WordWorking
@wordworking.bsky.social
Writer, editor, reader, rabbit-hole diver.
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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“Rachel Posner, the wife of a rabbi, took a photograph of her family’s menorah in 1931 in Kiel, Germany, with a Nazi flag hanging in the background”
After 90 Years, a Menorah That Symbolized Defiance Is Rekindled in Germany (Published 2022)
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Rachel Posner, the wife of a rabbi, took a photograph of her family’s menorah in 1931 in Kiel, Germany, with a Nazi flag hanging in the background”
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🖼️ Edward Gorey
December 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
🖼️ Edward Gorey
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Why is @CBSNews using the BBC to cover the Brown shooting?
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Why is @CBSNews using the BBC to cover the Brown shooting?
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Yeah, I've got to tell y'all... I live under one of the flight paths for DCA and the crash over the Potomac was not too far from my apartment. This really worries me, especially in the broader context of the incompetence re: air traffic right now.
This part of the national defense reauthorization bill passed by the House should be getting more attention because the tragic accident literally just happened and apparently they’re happy for it to happen again
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...
‘This is shameful': NTSB chair angered by bill relaxing DCA flight restrictions
The NTSB criticized a proposal to ease DCA air safety rules, reversing post-collision measures.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Yeah, I've got to tell y'all... I live under one of the flight paths for DCA and the crash over the Potomac was not too far from my apartment. This really worries me, especially in the broader context of the incompetence re: air traffic right now.
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Even with 50/50 household chores it is always the moms doing all the rest: research/organize activities for weekends, summer camps, school holidays, pro-D days, making family connections, exposure to life experiences eg. volunteer opportunities, teaching life skills not taught anywhere else etc etc
December 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Even with 50/50 household chores it is always the moms doing all the rest: research/organize activities for weekends, summer camps, school holidays, pro-D days, making family connections, exposure to life experiences eg. volunteer opportunities, teaching life skills not taught anywhere else etc etc
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I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.
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This story is insane, but the moral appears to be don’t fuck with @dfriedman.bsky.social.
Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This story is insane, but the moral appears to be don’t fuck with @dfriedman.bsky.social.
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Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what Repro Uncensored call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
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 1:38 PM
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what Repro Uncensored call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
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I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
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Cancelled Disney and Hulu over their Kimmel suspension, and it looks like the time to resubscribe will continue to float just out of reach.
Cancel Disney today, if you still have it. Send the message.
Cancel Disney today, if you still have it. Send the message.
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Cancelled Disney and Hulu over their Kimmel suspension, and it looks like the time to resubscribe will continue to float just out of reach.
Cancel Disney today, if you still have it. Send the message.
Cancel Disney today, if you still have it. Send the message.
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Officials in Washington State are especially concerned about the Skagit and Snohomish Rivers, which were rising on Thursday and expected to crest at record levels by Friday. But it could be days before the full extent of damage from the floods is known.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
100,000 Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise in Washington State
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Officials in Washington State are especially concerned about the Skagit and Snohomish Rivers, which were rising on Thursday and expected to crest at record levels by Friday. But it could be days before the full extent of damage from the floods is known.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says it’s readying to sue Georgia, a key GOP-led swing state, after being told to “pound sand” over the issue. Other red states have expressed “serious concerns” about handing over the voter data, a top DOJ official revealed.
DOJ to Sue Georgia as Even Red States Resist Demand for Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says it’s readying to sue Georgia, a key GOP-led swing state, after being told to “pound sand” over the issue. Other red states have expressed “serious concerns” about handing over the voter data, a top DOJ official revealed.
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Here are the bylaws for Donald Trump Jr.’s Executive Branch club.
I don’t believe the full document has been reported before.
It was publicly available — the link was buried in the club website’s source code.
admin.executivebranch.com/wp-content/u...
I don’t believe the full document has been reported before.
It was publicly available — the link was buried in the club website’s source code.
admin.executivebranch.com/wp-content/u...
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Here are the bylaws for Donald Trump Jr.’s Executive Branch club.
I don’t believe the full document has been reported before.
It was publicly available — the link was buried in the club website’s source code.
admin.executivebranch.com/wp-content/u...
I don’t believe the full document has been reported before.
It was publicly available — the link was buried in the club website’s source code.
admin.executivebranch.com/wp-content/u...
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Slack jawed Nepo Mogul
David Ellison appears to be mortified that CBS/60 Minutes is “going rogue” by covering the news and by keeping him “in the dark” about a segment critical of Trump.
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Slack jawed Nepo Mogul
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says
The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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plz repost Kelly's post below!
***IMPORTANT THREAD*****
If you are anywhere near York County, South Carolina, PLEASE show up to their board meeting tomorrow. It is, of course and intentionally, at NOON tomorrow at For Mill Library.
Here's York County Library's background, yes, still ongoing: bookriot.com/whats-happen...
If you are anywhere near York County, South Carolina, PLEASE show up to their board meeting tomorrow. It is, of course and intentionally, at NOON tomorrow at For Mill Library.
Here's York County Library's background, yes, still ongoing: bookriot.com/whats-happen...
What's Happening in York County Library (SC) Should Be A Wakeup Call
Poor recording keeping, debates over what was or was not said and voted on, and special interests plague more than just this library system.
bookriot.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
plz repost Kelly's post below!
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ok so there were no editors involved here at all except to green light everything
"The flag winked beside lanes that bent to borders that faded to barriers that fell to the lines I crossed. I am talking, of course, about how it happened between me and the Politician. (page 17)"
"The flag winked beside lanes that bent to borders that faded to barriers that fell to the lines I crossed. I am talking, of course, about how it happened between me and the Politician. (page 17)"
Sentences From American Canto That Sent Me To The Hospital
I reviewed Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto for Slate. There's far less RFK Jr. in it than you'd expect.
scaachi.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
ok so there were no editors involved here at all except to green light everything
"The flag winked beside lanes that bent to borders that faded to barriers that fell to the lines I crossed. I am talking, of course, about how it happened between me and the Politician. (page 17)"
"The flag winked beside lanes that bent to borders that faded to barriers that fell to the lines I crossed. I am talking, of course, about how it happened between me and the Politician. (page 17)"
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Anyone who sends Mike Johnson an email is now required to include in the subject line: ICYMI
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Anyone who sends Mike Johnson an email is now required to include in the subject line: ICYMI
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THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SKIPPED A GANG OF EIGHT MEETING????!!!!
Mike Johnson on video of the second September 2 strike: "My admission here is I was not in the Gang of 8 briefing yesterday because we were working on the healthcare stuff"
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SKIPPED A GANG OF EIGHT MEETING????!!!!
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ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
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Chic hits #1 today in 1978 with “Le Freak”, a song originally titled “F**k Off!” — and written after the band was turned away by the bouncers at Studio 54.
“We go back to my apartment really pissed off,” said Nile Rodgers, “and Bernard starts singing, ‘Ahhh, f**k off!’ .. and that became the hook.”
“We go back to my apartment really pissed off,” said Nile Rodgers, “and Bernard starts singing, ‘Ahhh, f**k off!’ .. and that became the hook.”
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Chic hits #1 today in 1978 with “Le Freak”, a song originally titled “F**k Off!” — and written after the band was turned away by the bouncers at Studio 54.
“We go back to my apartment really pissed off,” said Nile Rodgers, “and Bernard starts singing, ‘Ahhh, f**k off!’ .. and that became the hook.”
“We go back to my apartment really pissed off,” said Nile Rodgers, “and Bernard starts singing, ‘Ahhh, f**k off!’ .. and that became the hook.”
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Please share this. My mother has been missing since December 7th. She has severe dementia and we are just praying that she is found safely.
www.norwoodnews.org/wakefield-po...
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Wakefield: Police Appeal to Public for Help Locating 60-Year-Old Woman Reported Missing - Norwood News
The NYPD is appealing to the public for help locating a 60-year-old woman who is reported missing from the Wakefield section of The Bronx.
www.norwoodnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Please share this. My mother has been missing since December 7th. She has severe dementia and we are just praying that she is found safely.
www.norwoodnews.org/wakefield-po...
www.norwoodnews.org/wakefield-po...