Cliff Poole
@cpoolenyc.bsky.social
Inwood NYC Dad, husband, writer, sometime-activist. I enjoy hiking, reading, art museums, video games & not living under fascism. Pro democracy, unions, LGBTQ+ rights, racial justice and non-carceral means to public safety.
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Cliff Poole
@cpoolenyc.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Entire East Wing expected to be demolished as soon as this weekend, sources say
The White House is expected to demolish the entire East Wing to allow for construction of President Trump’s ballroom, sources familiar with the project told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
This is Trump “not touching“ the East Wing of the White House. Remember this the next time Trump says he won’t touch Social Security.
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The treatment of Abrego Garcia is such a disgrace. It represents horrific public policy, but also, just imagine being a random regular person and suddenly the president’s henchman decide to make an example of you by any means necessary, facts be damned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
Justice Dept. Leaders Pushed to Charge Abrego Garcia, Emails Show
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The treatment of Abrego Garcia is such a disgrace. It represents horrific public policy, but also, just imagine being a random regular person and suddenly the president’s henchman decide to make an example of you by any means necessary, facts be damned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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My 11-year-old: [reading the Miners' Ten Commandments at the Gold Discovery Museum] What's this mean?
Me: It's telling the miners--you won't get to rest on Sundays, because you'll have to do the work you'd rely on women to do back home.
My husband: You find gender everywhere.
Me: Because it is!
Me: It's telling the miners--you won't get to rest on Sundays, because you'll have to do the work you'd rely on women to do back home.
My husband: You find gender everywhere.
Me: Because it is!
December 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My 11-year-old: [reading the Miners' Ten Commandments at the Gold Discovery Museum] What's this mean?
Me: It's telling the miners--you won't get to rest on Sundays, because you'll have to do the work you'd rely on women to do back home.
My husband: You find gender everywhere.
Me: Because it is!
Me: It's telling the miners--you won't get to rest on Sundays, because you'll have to do the work you'd rely on women to do back home.
My husband: You find gender everywhere.
Me: Because it is!
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NEW:
One brought a gun home.
One moved.
Others improved home security.
Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
One brought a gun home.
One moved.
Others improved home security.
Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
NEW:
One brought a gun home.
One moved.
Others improved home security.
Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
One brought a gun home.
One moved.
Others improved home security.
Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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🚨 BREAKING News: Federal judge says U.S. must give due process to deported Venezuelans | NPR #legal
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
Federal judge says U.S. must give due process to deported Venezuelans
Judge James Boasberg said the U.S. denied due process to the Venezuelan men it deported to a prison in El Salvador after President Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
www.npr.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🚨 BREAKING News: Federal judge says U.S. must give due process to deported Venezuelans | NPR #legal
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
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Exactly. If there are Nazis in your bar that haven’t been forcefully shown the fucking door, it’s a Nazi bar. If there Nazis at your rally, etc
Perennial reminder: A party that has Nazis in its coalition is a Nazi party.
December 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Exactly. If there are Nazis in your bar that haven’t been forcefully shown the fucking door, it’s a Nazi bar. If there Nazis at your rally, etc
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Love this. We should all do a thread about serendipitous discoveries in the archives. Me? I found a murder mystery in my hotel workers history.
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Love this. We should all do a thread about serendipitous discoveries in the archives. Me? I found a murder mystery in my hotel workers history.
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Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
JFC! Fuck Elise Stefanik! And fuck all the Islamophobic Palestinian-hating bigots who fueled this unhinged witch hunt against a random college student! WTAF?!?!
“This is a student who did nothing wrong on a campus that is already in mourning,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the "enraging" story of right-wing figures falsely claiming with zero evidence the Brown University gunman was a Palestinian student.
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
JFC! Fuck Elise Stefanik! And fuck all the Islamophobic Palestinian-hating bigots who fueled this unhinged witch hunt against a random college student! WTAF?!?!
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“This is a student who did nothing wrong on a campus that is already in mourning,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the "enraging" story of right-wing figures falsely claiming with zero evidence the Brown University gunman was a Palestinian student.
December 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“This is a student who did nothing wrong on a campus that is already in mourning,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the "enraging" story of right-wing figures falsely claiming with zero evidence the Brown University gunman was a Palestinian student.
It was wild in the first Trump Admin when the Secretary of Labor wanted to screw workers, the EPA Administrator wanted to fuck up the environment, the Secretary of Education wanted kids to be ignorant. But somehow having a Secretary of Health and Human Services who wants to kill everyone is worse.
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It was wild in the first Trump Admin when the Secretary of Labor wanted to screw workers, the EPA Administrator wanted to fuck up the environment, the Secretary of Education wanted kids to be ignorant. But somehow having a Secretary of Health and Human Services who wants to kill everyone is worse.
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rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears.
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears.
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Thread of comical/worrying dog crossbreeds:
July 28, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Thread of comical/worrying dog crossbreeds:
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lol so evidence dating back to the 1970s has made one consistent conclusion over and over and over again:
Employers definitely hire white people because they're white.
Employers definitely hire white people because they're white.
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
lol so evidence dating back to the 1970s has made one consistent conclusion over and over and over again:
Employers definitely hire white people because they're white.
Employers definitely hire white people because they're white.
Ummm…
Holy hell, that is a lot of, uh, everything to have sitting in under-regulated darkness. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Shadow Banks Cross $250 Trillion Mark as Watchdog Warns on Data
Global assets in the sprawling shadow banking sector have crossed the $250 trillion mark for the first time, new data from the Financial Stability Board shows, fueling fears of mounting systemic risks...
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Ummm…
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Banning medical care for trans kids doesn’t stop them from being trans. It just makes their lives into a horrible nightmare.
December 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Banning medical care for trans kids doesn’t stop them from being trans. It just makes their lives into a horrible nightmare.
They did the Family Guy color swatch meme, but for babies. This is easily the most openly racist administration in 100 years. Easily.
The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
They did the Family Guy color swatch meme, but for babies. This is easily the most openly racist administration in 100 years. Easily.