Phil Baki
@philtalksfooty.bsky.social
Involuntary Ohioan, voluntary LFC and El Paso Locomotive supporter. Write for Protagonist and Breaking the Lines, Podcasts include Seriously Loco
May it never reopen
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
May it never reopen
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alleged constitutional scholar mike johnson: imagine if everyone we wanted to arrest was "due" some sort of "process"
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
alleged constitutional scholar mike johnson: imagine if everyone we wanted to arrest was "due" some sort of "process"
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Seven big chances to Liverpool, eight shots total for Newcastle.
You wouldn't have predicted that after about 35 minutes of this game.
You wouldn't have predicted that after about 35 minutes of this game.
January 31, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Seven big chances to Liverpool, eight shots total for Newcastle.
You wouldn't have predicted that after about 35 minutes of this game.
You wouldn't have predicted that after about 35 minutes of this game.
Arne Slot when Ekitike scores 2 against Newcastle:
January 31, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Arne Slot when Ekitike scores 2 against Newcastle:
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
- History of the Military Art
- Levantine Arabic
- Survival Swimming
- Systems Engineering
- Politics of Southwest Asia and North Africa
This will give my Alma mater away to those who know
- History of the Military Art
- Levantine Arabic
- Survival Swimming
- Systems Engineering
- Politics of Southwest Asia and North Africa
This will give my Alma mater away to those who know
Oh I’m breaking out the transcript PDFs for this!
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me for classes you took in college.
-Intro to Linear Algebra
-Cartography I
-Literary Analysis
-Geography of American Cities
-Poetry Workshop (x4)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me for classes you took in college.
-Intro to Linear Algebra
-Cartography I
-Literary Analysis
-Geography of American Cities
-Poetry Workshop (x4)
I was a Biology major at a very small liberal arts college, so I don’t think I libbed out to my true potential.
- martial arts and dance
- conflict resolution
- scanning electron microscopy
- intro to photography
- vertebrate organization
- martial arts and dance
- conflict resolution
- scanning electron microscopy
- intro to photography
- vertebrate organization
January 31, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
- History of the Military Art
- Levantine Arabic
- Survival Swimming
- Systems Engineering
- Politics of Southwest Asia and North Africa
This will give my Alma mater away to those who know
- History of the Military Art
- Levantine Arabic
- Survival Swimming
- Systems Engineering
- Politics of Southwest Asia and North Africa
This will give my Alma mater away to those who know
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this guy’s an antisemite? this guy? next you’re gonna tell me elon musk is in the epstein files
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 PM
this guy’s an antisemite? this guy? next you’re gonna tell me elon musk is in the epstein files
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remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 PM
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
Guys the deputy Attorney General said “if there was evidence of all these men committing sex crimes, I’m pretty sure we’d prosecute” right as they dropped 3 million documents full of evidence against men they are not prosecuting for sex crimes
January 31, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Guys the deputy Attorney General said “if there was evidence of all these men committing sex crimes, I’m pretty sure we’d prosecute” right as they dropped 3 million documents full of evidence against men they are not prosecuting for sex crimes
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I cannot stress how bad the situation is becoming in CBA negotiations. I fear things are moving backwards if anything. Here is my update:
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
USL Championship CBA negotiations update: No progress this week thus far
Unfortunately nothing new except potentially BACKWARD movement
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I cannot stress how bad the situation is becoming in CBA negotiations. I fear things are moving backwards if anything. Here is my update:
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...
Could it be that MLS valuations are too high?????
Grim news from Vancouver Whitecaps CEO and sporting director Axel Schuster regarding sale of the team. Team has been for sale for 14 months. There were 100 outreaches. Almost 40 took a deeper look. Schuster said not a single one "is interested in buying even 1% of this club." Brutal.
January 30, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Could it be that MLS valuations are too high?????
Rob R in tonight’s Traitors episode:
January 30, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Rob R in tonight’s Traitors episode:
Nah this dude can’t go away fast enough
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
January 28, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Nah this dude can’t go away fast enough
Quick tell Kristi that Stephen Miller is a dog
Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti.
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 27, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Quick tell Kristi that Stephen Miller is a dog
Cool and now sign a CBA
USL's new first division league to launch in 2028 will be called USL Premier. (Naturally.) Completes pyramid with Championship and League One.
Plan is to grow to 20 teams in USL Premier and 20 in the USL Championship.
More details here.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
Plan is to grow to 20 teams in USL Premier and 20 in the USL Championship.
More details here.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
USL Premier announced as new professional league, pro-rel era to launch in 2028
The comprehensive revamp of American lower league soccer is start to take shape
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Cool and now sign a CBA
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
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The people of Minnesota did that. Not Schumer and Jeffries, not Walz and Frey, not the standard-bearers of decorum. The People.
January 27, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The people of Minnesota did that. Not Schumer and Jeffries, not Walz and Frey, not the standard-bearers of decorum. The People.
He *has* to face charges. Simple as.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:09 AM
He *has* to face charges. Simple as.
The dreaded vote of confidence
January 26, 2026 at 11:29 PM
The dreaded vote of confidence
This administration has found that they can effectively blackmail and extort corporations quite easily.
The people of the Twin Cities have proven they’re made of far sturdier stuff than the CEOs. And they’re showing normal people that fighting rather than submitting is worth it.
The people of the Twin Cities have proven they’re made of far sturdier stuff than the CEOs. And they’re showing normal people that fighting rather than submitting is worth it.
Pam Bondi's conditions for Minnesota: 1) give us all your state data on your food programs, including SNAP 2) repeal all your sanctuary policies in the state (since it has led to "so much crime and violence") and 3) hand over your state voting rolls. Letter here: www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
Minneapolis shooting: AG Pam Bondi gives Gov. Walz conditions for ICE to leave Minnesota
www.fox9.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:16 PM
This administration has found that they can effectively blackmail and extort corporations quite easily.
The people of the Twin Cities have proven they’re made of far sturdier stuff than the CEOs. And they’re showing normal people that fighting rather than submitting is worth it.
The people of the Twin Cities have proven they’re made of far sturdier stuff than the CEOs. And they’re showing normal people that fighting rather than submitting is worth it.
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Get angry because someone like you was murdered by the state.
Stay angry because the state murders people who aren't like you every day.
Stay angry because the state murders people who aren't like you every day.
January 25, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Get angry because someone like you was murdered by the state.
Stay angry because the state murders people who aren't like you every day.
Stay angry because the state murders people who aren't like you every day.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
Grappling with the fact that my conservative dad said for many years we needed to arm ourselves to protect against the government and he was right but now he’s on the side of the oppressive government???
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Grappling with the fact that my conservative dad said for many years we needed to arm ourselves to protect against the government and he was right but now he’s on the side of the oppressive government???
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I agree that no one deserves to die at the hands of cops, even if they are a suspected violent criminal. But I also think that it’s worth hammering that they killed someone who worked as an ICU nurse at the VA. There are still a hundred million Americans who are on the fence or don’t care.
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I agree that no one deserves to die at the hands of cops, even if they are a suspected violent criminal. But I also think that it’s worth hammering that they killed someone who worked as an ICU nurse at the VA. There are still a hundred million Americans who are on the fence or don’t care.
The only thing helping my brain at all right now is watching sports cars go around Daytona Speedway’s Road Course for the last 3ish hours and I may have to watch the next 20.5 to stay sane
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The only thing helping my brain at all right now is watching sports cars go around Daytona Speedway’s Road Course for the last 3ish hours and I may have to watch the next 20.5 to stay sane