Edward Perez
@eddieperez.bsky.social
Ex-Twitter director for civic integrity. Election admin & voting technology. Lapsed poli-sci academic. I post about democracy & social media. Likes: facts.
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Edward Perez
@eddieperez.bsky.social
· Oct 12
“Words like ‘freedom,’ ‘justice,’ ‘democracy’ are not
common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.”
— James Baldwin
common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.”
— James Baldwin
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This is a quite good analysis.
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This is a quite good analysis.
*Very* well done, FT.
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(And I’m deeply disappointed to see that a couple of my former Twitter colleagues are *still* at the porn site, having apparently sold their souls for clout and money.)
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(And I’m deeply disappointed to see that a couple of my former Twitter colleagues are *still* at the porn site, having apparently sold their souls for clout and money.)
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
*Very* well done, FT.
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(And I’m deeply disappointed to see that a couple of my former Twitter colleagues are *still* at the porn site, having apparently sold their souls for clout and money.)
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(And I’m deeply disappointed to see that a couple of my former Twitter colleagues are *still* at the porn site, having apparently sold their souls for clout and money.)
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The administration is doing its best to rewrite January 6. But the historical record of what really happened is not going away.
January 6 Still Happened
The Trump administration can pardon the insurrectionists and delete pages of evidence. But it cannot hide what took place on that day.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The administration is doing its best to rewrite January 6. But the historical record of what really happened is not going away.
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1/ In 2022, one year after Trump incited the seditious attack on the US Capitol, I posted a long thread of images on Twitter, because revisionist attempts to create a false narrative about that day were already well underway.
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
January 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
1/ In 2022, one year after Trump incited the seditious attack on the US Capitol, I posted a long thread of images on Twitter, because revisionist attempts to create a false narrative about that day were already well underway.
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
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January 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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If you read one thing about January 6 today, make it this article. It’s that good.
Clear, unsentimental, incisive.
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Clear, unsentimental, incisive.
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New, from me: Four years ago we lived through a pivot point. History could have gone one way, but went another.
Why was Jan. 6 not the end of Trump?
At key moments, key Republicans who knew better protected or resurrected Trump. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Why was Jan. 6 not the end of Trump?
At key moments, key Republicans who knew better protected or resurrected Trump. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Jan. 6 and the path not taken
At key moments, Republicans were unwilling to defend democracy
open.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you read one thing about January 6 today, make it this article. It’s that good.
Clear, unsentimental, incisive.
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Clear, unsentimental, incisive.
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blast from the past
NEW on CNN: We uncovered that Trump's incoming-White House press secretary purged tweets from her timeline praising Pence for certifying the election on January 6 and praising Capitol police .
Just a year later she ran for Congress denying the 2020 election results.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...
Just a year later she ran for Congress denying the 2020 election results.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...
Trump press secretary pick removed post praising Pence on January 6, then ran for Congress as an election denier | CNN Politics
Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, deleted two social media posts she shared after the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol — including a retweet...
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
blast from the past
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Tell me again about how peaceful January 6 was.
Tell me again about how the insurrectionist attackers deserved pardons.
Tell me again about how the insurrectionist attackers deserved pardons.
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Tell me again about how peaceful January 6 was.
Tell me again about how the insurrectionist attackers deserved pardons.
Tell me again about how the insurrectionist attackers deserved pardons.
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just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
Re-posting every year, on January 6…
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1/ In 2022, one year after Trump incited the seditious attack on the US Capitol, I posted a long thread of images on Twitter, because revisionist attempts to create a false narrative about that day were already well underway.
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
January 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Re-posting every year, on January 6…
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"Unfettered might does not make right. It makes for instability, upheaval, and war," writes @rbreich.bsky.social.
Donald Trump poses a threat to civilization | Robert Reich
The moral purpose of civilized society is to prevent the stronger from attacking the weaker. The US was founded on that principle
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
"Unfettered might does not make right. It makes for instability, upheaval, and war," writes @rbreich.bsky.social.
Important story by @tatumhunter.bsky.social.
Musk’s brazen enablement of non-consensual sexualization of girls and women is not just outrageous, but without precedent. Grok’s capabilities are like a tooling factory for CSAM — and he treats it all like a big joke.
Gift link below.
wapo.st/4jpy8ma
Musk’s brazen enablement of non-consensual sexualization of girls and women is not just outrageous, but without precedent. Grok’s capabilities are like a tooling factory for CSAM — and he treats it all like a big joke.
Gift link below.
wapo.st/4jpy8ma
X users tell Grok to undress women and girls in photos. It’s saying yes.
The site is filling with AI-generated nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children. Owner Elon Musk responded with a laughing emoji.
wapo.st
January 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Important story by @tatumhunter.bsky.social.
Musk’s brazen enablement of non-consensual sexualization of girls and women is not just outrageous, but without precedent. Grok’s capabilities are like a tooling factory for CSAM — and he treats it all like a big joke.
Gift link below.
wapo.st/4jpy8ma
Musk’s brazen enablement of non-consensual sexualization of girls and women is not just outrageous, but without precedent. Grok’s capabilities are like a tooling factory for CSAM — and he treats it all like a big joke.
Gift link below.
wapo.st/4jpy8ma
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January 6, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
they're doing it for gender, imo
“So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable…”
New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.
Call Trump's power grab in Venezuela what it is
Corporate media must recognize they're being openly lied to—and report accordingly.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
“So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable…”
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"Punishing Kelly is extremely pernicious political retaliation. It also ought to be embarrassing to Hegseth, though he seems as impervious to shame as his boss." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Hegseth’s Appalling Vengeance Campaign
The Defense secretary’s attempts to demote Senator Mark Kelly are a pernicious form of political bullying.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
"Punishing Kelly is extremely pernicious political retaliation. It also ought to be embarrassing to Hegseth, though he seems as impervious to shame as his boss." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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This vile new Stephen Miller tweet, along with the news that Miller may run the occupation of Venezuela, is a good time for you to read our deep dive into Miller's actual worldview and agenda, especially this part comparing Miller's language with Pat Buchanan's:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
This vile new Stephen Miller tweet, along with the news that Miller may run the occupation of Venezuela, is a good time for you to read our deep dive into Miller's actual worldview and agenda, especially this part comparing Miller's language with Pat Buchanan's:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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OUT: Helping you pay for health care.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
January 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
OUT: Helping you pay for health care.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
I have such a visceral reaction to Stephen Miller that anytime I see him I reflexively turn away, but based on this video, I am reminded of what an unserious fucking clown he is.
The level of childish bloviation is embarrassing.
We’re talking about national sovereignty & he’s an AM talk show host.
The level of childish bloviation is embarrassing.
We’re talking about national sovereignty & he’s an AM talk show host.
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I have such a visceral reaction to Stephen Miller that anytime I see him I reflexively turn away, but based on this video, I am reminded of what an unserious fucking clown he is.
The level of childish bloviation is embarrassing.
We’re talking about national sovereignty & he’s an AM talk show host.
The level of childish bloviation is embarrassing.
We’re talking about national sovereignty & he’s an AM talk show host.
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30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
As someone who has worked in social media, I’m gonna call it:
It’s a net negative for the human condition.
It’s a net negative for the human condition.
January 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
As someone who has worked in social media, I’m gonna call it:
It’s a net negative for the human condition.
It’s a net negative for the human condition.
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“I would therefore strongly urge the United States to stop the threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another people who have said very clearly that they are not for sale.”
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Denmark tells Trump to cut the sh-t about taking over Greenland
Following the American abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen released a statement on Sunday demanding that U.S. President Donald Trump stop making ...
www.dailykos.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
“I would therefore strongly urge the United States to stop the threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another people who have said very clearly that they are not for sale.”
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
on-brand for fascist white supremacist regime
In 2024, the committee that recommends U.S. coin designs proposed paying tribute to the civil rights, abolitionist and suffrage movements on the quarters marking the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding. But in December, Trump’s Treasury secretary overruled the coins. https://bit.ly/3LwORrd
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
on-brand for fascist white supremacist regime
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Trump’s real base of support — billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech, crypto, defense contractors, & Wall Street — know that the midterms may limit what they and Trump can get away with moving forward.
2026 could be the last year they can cash in and loot the country.
Be warned.
2026 could be the last year they can cash in and loot the country.
Be warned.
January 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Trump’s real base of support — billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech, crypto, defense contractors, & Wall Street — know that the midterms may limit what they and Trump can get away with moving forward.
2026 could be the last year they can cash in and loot the country.
Be warned.
2026 could be the last year they can cash in and loot the country.
Be warned.