Sam
@samcb.bsky.social
just this guy, you know? software engineer working on security. he/him
Most importantly, a conspiracy based on a mostly forgotten 2013 sci-fi movie
Wait: so the President of the United States shared a video of a fake news report, rooted in a conspiracy theory, that features an AI-generated version of himself promoting a policy that…doesn’t exist?
Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...
September 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Most importantly, a conspiracy based on a mostly forgotten 2013 sci-fi movie
this makes sense, since we know Biden was president in 2020
MULLIN: There was a sweetheart plea deal that was struck in 2009 under Obama
TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor
M: Who was in office at the time?
T: Bush
M: No. Obama was in office
TAPPER: Not true
TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor
M: Who was in office at the time?
T: Bush
M: No. Obama was in office
TAPPER: Not true
July 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
this makes sense, since we know Biden was president in 2020
But they've already got the law school
Exclusive: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a center for conservative scholarship as the school fights the Trump administration’s accusations that it is too liberal.
Harvard Explores New Center for Conservative Scholarship Amid Trump Attacks
The Ivy League school has discussed an effort to ‘support viewpoint diversity’ with potential donors. Harvard says the initiative ‘will not be partisan.’
on.wsj.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
But they've already got the law school
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I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
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This is assur! You have to make us give half-shekels
a political consultancy that does what now?
June 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is assur! You have to make us give half-shekels
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in a moment of sobriety, it's moments like this where what DOGE has done to the entire federal infrastructure should bring into question whether or not the executive branch still has unilateral control and access to its own systems lol
June 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
in a moment of sobriety, it's moments like this where what DOGE has done to the entire federal infrastructure should bring into question whether or not the executive branch still has unilateral control and access to its own systems lol
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NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
March 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
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In Waltz’s desperation to save his ass, he’s weaving an alternate universe (with lies) where the security breach is far worse. No longer, in his telling, is Signal just vulnerable to a human slip up where you add an unauthorized contact of yours, malicious actors can force their way into your chats.
Wow — Mike Waltz on Fox News suggests Jeffrey Goldberg somehow schemed his way into the Signal group instead of just being invited by accident
March 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In Waltz’s desperation to save his ass, he’s weaving an alternate universe (with lies) where the security breach is far worse. No longer, in his telling, is Signal just vulnerable to a human slip up where you add an unauthorized contact of yours, malicious actors can force their way into your chats.
That's a clitoris. Cloture is a functional programming language that runs on the JVM
March 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
That's a clitoris. Cloture is a functional programming language that runs on the JVM
bad time to have a toddler
The CEO of Target says Trump’s Mexico tariffs could lead his company to raise produce prices in the next few days.
Prices for strawberries, avocados and bananas could rise specifically, he says.
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
Prices for strawberries, avocados and bananas could rise specifically, he says.
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
Target CEO Brian Cornell on tariffs: Consumer will likely see price increases over the next few days
Target CEO Brian Cornell joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's quarterly earnings results, state of the consumer, impact of new Trump tariffs, company growth outlook, and more.
www.cnbc.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
bad time to have a toddler
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this is a really an unfathomable level of evil
“shut off all foreign aid” is of course just as evil but it’s a blunt instrument, where you don’t have to directly face the specific programs you’re killing
but these little fucks were manually vetoing PEPFAR time and again
“shut off all foreign aid” is of course just as evil but it’s a blunt instrument, where you don’t have to directly face the specific programs you’re killing
but these little fucks were manually vetoing PEPFAR time and again
Remember when the WH insisted that global HIV prevention & treatment was exempt from the freeze? When it seemed MAYBE they understood that cutting off medicine could put the entire planet at risk of drug resistant HIV strains?
Wrong. Elon Musk’s interns were simply shutting payments off manually.
Wrong. Elon Musk’s interns were simply shutting payments off manually.
February 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
this is a really an unfathomable level of evil
“shut off all foreign aid” is of course just as evil but it’s a blunt instrument, where you don’t have to directly face the specific programs you’re killing
but these little fucks were manually vetoing PEPFAR time and again
“shut off all foreign aid” is of course just as evil but it’s a blunt instrument, where you don’t have to directly face the specific programs you’re killing
but these little fucks were manually vetoing PEPFAR time and again
Trump take 401k
NEW YORK (AP) — Dow tumbles 748 points, and S&P 500 has worst drop in 2 months after discouraging reports on the US economy.
February 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump take 401k
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It’s not necessarily the case that Kliger — our new IRS overlord — hates Jews.
It’s just that he so often finds himself aligned with anti-Semites.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s just that he so often finds himself aligned with anti-Semites.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
DOGE worker says he was radicalized by reading writer who denied Holocaust
In a since-deleted Substack post, a member of Elon Musk's team praised an essay by Ron Unz—who has called the Holocaust potentially a "hoax" and said Trayvon Martin was "a violent young thug."
www.motherjones.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
It’s not necessarily the case that Kliger — our new IRS overlord — hates Jews.
It’s just that he so often finds himself aligned with anti-Semites.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s just that he so often finds himself aligned with anti-Semites.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I now agree with Republicans from last year, defund the tax police
The Trump admin is re-assigning IRS agents from going after tax cheats to going after immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
I.R.S. Agents Are Asked to Help With Immigration Crackdown
The request by the Department of Homeland Security could suck resources away from tax enforcement efforts.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I now agree with Republicans from last year, defund the tax police
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Take a step back, see what's happening. Trump took office and abruptly gave the richest guy on earth free rein to unmake the US government without any White House oversight or coordination. That guy has been publicly radicalized into an increasingly open white supremacist and conspiracy theorist.
February 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Take a step back, see what's happening. Trump took office and abruptly gave the richest guy on earth free rein to unmake the US government without any White House oversight or coordination. That guy has been publicly radicalized into an increasingly open white supremacist and conspiracy theorist.
Probably not great that he pardoned 1000 people who have already committed violence for him
Gillibrand on WNYC today said one reason they're all falling in line is that they get death threats.
cassidy changing his tune after what he said on the senate floor is what has upgraded my position from "they are being bribed" or "they are worried about primary challenges" to "they are worried about being murdered"
February 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Probably not great that he pardoned 1000 people who have already committed violence for him
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NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.
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i think it is going catastrophically under-reported that the most likely reason bill cassidy may flip on RFK is because he's been told in no uncertain terms that he'll be murdered if he votes against him
February 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
i think it is going catastrophically under-reported that the most likely reason bill cassidy may flip on RFK is because he's been told in no uncertain terms that he'll be murdered if he votes against him
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Holy shit
This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.
February 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Holy shit
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“Elon Musk is the president now” was underselling it
Elon now has significantly more power over this country and everyone in it than any president ever has
Elon now has significantly more power over this country and everyone in it than any president ever has
they’re going to do it
this isn’t theoretical or hypothetical anymore, they are quite literally going to unilaterally stop the federal government from paying contractually obligated debts
1/5 of American GDP now rests on Elon Musk’s personal whims
this isn’t theoretical or hypothetical anymore, they are quite literally going to unilaterally stop the federal government from paying contractually obligated debts
1/5 of American GDP now rests on Elon Musk’s personal whims
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
February 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“Elon Musk is the president now” was underselling it
Elon now has significantly more power over this country and everyone in it than any president ever has
Elon now has significantly more power over this country and everyone in it than any president ever has
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“We are watching, in real time, the conversion of constitutional democracy into something darker and more dangerous. To pretend otherwise isn’t prudence—it’s complicity.”
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/a...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/a...
A Coup Is In Progress In America
A coup is underway in the United States, and we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable and accelerating: in just the past 48 hours, Elon Musk’s DOGE commission has seized …
www.techdirt.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“We are watching, in real time, the conversion of constitutional democracy into something darker and more dangerous. To pretend otherwise isn’t prudence—it’s complicity.”
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/a...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/a...
The NYT reported it finally so now we won't sound nuts to other people when we talk about the coup!
Our deep dive into Musk's takeover: Even some officials who like what Musk is doing feel helpless to hold him accountable. His allies are diving in to agencies, gaining access to systems, planning layoffs, and proposing a sweeping AI initiative to review contracts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government (Gift Article)
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The NYT reported it finally so now we won't sound nuts to other people when we talk about the coup!
Trump is weirdly obsessed with having 10000 people on each border
BREAKING: US tariffs on Canada paused for 30 days, Trudeau says
February 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Trump is weirdly obsessed with having 10000 people on each border
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simply repeating the straight reporting of what is happening in the executive branch makes you sound like you have lost your mind.
February 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
simply repeating the straight reporting of what is happening in the executive branch makes you sound like you have lost your mind.