Bill Kaguru Wanjohi
@billkw.bsky.social
Luddite computer programmer. Morbidly fascinated by rise of reactionary liberalism.
Biggest sign of Trump declining with age is his inability to pick a decisive path on these files. He should have either let them all hang out or demanded that someone destroy them like the CIA did with the torture evidence. Never seen him behave as if he is ashamed and afraid.
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Biggest sign of Trump declining with age is his inability to pick a decisive path on these files. He should have either let them all hang out or demanded that someone destroy them like the CIA did with the torture evidence. Never seen him behave as if he is ashamed and afraid.
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We’ve built two justice systems in the US—one that bends over backward to shield the wealthy and powerful, and another that comes down hard and fast on the poor and marginalized. Trump and Epstein show that it’s easier to squeeze a rich man through the eye of a needle than to see one sent to prison.
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We’ve built two justice systems in the US—one that bends over backward to shield the wealthy and powerful, and another that comes down hard and fast on the poor and marginalized. Trump and Epstein show that it’s easier to squeeze a rich man through the eye of a needle than to see one sent to prison.
Rotating Villain Theory now a majority opinion of online liberals (complimentary)
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Rotating Villain Theory now a majority opinion of online liberals (complimentary)
I do hope Trump tells Thune to cancel the (useless) vote too, just to further humiliate these cowards
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I do hope Trump tells Thune to cancel the (useless) vote too, just to further humiliate these cowards
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Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
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Stop patting senators on the head unless they are calling for schumer's removal. Everything else is just in the script
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Stop patting senators on the head unless they are calling for schumer's removal. Everything else is just in the script
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if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
Just heard @jeetheer.bsky.social mention on his podcast that one reason the Six Day War had such a huge impact on Americans was that it happened after the US had sunk deep in the mud in Vietnam, and so gave many a needed opportunity to identify pridefully with a western army. Never occurred to me.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Just heard @jeetheer.bsky.social mention on his podcast that one reason the Six Day War had such a huge impact on Americans was that it happened after the US had sunk deep in the mud in Vietnam, and so gave many a needed opportunity to identify pridefully with a western army. Never occurred to me.
I know this is cope, but maybe Jake Sullivan, by overreaching in persuing conflict with most of the world and helping reelect Trump, will deliver a new world order where American war criminals like himself will be tried in absentia for their crimes.
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I know this is cope, but maybe Jake Sullivan, by overreaching in persuing conflict with most of the world and helping reelect Trump, will deliver a new world order where American war criminals like himself will be tried in absentia for their crimes.
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
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Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
November 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
When you're a tech billionaire you can just say things and they're reported as fact.
October 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
When you're a tech billionaire you can just say things and they're reported as fact.
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It's a bit of a rhetorical question I obviously know what people want when they want Hamas to unilaterally disarm
October 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It's a bit of a rhetorical question I obviously know what people want when they want Hamas to unilaterally disarm
Remember in 2021 when they let the Senate parliament decide not to raise the minimum wage from $7.25? I don't have a point, I just did and still can't believe how totally temporary all social welfare benefits were from the last Dem trifecta.
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Remember in 2021 when they let the Senate parliament decide not to raise the minimum wage from $7.25? I don't have a point, I just did and still can't believe how totally temporary all social welfare benefits were from the last Dem trifecta.
Fascinating watching Europe sign up to join in our self-imposed century of humiliation
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Puts Export Controls on Nexperia After Dutch Takeover
China is blocking Nexperia from exporting products from the Asian nation after the Dutch government moved to seize control of the chipmaker.
www.bloomberg.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Fascinating watching Europe sign up to join in our self-imposed century of humiliation
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
Maybe this is xillenial tech optimism leaking out but I gotta believe it's not sustainable long term for such a small and self-interested clique to dictate what most everyone in the country sees and hears. In the meantime, this feels like it's the worst it's ever been.
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
October 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Maybe this is xillenial tech optimism leaking out but I gotta believe it's not sustainable long term for such a small and self-interested clique to dictate what most everyone in the country sees and hears. In the meantime, this feels like it's the worst it's ever been.
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When one side withdraws from the social contract.
EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.
The Handbasket reports:
The Handbasket reports:
DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property
In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When one side withdraws from the social contract.
Oh god, it just occurred to me that we're about to enter into a POW-MIA situation where the hasbarists refuse to acknowledge that the hostages have been released and that their casus belli is totally gone.
October 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Oh god, it just occurred to me that we're about to enter into a POW-MIA situation where the hasbarists refuse to acknowledge that the hostages have been released and that their casus belli is totally gone.
I think a lot of these tech execs that have been feeling themselves in Trump 2.0 are in for some fierce whiplash once the reawokening gathers steam.
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I think a lot of these tech execs that have been feeling themselves in Trump 2.0 are in for some fierce whiplash once the reawokening gathers steam.
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So many people’s liberalism ends at water’s edge. Always shocking when people who would call out such abuses in the US will give Israel a pass.
““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So many people’s liberalism ends at water’s edge. Always shocking when people who would call out such abuses in the US will give Israel a pass.
You gotta just laugh not to cry
October 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
You gotta just laugh not to cry
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Under Trump, Miller, and Noem's leadership, ICE is a terror force inflicting chaos and trauma on our communities, including children and seniors.
They know no limits. Not even children are safe from their violence.
We must defund ICE and put an end to its abuse.
They know no limits. Not even children are safe from their violence.
We must defund ICE and put an end to its abuse.
October 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Under Trump, Miller, and Noem's leadership, ICE is a terror force inflicting chaos and trauma on our communities, including children and seniors.
They know no limits. Not even children are safe from their violence.
We must defund ICE and put an end to its abuse.
They know no limits. Not even children are safe from their violence.
We must defund ICE and put an end to its abuse.
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.