James A Stewart
@jamesastewart.bsky.social
Came here from the other place to follow the people who inform or entertain me. Interests include sports, gardening, photography, genealogy & more. Follows are fine although my posts will be infrequent. Please don’t be offended if I don’t follow back.
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Full on North Korea-Iran-Russian style censorship right here in the US. This is the Trump admin saying ‘no Democrats on TV’ & the Ellison’s & Bari Weiss saying sounds good to us. Truly terrifying times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
February 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Full on North Korea-Iran-Russian style censorship right here in the US. This is the Trump admin saying ‘no Democrats on TV’ & the Ellison’s & Bari Weiss saying sounds good to us. Truly terrifying times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
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Remember when Nancy was whipping votes from her hospital bed in Austria to stop AOC from getting that seat on Oversight?
She's part of the Epstein Class Dem Wing whether you like it or not and Gavin is the perfect encapsulation of everything they stand for.
She's part of the Epstein Class Dem Wing whether you like it or not and Gavin is the perfect encapsulation of everything they stand for.
Nancy Pelosi is retiring from Congress, but she has more campaigns in mind. Among them: Boost Gavin Newsom as a potential contender for the White House in 2028.
Pelosi's new campaign: Boost Newsom for 2028
Publicly and privately, Pelosi has been touting the California governor.
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February 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Remember when Nancy was whipping votes from her hospital bed in Austria to stop AOC from getting that seat on Oversight?
She's part of the Epstein Class Dem Wing whether you like it or not and Gavin is the perfect encapsulation of everything they stand for.
She's part of the Epstein Class Dem Wing whether you like it or not and Gavin is the perfect encapsulation of everything they stand for.
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Hegseth (boorishly): Russia's cool. NATO sucks. Your security problem, Europe, is you're too brown and gay.
Vance (condescendingly): Russia's cool. Your security problem is you're too brown and Muslim.
Rubio (politely): Who cares about Russia. Your problem is you're not white or Christian enough.
Vance (condescendingly): Russia's cool. Your security problem is you're too brown and Muslim.
Rubio (politely): Who cares about Russia. Your problem is you're not white or Christian enough.
February 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Hegseth (boorishly): Russia's cool. NATO sucks. Your security problem, Europe, is you're too brown and gay.
Vance (condescendingly): Russia's cool. Your security problem is you're too brown and Muslim.
Rubio (politely): Who cares about Russia. Your problem is you're not white or Christian enough.
Vance (condescendingly): Russia's cool. Your security problem is you're too brown and Muslim.
Rubio (politely): Who cares about Russia. Your problem is you're not white or Christian enough.
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Speaking as a white dude, the cultural training is to seek the favor of other white dudes almost exclusively. It's what makes so many white dudes so weird and fragile and conformist. Terrified some other white dude will tell them that what they are doing is fucked up. Creates unendurable ego death.
February 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Speaking as a white dude, the cultural training is to seek the favor of other white dudes almost exclusively. It's what makes so many white dudes so weird and fragile and conformist. Terrified some other white dude will tell them that what they are doing is fucked up. Creates unendurable ego death.
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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I joined the Times Tech Report to talk about how AI data centers are the next financial crisis. Their massive up-front costs and burdensome debt require perfection - constant tenancy and no missed payments - and capacity is being built for demand that doesn't exist.
youtu.be/iG8kjXN550o?...
youtu.be/iG8kjXN550o?...
AI Bubble: How the data centre crisis risks triggering a financial crash | Ed Zitron
YouTube video by The Tech Report
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February 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I joined the Times Tech Report to talk about how AI data centers are the next financial crisis. Their massive up-front costs and burdensome debt require perfection - constant tenancy and no missed payments - and capacity is being built for demand that doesn't exist.
youtu.be/iG8kjXN550o?...
youtu.be/iG8kjXN550o?...
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SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
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Jeffrey Epstein's December 20, 2016 email to Bill Gates: "come to visit the island. new administration people visiting."
What was the upcoming administration in December2016? Oh!
What was the upcoming administration in December2016? Oh!
February 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Jeffrey Epstein's December 20, 2016 email to Bill Gates: "come to visit the island. new administration people visiting."
What was the upcoming administration in December2016? Oh!
What was the upcoming administration in December2016? Oh!
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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The whole world will pay the price
Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price
@michaelemann.bsky.social
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Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price
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Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency reversed its “endangerment finding," which found that greenhouse gases are a threat to human health.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The whole world will pay the price
Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price
@michaelemann.bsky.social
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price
@michaelemann.bsky.social
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
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AstroBin's Image of the Day: "The Geminids meteor shower above La Palma Observatory" by Marcin7
www.astrobin.com/tdj044/
#astrophotography
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#astrophotography
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
AstroBin's Image of the Day: "The Geminids meteor shower above La Palma Observatory" by Marcin7
www.astrobin.com/tdj044/
#astrophotography
www.astrobin.com/tdj044/
#astrophotography
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We need to stop treating Trump’s interference in midterms as a hypothetical. He’s already interfering with the vote, as I told @briantylercohen.bsky.social. ICE terrorizing blue cities, DOJ demanding voter rolls, FBI seizing ballots all intended as voter suppression www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfH...
Justice Department issues GRAVE THREAT ahead of election
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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February 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
We need to stop treating Trump’s interference in midterms as a hypothetical. He’s already interfering with the vote, as I told @briantylercohen.bsky.social. ICE terrorizing blue cities, DOJ demanding voter rolls, FBI seizing ballots all intended as voter suppression www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfH...
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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Another blow to public health and science.
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Another blow to public health and science.
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These dudes think this is so clever.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
Rep. Brian Steil: "I flew home to my home state of Wisconsin, went to buy a 6 pack a beer, the clerk asked for my ID, confirmed it, and then I was allowed to buy the beer. I just think it's nuts that we protect our beer more than our ballots."
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
These dudes think this is so clever.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
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No coddled millennial has ever gotten as many participation trophies
"Sir, to show our appreciation, the trophy says 'the undisputed champion of beautiful, clean coal'"
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
No coddled millennial has ever gotten as many participation trophies
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really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
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It's astonishing to see this data in chart form:
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
It's astonishing to see this data in chart form:
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Did you know?
- 146M Americans don’t have passports
- Only 1/3 of Black Americans do
- 70M Americans' married names don’t match their birth certificates
That’s a huge number of Black voters, voters of color, women, young people, and rural voters who would lose their access to the polls.
- 146M Americans don’t have passports
- Only 1/3 of Black Americans do
- 70M Americans' married names don’t match their birth certificates
That’s a huge number of Black voters, voters of color, women, young people, and rural voters who would lose their access to the polls.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Did you know?
- 146M Americans don’t have passports
- Only 1/3 of Black Americans do
- 70M Americans' married names don’t match their birth certificates
That’s a huge number of Black voters, voters of color, women, young people, and rural voters who would lose their access to the polls.
- 146M Americans don’t have passports
- Only 1/3 of Black Americans do
- 70M Americans' married names don’t match their birth certificates
That’s a huge number of Black voters, voters of color, women, young people, and rural voters who would lose their access to the polls.
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it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
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“‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms ***
The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations.”
2/11/26 … 1/ www.commondreams.org/news/ai-supe...
The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations.”
2/11/26 … 1/ www.commondreams.org/news/ai-supe...
‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms | Common Dreams
Silicon Valley elites plan to spend big in 2026 to influence Congress for AI-friendly legislation. Leading the Future PAC pledges $100 million.
www.commondreams.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 AM
“‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms ***
The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations.”
2/11/26 … 1/ www.commondreams.org/news/ai-supe...
The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations.”
2/11/26 … 1/ www.commondreams.org/news/ai-supe...
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If James VanDerBeek was left broke because he couldn't pay the bills during his cancer struggle, imagine the plight of millions of Americans?
Medicare for All or some major, radical overhaul of the system will only gain steam as Republicans and billionaires continue killing us.
Medicare for All or some major, radical overhaul of the system will only gain steam as Republicans and billionaires continue killing us.
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 AM
If James VanDerBeek was left broke because he couldn't pay the bills during his cancer struggle, imagine the plight of millions of Americans?
Medicare for All or some major, radical overhaul of the system will only gain steam as Republicans and billionaires continue killing us.
Medicare for All or some major, radical overhaul of the system will only gain steam as Republicans and billionaires continue killing us.
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".. The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday warned yet again that the US is on an unsustainable fiscal path, jacking up its estimate of deficits for the coming decade by $1.4 trillion thanks in part to .. Trump’s 2025 tax law and immigration policies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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CBO Boosts US Deficit Call by $1.4 Trillion on Trump Policies
The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday warned yet again that the US is on an unsustainable fiscal path, jacking up its estimate of deficits for the coming decade by $1.4 trillion thanks in part ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
".. The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday warned yet again that the US is on an unsustainable fiscal path, jacking up its estimate of deficits for the coming decade by $1.4 trillion thanks in part to .. Trump’s 2025 tax law and immigration policies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...