Michael Powell
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We are days away from the appearance of a framed Calvin-peeing-on-a-picture-of-Biden on some White House wall.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We are days away from the appearance of a framed Calvin-peeing-on-a-picture-of-Biden on some White House wall.
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everything is so fucking stupid
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
everything is so fucking stupid
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“On Dec. 4, four people who have been in the country lawfully for years had their oath ceremonies at Faneuil Hall canceled by Citizenship and Immigration Services officials.”
They don’t want legal immigration either.
They don’t want legal immigration either.
“A group of people who were ready to be sitting in these very seats, raising their right hand to swear an oath to become citizens were turned away at the door because of their countries of origin, stemming from the hateful policies of this federal administration,” said Mayor Wu.
Faneuil Hall immigrant oath ceremonies were canceled due to ‘hateful’ Trump policies, Boston mayor says - The Boston Globe
Michelle Wu spoke Tuesday at Faneuil Hall, where on Dec. 4 four people had their citizenship ceremonies canceled at the last minute.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“On Dec. 4, four people who have been in the country lawfully for years had their oath ceremonies at Faneuil Hall canceled by Citizenship and Immigration Services officials.”
They don’t want legal immigration either.
They don’t want legal immigration either.
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This really is, as Sara says, INSANE memory-holing: Minutes after FCC Chairman Carr told Congress that the FCC "is not" an independent agency (see video below via @atrupar.com), the FCC website started getting scrubbed to remove that description.
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This really is, as Sara says, INSANE memory-holing: Minutes after FCC Chairman Carr told Congress that the FCC "is not" an independent agency (see video below via @atrupar.com), the FCC website started getting scrubbed to remove that description.
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Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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It’s crazy how the “Don’t tread on me!” and “Live free or die” crowd is fine with masked gangs of anonymous armed federal agents hassling, detaining, and assaulting people on the streets “papers please”-style.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
Here's interview with US citizen scanned by ICE's facial recognition tech. Walking home from gym, authorities come over. He says he's a citizen. Put him in car. Only release after scanning his face
“Flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society”
www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
“Flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society”
www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
www.404media.co
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It’s crazy how the “Don’t tread on me!” and “Live free or die” crowd is fine with masked gangs of anonymous armed federal agents hassling, detaining, and assaulting people on the streets “papers please”-style.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
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I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
@brihreed.bsky.social If you’re going to “Question Everything”, maybe you should question whether wearing a live mic that goes straight to an AI data center is a shrewd move for yourself or your listeners.
December 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
@brihreed.bsky.social If you’re going to “Question Everything”, maybe you should question whether wearing a live mic that goes straight to an AI data center is a shrewd move for yourself or your listeners.
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It is just deeply weird to me that Musk and others like him are worried about white people becoming a minority. Why the hell should I care if the world, or specific parts of it, have more people with darker skin than mine than they do people with the same color skin as mine?
Musk is just straight up white nationalist now.
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It is just deeply weird to me that Musk and others like him are worried about white people becoming a minority. Why the hell should I care if the world, or specific parts of it, have more people with darker skin than mine than they do people with the same color skin as mine?
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“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Voters will pay the price if their representatives represent them.
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Voters will pay the price if their representatives represent them.
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“According to a source Ms. Halligan became enraged when a grand juror told her that the word ‘indict’ is pronounced ‘in-DITE,” not “in-DICKT.”
Justice Department again fails to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James
The Justice Department also tried and failed last week to secure a new indictment against James in Norfolk, Virginia.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“According to a source Ms. Halligan became enraged when a grand juror told her that the word ‘indict’ is pronounced ‘in-DITE,” not “in-DICKT.”
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no one else doing their Saturn wrapped??
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
no one else doing their Saturn wrapped??
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I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY
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ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
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SGAs reaction to the flagrant 😂
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
SGAs reaction to the flagrant 😂
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My wife was deported and I lost my job when they shut down the factory because of tariffs. But at least this year I know I won't have to hear "I Have a Little Dreidel" at my kid's Christmas concert.
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
My wife was deported and I lost my job when they shut down the factory because of tariffs. But at least this year I know I won't have to hear "I Have a Little Dreidel" at my kid's Christmas concert.
Yo why the fuck does my phone say AT&T Turbo
December 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yo why the fuck does my phone say AT&T Turbo
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It is National Signing Day, 2026. Barron slowly walks up to the podium with a hat with a cross on it and at the last second throws it away and rips open his button down to show off a t shirt with the word BUDDHISM emblazoned across the chest
are we supposed to be placing bets on this or something
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It is National Signing Day, 2026. Barron slowly walks up to the podium with a hat with a cross on it and at the last second throws it away and rips open his button down to show off a t shirt with the word BUDDHISM emblazoned across the chest
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I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
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Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):