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At Belvedere House Ireland young artists expressed something about what it would've been like to be stolen into marriage to a cruel and jealous tyrant at age 16 and locked away from anyone else for 31 years until his death.
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
At Belvedere House Ireland young artists expressed something about what it would've been like to be stolen into marriage to a cruel and jealous tyrant at age 16 and locked away from anyone else for 31 years until his death.
Under their current leadership I was reluctant to mention my un-european vacation on FB or IG but it was a good trip. I wonder if BluSky compresses the stars out of astronomy photos as thoroughly as FB and IG do?
August 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Under their current leadership I was reluctant to mention my un-european vacation on FB or IG but it was a good trip. I wonder if BluSky compresses the stars out of astronomy photos as thoroughly as FB and IG do?
emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social
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Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
@emptywheel.bsky.social
· 5h
Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Let me repeat: Until Todd Blanche and David Markus reveal basic details, Todd's conversations with the sex trafficker should be treated as gross corruption. Those are:
1) Did she have a proffer (answer is yes)
2) What FBI agents were in the room (if none, take to the streets)
3) Was it recorded
1) Did she have a proffer (answer is yes)
2) What FBI agents were in the room (if none, take to the streets)
3) Was it recorded
July 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social
· 5h
Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
@emptywheel.bsky.social
· 5h
Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe Reveal Putin "Was Counting on a Trump Win"
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Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe Reveal Putin "Was Counting on a Trump Win" - emptywheel
Thanks to Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe, we now know that according to a reliable but ambiguous intelligence fragment, CIA got intelligence that said Putin approved the DNC hack-and-leak campaign "...
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July 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe Reveal Putin "Was Counting on a Trump Win"
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The government is legally required to provide people in its custody disability accommodations — but ICE shouldn’t be arresting and deporting DACA recipients and people with legal status to begin with.
Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas
Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and communicates using sign language, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City. He could not communicate in handcuffs. His attorney says U.S. agents "don’t care whether you stand and produce documents or run.”
www.latimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The government is legally required to provide people in its custody disability accommodations — but ICE shouldn’t be arresting and deporting DACA recipients and people with legal status to begin with.
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I think both of these things are true, but is there a different valence to calling what Trump is doing "a mafia state" as compared to "fascism"?
I wonder if using the former term will highlight the corruption more easily?
I wonder if using the former term will highlight the corruption more easily?
July 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I think both of these things are true, but is there a different valence to calling what Trump is doing "a mafia state" as compared to "fascism"?
I wonder if using the former term will highlight the corruption more easily?
I wonder if using the former term will highlight the corruption more easily?
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Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
July 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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The Trump administration is reportedly planning to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to ICE detention centers nationwide.
Demand Congress prevent this dangerous abuse of power NOW.
Demand Congress prevent this dangerous abuse of power NOW.
Tell Congress: No Troops on Our Streets
President Trump has deployed thousands of National Guard and federal troops into our communities. Tell Congress: No troops on our streets.
action.aclu.org
July 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to ICE detention centers nationwide.
Demand Congress prevent this dangerous abuse of power NOW.
Demand Congress prevent this dangerous abuse of power NOW.
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This nails it by @eliehonig.bsky.social — Ghislaine is a monster and sexual criminal; the girls she abused are the victims, not her. That Trump is cynically using her to get out of a jam should tell you all you need to know about him nymag.com/intelligence...
The Problem With Ghislaine Maxwell As a Witness
Genuine cooperation between the Justice Department and Epstein’s convicted accomplice is possible, but there are so many ways it could go wrong.
nymag.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This nails it by @eliehonig.bsky.social — Ghislaine is a monster and sexual criminal; the girls she abused are the victims, not her. That Trump is cynically using her to get out of a jam should tell you all you need to know about him nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Secrets about Russia's Influence Operation that Tulsi Gabbard Is Still Keeping from Us
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The Secrets about Russia's Influence Operation that Tulsi Gabbard Is Still Keeping from Us - emptywheel
At least as part of her information operation, Tulsi Gabbard released a newly declassified version of the 2017 Intelligence Assessment on the 2016 Russian attack.
www.emptywheel.net
July 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Secrets about Russia's Influence Operation that Tulsi Gabbard Is Still Keeping from Us
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/19/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/19/t...
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Technically, this is dated. But I feel like this still isn't getting the focus it deserves.
Whether or not we learn Trump was raping Epstein's girls, his super power is failing him and it's driving him nuts.
Whether or not we learn Trump was raping Epstein's girls, his super power is failing him and it's driving him nuts.
Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?
Here's why.
Here's why.
The Failing Superpower of Epstein's Buddy
YouTube video by L O L G O P
www.youtube.com
July 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Technically, this is dated. But I feel like this still isn't getting the focus it deserves.
Whether or not we learn Trump was raping Epstein's girls, his super power is failing him and it's driving him nuts.
Whether or not we learn Trump was raping Epstein's girls, his super power is failing him and it's driving him nuts.
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Rümeysa Öztürk was detained by ICE for her op-ed in the Tufts Daily.
Now, the student newspaper is sharing her first public account of her experiences of being forced to live in cramped, unsanitary conditions and having her medical and religious needs ignored.
Now, the student newspaper is sharing her first public account of her experiences of being forced to live in cramped, unsanitary conditions and having her medical and religious needs ignored.
Op-ed: ‘Even God cannot hear us here’: What I witnessed inside an ICE women’s prison - The Tufts Daily
On a Tuesday in March, I had spent most of my day working on my dissertation proposal and started to feel exhausted and hungry. It was the holy month of Ramadan, and I was fasting. Once finished, I qu...
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July 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Rümeysa Öztürk was detained by ICE for her op-ed in the Tufts Daily.
Now, the student newspaper is sharing her first public account of her experiences of being forced to live in cramped, unsanitary conditions and having her medical and religious needs ignored.
Now, the student newspaper is sharing her first public account of her experiences of being forced to live in cramped, unsanitary conditions and having her medical and religious needs ignored.
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Seriously, holy hell.
Virtually every mainstream outlet has flubbed this limited hangout.
Virtually every mainstream outlet has flubbed this limited hangout.
Why is Trump asking for grand jury testimony?
1. Because he knows it’s unlikely to be released and then he can blame the judge
2. Because that testimony is restricted to charges against Epstein and Maxwell and is unlikely to name clients
3. Because it generates delay and confusion.
1. Because he knows it’s unlikely to be released and then he can blame the judge
2. Because that testimony is restricted to charges against Epstein and Maxwell and is unlikely to name clients
3. Because it generates delay and confusion.
July 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Seriously, holy hell.
Virtually every mainstream outlet has flubbed this limited hangout.
Virtually every mainstream outlet has flubbed this limited hangout.
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Chuck Grassley Complicit in Sending Dozens of Innocent Men to a Concentration Camp
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Chuck Grassley Complicit in Sending Dozens of Innocent Men to a Concentration Camp - emptywheel
Chuck Grassley is protecting a guy, Emil Bove, who gave an order to unload dozens of innocent men into a concentration camp. Worse, he is cheating to promote him to a lifetime appointment.
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July 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Chuck Grassley Complicit in Sending Dozens of Innocent Men to a Concentration Camp
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The Department of Homeland Security is telling police to treat mundane activities like skateboarding or live-streaming at a protest as "violent tactics."
This is disturbing, dangerous, and could easily lead to excessive force against people who are simply exercising their First Amendment rights.
This is disturbing, dangerous, and could easily lead to excessive force against people who are simply exercising their First Amendment rights.
Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
www.wired.com
July 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Department of Homeland Security is telling police to treat mundane activities like skateboarding or live-streaming at a protest as "violent tactics."
This is disturbing, dangerous, and could easily lead to excessive force against people who are simply exercising their First Amendment rights.
This is disturbing, dangerous, and could easily lead to excessive force against people who are simply exercising their First Amendment rights.
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The stormchasers I follow on the dead bird site are warning of flash floods in central Texas and most of Oklahoma. Vince Waelti: "Prepare to avoid travel, prepare to evacuate, and follow local alerts. Share this WIDELY to save lives!
July 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The stormchasers I follow on the dead bird site are warning of flash floods in central Texas and most of Oklahoma. Vince Waelti: "Prepare to avoid travel, prepare to evacuate, and follow local alerts. Share this WIDELY to save lives!
Someday everyone will always have been against this. Peacefully opposing a cult of violence is slow and never easy but we shall overcome someday.
Where does the line between enforcing U.S. law & utter inhumanity lie? We don’t need to carefully parse its precise placement in order to understand that what this administration is doing has crossed it, is utterly reprehensible, and will be condemned by history open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
An Angry Judge in the Abrego Garcia Case
Has the federal judiciary reached critical mass?
open.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Someday everyone will always have been against this. Peacefully opposing a cult of violence is slow and never easy but we shall overcome someday.
Grok, please show an example of the opposite of "woke."
July 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Grok, please show an example of the opposite of "woke."
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To paraphrase before-times Kanye West: Donald Trump … doesn’t care … about white people (or anyone else who isn’t a billionaire or fossil fuel company…) open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
A Daily Reid - Maga Republicans to non-billionaire Americans: 'drop dead'
The party of the super rich has long needed the right clown to fool mainly white Americans into giving up the 20th century. They found him in Donald Trump.
open.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
To paraphrase before-times Kanye West: Donald Trump … doesn’t care … about white people (or anyone else who isn’t a billionaire or fossil fuel company…) open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
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Damning: As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Damning: As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
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This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better.
But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.
But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.
July 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better.
But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.
But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.
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Just published: "Unraveling the Big Lie: Participatory Disinformation and the 2020 Election." Thrilled to see this work out in the world and part of such an amazing compilation. My chapter features my initial research and model on "participatory disinformation": academic.oup.com/book/60493?l...
Connective Action and the Rise of the Far-Right: Platforms, Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy
Abstract. This volume introduces a “connection action” framework for explaining democratic backsliding. We bring together a mostly political science compar
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July 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Just published: "Unraveling the Big Lie: Participatory Disinformation and the 2020 Election." Thrilled to see this work out in the world and part of such an amazing compilation. My chapter features my initial research and model on "participatory disinformation": academic.oup.com/book/60493?l...
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If this Van Orden post pisses you off, consider finding a way to support Rebecca Cooke, who is already running against him and who almost beat him last time.
cookeforwisconsin.com/en/
cookeforwisconsin.com/en/
July 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If this Van Orden post pisses you off, consider finding a way to support Rebecca Cooke, who is already running against him and who almost beat him last time.
cookeforwisconsin.com/en/
cookeforwisconsin.com/en/