Nick Charles
@nickcharles.bsky.social
Real Seattle Private Eye. Former USAF SF, former fed, current rapscallion husband, & always an entertainer of a cocktail.
MY VESSEL IS STOPPED only because it looks like Goth Scotland.
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 AM
MY VESSEL IS STOPPED only because it looks like Goth Scotland.
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
Dear @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
Remove Jeffries and Schumer. They are doing nothing to help and only hurting.
Sincerely,
Nick
Remove Jeffries and Schumer. They are doing nothing to help and only hurting.
Sincerely,
Nick
January 30, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Dear @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
Remove Jeffries and Schumer. They are doing nothing to help and only hurting.
Sincerely,
Nick
Remove Jeffries and Schumer. They are doing nothing to help and only hurting.
Sincerely,
Nick
Why just $10 Billion?! Why not $100 Billion Trillion Zillion Infinity money?
Like it will matter. Any amount will not make his pathetic self feel any better. He’d still be so miserable. And in less than, what, 10 years if he is absolutely lucky? It won’t matter. Not like he’d ever spend it anyway.
Like it will matter. Any amount will not make his pathetic self feel any better. He’d still be so miserable. And in less than, what, 10 years if he is absolutely lucky? It won’t matter. Not like he’d ever spend it anyway.
Trump is suing his own administration so that he can rob the public even more to enrich himself. Just untold levels of corruption every day.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/b...
Trump sues IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak | CNN Business
President Donald Trump is suing the US Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, accusing the agency of an unathorized leak of his tax returns during his first adminis...
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January 30, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Why just $10 Billion?! Why not $100 Billion Trillion Zillion Infinity money?
Like it will matter. Any amount will not make his pathetic self feel any better. He’d still be so miserable. And in less than, what, 10 years if he is absolutely lucky? It won’t matter. Not like he’d ever spend it anyway.
Like it will matter. Any amount will not make his pathetic self feel any better. He’d still be so miserable. And in less than, what, 10 years if he is absolutely lucky? It won’t matter. Not like he’d ever spend it anyway.
“We will take care of your windows, but what is the point? Do you really want to look through to the impending doom of the outside world? Why make yourself suffer more with such clean double paned glazed glass?”
January 30, 2026 at 3:27 AM
“We will take care of your windows, but what is the point? Do you really want to look through to the impending doom of the outside world? Why make yourself suffer more with such clean double paned glazed glass?”
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The nice thing about working in law enforcement is that you get to pick and choose what laws you’re into
January 30, 2026 at 1:26 AM
The nice thing about working in law enforcement is that you get to pick and choose what laws you’re into
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Evening viewing recommendation? Before it leaves the Criterion Channel in February, watch Howard Hawks's noir masterpiece THE BIG SLEEP (1946). In their second immortal pairing, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's innuendo-laden chemistry practically scorches the screen. ❤️🔥
January 30, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Evening viewing recommendation? Before it leaves the Criterion Channel in February, watch Howard Hawks's noir masterpiece THE BIG SLEEP (1946). In their second immortal pairing, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's innuendo-laden chemistry practically scorches the screen. ❤️🔥
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if only there was a term for armed agents of the state who remain anonymous and who you're not allowed to name. police whose identities are secret. give me time, i'll come up with something
January 29, 2026 at 3:36 AM
if only there was a term for armed agents of the state who remain anonymous and who you're not allowed to name. police whose identities are secret. give me time, i'll come up with something
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This is a bill to end democracy.
Jesus fucking holy hell.
This is what you should get loud about. If you have any Republican representatives, call them now -and repeatedly. Do what you can to stop this from passing.
This is a nightmare.
This is what you should get loud about. If you have any Republican representatives, call them now -and repeatedly. Do what you can to stop this from passing.
This is a nightmare.
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 PM
This is a bill to end democracy.
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As good an illustration as any that "woke" for these folks just means "non-white people are allowed to exist."
Tuberville: "Unfortunately we've got the Woke Bowl, because we're getting more and more woke. We got Bad Bunny or Bad Rabbit at halftime. I'll be watching the TPUSA halftime show. It's just unfortunate we've gotten to this point."
January 29, 2026 at 10:49 PM
As good an illustration as any that "woke" for these folks just means "non-white people are allowed to exist."
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Useful article. Amazing photo of a collection of some of the most despicable people in modern culture.
Sexual violence allegations left Brett Ratner desperate for a gig. Trump delivered.
What women said "Melania" director Brett Ratner did to them
The First Lady’s documentary premiere marks the return of a director accused of sexual violence by six actresses in 2017.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Useful article. Amazing photo of a collection of some of the most despicable people in modern culture.
And that man’s name? Was ROWSDOWER.
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
And that man’s name? Was ROWSDOWER.
The company merger going public with
SpaceX rockets
Starlink satellites
The X social media platform
The Grok AI chatbot
xAI’s supercomputers
Space‑based data‑center projects?
Imminent unexpected rapid disassembly expected. When one half crashes…it all goes.
SpaceX rockets
Starlink satellites
The X social media platform
The Grok AI chatbot
xAI’s supercomputers
Space‑based data‑center projects?
Imminent unexpected rapid disassembly expected. When one half crashes…it all goes.
omg
*SPACEX IN MERGER TALKS WITH XAI AHEAD OF PLANNED IPO: REUTERS
*SHARES OF XAI WOULD BE EXCHANGED FOR SHARES IN SPACEX: REUTERS
*TWO ENTITIES SET UP IN NEVADA TO FACILITATE TRANSACTION: RTRS
*SPACEX IN MERGER TALKS WITH XAI AHEAD OF PLANNED IPO: REUTERS
*SHARES OF XAI WOULD BE EXCHANGED FOR SHARES IN SPACEX: REUTERS
*TWO ENTITIES SET UP IN NEVADA TO FACILITATE TRANSACTION: RTRS
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX in merger talks with xAI ahead of planned IPO, source says
Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are in discussions to merge ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned for later this year. The combination would bring Musk’s rockets, Starlink satellites, the X social...
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The company merger going public with
SpaceX rockets
Starlink satellites
The X social media platform
The Grok AI chatbot
xAI’s supercomputers
Space‑based data‑center projects?
Imminent unexpected rapid disassembly expected. When one half crashes…it all goes.
SpaceX rockets
Starlink satellites
The X social media platform
The Grok AI chatbot
xAI’s supercomputers
Space‑based data‑center projects?
Imminent unexpected rapid disassembly expected. When one half crashes…it all goes.
People who weren’t alive or read up on the 60’s: Hi. Same shit again.
Nick Fuentes called Alex Pretti a “race traitor” for opposing ICE.
I argue that sentiment is actually widespread on the MAGA right.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-alex-p...
I argue that sentiment is actually widespread on the MAGA right.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-alex-p...
After Alex Pretti’s Murder, it’s Clear That MAGA Media Views White Liberals as Race Traitors
MAGA is committed to the belief that the people ICE is pursuing are inherently bad and that therefore opposing ICE is standing with criminals and rapists against the American people.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 PM
People who weren’t alive or read up on the 60’s: Hi. Same shit again.
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MN trying to break out a rogue supersoldier to help with our battle
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York by claiming to be an FBI agent with a court order to release him, authorities said
Man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent: Sources
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:14 PM
MN trying to break out a rogue supersoldier to help with our battle
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Yep. We've had confirmation that they're taking people in south King County, outside Seattle and on the edge of Seattle proper. The City of Renton put out a statement earlier this week that their police do not participate in immigration-related actions. That didn't come from nowhere.
And also, ICE is doing much of their kidnappings not in big cities but in suburbs and rural communities. There's a pretty good chance that they're near your city right now snatching people. Minneapolis is on the news, but 90% of ICE isn't. Get involved in your own community NOW.
I keep seeing posts going "when ICE comes to MY city, we'll be out in the streets even harder" and man, I get that sentiment but I need everyone to understand that the work in Minneapolis is partly confrontational but MORE IMPORTANTLY aaallll the stuff organized in the background to help neighbors
January 29, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Yep. We've had confirmation that they're taking people in south King County, outside Seattle and on the edge of Seattle proper. The City of Renton put out a statement earlier this week that their police do not participate in immigration-related actions. That didn't come from nowhere.
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Let's be clear about what's happening: Trump gaslit voters about his abortion stance during the campaign because winning meant staying out of prison.
His administration is now pushing off abortion pill restrictions until after the midterms to try keep the House and prevent Trump being impeached
His administration is now pushing off abortion pill restrictions until after the midterms to try keep the House and prevent Trump being impeached
NEW: FDA asks judge to pause a lawsuit seeking to end telehealth prescriptions of abortion pill mifepristone until agency completes its unnecessary “review” of the drug.
This is NOT Trump admin defending abortion access—it’s buying time until after midterms
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This is NOT Trump admin defending abortion access—it’s buying time until after midterms
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Let's be clear about what's happening: Trump gaslit voters about his abortion stance during the campaign because winning meant staying out of prison.
His administration is now pushing off abortion pill restrictions until after the midterms to try keep the House and prevent Trump being impeached
His administration is now pushing off abortion pill restrictions until after the midterms to try keep the House and prevent Trump being impeached
I’m pausing completing the 5 cases I’m trying to turn in as quickly as possible (2 due today), by instead doing a 3 hour zoo docent shift in the middle of the day to talk about snow leopard conservation.
Because priorities.
Because priorities.
January 29, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I’m pausing completing the 5 cases I’m trying to turn in as quickly as possible (2 due today), by instead doing a 3 hour zoo docent shift in the middle of the day to talk about snow leopard conservation.
Because priorities.
Because priorities.
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Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and Haitians was unlawful, a Ninth Circuit panel found.
It’s the first time an appellate court has ruled on the substance of Trump efforts to dismantle the TPS program.
It’s the first time an appellate court has ruled on the substance of Trump efforts to dismantle the TPS program.
DHS Unlawfully Ended Venezuelan Migrant Status, Ninth Cir. Says
The Trump administration’s termination of humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants violated the Immigration and Nationality Act, a federal appeals court ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
“In theater” in a military term we used for deployments. Usually for war.
Between this and the leaked Bovino video with “This is our city, not theirs”?
We’re under attack, apparently.
Between this and the leaked Bovino video with “This is our city, not theirs”?
We’re under attack, apparently.
“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
“In theater” in a military term we used for deployments. Usually for war.
Between this and the leaked Bovino video with “This is our city, not theirs”?
We’re under attack, apparently.
Between this and the leaked Bovino video with “This is our city, not theirs”?
We’re under attack, apparently.
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"If even the security services are gagged when they tell the government what it doesn’t want to hear, perhaps our communication style, or our modes of protest or our dress sense, are not, as we keep being told, the problem."
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 AM
"If even the security services are gagged when they tell the government what it doesn’t want to hear, perhaps our communication style, or our modes of protest or our dress sense, are not, as we keep being told, the problem."
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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An extraordinary document. Read it.
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM
An extraordinary document. Read it.
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
5 cases left before vacation. Hoping to finish them tomorrow. Will it happen? Will I just push the last two until Monday and not push myself to exhaustion? Will I keep asking myself questions on this app instead of falling alseel? Whefe mcejrncc. Not ennfc sleeep ;!
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 AM
5 cases left before vacation. Hoping to finish them tomorrow. Will it happen? Will I just push the last two until Monday and not push myself to exhaustion? Will I keep asking myself questions on this app instead of falling alseel? Whefe mcejrncc. Not ennfc sleeep ;!
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The just-announced full cast for the Broadway revival of Rocky Horror is insane and I mean that in a very good way www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...
The Rocky Horror Show | Studio 54 | Theater in New York
Richard O'Brien's delirious and oddly touch-a-touch-a-touch-a-touching spoof of science-fiction and horror B flicks—a mix of satire, rock & roll and anything-
www.timeout.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 AM
The just-announced full cast for the Broadway revival of Rocky Horror is insane and I mean that in a very good way www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...