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Tom
@tomel.bsky.social
· Sep 17
(to the tune of “a day in the life”)
i quantum leaped today, oh boy
i quantum leaped today, oh boy
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A thing we were warning about in 2002
Nick Miroff: After 9/11, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security to prevent future terror strikes. Now DHS shifted from defending the country against foreign terrorists to deploying agents on American streets for the purpose of terrorizing American citizens.
‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’
Two decades after its founding, the department has become what its critics feared.
www.theatlantic.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM
A thing we were warning about in 2002
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Literally every center/center-left pundit makes a living saying this exact thing over and over.
The standard for “cultural revolution” according to centrist and right wing commentators is “liberals being loud about their opinions” whereas Trump is making prosecution, regulatory, and funding decisions based on the politics of the speaker but that’s also libs fault for making him mad
January 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Literally every center/center-left pundit makes a living saying this exact thing over and over.
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This seemed overwhelmingly likely to be the case.
Also trans people who do this shit are collaborators in our own genocide.
Also trans people who do this shit are collaborators in our own genocide.
Rumors of FBI letters threatening trans public figures center on an AI-generated document
It is not impossible for the FBI to do what has been claimed. It is still irresponsible to spread panic among marginalized people through rumors without evidence.
theneedlenews.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM
This seemed overwhelmingly likely to be the case.
Also trans people who do this shit are collaborators in our own genocide.
Also trans people who do this shit are collaborators in our own genocide.
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Holy fucking shit
RFK Jr is doing a modern-day Tuskegee study, where by he uses taxpayer money to intentionality infect African children with Hepatitis B and deny them treatment. You know, just to see what happens
newrepublic.com/post/205330/...
newrepublic.com/post/205330/...
“Another Tuskegee”: Leaked Docs Reveal CDC Is Funding Deadly Study
The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies.
newrepublic.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Holy fucking shit
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Thinking how the founders were all rugged individualists... with a small city of slaves or at best servants, allowing their life style each
I keep thinking about the toxic, pervasive mythology of "rugged individualism" as a driving force in American culture, and how the collective efforts in the Twin Cities right now are proof that the only way through hard times is together, as a community.
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Thinking how the founders were all rugged individualists... with a small city of slaves or at best servants, allowing their life style each
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What we are experiencing is 25x of the Midway Blitz.
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
What we are experiencing is 25x of the Midway Blitz.
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it's working-class communities that are the most multicultural and it's largely white middle-class shut-ins who believe shite like this. it's also not strictly urban: the small town in rural mid-wales I lived in for a few years was very multicultural.
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
it's working-class communities that are the most multicultural and it's largely white middle-class shut-ins who believe shite like this. it's also not strictly urban: the small town in rural mid-wales I lived in for a few years was very multicultural.
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who could ever have guessed*
*all the leftists predicting this exact thing and getting screamed at by liberals for Hating America
*all the leftists predicting this exact thing and getting screamed at by liberals for Hating America
Nick Miroff: After 9/11, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security to prevent future terror strikes. Now DHS shifted from defending the country against foreign terrorists to deploying agents on American streets for the purpose of terrorizing American citizens.
‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’
Two decades after its founding, the department has become what its critics feared.
www.theatlantic.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM
who could ever have guessed*
*all the leftists predicting this exact thing and getting screamed at by liberals for Hating America
*all the leftists predicting this exact thing and getting screamed at by liberals for Hating America
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The standard for “cultural revolution” according to centrist and right wing commentators is “liberals being loud about their opinions” whereas Trump is making prosecution, regulatory, and funding decisions based on the politics of the speaker but that’s also libs fault for making him mad
January 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The standard for “cultural revolution” according to centrist and right wing commentators is “liberals being loud about their opinions” whereas Trump is making prosecution, regulatory, and funding decisions based on the politics of the speaker but that’s also libs fault for making him mad
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I think he’s doing exactly what he wants which is to be seen as “slightly better than the current administration but not too different” bc that’s what he wants to be
January 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I think he’s doing exactly what he wants which is to be seen as “slightly better than the current administration but not too different” bc that’s what he wants to be
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Newsom's favorite thing in this world is platforming and promoting antiblack racists. Please get out of my face with this "Vote blue no matter who" nonsense. They aren't even trying to hide their true colors anymore. These blue candidates are blood red.
Only 15 days in and we have a strong contender for most embarrassing headline of the year.
Ben. Shapiro. The guy who can't get his wife wet. The guy who needs an old person to open the pickle jar for him.
Ben. Shapiro. The guy who can't get his wife wet. The guy who needs an old person to open the pickle jar for him.
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Newsom's favorite thing in this world is platforming and promoting antiblack racists. Please get out of my face with this "Vote blue no matter who" nonsense. They aren't even trying to hide their true colors anymore. These blue candidates are blood red.
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On Newsom...
I think this is spot on
I think this is spot on
I think he’s doing exactly what he wants which is to be seen as “slightly better than the current administration but not too different” bc that’s what he wants to be
January 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
On Newsom...
I think this is spot on
I think this is spot on
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The same Administration bragged a year ago the files were on Bondi’s desk and ready to go.
NEWS: The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master to oversee the release of Epstein-related records
DOJ Moves to Block Independent Monitor in Maxwell Case, Says Courts Cannot Force Epstein File Disclosures
DOJ Tells Court It Cannot Be Forced to Release Epstein Files
meidasnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The same Administration bragged a year ago the files were on Bondi’s desk and ready to go.
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if I taught journalism students, I would assign them this story—in small groups, each group would get to choose any instance of “clash,” and rewrite it, identifying the aggressor. can they reach a historian in a few hours? a research librarian to recommend a source? recall their own educations?
Insurrection Act: How it's been used and what Trump wants to do with it
Donald Trump would not be the first president to invoke the Insurrection Act, as he has now threatened to do as a way to send U.S. military forces to Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
if I taught journalism students, I would assign them this story—in small groups, each group would get to choose any instance of “clash,” and rewrite it, identifying the aggressor. can they reach a historian in a few hours? a research librarian to recommend a source? recall their own educations?
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consent manufacturers
What are those journalists even there for?
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
consent manufacturers
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it actions like this that make people, especially gen z, despise the democratic party. what are we doing here
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
it actions like this that make people, especially gen z, despise the democratic party. what are we doing here
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Democrats are operating from the (incorrect) perspective that ICE should exist and serves a valid purpose so of course they think this dumbass theater is somehow effective deal making
it actions like this that make people, especially gen z, despise the democratic party. what are we doing here
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Democrats are operating from the (incorrect) perspective that ICE should exist and serves a valid purpose so of course they think this dumbass theater is somehow effective deal making
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DOJ is out of control. The crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force. Speaking out against the way ICE is being deployed is not a crime.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
DOJ is out of control. The crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force. Speaking out against the way ICE is being deployed is not a crime.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
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Utterly spineless.
All you need to know about the Democratic party:
Neither Obama, Harris, nor Biden made public comment on Renee Good's murder.
All three quickly offered thoughts and prayers on Charlie Kirk's murder.
Neither Obama, Harris, nor Biden made public comment on Renee Good's murder.
All three quickly offered thoughts and prayers on Charlie Kirk's murder.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Utterly spineless.
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The double pardon really gives away the game. Adriana Camberos started her second round of fraud just weeks after her first pardon. She was charged, convicted, imprisoned…and pardoned again. Trump supporters are permitted unlimited crimes, while the rest of us can get beaten by the secret police.
President Trump quietly issued clemency grants this week, including to a California woman he had pardoned once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The double pardon really gives away the game. Adriana Camberos started her second round of fraud just weeks after her first pardon. She was charged, convicted, imprisoned…and pardoned again. Trump supporters are permitted unlimited crimes, while the rest of us can get beaten by the secret police.
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If you want to convince people to switch from voting Republican, you have to offer them something they want that the Republicans *aren't currently offering them.*
That's how Mamdani manages to poll better with moderate conservatives than moderate Dems do.
That's how Mamdani manages to poll better with moderate conservatives than moderate Dems do.
January 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you want to convince people to switch from voting Republican, you have to offer them something they want that the Republicans *aren't currently offering them.*
That's how Mamdani manages to poll better with moderate conservatives than moderate Dems do.
That's how Mamdani manages to poll better with moderate conservatives than moderate Dems do.
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If the goal is to stop the greater evil, you have to have someone who will *actually do that.*
If the goal is to have the lesser evil, then you have to choose the *least* evil option available instead of aiming for second place in the evil competition instead of first.
If the goal is to have the lesser evil, then you have to choose the *least* evil option available instead of aiming for second place in the evil competition instead of first.
January 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If the goal is to stop the greater evil, you have to have someone who will *actually do that.*
If the goal is to have the lesser evil, then you have to choose the *least* evil option available instead of aiming for second place in the evil competition instead of first.
If the goal is to have the lesser evil, then you have to choose the *least* evil option available instead of aiming for second place in the evil competition instead of first.
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i think gavin newsom fucking sucks and if you ever try to guilt me into voting for him i’ll scream
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 AM
i think gavin newsom fucking sucks and if you ever try to guilt me into voting for him i’ll scream
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Fuck bluesky btw. Aaron rodricks specifically
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Fuck bluesky btw. Aaron rodricks specifically
reject modernity embrace tradition
January 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
reject modernity embrace tradition