@tangentialist.bsky.social
Retired word-wrangler, Ben & Jerry's Vt.
'Lekker niksen' lover.
Those who can, meander. Those who can't, gallivant.
'Lekker niksen' lover.
Those who can, meander. Those who can't, gallivant.
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No one, literally no one on the planet is dumb enough to believe this fucking shit is from “hand shaking.”
No one.
No one.
December 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
No one, literally no one on the planet is dumb enough to believe this fucking shit is from “hand shaking.”
No one.
No one.
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Good Lord. This is the actual Secretary of Education. Please make this famous.
Alabama is an "academic powerhouse"?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Alabama is an "academic powerhouse"?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
December 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Good Lord. This is the actual Secretary of Education. Please make this famous.
Alabama is an "academic powerhouse"?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Alabama is an "academic powerhouse"?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Being held because of religious beliefs or non-beliefs is something we must fight. FREEDOM OF RELIGION is our core with the caveat of as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.
‘They attacked my religion, my faith’: Muslim photojournalist detained by ICE speaks out
Ya’akub Vijandre, held in ICE detention in Georgia, tells Guardian he is concerned for safety of family and friends
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Being held because of religious beliefs or non-beliefs is something we must fight. FREEDOM OF RELIGION is our core with the caveat of as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.
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Just a reminder: the farmers collecting
bailout checks were OUTRAGED at the
thought of student loan forgiveness.
bailout checks were OUTRAGED at the
thought of student loan forgiveness.
December 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Just a reminder: the farmers collecting
bailout checks were OUTRAGED at the
thought of student loan forgiveness.
bailout checks were OUTRAGED at the
thought of student loan forgiveness.
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WTF, Harassment for driving while black has always existed in the South, now the 🍊 💩 stain has made it a full on crime walking on the sidewalk.
And, No-Empathy just testified ICE doesn’t pick up U.S. Citizens. She lies so much it’s a wonder she doesn’t have to wear a bra for her nose!
And, No-Empathy just testified ICE doesn’t pick up U.S. Citizens. She lies so much it’s a wonder she doesn’t have to wear a bra for her nose!
December 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
WTF, Harassment for driving while black has always existed in the South, now the 🍊 💩 stain has made it a full on crime walking on the sidewalk.
And, No-Empathy just testified ICE doesn’t pick up U.S. Citizens. She lies so much it’s a wonder she doesn’t have to wear a bra for her nose!
And, No-Empathy just testified ICE doesn’t pick up U.S. Citizens. She lies so much it’s a wonder she doesn’t have to wear a bra for her nose!
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I dumped Facebook back in 2015. It was discovered that "META" provided Russia election rich data via Cambridge Analytics. Russians used that data to target voters and get Trump elected. Fancy Bear a Russian hacker group hacked the DNC emails in 2015. FCK FACEBOOK
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I dumped Facebook back in 2015. It was discovered that "META" provided Russia election rich data via Cambridge Analytics. Russians used that data to target voters and get Trump elected. Fancy Bear a Russian hacker group hacked the DNC emails in 2015. FCK FACEBOOK
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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BREAKING: DOJ is trying to BLOCK testimony in the criminal contempt proceedings against the government. The plaintiffs just filed an important response. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/plaintiffs...
Plaintiffs in the Alien Enemies Act Contempt Proceedings File a Blistering Response
The government wants to block testimony from a DOJ lawyer and whistleblower Erez Reuveni next week because they’re trying to protect Emil Bove. The plaintiffs respond.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
BREAKING: DOJ is trying to BLOCK testimony in the criminal contempt proceedings against the government. The plaintiffs just filed an important response. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/plaintiffs...
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NEW: Just hours after ordering for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody, a federal judge barred the Trump administration from re-arresting him. The new order marks the latest setback in the White House’s lawless campaign to deport the Maryland man.
‘Flagrantly Corrupt’: Judge Again Bars Abrego Garcia’s Arrest After Highly Unusual DOJ Move
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: Just hours after ordering for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody, a federal judge barred the Trump administration from re-arresting him. The new order marks the latest setback in the White House’s lawless campaign to deport the Maryland man.
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The government is letting the hunger strikers die.
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
Government risks letting protesters on hunger strike die, Corbyn warns
JEREMY CORBYN warned today that the government risks letting jailed Palestine protesters on hunger strike die in prison.The former Labour leader and Your Party MP said that he had visited one of the h...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The government is letting the hunger strikers die.
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
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“She was so afraid they would take her baby”
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“She was so afraid they would take her baby”
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
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I don't think people are really processing the fact that the sitting U.S. President and his team — and maybe the Supreme Court — and maybe half the Congress — want to force us to accept that we should obey the President and not the Constitution.
I don't know what news would be bigger than that.
I don't know what news would be bigger than that.
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I don't think people are really processing the fact that the sitting U.S. President and his team — and maybe the Supreme Court — and maybe half the Congress — want to force us to accept that we should obey the President and not the Constitution.
I don't know what news would be bigger than that.
I don't know what news would be bigger than that.
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“Just being anti-fascist is, in Bondi’s eyes, apparently now a crime in America.” The Trump-Bondi memo orders the FBI to dig through our posts and protests for “un-American” ideas. Welcome to 1984, MAGA edition.
MSN
Back in September, most Americans (and the media) thought it was so over-the-top that it had to be a joke. Turns out, it wasn’t a joke and isn’t remotely funny. In a bizarre directive that could have...
buff.ly
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Just being anti-fascist is, in Bondi’s eyes, apparently now a crime in America.” The Trump-Bondi memo orders the FBI to dig through our posts and protests for “un-American” ideas. Welcome to 1984, MAGA edition.
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Q: If DOJ doesn't release the files it has by next Friday, is there anything Congress can do to compel that to happen?
MASSIE: It's a crime if they don't. This is a new law with criminal implications if they don't follow it.
MASSIE: It's a crime if they don't. This is a new law with criminal implications if they don't follow it.
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Q: If DOJ doesn't release the files it has by next Friday, is there anything Congress can do to compel that to happen?
MASSIE: It's a crime if they don't. This is a new law with criminal implications if they don't follow it.
MASSIE: It's a crime if they don't. This is a new law with criminal implications if they don't follow it.
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"
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If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
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In a HUGE win for federal workers, our essential services, and working people across the country, the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has passed the House!
The fight continues in the Senate. When we fight, we WIN!
The fight continues in the Senate. When we fight, we WIN!
House votes to nullify Trump order and restore bargaining rights for federal workers
The House voted to repeal President Donald Trump's executive order from earlier this year that aimed to remove collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In a HUGE win for federal workers, our essential services, and working people across the country, the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has passed the House!
The fight continues in the Senate. When we fight, we WIN!
The fight continues in the Senate. When we fight, we WIN!
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Hundreds of kids in S Carolina are being quarantined right now because of a measles outbreak.
I don’t have patience for niceties when it comes to this crap, so if you’re an anti-vaxxer, keep your damn kids at home and don’t travel for the holidays.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
I don’t have patience for niceties when it comes to this crap, so if you’re an anti-vaxxer, keep your damn kids at home and don’t travel for the holidays.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Hundreds of kids in S Carolina are being quarantined right now because of a measles outbreak.
I don’t have patience for niceties when it comes to this crap, so if you’re an anti-vaxxer, keep your damn kids at home and don’t travel for the holidays.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
I don’t have patience for niceties when it comes to this crap, so if you’re an anti-vaxxer, keep your damn kids at home and don’t travel for the holidays.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of “Antifa”
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of “Antifa”
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of “Antifa”
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
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Noem's strategy during his hearing is to ceaselessly talk over Democratic questions she doesn't like so she doesn't have to answer them
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Noem's strategy during his hearing is to ceaselessly talk over Democratic questions she doesn't like so she doesn't have to answer them
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Phang: Bove knows he’s not a regular citizen anymore. Judges are bound by different rules of conduct than an average Joe or Jane citizen.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
December 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Phang: Bove knows he’s not a regular citizen anymore. Judges are bound by different rules of conduct than an average Joe or Jane citizen.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
So for Bove to say that he was there in his “private capacity” or even his “public citizen” capacity is bunk and bullshit.
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Like father, like son:
newrepublic.com/post/204283/...
newrepublic.com/post/204283/...
Barron Trump’s Creepy Ties to Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate Exposed
Donald Trump’s youngest son is a big fan of the podcaster and often hangs out with Tate’s close associate.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Like father, like son:
newrepublic.com/post/204283/...
newrepublic.com/post/204283/...