A. Stefansky
@astefansky.bsky.social
Former brewer. Occasional reprobate
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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It’s just embarrassing that after all these years they sit down to actually ask questions and treat him like he’s not an insane liar.
February 5, 2026 at 3:30 AM
It’s just embarrassing that after all these years they sit down to actually ask questions and treat him like he’s not an insane liar.
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An American citizen was brutally ripped out of her car, her window shattered and detained on her way to the doctor.
Thank you to Aliya for bravely sharing her story.
This kind of conduct by ICE is sickening. And it's exactly what I am fighting to put an end to.
Thank you to Aliya for bravely sharing her story.
This kind of conduct by ICE is sickening. And it's exactly what I am fighting to put an end to.
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
An American citizen was brutally ripped out of her car, her window shattered and detained on her way to the doctor.
Thank you to Aliya for bravely sharing her story.
This kind of conduct by ICE is sickening. And it's exactly what I am fighting to put an end to.
Thank you to Aliya for bravely sharing her story.
This kind of conduct by ICE is sickening. And it's exactly what I am fighting to put an end to.
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Trump has boasted for decades that he knows everything there is to know about nuclear weapons and could easily negotiate a great deal with Russia And yet, New START, the last treaty constraining US and Russian nuclear weapons expires at midnight and Trump hasn't lifted a tiny finger to replace it.
Around 1990, Trump encountered START negotiator Ambassador Richard Burt at a New York reception. According to Burt, Trump expressed envy at Burt’s position and then offered him this unsolicited advice on how to get a “terrific” deal with the Soviet Union: www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Trump has boasted for decades that he knows everything there is to know about nuclear weapons and could easily negotiate a great deal with Russia And yet, New START, the last treaty constraining US and Russian nuclear weapons expires at midnight and Trump hasn't lifted a tiny finger to replace it.
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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FOSTER: You agree it's a historic fact that during Republican presidencies without exception manufacturing employment dropped and the dollar got weaker?
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
FOSTER: You agree it's a historic fact that during Republican presidencies without exception manufacturing employment dropped and the dollar got weaker?
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
BESSENT: I haven't seen the data
FOSTER: I presented it to you in a graph
BESSENT: I can't snap my fingers and create factories
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In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
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We're building a machine that hallucinates and training it on deranged hallucinations to come up with even more unhinged hallucinations
NEW: NEW: HHS is working on an AI tool to analyze VAERS—a database of vaccine injury claims to which anyone can make submissions—and "generate hypotheses." This is from @emilymullin.bsky.social:
HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims
Experts worry Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health Department will use an internal AI tool to analyze vaccine injury claims in a way that furthers his anti-vaccine agenda.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
We're building a machine that hallucinates and training it on deranged hallucinations to come up with even more unhinged hallucinations
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I hope we all understand that the extraction class is building a state media akin to what we've seen in Orban's Hungary and Putin's Russia, and it is not at all subtle.
What's left of the independent press needs to start framing this properly.
What's left of the independent press needs to start framing this properly.
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I hope we all understand that the extraction class is building a state media akin to what we've seen in Orban's Hungary and Putin's Russia, and it is not at all subtle.
What's left of the independent press needs to start framing this properly.
What's left of the independent press needs to start framing this properly.
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one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 AM
one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
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Two, three generations of spoiled little shits who benefited from the sci-med advances of the 20th century became vulnerable to grifters pretending it's all a con. Folks who lost family to polio and (now) treatable diseases don't act like this. SMDH
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Two, three generations of spoiled little shits who benefited from the sci-med advances of the 20th century became vulnerable to grifters pretending it's all a con. Folks who lost family to polio and (now) treatable diseases don't act like this. SMDH
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we say this guy chases polls or the Baileys or whatever, but the reality is that he’s just misaligned with Democrats. the polling is clear that this is not what Democrats want.
Chuck is an ideological, pro-cop centrist. He’s saying this because it’s his policy preference. It’s what he wants.
Chuck is an ideological, pro-cop centrist. He’s saying this because it’s his policy preference. It’s what he wants.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
we say this guy chases polls or the Baileys or whatever, but the reality is that he’s just misaligned with Democrats. the polling is clear that this is not what Democrats want.
Chuck is an ideological, pro-cop centrist. He’s saying this because it’s his policy preference. It’s what he wants.
Chuck is an ideological, pro-cop centrist. He’s saying this because it’s his policy preference. It’s what he wants.
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You don't reform this. You disband it, then you put it on trial.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 1:04 AM
You don't reform this. You disband it, then you put it on trial.
“I keep shooting myself in the foot and can’t figure out why I’m bleeding so much.”
For fuck’s sake. Just like MAGA is patriotism cosplay, this is centrist cosplay. They’re acting out an imaginary past of bipartisan cooperation that *never really existed*
For fuck’s sake. Just like MAGA is patriotism cosplay, this is centrist cosplay. They’re acting out an imaginary past of bipartisan cooperation that *never really existed*
This is Durbin's 25th yea vote to confirm a Trump nominee, Hassan's 45th, Kaine's 37th, Shaheen's 52nd, and Whitehouse's 16th.
By a vote of 54-40, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
Dems voting in favor: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse.
Dems voting in favor: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse.
February 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“I keep shooting myself in the foot and can’t figure out why I’m bleeding so much.”
For fuck’s sake. Just like MAGA is patriotism cosplay, this is centrist cosplay. They’re acting out an imaginary past of bipartisan cooperation that *never really existed*
For fuck’s sake. Just like MAGA is patriotism cosplay, this is centrist cosplay. They’re acting out an imaginary past of bipartisan cooperation that *never really existed*
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This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.
Spread this one far and wide.
Spread this one far and wide.
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.
Spread this one far and wide.
Spread this one far and wide.
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“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
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Far-right Americans want you to believe that having nice things is impossible, and that serving billionaires is the only thing you can do.
This is a lie. The rest of the world has solved many problems Republicans pretend are impossible.
This is a lie. The rest of the world has solved many problems Republicans pretend are impossible.
Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0
Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Far-right Americans want you to believe that having nice things is impossible, and that serving billionaires is the only thing you can do.
This is a lie. The rest of the world has solved many problems Republicans pretend are impossible.
This is a lie. The rest of the world has solved many problems Republicans pretend are impossible.
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AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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It is *wild* to see a politician who
1. wanted their current job
2. is enjoying their current job
3. is not necessarily looking to transform said job into a six-figure no-show lobbying job
Zohran's videos feel like they come in from another universe
1. wanted their current job
2. is enjoying their current job
3. is not necessarily looking to transform said job into a six-figure no-show lobbying job
Zohran's videos feel like they come in from another universe
February 3, 2026 at 12:25 AM
It is *wild* to see a politician who
1. wanted their current job
2. is enjoying their current job
3. is not necessarily looking to transform said job into a six-figure no-show lobbying job
Zohran's videos feel like they come in from another universe
1. wanted their current job
2. is enjoying their current job
3. is not necessarily looking to transform said job into a six-figure no-show lobbying job
Zohran's videos feel like they come in from another universe
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It's probably not a good "reform" if your opponents adopt it before you even pass the bill
Kristi Noem: “Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis.”
February 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
It's probably not a good "reform" if your opponents adopt it before you even pass the bill
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Perhaps the private sector has failed. Perhaps it is time for us to come together, as a people, and collectively shoot Elon Musk into space
February 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Perhaps the private sector has failed. Perhaps it is time for us to come together, as a people, and collectively shoot Elon Musk into space
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Gov. Josh Shapiro called District Attorney Larry Krasner's comparison of ICE agents to Nazis "abhorrent." Krasner responded that Shapiro is "not meeting the moment."
Philly DA Larry Krasner says ‘don’t be a wimp’ after Gov. Josh Shapiro decried his comparison of ICE agents to Nazis
www.inquirer.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Gov. Josh Shapiro called District Attorney Larry Krasner's comparison of ICE agents to Nazis "abhorrent." Krasner responded that Shapiro is "not meeting the moment."
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The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.
February 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.