TheSickness
@thesickness.bsky.social
Movies, tacos, Richard Kind enthusiast. Protect trans lives. Black Lives Matter. Just like on the bird app but hopefully better. (He/him)
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“AUSAs are appearing daily for hearings on contempt motions.”
NEW: The top Trump-appointed proseutor in MN says his office is dropping "pressing priorities" to manage crushing immigration workload.
His short-staffed office is doing constant overtime and bouncing between contempt hearings.
The bleak assessment:
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
His short-staffed office is doing constant overtime and bouncing between contempt hearings.
The bleak assessment:
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
“AUSAs are appearing daily for hearings on contempt motions.”
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Like Trump himself, Tate is useful for channeling the misogynist id of the political right, and I do think these sentiments are driving the recent claims from some elite right wing corners that the Epstein scandal is overblown.
excerpt from the keynote speech at the annual Rape Traffickers Convention
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Like Trump himself, Tate is useful for channeling the misogynist id of the political right, and I do think these sentiments are driving the recent claims from some elite right wing corners that the Epstein scandal is overblown.
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The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
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Having literally written the book on the National Prayer Breakfast -- borne of the idea that God cares more for the rich and powerful than everyone else -- I can say this is the rare instance where Trump's grotesqueness is deeply appropriate.
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible ... The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did"
February 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Having literally written the book on the National Prayer Breakfast -- borne of the idea that God cares more for the rich and powerful than everyone else -- I can say this is the rare instance where Trump's grotesqueness is deeply appropriate.
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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Elon not being happy despite having all the money is like someone losing at a game in tutorial mode, which he also does
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Elon not being happy despite having all the money is like someone losing at a game in tutorial mode, which he also does
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Somewhere somehow, we need to start from scratch when it comes to media. Powerful owners might sometimes make the right call (e.g. that scene in Spielberg’s THE POST). But often, they won’t. And so the future of news should *never* be at the mercy of the rich, ever. A brand-new start is needed.
February 5, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Somewhere somehow, we need to start from scratch when it comes to media. Powerful owners might sometimes make the right call (e.g. that scene in Spielberg’s THE POST). But often, they won’t. And so the future of news should *never* be at the mercy of the rich, ever. A brand-new start is needed.
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Lots of folks saying “this is good” but no, it very much is not.
1) this is the 4th amendment
2) this is a historical norm at worst
3) this is already required
4) again, at worst an historic norm
5) 4A
6) 4A
7) fine
8) good if enforceable
9) useless
10) again, at worst a historical norm
1) this is the 4th amendment
2) this is a historical norm at worst
3) this is already required
4) again, at worst an historic norm
5) 4A
6) 4A
7) fine
8) good if enforceable
9) useless
10) again, at worst a historical norm
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Lots of folks saying “this is good” but no, it very much is not.
1) this is the 4th amendment
2) this is a historical norm at worst
3) this is already required
4) again, at worst an historic norm
5) 4A
6) 4A
7) fine
8) good if enforceable
9) useless
10) again, at worst a historical norm
1) this is the 4th amendment
2) this is a historical norm at worst
3) this is already required
4) again, at worst an historic norm
5) 4A
6) 4A
7) fine
8) good if enforceable
9) useless
10) again, at worst a historical norm
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
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This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
Holy shit stay off threads. Good lord.
fell victim to one of the classic blunders (opening threads) and was immediately subjected to whatever the fuck this is
February 5, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Holy shit stay off threads. Good lord.
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one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
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Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer.
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer.
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
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"Really hard criminals"
February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"Really hard criminals"
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Truly remarkable coincidence that the quality of the Post's reporting declined at the exact same time Bezos and Lewis decided that their core mission was to alienate the paper's core readers as frequently and aggressively as possible. What are the odds www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/pivo...
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Truly remarkable coincidence that the quality of the Post's reporting declined at the exact same time Bezos and Lewis decided that their core mission was to alienate the paper's core readers as frequently and aggressively as possible. What are the odds www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/pivo...
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New wild-ass, untested hunch: the GOP will have lawsuits ready to go in every red-mirage district, and file them at midnight on Election Day, hoping to draw enough scummy judges to get vote counting stopped in at least some districts where R candidates “lead,” so they can get in front of SCOTUS.
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
New wild-ass, untested hunch: the GOP will have lawsuits ready to go in every red-mirage district, and file them at midnight on Election Day, hoping to draw enough scummy judges to get vote counting stopped in at least some districts where R candidates “lead,” so they can get in front of SCOTUS.
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This pales in effectiveness to my strategy, "hope Supreme Court justice simply dies at the right time"
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This pales in effectiveness to my strategy, "hope Supreme Court justice simply dies at the right time"
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a pedophile nazi is trying to take away your right to have a say in how you are governed
February 4, 2026 at 7:10 PM
a pedophile nazi is trying to take away your right to have a say in how you are governed
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
Some real Charlie Brown had hoes stuff here. Like, what are you talking about man? Maybe the people YOU are following aren't talking about it that seems like a YOU thing.
I had to stop following this guy because, as best as I can tell, this is not true
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Some real Charlie Brown had hoes stuff here. Like, what are you talking about man? Maybe the people YOU are following aren't talking about it that seems like a YOU thing.
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Jeffrey Epstein to Bob Iger: "what if you took the MCU and made like a hundred streaming shows out of them that never actually advanced a plot"
It’s gotten to the point where you’ll be surprised if something terrible in the world wasn’t planned out in the Epstein emails. You’ll be searching for Wendy’s Spicy Chicken not hitting the way it used to and be like “wow I guess he didn’t have anything to do with that one”
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Jeffrey Epstein to Bob Iger: "what if you took the MCU and made like a hundred streaming shows out of them that never actually advanced a plot"
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
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No one is upset by someone being mentioned in a conversation between two other people.
People are side-eyeing people offering or asking favors from a guy who they knew at the time to be a sex criminal, and they should be.
People are side-eyeing people offering or asking favors from a guy who they knew at the time to be a sex criminal, and they should be.
Nobody who's been incidentally mentioned or revealed to have had only trivial interactions with Epstein has suffered any consequence worse than being mildly embarrassed, at most, and they have been the focus of little if any media coverage.
Free Press bravely fighting the Woke War on Pedophilia
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
No one is upset by someone being mentioned in a conversation between two other people.
People are side-eyeing people offering or asking favors from a guy who they knew at the time to be a sex criminal, and they should be.
People are side-eyeing people offering or asking favors from a guy who they knew at the time to be a sex criminal, and they should be.
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Firing on the ground reporters currently in war zones but keeping Megan McArsle is what you could consider a tell.
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Firing on the ground reporters currently in war zones but keeping Megan McArsle is what you could consider a tell.