@cascarita.bsky.social
Probability of US democracy collapsing based on Complex System Science
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People are dying inside American concentration camps right now.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Exclusive: 911 calls from migrant detention center highlight dire conditions
About 90 emergency 911 calls have been made from the Camp East Montana immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, during the 15 weeks since it opened.
www.elpasotimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
People are dying inside American concentration camps right now.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
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“It is all lunacy. Absolutely, it’s 100% nonsense,” said Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society about the claims made in Kory's book that chlorine dioxide is a miracle treatment for a wide range of ailments.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social
Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It i...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“It is all lunacy. Absolutely, it’s 100% nonsense,” said Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society about the claims made in Kory's book that chlorine dioxide is a miracle treatment for a wide range of ailments.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social
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"When I said in February that they were going to cast a wide net for deportations, I had no idea how bad it would be. This is not just a matter of aggressive deportation. The things that are being done by our government to our fellow human beings are monstrous."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"When I said in February that they were going to cast a wide net for deportations, I had no idea how bad it would be. This is not just a matter of aggressive deportation. The things that are being done by our government to our fellow human beings are monstrous."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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This report should have panicked everyone on the left into concerted, coordinated effort to address the information asymmetry. But as far as I can tell it just came & went & Dems are still in "buy TV ads about affordability" mode.
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...
www.mediamatters.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This report should have panicked everyone on the left into concerted, coordinated effort to address the information asymmetry. But as far as I can tell it just came & went & Dems are still in "buy TV ads about affordability" mode.
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NEW - The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our journalists are doing shoe-leather reporting to provide readers with the precise numbers.
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW - The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
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This is unforgivable -- innocent, helpless families being tortured and torn apart for the entertainment of a decadent, bloodthirsty domestic audience. I feel sick being part of it.
Portfolio: The Trap at 26 Federal Plaza
Every day in downtown Manhattan immigrants arriving for routine hearings are targeted by ICE agents and taken from their families.
nymag.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This is unforgivable -- innocent, helpless families being tortured and torn apart for the entertainment of a decadent, bloodthirsty domestic audience. I feel sick being part of it.
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📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
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This entire article is, unsurprisingly, kicked off by Brett Kavanaugh and includes this: "A spokesperson for Kavanaugh did not return an emailed request for comment."
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This entire article is, unsurprisingly, kicked off by Brett Kavanaugh and includes this: "A spokesperson for Kavanaugh did not return an emailed request for comment."
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It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.
October 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.
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Here it is, my answer for every time I get asked "why don't (most) Dems just...[message better, be bolder, sound authentic...etc]"
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
www.weekendreading.net
October 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Here it is, my answer for every time I get asked "why don't (most) Dems just...[message better, be bolder, sound authentic...etc]"
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
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"The only compromises Democrats should accept in exchange for bailing out the Republican-controlled Congress are ones that would either (a) rebalance the structure of government, or (b) put limits on executive power." www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
Here’s How Trump Loses the Shutdown
God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.
www.thebulwark.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"The only compromises Democrats should accept in exchange for bailing out the Republican-controlled Congress are ones that would either (a) rebalance the structure of government, or (b) put limits on executive power." www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
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“They was bringing the kids down too, had them zip-tied to each other,” she said. “That’s all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where’s the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, ‘f*** them kids.’” trib.al/21cUTaa
ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building
ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.
trib.al
October 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“They was bringing the kids down too, had them zip-tied to each other,” she said. “That’s all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where’s the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, ‘f*** them kids.’” trib.al/21cUTaa
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I think it's important to remember at certain points that this Administration has accomplished absolutely nothing.
They got some tax cuts, they've done a bunch of choreographed immigration raids, killed a bunch of people by cutting and closing agencies, and droned some boats. That's literally it.
They got some tax cuts, they've done a bunch of choreographed immigration raids, killed a bunch of people by cutting and closing agencies, and droned some boats. That's literally it.
October 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I think it's important to remember at certain points that this Administration has accomplished absolutely nothing.
They got some tax cuts, they've done a bunch of choreographed immigration raids, killed a bunch of people by cutting and closing agencies, and droned some boats. That's literally it.
They got some tax cuts, they've done a bunch of choreographed immigration raids, killed a bunch of people by cutting and closing agencies, and droned some boats. That's literally it.
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We’ve never had a shutdown under a competitive authoritarian regime before. This matters because the rules of the game have changed. If congressional leaders act as if the old rules apply, they will lose. The executive seeks to consolidate power and does not negotiate in good faith.
October 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We’ve never had a shutdown under a competitive authoritarian regime before. This matters because the rules of the game have changed. If congressional leaders act as if the old rules apply, they will lose. The executive seeks to consolidate power and does not negotiate in good faith.
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"Trump wanted this shutdown. This isn’t speculation — it’s strategy... Russ Vought, has openly embraced using a shutdown to permanently fire tens if not hundreds of thousands of public servants". Read @joetrippi.bsky.social on why this shutdown is different: www.lincolnsquare.media/p/no-dollars...
No Dollars for Dictatorship
Americans must stand against Trump’s shutdown agenda.
www.lincolnsquare.media
October 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Trump wanted this shutdown. This isn’t speculation — it’s strategy... Russ Vought, has openly embraced using a shutdown to permanently fire tens if not hundreds of thousands of public servants". Read @joetrippi.bsky.social on why this shutdown is different: www.lincolnsquare.media/p/no-dollars...
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"Information shapes perceptions, drives alliances, corrodes trust, and determines the resilience and power found in democracies." Putin understands and exploits this better than we do. www.thebulwark.com/p/putins-bot...
Putin’s Bots and Drones Target Trust
And the American media ecosystem leaves us vulnerable.
www.thebulwark.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"Information shapes perceptions, drives alliances, corrodes trust, and determines the resilience and power found in democracies." Putin understands and exploits this better than we do. www.thebulwark.com/p/putins-bot...
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Join us for our next Inside the Big Story event, a virtual discussion on Oct. 15 about how immigration policies are being enforced and how our reporters are documenting the consequences.
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Join us for our next Inside the Big Story event, a virtual discussion on Oct. 15 about how immigration policies are being enforced and how our reporters are documenting the consequences.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Join us for our next Inside the Big Story event, a virtual discussion on Oct. 15 about how immigration policies are being enforced and how our reporters are documenting the consequences.
Check your email for the invite 📩
Join us for our next Inside the Big Story event, a virtual discussion on Oct. 15 about how immigration policies are being enforced and how our reporters are documenting the consequences.
Check your email for the invite 📩
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This, plus 20 Republicans who want to be remembered forever as patriots, rather than totally forgotten 20 years from now, & it can all be over. It won't happen, in part, because those 20 Republicans are never asked any questions by anyone in the media about the fascism.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
In a sane country with competent leadership, the 50 highest-ranking Democrats would call a press conference to denounce what just happened as a threat to the republic and demand Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office.
I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.
I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.
September 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This, plus 20 Republicans who want to be remembered forever as patriots, rather than totally forgotten 20 years from now, & it can all be over. It won't happen, in part, because those 20 Republicans are never asked any questions by anyone in the media about the fascism.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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I listened to the whole exchange between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, and to the original "Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way" column, and among the takes this piece is the best I have read. Long-ish, so set aside a bit of time. (Disclosure: I have been on Ezra's show...)
I really appreciated this thoughtful piece about Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ezra Klein. Andrea Pitzer says “lost” folks like Klein “don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history and what it is exactly that they’re doing”. [degenerateart.beehiiv.com]
You don’t have to swallow frogs
Klein and Coates show that if you don’t know what your core beliefs are, you’re going to get played.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I listened to the whole exchange between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, and to the original "Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way" column, and among the takes this piece is the best I have read. Long-ish, so set aside a bit of time. (Disclosure: I have been on Ezra's show...)
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It is incredibly difficult to get folks to understand that there are literally 20-30 people in DC who could end all of this tomorrow, & all of them are Republicans in Congress, & no one in the National Conversation seems interested in paying attention to that.
September 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It is incredibly difficult to get folks to understand that there are literally 20-30 people in DC who could end all of this tomorrow, & all of them are Republicans in Congress, & no one in the National Conversation seems interested in paying attention to that.
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🧵Where did all the Alligator detainees go?
Over 1200 have vanished from federal records.
By late August about 800 no longer appeared in ICE's database, while another 450 were listed with no location, only the instruction "Call ICE for details."
Lawyers and families don't know where they are.
Over 1200 have vanished from federal records.
By late August about 800 no longer appeared in ICE's database, while another 450 were listed with no location, only the instruction "Call ICE for details."
Lawyers and families don't know where they are.
Lawyers Report Disappearance of Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz Detainees From ICE Database: 'It's a Black Hole'
The Miami Herald reported that by late August about 800 detainees no longer appeared in ICE's database, while another 450 were listed with no location
www.latintimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🧵Where did all the Alligator detainees go?
Over 1200 have vanished from federal records.
By late August about 800 no longer appeared in ICE's database, while another 450 were listed with no location, only the instruction "Call ICE for details."
Lawyers and families don't know where they are.
Over 1200 have vanished from federal records.
By late August about 800 no longer appeared in ICE's database, while another 450 were listed with no location, only the instruction "Call ICE for details."
Lawyers and families don't know where they are.
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Very, *very* smart piece from @espiers.bsky.social about why media efforts by Dem consultants are so often comical failures. Highly recommended:
Why Dems Keep Screwing Up Media Efforts
Wired has a story by Taylor Lorenz about Chorus, which is a Dem backed influencer agency, attempting to recruit influencers with $8000 a month retainers and contracts that stipulate that they not disc...
www.elizabethspiers.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Very, *very* smart piece from @espiers.bsky.social about why media efforts by Dem consultants are so often comical failures. Highly recommended: