BlBallard
@blballard.bsky.social
DC area local, OH native. IR background, and experience in government solutions and innovation. Still love democracy, and will miss it.
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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⬇️ They are absolutely being trained to do this, and then to claim that they are being threatened and therefore justified in using deadly force. This is almost certainly coming down from Stephen Miller
Something that needs to be elevated is that ICE agents have been instructed to threaten and illegally detain legal observers. It's a criminal conspiracy to deprive Americans of their 1st & 4th amendment rights.
Renee Good isn't the only victim ICE has targeted and won't be the last.
Renee Good isn't the only victim ICE has targeted and won't be the last.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
⬇️ They are absolutely being trained to do this, and then to claim that they are being threatened and therefore justified in using deadly force. This is almost certainly coming down from Stephen Miller
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So the Trump administration uses ICE to murder innocent civilians here in the US—and the military to murder innocent fishermen overseas.
This is a criminal regime.
This is a criminal regime.
January 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
So the Trump administration uses ICE to murder innocent civilians here in the US—and the military to murder innocent fishermen overseas.
This is a criminal regime.
This is a criminal regime.
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(NOT) BREAKING (NOT NEW) NEWS:
Trump just posted lies on Truth Social about the murder of a legal observer in Minneapolis.
Trump just posted lies on Truth Social about the murder of a legal observer in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
(NOT) BREAKING (NOT NEW) NEWS:
Trump just posted lies on Truth Social about the murder of a legal observer in Minneapolis.
Trump just posted lies on Truth Social about the murder of a legal observer in Minneapolis.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
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Her vehicle's right front panel cleared the ICE agent who didn't open fire until after he was at the side of her vehicle. He used deadly force on a fleeing individual, which is against DHS policy. This is murder. He needs to be arrested.
January 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Her vehicle's right front panel cleared the ICE agent who didn't open fire until after he was at the side of her vehicle. He used deadly force on a fleeing individual, which is against DHS policy. This is murder. He needs to be arrested.
So it clearly is not a ‘police’ operation…
Stephen Miller: "What the president said is true. The United States of America is running Venezuela ... by definition we are in charge because we have the US military stationed outside the country. We set the terms and conditions ... for them to do commerce, they need our permission."
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
So it clearly is not a ‘police’ operation…
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NEW: Source familiar with the Epstein files release tells me that Congress has yet to receive the Justice Department’s explanation for the Epstein files redactions.
This is another violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
This is another violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
January 4, 2026 at 5:53 PM
NEW: Source familiar with the Epstein files release tells me that Congress has yet to receive the Justice Department’s explanation for the Epstein files redactions.
This is another violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
This is another violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
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We have to impeach him.
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 AM
We have to impeach him.
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
As of this week, lesson still not learned…
Vivek Ramaswamy thought all he had to do was play their game, and he'd be fully accepted into the club. He's finding out the hard way that the only reason that club existed in the first place was to keep him out.
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
As of this week, lesson still not learned…
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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Young Republicans say that "Hitler was fucking cool." The truth is more complicated.
December 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Young Republicans say that "Hitler was fucking cool." The truth is more complicated.
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“Coverups are difficult in free societies. They are routine for authoritarian governments. The Epstein coverup will be an indicator of how far we are down the road to authoritarianism. The success of such a coverup would take us much further down that road.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
Why the Epstein Coverup Matters
In free societies, government coverups are difficult. In authoritarian ones, they’re routine.
www.thebulwark.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Coverups are difficult in free societies. They are routine for authoritarian governments. The Epstein coverup will be an indicator of how far we are down the road to authoritarianism. The success of such a coverup would take us much further down that road.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
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Occam's razor.
DOJ hasn't released key documents, including the original 60-count draft indictment of Epstein and the victim statements.
Why?
DOJ really doesn't want us to read them.
Why does DOJ care so much about these?
Because they directly or indirectly implicate Trump.
DOJ hasn't released key documents, including the original 60-count draft indictment of Epstein and the victim statements.
Why?
DOJ really doesn't want us to read them.
Why does DOJ care so much about these?
Because they directly or indirectly implicate Trump.
December 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Occam's razor.
DOJ hasn't released key documents, including the original 60-count draft indictment of Epstein and the victim statements.
Why?
DOJ really doesn't want us to read them.
Why does DOJ care so much about these?
Because they directly or indirectly implicate Trump.
DOJ hasn't released key documents, including the original 60-count draft indictment of Epstein and the victim statements.
Why?
DOJ really doesn't want us to read them.
Why does DOJ care so much about these?
Because they directly or indirectly implicate Trump.
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Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
December 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
Bari Weiss
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Bari Weiss
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In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
December 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
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Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.