Celeste Headlee
@celesteheadlee.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, journalism prof Morgan State. She/her. Black, Jewish. Living on Piscataway land. Pre-order my book! https://tinyurl.com/bd96yt7z
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My insurance premiums tripled.
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC
January 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
My insurance premiums tripled.
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A non-comprehensive list of things my parents thought were wonderful resources when I was a child, and which they credit for my education and passion about science, that they subsequently voted to dismantle and destroy:
* National Parks
* PBS
* Public libraries
* Public schools
* NASA
* National Parks
* PBS
* Public libraries
* Public schools
* NASA
January 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
A non-comprehensive list of things my parents thought were wonderful resources when I was a child, and which they credit for my education and passion about science, that they subsequently voted to dismantle and destroy:
* National Parks
* PBS
* Public libraries
* Public schools
* NASA
* National Parks
* PBS
* Public libraries
* Public schools
* NASA
Wow!!
We finally bought 404media.com. We couldn't afford this when we launched a couple of years ago, but it recently became available. You can read the transcript of some of the group call here: “This is so fucking stressful.” Only possible thanks to our subscribers.
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We Bought 404media.com
Don’t worry, we’re not changing our website. But we’re finally the owners of the real deal: a .com domain.
www.404media.co
January 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Wow!!
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A lot of people are mad at Schumer for saying this. But he's right. Democrats don't control a single branch of government and they can't pass anything. Only Republicans can rein in Trump because they control both chambers of Congress. Democrats have no cards to play here.
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM
A lot of people are mad at Schumer for saying this. But he's right. Democrats don't control a single branch of government and they can't pass anything. Only Republicans can rein in Trump because they control both chambers of Congress. Democrats have no cards to play here.
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@kyledcheney.bsky.social and his colleagues at Politico have done yeoman work in tracking and reporting on all of these cases. It's a really staggering volume of litigation (and a remarkably one-sided series of results).
January 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
@kyledcheney.bsky.social and his colleagues at Politico have done yeoman work in tracking and reporting on all of these cases. It's a really staggering volume of litigation (and a remarkably one-sided series of results).
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New year! New opportunities for local newsrooms to collaborate with @propublica.org!
Applications are open for 15 yearlong Local Reporting Network partnerships for 2026.
We will review project proposals on a ROLLING basis, with Feb 5 as the 1st deadline.
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Applications are open for 15 yearlong Local Reporting Network partnerships for 2026.
We will review project proposals on a ROLLING basis, with Feb 5 as the 1st deadline.
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Local Reporting Network Fellow
Remote, United States
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January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
New year! New opportunities for local newsrooms to collaborate with @propublica.org!
Applications are open for 15 yearlong Local Reporting Network partnerships for 2026.
We will review project proposals on a ROLLING basis, with Feb 5 as the 1st deadline.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Applications are open for 15 yearlong Local Reporting Network partnerships for 2026.
We will review project proposals on a ROLLING basis, with Feb 5 as the 1st deadline.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
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Loving how the Supreme Court has created a President who feels emboldened to act with total immunity such that he just goes into other countries and arrests THEIR Presidents for doing crimes while in office.
January 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Loving how the Supreme Court has created a President who feels emboldened to act with total immunity such that he just goes into other countries and arrests THEIR Presidents for doing crimes while in office.
"Supreme Court Republicans ruled that we have a right to own a gun. Before a state or local government can take away your gun, they must first go before a judge to prove the necessity of doing so. But Republican secretaries of state can eliminate your right to vote without even telling you."
Republicans are doing everything they can to rig the midterm elections.
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Inside the GOP plot to end America as we know it
www.alternet.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Supreme Court Republicans ruled that we have a right to own a gun. Before a state or local government can take away your gun, they must first go before a judge to prove the necessity of doing so. But Republican secretaries of state can eliminate your right to vote without even telling you."
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@samghoward.riliberator.com this was on the official Facebook page of the Hopkinton RI police dept today. 🤦♂️🤬
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January 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
@samghoward.riliberator.com this was on the official Facebook page of the Hopkinton RI police dept today. 🤦♂️🤬
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The Court’s rulings have exhibited repeated and sustained disrespect for both lower courts & Congress. The justices have enabled the exec branch to act in defiance of countless statutory restrictions and what were thought to be settled constitutional understandings
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January 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The Court’s rulings have exhibited repeated and sustained disrespect for both lower courts & Congress. The justices have enabled the exec branch to act in defiance of countless statutory restrictions and what were thought to be settled constitutional understandings
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My grandpa grew up in Louisiana til he was 14 and his family moved to Indiana. When he started going to school there, it was the first time he learned that the South actually lost the Civil War.
People really don't get how indoctrination or assimilation works.
People really don't get how indoctrination or assimilation works.
January 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
My grandpa grew up in Louisiana til he was 14 and his family moved to Indiana. When he started going to school there, it was the first time he learned that the South actually lost the Civil War.
People really don't get how indoctrination or assimilation works.
People really don't get how indoctrination or assimilation works.
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'What an Authoritarian Oligarchy Looks Like': Trump Says Oil Execs Tipped Off About Venezuela Attack www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
'What an Authoritarian Oligarchy Looks Like': Trump Says Oil Execs Tipped Off About Venezuela Attack | Common Dreams
"I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is," said one critic. "He did not inform Congress but he’s saying he informed the oil companies."
www.commondreams.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
'What an Authoritarian Oligarchy Looks Like': Trump Says Oil Execs Tipped Off About Venezuela Attack www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
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“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
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Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
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Utah debate over transgender treatments for minors divides policymakers, experts over state 'systematic review'
Do No Harm alleges Utah Department of Health and Human Services "systematic review" misleads on transgender outcomes.
www.deseret.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
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"Look, the president was absolutely going to ask but then he thought, What if they say no? He thought, There are 435 people in Congress and that seems like a lot of people to have to get permission from before doing things."
The Constitution does say that war powers belong to Congress. But there are important exceptions, like if the president really, really wants to go to war. Or it’s the weekend. Or it’s January. Or he thought he saw a spider. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
President Trump Totally Meant to Ask Congress Before Attacking Venezuela
Oops!
www.theatlantic.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
"Look, the president was absolutely going to ask but then he thought, What if they say no? He thought, There are 435 people in Congress and that seems like a lot of people to have to get permission from before doing things."
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Many of us advised that MAGA was a movement based on racial superiority. We were told that we were wrong.
Prominent MAGA figures are making it 100% explicit that MAGA is a neo-imperialist movement that's all about pillage and plunder justified by assumed racial superiority:
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Many of us advised that MAGA was a movement based on racial superiority. We were told that we were wrong.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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As a teenager, Marco Rubio worked for his brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia in an import and sale business of exotic animals. It was a front for moving nearly half a million pounds of cocaine and marijuana
Maureen Tkacik
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Maureen Tkacik
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The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
prospect.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 AM
As a teenager, Marco Rubio worked for his brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia in an import and sale business of exotic animals. It was a front for moving nearly half a million pounds of cocaine and marijuana
Maureen Tkacik
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Maureen Tkacik
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Last week, a journalist became legend. She infiltrated white supremacist dating sites, extracted 100GB of data, exposed the ppl who used "Tinder for Nazis," then went on stage at the CCC & methodically deleted the sites & all backups while the audience cheered.
LEGEND
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LEGEND
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Investigator breaches white supremacist dating sites, exposes 8,000 users
An investigative journalist infiltrated three white supremacist platforms, including the dating site WhiteDate, exfiltrating over 8,000 user profiles and 100GB of sensitive data.
cybernews.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Last week, a journalist became legend. She infiltrated white supremacist dating sites, extracted 100GB of data, exposed the ppl who used "Tinder for Nazis," then went on stage at the CCC & methodically deleted the sites & all backups while the audience cheered.
LEGEND
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LEGEND
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The conversation on Threads
January 4, 2026 at 11:11 AM
The conversation on Threads
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Blanche’s directives, while he still owned significant crypto investments, violated the conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, according to legal experts and former federal ethics officials.
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
Before Todd Blanche could be confirmed as the second-highest official at the...
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January 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Blanche’s directives, while he still owned significant crypto investments, violated the conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, according to legal experts and former federal ethics officials.
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.