Kris Armstrong
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Greetings! Thank you @westcoastbirder.bsky.social for the code. Happy to be here.
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i love wonks but i just wanna say that there’s a real hard limit to how much you should care what a policy wonk thinks about politics. my go to example: the equivalent of wonks and think tank types in FDR’s day never liked him. The NYT ed board never actually got behind the new deal. too gauche.
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
i love wonks but i just wanna say that there’s a real hard limit to how much you should care what a policy wonk thinks about politics. my go to example: the equivalent of wonks and think tank types in FDR’s day never liked him. The NYT ed board never actually got behind the new deal. too gauche.
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Remember when Brianna lost her shit because Biden gave a speech in front of two marines?
After Trump tells NBC News he could maybe use a "softer touch" on immigration, we immediately get the "different tone" narrative from CNN.
Brianna Keilar: "A change of tone for the president. Softer touch."
David Chalian: "He acknowledged learning something that this requires a softer touch."
Brianna Keilar: "A change of tone for the president. Softer touch."
David Chalian: "He acknowledged learning something that this requires a softer touch."
February 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Remember when Brianna lost her shit because Biden gave a speech in front of two marines?
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"For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States."
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 AM
"For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States."
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Absolutely.Those of us that are middle class or even the 1% are a hell of a lot closer to living in our cars than we are being billionaires with multiple yachts. Those motherfuckers want two classes, oligarchs and serfs.
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Absolutely.Those of us that are middle class or even the 1% are a hell of a lot closer to living in our cars than we are being billionaires with multiple yachts. Those motherfuckers want two classes, oligarchs and serfs.
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"Really hard criminals"
February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"Really hard criminals"
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Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
'Democracy Dies in Darkness': Super Bowl commercial (2019)
YouTube video by Washington Post
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
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use promo code "HOSTAGE47" for 10% off tickets
MELANIA TRUMP: "It is captured on camera and available to see in my new film, 'Melania'"
MELANIA TRUMP MOMENTS LATER: "This is not promotion"
MELANIA TRUMP MOMENTS LATER: "This is not promotion"
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
use promo code "HOSTAGE47" for 10% off tickets
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I get that Occupy Wall Street was a formational experience for some people but it was a total and comprehensive failure, we’re now at peak oligarchy!
“Your plan of winning voters to your side pales in comparison to my strategy of living in a tent and complaining about liberals”
“Your plan of winning voters to your side pales in comparison to my strategy of living in a tent and complaining about liberals”
February 3, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I get that Occupy Wall Street was a formational experience for some people but it was a total and comprehensive failure, we’re now at peak oligarchy!
“Your plan of winning voters to your side pales in comparison to my strategy of living in a tent and complaining about liberals”
“Your plan of winning voters to your side pales in comparison to my strategy of living in a tent and complaining about liberals”
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Aliya Rahman, a Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen who was pulled from her car window by ICE agents while she was on her way to a doctor’s appointment, testifies before lawmakers in Washington about what she experienced.
February 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Aliya Rahman, a Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen who was pulled from her car window by ICE agents while she was on her way to a doctor’s appointment, testifies before lawmakers in Washington about what she experienced.
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In my opinion these people are the real heroes of the resistance to ICE. There’s no credit, no one can talk about their work (because they directly contact vulnerable families). It’s expensive and dreary and neverending. ICE follows them around. But they refuse to abandon their neighbors
This is what one afternoon drop looks like for one (1) Minneapolis mutual aid distributor (read: random mom who wants to help families at her kids’ schools)
February 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
In my opinion these people are the real heroes of the resistance to ICE. There’s no credit, no one can talk about their work (because they directly contact vulnerable families). It’s expensive and dreary and neverending. ICE follows them around. But they refuse to abandon their neighbors
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In one email exchange, Jeffrey Epstein and Olivier Colom, former aide to French President Sarkozy, compared girls to marine life.
Epstein:
“some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body”
“I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
Epstein:
“some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body”
“I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
![To:
COLOM, Olivier
From: Jeffrey Epstein
Sent:
Tue 6/18/2013 10:51:29 AM
Subject: Re:
I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh
2013/6/18 COLOM, Olivier <
I like shrimp.
But not so much if it's too pink, although I'm definitely more into white than into any other color I like your philosophy
De: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com
A CoLon, oy, June 18, 2013 12:32 AM
Objet: Re:
no, some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body
2013/6/17 COLOM, Olivier
As long as you don't have any hammerhead ones...
I like white sharks
De: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Envoyé : Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:00 AM
À : COLOM, Olivier
Objet: Re:
as two are russian, i guess some might refer to them as white sharks
2013/6/17 COLOM, Olivier <
The King of Saudi Arabia has a few white sharks in his at his Jeddah palace.
I totally prefer yours. Sure I would enjoy the view.
De : Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com
Envoyé: Monday, June 17, 2013 11:47 PM
EFTA
À : COLOM, Olivier
Objet: Re:
on my island in the caribean, with an aquarium full of girls](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/bafkreifwycivbonbhas2e3roow4iukoroi3anpl4hvrub42usrg4uazhni@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
In one email exchange, Jeffrey Epstein and Olivier Colom, former aide to French President Sarkozy, compared girls to marine life.
Epstein:
“some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body”
“I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
Epstein:
“some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body”
“I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
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JD Vance is the most loathsome character in American politics, and it's mostly because he's immediately recognizable to anyone with an interest in politics as The Worst Guy From Your PoliSci Class
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
JD Vance is the most loathsome character in American politics, and it's mostly because he's immediately recognizable to anyone with an interest in politics as The Worst Guy From Your PoliSci Class
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Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
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Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Whistleblower puts Tulsi on notice that he will go to Congress himself if her office doesn’t respond by Friday.
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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The president's endless White House makeover will now see a statue of "hero" Christopher Columbus installed.
Trump Plotting to Bring Resurrected Statue to the White House
A statue of Christopher Columbus is set to be installed on the south side of the White House lawn.
trib.al
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The president's endless White House makeover will now see a statue of "hero" Christopher Columbus installed.
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The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
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I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
Challenge accepted, mofo.
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Challenge accepted, mofo.
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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this whole thing is on Bezos, a perfect example of why billionaires will not save us
for years he supported the Post and then he decided destroying it utterly at the altar of a wannabe dictator better served his personal ambitions, so he did
institutions shouldn’t live or did at one man’s whim
for years he supported the Post and then he decided destroying it utterly at the altar of a wannabe dictator better served his personal ambitions, so he did
institutions shouldn’t live or did at one man’s whim
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
this whole thing is on Bezos, a perfect example of why billionaires will not save us
for years he supported the Post and then he decided destroying it utterly at the altar of a wannabe dictator better served his personal ambitions, so he did
institutions shouldn’t live or did at one man’s whim
for years he supported the Post and then he decided destroying it utterly at the altar of a wannabe dictator better served his personal ambitions, so he did
institutions shouldn’t live or did at one man’s whim
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GREEN: Do you think Trump's post asking people to 'buy DJT' should be investigated?
BESSENT: No sir
GREEN: Why?
BESSENT: All Americans benefited from the rebound in the market that day
GREEN: DJT went up $415 million
BESSENT: No sir
GREEN: Why?
BESSENT: All Americans benefited from the rebound in the market that day
GREEN: DJT went up $415 million
February 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
GREEN: Do you think Trump's post asking people to 'buy DJT' should be investigated?
BESSENT: No sir
GREEN: Why?
BESSENT: All Americans benefited from the rebound in the market that day
GREEN: DJT went up $415 million
BESSENT: No sir
GREEN: Why?
BESSENT: All Americans benefited from the rebound in the market that day
GREEN: DJT went up $415 million
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Just listening to Tom Homan live. Make no mistake. He’s ramping up ICE fear and intimidation . He’s full of shit. He’s said “President Trump” 50+ times, praising him. And blaming Biden to please Trump. What a piece of shit. Cava Homan.
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Just listening to Tom Homan live. Make no mistake. He’s ramping up ICE fear and intimidation . He’s full of shit. He’s said “President Trump” 50+ times, praising him. And blaming Biden to please Trump. What a piece of shit. Cava Homan.