ERIC COOPER
@ericooper.bsky.social
Urban Planner. Cyclist. Runner. Hurling. Skateboarding.
Rochester, NY (Formerly Charleston, Buffalo, NF)
Rochester, NY (Formerly Charleston, Buffalo, NF)
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they should invent a Microsoft Word where you can format the document according to your wishes
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
they should invent a Microsoft Word where you can format the document according to your wishes
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Trump II has gotten more bad cops out of local departments than decades of DOJ civil rights actions have ever accomplished.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump II has gotten more bad cops out of local departments than decades of DOJ civil rights actions have ever accomplished.
Notable composition of the D&C front page.
1) Elon Musk pay package worth Billions.
2) Financial strain grows for Americans.
3) Aid reductions imperil millions of lives.
1) Elon Musk pay package worth Billions.
2) Financial strain grows for Americans.
3) Aid reductions imperil millions of lives.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Notable composition of the D&C front page.
1) Elon Musk pay package worth Billions.
2) Financial strain grows for Americans.
3) Aid reductions imperil millions of lives.
1) Elon Musk pay package worth Billions.
2) Financial strain grows for Americans.
3) Aid reductions imperil millions of lives.
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MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill
A Phil Williams NC5 Investigates report on a neo-Nazi targeting kids online, telling them to prepare for a 'race war'
www.newschannel5.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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One of the President's top advisers: reminding the military and the intelligence community to follow the law and the Constitution is "calling for insurrection"
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
One of the President's top advisers: reminding the military and the intelligence community to follow the law and the Constitution is "calling for insurrection"
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The problem with having rather openly purged DOJ of all but the most shameless stooges and loyalists is precisely this: Even once the Epstein files are released, why would anyone believe that release is complete and undoctored?
At this stage there’s literally no reason to believe the admin, even if it releases more than you’d expect, are being forthcoming. It’s the opposite of conspiracy theory to look at the proudly lawless pattern of deception and raw power that this trump admin has engaged in then to conclude they’d…
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The problem with having rather openly purged DOJ of all but the most shameless stooges and loyalists is precisely this: Even once the Epstein files are released, why would anyone believe that release is complete and undoctored?
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The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.
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Rep. Thomas Massie calls out Trump: "He can release these files without the Senate acting."
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Rep. Thomas Massie calls out Trump: "He can release these files without the Senate acting."
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97% had no criminal record
The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests. n.pr/4i6rNLX
DOJ records show hundreds of immigrants arrested in Chicago had no criminal records
The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
97% had no criminal record
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"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
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"The attorneys spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. All three said the plan is not regional to New England, but a nationwide strategy."
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
"The attorneys spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. All three said the plan is not regional to New England, but a nationwide strategy."
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Key information from this story: "humans generally have a crash, whether they are at fault or not, every 700,000 miles. Tesla has 7 in probably ~300,000 miles."
Tesla robotaxis get in crashes at 16 times the rate of human drivers.
Tesla robotaxis get in crashes at 16 times the rate of human drivers.
“.. Tesla’s current Robotaxi crash rate .. is about 2x higher than Waymo’s, despite in-car supervisors that prevent an unknown number of crashes.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
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November 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Key information from this story: "humans generally have a crash, whether they are at fault or not, every 700,000 miles. Tesla has 7 in probably ~300,000 miles."
Tesla robotaxis get in crashes at 16 times the rate of human drivers.
Tesla robotaxis get in crashes at 16 times the rate of human drivers.
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Keep sailing fellas.
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Keep sailing fellas.
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In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Feels like we're at the stage where Nixon caved to the pressure and released transcripts of the Oval Office recordings, which turned out to have been heavily edited and misleading.
We might be jumping ahead to the 18 1/2 minute erasure, though.
But I'm not sure the 1-to-1 comparison really works?
We might be jumping ahead to the 18 1/2 minute erasure, though.
But I'm not sure the 1-to-1 comparison really works?
Attention, historians of Watergate! I'm getting flashbacks from the months of back and forth, reversals and blunders over release of White House records. What stage are we at with the Epstein Files? Drip, drip, drip, as we used to say. @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Feels like we're at the stage where Nixon caved to the pressure and released transcripts of the Oval Office recordings, which turned out to have been heavily edited and misleading.
We might be jumping ahead to the 18 1/2 minute erasure, though.
But I'm not sure the 1-to-1 comparison really works?
We might be jumping ahead to the 18 1/2 minute erasure, though.
But I'm not sure the 1-to-1 comparison really works?
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I think one of the things the US Catholic Bishops needs to recognize is that folks like Vance, Homan, Fuentes, etc. are trying to be an alternative magisterium to the Pope. The Catholic Church really needs to fight this before it fully takes hold.
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I think one of the things the US Catholic Bishops needs to recognize is that folks like Vance, Homan, Fuentes, etc. are trying to be an alternative magisterium to the Pope. The Catholic Church really needs to fight this before it fully takes hold.
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Jeff Bezos received a quarter of a million from his parents in 1995 to start his online bookstore idea.
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Jeff Bezos received a quarter of a million from his parents in 1995 to start his online bookstore idea.
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The only two sentences that matter:
“The president could order the release of the entire Epstein document trove at any time, vote or no vote. So far, he’s declined to do so.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
“The president could order the release of the entire Epstein document trove at any time, vote or no vote. So far, he’s declined to do so.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘He got tired of me winning’: How Thomas Massie outmaneuvered Trump on Epstein
The president’s Sunday capitulation handed his biggest GOP foe in Congress a major victory.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The only two sentences that matter:
“The president could order the release of the entire Epstein document trove at any time, vote or no vote. So far, he’s declined to do so.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
“The president could order the release of the entire Epstein document trove at any time, vote or no vote. So far, he’s declined to do so.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Oh my 😰
It's not as if experts haven't been warning for years about the risks of treating orbit as a dumping ground.
It's not as if experts haven't been warning for years about the risks of treating orbit as a dumping ground.
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Oh my 😰
It's not as if experts haven't been warning for years about the risks of treating orbit as a dumping ground.
It's not as if experts haven't been warning for years about the risks of treating orbit as a dumping ground.
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I’m tempted to say this is why we need the humanities in education, but I think they know full well the implication and a different meme applies better
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’m tempted to say this is why we need the humanities in education, but I think they know full well the implication and a different meme applies better
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Literally shaking. Absolute monsters. DHS's Secretary Noem reassigned agents away from saving a child rape victim and arresting the depraved rapists and traffickers because she's obsessed with Trump's effort to stop immigrants from "poisoning the blood" of the nation.
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Literally shaking. Absolute monsters. DHS's Secretary Noem reassigned agents away from saving a child rape victim and arresting the depraved rapists and traffickers because she's obsessed with Trump's effort to stop immigrants from "poisoning the blood" of the nation.
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It’s not a recession. It’s a moment of zen.
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET
@reuters.com #QuietTime
@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s not a recession. It’s a moment of zen.
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ICE has "created what the founders decried as a general warrant: a roving license for agents to search anyone, anywhere, at any time."
- @ij.org's @detahmineh.bsky.social & Rob Frommer in @ms.now on the agency's new biometric surveillance.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
- @ij.org's @detahmineh.bsky.social & Rob Frommer in @ms.now on the agency's new biometric surveillance.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
ICE’s biometric dragnet is a 21st century general warrant for your body
DHS and ICE have created something the Founders feared: a roving license for agents to search anyone, anywhere, at any time.
www.ms.now
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ICE has "created what the founders decried as a general warrant: a roving license for agents to search anyone, anywhere, at any time."
- @ij.org's @detahmineh.bsky.social & Rob Frommer in @ms.now on the agency's new biometric surveillance.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
- @ij.org's @detahmineh.bsky.social & Rob Frommer in @ms.now on the agency's new biometric surveillance.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
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INTRODUCING: The Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts.
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
INTRODUCING: The Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts.