Sharon Merchant
@sfmhk.bsky.social
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As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
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🚨🚨 An alarming development in Surprise, AZ 👇
🧵This is what our tax dollars are going towards.
Not education, health care, or public transport.
Cages for people.
DHS just paid $70 million in cash for a warehouse in Surprise, AZ.
The week before, $102 million for one in Maryland.
A third in El Paso.
Not education, health care, or public transport.
Cages for people.
DHS just paid $70 million in cash for a warehouse in Surprise, AZ.
The week before, $102 million for one in Maryland.
A third in El Paso.
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:19 AM
🚨🚨 An alarming development in Surprise, AZ 👇
What say you @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @azhousedems.bsky.social @azindivisible.bsky.social How will Surprise protect and defend their residents from overzealous ICE agents? Will lawful protesters be guaranteed their const'l rights as well? How will Surprise not become Minneapolis 2.0?
ICE said it would add a processing facility with approximately 1,500 beds in Surprise as part of the agency's efforts to expand detention space.
coppercourier.com/2026/01/30/i...
coppercourier.com/2026/01/30/i...
ICE confirms it will add 1,500-bed detention facility in Surprise
ICE said it would add a processing facility with approximately 1,500 beds in Surprise as part of the agency's efforts to expand detention space.
coppercourier.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:03 AM
What say you @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @azhousedems.bsky.social @azindivisible.bsky.social How will Surprise protect and defend their residents from overzealous ICE agents? Will lawful protesters be guaranteed their const'l rights as well? How will Surprise not become Minneapolis 2.0?
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
A true loyal friend, during a time of deepest pain and worry @annelouiseavery.bsky.social 🐺🦊
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 AM
A true loyal friend, during a time of deepest pain and worry @annelouiseavery.bsky.social 🐺🦊
DONT BEND THE KNEE. we have needed a real opposition party for years, what are these fools doing while the constitution burns. current dem leadership is a joke. @schumer.senate.gov
🚨NEWS: Senate Dems are reportedly offering ICE funding increases in exchange for body cams and de-escalation training for agents.
Body cams can be turned off. De-escalation training can be ignored.
Unclear if no masks, requiring ID badges, and no immunity is on the table.
Body cams can be turned off. De-escalation training can be ignored.
Unclear if no masks, requiring ID badges, and no immunity is on the table.
January 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM
DONT BEND THE KNEE. we have needed a real opposition party for years, what are these fools doing while the constitution burns. current dem leadership is a joke. @schumer.senate.gov
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The Fourteenth Window. At dusk, before supper, they gathered in the parlour, the woodsmoke & marzipan & sweet apple-scented parlour. And Babcia recited the blessings and lit the candles on her menorah in the dimming light and
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The Fourteenth Window. At dusk, before supper, they gathered in the parlour, the woodsmoke & marzipan & sweet apple-scented parlour. And Babcia recited the blessings and lit the candles on her menorah in the dimming light and
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wow. zohran brought one of cuomo’s accusers, charlotte bennett, to the mayoral debate. he asked cuomo what he would say to his 13 accusers of sexual harassment. cuomo said it takes “a certain level of maturity to work in government” and that the cases were resolved anyway. fucking scum.
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
wow. zohran brought one of cuomo’s accusers, charlotte bennett, to the mayoral debate. he asked cuomo what he would say to his 13 accusers of sexual harassment. cuomo said it takes “a certain level of maturity to work in government” and that the cases were resolved anyway. fucking scum.
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Every Republican who goes on the Sunday shows tomorrow should be pressed to denounce this illegal and authoritarian proclamation from the president. And none of this "I didn't read the tweet" bullshit.
July 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Every Republican who goes on the Sunday shows tomorrow should be pressed to denounce this illegal and authoritarian proclamation from the president. And none of this "I didn't read the tweet" bullshit.
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“The election is 16 months away. Our response to the worst piece of legislation in modern American history cannot be ‘go vote in 16 months.’” - @ezralevin.bsky.social with @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“The election is 16 months away. Our response to the worst piece of legislation in modern American history cannot be ‘go vote in 16 months.’” - @ezralevin.bsky.social with @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social
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On the other site, Studio Ghibli-style AI output is going viral and allow me to just say it is profoundly depressing to see that stuff being used to promote OpenAI's latest product. Miyazaki famously called AI-produced art "an insult to life itself"—and this in turn is an insult to him.
March 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
On the other site, Studio Ghibli-style AI output is going viral and allow me to just say it is profoundly depressing to see that stuff being used to promote OpenAI's latest product. Miyazaki famously called AI-produced art "an insult to life itself"—and this in turn is an insult to him.
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Democratic leaders: What would Republicans do if a Democrat did what Hegseth did? Fucking do that.
March 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Democratic leaders: What would Republicans do if a Democrat did what Hegseth did? Fucking do that.
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“But no one in the wider world can appreciate how stressful it is to confront an executive order like this until one is directed at you.” --Brad Karp.
Fuck you, you coward.
Fuck you, you coward.
This letter from Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp makes things worse. Basically offers rationale and justification for everyone else following in Paul Weiss’s footsteps and capitulating to Trump. BLUF: We capitulated and everyone else should as well.
open.substack.com/pub/davidlat...
open.substack.com/pub/davidlat...
Brad Karp’s Message To Paul Weiss About Its Deal With The Trump Administration
Here’s what Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to his colleagues on Sunday afternoon.
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“But no one in the wider world can appreciate how stressful it is to confront an executive order like this until one is directed at you.” --Brad Karp.
Fuck you, you coward.
Fuck you, you coward.
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Democrats even *thinking* about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.
March 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Democrats even *thinking* about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.
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Donald Trump stood in front of Congress tonight and reinforced what we already knew: He’s a corrupt megalomaniac lunatic who is running our country to the ground. These are not normal times. Everything is not fine. We are in crisis.
March 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Donald Trump stood in front of Congress tonight and reinforced what we already knew: He’s a corrupt megalomaniac lunatic who is running our country to the ground. These are not normal times. Everything is not fine. We are in crisis.
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Don’t tell me democracy is at risk and a constitutional crisis is unfolding and the best you got is a modified ping pong paddle.
March 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Don’t tell me democracy is at risk and a constitutional crisis is unfolding and the best you got is a modified ping pong paddle.
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Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up.
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
Free virtual boot camp seeks to recruit and educate civil rights advocates
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
www.abajournal.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up.
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
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It would have been less embarrassing if JD had just fucked the couch he was sitting on.
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It would have been less embarrassing if JD had just fucked the couch he was sitting on.
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Vance blew up that meeting on purpose
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Vance blew up that meeting on purpose
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It’s going to feel uncomfortable, if it doesn’t already. You will lose friends, if you haven’t already. But there is no way around this. There are people with a lot of power who mean you harm, and who want you to accept lies about your situation. The only way to avoid discomfort is to let them win.
February 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It’s going to feel uncomfortable, if it doesn’t already. You will lose friends, if you haven’t already. But there is no way around this. There are people with a lot of power who mean you harm, and who want you to accept lies about your situation. The only way to avoid discomfort is to let them win.
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Let it all come out. There will be a reckoning. Zelensky is a hero.
Vance: I think it's disrespectful for you to come to the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media...You should be thanking the president...
Zelenskyy: Have you ever been to Ukraine?...
Vance: I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour...
Zelenskyy: Have you ever been to Ukraine?...
Vance: I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour...
February 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Let it all come out. There will be a reckoning. Zelensky is a hero.