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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Stephen Miller saw actual competent lawyers as a huge threat to his plans for authoritarian rule, and so he started removing them and replacing them with hacks and sock puppets who would give whatever advice he wanted. In this, he followed a precedent set down by Cheney in the Bush 43 presidency.
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White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
newrepublic.com/post/203544/...
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Trump Wrecks Republicans’ Biggest Talking Points on Zohran Mamdani
Donald Trump was shockingly smitten with Zohran Mamdani.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
newsweek.com
Full list of Democrats voting to condemn socialism as Zohran Mamdani comes to town
The House of Representatives voted on a resolution condemning socialism ahead of President Trump's meeting with Zohran Mamdani.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
www.commondreams.org/news/billion...
commondreams.org
'We Must Overturn Citizens United,' Says Sanders as Analysis Details Billionaire Takeover of US Politics | Common Dreams
"If democracy is to survive, billionaires cannot be allowed to buy elections," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
New Mexico now offers free childcare for all. Here’s how parents and teachers made it happen
From marches and petitions to a constitutional amendment, a years-long campaign led to New Mexico becoming the first state in the US to offer universal childcare
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I didn't expect her to (rightfully) mention the political/corporate influence machine. She should be campaigning to overturn Citizens United.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
New Mexico now offers free childcare for all. Here’s how parents and teachers made it happen
From marches and petitions to a constitutional amendment, a years-long campaign led to New Mexico becoming the first state in the US to offer universal childcare
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
www.alternet.org/trump-offici...
alternet.org
Federal judge says Trump officials 'lied multiple times' under oath
In a new 233-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis found that many top officials in President Donald Trump's administration "lied multiple times" under oath. The Thursday ruling issued a prelimi...
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
chemoautotrophs could have developed without the sun. Scientific evidence suggests that Earth's first life forms were chemoautotrophs that evolved in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, relying on chemical energy from inorganic compounds like hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide rather than sunlight.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Definitely makes sense. There's a theory that the angry male god idea may have come from mountain or volcano worship. Idk how much merit that has, but it sounded mildly reasonable when I read it.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Except chemoautotrophs. They don't get life from the sun. Sun worship was not uncommon, but no, not all ancient peoples worshipped the sun.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Wait, wtf? nurse.org/news/nursing...
nurse.org
Nursing Excluded as 'Professional' Degree By Department of Education
The Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill" excludes nursing from graduate degree programs deemed as 'professional.' The move impacts loan funding, healthcare delivery, and patient care access...
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Trump sounded reasonable in this interview. Suggestion: Mamdani do a daily 15-20 minute chat with Trump. Maybe go hang out and play golf with him. Trump might create Scandinavian-style health care, raise minimum wage, kick corporate out of housing, protect the environment, and fire his cabinet.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
The Department of Justice will HIDE certain names on the Epstein List for “National Security Concerns”.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Please Ukraine, don't let liar Trump bully you. He will betray allies at the drop of a hat. Trump stabs everyone in the back, except maybe Ivanka.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
scientificamerican.com
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74,000 participants
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
www.mediaite.com/opinion/impe...
mediaite.com
Impeach, Convict, and Remove Trump From Office — Today
Donald Trump has bent our sense of perspective to his will so successfully that we no longer blink at what would have once caused us to gasp.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
According to the UCMJ, an unlawful order is one that requires the commission of a criminal act or violates the Constitution, U.S. federal law, or applicable international law. Examples of Unlawful Orders: Targeting or intentionally harming civilians. Torturing or abusing detainees.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
MAGA loves cruelty.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Who said Elon Musk was a Nazi? www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
nbcnews.com
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli sez keep on, keepin' on. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 20/11/2025
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 20/11/2025
Donald Trump's idiotic proposal to sell off California's coasts to his Big Oil donors is dead in the water. We will not stand by as our coastal economy and communities are put in danger.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
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House Democratic leaders contact Capitol Police after Trump "death threats" against vets
Jeffries and his deputies urged Trump to "immediately delete these unhinged social media posts."
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Trump's Kasshoggi Murder Cover-Up Vindman refers to “shocking and disturbing” Trump and MBS call about the gruesome murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. "The American people and the Khashoggi family deserve to know what was said on that call." www.thedailybeast.com/secret-tape-...
thedailybeast.com
Secret Tape That Could Spin Trump Into Another Cover-Up Scandal
Details of the phone call emerged after Trump defended the Saudi crown prince over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The only way I know of to combat ignorance is through education and exposure to people from different cultures and ethnicities. Every kid needs to understand the scientific method and be taught critical thinking skills and media literacy.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Justice? Murdering 32 children for laughing at a bald guy? Murdering entire societies for worshipping a different god and the death penalty for various offenses, including Sabbath-breaking , blasphemy, and disobedient sons?
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Burning people, torturing people, all the delightful brutality of the Old Testament.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Thanks for the additional detail. Then it's the angry, spoiled, tween-mentality god who murders innocent people for being different that the OT-loving Evangelicals love.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 20/11/2025
Thanks, Washington Post!
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Trump rolled back more than a hundred worker and environmental protections during his first term. Considering the corporate donation machine, it's only going to get worse.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20/11/2025
Trump's transportation department is systematically dismantling consumer protections. Injuries and deaths are inevitable.
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How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
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Mike Leake @mikejleake.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Also, this www.history.uscg.mil/Portals/1/Ou...
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
JC had an excellent point.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
It's a scam because almost no one rises economically as an individual. Everyone who achieves success has had help. I know a lot of "born on 2nd or 3rd base"-types who like to selectively ignore the help they received or the privilege they enjoyed but refuse to acknowledge.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
That's a hard one. Depends on the definition of "hell," too. If one believes that God is Love, then the existence of hell is questionable. If one believes God has the mentality of a spoiled tween, yes, a hell would fit the tantrum-throwing tendency.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
That's a topic that should be discussed. Deprogramming methods for cultists. Also why Democratic leadership should be playing ads showing the truth on FOX News, football, NASCAR.
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Cantaloupe Tendrils @earlysprocket.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I understand them getting indoctrinated by FOX. Yet, how can they not see they're being lied to when reality goes against what they're being told? Some percentage of them lack empathy and only recognize injustice or abuse if they themselves are directly affected.
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