Bark
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If anything the crime has been underplayed. They knew these men were mostly innocent. They knew they’d be tortured. They sent them to CECOT not out of recklessness but because they thought it would enjoyable for their supporters to see innocent Latinos tortured. An intentional crime of violence.
We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We became famous, but at what cost?’: after the horrors of Cecot, the search for a normal life
After months of torture in the Salvadorian prison, the men deported from the US reunite with families in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If anything the crime has been underplayed. They knew these men were mostly innocent. They knew they’d be tortured. They sent them to CECOT not out of recklessness but because they thought it would enjoyable for their supporters to see innocent Latinos tortured. An intentional crime of violence.
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When the time comes - and it will - I will happily write a check to the relevant agency if they’ll use the money to prosecute these assholes.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
When the time comes - and it will - I will happily write a check to the relevant agency if they’ll use the money to prosecute these assholes.
this isnt the worst of them but genuinely why does he type in epstein-email-vernacular now?
i swear he used to just type normally and it seems like half his posts are still typed normal
i swear he used to just type normally and it seems like half his posts are still typed normal
No shock. This app has turned my mentions, and others, into mostly hate. But there are a few people worth connecting with
CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
CRAZY how it's easier these days to have a real discussion on X, or threads, than on here.
December 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
this isnt the worst of them but genuinely why does he type in epstein-email-vernacular now?
i swear he used to just type normally and it seems like half his posts are still typed normal
i swear he used to just type normally and it seems like half his posts are still typed normal
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they should have just shot everyone at malheur in the head and walked away
there's a through-line in my mind (probably pigeon superstition tho) from the Malheur fiasco to this, where it seems like the Dems really do believe there's enough agitated right-wingers ready to start shooting that they need to walk on eggshells to avoid a civil war
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
they should have just shot everyone at malheur in the head and walked away
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It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
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This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
Trump has revoked legal status for at least 1.6 million immigrants over the past year by cancelling programs like TPS and student visas.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
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bari weiss needs to fucking go to prison
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
bari weiss needs to fucking go to prison
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Bukele’s head on a spike should be a foreign policy priority of the next administration.
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
December 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bukele’s head on a spike should be a foreign policy priority of the next administration.
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noted mother-honorer jd vance
JD Vance: "We believe in honoring your father and mother rather than shipping all their money off to Ukraine"
December 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
noted mother-honorer jd vance
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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if you have political goals, not just a desire to sit in a chair and feel important, you absolutely do not want to "overperform" in this sense. every point above winning could have been spent and you just left it on the table
when we said “defer electoral strategy to the actual politicians running for actual offices” we meant “after calculating wins above replacement somehow”
December 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
if you have political goals, not just a desire to sit in a chair and feel important, you absolutely do not want to "overperform" in this sense. every point above winning could have been spent and you just left it on the table
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I genuinely do not believe left vs. center is a useful heuristic and especially not right now because what matters is fight vs. don't fight and all of the substack guys who like to talk about WAR as a metric for evaluating politicians are on team "don't fight if our data says it's not 95/5"
On the other hand, WAR for a +13 Dem seat is supposed to be used to not run up the score but to shave the margin and elect someone more to the left, not the center!
But this just keeps going to show those guys don't understand what politics actually is and why it exists.
But this just keeps going to show those guys don't understand what politics actually is and why it exists.
December 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I genuinely do not believe left vs. center is a useful heuristic and especially not right now because what matters is fight vs. don't fight and all of the substack guys who like to talk about WAR as a metric for evaluating politicians are on team "don't fight if our data says it's not 95/5"
This is a great thing Rick has done, but I’m also surprised to discover he is pretty explicitly YIMBY-pilled
And tragically, once a center like this is gone, it’s hard to imagine it popping up somewhere else in these NIMBY times.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This is a great thing Rick has done, but I’m also surprised to discover he is pretty explicitly YIMBY-pilled
Its great to actually see a congressman saying this, and be believable about it
3. Leadership is about doing what is necessary, not just what is popular. Read literally anything our founders wrote about virtue, and the inherent risks to a society based on democratic processes to sustain the rule of law to the extent that unvirtuous people gain power.
December 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Its great to actually see a congressman saying this, and be believable about it
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Looks like they're right.
Data Set 1 / Photo 468, the image from yesterday's Epstein files release that included photos of Trump in a drawer, was removed.
Data Set 1 / Photo 468, the image from yesterday's Epstein files release that included photos of Trump in a drawer, was removed.
December 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Looks like they're right.
Data Set 1 / Photo 468, the image from yesterday's Epstein files release that included photos of Trump in a drawer, was removed.
Data Set 1 / Photo 468, the image from yesterday's Epstein files release that included photos of Trump in a drawer, was removed.
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Yglesias referring to Senator Van Hollen as a "safe seat clout-chaser" is so despicable. VH took a stand to prevent Abrego García - an innocent man - from being disappeared into CECOT for life.
matt & co’s theory of how public opinion on immigration would respond to new information was simply empirically wrong.
at this point the only reasonable conclusion is they refuse to update their priors w/ new data because the data is inconvenient for them
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
at this point the only reasonable conclusion is they refuse to update their priors w/ new data because the data is inconvenient for them
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
December 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Yglesias referring to Senator Van Hollen as a "safe seat clout-chaser" is so despicable. VH took a stand to prevent Abrego García - an innocent man - from being disappeared into CECOT for life.
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This is part of the Trump administration’s Epstein Files release — 119 pages of Grand Jury testimony, fully redacted.
This is not transparency. This is a cover-up. Follow the law and release ALL of the damn files.
This is not transparency. This is a cover-up. Follow the law and release ALL of the damn files.
December 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is part of the Trump administration’s Epstein Files release — 119 pages of Grand Jury testimony, fully redacted.
This is not transparency. This is a cover-up. Follow the law and release ALL of the damn files.
This is not transparency. This is a cover-up. Follow the law and release ALL of the damn files.
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It’s going to be the Donald J. Trump and Washington Monument before the end of next year
December 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It’s going to be the Donald J. Trump and Washington Monument before the end of next year
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i recognize it's just a performance arts center and we've all collectively stopped giving a shit but changing the signage of the kennedy center is explicitly prohibited by law
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
i recognize it's just a performance arts center and we've all collectively stopped giving a shit but changing the signage of the kennedy center is explicitly prohibited by law
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unless he actually gets it passed in another form this is an insane vote by a man who needs to retire
NEW: A bill restoring money for pediatric cancer therapies was defeated in the Senate.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
A Pediatric Cancer Bill Fell One Vote Short. Bernie Cast It.
The Vermont senator is holding out for a bigger health care package. Advocates are asking: Is the price worth it?
www.thebulwark.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
unless he actually gets it passed in another form this is an insane vote by a man who needs to retire
i miss when the only time id hear about some fucked up shit being done by an ellison was just people complaining about oracle products
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
i miss when the only time id hear about some fucked up shit being done by an ellison was just people complaining about oracle products
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I heard there was a secret meat
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I heard there was a secret meat
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
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Yes, I think Kilmar Abrego Garcia-focused messaging—and more so pro-immigrant messaging more broadly—is probably an important part of any campaign in Texas and Florida, two extremely Latino states where the Feds are trying a national Prop 183.
I’m curious, though, is someone going to *actually* disagree with me and argue that Garcia-focused messaging is what we will see Dem challengers in Iowa, Ohio, Texas, Alaska, Kansas, and Florida have success with?
My sense is everyone is actually aligned on this.
My sense is everyone is actually aligned on this.
December 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yes, I think Kilmar Abrego Garcia-focused messaging—and more so pro-immigrant messaging more broadly—is probably an important part of any campaign in Texas and Florida, two extremely Latino states where the Feds are trying a national Prop 183.
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Truly insane that the networks took this speech live after refusing to do the same for Biden in 2022
In a nationwide address that major US TV networks are carrying live, President Trump announces 1,450,000 military members will receive a "warrior dividend" of $1776 before Christmas.
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Truly insane that the networks took this speech live after refusing to do the same for Biden in 2022