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@stevebev.bsky.social
· Dec 7
Bit peeved at persistent anti Garland disinformation so here’s a thread
With Hat Tips to @emptywheel.bsky.social and
@muellershewrote.bsky.social 🧵
With Hat Tips to @emptywheel.bsky.social and
@muellershewrote.bsky.social 🧵
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Want to know what the UK would look like under Farage?
Look at the US right now.
The US far-right *is* the UK far-right, with the same people pulling all the strings on both sides of the Atlantic. The useful idiots are different, but the ideas, the tactics, and the funding are the same
Look at the US right now.
The US far-right *is* the UK far-right, with the same people pulling all the strings on both sides of the Atlantic. The useful idiots are different, but the ideas, the tactics, and the funding are the same
Well spotted on the date.
In his emails to Epstein in mid November 2018 Bannon claims to have met up with Rees Mogg, Farage and Boris Johnson to keep Brexit on track and defeat Theresa May. Farage denies this…. And yet….
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
In his emails to Epstein in mid November 2018 Bannon claims to have met up with Rees Mogg, Farage and Boris Johnson to keep Brexit on track and defeat Theresa May. Farage denies this…. And yet….
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
NTM Farage & Johnson & Johnson & Bannon.
Bannon: ‘He (#LiarJohnson) flew right over after WE👈👈won”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...
Bannon: ‘He (#LiarJohnson) flew right over after WE👈👈won”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...
January 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Want to know what the UK would look like under Farage?
Look at the US right now.
The US far-right *is* the UK far-right, with the same people pulling all the strings on both sides of the Atlantic. The useful idiots are different, but the ideas, the tactics, and the funding are the same
Look at the US right now.
The US far-right *is* the UK far-right, with the same people pulling all the strings on both sides of the Atlantic. The useful idiots are different, but the ideas, the tactics, and the funding are the same
👀 I would like to say “unbelievable” but that would be inadequate to the moment. 👀
I will have more to say about our strike on Venezuela as soon as I can figure out *if it really happened or if Trump is conflating it with something*, which is a hell of thing to say about a statement from the president about military action.
Well, rumor has it Trump seemed to have just bombed a port in Venezuela. This can give you some military stuff to think about to take your mind off this conversation.
December 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
👀 I would like to say “unbelievable” but that would be inadequate to the moment. 👀
youtube.com/watch?v=vhXg...
The Guardian also played spliced VZ reactions to DJT speaking at presser
(a) DJT waxing lyrical re surprising generosity of Putin’s intentions re Ukr reconstruction;
spliced with (b) Zelenskyy effective mugging to camera in reaction.
The world knows what DJT can’t see‼️
The Guardian also played spliced VZ reactions to DJT speaking at presser
(a) DJT waxing lyrical re surprising generosity of Putin’s intentions re Ukr reconstruction;
spliced with (b) Zelenskyy effective mugging to camera in reaction.
The world knows what DJT can’t see‼️
WATCH: Zelenskyy Just PLAYED Trump During WILD MAR-A-LAGO Meeting🚨
YouTube video by Occupy Democrats
youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=vhXg...
The Guardian also played spliced VZ reactions to DJT speaking at presser
(a) DJT waxing lyrical re surprising generosity of Putin’s intentions re Ukr reconstruction;
spliced with (b) Zelenskyy effective mugging to camera in reaction.
The world knows what DJT can’t see‼️
The Guardian also played spliced VZ reactions to DJT speaking at presser
(a) DJT waxing lyrical re surprising generosity of Putin’s intentions re Ukr reconstruction;
spliced with (b) Zelenskyy effective mugging to camera in reaction.
The world knows what DJT can’t see‼️
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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“Camp East Montana” is the tent camp on Fort Bliss in El Paso. It was supposed to be where people would be held for max 14 days. She was held there three months.
"I know they killed him"
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Exclusive: She survived ICE custody; her husband died during detention
Guatemalan widow shared a hug, a tickle and these words with her husband: "Cheer up." It was the last time she saw him alive while they were in ICE custody.
www.elpasotimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Camp East Montana” is the tent camp on Fort Bliss in El Paso. It was supposed to be where people would be held for max 14 days. She was held there three months.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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Rubio was photographed pacing around the Oval today and then Trump tweaked out on camera for 20 minutes tonight. I wonder what speech Trump planned to give when he announced it yesterday and if plans changed.
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Rubio was photographed pacing around the Oval today and then Trump tweaked out on camera for 20 minutes tonight. I wonder what speech Trump planned to give when he announced it yesterday and if plans changed.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Yes, @gregsargent.bsky.social is exactly right here, and that is a far bigger story than just Kilmar himself.
It is about who we, as the United States writ large, are. It cannot be that which Trump and Miller are.
It is about who we, as the United States writ large, are. It cannot be that which Trump and Miller are.
There's ample evidence that Trump/Miller saw Abrego Garcia as a test for the broader MAGA project. Miller hopes to carve out power for Trump to remove people with zero legal constraints. JD Vance's dishonesty has been reprehensible. It all now looks even worse. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Yes, @gregsargent.bsky.social is exactly right here, and that is a far bigger story than just Kilmar himself.
It is about who we, as the United States writ large, are. It cannot be that which Trump and Miller are.
It is about who we, as the United States writ large, are. It cannot be that which Trump and Miller are.
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Warned that this was going to happen. And if Trump’s DOJ doesn’t fight it, I’m not sure there’s much that can be done to stop it.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Warned that this was going to happen. And if Trump’s DOJ doesn’t fight it, I’m not sure there’s much that can be done to stop it.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
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Back in 2019 I wrote about how Rex Tillerson discovered in a HPSCI hearing that Jared had been withholding his private plans from then Secretary of State.
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
Amid Description of Kushner's Shadow Foreign Policy, Tillerson Counters a Jared Claim to Mueller about Kirill Dmitriev's Plan - emptywheel
Rex Tillerson told the HFRC some pretty alarming things about how Jared pursued his own diplomatic plans without informing him. That makes Tillerson's claim -- that Kushner did not (as Kushner told Mu...
www.emptywheel.net
December 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Back in 2019 I wrote about how Rex Tillerson discovered in a HPSCI hearing that Jared had been withholding his private plans from then Secretary of State.
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
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NEW: Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law.
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
www.lawdork.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
NEW: Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law.
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
youtube.com/watch?v=nWuM...
updates from Pokrovsk
to NE, battlefield is gruesome stalemate,
To prevent Ukrainians from taking back more ground, Russian command throw thousands of soldiers in waves so the battlefield is a death zone, with Russians walking over their own corpses to advance at all.
updates from Pokrovsk
to NE, battlefield is gruesome stalemate,
To prevent Ukrainians from taking back more ground, Russian command throw thousands of soldiers in waves so the battlefield is a death zone, with Russians walking over their own corpses to advance at all.
Russian waves collapse as bodies pile in anti-tank ditches under constant strikes
YouTube video by RFU News — Reporting from Ukraine
youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=nWuM...
updates from Pokrovsk
to NE, battlefield is gruesome stalemate,
To prevent Ukrainians from taking back more ground, Russian command throw thousands of soldiers in waves so the battlefield is a death zone, with Russians walking over their own corpses to advance at all.
updates from Pokrovsk
to NE, battlefield is gruesome stalemate,
To prevent Ukrainians from taking back more ground, Russian command throw thousands of soldiers in waves so the battlefield is a death zone, with Russians walking over their own corpses to advance at all.
youtube.com/watch?v=gOAj...
Russia has suffered massive casualties, Russia kept going due to ability to refill their ranks: that has just changed. Many Russian regions are struggling to meet their recruitment quotas, because Russia running out of money the signing bonuses being forced lower. 1/2
Russia has suffered massive casualties, Russia kept going due to ability to refill their ranks: that has just changed. Many Russian regions are struggling to meet their recruitment quotas, because Russia running out of money the signing bonuses being forced lower. 1/2
Russia Just Reached a Critical Tipping Point
YouTube video by Paul Warburg
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=gOAj...
Russia has suffered massive casualties, Russia kept going due to ability to refill their ranks: that has just changed. Many Russian regions are struggling to meet their recruitment quotas, because Russia running out of money the signing bonuses being forced lower. 1/2
Russia has suffered massive casualties, Russia kept going due to ability to refill their ranks: that has just changed. Many Russian regions are struggling to meet their recruitment quotas, because Russia running out of money the signing bonuses being forced lower. 1/2
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Trump has confirmed Europeans’ worst fears. Are their leaders ready to stand up to him now?
Trump has confirmed Europeans’ worst fears. Are their leaders ready to stand up to him now?
The White House has formalised its contempt for ‘decaying’ Europe with an ominous plan to undermine the EU and boost the far right
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Trump has confirmed Europeans’ worst fears. Are their leaders ready to stand up to him now?
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Here's key part of Charles Breyer's order that USG has to stop poaching CA's National Guard.
Add it to the logjam of NG cases...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Add it to the logjam of NG cases...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Defendants nevertheless attempt to circumvent the scope of Section 12406 by
characterizing the Orders as extensions of federalization, which they argue are outside the
statute’s reach. Opp’n at 4 (“Congress decided against subjecting the continuation of a
mission to further regulation by Section 12406.”). Indeed, at the motion hearing,
Defendants confirmed their position that, after an initial federalization, all extensions of
federalization orders are utterly unreviewable, forever.
That is shocking. Adopting Defendants’ interpretation of Section 12406 would
permit a president to create a perpetual police force comprised of state troops, so long as
they were first federalized lawfully. Such a scenario would validate the Founders’
“widespread fear [of] a national standing Army,” which they believed “posed an
intolerable threat to individual liberty and to the sovereignty of the separate States.”
Perpich v. Dep’t of Def., 496 U.S. 334, 340 (1990). Defendants’ argument for a president
to hold unchecked power to control state troops would wholly upend the federalism that is
at the heart of our system of government. See Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer,
343 U.S. 579, 638 (1952) (Jackson, J., concurring) (“Presidential claim to a power at once
so conclusive and preclusive must be scrutinized with caution, for what is at stake is the
equilibrium established by our constitutional system.”).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreibqd35scjenaxce7adom4lsuagsb26gntwxutpyev4mhgzefym72a@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Here's key part of Charles Breyer's order that USG has to stop poaching CA's National Guard.
Add it to the logjam of NG cases...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Add it to the logjam of NG cases...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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With national implications:
"Defendants have sent California Guardsmen into other states, effectively creating a national police force made up of state troops."
DOJ's claim that re-federalization is "completely, and forever, unreviewable by the courts ... is contrary to law."
"Defendants have sent California Guardsmen into other states, effectively creating a national police force made up of state troops."
DOJ's claim that re-federalization is "completely, and forever, unreviewable by the courts ... is contrary to law."
BREAKING
Trump’s troops must get out of Los Angeles, a federal judge rules.
(Ruling paused until Monday.)
Look out for more coverage soon at All Rise News.
Trump’s troops must get out of Los Angeles, a federal judge rules.
(Ruling paused until Monday.)
Look out for more coverage soon at All Rise News.
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
With national implications:
"Defendants have sent California Guardsmen into other states, effectively creating a national police force made up of state troops."
DOJ's claim that re-federalization is "completely, and forever, unreviewable by the courts ... is contrary to law."
"Defendants have sent California Guardsmen into other states, effectively creating a national police force made up of state troops."
DOJ's claim that re-federalization is "completely, and forever, unreviewable by the courts ... is contrary to law."
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I litigated a case against Monsanto concerning genetically modified seeds in the early aughts, and when I tell you how much this doesn't surprise me---
One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
Glyphosate safety article retracted eight years after Monsanto ghostwriting revealed in court
Credit: Mike Mozart/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) A review article concluding the weed killer Roundup “does not pose a health risk to humans” has been retracted eight years after documents released in a court…
retractionwatch.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I litigated a case against Monsanto concerning genetically modified seeds in the early aughts, and when I tell you how much this doesn't surprise me---
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
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NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=TOrj...
deep dive into the variety of ways the president's current authoritarian overreach is meeting blowback.
including a WaPost report about the deliberate execution of two shipwreck survivors in September after the U.S. military destroyed their boat at sea. 1/2
deep dive into the variety of ways the president's current authoritarian overreach is meeting blowback.
including a WaPost report about the deliberate execution of two shipwreck survivors in September after the U.S. military destroyed their boat at sea. 1/2
Poking Holes in Fascism
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=TOrj...
deep dive into the variety of ways the president's current authoritarian overreach is meeting blowback.
including a WaPost report about the deliberate execution of two shipwreck survivors in September after the U.S. military destroyed their boat at sea. 1/2
deep dive into the variety of ways the president's current authoritarian overreach is meeting blowback.
including a WaPost report about the deliberate execution of two shipwreck survivors in September after the U.S. military destroyed their boat at sea. 1/2
I love the smell of
Reform self immolating
on a Winter’s afternoon
— it smells of chestnuts and chicory
Seasons Greetings to One and All
🎄🌰🌰🌰🌰🥬
Reform self immolating
on a Winter’s afternoon
— it smells of chestnuts and chicory
Seasons Greetings to One and All
🎄🌰🌰🌰🌰🥬
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I love the smell of
Reform self immolating
on a Winter’s afternoon
— it smells of chestnuts and chicory
Seasons Greetings to One and All
🎄🌰🌰🌰🌰🥬
Reform self immolating
on a Winter’s afternoon
— it smells of chestnuts and chicory
Seasons Greetings to One and All
🎄🌰🌰🌰🌰🥬
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CNN with a useful timeline of all the bullshit Trump and his minions have said abt the September 2 strike.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
Here’s what the Trump administration has said about the ‘double-tap’ strike on an alleged drug boat | CNN Politics
As the US military’s September strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean has come under increased scrutiny by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and military legal experts, the Trump administr...
edition.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
CNN with a useful timeline of all the bullshit Trump and his minions have said abt the September 2 strike.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...