@semicorcheas.bsky.social
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This is the polite way of saying that Trump has illegally given all of our tax records to Peter Thiel's fascist AI slop shop.
In September, IRS began a $14.2 million contract with Palantir to build a unified API, but little is known about the process by which this contract was awarded or what protections are in place for taxpayer data. - @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social at @donmoyn.bsky.social
Five Questions for IRS CEO Frank Bisignano
The IRS has a new leader – maybe he can tell us whats happening
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is the polite way of saying that Trump has illegally given all of our tax records to Peter Thiel's fascist AI slop shop.
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This fascist panopticon is powered by Motorola and @reuters.com.
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This fascist panopticon is powered by Motorola and @reuters.com.
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Bless that woman's heart
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Bless that woman's heart
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"There is an assault on the idea of cooperation to solve big problems in the world....it doesn’t even work on its own terms. This approach doesn’t make us more prosperous. It doesn’t win us more respect. It ends up costing lives." www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
A conversation with Atul Gawande about the human toll of the dismantling of foreign aid.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"There is an assault on the idea of cooperation to solve big problems in the world....it doesn’t even work on its own terms. This approach doesn’t make us more prosperous. It doesn’t win us more respect. It ends up costing lives." www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
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NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
Families of DC-area immigrant drivers snatched by feds stuck with tow bill
Elected officials and activists note work vehicles removed lightning fast, resulting in hundreds in fees.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
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Bret Stephens, making the case for the United States invading Venezuela: "Why hasn’t Greta Thunberg set sail to Caracas with symbolic deliveries of food?"
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Bret Stephens, making the case for the United States invading Venezuela: "Why hasn’t Greta Thunberg set sail to Caracas with symbolic deliveries of food?"
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
...No one has ever made Bret Stephens look worse than Bret Stephens. The competition is only ever for second place.
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21st Century:
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
21st Century:
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I’m afraid “the media cares about Presidential acuity” had a time of death sometime in July 2024.
Daily reminder that this ridiculous person has lost his mind and it's unbelievable it's not a central issue in our politics.
Trump: "I gave them as you know unlimited water, Biden came back with a rigged election, and he immediately restricted the water again. But I came back in and immediately unrestricted it again. So now you have unlimited water to clean your damn dishes."
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’m afraid “the media cares about Presidential acuity” had a time of death sometime in July 2024.
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Important reporting from Sky News on how Israel is deliberately exposing displaced Palestinian families to freezing conditions by blocking a warehouse full of shelter materials — and on how Israeli authorities are obstructing medical equipment, including prosthetics and wheelchairs, from reaching...
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Important reporting from Sky News on how Israel is deliberately exposing displaced Palestinian families to freezing conditions by blocking a warehouse full of shelter materials — and on how Israeli authorities are obstructing medical equipment, including prosthetics and wheelchairs, from reaching...
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oh, hey, look, it’s what literally everyone who knew anything about hiring staff said would happen
Insiders are saying the Department of Homeland Security's ICE hiring is in "chaos" and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller is reportedly angry over "lagging" deportation numbers.
‘Everyone is being screamed at’: Insiders say Stephen Miller irate as deportations lagging
Insiders are saying the Department of Homeland Security's ICE hiring is in "chaos" and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller is reportedly angry over "lagging" deportation numbers. A DHS source tol...
www.rawstory.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
oh, hey, look, it’s what literally everyone who knew anything about hiring staff said would happen
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it cost me close to $80 a month to have a landline in brooklyn
AT&T has been trying to get rid of landlines in California for YEARS because they are expensive and annoying to maintain, with shrinking market share. The people who use them, however, REALLY need them for safety and communication esp in rural areas with limited cell coverage.
They rely on copper landlines for emergencies. AT&T could threaten their lifeline
AT&T is fighting to ease regulations requiring landlines, which cost it $1 billion per year in California. It has spent big on lobbying.
calmatters.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
it cost me close to $80 a month to have a landline in brooklyn
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Thanks RFK and Trump.
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thanks RFK and Trump.
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you would think that a new york times columnist writing regularly about the fact that the vice president pals around with neo-nazis would prompt literally anyone to do some reported work. but nope!
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
you would think that a new york times columnist writing regularly about the fact that the vice president pals around with neo-nazis would prompt literally anyone to do some reported work. but nope!
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…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
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this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
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if a random person started saying this shit to you on a bus or in a bar, you would move seats or leave to get away from them
Trump: "They had restrictions on water. It comes down from heaven. You want to wash your hands, or like me, you wash your hair. I lather up. There's no water. I won't mention the 3rd item in the bc I always get criticized. If you don't know what I'm talking about you shouldn't be owning a McDonalds"
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
if a random person started saying this shit to you on a bus or in a bar, you would move seats or leave to get away from them
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You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
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I don’t understand why Dems have to choose? “Trump is a corrupt billionaire pedo whose self-serving policies have made your life more expensive” is not that hard of a message imo
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I don’t understand why Dems have to choose? “Trump is a corrupt billionaire pedo whose self-serving policies have made your life more expensive” is not that hard of a message imo
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Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
How a family secret led Greg Bovino to lead Trump's border crackdown
Before he became the face of Trump's tough ICE policies, Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino endured a childhood marked by a family scandal that changed the trajectory of his life.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
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I'd love if just one reporter could maybe lightly challenge him on the fact his administration is the enemy of affordability
(see the near-total destruction of federal consumer protection and corporate oversight)
just one
(see the near-total destruction of federal consumer protection and corporate oversight)
just one
Trump on if he'll sign an Epstein files release bill: "We have nothing to do with Epstein. The Democrats do. All of his friends were Democrats. You look at this Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, Clinton... all I want is I want for people to recognize the great job I've done on pricing, on affordability."
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'd love if just one reporter could maybe lightly challenge him on the fact his administration is the enemy of affordability
(see the near-total destruction of federal consumer protection and corporate oversight)
just one
(see the near-total destruction of federal consumer protection and corporate oversight)
just one
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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Trump has so little respect for the media (knowing he can snow them about everything) he doesn’t even bother to try and substantiate his affordability claims. “I’m great on affordability” is literally the full argument.
this last few weeks of "affordability" pantomime have been particularly fucking insufferable for a consumer protection and policy reporter
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump has so little respect for the media (knowing he can snow them about everything) he doesn’t even bother to try and substantiate his affordability claims. “I’m great on affordability” is literally the full argument.
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"top border patrol official was so inspired by hunting magazines that he vowed to hunt immigrants" is really...something.
November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"top border patrol official was so inspired by hunting magazines that he vowed to hunt immigrants" is really...something.
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Prosecutors charged an Indiana homeowner with voluntary manslaughter after he shot a house cleaner in the head through his front door — a woman officials say had mistakenly arrived at the wrong address for work.
Man charged in fatal shooting of house cleaner who arrived at wrong home
Prosecutors in Indiana charged Curt Andersen with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of house cleaner Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Prosecutors charged an Indiana homeowner with voluntary manslaughter after he shot a house cleaner in the head through his front door — a woman officials say had mistakenly arrived at the wrong address for work.