Cosmonautilus5
@cosmonautilus5.bsky.social
Just a neurospicy cosmic nautiloid from Indiana with an intense interest in leftist politics and a fiery rage for right-wing dipshittery
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There's no world where Trump is going to release information that destroys his Presidency for his billionaire pedophile friends. He's going to release Epstein files that incriminate his enemies while redacting anything that would destroy him under the guise of "national security"
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
There's no world where Trump is going to release information that destroys his Presidency for his billionaire pedophile friends. He's going to release Epstein files that incriminate his enemies while redacting anything that would destroy him under the guise of "national security"
"But Wait, There's More" a 🧵:
Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"But Wait, There's More" a 🧵:
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This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
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Weird how our AI-boosting government is killing the IRS's free tax filing tool, only for the company who spent $3,720,000 on lobbying last year to sign a big AI integration deal for their tax software. Probably a coincidence.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Weird how our AI-boosting government is killing the IRS's free tax filing tool, only for the company who spent $3,720,000 on lobbying last year to sign a big AI integration deal for their tax software. Probably a coincidence.
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In case folks forgot what happened, Khashoggi entered a Saudi consulate in Istanbul to get a document so he could get married while his fiancée waited outside. He never left because he was murdered and dismembered with a bone saw inside the building. The US intel community said MBS ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In case folks forgot what happened, Khashoggi entered a Saudi consulate in Istanbul to get a document so he could get married while his fiancée waited outside. He never left because he was murdered and dismembered with a bone saw inside the building. The US intel community said MBS ordered it.
"Several months ago, police conducted a similar sting that led to the arrest of ex-State Sen. Justin Eichorn, who is currently facing federal solicitation charges."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Minnesota for soliciting sex from a minor
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"Several months ago, police conducted a similar sting that led to the arrest of ex-State Sen. Justin Eichorn, who is currently facing federal solicitation charges."
In classic fascist fashion, the administration chose loyalty over competency.
And like the fascist regimes of the past, such incompetence predictably ends both disastrously and hilariously.
And like the fascist regimes of the past, such incompetence predictably ends both disastrously and hilariously.
Trump appointed Harmeet Dhillon to the Justice Department so she could own the libs and sue DEI out of existence. But she is a bad lawyer! And her utter incompetence is the main reason why a conservative Trump judge just struck down the racist Texas gerrymander. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump’s Scheme to Gift the GOP Extra House Seats Just Blew Up in His Face
The opinion, written by a Trump appointee, cites Chief Justice John Roberts right up top.
slate.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
In classic fascist fashion, the administration chose loyalty over competency.
And like the fascist regimes of the past, such incompetence predictably ends both disastrously and hilariously.
And like the fascist regimes of the past, such incompetence predictably ends both disastrously and hilariously.
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People have largely tried to act like ICE/CBP failed and retreated from LA and that is completely untrue. If it weren’t for the relentless coverage of places like @lataco.bsky.social these stories would be completely under the radar.
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
People have largely tried to act like ICE/CBP failed and retreated from LA and that is completely untrue. If it weren’t for the relentless coverage of places like @lataco.bsky.social these stories would be completely under the radar.
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You know Roberts is incandescently mad that (1) he gave the DOJ the explicit roadmap and they didn't go for it, and (2) the district court didn't bail him out by just allowing the new map
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You know Roberts is incandescently mad that (1) he gave the DOJ the explicit roadmap and they didn't go for it, and (2) the district court didn't bail him out by just allowing the new map
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Unfortunately there couldn't be a more predictable outcome
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Unfortunately there couldn't be a more predictable outcome
With previous admins, we wouldn't find out about illegal U.S. covert regime change until decades later.
Today it's being reported on and talked about as if it's an open spectacle we're meant to watch and think is badass. Like an externalization of Trump's desperate need for approval.
Pathetic.
Today it's being reported on and talked about as if it's an open spectacle we're meant to watch and think is badass. Like an externalization of Trump's desperate need for approval.
Pathetic.
"Mr. Trump has not yet authorized combat forces on the ground in Venezuela, so the next phase of the administration’s escalating pressure campaign on the Maduro government could be sabotage or some sort of cyber, psychological or information operations."
Trump Said to Authorize C.I.A. Plans for Covert Action in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
With previous admins, we wouldn't find out about illegal U.S. covert regime change until decades later.
Today it's being reported on and talked about as if it's an open spectacle we're meant to watch and think is badass. Like an externalization of Trump's desperate need for approval.
Pathetic.
Today it's being reported on and talked about as if it's an open spectacle we're meant to watch and think is badass. Like an externalization of Trump's desperate need for approval.
Pathetic.
Fascists don't understand art. They cannot understand satire nor any critique in art of an ideology they themselves hold.
This is why conservative "art" tends to be derivative and lacking any deeper social commentary. Its use is merely to glorify or justify their beliefs and worldview.
This is why conservative "art" tends to be derivative and lacking any deeper social commentary. Its use is merely to glorify or justify their beliefs and worldview.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Fascists don't understand art. They cannot understand satire nor any critique in art of an ideology they themselves hold.
This is why conservative "art" tends to be derivative and lacking any deeper social commentary. Its use is merely to glorify or justify their beliefs and worldview.
This is why conservative "art" tends to be derivative and lacking any deeper social commentary. Its use is merely to glorify or justify their beliefs and worldview.
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Things like this will become increasingly common as billionaires increasingly treat low earth orbit like their personal playground and garbage dump
The only craft docked at Tiangong space station has been damaged and “does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return.”
A Collision with Space Debris Leaves 3 Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Orbit
The only craft docked at Tiangong space station has been damaged and “does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return.”
wrd.cm
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Things like this will become increasingly common as billionaires increasingly treat low earth orbit like their personal playground and garbage dump
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Wow if only there was some sort of fairly recent historical precedent warning us about the dangers of slicing up and reselling debt across the financial landscape.
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Wow if only there was some sort of fairly recent historical precedent warning us about the dangers of slicing up and reselling debt across the financial landscape.
Well now I'm worried.
Dammit Ken, I had hope
Dammit Ken, I had hope
Congress' Epstein Files vote tomorrow will be undermined by "national security" www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
“National Security” Blocks Epstein Files Release
The one word preventing transparency
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Well now I'm worried.
Dammit Ken, I had hope
Dammit Ken, I had hope
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NEW: Judge dismisses the Trump Admin's challenge to NY's Protect Our Courts Act, a law prohibiting immigration arrests at NY's courthouses!
This is an important response to those who say states can't hold ICE officers accountable to the law.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70522...
This is an important response to those who say states can't hold ICE officers accountable to the law.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70522...
Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim – #66 in United States v. State of New York (N.D.N.Y., 1:25-cv-00744) – CourtListener.com
Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
www.courtlistener.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
NEW: Judge dismisses the Trump Admin's challenge to NY's Protect Our Courts Act, a law prohibiting immigration arrests at NY's courthouses!
This is an important response to those who say states can't hold ICE officers accountable to the law.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70522...
This is an important response to those who say states can't hold ICE officers accountable to the law.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70522...
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A moving and thoughtful piece from a great legal newsletter I highly recommend!
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A moving and thoughtful piece from a great legal newsletter I highly recommend!
21st century phrenology, just as bullshit and racist now as it was at its inception
"The research built on some other ethically dubious scholarship, which posits that personality traits can be sussed out just based on a person’s facial features."
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Scientists Say Their AI System Can Scan Your Face to Detect Whether a Company Should Hire You
New research suggests that an algorithm which scans your face could accurately predict financial, academic, and job success.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
21st century phrenology, just as bullshit and racist now as it was at its inception
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Magistrate Judge Fitzpatrick orders the government to turn over all grand jury materials to Comey's defense team.
That's separate from Judge Currie's continuing investigation into the legality of Halligan's appointment & her behavior before the grand jury.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
That's separate from Judge Currie's continuing investigation into the legality of Halligan's appointment & her behavior before the grand jury.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Magistrate Judge Fitzpatrick orders the government to turn over all grand jury materials to Comey's defense team.
That's separate from Judge Currie's continuing investigation into the legality of Halligan's appointment & her behavior before the grand jury.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
That's separate from Judge Currie's continuing investigation into the legality of Halligan's appointment & her behavior before the grand jury.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
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"They spent a month in detention before she gave up on her asylum case and asked to be sent back to Venezuela. Mejías later told me her son cried for his father and refused to eat the food served in jail. He lost weight."
Always read @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Always read @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"They spent a month in detention before she gave up on her asylum case and asked to be sent back to Venezuela. Mejías later told me her son cried for his father and refused to eat the food served in jail. He lost weight."
Always read @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Always read @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Excellent 🧵 on just how bad this bill truly is:
“ This bill will raise your electricity costs and cook the planet to give tax cuts to the richest people ever.” - Sen Schatz
“Trump is jamming through a bill that rips away health care, closes hospitals, raises grocery and utility bills to give tax breaks to billionaires.” - Sen Warren
“Trump is jamming through a bill that rips away health care, closes hospitals, raises grocery and utility bills to give tax breaks to billionaires.” - Sen Warren
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Excellent 🧵 on just how bad this bill truly is:
“There is no separation between church and state,” George said at the event, according to published reports.
A Fort Worth church's efforts to mobilize Christian conservatives through a political training program comes at a pivotal moment, as Republicans seek to maintain control of the nation’s largest urban red county.
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social and @texastribune.org
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social and @texastribune.org
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“There is no separation between church and state,” George said at the event, according to published reports.
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This is EXCELLENT. A real lift-the-rock-and-reveal-the-creepy-crawlies moment.
BREAKING: Steve Bannon offered Trump’s MAGA movement as a shield for Jeffrey Epstein - outlining a coalition to “stave off Time’s Up for next decade plus,” in return for strategic and financial support @bylinetimes.bsky.social /1 bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Steve Bannon Offered Trump’s MAGA as Shield for Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Steve Bannon, who told him it could help him “stave off Time’s Up for a decade” in return for str...
bylinetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is EXCELLENT. A real lift-the-rock-and-reveal-the-creepy-crawlies moment.
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
Just when you thought his approval rating couldn't get any lower. You can't fearmonger about deep-state pedophile cabals for literally years and then expect your base to just drop it.
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Just when you thought his approval rating couldn't get any lower. You can't fearmonger about deep-state pedophile cabals for literally years and then expect your base to just drop it.