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alwaysthinking.bsky.social
@alwaysthinking.bsky.social
Always thinking-nonfiction-reading fiction writer. Reduce GHGE, tax the oligarchy, end mis/disinfo. Stop reaching across the aisle to a party that wants your annihilation. Fight with the ruthlessness of the enemy but with the moral center of a democracy.
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another great point: when you deprive California of its agricultural workers, the entire nation's going to suffer as a result
and right now workers are not showing up to pick produce out of fear of being kidnapped.
January 8, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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Callenson had the courage and conviction to stay with the scene and keep filming. Not to run away, but instead to follow the scene. To continue documenting what was unfolding.

I'd like to think I'd have done the same. I'm not sure at all that I would have.

daringfireball.net/2026/01/le...
Let’s Call a Murder a Murder
Caitlin Callenson’s courage in the face of insane danger is just remarkable.
daringfireball.net
January 8, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Just like Russia with Ukraine -- destruction for destruction's sake. Gangsters. Gangsterism.
www.barrons.com/news/us-stri...
US Strikes Smashed Math Center, Medical Warehouse, Venezuela Says
US military strikes on Venezuela that resulted in the ouster of leader Nicolas Maduro damaged civilian buildings including science labs and a medicine warehouse, the government in Caracas said Wednesd...
www.barrons.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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With respect to Vance’s comments today on the killing of Renee Good:

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
January 8, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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The collapse of two companies tied to the U.S. auto industry is shedding new light on a fast-growing part of the financial ecosystem little known outside Wall Street. Banks are lending vast sums to companies that also provide financial services—but aren’t banks in name or in how they are regulated.
After Tricolor and First Brands’ Collapse, U.S. Banks Face New Scrutiny $1.7 Trillion Worth of Opaque Loans
Loans to non-depository financial institutions like Tricolor now account for some 33% of all commercial and industrial loans originated by large banks.
www.barrons.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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A prediction:

Given the administration officials who the President pointed to Saturday don’t seem to want to be “in charge” of Venezuela, soon POTUS will appoint a four-star general and an “envoy”to run the country.

They will have some major challenges.
January 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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@samsteindc.bsky.social and I previewed something new we’re starting at @thebulwark.com. We’re calling it the “command post” and each week I’ll address what’s going on in the military. We’re taking questions to drive the discussion.
In Venezuela, @markhertling.bsky.social will be looking out for "some type of plan." Because we sure don't have one yet. Hertling talks that and more with @samsteindc.bsky.social:
January 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Denmark’s prime minister urged Donald Trump to stop threatening to take control of Greenland as the US president’s move to run Venezuela set alarm bells ringing in the Nordic nation about America’s military ambitions.
Denmark Warns Trump to Stop Greenland Threats in Wake of Venezuela
Denmark’s prime minister urged Donald Trump to stop threatening to take control of Greenland as the US president’s move to run Venezuela set alarm bells ringing in the Nordic nation about America’s military ambitions.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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Zero sense in moving US naval assets or permanently basing combat aircraft in Greenland. Ice 2 miles thick and 80% of land. Weather. Ports. Zero roads. Oil/gas/minerals extraction dubious. Greenland a SENSOR, a tripwire… not a base. 200 US Space Force troops there.
January 7, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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The Whopper of the Week from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is out!

This week we discuss RFK Jr.’s false claims about a lack of informed consent with childhood vaccines.
Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. Cloaks Anti-vaxx Quackery in the Language of Informed Consent | Defend Public Health
On January 5, 2026, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the CDC will no longer recommend six of the seventeen vaccines previously on the United States (U.S.) childhood immunization sche...
www.defendpublichealth.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
These trigger-happy ICE recruits don't have the patience in-depth training should provide. New ICE Recruits, notably, entry-level, receive a $50K bonus and don't need prior law enforcement experience. These recruits should receive full training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
January 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Trump and enablers remade the USA into present-day Russia. They gave us post-dissolution USSR after DOGE stole our IP. They're taking our freedoms, health, & livelihoods (AI). It's a government-orchestrated cover-up of government-sanctioned aggressions, even murder, by government officials.
January 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Trump and enablers remade the USA into present-day Russia. They gave us post-dissolution USSR after DOGE stole our IP. They're taking our freedoms, health, & livelihoods (AI). It's a government-orchestrated cover-up of government-sanctioned aggressions, even murder, by government officials.
January 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Trump and enablers remade the USA into present-day Russia. They gave us post-dissolution USSR after DOGE stole our IP. They're taking our freedoms, health, & livelihoods (AI). It's a government-orchestrated cover-up of government-sanctioned aggression, in this case, murder, by government officials.
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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seems pretty at odds legally with at least the spirit of a lot of recent court ruling, in the fifth circuit of all places
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant

“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Ukrainians know what to do with creeps on their streets because their President Zelensky doesn't run a protection racket for criminals and terrorists. Ukraine isn't a shithole country like America. Ukraine as a military and security agencies that protect the people, not the dictator.
January 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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They are going to Epstein Files a murder
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
It's a government-orchestrated cover-up of government-sanctioned aggression, in this case, murder, by government officials.
January 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
It's a government-orchestrated cover-up of government-sanctioned aggression, in this case, murder, by government officials.
The AP reports that the FBI changed its mind and is now barring Minnesota law enforcement -- the state's BCA -- from taking part in the investigation of the murder of Renee Good.

Absolutely obscene.
January 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
It's a government-orchestrated cover-up of a person's murder by government officials.
"The BCA Force Investigations Unit was created in 2020 by the legislature to provide an independent, consistent and trusted mechanism for investigating use of force incidents involving law enforcement officers."
January 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM