@badivad.bsky.social
American in Japan. Observer of things.
"Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think." –Ursula K. Le Guin
"Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think." –Ursula K. Le Guin
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Despite a reticence to make this the Democrats' ask, we will now get every Senator on the record: should ICE have the budget they managed with in 2024/early 2025, or a supersized budget equivalent to an extra 7.5 years of funding, even if they are (allegedly) doing lower-cost targeted operations?
Shutdown update: Sen. Bernie Sanders wants an amendment vote on funding package to repeal $75 billion for ICE in big beautiful bill. Has another proposal to redirect that money into Medicaid
January 30, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Despite a reticence to make this the Democrats' ask, we will now get every Senator on the record: should ICE have the budget they managed with in 2024/early 2025, or a supersized budget equivalent to an extra 7.5 years of funding, even if they are (allegedly) doing lower-cost targeted operations?
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"I was 13 years old when Donald J. Trump raped me. Ghislaine Maxwell was also present."
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
"I was 13 years old when Donald J. Trump raped me. Ghislaine Maxwell was also present."
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Okay, so impeach when?
January 30, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Okay, so impeach when?
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This is infuriating. We've known that these datasets are rife with CSAM since at least 2023, and those are the ones that are public.
stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:k...
stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:k...
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
This is infuriating. We've known that these datasets are rife with CSAM since at least 2023, and those are the ones that are public.
stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:k...
stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:k...
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SHUT IT THE FUCK DOWN THEN!!!!
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort underscore the gravity of this moment. This has never happened before in our history. We shouldn't pretend it's normal.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
January 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM
SHUT IT THE FUCK DOWN THEN!!!!
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"Lacked balance"
Everybody who perpetrated this while covering it up should be in the Hague
www.reuters.com/world/early-...
www.reuters.com/world/early-...
January 30, 2026 at 8:47 PM
"Lacked balance"
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One reason you can't just tinker with ICE/CBP is the whole thing is facially illegitimate. The intent is rotten. It's run by a white supremacist maniac and will continue producing white supremacist maniac results
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
One reason you can't just tinker with ICE/CBP is the whole thing is facially illegitimate. The intent is rotten. It's run by a white supremacist maniac and will continue producing white supremacist maniac results
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Cities and states need to start getting creative. Run sobriety checkpoints every night looking for drunk ICE and CBP agents. Bet we could get rid of a whole bunch that way. sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving
Border Patrol employee Alfredo Mancillas Jr. of Corpus Christi, Texas, was charged with drunk driving in St. Paul.
sahanjournal.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Cities and states need to start getting creative. Run sobriety checkpoints every night looking for drunk ICE and CBP agents. Bet we could get rid of a whole bunch that way. sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
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Graham objected to unanimous consent.
And he blocked the business of the Senate.
Any Senate Democrat could do this.
And he blocked the business of the Senate.
Any Senate Democrat could do this.
NO SENATE VOTE TONIGHT
Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.
Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Graham objected to unanimous consent.
And he blocked the business of the Senate.
Any Senate Democrat could do this.
And he blocked the business of the Senate.
Any Senate Democrat could do this.
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im not worried about the optics of impeachment or the potential negative polarization or perverse effects of impeachment or any other bullshit. hear me out on this one: you should impeach them because they stink and they need to be out of there
January 30, 2026 at 1:18 AM
im not worried about the optics of impeachment or the potential negative polarization or perverse effects of impeachment or any other bullshit. hear me out on this one: you should impeach them because they stink and they need to be out of there
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That 27% figure in the kfmonkey blog is 21 years old and it continues to be dead on!
kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunc...
kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunc...
January 29, 2026 at 8:53 PM
That 27% figure in the kfmonkey blog is 21 years old and it continues to be dead on!
kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunc...
kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunc...
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there’s something about the fixation on polling when people are being brutalized in the streets by federal agents that doesn’t sit quite right
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
there’s something about the fixation on polling when people are being brutalized in the streets by federal agents that doesn’t sit quite right
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Conservatives cannot imagine a relationship that is not hierarchical.
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Conservatives cannot imagine a relationship that is not hierarchical.
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Waited a night to see if “minority group stripped of right to exist in public, birth certificates invalidated, bounty offered on discovery in bathrooms” would make it into a push alert. But no. Why would it?
January 29, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Waited a night to see if “minority group stripped of right to exist in public, birth certificates invalidated, bounty offered on discovery in bathrooms” would make it into a push alert. But no. Why would it?
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…Does he wanna say this on a presidential debate stage cuz I won’t be mad
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
YouTube video by NBC10 Philadelphia
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:26 AM
…Does he wanna say this on a presidential debate stage cuz I won’t be mad
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I'd like Barack Obama to do a podcast on the downriver effects of his decision to "look forward, not back" vis-à-vis not prosecuting his lawless war criminal of a predecessor and that entire lawless administration.
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 AM
I'd like Barack Obama to do a podcast on the downriver effects of his decision to "look forward, not back" vis-à-vis not prosecuting his lawless war criminal of a predecessor and that entire lawless administration.
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Good news for everyone who thinks caregivers for the elderly have it way too easy.
The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly. n.pr/4a1rrSZ
Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal
The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly.
n.pr
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Good news for everyone who thinks caregivers for the elderly have it way too easy.
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New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
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I hate to tap the sign but again: this is all made to make in-person education and access to knowledge transfer a preserve of the elite. Human education for the few, bots for the many.
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I hate to tap the sign but again: this is all made to make in-person education and access to knowledge transfer a preserve of the elite. Human education for the few, bots for the many.
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Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them:
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them:
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens
2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar
3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
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Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, Greg Bovino.
They must all resign and be held accountable.
They must all resign and be held accountable.
January 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, Greg Bovino.
They must all resign and be held accountable.
They must all resign and be held accountable.
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Those who build walls are their own prisoners.
January 29, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Those who build walls are their own prisoners.
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They really have no fucking idea what is coming. No fucking idea.
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
They really have no fucking idea what is coming. No fucking idea.
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I hope by now everyone gets that all struggles are intertwined, but if you had any doubt—
this bounty hunter model is based off of Texas’ SB8, which was the death knell for Roe—
& allowed ppl to pull these same vigilante lawsuits against anyone assisting in someone getting abortion care.
this bounty hunter model is based off of Texas’ SB8, which was the death knell for Roe—
& allowed ppl to pull these same vigilante lawsuits against anyone assisting in someone getting abortion care.
Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
January 28, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I hope by now everyone gets that all struggles are intertwined, but if you had any doubt—
this bounty hunter model is based off of Texas’ SB8, which was the death knell for Roe—
& allowed ppl to pull these same vigilante lawsuits against anyone assisting in someone getting abortion care.
this bounty hunter model is based off of Texas’ SB8, which was the death knell for Roe—
& allowed ppl to pull these same vigilante lawsuits against anyone assisting in someone getting abortion care.