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DOOMER SEZ:

So this administration violates laws, court orders, and Constitution with impunity—nay, with glee—and the proposed “consequences” are… that they promise to stop doing it but keep doing everything else they were already authorized to do.

Well, as long as it’s a pinky-promise, I suppose…
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13h
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:

DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools

"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on unfiction.com
danhon.com Dan Hon @danhon.com · 21h
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on guestbook.pl
numb.comfortab.ly Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 22h
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on ICQ.
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Call me cynical, but I expect:

1) Bovino is thrown under the bus as a sacrifice
2) GOP and NRA praise Dear Leader for his compassion and brilliance
3) Dems pat themselves on the back for taking a stand, announce this addresses their concerns, and fund the government (including DHS and ICE)

1/2
nickmiroff.bsky.social Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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politifact.bsky.social
President Donald Trump didn’t write “only criminals carry guns” on Truth Social after the Alex Pretti shooting by Border Patrol in Minneapolis. That’s a fake post.

buff.ly/fnkxVys
Trump didn’t write ‘only criminals carry guns.’ It’s fake.
President Donald Trump didn’t write “only criminals carry guns” on Truth Social after the Alex Pretti shooting by Border Patrol in Minneapolis. That’s a fake post.
www.politifact.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:48 PM
And if you’re wondering why you heard about only Good and Pretti, look at the photos and ask yourself what’s different about Porter…
January 26, 2026 at 11:57 PM
When in doubt, post a cat #CatBreak
The top half of the head of a dark grey cat with yellow eyes, peeking out from a cardboard box with the lid pushed aside, on which is handwritten “Mortgage Papers.” Note: The cat is not mortgage papers.
January 26, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Be *very* careful. This has not been confirmed, and if you remember the first name promulgated on social media as Renee Good’s murderer was completely wrong, and the supposed photo of him turned out to be fake AI slop.

www.wired.com/story/people...
January 26, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Change a letter, ruin a film:

Jews
hntdove.bsky.social Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 1d
Change a letter, ruin a film:

Scar Trek
The Umpire Strikes Back
Animal Louse
Meds
The Yeast with Five Fingers
The Fellowship of the Rink
The Two Mowers
The Return of the Ming
doomsparkler.bsky.social ✨ Sara ✨ 🦄 @doomsparkler.bsky.social · 1d
Change a letter, ruin a film:

Empire of the Fun
January 26, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
CONTRIBUTOR GREG BROCKMAN AMOUNT ELECTION TO DAT $25,000,000 $25,000,000
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Better late than never!

www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 26, 2026 at 12:47 AM
“Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing… any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.” (18 U.S.C. § 875(c).)

[N.B. Only for us. Their death threats against us are “free speech”]
faineg.bsky.social Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d
Perhaps one should not discuss breaking laws on a 100% public social media website that we know the federal government is aware of and monitoring.
January 25, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Hat-tip to @colleenky.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I almost pity the poor schlub who has to tell Delusional Donald not only this, but also that they named Obama one of the best.

Oh, wait, who am I kidding? No one’s going to tell him.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Trump named worst thing to come from US as Brits vote Netflix and Cola as best
The TV streaming service was named the top US export by 38% of the 2,000 Brits polled - with McDonald's coming fourth, ahead of iPhone maker Apple, Colonel Sanders' KFC and former president Barack Oba...
www.mirror.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
Reminder that doomscrolling isn't activism. Log off and rest if you need to.

The world will need you tomorrow. There's a lot to do.
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I’ve now seen the videos.

ICE beat the crap out of him, grabbed his perfectly legal gun (which was never so much as in his hand), and *then* shot him dead. Multiple shots.

The administration, of course, is already falsely calling him a “domestic terrorist” who tried to “assassinate” heroic agents.
 Shadow (he/him) @shad0.bsky.social · 3d
He was a U.S. citizen, with a legal license to carry the gun. ICE tried to disarm him by force, and when he resisted they shot him dead.

Add the Second Amendment to the long list of constitutional rights this administration ignores.

It’s fine. I’m sure the NRA will be all over this. Aaany day now.
January 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM
“The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the man was armed with a handgun, that a struggle ensued as agents tried to disarm him and that an agent ‘fired defensive shots.’”

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
O'Hara calls for calm and for protesters to leave scene of fatal shooting by federal agent
The man fatally shot by federal agents Saturday morning was a 37-year-old man who’s believed to be an American citizen, a resident of the city and a legal gun owner with a permit to carry, Minneapolis...
www.mprnews.org
January 24, 2026 at 6:34 PM
*ahem*

EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN

Thank you.
January 24, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The silver lining to his deranged letter to Norway blaming his upcoming invasion of Greenland on never getting the Nobel Peace Prize is that somewhere, deep down, in whatever passes for his heart of hearts… he knows getting the medal framed and dedicated to him wasn’t really winning the prize.
January 24, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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metaomicsnerd.bsky.social
California has joined the World Health Organization’s GOARN on its own after the US’s departure. We are not a sovereign member state with full voting rights but are part of its network for disease detection and response.

www.abc10.com/article/news...
California joins WHO public health network following US exit, marking a first for any state
California joined WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, countering federal withdrawal from the organization.
www.abc10.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Signal boost for NYC
olbermann.bsky.social Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 4d
ARLO IS MISSING IN BROOKLYN: last seen at E 52nd St and Winthrop St, he's 15 pounds and chipped: 933000320683592. If you've seen or found him please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT ARLO!
January 23, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Muppet an R-rated movie:

The Passion of the Frog
hntdove.bsky.social Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 4d
Mupper an R-rated movie:

Kramer vs. Kramer vs. Miss Piggy
alexandraerin.com 🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] @alexandraerin.com · 5d
Muppet a Rated R Movie:

Bram Stoker's Muppet Dracula
January 23, 2026 at 8:22 PM
“…its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.”

Meaning its failure to ignore every other member and kowtow only to the political influence of [the current federal administration of] the United States.
luckytran.com Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.

This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
United States Completes WHO Withdrawal WASHINGTON —  January 22, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United States’ completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.
January 23, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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cait.bsky.social
stop scrolling and look at this :
orange cat asleep showing off his beans orange cat asleep covering his face
January 22, 2026 at 1:09 AM
“A would-be autocrat could use such swarms to persuade populations to accept cancelled elections or overturn results…”

Thinking of anyone in particular?
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d
Experts warn of threat to democracy by ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media
Experts warn of threat to democracy by ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media
Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers warn Political leaders could soon launch swarms of human-imitating AI agents to reshape public opinion in a way that threatens to undermine democracy, a high profile group of experts in AI and online misinformation has warned. The Nobel peace prize-winning free-speech activist, Maria Ressa, and leading AI and social science researchers from Berkeley, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and Yale are among a global consortium flagging the new “disruptive threat” posed by hard-to-detect, malicious “AI swarms” infesting social media and messaging channels. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Signal boost for WA

(Hat-tip to @hntdove.bsky.social)
lauraannegilman.bsky.social Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 5d
Boosting for King and SnoCo (WA) residents.

A MMR vaccination clinic will be held Thursday, 1/22/26 at Third Place Commons from 2:30PM – 5:30PM for King and Snohomish County residents. Uninsured community members welcome.
Drop-in patients welcome based on availability. Register here: bit.ly/49NRehE
January 22, 2026 at 6:19 PM