Merewyn Cary
@merewync.bsky.social
Editor by trade, former govt lawyer, word nerd, political junkie, proud liberal, feminist, pagan, animal lover, medieval history geek, Trekkie (IDIC!) & general SF geek, NY Giants fan since birth (sigh), fiber arts fan, Vermonter living in the DMV
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
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Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
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It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.
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I give it six months before he’s donning a military uniform and giving four-hour speeches from balconies.
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I give it six months before he’s donning a military uniform and giving four-hour speeches from balconies.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Raskin wrote in his letter, “President Trump increasingly appears to be exercising direct control over CBS’s editorial decisions, destroying CBS’s ‘journalistic integrity’ while violating its right to be free from governmental coercion and manipulation.” deadline.com/2025/12/trum...
Jamie Raskin Files Complaint To CBS News Ombudsman Over ‘60 Minutes’ Edits To Donald Trump Interview
Jamie Raskin filed a formal complaint over the way that CBS News edited its Donald Trump interview.
deadline.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Raskin wrote in his letter, “President Trump increasingly appears to be exercising direct control over CBS’s editorial decisions, destroying CBS’s ‘journalistic integrity’ while violating its right to be free from governmental coercion and manipulation.” deadline.com/2025/12/trum...
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I just cannot get past this. He built an entire campaign around Biden being "sleepy."
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I just cannot get past this. He built an entire campaign around Biden being "sleepy."
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WTF! All those DHS officers & ICE vehicles to drive across the street for a girl & her cat walking down a sidewalk?
This isn’t mistaken identity, it’s profiling to exercise fear & intimidation tactics on peaceful protesters & trying to goat them into giving cause for the National Guard to engage
This isn’t mistaken identity, it’s profiling to exercise fear & intimidation tactics on peaceful protesters & trying to goat them into giving cause for the National Guard to engage
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
WTF! All those DHS officers & ICE vehicles to drive across the street for a girl & her cat walking down a sidewalk?
This isn’t mistaken identity, it’s profiling to exercise fear & intimidation tactics on peaceful protesters & trying to goat them into giving cause for the National Guard to engage
This isn’t mistaken identity, it’s profiling to exercise fear & intimidation tactics on peaceful protesters & trying to goat them into giving cause for the National Guard to engage
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Real wages (after inflation) were growing at 2.0% last year. Now it’s 0.8% — “clearly playing into what the majority of American households would define as an affordability crisis.”
@joebrusuelas.bsky.social
@joebrusuelas.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Real wages (after inflation) were growing at 2.0% last year. Now it’s 0.8% — “clearly playing into what the majority of American households would define as an affordability crisis.”
@joebrusuelas.bsky.social
@joebrusuelas.bsky.social
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Well, it’s trump that turned ours into a shithole country. It’s him & his enablers who are really destroying our country. How about reading our constitution.
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Well, it’s trump that turned ours into a shithole country. It’s him & his enablers who are really destroying our country. How about reading our constitution.
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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December 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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They really thing if they say "cultures" it's not clear they mean "people" bsky.app/profile/just...
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
They really thing if they say "cultures" it's not clear they mean "people" bsky.app/profile/just...
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This gangster government steals everyone’s property and doesn’t care about the laws respecting the rights of creators. Everything they see belongs to them like the greedy leeches on this country that they are.
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This gangster government steals everyone’s property and doesn’t care about the laws respecting the rights of creators. Everything they see belongs to them like the greedy leeches on this country that they are.
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Today in 'headlines that feel like they should be by The Onion but are in fact horrifically real'
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Today in 'headlines that feel like they should be by The Onion but are in fact horrifically real'
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“What changed, Pete?”
2016 Hegseth: “If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful…, then there is a consequence for that,” “That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander-in-chief.”
2025: Calls those who warned others about unlawful orders “seditious”
2016 Hegseth: “If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful…, then there is a consequence for that,” “That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander-in-chief.”
2025: Calls those who warned others about unlawful orders “seditious”
Democrats Call Out Hegseth Hypocrisy Over Unlawful Orders
A recently unearthed 2016 video shows the now-Secretary of Defense making a similar statement as the Democrats he branded as seditious.
time.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“What changed, Pete?”
2016 Hegseth: “If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful…, then there is a consequence for that,” “That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander-in-chief.”
2025: Calls those who warned others about unlawful orders “seditious”
2016 Hegseth: “If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful…, then there is a consequence for that,” “That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander-in-chief.”
2025: Calls those who warned others about unlawful orders “seditious”
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"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
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Manu Raju (CNN) attempted to get a statement from Darrell Issa about his plans to run for a seat in TX, even though he lives in CA. If a Democrat was doing this, all hell would break.🤨
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Manu Raju (CNN) attempted to get a statement from Darrell Issa about his plans to run for a seat in TX, even though he lives in CA. If a Democrat was doing this, all hell would break.🤨
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We're now welcoming abstracts for our 2026 conference, on the theme of 'Violence in the Medieval and Early Modern North'! The deadline is 15 January.
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We're now welcoming abstracts for our 2026 conference, on the theme of 'Violence in the Medieval and Early Modern North'! The deadline is 15 January.
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Almost forgot to say, but I'll be talking about peasant women and customary law in Hampshire at #imc2026! Looking forward to seeing people there!
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Almost forgot to say, but I'll be talking about peasant women and customary law in Hampshire at #imc2026! Looking forward to seeing people there!
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NYT sues Pentagon over First Amendment violation. The Guardian, New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, CNN, Reuters, the Associated Press, NPR, HuffPost and trade publication Breaking Defense are among the US outlets that refused to sign the agreement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
New York Times sues Pentagon over new reporting restrictions – US politics live
NYT accuses Pentagon of infringing on the constitutional rights of its journalists
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NYT sues Pentagon over First Amendment violation. The Guardian, New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, CNN, Reuters, the Associated Press, NPR, HuffPost and trade publication Breaking Defense are among the US outlets that refused to sign the agreement.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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This is ridiculous. They're clinging to a shipwreck and thus "continuing the mission?"
The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test
Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is ridiculous. They're clinging to a shipwreck and thus "continuing the mission?"
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Their orange Jesus is perfect and without sin. Everything is a noun, a verb and Joe Biden
Sen. Jim Banks on the DC shooting that happened after Trump deployed the National Guard and was allegedly perpetrated by a suspect Trump granted asylum to earlier this year: "The blame falls at Joe Biden's feet for what he allowed to happen"
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Their orange Jesus is perfect and without sin. Everything is a noun, a verb and Joe Biden
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Why do Republicans keep trying to mess with health insurance? Democrats are "winning" on this issue of decency, productivity, family finances, and hospital survival. But real people are losing in all too real ways, unless they're rich. My latest @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/three-dumb...
The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care
How the party hurts itself, its voters, and the country.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Why do Republicans keep trying to mess with health insurance? Democrats are "winning" on this issue of decency, productivity, family finances, and hospital survival. But real people are losing in all too real ways, unless they're rich. My latest @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/three-dumb...