Chuck Massoud-Tastor
@chuckmassoudtastor.bsky.social
Retired advocate for the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled. An atheist searching for those trying to follow the supposed teachings of Jesus, and a better christian than ANY Trump supporter.
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Nate Silver insults Heather Cox Richardson in a desperate bid to steal a fraction of the attention she's earned. But my favorite Silver tweet remains this 2022 classic:
“I still think Eric Adams would be in my top 5 for ‘who will be the next Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden?’"
“I still think Eric Adams would be in my top 5 for ‘who will be the next Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden?’"
December 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Nate Silver insults Heather Cox Richardson in a desperate bid to steal a fraction of the attention she's earned. But my favorite Silver tweet remains this 2022 classic:
“I still think Eric Adams would be in my top 5 for ‘who will be the next Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden?’"
“I still think Eric Adams would be in my top 5 for ‘who will be the next Democratic presidential nominee after Joe Biden?’"
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My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
Maybe you should be shouting about this from the hilltops @congressmannion.bsky.social
#NY22 needs to know 33% drop in corporate tax revenues. But more $ for defense, more $ for ICE, more $ for farmer aid due to illegal tariffs! We are becoming an authoritarian banana republic.
#NY22 needs to know 33% drop in corporate tax revenues. But more $ for defense, more $ for ICE, more $ for farmer aid due to illegal tariffs! We are becoming an authoritarian banana republic.
Big Businesses Are Cashing In on Trump’s Tax Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Maybe you should be shouting about this from the hilltops @congressmannion.bsky.social
#NY22 needs to know 33% drop in corporate tax revenues. But more $ for defense, more $ for ICE, more $ for farmer aid due to illegal tariffs! We are becoming an authoritarian banana republic.
#NY22 needs to know 33% drop in corporate tax revenues. But more $ for defense, more $ for ICE, more $ for farmer aid due to illegal tariffs! We are becoming an authoritarian banana republic.
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Kavanaugh stops
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kavanaugh stops
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I think this is probably a new era of grand jury practice where there is communal awareness of abusive policing.
The GJ just doesn't believe the state.
I'm not an expert on the history of grand juries, but my sense is that this is the first time we are seeing that phenomenon at scale.
The GJ just doesn't believe the state.
I'm not an expert on the history of grand juries, but my sense is that this is the first time we are seeing that phenomenon at scale.
JUST IN: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Snell just confirmed, at the prodding of U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, that this motion for dismissal followed a "no bill" from a grand jury.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
U.S. prosecutors in Chicago are dropping another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz, "without prejudice."
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I think this is probably a new era of grand jury practice where there is communal awareness of abusive policing.
The GJ just doesn't believe the state.
I'm not an expert on the history of grand juries, but my sense is that this is the first time we are seeing that phenomenon at scale.
The GJ just doesn't believe the state.
I'm not an expert on the history of grand juries, but my sense is that this is the first time we are seeing that phenomenon at scale.
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In this Ohio diner, Pete still means Rose, not Hegseth. But they do know this: Firing missiles at Venezuelan boaters is the best way to teach them the grit and hustle that you need to get ahead in life.
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In this Ohio diner, Pete still means Rose, not Hegseth. But they do know this: Firing missiles at Venezuelan boaters is the best way to teach them the grit and hustle that you need to get ahead in life.
You could try this type of tactic @congressmannion.bsky.social or stick with your retail politics and try to capture a few of the cult members. The GOP will pick someone to run against you & the lies will come thick & heavy. Whatever you have done will be grossly distorted. I say attack now #NY22
Tim Walz and other democrats should claim that Trump’s growing dementia is causing him to verbally attack female reporters. Make the media debate whether it is Alzheimer’s or whether Trump is just an asshole.
The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You could try this type of tactic @congressmannion.bsky.social or stick with your retail politics and try to capture a few of the cult members. The GOP will pick someone to run against you & the lies will come thick & heavy. Whatever you have done will be grossly distorted. I say attack now #NY22
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Tim Walz and other democrats should claim that Trump’s growing dementia is causing him to verbally attack female reporters. Make the media debate whether it is Alzheimer’s or whether Trump is just an asshole.
The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tim Walz and other democrats should claim that Trump’s growing dementia is causing him to verbally attack female reporters. Make the media debate whether it is Alzheimer’s or whether Trump is just an asshole.
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🎯 In the 'The Society of the Spectacle' Marxist Guy Debord describes how modern life, especially under capitalism, turns genuine experience into images and commodities, creating a separate pseudo-world where people become passive observers defined by appearances rather than authentic living.
December 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🎯 In the 'The Society of the Spectacle' Marxist Guy Debord describes how modern life, especially under capitalism, turns genuine experience into images and commodities, creating a separate pseudo-world where people become passive observers defined by appearances rather than authentic living.
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
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It’s way past time for every WH reporter to speak out to Trump’s face when he’s insulting female reporters. Is your access so critical that you’ll allow your colleagues to be abused?
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s way past time for every WH reporter to speak out to Trump’s face when he’s insulting female reporters. Is your access so critical that you’ll allow your colleagues to be abused?
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This is how the economy works now. You kiss the ass of the top guy, he throws you favors. There is no ideology here, it's just mafia rules, the oldest rules in the book.
random farmer to Trump on what his child said to him: "He said, 'Daddy, I don't want Santa Claus to come to our house for Christmas, I want President Trump.' I think you brought Christmas to farmers with this bridge payment."
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is how the economy works now. You kiss the ass of the top guy, he throws you favors. There is no ideology here, it's just mafia rules, the oldest rules in the book.
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Been thinking a lot about how centrist Never Trumpers spent the last year blaming “wokeness” and young people—when it was their own failed strategy that lost 2024. They chased a mythical middle, sidelined the base, and punched left harder than they did authoritarianism. Let’s talk about it.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Been thinking a lot about how centrist Never Trumpers spent the last year blaming “wokeness” and young people—when it was their own failed strategy that lost 2024. They chased a mythical middle, sidelined the base, and punched left harder than they did authoritarianism. Let’s talk about it.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
This is written as if directly for your style of centrism @congressmannion.bsky.social
It brilliantly lays bare the fantasy world of today’s centrists. Finding common ground with ogres and trolls is a fools errand and doomed to failure. Maga will spread lies about your efforts on Fox #NY22
It brilliantly lays bare the fantasy world of today’s centrists. Finding common ground with ogres and trolls is a fools errand and doomed to failure. Maga will spread lies about your efforts on Fox #NY22
America Continues to Declare War on International Multiculturalism
Plus: My experience being disillusioned with centrist and donor-driven media.
www.stewonthis.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is written as if directly for your style of centrism @congressmannion.bsky.social
It brilliantly lays bare the fantasy world of today’s centrists. Finding common ground with ogres and trolls is a fools errand and doomed to failure. Maga will spread lies about your efforts on Fox #NY22
It brilliantly lays bare the fantasy world of today’s centrists. Finding common ground with ogres and trolls is a fools errand and doomed to failure. Maga will spread lies about your efforts on Fox #NY22
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OMG: totally unsurprising and also needs to be the subject of national attention:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
OMG: totally unsurprising and also needs to be the subject of national attention:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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It’s a great tweet because it illustrates how building clout in the right, as far back as 2015, was so much about being racist that this guy made up a racist tradition to farm likes bsky.app/profile/jess...
Today is the 10th anniversary of one of the stupidest tweets ever written
December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It’s a great tweet because it illustrates how building clout in the right, as far back as 2015, was so much about being racist that this guy made up a racist tradition to farm likes bsky.app/profile/jess...
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Not even japanese food. “Asian food” because they’re all the same really (the brunt of japanese imperialism was overwhelmingly borne by other asian countries but who cares)
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Not even japanese food. “Asian food” because they’re all the same really (the brunt of japanese imperialism was overwhelmingly borne by other asian countries but who cares)
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I have planned & hosted these ceremonies at two different jobs, and I can 100% confirm that @kevinmkruse.bsky.social is 100% correct. And I would guess that probably 90% of people born in this country couldn’t pass the citizenship exam that new Americans have to pass to be naturalized.
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I have planned & hosted these ceremonies at two different jobs, and I can 100% confirm that @kevinmkruse.bsky.social is 100% correct. And I would guess that probably 90% of people born in this country couldn’t pass the citizenship exam that new Americans have to pass to be naturalized.
Roberts speaks a profound truth that should be your guiding principal as a representative @congressmannion.bsky.social
YOU need to excite good people to get involved, excite them to
do the right thing, excite them to work for justice and sustainable sanity. It’s your job & privilege #NY22
YOU need to excite good people to get involved, excite them to
do the right thing, excite them to work for justice and sustainable sanity. It’s your job & privilege #NY22
I truly believe that most people are better than this, but being quiet and passively good doesn't help anyone. People who believe in decency need to get as active and exercised as these evil fucks.
Or else the evil takes over. We've seen this whole story play out before, many times.
Or else the evil takes over. We've seen this whole story play out before, many times.
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Roberts speaks a profound truth that should be your guiding principal as a representative @congressmannion.bsky.social
YOU need to excite good people to get involved, excite them to
do the right thing, excite them to work for justice and sustainable sanity. It’s your job & privilege #NY22
YOU need to excite good people to get involved, excite them to
do the right thing, excite them to work for justice and sustainable sanity. It’s your job & privilege #NY22
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@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
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It's wrong to accuse Pete Hegseth of murder: those two Venezuelans had pre-existing health conditions.
by Bret Stephens
by Bret Stephens
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It's wrong to accuse Pete Hegseth of murder: those two Venezuelans had pre-existing health conditions.
by Bret Stephens
by Bret Stephens
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Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life