M. Osborn
@ctll033.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Retired UPRR. Also on Spoutible. Generally discuss Nebraska, Wyoming, Omaha. No DM’s unless I know you.
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M. Osborn
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· Jun 5
I got on here to look up something and now I can’t remember…
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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The Epstein Files bill has a lot of protections in it to prevent Bondi from doing what we all suspect she's going to do: hold back or redact because of an open investigation or national security concerns. If she improperly withholds, she'll be sued, and SCOTUS will eventually decide.
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Epstein Files bill has a lot of protections in it to prevent Bondi from doing what we all suspect she's going to do: hold back or redact because of an open investigation or national security concerns. If she improperly withholds, she'll be sued, and SCOTUS will eventually decide.
“Incident,” and, yes, even if it screws up the distribution of posts, we need an edit button.
This is the indecent where the agent rammed her with his car, pulled a gun on her, and said “do something, bitch.” He later bragged about it in text messages.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“Incident,” and, yes, even if it screws up the distribution of posts, we need an edit button.
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🚨 The President of the United States just called for 2 sitting U.S. Senators to be executed...for defending the Constitution.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🚨 The President of the United States just called for 2 sitting U.S. Senators to be executed...for defending the Constitution.
Today would be a good day to help flip the Senate blue. #Blue26
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He’s calling for the execution of congressional military veterans.
Is there ever a line for the demented cult otherwise known as the GOP?
The completely and utterly deranged POTUS, who constantly acts like a completely unhinged maniac, has now called for killing Democrats in Congress who say the military shouldn’t follow *ILLEGAL* orders. He is a fucking lunatic.
The completely and utterly deranged POTUS, who constantly acts like a completely unhinged maniac, has now called for killing Democrats in Congress who say the military shouldn’t follow *ILLEGAL* orders. He is a fucking lunatic.
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
He’s calling for the execution of congressional military veterans.
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New from me:
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization
What research tells us about national security under authoritarianism
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New from me:
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
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A reminder that one of them is AZ Sen. Mark Kelly, whose wife is former Representative Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head in 2011.
Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A reminder that one of them is AZ Sen. Mark Kelly, whose wife is former Representative Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head in 2011.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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This is not going to help the US’s medical crisis.
Another blow for good paying middle class jobs courtesy of the orange demon.
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Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is not going to help the US’s medical crisis.
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📣 I've updated my annual #ACA Open Enrollment Guide with two more tips specifically for people who will be over the #SubsidyCliff in 2026:
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Slouching towards Enrollment: My 2026 ACA OEP Guide (Updated w/2 more tips!)
Almost exactly a year ago I began my 2025 ACA Open Enrollment Period guide with the following words: This is the best OEP ever for the ACA for several reasons: The expanded/enhanced premium subsidies ...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
📣 I've updated my annual #ACA Open Enrollment Guide with two more tips specifically for people who will be over the #SubsidyCliff in 2026:
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
Now this should be interesting.
Breaking: The House voted unanimously, 426-0, to strip a provision in the funding bill that allowed senators to sue the government for $500K if their phone data was searched without their knowledge.
The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.
The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Now this should be interesting.
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Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Calvin Duncan because of his disadvantages has proved he is a better lawyer than Lindsey Halligan, or Todd Blanche, or Pam Bondi.
Calvin Duncan because of his disadvantages has proved he is a better lawyer than Lindsey Halligan, or Todd Blanche, or Pam Bondi.
He spent decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Now he's an elected official
Calvin Duncan spent nearly 30 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Last week, he won the election for clerk of court in New Orleans Parish, a role he calls his dream job.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Calvin Duncan because of his disadvantages has proved he is a better lawyer than Lindsey Halligan, or Todd Blanche, or Pam Bondi.
Calvin Duncan because of his disadvantages has proved he is a better lawyer than Lindsey Halligan, or Todd Blanche, or Pam Bondi.
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Answer: Oscar Health. Otherwise known as the insurance carrier co-founded by...Joshua Kushner...Jared's brother.
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Joshua Kushner - Wikipedia
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November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Answer: Oscar Health. Otherwise known as the insurance carrier co-founded by...Joshua Kushner...Jared's brother.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_...
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The new NCI director told staff that "the administration is not backing away" from cancer research and the NCI just a day after a study came out showing the Trump assault on NIH/NCI and science in general had disrupted more than 100 cancer clinical trials.
Once more from yesterday, I obtained a recording of the new NCI director’s first town hall.
New NCI Director Says Administration Overtly Hostile to Cancer Research Is "Not Backing Away" From Cancer Research
A recording of the new director's first town hall reveals how he is trying to walk a difficult line between optimism and clear-eyed realism.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The new NCI director told staff that "the administration is not backing away" from cancer research and the NCI just a day after a study came out showing the Trump assault on NIH/NCI and science in general had disrupted more than 100 cancer clinical trials.
Incompetence is the watchword of this administration, but it must not stand as a defense to actual malice and insurrection.
Their sheer incompetence and general ickiness to most people are mostly canceling out their evil and ambition.
I'm fully happy to say that we're in some form of unconsolidated competitive authoritarian regime - I think it's probably your best way of describing what's going on. Though I'd also argue that particular nature of American politics is not just limited to Trump.
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Incompetence is the watchword of this administration, but it must not stand as a defense to actual malice and insurrection.
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MECHANIC: "Well, that right there is your problem."
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
MECHANIC: "Well, that right there is your problem."
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November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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The longer we go without signaling that there will be real legal and political consequences for aiding these agencies, the closer we're gonna get to the 1 in 6 number from East Germany
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The longer we go without signaling that there will be real legal and political consequences for aiding these agencies, the closer we're gonna get to the 1 in 6 number from East Germany
I hope it’s not one of those things that sneaks in on one of the service packs…
a) If you understand the risks, you won't install it.
b) If you DON'T understand the risks, Microsoft has instructed you not to install it.
Therefore,
c) under NO circumstances should you install Windows 11's agentic AI.
b) If you DON'T understand the risks, Microsoft has instructed you not to install it.
Therefore,
c) under NO circumstances should you install Windows 11's agentic AI.
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I hope it’s not one of those things that sneaks in on one of the service packs…
Oh crap. I’m a Turbotax user—and I’m not ok with this.
😳 This strikes me as being…unwise.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Oh crap. I’m a Turbotax user—and I’m not ok with this.
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Awww…isn’t that nice? Apple and Dell finally made up 28 years after Michael Dell’s infamous call for Apple to be shut down and return the money to their stockholders.
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Awww…isn’t that nice? Apple and Dell finally made up 28 years after Michael Dell’s infamous call for Apple to be shut down and return the money to their stockholders.
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Already, writes Anthony Sanders, official remedies such as the Federal Tort Claims Act and so-called Bivens actions tend to fail in delivering relief to victims of federal law enforcement abuse. If the military takes over policing, expect things to get even worse. [@theunpopulist.net]
If Soldiers Become Cops, Americans Will Have Even Less Legal Redress Against Abusive Law Enforcement
This is yet another reason why President Trump should not be allowed to call in the military for fighting crime
www.theunpopulist.net
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Already, writes Anthony Sanders, official remedies such as the Federal Tort Claims Act and so-called Bivens actions tend to fail in delivering relief to victims of federal law enforcement abuse. If the military takes over policing, expect things to get even worse. [@theunpopulist.net]