Erick Fernandez
@erickfernandez.bsky.social
We don’t believe you, you need more people.
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The Trump admin is targeting people who combat disinformation and hate online because the Trump admin is filled with people devoted to spreading disinformation and hate online (the president included). www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
US judge blocks Trump administration from deporting UK anti-disinformation campaigner
Imran Ahmed of Center for Countering Digital Hate files complaint against senior Trump allies
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Trump admin is targeting people who combat disinformation and hate online because the Trump admin is filled with people devoted to spreading disinformation and hate online (the president included). www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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Two stories side by side in WashPost
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Two stories side by side in WashPost
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Not just holding them, but airing them on two (!) separate streaming services.
Roger Goodell solely exists to make the owners richer, even if it comes at the expense of the fans.
Roger Goodell solely exists to make the owners richer, even if it comes at the expense of the fans.
The NFL getting three garbage games on Christmas is exactly what the NFL deserves for holding three games on Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Not just holding them, but airing them on two (!) separate streaming services.
Roger Goodell solely exists to make the owners richer, even if it comes at the expense of the fans.
Roger Goodell solely exists to make the owners richer, even if it comes at the expense of the fans.
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The organized astroturfing and financing of these extreme ideologies is one of the key stories of our time
Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
December 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The organized astroturfing and financing of these extreme ideologies is one of the key stories of our time
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Literally any other attorney general before Bondi would have fought tooth and nail and then resigned over this alone. Letting White House staff take over making public statements in the name of DOJ is in and of itself completely insane.
December 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Literally any other attorney general before Bondi would have fought tooth and nail and then resigned over this alone. Letting White House staff take over making public statements in the name of DOJ is in and of itself completely insane.
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Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
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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.
Merrick Garland the most useless attorney general of all time for like 45 different reasons lol
Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Merrick Garland the most useless attorney general of all time for like 45 different reasons lol
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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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Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
December 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
“we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough
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The White House is now citing "national security" for everything it does. Seriously, check out these headlines. It's just the last few weeks.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The White House is now citing "national security" for everything it does. Seriously, check out these headlines. It's just the last few weeks.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
You didn’t have “to comply” you could demonstrated an ounce of dignity and integrity and resigned on the spot.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
You didn’t have “to comply” you could demonstrated an ounce of dignity and integrity and resigned on the spot.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Bari Weiss: "we can't do any journalism someone else has already done"
Also Bari Weiss; "Time to do our 33rd anti-Zohran piece without interviewing him!"
Also Bari Weiss; "Time to do our 33rd anti-Zohran piece without interviewing him!"
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bari Weiss: "we can't do any journalism someone else has already done"
Also Bari Weiss; "Time to do our 33rd anti-Zohran piece without interviewing him!"
Also Bari Weiss; "Time to do our 33rd anti-Zohran piece without interviewing him!"
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After what we're seeing at CBS, if today is not the perfect day for everyone to find some independent journalism & nonprofit newsrooms to support... what day could be better?
December 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
After what we're seeing at CBS, if today is not the perfect day for everyone to find some independent journalism & nonprofit newsrooms to support... what day could be better?
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The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
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If Warner doesn't buckle to the hostile takeover attempt by the Ellisons, the Trump DOJ will launch a fake antitrust inquiry in the new year featuring a lot of propaganda about how the right wing is just really really worried about the antitrust implications of netflix ownership
Warner Bros. Discovery requested a guarantee from the world’s third-richest person after Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.
Larry Ellison Guarantees $40 Billion In Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery Bid
Warner Bros. Discovery requested a guarantee from the world’s third-richest person after Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.
www.forbes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If Warner doesn't buckle to the hostile takeover attempt by the Ellisons, the Trump DOJ will launch a fake antitrust inquiry in the new year featuring a lot of propaganda about how the right wing is just really really worried about the antitrust implications of netflix ownership
The NYT is not interested in covering the actual takeaways from that speech in that the GOP is a hotbed for white nationalist ideology because they see the groups that people like JD Vance target as expendable.
For them, the bigger story is inner-party palace intrigue.
For them, the bigger story is inner-party palace intrigue.
This is NYT headline morning after JD’s grotesque hot blast of white supremacist nativism at Turning Point’s hate-fest?!
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The NYT is not interested in covering the actual takeaways from that speech in that the GOP is a hotbed for white nationalist ideology because they see the groups that people like JD Vance target as expendable.
For them, the bigger story is inner-party palace intrigue.
For them, the bigger story is inner-party palace intrigue.
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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Oh man, the Ellisons *really* want CNN.
Warner Bros. Discovery requested a guarantee from the world’s third-richest person after Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.
Larry Ellison Guarantees $40 Billion In Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery Bid
Warner Bros. Discovery requested a guarantee from the world’s third-richest person after Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.
www.forbes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Oh man, the Ellisons *really* want CNN.
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The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
December 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
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I think many people know him as that cheerful guy on NPR. But this paragraph written as Hurricane Katrina made landfall is the essence of Jonah Goldberg.
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I think many people know him as that cheerful guy on NPR. But this paragraph written as Hurricane Katrina made landfall is the essence of Jonah Goldberg.
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If you’re still working at CBS “News” after they paid the bribe you’re not in journalism
“One of Ms. Weiss's suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller…”
“Ms. Weiss also questioned the use of the term ‘migrants’ to describe the Venezuelan men who were deported, noting that they were in the United States illegally…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
“Ms. Weiss also questioned the use of the term ‘migrants’ to describe the Venezuelan men who were deported, noting that they were in the United States illegally…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
If you’re still working at CBS “News” after they paid the bribe you’re not in journalism
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Bari Weiss giving them Miller’s number is the best part and so revealing
And here’s a free link to the NYT piece on the 60 Minutes disaster.
Bari Weiss thinks CBS reporters can’t get Stephen Miller to talk to them because they don’t have his phone number.
And she doesn’t know how to use a dictionary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
Bari Weiss thinks CBS reporters can’t get Stephen Miller to talk to them because they don’t have his phone number.
And she doesn’t know how to use a dictionary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Bari Weiss giving them Miller’s number is the best part and so revealing