Julian
@borggeano.bsky.social
Father of daughters. US (for now?) by way of Argentina. Don’t blame me, I voted for the ladies both times. There will be pictures of dogs. My dog.
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Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.
October 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.
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On plenary power:
October 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
On plenary power:
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Yesterday on CNN Stephen Miller said Trump has plenary authority. If you watch the video, you can tell it was a slip of the tongue — he instantly froze up after realizing he’d said the quiet part out loud.
Just to be clear, Trump does not have plenary power — yet.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Just to be clear, Trump does not have plenary power — yet.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Trump aide freezes on live TV after controversial claim about president
A Trump administration official faces criticism after allegedly claiming US President Donald Trump has "plenary authority" while on a live interview with CNN.
www.abc.net.au
October 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Yesterday on CNN Stephen Miller said Trump has plenary authority. If you watch the video, you can tell it was a slip of the tongue — he instantly froze up after realizing he’d said the quiet part out loud.
Just to be clear, Trump does not have plenary power — yet.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Just to be clear, Trump does not have plenary power — yet.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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1. He can fire all the prosecutors he wants but still a long way from getting a conviction without evidence. We'll see.
2. He's getting crazier by the hour now, isn't he? This is on top of talking about re-invading Afghanistan and no one is allowed to criticize him on TV...and that's just today.
2. He's getting crazier by the hour now, isn't he? This is on top of talking about re-invading Afghanistan and no one is allowed to criticize him on TV...and that's just today.
"President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources."
Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG Letitia James: Sources
President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney in Eastern Virginia after he was unable to find evidence of mortgage fraud against NY AG Letitia James, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
1. He can fire all the prosecutors he wants but still a long way from getting a conviction without evidence. We'll see.
2. He's getting crazier by the hour now, isn't he? This is on top of talking about re-invading Afghanistan and no one is allowed to criticize him on TV...and that's just today.
2. He's getting crazier by the hour now, isn't he? This is on top of talking about re-invading Afghanistan and no one is allowed to criticize him on TV...and that's just today.
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Does JD realize that Trump continuously makes him look like a complete dope?
Btw, this was JD Vance just a few months ago back in February of this year🙃
September 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Does JD realize that Trump continuously makes him look like a complete dope?
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Sorry, folks. Sounds like the civil war has been postponed due to white shooter
September 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Sorry, folks. Sounds like the civil war has been postponed due to white shooter
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So Matthew Dowd was right.
Will MSNBC re-hire him?
Will MSNBC re-hire him?
September 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So Matthew Dowd was right.
Will MSNBC re-hire him?
Will MSNBC re-hire him?
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A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP
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My collaboration with Ivan Ehlers for the @latimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My collaboration with Ivan Ehlers for the @latimes.com
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🚨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation.
Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation.
Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
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🚨 The Trump admin is moving to de-legalize more than a quarter of a million Venezuelans who have been here for at LEAST four years.
The vast majority entered before Biden took office (often on tourist visas) and were previously granted deportation protections by Trump himself.
The vast majority entered before Biden took office (often on tourist visas) and were previously granted deportation protections by Trump himself.
DHS TERMINATES 2021 DESIGNATION OF VENEZUELA FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS - STATEMENT
September 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨 The Trump admin is moving to de-legalize more than a quarter of a million Venezuelans who have been here for at LEAST four years.
The vast majority entered before Biden took office (often on tourist visas) and were previously granted deportation protections by Trump himself.
The vast majority entered before Biden took office (often on tourist visas) and were previously granted deportation protections by Trump himself.
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Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
September 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
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RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why?
TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it
TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it
August 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why?
TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it
TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it
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Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
August 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
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GOP: We are the pro-life party!
So—free pre-natal care?
GOP: No
Extend child tax credit?
GOP: No
Paid family leave?
GOP: No
Universal pre-K?
GOP: No
Gun reform to stop school shootings?
GOP: No
So...HOW Exactly are you pro-life?🤔
GOP: We force 11-yr-old rape victims to give birth
So—free pre-natal care?
GOP: No
Extend child tax credit?
GOP: No
Paid family leave?
GOP: No
Universal pre-K?
GOP: No
Gun reform to stop school shootings?
GOP: No
So...HOW Exactly are you pro-life?🤔
GOP: We force 11-yr-old rape victims to give birth
August 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
GOP: We are the pro-life party!
So—free pre-natal care?
GOP: No
Extend child tax credit?
GOP: No
Paid family leave?
GOP: No
Universal pre-K?
GOP: No
Gun reform to stop school shootings?
GOP: No
So...HOW Exactly are you pro-life?🤔
GOP: We force 11-yr-old rape victims to give birth
So—free pre-natal care?
GOP: No
Extend child tax credit?
GOP: No
Paid family leave?
GOP: No
Universal pre-K?
GOP: No
Gun reform to stop school shootings?
GOP: No
So...HOW Exactly are you pro-life?🤔
GOP: We force 11-yr-old rape victims to give birth
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This is the most compelling case I’ve seen yet that America is no longer a democracy but an authoritarian state.
Not a *soon-to-be* authoritarian state—a *current* one.
Not a *soon-to-be* authoritarian state—a *current* one.
Slouching into fascism
Are we already past the tipping point?
www.motherjones.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This is the most compelling case I’ve seen yet that America is no longer a democracy but an authoritarian state.
Not a *soon-to-be* authoritarian state—a *current* one.
Not a *soon-to-be* authoritarian state—a *current* one.
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"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action."
Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
August 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action."
Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
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Portugal’s president gets it, branding Trump a “Russian asset,” and blasting him for his tepid response to Moscow.
“The supreme leader of the world’s greatest superpower is, objectively, a Soviet, or Russian, asset. He functions as an asset.”
www.thedailybeast.com/portuguese-p...
“The supreme leader of the world’s greatest superpower is, objectively, a Soviet, or Russian, asset. He functions as an asset.”
www.thedailybeast.com/portuguese-p...
European Leader Calls Trump a ‘Russian Asset’
The European president said Donald Trump “functions as an asset,” slamming the president for his stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Portugal’s president gets it, branding Trump a “Russian asset,” and blasting him for his tepid response to Moscow.
“The supreme leader of the world’s greatest superpower is, objectively, a Soviet, or Russian, asset. He functions as an asset.”
www.thedailybeast.com/portuguese-p...
“The supreme leader of the world’s greatest superpower is, objectively, a Soviet, or Russian, asset. He functions as an asset.”
www.thedailybeast.com/portuguese-p...
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For those asking, this is an ammosexual.
August 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
For those asking, this is an ammosexual.
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DRUMMOND: “.. Ultimately, this era in history is a WIRED story: The United States’ authoritarian turn, aided and abetted by the tech industry’s complicity. And that’s how we’re covering it.”
@status.news @oliverdarcy.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social @wired.com
www.status.news/p/wired-kati...
@status.news @oliverdarcy.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social @wired.com
www.status.news/p/wired-kati...
WIRED for the Moment
In a conversation with Status, WIRED’s Katie Drummond argues that Silicon Valley is no longer just innovating new technology—it’s actively shaping American democracy.
www.status.news
August 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
DRUMMOND: “.. Ultimately, this era in history is a WIRED story: The United States’ authoritarian turn, aided and abetted by the tech industry’s complicity. And that’s how we’re covering it.”
@status.news @oliverdarcy.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social @wired.com
www.status.news/p/wired-kati...
@status.news @oliverdarcy.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social @wired.com
www.status.news/p/wired-kati...
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REP. @rokhanna.bsky.social : “Only 3% of the documents that were given to us were new. 97% were already in the public domain. Less than 1% of the Epstein Files have actually been released. They’re stonewalling and not releasing things.”
August 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
REP. @rokhanna.bsky.social : “Only 3% of the documents that were given to us were new. 97% were already in the public domain. Less than 1% of the Epstein Files have actually been released. They’re stonewalling and not releasing things.”
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Both sides-ism like this is exactly why we’re in this mess
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Both sides-ism like this is exactly why we’re in this mess
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Ideally, you want a president who thinks slavery is bad.
August 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Ideally, you want a president who thinks slavery is bad.