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February 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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UPDATE: @rustygrills is no longer chair of the ag subcommittee (he’s chair of business and utilities sub instead)
his bill to shield giant foreign pesticide companies from lawsuits from sick farmers recently stalled 🧑🌾
his bill to shield giant foreign pesticide companies from lawsuits from sick farmers recently stalled 🧑🌾
February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
UPDATE: @rustygrills is no longer chair of the ag subcommittee (he’s chair of business and utilities sub instead)
his bill to shield giant foreign pesticide companies from lawsuits from sick farmers recently stalled 🧑🌾
his bill to shield giant foreign pesticide companies from lawsuits from sick farmers recently stalled 🧑🌾
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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Great news, January 6 hero Officer Harry Dunn is running for Congress in Maryland. We need many more great human beings like him in govt.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Great news, January 6 hero Officer Harry Dunn is running for Congress in Maryland. We need many more great human beings like him in govt.
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I wrote about how the Heartland Institute (of Project 2025 fame) is helping the GOP attack the Netflix Warner Brothers merger because they really want Larry Ellison to build state television out of the remnants of CNN and HBO:
Trumpland Ramps Up Attacks On Netflix Warner Brothers Merger To Help Larry Ellison
So we’ve been noting how the Trump administration has been helping Larry Ellison wage war on Netflix’s proposed merger with Warner Brothers. Not because they care about antitrust (that&…
www.techdirt.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I wrote about how the Heartland Institute (of Project 2025 fame) is helping the GOP attack the Netflix Warner Brothers merger because they really want Larry Ellison to build state television out of the remnants of CNN and HBO:
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In response to outcries from Milan, DHS has announced that the ICE agents being sent to the Winter Olympics will only work from an office in the US Consulate there.
If they can to their job from an office in Milan, they can do it from an office in the USA. There is zero reason for them being there.
If they can to their job from an office in Milan, they can do it from an office in the USA. There is zero reason for them being there.
January 28, 2026 at 11:47 PM
In response to outcries from Milan, DHS has announced that the ICE agents being sent to the Winter Olympics will only work from an office in the US Consulate there.
If they can to their job from an office in Milan, they can do it from an office in the USA. There is zero reason for them being there.
If they can to their job from an office in Milan, they can do it from an office in the USA. There is zero reason for them being there.
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IMMORAL…
This drawing was made by one of the 5 year old El Gamal twins. It shows children behind bars with the caption, “I’m 5 years old.”
An immigration judge denied them bond, citing “insufficient assets.” These children could remain in detention for years while their case is appealed.
This drawing was made by one of the 5 year old El Gamal twins. It shows children behind bars with the caption, “I’m 5 years old.”
An immigration judge denied them bond, citing “insufficient assets.” These children could remain in detention for years while their case is appealed.
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 AM
IMMORAL…
This drawing was made by one of the 5 year old El Gamal twins. It shows children behind bars with the caption, “I’m 5 years old.”
An immigration judge denied them bond, citing “insufficient assets.” These children could remain in detention for years while their case is appealed.
This drawing was made by one of the 5 year old El Gamal twins. It shows children behind bars with the caption, “I’m 5 years old.”
An immigration judge denied them bond, citing “insufficient assets.” These children could remain in detention for years while their case is appealed.
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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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A message from Greenland…
January 26, 2026 at 3:07 AM
A message from Greenland…
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
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Gary Kasparov, as usual, perfectly understands what's going on.
January 23, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Gary Kasparov, as usual, perfectly understands what's going on.
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
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This is important to us because what’s happening right now in Congress could permanently change protections for a beloved wilderness area. With everything else going on, this quietly moved forward while most people weren’t paying attention and it should concern all of us.
January 22, 2026 at 4:08 AM
This is important to us because what’s happening right now in Congress could permanently change protections for a beloved wilderness area. With everything else going on, this quietly moved forward while most people weren’t paying attention and it should concern all of us.
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NEW: ICE wants to spend up to $50M on a detention hub in Minnesota, one capable of moving detainees anywhere within a 400-mile radius across several U.S. states:
ICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 States
Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest.
www.wired.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM
NEW: ICE wants to spend up to $50M on a detention hub in Minnesota, one capable of moving detainees anywhere within a 400-mile radius across several U.S. states:
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Underappreciated fact:
The paths and positions of the cable damages around New Years 2026 were to most of Estonia's internet backbone routes.
Had it fully succeeded/happened by accident (lol) Estonia would have been left with a crippled connectivity.
The paths and positions of the cable damages around New Years 2026 were to most of Estonia's internet backbone routes.
Had it fully succeeded/happened by accident (lol) Estonia would have been left with a crippled connectivity.
January 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Underappreciated fact:
The paths and positions of the cable damages around New Years 2026 were to most of Estonia's internet backbone routes.
Had it fully succeeded/happened by accident (lol) Estonia would have been left with a crippled connectivity.
The paths and positions of the cable damages around New Years 2026 were to most of Estonia's internet backbone routes.
Had it fully succeeded/happened by accident (lol) Estonia would have been left with a crippled connectivity.
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DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
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Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson & American Moment co-founder Nick Solheim presented a talk at Peter Thiel’s 2024 “Hereticon”
event titled, “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony.” Gibson & his colleagues have also been eyeing Venezuela, Honduras, & Nigeria. 1/
event titled, “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony.” Gibson & his colleagues have also been eyeing Venezuela, Honduras, & Nigeria. 1/
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson & American Moment co-founder Nick Solheim presented a talk at Peter Thiel’s 2024 “Hereticon”
event titled, “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony.” Gibson & his colleagues have also been eyeing Venezuela, Honduras, & Nigeria. 1/
event titled, “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony.” Gibson & his colleagues have also been eyeing Venezuela, Honduras, & Nigeria. 1/
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Ken Howery (below) is Trump’s ambassador to Denmark. He:
Co-founded PayPal & The Founders Fund w/ Peter Thiel & attended the Jan 2025 inauguration party at Thiel’s mansion.
Thiel’s Oct 2024 Hereticon event included a talk titled: “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony” 1/
Co-founded PayPal & The Founders Fund w/ Peter Thiel & attended the Jan 2025 inauguration party at Thiel’s mansion.
Thiel’s Oct 2024 Hereticon event included a talk titled: “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony” 1/
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Ken Howery (below) is Trump’s ambassador to Denmark. He:
Co-founded PayPal & The Founders Fund w/ Peter Thiel & attended the Jan 2025 inauguration party at Thiel’s mansion.
Thiel’s Oct 2024 Hereticon event included a talk titled: “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony” 1/
Co-founded PayPal & The Founders Fund w/ Peter Thiel & attended the Jan 2025 inauguration party at Thiel’s mansion.
Thiel’s Oct 2024 Hereticon event included a talk titled: “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony” 1/
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Ex-Mississippi welfare chief John Davis confessed to WWE wrestlers Ted DiBiase Jr. and Brett DiBiase that he "tried to buy your love" as he sent millions in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to The Million Dollar Man's sons.
While denying 99% of poor families who applied.
While denying 99% of poor families who applied.
Welfare Scandal Mastermind Sought to Woo DiBiase Brothers as He Directed Millions to Wrestlers
The odd relationship between the mastermind of the Mississippi welfare scandal and two ex-wrestlers was on display in Ted DiBiase Jr.’s trial.
www.mississippifreepress.org
January 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Ex-Mississippi welfare chief John Davis confessed to WWE wrestlers Ted DiBiase Jr. and Brett DiBiase that he "tried to buy your love" as he sent millions in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to The Million Dollar Man's sons.
While denying 99% of poor families who applied.
While denying 99% of poor families who applied.
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Aux USA, des scientifiques ont découvert que la maladie de Parkinson était en majorité provoquée par l'exposition au Trichloréthylène. De plus en plus d'études démontrent que l'environnement et l'épigénétique, sont autrement plus déterminants que nos gènes dans l'apparition de maladies chroniques.
“No one knows exactly how much of the world’s drinking water is laced with TCE. The CDC reckons the water supply of 4-18% of Americans is contaminated… In Silicon Valley, where TCE was integral to manufacturing of early transistors, a necklace of underground plumes…”
www.wired.com/story/scient...
www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Aux USA, des scientifiques ont découvert que la maladie de Parkinson était en majorité provoquée par l'exposition au Trichloréthylène. De plus en plus d'études démontrent que l'environnement et l'épigénétique, sont autrement plus déterminants que nos gènes dans l'apparition de maladies chroniques.
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This is a phenomenal conversation.
Confused about tokens?, crypto?, venture capitalists?, Broligarchs?, this conversation puts the "exit" into the "holy fuck we need to do something-now" perspective we all should have.
@gilduran.com once again with a grand slam episode w/ @ojutel.bsky.social
Confused about tokens?, crypto?, venture capitalists?, Broligarchs?, this conversation puts the "exit" into the "holy fuck we need to do something-now" perspective we all should have.
@gilduran.com once again with a grand slam episode w/ @ojutel.bsky.social
“Behind every libertarian is a big fat government contract.”
Venture capitalists have made terrible bets. Now they're desperate to raid public treasuries...and fund their anti-democracy coup with government contracts.
My conversation with @ojutel.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-fT...
Venture capitalists have made terrible bets. Now they're desperate to raid public treasuries...and fund their anti-democracy coup with government contracts.
My conversation with @ojutel.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-fT...
Inside the Tech Cult: How Venture Capital Plans to Exit Democracy
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
This is a phenomenal conversation.
Confused about tokens?, crypto?, venture capitalists?, Broligarchs?, this conversation puts the "exit" into the "holy fuck we need to do something-now" perspective we all should have.
@gilduran.com once again with a grand slam episode w/ @ojutel.bsky.social
Confused about tokens?, crypto?, venture capitalists?, Broligarchs?, this conversation puts the "exit" into the "holy fuck we need to do something-now" perspective we all should have.
@gilduran.com once again with a grand slam episode w/ @ojutel.bsky.social
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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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"When I started speaking out about [Trump's] addictions in 2015, I was trying to warn people that it wasn’t the substances themselves that presented a problem, as much as it was the personality defects underneath them that we needed to fear the most."
Read this:
Read this:
“We do not need leaders who would so divide a people against each other.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'Last Christmas'
It would be difficult to overstate just how unhealthy what Trump is doing to the United States, and the world at large, is for the soul.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"When I started speaking out about [Trump's] addictions in 2015, I was trying to warn people that it wasn’t the substances themselves that presented a problem, as much as it was the personality defects underneath them that we needed to fear the most."
Read this:
Read this:
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If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.
Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.