Apparently Normal
@apparentlynormal.bsky.social
Liberal wonky technologist who likes bad dad jokes.
Favorite quote: "Beer is proof that G-d loves us and wants us to be happy"
-- Benjamin Franklin
Favorite political quote from a movie: "We're all in it together"
-- Harry Tuttle in Brazil
Favorite quote: "Beer is proof that G-d loves us and wants us to be happy"
-- Benjamin Franklin
Favorite political quote from a movie: "We're all in it together"
-- Harry Tuttle in Brazil
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BREAKING: I just filed a FOIA request for the secret DHS Office of General Counsel memo referenced in the whistleblower report that says ICE can legally enter a residence without a judicial warrant. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...
BREAKING: I Have Filed a FOIA Request for the DHS OGC Determination Allowing ICE to Search Homes Without a Judicial Warrant
National Security Counselors has filed a FOIA on behalf of MSW Media to obtain the legal opinion from the DHS Office of General Counsel calling searches without a judicial warrant "legal."
www.muellershewrote.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:27 AM
BREAKING: I just filed a FOIA request for the secret DHS Office of General Counsel memo referenced in the whistleblower report that says ICE can legally enter a residence without a judicial warrant. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...
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If you book a hotel for $200, you should pay $200.
Today, we shut down hotel junk fees and surprise credit card holds. The price you see is the price you pay.
Today, we shut down hotel junk fees and surprise credit card holds. The price you see is the price you pay.
January 21, 2026 at 11:57 PM
If you book a hotel for $200, you should pay $200.
Today, we shut down hotel junk fees and surprise credit card holds. The price you see is the price you pay.
Today, we shut down hotel junk fees and surprise credit card holds. The price you see is the price you pay.
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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
January 21, 2026 at 11:57 PM
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
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ICE is using a facial recognition app called Mobile Fortify
They're scanning everyone's faces, fingerprinting detainees, and forcing them to provide DNA samples
The Trump regime is creating a general warrant for our persons, the kind of abuse that ignited the American Revolution
DHS Funding Bill
They're scanning everyone's faces, fingerprinting detainees, and forcing them to provide DNA samples
The Trump regime is creating a general warrant for our persons, the kind of abuse that ignited the American Revolution
DHS Funding Bill
January 21, 2026 at 11:58 PM
ICE is using a facial recognition app called Mobile Fortify
They're scanning everyone's faces, fingerprinting detainees, and forcing them to provide DNA samples
The Trump regime is creating a general warrant for our persons, the kind of abuse that ignited the American Revolution
DHS Funding Bill
They're scanning everyone's faces, fingerprinting detainees, and forcing them to provide DNA samples
The Trump regime is creating a general warrant for our persons, the kind of abuse that ignited the American Revolution
DHS Funding Bill
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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Kavanaugh home invasions
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
January 22, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Kavanaugh home invasions
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
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Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
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These numbers are a shitshow.
The GOP knows they’re not sustainable, but they’re too afraid to actually do anything about it.
That’s why you’re seeing so many of them resign. They understand what’s coming in the midterms.
The GOP knows they’re not sustainable, but they’re too afraid to actually do anything about it.
That’s why you’re seeing so many of them resign. They understand what’s coming in the midterms.
January 21, 2026 at 1:31 AM
These numbers are a shitshow.
The GOP knows they’re not sustainable, but they’re too afraid to actually do anything about it.
That’s why you’re seeing so many of them resign. They understand what’s coming in the midterms.
The GOP knows they’re not sustainable, but they’re too afraid to actually do anything about it.
That’s why you’re seeing so many of them resign. They understand what’s coming in the midterms.
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"America has adopted Putinism as its modus operandi for foreign affairs. So tell me: Why would America not also adopt Putinism in its domestic affairs?"
Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad, only @thebulwark.com. Warning: it's dark. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad, only @thebulwark.com. Warning: it's dark. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
www.thebulwark.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"America has adopted Putinism as its modus operandi for foreign affairs. So tell me: Why would America not also adopt Putinism in its domestic affairs?"
Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad, only @thebulwark.com. Warning: it's dark. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad, only @thebulwark.com. Warning: it's dark. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
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Mark Carney:
"Stop invoking the “rules-based international order” as though it still functions as advertised. Call the system what it is: a period where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as a weapon of coercion."
"Stop invoking the “rules-based international order” as though it still functions as advertised. Call the system what it is: a period where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as a weapon of coercion."
January 20, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Mark Carney:
"Stop invoking the “rules-based international order” as though it still functions as advertised. Call the system what it is: a period where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as a weapon of coercion."
"Stop invoking the “rules-based international order” as though it still functions as advertised. Call the system what it is: a period where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as a weapon of coercion."
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Imagine what a tiny little man you would have to be to feel threatened by a dancing fox.
January 20, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Imagine what a tiny little man you would have to be to feel threatened by a dancing fox.
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Two DOGE members working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Two DOGE members working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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He's only going to get worse. And faster.
January 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
He's only going to get worse. And faster.
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
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She was absolutely right. And she would have been an amazing President.
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
She was absolutely right. And she would have been an amazing President.
"the Magnificent 7 stocks accounted for almost 33% of the S&P 500’s weight, generating 42.5% of the index’s total return of 17.9%"
"There is a risk of a correction, a market correction, if expectations about AI gains in productivity and profitability are not realised"
Correction, crash whatever.
"There is a risk of a correction, a market correction, if expectations about AI gains in productivity and profitability are not realised"
Correction, crash whatever.
IMF drops blunt warning on US economy
Markets see strength. The International Monetary Fund sees risk.
www.thestreet.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 AM
"the Magnificent 7 stocks accounted for almost 33% of the S&P 500’s weight, generating 42.5% of the index’s total return of 17.9%"
"There is a risk of a correction, a market correction, if expectations about AI gains in productivity and profitability are not realised"
Correction, crash whatever.
"There is a risk of a correction, a market correction, if expectations about AI gains in productivity and profitability are not realised"
Correction, crash whatever.
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Well worth the listen
Palantir ....ICE uses this it is called ELITE...
ICE uses this, it is like Google maps with pins that show them their "targets"
And a confidence score ..
meaning how likely they are there...
And remember Palantir has a mass data basis for all of us !!
Palantir ....ICE uses this it is called ELITE...
ICE uses this, it is like Google maps with pins that show them their "targets"
And a confidence score ..
meaning how likely they are there...
And remember Palantir has a mass data basis for all of us !!
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Well worth the listen
Palantir ....ICE uses this it is called ELITE...
ICE uses this, it is like Google maps with pins that show them their "targets"
And a confidence score ..
meaning how likely they are there...
And remember Palantir has a mass data basis for all of us !!
Palantir ....ICE uses this it is called ELITE...
ICE uses this, it is like Google maps with pins that show them their "targets"
And a confidence score ..
meaning how likely they are there...
And remember Palantir has a mass data basis for all of us !!
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If your peace plan includes Vladimir Putin and excludes actual allies, it’s not peace. It’s submission.
January 20, 2026 at 5:26 AM
If your peace plan includes Vladimir Putin and excludes actual allies, it’s not peace. It’s submission.
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If you can’t admit Trump is a dangerous, lunatic moron, you’re part of the problem. My latest.
www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...
www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...
Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron
If you can’t see it now, you’re the problem.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 AM
If you can’t admit Trump is a dangerous, lunatic moron, you’re part of the problem. My latest.
www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...
www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...
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When the numbers don’t match the outrage, it’s not about immigration.
It’s about racism and hate. Period.
Project 2025 is the blueprint.
#Voices4Victory #SheShed
It’s about racism and hate. Period.
Project 2025 is the blueprint.
#Voices4Victory #SheShed
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
When the numbers don’t match the outrage, it’s not about immigration.
It’s about racism and hate. Period.
Project 2025 is the blueprint.
#Voices4Victory #SheShed
It’s about racism and hate. Period.
Project 2025 is the blueprint.
#Voices4Victory #SheShed
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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He's demanding control over a sovereign nation because they didn't give him THE NOBEL PRIZE. Why the actual fuck do we have a 25th Amendment?
January 19, 2026 at 6:04 AM
He's demanding control over a sovereign nation because they didn't give him THE NOBEL PRIZE. Why the actual fuck do we have a 25th Amendment?