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Peter K Colket
@clydeschultz.bsky.social
Retired from financial services industry, active folk and country musician, interested in American history and politics.
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Trump-appointed Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 the DOJ from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants. The ruling, limited to Southern Texas, found the president’s claims about a Venezuelan gang didn’t amount to an “invasion. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
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President Trump says he can bring a Marylander home to his family—but won't. Sounds like he has contempt for the law and the court. "Where law ends, tyranny begins."
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Warnings of language as a weapon of manipulation, obfuscation and oppression run through George Orwell’s work. It is a reason you could be excused for hearing real-life echoes of scenes from “1984” emanating from Washington, Matthew Purdy writes.
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Naval Academy to follow Trump orders to end diversity in admissions & books. Their library contains 900 books that may run afoul of defense sec’ order- including “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.,” “Einstein on Race and Racism,” & a Jackie Robinson bio. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
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After JD Vance expressed disdain for Europe in a private text chat about the Yemen attack, officials are coming to terms with a vocal vice president whose antipathy for Europe appears to run deep.
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A bill to overhaul Ohio higher education, ban diversity and inclusion efforts, prohibit faculty strikes, and regulate classroom discussion is heading to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine for his signature. DeWine has previously said he will sign it into law
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Homeland Security Sec. Noem has visited the El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the U.S. Activists say the is prison rife with human rights abuses.
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The widely circulated video of Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest in the Boston area has sent shock waves through the academic community as thousands turned out on Wednesday, demanding her release.
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Frengel Reyes Mota was supposed to be dealing with his ongoing asylum case as he fought for his chance to stay in the United States. Suddenly, he instead found himself locked up in a mega prison thousands of miles away.
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I am no conspiracy theorist, but it really feels like they are trying to destroy our country from within. Health care, public schools, universities, research, law firms, federal workers, the environment are all getting the axe. What was it again that it made America great?
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NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR. This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
Frengel Reyes Mota was supposed to be dealing with his ongoing asylum case as he fought for his chance to stay in the United States. Suddenly, he instead found himself locked up in a mega prison thousands of miles away.
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@Television news organizations may believe that avoiding a term like Gulf of Mexico is a fairly harmless concession. But … cute linguistic gymnastics amount to a surrender. Words are the front lines of truth, and once they’re ceded, it becomes far easier for strongmen like Trump to shape reality.”
GULF OF FEAR: This past week, when NASA astronauts returned to Earth, TV news networks avoided calling the body of water they splashed down in as the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, they performed linguistic gymnastics to stay out of Trump’s crosshairs. More in Status: www.status.news/p/gulf-of-me...
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AOC brought the fire: “What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense ... when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt … min wage should cover the min cost to live … homes are not slot machines for Wall Street to extort working families out of every last dollar that they have.”
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They’re busy gaslighting us with proganda and lies, because the actual shit they’re doing is really, really bad for America. youtu.be/LFYiXYAwxzk?...
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I’m wondering if we are going to get our Social Security next month? Never thought I’d have to say that.
Thank you, Senator! Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden demanded answers from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after reports surfaced that personnel affiliated with Elon Musk have sought access to a highly sensitive Treasury Department payment system.
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