Andy Carvin
@acarv.in
Interim social media editor, Forward.com. Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, #ActuallyADHD, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
I find it endlessly charming that my mother-in-law gave me a beer pong set featuring shot-glass Solo cups for Xmas. My teenage kids are *psyched.*
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I find it endlessly charming that my mother-in-law gave me a beer pong set featuring shot-glass Solo cups for Xmas. My teenage kids are *psyched.*
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Sure hope the ADL is feeling good about their decision to go all in on working with this administration right about now.
December 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sure hope the ADL is feeling good about their decision to go all in on working with this administration right about now.
In addition to the fact that the Waitresses’ “Christmas Wrapping” is the most underrated Xmas song of the 1980s, the bass line absolutely slays.
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (Music Video)
YouTube video by scamparoo
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December 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In addition to the fact that the Waitresses’ “Christmas Wrapping” is the most underrated Xmas song of the 1980s, the bass line absolutely slays.
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Today, I visited this powerful nativity display set up in a commitment to ground our faith in social justice, inspired by Reverend Dr. Munther Isaac and the creche first displayed in 2023 by the Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
St. Marks, Washington, DC
St. Marks, Washington, DC
December 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today, I visited this powerful nativity display set up in a commitment to ground our faith in social justice, inspired by Reverend Dr. Munther Isaac and the creche first displayed in 2023 by the Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
St. Marks, Washington, DC
St. Marks, Washington, DC
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
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December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
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Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
“At this preliminary stage, the government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” they wrote.
U.S. Supreme Court sides against Trump, won't lift block on National Guard deployment in Illinois
DEVELOPING from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...
DEVELOPING from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...
U.S. Supreme Court sides against Trump, won't lift block on National Guard deployment in Illinois
The decision, appearing on the high court’s “emergency” or “shadow” docket, is the first from the justices addressing President Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops into American cit...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“At this preliminary stage, the government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” they wrote.
This is so messed up. Atlanta peeps: recognize anyone in the Ring footage?
I’m begging for help here - please share:
Yesterday my bestie, Mom of 10 year old twins and survivor of thyroid cancer, underwent a double mastectomy for a new diagnosis of breast cancer.
While she was in surgery, these assholes stole CANCER CARE PACKAGES off her front porch.
1/2
Yesterday my bestie, Mom of 10 year old twins and survivor of thyroid cancer, underwent a double mastectomy for a new diagnosis of breast cancer.
While she was in surgery, these assholes stole CANCER CARE PACKAGES off her front porch.
1/2
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is so messed up. Atlanta peeps: recognize anyone in the Ring footage?
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Catholic Bishops is Florida want a holiday moratorium on immigration enforcement so people can go to church and celebrate Christmas and New Years.
Florida Catholic Bishops call for moratorium on immigration enforcement during Christmas holidays
"Such a pause would show a decent regard for the humanity of these families," they said. "Now is not the time to be callous toward the suffering caused by immigration enforcement."
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December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Catholic Bishops is Florida want a holiday moratorium on immigration enforcement so people can go to church and celebrate Christmas and New Years.
“He asked me, ‘What are they talking about in the news? Are they still talking about responsibility?’” Feldstein said. “He wanted me to think of something that could be said that would offset the media storm surrounding the question of whether the prime minister had taken responsibility or not.”
Ex-aide says Netanyahu tasked him with making a plan to evade responsibility for Oct. 7 attack
A former close aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that immediately following the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, he was ordered to figure out how the premier could evade responsibili...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“He asked me, ‘What are they talking about in the news? Are they still talking about responsibility?’” Feldstein said. “He wanted me to think of something that could be said that would offset the media storm surrounding the question of whether the prime minister had taken responsibility or not.”
WaPo: "Second big batch of Epstein files includes many mentions of Trump"
NYT: "More Epstein Files Are Released and Include Some References to Trump"
NYT: "More Epstein Files Are Released and Include Some References to Trump"
December 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
WaPo: "Second big batch of Epstein files includes many mentions of Trump"
NYT: "More Epstein Files Are Released and Include Some References to Trump"
NYT: "More Epstein Files Are Released and Include Some References to Trump"
It's still accessible on the DOJ website as of this morning. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
December 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's still accessible on the DOJ website as of this morning. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...
There’s like a dozen things that are wrong about this statement.
December 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...
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“If the truth of the operation does not match the narrative of the ‘worst of the worst,’ it’s going to be killed," said a DHS official.
New: We obtained thousands of internal chat messages from the ICE team creating viral videos of raids and "EPIC takedowns."
A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
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A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
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‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
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December 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“If the truth of the operation does not match the narrative of the ‘worst of the worst,’ it’s going to be killed," said a DHS official.
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Community. Note.
December 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Community. Note.
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@stefanmilo.bsky.social: "So yeah, if I have a political point, it's that we should probably address climate change because you're not as good at farming as someone from Çatalhöyük. I don't want to have to start marking decent fishing holes with elaborate burials."
the ancient 300 year megadrought was probably not great.
YouTube video by Stefan Milo
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December 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
@stefanmilo.bsky.social: "So yeah, if I have a political point, it's that we should probably address climate change because you're not as good at farming as someone from Çatalhöyük. I don't want to have to start marking decent fishing holes with elaborate burials."
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On a call just now, Bari Weiss tells staff she held the CECOT story because it wasn’t ready & to advance a months-old story, they need "the principals" on record.
Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.
Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On a call just now, Bari Weiss tells staff she held the CECOT story because it wasn’t ready & to advance a months-old story, they need "the principals" on record.
Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.
Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.
The OG Free Press.
Wrong organization.
Our Free Press is a 22-year-old advocacy group that fights to expose and resist the billionaire capture of our media system, defend journalists’ independence, protect public media, and demand accountability from the FCC & Congress.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/this-fr...
Our Free Press is a 22-year-old advocacy group that fights to expose and resist the billionaire capture of our media system, defend journalists’ independence, protect public media, and demand accountability from the FCC & Congress.
Learn more: www.freepress.net/blog/this-fr...
What's in a Name: This Free Press Isn't 'The' Free Press
While Bari Weiss borrowed our name, our two organizations could not be more different. Here’s why.
www.freepress.net
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The OG Free Press.
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“Seek the truth and tell it plainly”
Orwell laughs. Or maybe he cries. Who’s to say
Orwell laughs. Or maybe he cries. Who’s to say
December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Seek the truth and tell it plainly”
Orwell laughs. Or maybe he cries. Who’s to say
Orwell laughs. Or maybe he cries. Who’s to say
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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At least we have the foreign press to tell us how it is
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
At least we have the foreign press to tell us how it is
TIL the Salisbury steak was invented to be a scientific superfood. It even became a 19th century keto diet craze, though critics were not impressed:
"He promises to make women beautiful, with eyes like stars and skins like babies, so all the world will fall at their feet - the Salisbury Steak."
"He promises to make women beautiful, with eyes like stars and skins like babies, so all the world will fall at their feet - the Salisbury Steak."
So, Salisbury Steak is actually super weird. Like, lock-men-in-a-room-and-force-them-to-eat-baked-beans weird.
youtu.be/d9z8DK_VWKs
youtu.be/d9z8DK_VWKs
Salisbury Steak is actually super weird
YouTube video by Phil Edwards
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December 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
TIL the Salisbury steak was invented to be a scientific superfood. It even became a 19th century keto diet craze, though critics were not impressed:
"He promises to make women beautiful, with eyes like stars and skins like babies, so all the world will fall at their feet - the Salisbury Steak."
"He promises to make women beautiful, with eyes like stars and skins like babies, so all the world will fall at their feet - the Salisbury Steak."