Smith816
@smith816.bsky.social
A woman of no importance.
Not a terrorist.
Not a terrorist.
Reposted by Smith816
“The former General Manager of defense contractor L3Harris’s cyber subsidiary Trenchant, Peter Williams, sold eight zero-day exploit kits to 🇷🇺 Russia, according to a court filing last week.“
He pleaded guilty.
www.theregister.com/2026/02/15/e...
He pleaded guilty.
www.theregister.com/2026/02/15/e...
Infosec exec sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia: DoJ
Infosec in Brief: PLUS: Fake ransomware group exposed; EC blesses Google's big Wiz deal; Alleged sewage hacker cuffed; And more
www.theregister.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:37 AM
“The former General Manager of defense contractor L3Harris’s cyber subsidiary Trenchant, Peter Williams, sold eight zero-day exploit kits to 🇷🇺 Russia, according to a court filing last week.“
He pleaded guilty.
www.theregister.com/2026/02/15/e...
He pleaded guilty.
www.theregister.com/2026/02/15/e...
The Somali community in Minneapolis thanks their neighbors and residents of the city who protected them in their darkest hour.
One day, those words on that paper will adorn monuments and museums and be every bit as famous as the words on the Statue of Liberty.
One day, those words on that paper will adorn monuments and museums and be every bit as famous as the words on the Statue of Liberty.
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 16, 2026 at 3:19 AM
The Somali community in Minneapolis thanks their neighbors and residents of the city who protected them in their darkest hour.
One day, those words on that paper will adorn monuments and museums and be every bit as famous as the words on the Statue of Liberty.
One day, those words on that paper will adorn monuments and museums and be every bit as famous as the words on the Statue of Liberty.
The Scottish govt will vote Wed. on banning the US military from using publicly owned airports. US military flights have landed at Prestwick Airport more than 550 times since April.
The move comes after the US violated a January court order barring removal of oil tanker officers in Scottish waters.
The move comes after the US violated a January court order barring removal of oil tanker officers in Scottish waters.
MSPs to vote on banning Donald Trump's troops from using Scottish airports
Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay MSP has called on the Scottish Government to evict US military forces from the publicly-owned Glasgow…
www.thenational.scot
February 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
The Scottish govt will vote Wed. on banning the US military from using publicly owned airports. US military flights have landed at Prestwick Airport more than 550 times since April.
The move comes after the US violated a January court order barring removal of oil tanker officers in Scottish waters.
The move comes after the US violated a January court order barring removal of oil tanker officers in Scottish waters.
I believe the proper term is Smoke & Mirrors.
"Half the country thinks—"
Stop right there. Some politicians, media figures, and influencers might, but they're nowhere close to half.
Good piece by @dennycarter.bsky.social about efforts to make TPUSA halftime, the Melania movie, etc appear popular so that people think America's evenly divided.
Stop right there. Some politicians, media figures, and influencers might, but they're nowhere close to half.
Good piece by @dennycarter.bsky.social about efforts to make TPUSA halftime, the Melania movie, etc appear popular so that people think America's evenly divided.
Wrote about the Turning Point USA Super Bowl halftime show and the Melania movie as the latest in a larger project to make the American right *seem* far more popular and culturally relevant than it actually is.
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-real...
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-real...
February 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I believe the proper term is Smoke & Mirrors.
Replace Schumer or get used to this.
This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
February 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Replace Schumer or get used to this.
Looks up actuary table.
Schumer on DHS reforms: "I believe Republicans will have no choice but to go along with us because it's so common sense"
February 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Looks up actuary table.
Love it. Pete cancels himself for being too woke.
Fun fact: Pete Hegseth is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard, both included on this list
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Love it. Pete cancels himself for being too woke.
I was shocked to learn a couple years ago that a (Jewish?) U.S. Army Colonel who work(ed/works) in Intelligence is a Trump supporter.
Like, what are you guys f’ing doing?
Like, what are you guys f’ing doing?
Imagine if you told someone even 15 years ago that Republicans in the Department of Defense would be denying scholarships to military personnel going to MIT or John's Hopkins because they might learn something about racism or climate change.
The entire party is consumed by 4chan brain.
The entire party is consumed by 4chan brain.
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I was shocked to learn a couple years ago that a (Jewish?) U.S. Army Colonel who work(ed/works) in Intelligence is a Trump supporter.
Like, what are you guys f’ing doing?
Like, what are you guys f’ing doing?
Reposted by Smith816
The vast majority of Republican politicians would rather be officeholders in a dictatorship than citizens in a democracy. They have chosen to be traitors.
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 PM
The vast majority of Republican politicians would rather be officeholders in a dictatorship than citizens in a democracy. They have chosen to be traitors.
Hero when you need one.
Nothing embodies the spirit of America more than the First Amendment.
Nothing embodies the spirit of America more than the First Amendment.
Proud to be part of the ACLU team opposing DHS attempts to harass and intimidate people exercising their First Amendment rights.
The ACLU (including my team) has filed multiple actions to block subpoenas sent by DHS to identify people speaking out against its abuses.
Today's NYT story shows that those cases are the tip of the iceberg: DHS has sent HUNDREDS of subpoenas to tech companies. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Today's NYT story shows that those cases are the tip of the iceberg: DHS has sent HUNDREDS of subpoenas to tech companies. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Hero when you need one.
Nothing embodies the spirit of America more than the First Amendment.
Nothing embodies the spirit of America more than the First Amendment.
England, Argentina and the Netherlands will make my hometown their base camp for World Cup games. ❤️🤍🩵
Top World Cup teams flock to stay in Kansas City—and it makes sense
www.thepitchkc.com/top-world-cu...
www.thepitchkc.com/top-world-cu...
Top World Cup teams flock to stay in Kansas City—and it makes sense
England, the Netherlands and Argentina will use Kansas City as their base camp for this summer’s World Cup. (Illustration by Eric Thomas for Kansas Reflector) On Wednesday, the English soccer federati...
www.thepitchkc.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
England, Argentina and the Netherlands will make my hometown their base camp for World Cup games. ❤️🤍🩵
Reposted by Smith816
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Reposted by Smith816
“‘We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,’ according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs,“
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
“‘We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,’ according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs,“
He damn well better.
Mexican father of 3 U.S. Marines in California gets deportation reprieve
Mexican father of 3 U.S. Marines in California gets deportation reprieve
Alejandro Barranco, a Marine veteran, told The Times then that his father had been pepper-sprayed and that his shoulder had been dislocated during his arrest last year.
www.latimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
He damn well better.
Who cares about the dumb blanket story.
This is an infuriating report about a soulless woman focused on nothing but her own ambitions as men, women and children are being assaulted, kidnapped, tortured, killed and imprisoned.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
This is an infuriating report about a soulless woman focused on nothing but her own ambitions as men, women and children are being assaulted, kidnapped, tortured, killed and imprisoned.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Who cares about the dumb blanket story.
This is an infuriating report about a soulless woman focused on nothing but her own ambitions as men, women and children are being assaulted, kidnapped, tortured, killed and imprisoned.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
This is an infuriating report about a soulless woman focused on nothing but her own ambitions as men, women and children are being assaulted, kidnapped, tortured, killed and imprisoned.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Reposted by Smith816
We did it, calling them, calling their church, calling the schools they are board members of worked. We made them pariahs in their own town.
BREAKING: Platform Ventures, the development company that owns a south Kansas City warehouse that federal agents toured last month to consider for an immigrant detention center, announced today that it is not moving forward with the sale.
Kansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mounts
Federal officials first toured the building in January, sparking speculation over whether the owners had sold the building to the U.S. government. Media reports suggested the sale was part of a push to use warehouses across the country as immigration detention centers.
www.kcur.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
We did it, calling them, calling their church, calling the schools they are board members of worked. We made them pariahs in their own town.
Reposted by Smith816
💥Dramatic turn in Hungary’s election race: Orbán rival Péter Magyar says that in 2024 his ex-girlfriend set a honey trap to secretly record them having sex—footage he claims Orbán’s camp plans to publish to ruin and blackmail him.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
February 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
💥Dramatic turn in Hungary’s election race: Orbán rival Péter Magyar says that in 2024 his ex-girlfriend set a honey trap to secretly record them having sex—footage he claims Orbán’s camp plans to publish to ruin and blackmail him.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
Reposted by Smith816
BREAKING: We won a court order requiring DHS to immediately restore meaningful access to lawyers for people detained at immigration detention centers in Minneapolis.
Access to a lawyer is not optional; it is a fundamental right. We will keep fighting to defend it.
Access to a lawyer is not optional; it is a fundamental right. We will keep fighting to defend it.
February 12, 2026 at 11:36 PM
BREAKING: We won a court order requiring DHS to immediately restore meaningful access to lawyers for people detained at immigration detention centers in Minneapolis.
Access to a lawyer is not optional; it is a fundamental right. We will keep fighting to defend it.
Access to a lawyer is not optional; it is a fundamental right. We will keep fighting to defend it.
Reposted by Smith816
Cicero small business owner Kassandra "Kae" Rosado filed a complaint alleging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem coerced Facebook into disabling the page, violating her First Amendment rights.
Chicago-area resident sues Trump officials over Facebook shutting down popular ICE sighting page
chicago.suntimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Cicero small business owner Kassandra "Kae" Rosado filed a complaint alleging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem coerced Facebook into disabling the page, violating her First Amendment rights.
This from Senator Justice is, of course, b.s., as we all know.
It’s an excuse for poor polling and policies. It’s not that the Republicans are failing, you see, it’s that the Democrats always have it so together!
It’s an excuse for poor polling and policies. It’s not that the Republicans are failing, you see, it’s that the Democrats always have it so together!
February 12, 2026 at 11:32 PM
This from Senator Justice is, of course, b.s., as we all know.
It’s an excuse for poor polling and policies. It’s not that the Republicans are failing, you see, it’s that the Democrats always have it so together!
It’s an excuse for poor polling and policies. It’s not that the Republicans are failing, you see, it’s that the Democrats always have it so together!
Reposted by Smith816
NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each.
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each.
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
My former dentist had a contract for years as the dental provider for the Kansas City Chiefs.
We once had a good laugh as he said he’d ask this of the players who would answer through a mouthful of bleeding gums that, yes, they flossed.
We once had a good laugh as he said he’d ask this of the players who would answer through a mouthful of bleeding gums that, yes, they flossed.
Dentist: Have you been flossing?
Me: *deflects by consulting my burn book of dentist insults* Big talk from a guy who looks at tongues all day
Me: *deflects by consulting my burn book of dentist insults* Big talk from a guy who looks at tongues all day
February 12, 2026 at 3:27 AM
My former dentist had a contract for years as the dental provider for the Kansas City Chiefs.
We once had a good laugh as he said he’d ask this of the players who would answer through a mouthful of bleeding gums that, yes, they flossed.
We once had a good laugh as he said he’d ask this of the players who would answer through a mouthful of bleeding gums that, yes, they flossed.
Bondi’s folders of insults.
This one from October 2025.
This one from October 2025.
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
February 12, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Bondi’s folders of insults.
This one from October 2025.
This one from October 2025.
Murdering civilians at sea in the name of terrorism.
Murdering citizens at home in the name of terrorism.
Sending Afghans back to the Taliban after they risked their lives fighting terrorism for the U.S.
More loyal to America than half of Congress. Did more for America than most citizens.
Murdering citizens at home in the name of terrorism.
Sending Afghans back to the Taliban after they risked their lives fighting terrorism for the U.S.
More loyal to America than half of Congress. Did more for America than most citizens.
US pays Afghans stranded in Qatar to repatriate, plan labeled 'betrayal' reut.rs/4rDMMcy
US pays Afghans stranded in Qatar to repatriate, plan labeled 'betrayal'
The U.S. State Department has begun paying Afghans to repatriate as it attempts to close a camp in Qatar where they have been stranded for years, the top State Department official for South and Central Asia told lawmakers on Wednesday.
reut.rs
February 12, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Murdering civilians at sea in the name of terrorism.
Murdering citizens at home in the name of terrorism.
Sending Afghans back to the Taliban after they risked their lives fighting terrorism for the U.S.
More loyal to America than half of Congress. Did more for America than most citizens.
Murdering citizens at home in the name of terrorism.
Sending Afghans back to the Taliban after they risked their lives fighting terrorism for the U.S.
More loyal to America than half of Congress. Did more for America than most citizens.
Reposted by Smith816
Key facts about SAVE Act 2.0 you won't hear from GOP sponsors:
-"Show your papers" requirement far more restrictive than voter ID
-Voters would have to show documents in-person at election office, traveling up to 4.5 hours to do so
-States would be forced to hand over voter rolls to Kristi Noem
-"Show your papers" requirement far more restrictive than voter ID
-Voters would have to show documents in-person at election office, traveling up to 4.5 hours to do so
-States would be forced to hand over voter rolls to Kristi Noem
Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Key facts about SAVE Act 2.0 you won't hear from GOP sponsors:
-"Show your papers" requirement far more restrictive than voter ID
-Voters would have to show documents in-person at election office, traveling up to 4.5 hours to do so
-States would be forced to hand over voter rolls to Kristi Noem
-"Show your papers" requirement far more restrictive than voter ID
-Voters would have to show documents in-person at election office, traveling up to 4.5 hours to do so
-States would be forced to hand over voter rolls to Kristi Noem