Peter K
@pjkaz.bsky.social
Lead singer & Product Manager. Lives in #Seattle, #SanJose grown. Husband, 2x dad, lefty Christian. Boglehead/YIMBY. PC gaming, Star Trek, Anime, other stuff. Grillpilled on pellets and propane. My Opins and no one else’s
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The worst part of the devastation of the Washington Post may just be who’s still there and in charge.
Looks like Will Lewis was too busy taking in the festivities ahead of the Super Bowl to address his staff after gutting the newsroom.
February 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The worst part of the devastation of the Washington Post may just be who’s still there and in charge.
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AIPAC pissing away $2+ million as a show of force against Malinowski just to get a 2018 style Squad member elected would probably be the funniest election of 2026.
LEAD CHANGE: Mejia, the Bernie/AOC-endorsed candidate, is now ahead of Malinowski.
And she’s been dominating Election Day ballots, so something would have to change for Malinowski to take it back.
And she’s been dominating Election Day ballots, so something would have to change for Malinowski to take it back.
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
AIPAC pissing away $2+ million as a show of force against Malinowski just to get a 2018 style Squad member elected would probably be the funniest election of 2026.
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over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
February 5, 2026 at 8:31 PM
over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
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A planned meeting in Washington collapsed after U.S. State Department officials told the German embassy it refused to meet with center-left German lawmakers.
It’s unclear, however, who ultimately cancelled the appointment.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/dona...
It’s unclear, however, who ultimately cancelled the appointment.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/dona...
February 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
A planned meeting in Washington collapsed after U.S. State Department officials told the German embassy it refused to meet with center-left German lawmakers.
It’s unclear, however, who ultimately cancelled the appointment.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/dona...
It’s unclear, however, who ultimately cancelled the appointment.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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Does anyone know who created Evelyn Normielib? Because it's the best succinct piece of political commentary of the past year, giving name to a phenomenon we're seeing throughout the country.
February 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Does anyone know who created Evelyn Normielib? Because it's the best succinct piece of political commentary of the past year, giving name to a phenomenon we're seeing throughout the country.
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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they don't have enough guys, and if the response in Minnesota shows anything it is that trying something like this is going to drive a much larger backlash than anything they hope to gain out of it
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
they don't have enough guys, and if the response in Minnesota shows anything it is that trying something like this is going to drive a much larger backlash than anything they hope to gain out of it
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
hang em high (or whatever the non-death penalty version of that is) regardless of party affiliation or donor history. Being friends with that guy should lead to ostracization from public life, full punitive measures for any laws broken, revocation of sweetheart plea deals
February 5, 2026 at 8:14 AM
hang em high (or whatever the non-death penalty version of that is) regardless of party affiliation or donor history. Being friends with that guy should lead to ostracization from public life, full punitive measures for any laws broken, revocation of sweetheart plea deals
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
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This is a fascinating story. ICE tried to buy a warehouse in VA from a Canadian company, to turn into a detention center. One of the company’s advertising partners basically told them that if they sold, they could kiss their ads goodbye.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
This is a fascinating story. ICE tried to buy a warehouse in VA from a Canadian company, to turn into a detention center. One of the company’s advertising partners basically told them that if they sold, they could kiss their ads goodbye.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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Quinnipiac poll | 1/29-2/2 RV
President Trump approval
Disapprove 56% (+2)
Approve 37% (-3)
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 56% (+2)
Approve 37% (-3)
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Quinnipiac poll | 1/29-2/2 RV
President Trump approval
Disapprove 56% (+2)
Approve 37% (-3)
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 56% (+2)
Approve 37% (-3)
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
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Hell yeah I love being wrong
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will not stop the use of California's new congressional maps in this year's midterm elections.
The court rejected California Republicans' effort to stop the use of the new maps. There were no noted dissents and no opinion.
The court rejected California Republicans' effort to stop the use of the new maps. There were no noted dissents and no opinion.
February 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Hell yeah I love being wrong
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Kind of amazed she had it turned on? I only turn it on when I'm crossing borders or am visiting a country controlled by a repressive regime ahhh shit
New from 404 Media: the FBI has been unable to get into the iPhone of raided Washington Post journalist because the phone had Lockdown Mode enabled. Apple markets Lockdown Mode mostly to stop spyware like NSO. Here, a real world example of it stopping access too www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Kind of amazed she had it turned on? I only turn it on when I'm crossing borders or am visiting a country controlled by a repressive regime ahhh shit
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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Judge temporarily bans tear gas at protests near Portland ICE office. DHS officers shot an 84-year-old woman in the head with a chemical impact munition “while she was peacefully holding a sign on a public street,” causing her to walk home “soaked in blood.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Judge temporarily bans use of tear gas at protests near Portland ICE office
Plaintiffs have alleged excessive force by federal agents during peaceful protests at the building, a focal point for demonstrations against immigration crackdowns.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Judge temporarily bans tear gas at protests near Portland ICE office. DHS officers shot an 84-year-old woman in the head with a chemical impact munition “while she was peacefully holding a sign on a public street,” causing her to walk home “soaked in blood.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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I think it should be a bigger story that Republicans think the 4th Amendment is just some piece of annoying bureaucracy
Rep. Mark Harris: "Some of these things are nonstarters. Having judicial warrants? To me, hat's a nonstarter. Being able to make off their mask, putting them at risk? That's a nonstarter. I would say anything that's going to hamstring the work of ICE, that's just not going to go anywhere."
February 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I think it should be a bigger story that Republicans think the 4th Amendment is just some piece of annoying bureaucracy
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I remember when political scientists sounding the alarm about a Jan. 6-type event in ~October 2020 were ridiculed by "smart" pundits as radical leftists. One called an article in The Atlantic "too magazine-y." The good news is people seem to be taking 2026/28 much more seriously
David French: This is not a drill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I remember when political scientists sounding the alarm about a Jan. 6-type event in ~October 2020 were ridiculed by "smart" pundits as radical leftists. One called an article in The Atlantic "too magazine-y." The good news is people seem to be taking 2026/28 much more seriously
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Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
February 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
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Their new poll came out today. It's up to 79% support including 66% (!) strongly support.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Their new poll came out today. It's up to 79% support including 66% (!) strongly support.
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74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.