Jose Caldas
@josemanolitocaldas.bsky.social
"Otro mundo es posible"
"¡Ay buey! ¡La guerra es cabrona!"
"The only way out is through"
"¡Ay buey! ¡La guerra es cabrona!"
"The only way out is through"
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🔥 @propublica.org reports on corruption at DHS — more pickpocketing of the American taxpayer, now by a PR/ad firm, The Strategy Group (off books, no less). Its CEO is *Noem's spokeperson*.
🧾 Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
is.gd/6oZt5y
🧾 Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
is.gd/6oZt5y
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🔥 @propublica.org reports on corruption at DHS — more pickpocketing of the American taxpayer, now by a PR/ad firm, The Strategy Group (off books, no less). Its CEO is *Noem's spokeperson*.
🧾 Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
is.gd/6oZt5y
🧾 Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
is.gd/6oZt5y
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DAILY MEMO: Over 50 Arrested in Record Raids: Baby, Pregnant Mom, Gardeners, Sons, Elderly, Vendors, Unhoused In Last Two Days
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o...
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o...
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
DAILY MEMO: Over 50 Arrested in Record Raids: Baby, Pregnant Mom, Gardeners, Sons, Elderly, Vendors, Unhoused In Last Two Days
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o...
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o...
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Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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It's unsettling how many people fell for the claim that an administration that hires open Nazi sympathizers and does a bunch of Nazi-like stuff is "fighting antisemitism."
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
If you thought sending horrific, racist texts was enough to get you shunned from political service, think again! trib.al/v2wPrV0
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's unsettling how many people fell for the claim that an administration that hires open Nazi sympathizers and does a bunch of Nazi-like stuff is "fighting antisemitism."
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
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The “Epstein Files” saga shows that Republicans were only ever interested in using sexual assault as a pretext to smear political rivals and deprive LGBT people of their constitutional rights www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The President Who Cried ‘Hoax’
Republicans went after Epstein only when it was politically useful.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The “Epstein Files” saga shows that Republicans were only ever interested in using sexual assault as a pretext to smear political rivals and deprive LGBT people of their constitutional rights www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Jim Ryan is a man of incredible character and this is a deeply troubling read. Gov. Spanberger and the legislature need to get those three members of the board to resign and reevaluate the university and state's ties with McGuireWoods drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
11.14.25_JER Resignation Facuty.pdf
drive.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Jim Ryan is a man of incredible character and this is a deeply troubling read. Gov. Spanberger and the legislature need to get those three members of the board to resign and reevaluate the university and state's ties with McGuireWoods drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
Thank you.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Thank you.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Everyone:
Everyone right now:
Everyone right now:
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Everyone:
Everyone right now:
Everyone right now:
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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an actual not-made-up death panel, except there’s only one guy
“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
kffhealthnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
an actual not-made-up death panel, except there’s only one guy
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They fought for our freedom, but now some of those same veterans are being torn from their families and deported.
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
They fought for our freedom, but now some of those same veterans are being torn from their families and deported.
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
Drive the country into the ground and sell off its parts. Isn't that what they do with businesses?
Listen to this BS from Duffy. (Whose aviation-world experience = zero.)
I know 1000 times as many controllers as he's ever met. OK, maybe only 100 times as many.
This is offensive beyond belief.
I know 1000 times as many controllers as he's ever met. OK, maybe only 100 times as many.
This is offensive beyond belief.
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Drive the country into the ground and sell off its parts. Isn't that what they do with businesses?
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Rosoman was a fireman in the Blitz. The men in the painting died. It haunted him. He painted the scene many times.
He was later an important teacher; David Hockney was one of his students. He died aged 98 in 2012.
He was later an important teacher; David Hockney was one of his students. He died aged 98 in 2012.
'A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, London, EC4'
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Rosoman was a fireman in the Blitz. The men in the painting died. It haunted him. He painted the scene many times.
He was later an important teacher; David Hockney was one of his students. He died aged 98 in 2012.
He was later an important teacher; David Hockney was one of his students. He died aged 98 in 2012.
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"We cannot trust you."
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"We cannot trust you."
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Siegfried Sassoon
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Siegfried Sassoon
*1960's Movie Promo Voice*
"007: The job is bigger than any one man"
"007: The job is bigger than any one man"
Sorry were we supposed to think of connery, moore, brosnan, craig et al as all the same guy? Just make another movie with a new guy bsky.app/profile/will...
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
*1960's Movie Promo Voice*
"007: The job is bigger than any one man"
"007: The job is bigger than any one man"
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
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A personal favorite that @araina.bsky.social likes to play for me.
It's the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, memorialized in Gordon Lightfoot's song. Here's the haunting bluegrass version by the Punch Brothers.
Punch Brothers cover Gordon Lightfoot "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" 3/3/22 Boston, MA
YouTube video by Less Than Face Productions
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A personal favorite that @araina.bsky.social likes to play for me.
Youngest daughter spent her first year of college in a town on the shores of Lake Superior. I consider myself Edmund Fitzgerald adjacent once removed.
I refuse to believe any of you actually care about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Youngest daughter spent her first year of college in a town on the shores of Lake Superior. I consider myself Edmund Fitzgerald adjacent once removed.
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. https://to.pbs.org/4qSZcNU
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn decadeold same-sex marriage decision
The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges...
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. https://to.pbs.org/4qSZcNU
These folks broke trust with the people they serve. We stood up for them, giving them cover, and they duck and run. Shameful.
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
These folks broke trust with the people they serve. We stood up for them, giving them cover, and they duck and run. Shameful.
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Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
@funranium.bsky.social
A double blessing in Atlanta.
A double blessing in Atlanta.
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@funranium.bsky.social
A double blessing in Atlanta.
A double blessing in Atlanta.
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Before you say it, Judge Wolf took Senior Status in 2013 and President Obama appointed his replacement in 2014.
His action does not create a new opening that President Trump can fill.
What he is giving up is a shit ton of money. Which is noble as hell.
His action does not create a new opening that President Trump can fill.
What he is giving up is a shit ton of money. Which is noble as hell.
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Before you say it, Judge Wolf took Senior Status in 2013 and President Obama appointed his replacement in 2014.
His action does not create a new opening that President Trump can fill.
What he is giving up is a shit ton of money. Which is noble as hell.
His action does not create a new opening that President Trump can fill.
What he is giving up is a shit ton of money. Which is noble as hell.