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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You are right, Senator Cotton. Year-round standard time is better. Restore and preserve proper high noons all year long! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Here’s Senator Cotton’s Cell Number, Trump Says, in Dispute Over Daylight Saving Bill
The president urged people to call Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas and accused him of blocking a bill to cement daylight saving time.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Term limits would let him see the light at the end of the tunnel! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him.
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looking up which countries still have the death penalty, we, the USA, find ourselves in the company of China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, etc: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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After Failed Attempt to Execute Christa Pike, Tennessee Pauses a Planned Execution
Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, ordered a review of the state’s lethal injection process after the botched attempt to put Christa Pike to death. She was hospitalized Wednesday.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What does Trump's and the GOP's petty revenge persecution cost us tax payers? Don't they have more urgent worries, like ending the insane attack on Iran or getting Putin to stop his illegal attack on Ukraine? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eine Schande für die Heidenauer CDU sich nach rechtsaußen zu lehnen. Noch größere Schande ist, weswegen die CDU Stadträte mit der AfD gemeinsame Sache machten. Was kommt da noch? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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German Town Votes to Stop Adding Memorials Outside Homes of Slain Jews
Councilors in an eastern German town voted to stop installing memorial plaques outside homes of Holocaust victims, saying they would instead build a memorial at a cemetery.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A badge of journalistic honor. Almost like a Pulitzer! www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Live Updates: CNN and MS NOW Reporters Denied White House Access After Trump Announces Ban
President Trump announced a ban on Friday on the outlets, whose coverage he deems unfair. The move will likely be challenged in court.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Boondoggle money waste by our high IQ President building battleships at which the Chinese or Iran can take potshots without any danger of missing. Like their class namesake they are doomed to sink. My heart goes out to their future crews. Look up Bismarck and Tirpitz. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion | Building ‘Trump Class’ Battleships Will Be a Big, Expensive Mistake
The United States needs a bigger Navy. But not one that looks like this.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Per the NYT, Trump posted: “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, [...]” This means we have to wait at least 2 years until we get AI guardrails, unless the midterms give Democrats majorities in Congress to impeach Trump. Go vote!
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just one more problem Trump created and where he wants his name illegally affixed even if he only "solves" that self-created problem. If he hadn't installed himself and sycophant trustees and insread left competent people in place, there would be no crisis. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/a...
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Kennedy Center Closes Its Doors Despite a Judge’s Order
The announcement came after President Trump said he would cancel a $257 million renovation of the venue if his name is not returned to the building.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So, did Trump, Kushner or the other failed negotiator tell Putin to leave Ukraine? That will not only stop Ukraine from targeting Russian refineries but more importantly it will stop the Russian war crimes Putin is committing in Ukraine. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b...
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Trump Blames Ukraine for Global Diesel Shortage
President Trump said Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries were “hurting the world,” amid a global energy shock driven primarily by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bribes work for him, why not try it on us, the People... The Republicans who are objecting now won't resist when it will matter. Dividend of what? He put us in greater debt! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Some Republicans Balk at Trump’s $5,000 ‘Dividend’ Offer
The president’s call to send a $5,000 “dividend” to every American adult if Republicans win the midterms disturbed some members of his party.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hegseth undermines our military so China and Russia can laugh at us, and Trump alienates our allies, with Canada the one NATO country sharing a border with us, our longest border at that. I hope MAGA realizes that the threat to America's greatness is in their midst. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/w...
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Canada’s Retaliatory Tariffs Set to Take Effect as Trump Threatens to Escalate
New Canadian levies of up to 50 percent are expected to begin Tuesday, even as Washington warns of a new round of American tariffs.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If it's not anti-communism then anti-muslinism serves the far right agenda. When can we get rid of convicted felons, sex offenders, pedophile-protectors, racists and other bigots in our administration and its periphery? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/n...
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Giuliani Says Mamdani Should Skip 9/11 Memorial
During an anti-Muslim diatribe, the former mayor called for Mr. Mamdani to skip the ceremonies. The mayor has said he is going.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Here in North Carolina Republicans are smearing Roy Cooper for being soft on crime. The GOP put a felon in the white house, sex offenders in the administration, pardonened violent insurrectionists, and continues a pay-for-play clemency system. Just ridiculous. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
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Trump’s Latest Clemency Grants Benefit Drug Offenders, Union Boss
The president issued pardons or commutations to 30 people on Thursday, continuing his unorthodox and unpredictable use of clemency power.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Very interesting piece about an opportunity to learn from history. It shows how history can serve as a lense to help understand similar tendencies in the clearly different present times to steer toward a better future. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Most likely he doesn't realize that he wrongs the First Nations whose languages are the most likely origins for Lake Ontario's name --not that he would care, or perhaps he considers it a fringe benefit that he can cater to the more debased parts of his base. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u...
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
The president also reiterated his criticism that Canada “treats us very badly.” Trade talks between the nations collapsed last week.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
For now? Forever! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/a...
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Judge Says Trump’s Name Should Stay Off Kennedy Center for Now
After the court forced the removal of the president’s name from the building’s title, the center devised a plan to add an inscription honoring President Trump.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If it's all about numbers, why not just arrest people arbitrarily? It seems ICE is getting close enough with its behavior. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted
As immigration arrests hit record highs, ICE appears closer than ever to meeting its goal of 2,000 daily arrests.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Everything this administration touches gets worse. The only thing growing is their self-aggrandization, self-enrichment, and self-pity. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/u...
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Hegseth’s Purge of Top Generals Leaves the Army Rudderless
The leadership vacuum comes as the Army is trying to adapt to a new kind of war dominated by deadly drones.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Clearly begs the question whether this Supreme Court's majority still knows our country's Constitution. It clearly stopped caring about equal voting rights long ago. Reform is overdue. Vote for democracy and human rights! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
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Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now
The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Millionaire discussion... Harvard is a private institution full of entitled students. It has not much in common with the majority of working people. Their kids go to community colleges or in-state institutions, if they can afford paying for an academic education. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/o...
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Opinion | Go Ahead, Sean Duffy. Let Your Daughter Go to Harvard.
Four years at Harvard won’t corrupt your children.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump would love to cozy up to the same North Korean dictator who supplies soldiers as cannon fodder to Russia for its criminal war against Ukraine while he alienates our peaceful NATO-ally neighbor to the North with abusive tariffs that will make our lives even more expensive...
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Since when does the postal service have the right to restrict voting? They are supposed to reliably deliver mail in a timely manner. Period. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots
The plan complies with President Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Leave it to Trump to foul up more of our national treasures. (I might be repeating myself but this horrible administration is continuing to do it until we un-elect it.) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National Forests
The move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Another tool in a totalitarian tool box: vague laws with harsh penalties. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o...
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Opinion | Anti-ICE Protesters Are Charged With a Terrorism Playbook We’ve Seen Before
In Prairieland, prosecutors are using antiterrorism laws we’ve seen before.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Giant Trump deficit and war spending plus losing the Strait of Hormuz to Iran jeopardizes the world economy. He and his AI- and Crypto-Oligarchs deliver us to China and Russia, and "communist" North Korea. In our binary political system, only Democrats can save us. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/b...
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Bond Sell-Off Sends Borrowing Costs to Highest Level Since 2007
Yields on the 30-year U.S. Treasury and government bonds across the world rose to multiyear highs as investors fret about inflation, deficits and A.I. spending.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Another national treasure despoiled by the Trump administration: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
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Border Construction in Big Bend Is Halted After Drawing Criticism
The Trump administration has been carving a path through some of the beloved national park’s major natural attractions.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Just hush and weep into YourPillow! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...
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Trump-Backed Mike Lindell Loses Minnesota Governor Primary to Lisa Demuth
After his loss in the state’s Republican primary for governor, Mike Lindell, a leading election denier, floated familiar, baseless claims of “anomalies” in his double-digit defeat.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
How low can the GOP and MAGA go? The Mariana Trench isn't deep enough. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
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Opinion | He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children. Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him.
Thanks to Trump, G.O.P. extremism has become so ordinary that it breaks through only when it reaches an absurdly high level.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Trump's defense lawyer as attorney general? How messed up is that? One more step toward totalitarian alignment. GOP Congress members must be held accountable. Midterms are comlng! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...
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Blanche Is Confirmed as Attorney General After Overcoming G.O.P. Concerns
Todd Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April, eked out Senate approval, despite growing unease about his willingness to rein in President Trump.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Thank you, President Trump, for dragging down our economy with tariffs and war while enriching yourself, your family, and your cronies. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/b...
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Labor Market Shifts Into Reverse as Employers Balk at Hiring
A spring surge rapidly faded as the summer brought higher prices and more uncertainty for businesses, even as they avoided layoffs.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Local man suggests jailing own boss.
Screenshot of an Aaron Rupar clip of J.D. Vance saying on Fox News: "If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer"
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David 1954 @david1954.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Republicans are nothing but a bunch of lying criminals. This is what Trump is, a hypocrite and lying con man...
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Is that the same Senate that does not constrain Trump's self-dealing? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress
Dr. Anthony Fauci had refused to answer questions at a hearing last week, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Republicans argued he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
GOP continues to waste our tax money with revenge persecutions while protecting pedophiles, insurrectionist, corrupt politicians, and their corrupt families and billionaire sycophants. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
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Fauci Faces Contempt Vote. Here Are the Legal Issues Involved.
Dr. Fauci invoked his Constitutional right under the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions from a Senate committee. Republicans say he is ineligible for that protection.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We might also discover that Trump pushed Humpty-Dumpty off the wall. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
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An Emerging Deal Between Iran and Oman to Reopen Hormuz Would Come at a Cost for Trump
The deal would address President Trump’s most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again. But it would give Iran strategic leverage it did not have before the war.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Top Grift. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
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Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity
The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Permanent standard time would have at least some places have a true "high noon". Sun dials will work correctly year round. Candy companies supporting less healthy choices should come as no surprise, so must not affect the decision. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/s...
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Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?
More light at the day’s end comes at a price: much later winter sunrises across much of the U.S. Scientists have documented consequences for public health and the economy.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Another of the many good things Trump undermines because of million dollar donations. That seems to be the pay-to-play rate of this corrupt administration. Canada as a strong partner would be better for US than Trump's alienation with tarriffs & 51st state delusions. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...
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As Canada Opens Gordie Howe International Bridge, Americans Are Told to Stay Home
After a delay ordered by President Trump and new tariffs against Canada, the bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit finally opened on Friday.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sounds like Trump heard someone on the right mention Smithsonian and woke in the same half-sentence. Has he ever visited any museum? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...
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Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum
President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What a bunch of ... Really nothing good for the American people. Boondoggle war that made things worse and is making America smaller like most MAGA actions do. And folks still cheering the head of this disaster. What gives? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
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House Adopts $95 Billion G.O.P. Budget for Iran War
Republican leaders muscled through resistance in their own ranks to approve the budget blueprint for the war and other measures, but its prospects were far dimmer in the Senate.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
And Republicans got all heated up about Hunter Biden... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/b...
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How Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital Is Cashing In Without Apology
The fledgling firm, run by the president’s oldest son and his partner Omeed Malik, has made investments in A.I. and defense technology that have tripled in value in just months.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Time to figure out how we need to amend the Constitution to move away from the winner-takes-all system to a multi-party system that gives us all more of a voice in elections. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/o...
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Opinion | America Has 2 Political Parties but 8 Political Tribes
Think of our two major political parties as two coalitions.
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Sunsong23 @sunsong23.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Jerry Mander: "It's time to make science a thing again."
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Can't we, the people, who are paying for this, regift this gift that keeps on giving to Musk or Putin, or some other anti-democratic megalomaniac? And then release the rest of the Epstein files and prosecute the perpetrators. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
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White House Says New Air Force One Will Be Out of Service for a Month for ‘Upgrades’
The White House press secretary said the unspecified “enhancements” would take place this fall. The plane has been under scrutiny over whether it has sufficient defensive capabilities.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The gift that keeps on giving. How much more tax money to sink into it only to pass it on to Trump in a couple of years? Waste for the sake of a vain narcissist? Congress must stop this (but predictably won't). www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...
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Trump Says New Air Force One Will Be Taken Out of Service to Be ‘Maxed Out’
The Qatari-donated plane has been under scrutiny over whether it is fitted with sufficient defensive capabilities to adequately protect a U.S. president and others traveling on it.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Den Maskenskandal hatte er überlebt, aber dann wurde er doch von seiner Überheblichkeit eingeholt. Na endlich. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/w...
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Uproar Over Surrogate Baby Prompts German Official’s Sudden Resignation
Jens Spahn, a top leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, resigned his post after announcing that he had a baby by surrogate, which is illegal in Germany.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The USA is failing to reduce its CO2 emissions and Trump is pushing fossil fuels to make matters worse. Consequences are global warming, parched forests, and forest fires. Trump should refund Canada for the cost of fighting fires and fire damage. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/w...
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Trump Threatens Canada With Tariffs for Wildfire Smoke Over U.S.
The president said on Friday in a social media post that Canada was failing to manage its wildfire response as smoke has blanketed U.S. cities including New York and Chicago.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Keeps us distracted from the Epstein files. From corruption at the highest levels. From the continuing erosion of the Constitution, voting rights, our democracy and freedom.
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noblatatious.bsky.social @noblatatious.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Oops, missed this abuse of broadcasting. If 2020 was rigged, does that mean by 2024 the GOP knew how to rig it for Trump? With campaign financing, gerrymandering, voting rights act erosion, why is Trump afraid the GOP will lose the mid terms? Hey Dems, let's win! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/u...
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Takeaways From Trump’s Speech Claiming Election Vulnerabilities and China Interference
Documents released by the Trump administration to support the president’s claims did not back up his most aggressive statements.
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