Alex Goldman
@agoldnerd.bsky.social
Tech nerd, game player, reader, writer.
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This is performative BS, as the Senate has no obligation to take it up. The leverage was to strip this bill in the underlying text last night at rules but Republicans refused to do so. Johnson is trying to do some CYA but he isn't fooling anyone.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is performative BS, as the Senate has no obligation to take it up. The leverage was to strip this bill in the underlying text last night at rules but Republicans refused to do so. Johnson is trying to do some CYA but he isn't fooling anyone.
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Sadly, the most obvious "tell" that these deportation videos are AI generated slop is that the ICE agents show their faces.
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Sadly, the most obvious "tell" that these deportation videos are AI generated slop is that the ICE agents show their faces.
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Boom. There it is. Signature 218. clerk.house.gov/DischargePet...
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Boom. There it is. Signature 218. clerk.house.gov/DischargePet...
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This is gonna make some “America First” folks hopping mad.
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is gonna make some “America First” folks hopping mad.
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Here’s what is interesting about this answer: It is not a “no.” bsky.app/profile/just...
CBS News' Weijia Jiang: "Did the president ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with a victim?"
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Here’s what is interesting about this answer: It is not a “no.” bsky.app/profile/just...
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Door Dash report?!?!
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Door Dash report?!?!
Nepo baby does Trump prosecutions very badly. @talkingpointsmemo.com
the people he referred all appear to have been able to demonstrate that the accusations – never clearly substantiated in the first place – were false. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-c...
the people he referred all appear to have been able to demonstrate that the accusations – never clearly substantiated in the first place – were false. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-c...
Big Crookin’ In Mortgage Paperwork Nirvana. The Bill Pulte Story
You may remember that I wrote back in August about MAGA Twitter...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Nepo baby does Trump prosecutions very badly. @talkingpointsmemo.com
the people he referred all appear to have been able to demonstrate that the accusations – never clearly substantiated in the first place – were false. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-c...
the people he referred all appear to have been able to demonstrate that the accusations – never clearly substantiated in the first place – were false. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-c...
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One of the GOP's sweatier Epstein defenses has been "if they had good stuff they'd have used it when Biden was president." But the growing awareness that Garland spiked anything that could look political explains this!
I feel like “mad at Merrick Garland” is going to hit a whole new level.
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
One of the GOP's sweatier Epstein defenses has been "if they had good stuff they'd have used it when Biden was president." But the growing awareness that Garland spiked anything that could look political explains this!
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We see this from all his closest people.
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We see this from all his closest people.
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*young women & GIRLS
While spouting rhetoric about "protecting the children" & "protecting women" by attacking trans people, banning books, telling kids they can't say gay, cutting SNAP benefits, rolling back child labor laws & marriage age, etc...
We must name the pedophilic hypocrisies clearly.
While spouting rhetoric about "protecting the children" & "protecting women" by attacking trans people, banning books, telling kids they can't say gay, cutting SNAP benefits, rolling back child labor laws & marriage age, etc...
We must name the pedophilic hypocrisies clearly.
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
*young women & GIRLS
While spouting rhetoric about "protecting the children" & "protecting women" by attacking trans people, banning books, telling kids they can't say gay, cutting SNAP benefits, rolling back child labor laws & marriage age, etc...
We must name the pedophilic hypocrisies clearly.
While spouting rhetoric about "protecting the children" & "protecting women" by attacking trans people, banning books, telling kids they can't say gay, cutting SNAP benefits, rolling back child labor laws & marriage age, etc...
We must name the pedophilic hypocrisies clearly.
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When I call MAGA/GOP post-truth, this is what I mean. It’s hard for people who value truth to fully grasp.
“But don’t they care about underlying facts? Don’t they worry it’ll come out?”
No, they really don’t. They reject that factual reality matters. Words are just things you say to get something.
“But don’t they care about underlying facts? Don’t they worry it’ll come out?”
No, they really don’t. They reject that factual reality matters. Words are just things you say to get something.
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When I call MAGA/GOP post-truth, this is what I mean. It’s hard for people who value truth to fully grasp.
“But don’t they care about underlying facts? Don’t they worry it’ll come out?”
No, they really don’t. They reject that factual reality matters. Words are just things you say to get something.
“But don’t they care about underlying facts? Don’t they worry it’ll come out?”
No, they really don’t. They reject that factual reality matters. Words are just things you say to get something.
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
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Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
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In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
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Wow, that’s crazy. Republicans lied and are screwing you over? Who could have seen that coming?
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wow, that’s crazy. Republicans lied and are screwing you over? Who could have seen that coming?
@joshtpm.bsky.social has a program for the Senate. @schumer.senate.gov does not. I think @briantylercohen.bsky.social would be interested. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s... and @mmasnick.bsky.social
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social has a program for the Senate. @schumer.senate.gov does not. I think @briantylercohen.bsky.social would be interested. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s... and @mmasnick.bsky.social
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Jeffries: Democrats are going to offer an amendment to get that self dealing sick provision out… The notion that Republicans would give themselves the ability to rip millions of taxpayer dollars away so they can line their pockets, because these people were insurrectionist sympathizers is insanity.
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Jeffries: Democrats are going to offer an amendment to get that self dealing sick provision out… The notion that Republicans would give themselves the ability to rip millions of taxpayer dollars away so they can line their pockets, because these people were insurrectionist sympathizers is insanity.
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DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump newrepublic.com/post/202813/... via @newrepublic.com
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump
Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump newrepublic.com/post/202813/... via @newrepublic.com
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Saying you inadvertently backed the US into a “National Security Event” isn’t the flex he thinks it is.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Saying you inadvertently backed the US into a “National Security Event” isn’t the flex he thinks it is.
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Me, standing next to wife, "I can't hear you b/c the fan is on ;-P"
Wife's exact words in reply: "okay. Blah blah blah blah blah."
Wife's exact words in reply: "okay. Blah blah blah blah blah."
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Me, standing next to wife, "I can't hear you b/c the fan is on ;-P"
Wife's exact words in reply: "okay. Blah blah blah blah blah."
Wife's exact words in reply: "okay. Blah blah blah blah blah."
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The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
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Think about it, MAGA. Take all the time you need.
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Think about it, MAGA. Take all the time you need.