Rich Swinton
@ricosuavejd.bsky.social
Here for the politics. Staying for the nicer vibes.
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CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
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From someone who was 32 when 9/11 happened: yes. In fact, at the time we knew exactly where it would lead, we just assumed it would get to the point it's at now MUCH sooner.
The Bush years were the start of this nightmare. It's the same nightmare though.
The Bush years were the start of this nightmare. It's the same nightmare though.
For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
Never reactivate it.
February 14, 2026 at 7:52 AM
From someone who was 32 when 9/11 happened: yes. In fact, at the time we knew exactly where it would lead, we just assumed it would get to the point it's at now MUCH sooner.
The Bush years were the start of this nightmare. It's the same nightmare though.
The Bush years were the start of this nightmare. It's the same nightmare though.
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"You have to vote for us.”
Trump tells soldiers to vote GOP in campaign-style rally at Fort Bragg
Army policy prohibits partisan displays, and most service members refrained from cheering.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"You have to vote for us.”
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State capture by the fossil fuels industry is indeed the very essence of it.
February 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
State capture by the fossil fuels industry is indeed the very essence of it.
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no, it simply isnt.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
The predominent anti-AI position on bsky is that AI is useless, fake, shit and basically the same as NFTs, destined to collapse in months once everyone sees how poor it is. So anyone who suggests that it could improve or be useful to any boss in any situation in the future must be evil.
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
no, it simply isnt.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
People are talking about capital using gAI as an excuse to conduct mass lay-offs, about students losing learning because theyre being lied to about gAI in education, about the mass theft of the work of artists and authors to train LLMs, about CSAM and nonconsensual sexual images.
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Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Trump tapped white nationalist Jeremy Carl for Assistant Secretary of State for International Orgs.
He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Trump tapped white nationalist Jeremy Carl for Assistant Secretary of State for International Orgs.
He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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He called the Civil Rights Act an “anti-white weapon,” pushed the “great replacement,” called Juneteenth a “race hustle,” and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
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This is an insane sentence.
Jimmy Fallon Kills Planned Pasta Sauce Line With Pal Tommy Mottola as Epstein Friendship Is Revealed
Jimmy Fallon Kills Planned Pasta Sauce Line With Pal Tommy Mottola as Epstein Friendship Is Revealed
A planned collaboration between late night host Jimmy Fallon and powerful entertainment executive Tommy Mottola to launch a branded line of pasta sauces is now kaput as the entertainment mogul’s name is being discovered all over the Epstein Files, exposing his close relationship with the late financier and convicted sex offender and trafficker.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 6:02 AM
This is an insane sentence.
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Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
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BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shuts down due to lack of funding
February 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shuts down due to lack of funding
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Pan to Federalist Society spending the weekend frantically pre-writing articles and op-eds to support these “not yet articulated or vetted” but “irrefutable“ positions.…
February 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Pan to Federalist Society spending the weekend frantically pre-writing articles and op-eds to support these “not yet articulated or vetted” but “irrefutable“ positions.…
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She fucking killed an entire family while speeding in her Mercedes SUV and they’re not going to even take her license away??
February 14, 2026 at 2:45 AM
She fucking killed an entire family while speeding in her Mercedes SUV and they’re not going to even take her license away??
This is pretty much every Bay Area cocktail bar
"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars
February 14, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This is pretty much every Bay Area cocktail bar
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👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is going to be a long thread so buckle up
These photos were released on Reddit and appear to be the unredacted version of Epstein's 1997 "little black book"
You can see the redacted version here to compare for yourself
www.documentcloud.org/documents/20...
These photos were released on Reddit and appear to be the unredacted version of Epstein's 1997 "little black book"
You can see the redacted version here to compare for yourself
www.documentcloud.org/documents/20...
Jeffrey Epstein's Other Little Black Book REDACTED
www.documentcloud.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
This is going to be a long thread so buckle up
These photos were released on Reddit and appear to be the unredacted version of Epstein's 1997 "little black book"
You can see the redacted version here to compare for yourself
www.documentcloud.org/documents/20...
These photos were released on Reddit and appear to be the unredacted version of Epstein's 1997 "little black book"
You can see the redacted version here to compare for yourself
www.documentcloud.org/documents/20...
This is a list to be proud to be on.
Not all of the best universities in the country are on the list, and not all of the universities on the list are the best the country, but damn, it's a pretty good list of some of the best universities in the country. They're the kind of universities we want military officers to be able to attend.
February 14, 2026 at 1:39 AM
This is a list to be proud to be on.
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These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
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A good reporter will be getting in touch with those recently let go from the Nazi Child Nudifying Moon Settlement App and we’re gonna learn some even more fucked up shit. So at least we have that to look forward to.
February 14, 2026 at 1:13 AM
A good reporter will be getting in touch with those recently let go from the Nazi Child Nudifying Moon Settlement App and we’re gonna learn some even more fucked up shit. So at least we have that to look forward to.
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lmaoooooooooooooooooo
February 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
lmaoooooooooooooooooo
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This is what fascists do when they're incredibly unpopular
This account is an anti-ICE account. Come and get me www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:55 AM
This is what fascists do when they're incredibly unpopular
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‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option.
www.govexec.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
‘Suicide is only one option': Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
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Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans
Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.
www.eff.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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NEW — I spoke with Rep. Delia Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) about her calling DHS leaders "inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol," the prospect of one day seeing them behind bars, and what it's like to see the public [finally] embrace her long-held dream to abolish ICE.
Our conversation:
Our conversation:
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
NEW — I spoke with Rep. Delia Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) about her calling DHS leaders "inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol," the prospect of one day seeing them behind bars, and what it's like to see the public [finally] embrace her long-held dream to abolish ICE.
Our conversation:
Our conversation: