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supports the world’s democracies,
masks versus airborne disease
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supports the world’s democracies,
masks versus airborne disease
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Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
#SignalGate #WhiskeyLeaks gift link to the Atlantic publication of the entirety of the Houthi Attack Plans Signal Group Chat
FUBAR is accurate.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc....
FUBAR is accurate.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc....
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wow. not the worst thing that's happened in this white house. but a literal tate fanboy/former tate lawyer intervened to get tate off the hook. sex predators have to look out for each other.
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
wow. not the worst thing that's happened in this white house. but a literal tate fanboy/former tate lawyer intervened to get tate off the hook. sex predators have to look out for each other.
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Whew. I feel this way and i'm just on the periphery. No where near the epicenter. Yet.
"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.
The Emergency Is the Atmosphere
“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Whew. I feel this way and i'm just on the periphery. No where near the epicenter. Yet.
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For people with darker skin injured at protests, and the lawyers representing them:
The difficulty of diagnosing and photographing bruises in victims with darker skin is a consistent factor not only in delayed diagnosis and treatment, but also in smaller settlements in lawsuits.
A 2022 study found that 📸 bruises using blue or purple light led to a 5x improvement in detection.
A 2022 study found that 📸 bruises using blue or purple light led to a 5x improvement in detection.
Improving Bruise Detection with Alternate Light
With support from the National Institute of Justice, Researcher Katherine Scafide, Ph.D. and colleagues investigated whether or not an alternate light source is more useful for detecting and visualizi...
nij.ojp.gov
June 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
For people with darker skin injured at protests, and the lawyers representing them:
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Toxic to the rule of law, and yet another example of ICE/CBP deliberately *not* looking for all those supposed criminals, drug traffickers, terrorists, etc.
They're going for literally the least dangerous, most law-abiding people they can find, the ones following every rule. The easiest targets.
They're going for literally the least dangerous, most law-abiding people they can find, the ones following every rule. The easiest targets.
What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to.
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
June 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Toxic to the rule of law, and yet another example of ICE/CBP deliberately *not* looking for all those supposed criminals, drug traffickers, terrorists, etc.
They're going for literally the least dangerous, most law-abiding people they can find, the ones following every rule. The easiest targets.
They're going for literally the least dangerous, most law-abiding people they can find, the ones following every rule. The easiest targets.
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Must-read piece on "End Times Schooling" by @jessehagopian.bsky.social who has done so much to unleash the liberatory power of education.
🌱 My new piece for @truthout.bsky.social is on combating the rise of “end times schooling.”
It’s inspired by @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social’s framing of “end times fascism.”
Social justice unionism & teaching truth are our best defense—join the struggle!
truthout.org/articles/eli...
It’s inspired by @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social’s framing of “end times fascism.”
Social justice unionism & teaching truth are our best defense—join the struggle!
truthout.org/articles/eli...
Elites Want to Turn Schools Into Factories of Hopelessness. We Can’t Let Them.
“End times schooling” risks turning schools into graveyards for hope — but they can also be greenhouses for resistance.
truthout.org
June 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Must-read piece on "End Times Schooling" by @jessehagopian.bsky.social who has done so much to unleash the liberatory power of education.
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Posted this afternoon. Masked ICE agents arresting immigrants at their court hearings in Dallas.
May 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Posted this afternoon. Masked ICE agents arresting immigrants at their court hearings in Dallas.
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Sure whatever. 25% tariff on eating ice cream on a hot day next. 50% tariff on petting a dog. 35% tariff on the sound of children laughing. 10% tariff on the smell of flowers. 15% tariff on the cold side of the pillow. And another 25% on China, why not.
JUST IN: Trump orders 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the U.S.
May 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sure whatever. 25% tariff on eating ice cream on a hot day next. 50% tariff on petting a dog. 35% tariff on the sound of children laughing. 10% tariff on the smell of flowers. 15% tariff on the cold side of the pillow. And another 25% on China, why not.
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New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
www.404media.co
May 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
Okay, so you only know about the first and the refund Signal chats that Pete was in, but you don’t know about the others so we good, ssh.
April 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Okay, so you only know about the first and the refund Signal chats that Pete was in, but you don’t know about the others so we good, ssh.
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Not Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover
- Doing a Sieg Hitler salute
- Eating dinner with neo-Nazis
Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity
- Using freedom of speech on campus
- Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover
- Doing a Sieg Hitler salute
- Eating dinner with neo-Nazis
Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity
- Using freedom of speech on campus
April 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Not Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover
- Doing a Sieg Hitler salute
- Eating dinner with neo-Nazis
Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity
- Using freedom of speech on campus
- Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover
- Doing a Sieg Hitler salute
- Eating dinner with neo-Nazis
Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity
- Using freedom of speech on campus
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Give this photo a Pulitzer
April 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Give this photo a Pulitzer
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When a person is abducted, there's a number to call to report & identify. A habeas petition challenging the abduction is electronically filed in that district, by a lawyer admitted in that district, within 30 minutes of the call. Anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day.
Nothing else is good enough.
Nothing else is good enough.
hello! i am very curious if anybody is building a rapid response network to file habeas shell petitions for nice people before ice can take them out of state?
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
When a person is abducted, there's a number to call to report & identify. A habeas petition challenging the abduction is electronically filed in that district, by a lawyer admitted in that district, within 30 minutes of the call. Anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day.
Nothing else is good enough.
Nothing else is good enough.
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NEW: The Venezuelan military says it has raised its alert level following the discovery of an alleged U.S. plot to fabricate an incident at an ExxonMobil offshore platform in the contested waters between Venezuela and Guyana to justify an armed conflict.
Venezuelan military on alert, says it fears U.S. will use tensions with Guyana to invade
Venezuelan military claims the US is getting ready to invade and increases its alert levels
www.miamiherald.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
NEW: The Venezuelan military says it has raised its alert level following the discovery of an alleged U.S. plot to fabricate an incident at an ExxonMobil offshore platform in the contested waters between Venezuela and Guyana to justify an armed conflict.
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I'm not a lawyer, but it seems like SCOTUS just said the government is allowed to disappear anyone it wants from the street and throw them into a Central American torture pit as long as they give the victims a chance to say "wait, what" before the most conservative district court in the system?
April 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I'm not a lawyer, but it seems like SCOTUS just said the government is allowed to disappear anyone it wants from the street and throw them into a Central American torture pit as long as they give the victims a chance to say "wait, what" before the most conservative district court in the system?
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They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
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This decision includes a footnote criticizing DOJ for retaliating against the prosecutor who answered a federal judge's questions honestly and was then accused by the Trump admin of failing to "zealously" defend the government's indefensible position:
![Of note, in response to the candid responses by the Government attorney to the district court’s inquiry, that attorney has been put on administrative leave, ostensibly for lack of “zealous[] advocacy.” But, the duty of zealous representation is tempered by the duty of candor to
the court, among other ethical obligations, and the duty to uphold the rule of law, particularly on the part of a Government attorney.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3o3xlahjenddxtpwwk6c6z5w/bafkreigura2fzt7bwtzf6boyqbdzcsqvlavj7blajelvaxjut7umjwiuxy@jpeg)
April 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This decision includes a footnote criticizing DOJ for retaliating against the prosecutor who answered a federal judge's questions honestly and was then accused by the Trump admin of failing to "zealously" defend the government's indefensible position:
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Judge Thacker (Obama), joined by Judge King (Clinton), wrote that first concurrence. Judge Wilkinson (Reagan), then, wrote his own concurrence.
Wilkinson: "It takes no small amount of imagination to understand that this is a path of perfect lawlessness, one that courts cannot condone."
Wilkinson: "It takes no small amount of imagination to understand that this is a path of perfect lawlessness, one that courts cannot condone."
April 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Judge Thacker (Obama), joined by Judge King (Clinton), wrote that first concurrence. Judge Wilkinson (Reagan), then, wrote his own concurrence.
Wilkinson: "It takes no small amount of imagination to understand that this is a path of perfect lawlessness, one that courts cannot condone."
Wilkinson: "It takes no small amount of imagination to understand that this is a path of perfect lawlessness, one that courts cannot condone."
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Is this just our new normal? Women being arrested if a cop doesn’t like how they miscarried, and lawmakers debating whether to put us to death before breaking for fucking lunch? Has everyone lost their minds?
They're Arresting Us for Miscarriages Now
What the hell happened to the Overton Window?
jessica.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Is this just our new normal? Women being arrested if a cop doesn’t like how they miscarried, and lawmakers debating whether to put us to death before breaking for fucking lunch? Has everyone lost their minds?
#SignalGate #WhiskeyLeaks gift link to the Atlantic publication of the entirety of the Houthi Attack Plans Signal Group Chat
FUBAR is accurate.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc....
FUBAR is accurate.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc....
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#SignalGate #WhiskeyLeaks gift link to the Atlantic publication of the entirety of the Houthi Attack Plans Signal Group Chat
FUBAR is accurate.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc....
FUBAR is accurate.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc....
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Zuckerberg: "return to that fundamental commitment to free expression"*
* restrictions apply
* restrictions apply
Facebook is blocking readers from sharing The Nerd Reich newsletter.
I assumed this was a simple error rather than nefarious censorship.
But Meta support says my newsletter might be blocked because it "addresses topics like the 'Network State' concept and critiques of tech industry figures." 👀
I assumed this was a simple error rather than nefarious censorship.
But Meta support says my newsletter might be blocked because it "addresses topics like the 'Network State' concept and critiques of tech industry figures." 👀
March 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Zuckerberg: "return to that fundamental commitment to free expression"*
* restrictions apply
* restrictions apply
Tesla stock crashing & burns. Tesla trucks crashing & burning. Space X Starship crashing & burns. Twitter is crashing & burning. The US Federal Government is crashing & burning.
March 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Tesla stock crashing & burns. Tesla trucks crashing & burning. Space X Starship crashing & burns. Twitter is crashing & burning. The US Federal Government is crashing & burning.
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Ruth was my editor when I contributed to the Post. She’s the best, as a human being and a journalist.
I can’t imagine how painful to her the destruction of the institution to which she devoted her amazing career as a reporter, editorial writer, and editor must be.
It’s heartbreaking.
I can’t imagine how painful to her the destruction of the institution to which she devoted her amazing career as a reporter, editorial writer, and editor must be.
It’s heartbreaking.
Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis
March 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ruth was my editor when I contributed to the Post. She’s the best, as a human being and a journalist.
I can’t imagine how painful to her the destruction of the institution to which she devoted her amazing career as a reporter, editorial writer, and editor must be.
It’s heartbreaking.
I can’t imagine how painful to her the destruction of the institution to which she devoted her amazing career as a reporter, editorial writer, and editor must be.
It’s heartbreaking.
Senator Mark Kelly went to Ukraine at the weekend and reported back.
Elon Musk just replied “You are a traitor”.
So there it is.
The Trump-Musk regime supports Russia, America’s enemy against Ukraine, America’s ally.
“Aid and comfort to the enemy”
“Against all enemies foreign and domestic”
Elon Musk just replied “You are a traitor”.
So there it is.
The Trump-Musk regime supports Russia, America’s enemy against Ukraine, America’s ally.
“Aid and comfort to the enemy”
“Against all enemies foreign and domestic”
March 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Senator Mark Kelly went to Ukraine at the weekend and reported back.
Elon Musk just replied “You are a traitor”.
So there it is.
The Trump-Musk regime supports Russia, America’s enemy against Ukraine, America’s ally.
“Aid and comfort to the enemy”
“Against all enemies foreign and domestic”
Elon Musk just replied “You are a traitor”.
So there it is.
The Trump-Musk regime supports Russia, America’s enemy against Ukraine, America’s ally.
“Aid and comfort to the enemy”
“Against all enemies foreign and domestic”
International Women’s Day hits different this year: actually large swathes of women can just fuck off. You voted for fascism. You torment trans women. You hate on refugees. You whine about victimhood. You failed the assignment.
Happy Sunday to people who are fighting for a better world.
Happy Sunday to people who are fighting for a better world.
March 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
International Women’s Day hits different this year: actually large swathes of women can just fuck off. You voted for fascism. You torment trans women. You hate on refugees. You whine about victimhood. You failed the assignment.
Happy Sunday to people who are fighting for a better world.
Happy Sunday to people who are fighting for a better world.
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From the all staff Indivisible meeting just now: 30 new local Indivisible groups have formed in March. It is March 4th. 🎉
March 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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