Gleb Bahmutov
@bahmutov.bsky.social
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Democrats should vote against anything shy of abolishing ICE. Fuck this, and fuck any Democrat that fails to use this moment
You will lose your seat if you allow ICE to continue
You will lose your seat if you allow ICE to continue
"except in extraordinary and unusual circumstances" is a big enough loophole for a family of elephants to walk through. www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
Democrats Ease Up On 1 Of Their Biggest ICE Demands
Masks might still be OK in "extraordinary and unusual circumstances," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
www.huffpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Democrats should vote against anything shy of abolishing ICE. Fuck this, and fuck any Democrat that fails to use this moment
You will lose your seat if you allow ICE to continue
You will lose your seat if you allow ICE to continue
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Everybody has it backwards.
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Everybody has it backwards.
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
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ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, and not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, and not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, and not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, and not nearly enough space in cities.
Stop reading Bezos’ pet downsized blog
The layoffs at the Washington Post have begun, with newsroom leaders telling employees its sports and books sections will be 'eliminated in current forms' and its international coverage will be downsized
February 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Stop reading Bezos’ pet downsized blog
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We said it on Nov. 5. And we’ll say it again now. The data is pointing towards a potential huge 🌊 in 2026 midterm elections for pro-climate candidates. But these wins won’t happen on their own. That’s why we need to double down and help get pro-climate champions into office.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
We said it on Nov. 5. And we’ll say it again now. The data is pointing towards a potential huge 🌊 in 2026 midterm elections for pro-climate candidates. But these wins won’t happen on their own. That’s why we need to double down and help get pro-climate champions into office.
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Just a reminder that the Boston Globe has seen fit to give Richard Hanania a monthly platform in the paper's opinion section
I think Hanania must just be an idiot? The climax of American Beauty is Lester realizing how bad it would be to act out his fantasies about his daughter's best friend. The movie is not about how cool it is for dads to bag high school girls. Also Kevin Spacey is a personally notorious kid toucher
![Richard Hanania
@RichardHanania • Feb 1
By obsessing over Epstein, they're attacking healthy heterosexuality. [screengrab of Mena Suvari in the tub with Kevin Spacey leaning over her from American Beauty. The caption is "The Real Target of Pedophile Hysteria Is Age Gap Relationships," the title of a blog post by Hanania]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qjzrpzlcmir3bkss4b5nh6ox/bafkreiduwzv3jqpsa7vwjwukvvonszcumubiuzkd6ujv2dq62zcwgg2ec4@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Just a reminder that the Boston Globe has seen fit to give Richard Hanania a monthly platform in the paper's opinion section
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Today is the special election primary for the First Middlesex State Senate race!
If you live in Lowell, Dracut, Dunstable, Pepperell, and Tyngsborough, make a plan to vote for Vanna Howard today. #mapoli
If you live in Lowell, Dracut, Dunstable, Pepperell, and Tyngsborough, make a plan to vote for Vanna Howard today. #mapoli
February 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Today is the special election primary for the First Middlesex State Senate race!
If you live in Lowell, Dracut, Dunstable, Pepperell, and Tyngsborough, make a plan to vote for Vanna Howard today. #mapoli
If you live in Lowell, Dracut, Dunstable, Pepperell, and Tyngsborough, make a plan to vote for Vanna Howard today. #mapoli
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New research finds negligible benefit from "minimum passing distance" laws requiring drivers to give cyclists space when overtaking them.
Protected bike lanes are far more effective.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
Protected bike lanes are far more effective.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
February 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
New research finds negligible benefit from "minimum passing distance" laws requiring drivers to give cyclists space when overtaking them.
Protected bike lanes are far more effective.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
Protected bike lanes are far more effective.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
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"The other iron law of reactionary centrism...is that only the left and liberals really have agency. The right just reacts – everything is always backlash, never a self-generated political project." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Beware of ‘anti-woke’ liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner Müller
So-called ‘reactionary centrist’ pundits proclaimed that there was a global ‘vibe shift’ in favor of the right. They were wrong
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
"The other iron law of reactionary centrism...is that only the left and liberals really have agency. The right just reacts – everything is always backlash, never a self-generated political project." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
February 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
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I received this tip on the records being grabbed on May 24, 2025.
On May 29, 2025 @marisakabas.bsky.social published this:
State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’
The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.
On May 29, 2025 @marisakabas.bsky.social published this:
State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’
The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.
February 2, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I received this tip on the records being grabbed on May 24, 2025.
On May 29, 2025 @marisakabas.bsky.social published this:
State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’
The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.
On May 29, 2025 @marisakabas.bsky.social published this:
State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’
The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.
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The theme of this year's #Grammys - immigrants make America great and we want ICE out of our cities and towns!
I can't express my gratitude to each artist who used their platform tonight to speak up against the horrific injustice ICE is inflicting on this country.
I can't express my gratitude to each artist who used their platform tonight to speak up against the horrific injustice ICE is inflicting on this country.
February 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM
The theme of this year's #Grammys - immigrants make America great and we want ICE out of our cities and towns!
I can't express my gratitude to each artist who used their platform tonight to speak up against the horrific injustice ICE is inflicting on this country.
I can't express my gratitude to each artist who used their platform tonight to speak up against the horrific injustice ICE is inflicting on this country.
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Gonna beg media not to just repeat Trump's obviously bullshit framing in the headlines. Tell readers the truth in the headlines.
Alternatives:
"With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely"
"Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation"
Alternatives:
"With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely"
"Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation"
Breaking news: President Trump said that the Kennedy Center could temporarily close for roughly two years to undergo construction.
https://wapo.st/49VsdCk
https://wapo.st/49VsdCk
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Gonna beg media not to just repeat Trump's obviously bullshit framing in the headlines. Tell readers the truth in the headlines.
Alternatives:
"With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely"
"Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation"
Alternatives:
"With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely"
"Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation"
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Good climate news this week
1 Germany: Top court order stronger climate measures to meet 65% emissions cut by 2030
2 EU: EVs outsold petrol cars in EU for 1st time ever in December 2025
3 Europe: 10 countries to build 100GW wind power grid in North Sea
4 Spain: Rooftop solar tops 9GW
1/5
1 Germany: Top court order stronger climate measures to meet 65% emissions cut by 2030
2 EU: EVs outsold petrol cars in EU for 1st time ever in December 2025
3 Europe: 10 countries to build 100GW wind power grid in North Sea
4 Spain: Rooftop solar tops 9GW
1/5
February 1, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Good climate news this week
1 Germany: Top court order stronger climate measures to meet 65% emissions cut by 2030
2 EU: EVs outsold petrol cars in EU for 1st time ever in December 2025
3 Europe: 10 countries to build 100GW wind power grid in North Sea
4 Spain: Rooftop solar tops 9GW
1/5
1 Germany: Top court order stronger climate measures to meet 65% emissions cut by 2030
2 EU: EVs outsold petrol cars in EU for 1st time ever in December 2025
3 Europe: 10 countries to build 100GW wind power grid in North Sea
4 Spain: Rooftop solar tops 9GW
1/5
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Part of what I’m saying is that university presidents and finance apparatuses knew and supported these relationships
We can and should blame the individuals named in the files but they represent a larger structural phenomenon and it’s not just rape culture
We can and should blame the individuals named in the files but they represent a larger structural phenomenon and it’s not just rape culture
February 1, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Part of what I’m saying is that university presidents and finance apparatuses knew and supported these relationships
We can and should blame the individuals named in the files but they represent a larger structural phenomenon and it’s not just rape culture
We can and should blame the individuals named in the files but they represent a larger structural phenomenon and it’s not just rape culture
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
trump take clean air
Dept of Transportation (DoT) proposed to roll back fuel economy standards for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, the latest effort to unwind stringent vehicle standards set by former President Joe Biden.
TAT: [Attacking Science]
TAT: [Attacking Science]
US to propose unwinding Biden-era heavy truck fuel economy rules
The U.S. Transportation Department said Friday it plans to propose rolling back fuel economy standards for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, the latest effort to unwind stringent vehicle standards set by former President Joe Biden.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
trump take clean air
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I'm repeating this. The whole fascist, corrupt, MAGA enterprise would grind to a halt if literally half a dozen Republicans in the House and Senate would find a backbone.
Remember, the Republicans in the House and Senate could stop this in a minute. Actually it would only take a few of them. But no, they're either all in or cowards.
February 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I'm repeating this. The whole fascist, corrupt, MAGA enterprise would grind to a halt if literally half a dozen Republicans in the House and Senate would find a backbone.
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Ireland has dismantled its first commercial wind farm to make way for a step-change in scale. Each new turbine generates more power than the entire 1992 Bellacorick site, illustrating how 3 decades of innovation have compressed land use while multiplying output. buff.ly/goiabIO
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Last turbine on first commercial wind farm dismantled
The last wind turbine of what was Ireland's first commercial wind farm at Bellacorick in Co Mayo has been dismantled.
buff.ly
February 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Ireland has dismantled its first commercial wind farm to make way for a step-change in scale. Each new turbine generates more power than the entire 1992 Bellacorick site, illustrating how 3 decades of innovation have compressed land use while multiplying output. buff.ly/goiabIO
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Remember when Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, had the journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed and dismembered in Istanbul in 2018?
Yet everyone bends to him due to his power over oil supply.
The world would be so much less evil if we phased out fossil fuels.
Yet everyone bends to him due to his power over oil supply.
The world would be so much less evil if we phased out fossil fuels.
February 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Remember when Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, had the journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed and dismembered in Istanbul in 2018?
Yet everyone bends to him due to his power over oil supply.
The world would be so much less evil if we phased out fossil fuels.
Yet everyone bends to him due to his power over oil supply.
The world would be so much less evil if we phased out fossil fuels.
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If trump and his DOJ and his other agencies continue to violate the Constitution, our laws, court orders, and states’ rights, then sovereign immunity needs to be abolished. The federal government cannot be allowed to kill us or take away our rights without compensation.
February 1, 2026 at 5:03 AM
If trump and his DOJ and his other agencies continue to violate the Constitution, our laws, court orders, and states’ rights, then sovereign immunity needs to be abolished. The federal government cannot be allowed to kill us or take away our rights without compensation.
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Likely the same in many oil/gas zones.
Cleaning up Alberta's fossil fuel industry could cost an estimated $260 billion, internal regulatory documents warn.
The staggering financial liabilities for the energy industry’s graveyard of spent facilities
www.nationalobserver.com/2018/11/01/n...
Cleaning up Alberta's fossil fuel industry could cost an estimated $260 billion, internal regulatory documents warn.
The staggering financial liabilities for the energy industry’s graveyard of spent facilities
www.nationalobserver.com/2018/11/01/n...
Alberta regulator privately estimates oilpatch's financial liabilities are hundreds of billions more than what it told the public
The staggering estimate of $260 billion in financial liabilities for the oil and gas industry’s graveyard of spent facilities were spelled out by a high-ranking official of the Alberta Energy Regulato...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Likely the same in many oil/gas zones.
Cleaning up Alberta's fossil fuel industry could cost an estimated $260 billion, internal regulatory documents warn.
The staggering financial liabilities for the energy industry’s graveyard of spent facilities
www.nationalobserver.com/2018/11/01/n...
Cleaning up Alberta's fossil fuel industry could cost an estimated $260 billion, internal regulatory documents warn.
The staggering financial liabilities for the energy industry’s graveyard of spent facilities
www.nationalobserver.com/2018/11/01/n...
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Explain to me why any of us should pay our taxes this year when the President is telling us that he’s just going to put the money right into his own pockets.
Trump on his multiple suits against the federal government: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to numerous, very good charities."
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Explain to me why any of us should pay our taxes this year when the President is telling us that he’s just going to put the money right into his own pockets.
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"where are the protests" is a reflection of how many people's sense of reality is intermediated by billionaire owned social media and billionaire owned news media, both of which have strategically suppressed cover of the scale and frequency of 2025 protests
The “Where are the protests?” lament after Trump’s inauguration was always based on a (willful) misperception. Over the past year, protests have been far more numerous, more geographically widespread, and more sustained than what we saw in 2017, for instance.
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"where are the protests" is a reflection of how many people's sense of reality is intermediated by billionaire owned social media and billionaire owned news media, both of which have strategically suppressed cover of the scale and frequency of 2025 protests
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The rule of law completely abandoned. Untrained, masked agents get to determine your fate. As in one hundred other areas, Trump will likely lose this lawsuit, but remedies will take years. This agency needs to be stripped to the foundation, abolished, but first we need a public reckoning.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The rule of law completely abandoned. Untrained, masked agents get to determine your fate. As in one hundred other areas, Trump will likely lose this lawsuit, but remedies will take years. This agency needs to be stripped to the foundation, abolished, but first we need a public reckoning.