Francis Wilkinson
@franciswilkinson.bsky.social
Political Columnist, Bloomberg.
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Trump is a liar. Tear gassing kids in peaceful neighborhoods makes no one safer.
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
DHS takes credit for crime being down in Chicago. Data shows that was happening before they arrived.
Immigration officials on Tuesday said a drop in crime numbers was thanks to their work. Police data show the decrease was taking place before federal agents arrived in the city.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump is a liar. Tear gassing kids in peaceful neighborhoods makes no one safer.
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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(Bloomberg) - The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategist who correctly predicted Wall Street’s underperformance this year expects US equities to keep lagging for the next decade.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
(Bloomberg) - The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategist who correctly predicted Wall Street’s underperformance this year expects US equities to keep lagging for the next decade.
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Going to be interesting see how much control Trump and Johnson are going to have over those Republican House Members whose political careers they have ended.
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Going to be interesting see how much control Trump and Johnson are going to have over those Republican House Members whose political careers they have ended.
Civilization ain’t dead yet.
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Civilization ain’t dead yet.
Who is Antifa? Whoever they want to target.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced that for the first time ever, the Bureau had indicted 'Antifa-aligned' individuals.
@ericcolumbus.bsky.social digs into the charges to understand the administration's efforts to target its ideological adversaries.
@ericcolumbus.bsky.social digs into the charges to understand the administration's efforts to target its ideological adversaries.
What’s Up With the Terror Indictment Against Alleged Antifa Members?
The Justice Department’s tacked-on charges are just for show. The larger plan is not.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Who is Antifa? Whoever they want to target.
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I don't know when I'll write it up, but among the things Rudy Giuliani got pardoned for is destroying the lives of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I don't know when I'll write it up, but among the things Rudy Giuliani got pardoned for is destroying the lives of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.
The president summarily executes some alleged drug traffickers. The president pardons other convicted drug traffickers, freeing them to commit more crimes against society. There is no rule of law under the maga regime.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The president summarily executes some alleged drug traffickers. The president pardons other convicted drug traffickers, freeing them to commit more crimes against society. There is no rule of law under the maga regime.
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Starting every day by lighting incense at the Thaddeus Stevens shrine, reciting chants, and promising to finish what he started
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Starting every day by lighting incense at the Thaddeus Stevens shrine, reciting chants, and promising to finish what he started
Corrupting influence on individuals, institutions and society at large.
“The consequences extend beyond lost money. Hazardous gambling is correlated with increased rates of anxiety and depression, and young men who engage in it are more likely to slide into a full-blown gambling addiction. Boys who frequently gamble miss more classes, perform worse in school”
The rise of sports betting is a growing public health crisis
Sports betting is more addictive than ever, and millions of young Americans are paying the price.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Corrupting influence on individuals, institutions and society at large.
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A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. nyti.ms/3LSL8nC
Jonathan Braun, Felon Freed by Trump, to Be Sentenced Again in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn federal judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in luxury cars.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. nyti.ms/3LSL8nC
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“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
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The degenerate clown regime works its magic. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
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November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The degenerate clown regime works its magic. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I hope AOC’s decision tree for 2028 just got real simple. Senate over White House run.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I hope AOC’s decision tree for 2028 just got real simple. Senate over White House run.
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it's probably bad that the US and UK right have essentially converged on hegemonic self-harm to own the foreigners
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social fighting the good fight over on the other site
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
it's probably bad that the US and UK right have essentially converged on hegemonic self-harm to own the foreigners
Where’s “I alone can fix it” when you need him?
Pressed by Stephanopoulos on the fact that electricity prices have in fact gone up, Bessent punts: "Electricity prices are a state problem ... look, there are things the federal government can control. Local electricity prices are not one of them."
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Where’s “I alone can fix it” when you need him?
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
“[MAGA propagandists]…have widely shared content echoing… the portrayal of Democratic-led cities as engulfed in chaos, even as law enforcement data shows violent crime declining in most urban areas. A spokesperson for Noem declined to address the discrepancy.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“[MAGA propagandists]…have widely shared content echoing… the portrayal of Democratic-led cities as engulfed in chaos, even as law enforcement data shows violent crime declining in most urban areas. A spokesperson for Noem declined to address the discrepancy.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. That don't impress me much.
Mamdani is going to implement Shisha law. Everyone gets their own pipe and the smog will smell of mango.
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
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One authoritarian defunds media critic of another authoritarian: “Mr. Orbán’s government had long accused Szabad Európa of bias. By halting its funding, the United States removed one of the few outlets that continued to scrutinize his administration.”
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US cuts funding for Hungary’s Szabad Európa, one of its last independent outlets, days before Orbán’s WH visit as Trump ally Kari Lake slashes Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, steps watchdogs call “a gift to autocrats.”
Kari Lake Cuts U.S.-Funded Hungarian Outlet, Handing Authoritarian Orbán Win Before Trump Meeting
Kari Lake’s decision to cut funding for Hungary’s U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe branch came just two days before Viktor Orbán’s White House visit,
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November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
One authoritarian defunds media critic of another authoritarian: “Mr. Orbán’s government had long accused Szabad Európa of bias. By halting its funding, the United States removed one of the few outlets that continued to scrutinize his administration.”
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
Painful.
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Painful.
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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The core message of election night in New Jersey is Hispanic voters turning on the GOP in very large numbers. The most Hispanic counties in NJ:
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The core message of election night in New Jersey is Hispanic voters turning on the GOP in very large numbers. The most Hispanic counties in NJ: