Karl
@karlitotheclown.bsky.social
big dumb.
stark raving mad.
no sleep in over a decade.
stark raving mad.
no sleep in over a decade.
A trap door behind the resolute desk controlled by a polling app on everyone's phone. We could put snakes down there or something.
There should be a constitutional mechanism for removing a president. Not impeachment, something that actually works, maybe like a catapult
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A trap door behind the resolute desk controlled by a polling app on everyone's phone. We could put snakes down there or something.
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7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds.
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds.
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
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Workers at Chicago’s Mauser Packaging Solutions say they were harassed by Bovino and ICE on their strike picket line today. The workers have been fighting for immigration protections in their union contract
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
Mauser Teamsters Interrogated by Bovino and Border Patrol Agents While on Strike
Mauser Teamsters Interrogated by Bovino and Border Patrol Agents While on Strike
www.teamsterslocal705.net
December 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Workers at Chicago’s Mauser Packaging Solutions say they were harassed by Bovino and ICE on their strike picket line today. The workers have been fighting for immigration protections in their union contract
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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Shut it down. #bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
December 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Shut it down. #bospoli #ShutDownSouthBay
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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A professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home, and authorities have launched a homicide investigation
MIT Professor Fatally Shot At His Home, Police Launch Homicide Investigation
A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been fatally shot at his home near Boston and authorities say they have launched a homicide investigation.
www.huffpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home, and authorities have launched a homicide investigation
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Brown University released a statement about a Palestinian student that's being smeared online as the shooting suspect.
Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.
Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.
December 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Brown University released a statement about a Palestinian student that's being smeared online as the shooting suspect.
Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.
Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.
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⚠️ El-Fasher: Yale Satellite Analysis Points to 60,000+ Likely Killed
“The sheer scale of area with bodies over time, combined with removal activity and the collapse of pattern of life, means we’re talking about tens of thousands… an enormous number of people have been killed,” Nathaniel Raymond...
“The sheer scale of area with bodies over time, combined with removal activity and the collapse of pattern of life, means we’re talking about tens of thousands… an enormous number of people have been killed,” Nathaniel Raymond...
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
⚠️ El-Fasher: Yale Satellite Analysis Points to 60,000+ Likely Killed
“The sheer scale of area with bodies over time, combined with removal activity and the collapse of pattern of life, means we’re talking about tens of thousands… an enormous number of people have been killed,” Nathaniel Raymond...
“The sheer scale of area with bodies over time, combined with removal activity and the collapse of pattern of life, means we’re talking about tens of thousands… an enormous number of people have been killed,” Nathaniel Raymond...
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ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
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A Discord for gay gamers is in disarray after an exec at Anthropic forced an AI chatbot on the Discord.
When confronted, the exec said he would not submit to mob rule and that AIs have emotions. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social
www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
When confronted, the exec said he would not submit to mob rule and that AIs have emotions. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social
www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A Discord for gay gamers is in disarray after an exec at Anthropic forced an AI chatbot on the Discord.
When confronted, the exec said he would not submit to mob rule and that AIs have emotions. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social
www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
When confronted, the exec said he would not submit to mob rule and that AIs have emotions. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social
www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
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UPDATE: Faith leaders were arrested by federal police outside San Francisco's immigration courthouse.
They had chained themselves to the building, blocking the entrance to shut it down to protest immigrant arrests.
It worked: By 11 a.m., the court was closed for the day.
They had chained themselves to the building, blocking the entrance to shut it down to protest immigrant arrests.
It worked: By 11 a.m., the court was closed for the day.
December 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
UPDATE: Faith leaders were arrested by federal police outside San Francisco's immigration courthouse.
They had chained themselves to the building, blocking the entrance to shut it down to protest immigrant arrests.
It worked: By 11 a.m., the court was closed for the day.
They had chained themselves to the building, blocking the entrance to shut it down to protest immigrant arrests.
It worked: By 11 a.m., the court was closed for the day.
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We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
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"At Walmart, recalled products were found in stores across 21 states.
In a letter to Target, the health regulator said officials in Arkansas found the company offering a $2 discount on the recalled formula from November 16 to November 22. Target had the formula in stores across 20 states."
In a letter to Target, the health regulator said officials in Arkansas found the company offering a $2 discount on the recalled formula from November 16 to November 22. Target had the formula in stores across 20 states."
US FDA sends warning letters to Walmart, Target for selling recalled baby formula
The FDA said four major retailers continued to sell baby formula linked to a nationwide outbreak of bacterial illness in infants even after the products were recalled.
www.reuters.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"At Walmart, recalled products were found in stores across 21 states.
In a letter to Target, the health regulator said officials in Arkansas found the company offering a $2 discount on the recalled formula from November 16 to November 22. Target had the formula in stores across 20 states."
In a letter to Target, the health regulator said officials in Arkansas found the company offering a $2 discount on the recalled formula from November 16 to November 22. Target had the formula in stores across 20 states."
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BREAKING: Trump files promised libel suit against BBC over documentary's editing of his Jan. 6 Ellipse speech, seeks at least $5 B/Billion in damages. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Story: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
TrumpvBBC121525
www.documentcloud.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
BREAKING: Trump files promised libel suit against BBC over documentary's editing of his Jan. 6 Ellipse speech, seeks at least $5 B/Billion in damages. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Story: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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“”We almost had a midair collision up here," the JetBlue pilot said on a recording. "They passed directly in our flight path. ... They don't have their transponder turned on, it's outrageous.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘It’s outrageous’ - JetBlue pilot decries near collision with US military aircraft
The passenger plane originating out of Curacao halted its ascent to avoid hitting the US Air Force aircraft near Venezuela.
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“”We almost had a midair collision up here," the JetBlue pilot said on a recording. "They passed directly in our flight path. ... They don't have their transponder turned on, it's outrageous.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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congressional republicans are disappointed that the monster they elevated is behaving like a monster
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
congressional republicans are disappointed that the monster they elevated is behaving like a monster
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“Family friends told The Times that Rob and Nick got into an argument on Saturday evening at a party at Conan O’Brien’s home and that many people noticed Nick acting strangely at the party.”
An argument at a Hollywood Christmas party hours before Rob Reiner, wife killed
An argument at a Hollywood Christmas party hours before Rob Reiner, wife killed
Nick Reiner has been arrested after the killing of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner.
www.latimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Family friends told The Times that Rob and Nick got into an argument on Saturday evening at a party at Conan O’Brien’s home and that many people noticed Nick acting strangely at the party.”
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1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
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One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
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 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social