Justin Burch
@justinburch.bsky.social
Native of the Southern Plains. Chickasaw. Trekkie. US IR and Cold War Historian. PhD Candidate UMass Amherst.
Perhaps the greatest flounce of all time.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January“
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
“Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January“
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Perhaps the greatest flounce of all time.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January“
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
“Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January“
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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“ICE agents then surrounded (Superior Court Judge McBurney’s) car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.”
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“ICE agents then surrounded (Superior Court Judge McBurney’s) car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.”
Be like the AP. Call it a tax: “The job market has been strained by the lingering effects of high interest rates and uncertainty around Trump’s erratic campaign to slap taxes on imports from almost every country on earth. But economic growth at midyear was resilient.”
apnews.com/article/jobs...
apnews.com/article/jobs...
U.S. employers added surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, government says in delayed report
U.S. employers added a suprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed seven weeks by the federal government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Be like the AP. Call it a tax: “The job market has been strained by the lingering effects of high interest rates and uncertainty around Trump’s erratic campaign to slap taxes on imports from almost every country on earth. But economic growth at midyear was resilient.”
apnews.com/article/jobs...
apnews.com/article/jobs...
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
Why is this news in any way an example that there might not be an AI bubble? Wouldn’t this be an example of rampant overspending on chips to run a product that will never see meaningful investment returns?
apnews.com/article/nvid...
apnews.com/article/nvid...
Nvidia earnings clear lofty hurdle set by analysts amid fears about an AI bubble
Nvidia’s sales of the computing chipsets powering the artificial intelligence craze surged beyond the lofty bar set by stock market analysts in a performance that may ease recent jitters about a Big T...
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Why is this news in any way an example that there might not be an AI bubble? Wouldn’t this be an example of rampant overspending on chips to run a product that will never see meaningful investment returns?
apnews.com/article/nvid...
apnews.com/article/nvid...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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The trouble is, we have a huge number of sources from Washington saying the opposite. American soldiers preferred firing at longer ranges: you can see this in Washington's wartime writings: 4/16
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The trouble is, we have a huge number of sources from Washington saying the opposite. American soldiers preferred firing at longer ranges: you can see this in Washington's wartime writings: 4/16
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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Just a reminder that any of us would be fired in a heartbeat if we did this.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just a reminder that any of us would be fired in a heartbeat if we did this.
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this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
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Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
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ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Native American woman nearly deported after Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
A Native American woman from Arizona was nearly deported by federal immigration officials after a clerical error at the Polk County Jail. The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous...
www.iowapublicradio.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
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what
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
what
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I probably says things that risk future employment all time time so here we go:
Texas A&M is no longer a university system.
Texas A&M is no longer a university system.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I probably says things that risk future employment all time time so here we go:
Texas A&M is no longer a university system.
Texas A&M is no longer a university system.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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Jesus Christ, I would have been fired into the sun by the US Attorney if I pulled this shit
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Jesus Christ, I would have been fired into the sun by the US Attorney if I pulled this shit
The public was blaming Trump for the shut down. One of the all time own goals was D’s folding waaaaay too early. We’ll see how much damage it does over the long term.
“More Americans are unhappy with the way Trump is managing the government, AP-NORC poll shows”
apnews.com/article/trum...
“More Americans are unhappy with the way Trump is managing the government, AP-NORC poll shows”
apnews.com/article/trum...
More Americans are unhappy with the way Trump is managing the government, AP-NORC poll shows
A new AP-NORC poll finds U.S. adults’ opinions of how President Donald Trump is managing the federal government have dropped sharply since early in his second term, highlighting the risks posed by the...
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The public was blaming Trump for the shut down. One of the all time own goals was D’s folding waaaaay too early. We’ll see how much damage it does over the long term.
“More Americans are unhappy with the way Trump is managing the government, AP-NORC poll shows”
apnews.com/article/trum...
“More Americans are unhappy with the way Trump is managing the government, AP-NORC poll shows”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Less than a week after Democrats wipe the floor with Republicans in an off year year election…and Senate Dems fold like a cheap suit.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Less than a week after Democrats wipe the floor with Republicans in an off year year election…and Senate Dems fold like a cheap suit.
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Feckless cowards
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Feckless cowards
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'JD interrupts me' gives insight into the goings on behind the scenes and I so fucking wish someday we get this version of the Nixon Haldeman tapes
Trump: "I want my cabinet to behave like [Xi Jinping's staff]. I'm demanding that....I've never seen men so scared in their lives...JD doesn't behave like that. JD butts into conversations."
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
'JD interrupts me' gives insight into the goings on behind the scenes and I so fucking wish someday we get this version of the Nixon Haldeman tapes
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM