Victor Raymond
@badger2305.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, social scientist, activist. More than the sum of the parts I've played.
Bisexual/Two Spirit, Multi-racial Native American.
Pronouns: he/him/his or they/them/theirs
Bisexual/Two Spirit, Multi-racial Native American.
Pronouns: he/him/his or they/them/theirs
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
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And that's AFTER, they tossed out lots of authors they identified as having their work stolen.
Because the formality of registering the copyright (which exists from the moment of creation, until after you die) wasn't done.
If they had to pay everyone...
Authors, you know what to do.
Because the formality of registering the copyright (which exists from the moment of creation, until after you die) wasn't done.
If they had to pay everyone...
Authors, you know what to do.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
And that's AFTER, they tossed out lots of authors they identified as having their work stolen.
Because the formality of registering the copyright (which exists from the moment of creation, until after you die) wasn't done.
If they had to pay everyone...
Authors, you know what to do.
Because the formality of registering the copyright (which exists from the moment of creation, until after you die) wasn't done.
If they had to pay everyone...
Authors, you know what to do.
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Q: Do you acknowledge that by voting for this discharge petition today, that's a reversal for you? You could've put this on the floor months ago
MIKE JOHNSON: It's not a reversal
MIKE JOHNSON: It's not a reversal
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Q: Do you acknowledge that by voting for this discharge petition today, that's a reversal for you? You could've put this on the floor months ago
MIKE JOHNSON: It's not a reversal
MIKE JOHNSON: It's not a reversal
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Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to get the guy currently in there out right now. But people are holding me back. He's done a terrible job ... he was recommended to me by a guy who made a bad choice."
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to get the guy currently in there out right now. But people are holding me back. He's done a terrible job ... he was recommended to me by a guy who made a bad choice."
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they fired his editor btw. need to say that
"THINGS HAPPEN"
not sure how many folks who knew Khashoggi are still left at WaPo, but they're surely incensed right now
not sure how many folks who knew Khashoggi are still left at WaPo, but they're surely incensed right now
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
they fired his editor btw. need to say that
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Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
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a bounty hunt program for retired cops, what could go wrong www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
a bounty hunt program for retired cops, what could go wrong www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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The word of the day is "evidence spoliation."
Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The word of the day is "evidence spoliation."
Noontime thoughts: so one way the Overton Window gets pulled to the right is to not hold Republicans accountable for their complicity with Trump's actions and agenda, especially AFTER they "recant" or "break" with Trump. When they do that, their prior actions still need to be addressed and fixed.
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Noontime thoughts: so one way the Overton Window gets pulled to the right is to not hold Republicans accountable for their complicity with Trump's actions and agenda, especially AFTER they "recant" or "break" with Trump. When they do that, their prior actions still need to be addressed and fixed.
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Exclusive: After Conspiratorial Rant, Top Federal Election Official Must Recant or Resign, Democratic Senators Demand www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Exclusive: After Conspiratorial Rant, Top Federal Election Official Must Recant or Resign, Democratic Senators Demand
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Exclusive: After Conspiratorial Rant, Top Federal Election Official Must Recant or Resign, Democratic Senators Demand www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Early afternoon thoughts: Trump and his minions have always acted like the legal system was there to be gamed, and Trump acts on that assumption. Vindictive prosecution, failure to comply with court orders, evidence tampering, and so on. Trump isn't a president, he's a crime boss - and acts like it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Early afternoon thoughts: Trump and his minions have always acted like the legal system was there to be gamed, and Trump acts on that assumption. Vindictive prosecution, failure to comply with court orders, evidence tampering, and so on. Trump isn't a president, he's a crime boss - and acts like it.
Mid-morning thoughts: hang on to your hats, I'm going to say something nice about John McCain. In 2008, a woman in Minnesota said Barack Obama was "an Arab" and McCain defended Obama's character, telling people to not spread false rumors about him. The GOP today clearly thinks differently.
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Mid-morning thoughts: hang on to your hats, I'm going to say something nice about John McCain. In 2008, a woman in Minnesota said Barack Obama was "an Arab" and McCain defended Obama's character, telling people to not spread false rumors about him. The GOP today clearly thinks differently.
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The definition of audacity: ICE asking WA tribes to host detention centers.
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Indian Tribe says it is turning down a request from ICE to house detained immigrants on tribal land.
www.seattletimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The definition of audacity: ICE asking WA tribes to host detention centers.
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
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I don’t want anyone to receive threats, but for many years Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has enjoyed this sort of energy from President Trump when it’s been directed at her political enemies and now objects to it when she’s on the receiving end.
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don’t want anyone to receive threats, but for many years Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has enjoyed this sort of energy from President Trump when it’s been directed at her political enemies and now objects to it when she’s on the receiving end.
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
Late morning thoughts: Trump has never thought obeying the law and the Constitution. Trump has dodged legal accountability for decades. Why should that change while is president, especially when SCOTUS enables him? If anybody is going to hold the Trump regime accountable, it has to be us.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Late morning thoughts: Trump has never thought obeying the law and the Constitution. Trump has dodged legal accountability for decades. Why should that change while is president, especially when SCOTUS enables him? If anybody is going to hold the Trump regime accountable, it has to be us.
Early morning thoughts: what with Derek Chauvin, ICE, Border Patrol, and everything else wrong with law enforcement, it is difficult to watch ANY police show in popular media and not think it's propaganda designed to make LEOs look good, even the "grim'n'gritty" ones. It's unsettling to think about.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Early morning thoughts: what with Derek Chauvin, ICE, Border Patrol, and everything else wrong with law enforcement, it is difficult to watch ANY police show in popular media and not think it's propaganda designed to make LEOs look good, even the "grim'n'gritty" ones. It's unsettling to think about.
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AFP’s Dimitar Dilkoff photographs the Eiffel Tower illuminated in the colours of the French national flag to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, in Paris.
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
AFP’s Dimitar Dilkoff photographs the Eiffel Tower illuminated in the colours of the French national flag to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, in Paris.
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
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The Epstein Files… otherwise known as the Trump Pardon List
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Epstein Files… otherwise known as the Trump Pardon List
Early morning thoughts: some have suggested that President Obama's jokes at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner "provoked" Trump to run for president. Maybe - but what Trump is doing now to destroy Obama's legacy is entirely Trump's fault. Suggesting otherwise is blaming the victim.
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Early morning thoughts: some have suggested that President Obama's jokes at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner "provoked" Trump to run for president. Maybe - but what Trump is doing now to destroy Obama's legacy is entirely Trump's fault. Suggesting otherwise is blaming the victim.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...
Late afternoon thoughts: how did we end up with "moderate" Democrats in the Senate giving away their negotiating power? The reason is clear: since 1980, we have elected Democrats to Congress who have followed along as the GOP has dragged the Overton Window to the right.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Late afternoon thoughts: how did we end up with "moderate" Democrats in the Senate giving away their negotiating power? The reason is clear: since 1980, we have elected Democrats to Congress who have followed along as the GOP has dragged the Overton Window to the right.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM