@tjkill.bsky.social
Producer, NBC10 Boston. I use “likes” as a bookmark, to keep track of stories or posts I think are noteworthy.
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The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
Gambled and lost on that fake
December 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Gambled and lost on that fake
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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🚨 New procurement records further confirm that this food support contract will go towards the Caribbean military buildup, that it will go until 2027, and that the military does not want people knowing they are getting food deliveries.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🚨 New procurement records further confirm that this food support contract will go towards the Caribbean military buildup, that it will go until 2027, and that the military does not want people knowing they are getting food deliveries.
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Target left recalled infant formula linked to botulism outbreak on store shelves, FDA says
Target left recalled infant formula linked to botulism outbreak on store shelves, FDA says
FDA sent warning letters to four major retailers including Target for failing to remove recalled baby formula linked to botulism outbreak.
www.latimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Target left recalled infant formula linked to botulism outbreak on store shelves, FDA says
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Public courts should be open to the public, not shrouded in secrecy. We all should be able to see proceedings, dockets, & decisions online, not allow illiberal governance to hide flawed cases, children repping themselves, or cruel or unusual punishments to be shielded from scrutiny & accountability.
Staff at immigration court inside the federal Whipple Building at Fort Snelling are increasingly barring government watchdogs, reporters and the public from witnessing judges’ decisions about who can stay in the U.S. and who will be deported.
Minnesota’s immigration cases are increasingly held in secret
Judges are limiting access to court proceedings, citing safety concerns. Observers say it’s an overreaction that hurts transparency.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Public courts should be open to the public, not shrouded in secrecy. We all should be able to see proceedings, dockets, & decisions online, not allow illiberal governance to hide flawed cases, children repping themselves, or cruel or unusual punishments to be shielded from scrutiny & accountability.
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol
Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school for Black students in rural Farmville, Virginia.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Lousy Celtics game. A whistle every time down the couer
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Lousy Celtics game. A whistle every time down the couer
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Atlanta Hawks C/F Kristaps Porzingis (illness) will miss the next two weeks and undergo further evaluations, sources tell ESPN. Both sides are prioritizing the long term of the season for Porzingis, who has missed seven of the last eight games.
December 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Atlanta Hawks C/F Kristaps Porzingis (illness) will miss the next two weeks and undergo further evaluations, sources tell ESPN. Both sides are prioritizing the long term of the season for Porzingis, who has missed seven of the last eight games.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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Most daycares and private preschools won’t enroll children with disabilities. Especially for low income families, Head Start is their *only option*.
Head Start is a 60-year-old US Department of Health and Human Services program that, among other things, creates inclusive and accessible classrooms for children with disabilities. But those applying for funding were told by the Trump regime to avoid the words "inclusion" and "disability." 🤡
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
www.npr.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Most daycares and private preschools won’t enroll children with disabilities. Especially for low income families, Head Start is their *only option*.
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An interpreter broke down in tears at the European Parliament in Brussels while translating for an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who lost his mother in a Russian missile strike that also left him with severe injuries.
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
An interpreter broke down in tears at the European Parliament in Brussels while translating for an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who lost his mother in a Russian missile strike that also left him with severe injuries.
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Millions of Americans turn to cannabis, which is now legal in 40 states, to treat their pain, anxiety and sleep problems. But the evidence of its benefits for medical use is often weak or inconclusive, according to a new review of 15 years of research.
Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit
Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Millions of Americans turn to cannabis, which is now legal in 40 states, to treat their pain, anxiety and sleep problems. But the evidence of its benefits for medical use is often weak or inconclusive, according to a new review of 15 years of research.
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Jesse Jackson Jr. is running again for Congress. He was convicted of stealing $750,000 in campaign $$ for personal use, buying gold-plated Rolexes & Michael Jackson's hat.
He says he's a new man, but Facebook posts show him justifying his actions & hinting at a pardon.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/c...
He says he's a new man, but Facebook posts show him justifying his actions & hinting at a pardon.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/c...
![But his Facebook posts since he was convicted reveal a man who consistently downplays and justifies his crimes, showing a lack of remorse and reflection.
In 2018, Jackson weighed in on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) struggles to afford an apartment in D.C., writing on Facebook: “This is what happens. Then when you have kids and they need to attend decent schools in DC and you want to have a life while serving, guess what? You start calling everything you do a campaign expense.”
Jackson went on to justify his spending of campaign contributions: “A life long vow of poverty, I did not take for me or my family. [W]hen you truly represent people you have a lot of personal standards that you have to maintain and they are expensive.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3/bafkreibb4owe7okfupami52pabja4zaoco2sejwf3n37w27qsdzjhpqfra@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Jesse Jackson Jr. is running again for Congress. He was convicted of stealing $750,000 in campaign $$ for personal use, buying gold-plated Rolexes & Michael Jackson's hat.
He says he's a new man, but Facebook posts show him justifying his actions & hinting at a pardon.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/c...
He says he's a new man, but Facebook posts show him justifying his actions & hinting at a pardon.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/c...
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Things are getting bad in the US.
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates — The Washington Post
A state epidemiologist said the spike in cases came in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations. At least 16 cases were traced to a church.
apple.news
December 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Things are getting bad in the US.
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QUICK: The 3 leading candidates for Fed Chair are Kevin Warsh, Kevin Hassett, & Christopher Waller. Do you think any of them are Trump sock puppets?
ELIZABETH WARREN: Are you kidding?
Q: Hassett said he'll maintain the Fed independence
W: Sure. Remind me when he last disagreed w/ Trump publicly
ELIZABETH WARREN: Are you kidding?
Q: Hassett said he'll maintain the Fed independence
W: Sure. Remind me when he last disagreed w/ Trump publicly
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
QUICK: The 3 leading candidates for Fed Chair are Kevin Warsh, Kevin Hassett, & Christopher Waller. Do you think any of them are Trump sock puppets?
ELIZABETH WARREN: Are you kidding?
Q: Hassett said he'll maintain the Fed independence
W: Sure. Remind me when he last disagreed w/ Trump publicly
ELIZABETH WARREN: Are you kidding?
Q: Hassett said he'll maintain the Fed independence
W: Sure. Remind me when he last disagreed w/ Trump publicly
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"People often retreat into saying that democracy hasn’t fallen 'yet.'... But it’s not true for everyone currently living in America. Some people in America are already living under conditions that resemble dictatorship."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
www.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
"People often retreat into saying that democracy hasn’t fallen 'yet.'... But it’s not true for everyone currently living in America. Some people in America are already living under conditions that resemble dictatorship."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
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Thanks Kris for having me man! Give this a listen when you get a chance!
New On Offense is live.
Officer Harry Dunn stood his ground on Jan 6—and he’s still fighting.
“January 6 Wasn’t the End. It Was the Beginning.” - @libradunn1.bsky.social
Watch and listen:
open.substack.com/pub/onoffens...
#OnOffense #HarryDunn
Officer Harry Dunn stood his ground on Jan 6—and he’s still fighting.
“January 6 Wasn’t the End. It Was the Beginning.” - @libradunn1.bsky.social
Watch and listen:
open.substack.com/pub/onoffens...
#OnOffense #HarryDunn
Officer Harry Dunn: January 6 Wasn’t the End. It Was the Beginning
In Episode 3 of On Offense, I sit down with Officer Harry Dunn to talk about January 6, what came after, and how he’s fighting for democracy despite setbacks.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Thanks Kris for having me man! Give this a listen when you get a chance!
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Breaking News: Honduras has issued an international arrest warrant for its former president who was recently pardoned by President Trump.
Honduras Issues Warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández
The country’s attorney general said he had issued an international arrest warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Breaking News: Honduras has issued an international arrest warrant for its former president who was recently pardoned by President Trump.
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The degree of damage to a functional, non-state media system they might do in just a few years is remarkable. Honestly not sure if/how it gets rebuilt.
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The degree of damage to a functional, non-state media system they might do in just a few years is remarkable. Honestly not sure if/how it gets rebuilt.