3121 PLEASE!!
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Jennifer C
10 days ago
Democrats forced the issue. The discharge petition has the votes. ACA tax credits are on the table now. If House Republicans block this, they own every dropped plan and every spiking premium. Call and demand a HELL YES vote. 📞 (202) 224-3121
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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Update on number of people killed in boat strikes by US military in the Caribbean (without consulting Congress).
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US military says eight killed in strikes on alleged drug vessels - BBC News
The US has carried out more than 20 strikes in international waters on alleged drug vessels since September.
https://share.google/kbJP21F2FTyUZtfad
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