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Bezos thinks big donation makes it okay to poison a lagoon
How many billionaires does it take to fill a lagoon with millions of gallons of industrial wastewater?� Apparently, just one.� Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has caused quite a stir in Florida’s ...
Alix Breeden 12/09/2025 0
Kitchen Table Kibitzing 12/6/25
it’s been a�busy couple weeks here at casa del plumber...TLO married...grandma getting a new knee. very well could be at the hospital when this is posted...but will be checking in regardless “...
Glen The Plumber 12/06/2025 58
Evening Shade-- Resistance Rising-- Saturday, December 6, 2025 (Regional edition)
WELCOME TO THE EVENING SHADE A SANCTUARY OF SANITY AFTER A LONG HARD DAY OF FIGHTING FASCISM YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS (Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE) AND EVEN MORE ...
kraigo 12/06/2025 190
Another Saturday Night: Captain Jack will get you high tonight
I’m a rookie when it comes to these diaries so I am not sure what themes have already been used and which ones haven’t. I don’t remember this one but it was probably used before. Hopefully it was long enough ago that y’all don’t mind doing it again....
quaoar 12/06/2025 106
Trump rages as Fox News guest says life under Trump will be "more unaffordable" than with Biden
Trump ran on being younger, fitter, and smarter than Biden. He said he had the cure to all that ails the nation. And he would build a great America in six days before working even harder in the seventh — because unlike God, he didn't take days off. It...
TheCriticalMind 12/06/2025 28
Another Great Example of the Corruption in The Media. Olivia Nuzzi Just Got Fired from Vanity Fair.
For those not in the know, Olivia Nuzzi was a “reporter” for New York Magazine, and her beat was to cover politics, especially the 2024 Presidential Election. However, Nuzzi “fell in love” with RFK Jr., and the two carried on what might be called a...
Merlin196360 12/06/2025 34
The Top Ten Reasons Why Donald Trump Received the FIFA Peace Prize
Trump Deserved It, Too! In case you missed this story. Trump was also up against some tough competition. The Top Ten Reasons Trump Deserved the FIFA Peace Prize #10 — For Trump’s Grace Under Pressure #9 — Well… Because #8 — Trump Likes Getting...
JekyllnHyde 12/06/2025 23
Has Trump Already Pardoned the DC Pipe Bomber?
It has been nearly five years since Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection against the United States, exhorting his MAGA cult followers to storm the Capitol in order to undermine democracy and retain his authoritarian grip on power. On that day...
News Corpse 12/06/2025 19
Sudan The Forgotten War(s).
The history of conflict in Sudan ...
rebel ga 12/06/2025 6
Mad Marjorie says that Trump was "furious" with her over the Epstein files during a phone call
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-trump-052955263.html "He was extremely angry at me," the Georgia Republican told '60 Minutes' in a preview of her first national interview since announcing plans to resign. In a preview...
djbigf 12/06/2025 10
Birthright citizenship and Scotus. Don't panic.
Definitely. Naturalization rule are an enumerated congressional power. If you read the 14th amendment it is very clear that citizenship attaches at birth. Wong Kim Ark is very clear about the historical reasons that Birthright citizenship was the...
HM2Viking 12/06/2025 28
The quiet part out loud before Red States become Confederate States of America, Part Deux
You don’t need to know the difference between Eros and Thanatos to perceive Trumpism as a death cult beyond its current rendition as a personality cult. One doesn’t even need to watch the still unreleased Hegseth kill shot of the two persons waving at...
annieli 12/06/2025 21
Caturday Pootie Diary: HELPING
I sat on the floor, surrounded by unwrapped gifts. I took stock. Wrapping paper? Check. Scissors? Check. Tape? I picked up the tape and held it in the air. “Check,” I said. “Check what?” ...
Flowergirl77 12/06/2025 93
Great APR Today by Greg Dworkin. However, Trump's Approval Numbers Are WORSE than Reported.
NOTE: I thought about putting this into the comments of today APR, but it was too lengthy. Therefore, I decided to write a diary entry instead. Thanks for this morning’s APR. I would just add one thing. I understand that statisticians prefer to take in...
Merlin196360 12/06/2025 51
Today my opinion changed of U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva
from a woman who eventually became of u.s. representative because of her birth, to a woman who is willing to stand up to the cruelty being dealt by the taco administration. it took bravery at a local eatery in tucson to stand face to face with i.c.e....
sbaustian 12/06/2025 44
Russian stuff blowing up: IAEA says Chernobyl needs urgent repairs
Damage from Russian bombings to the Chernobyl site will require extensive repair. The containment building had already passed its supposed lifespan before the Russian attack. In February a drone strike blew a hole in the “new safe confinement”, which...
quaoar 12/06/2025 37
Vampire Billionaire Attacks Pope
Shortly after American-born Robert Prevost was elected Pope, J.D. Vance and his wife stopped in to visit with the new pontiff. In addition to a Chicago Bears shirt, Vance brought the American Pope two books by St. Augustine. This gift represented a...
Mark Sumner 12/06/2025 217
Samantha Fulnecky is the Riley Gaines of Charlie Kirks
A set-up by reactionaries who believe that sex is biological, gender is ideology, and that if they ask people what women are, they will advance Christian Nationalism. This “pre-med” student wrote a reactionary rather than a reaction paper to an...
annieli 12/06/2025 98
The upside-down world of MAGA
Darnold Trump’s approval ratings have been dropping notably over the past year. But before you get too optimistic, please remember that there are folks out there who say that they don’t like the ...
Perlinator 12/06/2025 13
CHC Roundup: Rep. Jim Costa (CA-21) - All About Agriculture
Rep. Jim Costa is promoting a Holiday Cards for Veterans program this month. It is his way of giving back to the people that sacrificed everything for our country.
bilboteach 12/06/2025 49
Tacky assisted living... when will Vance get TF off the couch and seek 25th Amendment solutions?
Kaitlan Collins' December 5, 2025, post showcased new permanent "Oval Office" signs in the West Wing, part of President Trump's gold-themed renovations that echo his preference for opulent decor in official spaces like Mar-a-Lago. The reply targets a...
annieli 12/06/2025 41
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Trump's approval slide continues apace
New York Times: Trump’s Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour The shift, while small, is notable after months of stability in President Trump’s approval rating.
Greg Dworkin 12/06/2025 338
Four Reasons I Am Not Sweating the Supreme Court Texas Decision GNR
Before I get to this week’s good news (and there was a lot!) I want to talk about why I am not sweating SCOTUS’s awful decision to let Texas Gerrymandering stand. First, this SCOTUS is terrible and I only expect terrible from it. I keep my mental...
GoodNewsRoundup 12/06/2025 174
Ukraine Invasion Day 1,386: The White House has become Russia House annex again
Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine overnight on December 4 to 5. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 137 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other strike drones, of which about 90 were Shaheds, from...
annieli 12/06/2025 37
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 183
ZenTrainer 12/06/2025 26
Bob's Picture of the Day for December 6th, 2025
Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...
bsegel 12/06/2025 7
10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day
Hope your week was a good one!
eeff 12/05/2025 25
Overnight News Digest
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, JeremyBloom, and doomandgloom. Alumni editors include (but not...
annetteboardman 12/05/2025 6
FUN FACT: Donald Trump is the First Rapist to Win the FIFA Peace Prize!
So, now that we’ve entered the Daily Televised Nap phase of the Thousand Year Reich, I was thinking it’s probably time for that difficult talk about taking the keys to the death cult away from grandpa. No? Well, then, I suppose we may as well launch...
ShowerCap 12/05/2025 71
Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: RV life ahead, maybe, or just getting an apartment.
Venusian pasta and Martian waffles. How so easy it is to promote binary cognitive models that oppress entire populations using anachronistic�ideologies, because there’s always the promise of ...
annieli 12/05/2025 49
Trump administration approves plan to export more water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
The Trump administration yesterday released a draconian plan to divert more Delta water that will go into effect today, posing an extreme threat to already imperiled salmon, steelhead and other fish populations and Delta and tribal communities in...
Dan Bacher 12/05/2025 9
Evening Shade---Resistance Rising---Friday, December 5, 2025
WELCOME TO THE EVENING SHADE A SANCTUARY OF SANITY AFTER A LONG HARD DAY OF FIGHTING FASCISM YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS (Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE) AND EVEN MORE ...
Girasol 12/05/2025 232
I THINK I AGREE WITH THE TN PROJECTIONS
I have kept my mind open about what exactly happened in the TN special house election. I really did not want to make the statement that this is a bellwether but that has changed. We live in a small town on the Easternshore of Maryland. I will state...
BlueCrabby 12/05/2025 78
Judge orders public release of Jeffrey Epstein-related grand jury records in Florida
On Friday, Federal District Judge Rodney Smith ordered the release of the Grand Jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein's Florida case. He wrote: In its instant motion, the Government argues that the newly enacted Act overrides Rule 6's prohibition on the...
TheCriticalMind 12/05/2025 35
Meet Pete Hegseth, Drunken War Criminal — The Week in Editorial Cartoons (Update #8)
Please Support Editorial Cartoonist Clay Jones “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” As you know, Editorial Cartoonist Clay Jones is recovering from a stroke, but has started posting again on DK and...
JekyllnHyde 12/05/2025 47
Earth Matters: Fuel economy retreat feeds Trump's energy bonfire; plus a Stewart & Kolbert convo
Crossposted from The Journal of Uncharted Blue Places You can also catch me at meteorblades.bsky.social The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled its plan Wednesday to slash Biden-era fuel-economy standards for passenger cars from...
Meteor Blades 12/05/2025 30
Holiday shopping boycott fights Trump with the power of the purse
A new campaign against Amazon, Home Depot and Target says diversity is the best value. By Erin Aubry Kaplan for Capital & Main When it comes to struggle, � there are no holidays. But this year ...
Capital and Main 12/05/2025 44
Renewable Friday: I Get E-Mails
I have mostly been getting Global Warming news from Bluesky lately, and I have been preoccupied with COP30. I find that I have a backlog of climate-related e-mails. So today I am giving you the best of what I have received in the last month, with links...
Mokurai 12/05/2025 9
RANT
Bombing the shit out of a bunch of small boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific to satisfy the blood lust of a demented old man is WRONG! The Senators and Representatives who go along with this are as complicit as the military officers who ordered the...
Mitch inWWA 12/04/2025 77
TN 7th Congressional District: GOP Meltdown in the Special Election? (Updated with Results Links)
UPDATE #1, 7:15 pm EST — For Analysis and Live Results Analysis — Voting Trend, begins LIVE at 7:15 pm EST — MS Now, Steve Kornacki — begins LIVE at 7:45 pm EST Live Results (Polls close in TN at 7:00 pm CST, or 8:00 pm EST) — Tennessee Secretary of...
JekyllnHyde 12/02/2025 161
Trump's EPA Just Approved What???
There are harmful administrative decisions that have immediate but reversable negative consequences. But what of decisions that are reversable in policy only – those whose effects will almost ...
announ 12/02/2025 116
Renewable Tuesday: A COP30 Reckoning is Coming
Far too many around the world consider that if the COP process does not immediately and totally condemn fossil fuels and order the end of their use, then the whole process is a failure. This is not ...
Mokurai 12/02/2025 23
IAN: My Very Long Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
I know,�you may be getting tired of the topic of Thanksgiving. But I had enough going on in my life during the last week, that I felt the need to share it. The little dog is named Itzl.
bigjacbigjacbigjac 12/01/2025 24
PWB Peeps Open Thread: Woozle Fun
dig for buried ...
strawbale 12/01/2025 18
The decline in Trump's approval stuns CNN's numbers guy. The GOP is staring at a midterm abyss
In 1974, as the full extent of the Watergate cover-up scandal became known, the people awarded Nixon a -36% approval rating. No President since Gallup started polling has come close. But Trump is taking a run at it. At his inauguration, Gallup had him...
TheCriticalMind 12/01/2025 149
Opting to be on the leading edge: Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris's missed opportunity
Yes, some will label a Democrat “radical” if they’re on the leading edge of an issue. And? Will a Democrat be immune from criticism from the right or from the chattering class if they take a more middle-of-the-road position? Not likely! But they’ll get...
Rob in Vermont 11/30/2025 64
Marine Toys For Tots. It's That Time. Need A Toy? Get A Toy. Or, Give A Toy.
💚The Hero's Journey - Happy Birthday Marines Nov 10th💚 Marine Toys For Tots Need Toys? Get Toys Applying For Toys - About Marine Toys For Tots Find Your Local Marine Toys for Tots Chapter To request a toy; submit your application with...
rebel ga 11/30/2025 3