@seattleal.bsky.social
Former lawyer, current novelist, long ago advisor to Tsarina Alexandra.
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Protect independent journalists at all costs.
January 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Protect independent journalists at all costs.
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
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Mayor Pete pumpin' truth into that bubble. He's a mass deprogramming machine.
Even if you do usually vote Republican, most of us can agree at this point that the administration has gone way, way too far.
January 31, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Mayor Pete pumpin' truth into that bubble. He's a mass deprogramming machine.
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It's beginning to look a lot like fascism.
Everywhere you go.
Take a look at the 5 & 10, masked marauding men.
With firearms & pepper sprays & scowls.
It's beginning to look a lot like fascism.
ICE in every store
But the ugliest sight to see is the army that will be
On your own front door.
Everywhere you go.
Take a look at the 5 & 10, masked marauding men.
With firearms & pepper sprays & scowls.
It's beginning to look a lot like fascism.
ICE in every store
But the ugliest sight to see is the army that will be
On your own front door.
January 31, 2026 at 6:21 PM
It's beginning to look a lot like fascism.
Everywhere you go.
Take a look at the 5 & 10, masked marauding men.
With firearms & pepper sprays & scowls.
It's beginning to look a lot like fascism.
ICE in every store
But the ugliest sight to see is the army that will be
On your own front door.
Everywhere you go.
Take a look at the 5 & 10, masked marauding men.
With firearms & pepper sprays & scowls.
It's beginning to look a lot like fascism.
ICE in every store
But the ugliest sight to see is the army that will be
On your own front door.
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Amanda Carpenter was waaaaay out in front on Trump's election skulduggery in 2020, reporting and issuing warnings many months in advance. So when she and her colleagues start talking about these sorts of worrying warning signs, everybody should listen up.
This is the full suite of power the Trump Admin will use to tilt the midterms: DHS, DoJ, and Intel.
None of these folks has the credibility to tell the truth or be fair.
Remember 2020. These are the levers Trump tried to pull before January 6.
None of these folks has the credibility to tell the truth or be fair.
Remember 2020. These are the levers Trump tried to pull before January 6.
January 31, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Amanda Carpenter was waaaaay out in front on Trump's election skulduggery in 2020, reporting and issuing warnings many months in advance. So when she and her colleagues start talking about these sorts of worrying warning signs, everybody should listen up.
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A new statement from Epstein survivors:
"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
January 30, 2026 at 10:33 PM
A new statement from Epstein survivors:
"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
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A major under-covered story.
Five years have passed since Myanmar’s military staged a coup against the government.
Since February 1, 2021, the junta has decimated almost every facet of life in Myanmar.
The junta’s impunity needs to end.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4a41O4g
Since February 1, 2021, the junta has decimated almost every facet of life in Myanmar.
The junta’s impunity needs to end.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4a41O4g
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 AM
A major under-covered story.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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"Who is going to get out to vote for nebbishness when federal officers are shooting American citizens in the street? People are angry and they want someone who will fight for them. It seems impossible to fight the fires of Trumpism with the tepid water of centrism."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump and the Great Midwestern Divide
His Iowa visit highlights the divergent realities occupied by his supporters and the growing opposition.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:07 PM
"Who is going to get out to vote for nebbishness when federal officers are shooting American citizens in the street? People are angry and they want someone who will fight for them. It seems impossible to fight the fires of Trumpism with the tepid water of centrism."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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Between seizing ballots in Georgia, trying to leverage Minnesota to turn over its sensitive voter data, and political prosecutions, the DOJ is laying the groundwork to subvert the 2026 elections. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help it grow by supporting it now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Between seizing ballots in Georgia, trying to leverage Minnesota to turn over its sensitive voter data, and political prosecutions, the DOJ is laying the groundwork to subvert the 2026 elections. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help it grow by supporting it now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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“I had more stringent rules of engagement when I was in Iraq about what I could do to civilians there than ICE does with the citizens on the streets of our cities today,” says Sen. Tammy Duckworth.
‘Sickening’: Trump’s new ICE man uses war jargon to describe Minnesota operations
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“I had more stringent rules of engagement when I was in Iraq about what I could do to civilians there than ICE does with the citizens on the streets of our cities today,” says Sen. Tammy Duckworth.
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Deeply inevitable, entirely predicted, and the shit people running this country don't give a damn.
Gonna go ahead and say this was a) inevitable and b) widely predicted, but the subhuman shitstains involved in all this c) don't care.
Multiple Men Have Impersonated ICE Agents To Kidnap And Assault Women
In a letter shared with HuffPost, the Democratic Women’s Caucus urged DHS to mandate ICE agents to “visibly and clearly identify themselves" when making arrests.
ca.news.yahoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Deeply inevitable, entirely predicted, and the shit people running this country don't give a damn.
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Trump was most likely advised that if he wants to keep his personal sanctioned paramilitary army, he needs to cool down with ice and let them lay low for a bit.
All this backpedaling is to get their bill passed and prevent a shutdown over it.
Rest assured, they will be called back into action.
All this backpedaling is to get their bill passed and prevent a shutdown over it.
Rest assured, they will be called back into action.
January 29, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Trump was most likely advised that if he wants to keep his personal sanctioned paramilitary army, he needs to cool down with ice and let them lay low for a bit.
All this backpedaling is to get their bill passed and prevent a shutdown over it.
Rest assured, they will be called back into action.
All this backpedaling is to get their bill passed and prevent a shutdown over it.
Rest assured, they will be called back into action.
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Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.
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New via WSJ:
Tulsi Gabbard has spent months investigating the results of the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost.
Gabbard is leading the administration's effort to re-examine the election and look for potential crimes.
Widespread fraud does not exist. Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Tulsi Gabbard has spent months investigating the results of the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost.
Gabbard is leading the administration's effort to re-examine the election and look for potential crimes.
Widespread fraud does not exist. Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Exclusive | Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud
The director of national intelligence earlier this week joined the FBI search of an election center in Georgia.
www.wsj.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
New via WSJ:
Tulsi Gabbard has spent months investigating the results of the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost.
Gabbard is leading the administration's effort to re-examine the election and look for potential crimes.
Widespread fraud does not exist. Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Tulsi Gabbard has spent months investigating the results of the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost.
Gabbard is leading the administration's effort to re-examine the election and look for potential crimes.
Widespread fraud does not exist. Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
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Former FBI official: Tulsi Gabbard should have nothing to do with law enforcement operations whatsoever. She was in a truck with boxes of what are apparently ballots. She is gonna need to be on the chain of custody for those ballots and explain why she was with them and what she was doing.
January 29, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Former FBI official: Tulsi Gabbard should have nothing to do with law enforcement operations whatsoever. She was in a truck with boxes of what are apparently ballots. She is gonna need to be on the chain of custody for those ballots and explain why she was with them and what she was doing.
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Sen. Ossoff: "Much of the American public are quite reasonably alarmed and asking questions after the Director of National Intelligence was spotted bizarrely and personally lurking in an FBI evidence truck in Fulton County, Georgia yesterday."
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Sen. Ossoff: "Much of the American public are quite reasonably alarmed and asking questions after the Director of National Intelligence was spotted bizarrely and personally lurking in an FBI evidence truck in Fulton County, Georgia yesterday."
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This poll is the worst high-quality poll for Trump that I’ve seen this term.
Pew has Trump's approval at 37%. And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans
Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.
www.pewresearch.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:40 PM
This poll is the worst high-quality poll for Trump that I’ve seen this term.
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
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Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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WATCH: “MURDER IS MURDER.”
Rep. Monty Fritts, Tennessee Republican candidate for governor, confirms to us he thinks execution should be on the table for women who have abortions😳
(He also says he’s against the new law protecting IVF carried by a Republican)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DUGl9Ez...
Rep. Monty Fritts, Tennessee Republican candidate for governor, confirms to us he thinks execution should be on the table for women who have abortions😳
(He also says he’s against the new law protecting IVF carried by a Republican)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DUGl9Ez...
January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
WATCH: “MURDER IS MURDER.”
Rep. Monty Fritts, Tennessee Republican candidate for governor, confirms to us he thinks execution should be on the table for women who have abortions😳
(He also says he’s against the new law protecting IVF carried by a Republican)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DUGl9Ez...
Rep. Monty Fritts, Tennessee Republican candidate for governor, confirms to us he thinks execution should be on the table for women who have abortions😳
(He also says he’s against the new law protecting IVF carried by a Republican)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DUGl9Ez...
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(CBC) - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the U.S. administration for financial backing is an act of “treason" and it's an issue he'll raise as the premiers gather with the prime minister in Ottawa today.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
B.C. premier says Alberta separatists seeking assistance from U.S. is 'treason' | CBC News
British Columbia Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the Donald Trump's administration for financial backing is an act of “treason" and an issue he'll raise as the premiers gather ...
www.cbc.ca
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 PM
(CBC) - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the U.S. administration for financial backing is an act of “treason" and it's an issue he'll raise as the premiers gather with the prime minister in Ottawa today.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar moving in on Africa through mining, infrastructure, venture capital, fintech.
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar moving in on Africa through mining, infrastructure, venture capital, fintech.