Francis Wilkinson
@franciswilkinson.bsky.social
Political Columnist, Bloomberg.
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A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. nyti.ms/3LSL8nC
Jonathan Braun, Felon Freed by Trump, to Be Sentenced Again in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn federal judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in luxury cars.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A felon whose sentence President Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him. nyti.ms/3LSL8nC
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“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
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The degenerate clown regime works its magic. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
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November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The degenerate clown regime works its magic. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I hope AOC’s decision tree for 2028 just got real simple. Senate over White House run.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I hope AOC’s decision tree for 2028 just got real simple. Senate over White House run.
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it's probably bad that the US and UK right have essentially converged on hegemonic self-harm to own the foreigners
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social fighting the good fight over on the other site
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
it's probably bad that the US and UK right have essentially converged on hegemonic self-harm to own the foreigners
Where’s “I alone can fix it” when you need him?
Pressed by Stephanopoulos on the fact that electricity prices have in fact gone up, Bessent punts: "Electricity prices are a state problem ... look, there are things the federal government can control. Local electricity prices are not one of them."
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Where’s “I alone can fix it” when you need him?
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
“[MAGA propagandists]…have widely shared content echoing… the portrayal of Democratic-led cities as engulfed in chaos, even as law enforcement data shows violent crime declining in most urban areas. A spokesperson for Noem declined to address the discrepancy.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“[MAGA propagandists]…have widely shared content echoing… the portrayal of Democratic-led cities as engulfed in chaos, even as law enforcement data shows violent crime declining in most urban areas. A spokesperson for Noem declined to address the discrepancy.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. That don't impress me much.
Mamdani is going to implement Shisha law. Everyone gets their own pipe and the smog will smell of mango.
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
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One authoritarian defunds media critic of another authoritarian: “Mr. Orbán’s government had long accused Szabad Európa of bias. By halting its funding, the United States removed one of the few outlets that continued to scrutinize his administration.”
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US cuts funding for Hungary’s Szabad Európa, one of its last independent outlets, days before Orbán’s WH visit as Trump ally Kari Lake slashes Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, steps watchdogs call “a gift to autocrats.”
Kari Lake Cuts U.S.-Funded Hungarian Outlet, Handing Authoritarian Orbán Win Before Trump Meeting
Kari Lake’s decision to cut funding for Hungary’s U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe branch came just two days before Viktor Orbán’s White House visit,
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November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
One authoritarian defunds media critic of another authoritarian: “Mr. Orbán’s government had long accused Szabad Európa of bias. By halting its funding, the United States removed one of the few outlets that continued to scrutinize his administration.”
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
Painful.
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Painful.
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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The core message of election night in New Jersey is Hispanic voters turning on the GOP in very large numbers. The most Hispanic counties in NJ:
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The core message of election night in New Jersey is Hispanic voters turning on the GOP in very large numbers. The most Hispanic counties in NJ:
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Stickers in the Bay Area are calling out Trump for freezing SNAP benefits. 🤣
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Stickers in the Bay Area are calling out Trump for freezing SNAP benefits. 🤣
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#OnThisDay in 1955, 6 months after George Lee was killed for leading Black citizens to try and register to vote, Gus Courts led 22 to do the same. He was shot, but survived, calling himself an American refugee from terror, "all because we wanted to vote.”
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1955: Gus Courts leads Black voters in Belzoni - Mississippi Today
On this day in 1955, six months after nightriders killed civil rights leader the Rev. George Lee, Gus Courts led 22 Black citizens to vote in Belzoni.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#OnThisDay in 1955, 6 months after George Lee was killed for leading Black citizens to try and register to vote, Gus Courts led 22 to do the same. He was shot, but survived, calling himself an American refugee from terror, "all because we wanted to vote.”
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Buffoon Does Math.
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Buffoon Does Math.
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"Since the 1970s, Assemblies of God churches have repeatedly reinstated ministers and volunteer leaders accused of sexual misconduct, returning them to pulpits and youth groups..."
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How Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators as they abused children
NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"Since the 1970s, Assemblies of God churches have repeatedly reinstated ministers and volunteer leaders accused of sexual misconduct, returning them to pulpits and youth groups..."
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Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
“doctors from that team, known as the Independent Forensic Expert Group, said the men’s testimonies, along with photographs of what they described as their injuries, were consistent and credible, providing “compelling evidence” to support accusations of torture.”
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‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“doctors from that team, known as the Independent Forensic Expert Group, said the men’s testimonies, along with photographs of what they described as their injuries, were consistent and credible, providing “compelling evidence” to support accusations of torture.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Trump lacks Orban’s discipline and intellect, which is why Trump empowered Nazis right out of the gate instead of transforming politics and society gradually and strategically.
Trump: "I stick up for Viktor Orban. Not a lot of people do because in many cases they're jealous. They wish they did what he did. They would have no problems if they did what he did."
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump lacks Orban’s discipline and intellect, which is why Trump empowered Nazis right out of the gate instead of transforming politics and society gradually and strategically.
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Very curious about what Thomas and Alito are thinking about next year's Senate elections.
But also how badly needed they believe they are to keep Roberts and the rest of the squishes from straying.
But also how badly needed they believe they are to keep Roberts and the rest of the squishes from straying.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Very curious about what Thomas and Alito are thinking about next year's Senate elections.
But also how badly needed they believe they are to keep Roberts and the rest of the squishes from straying.
But also how badly needed they believe they are to keep Roberts and the rest of the squishes from straying.
Some of those photos are pretty good explanations.
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
We spoke with 20 current and former military officials about the purge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
We spoke with 20 current and former military officials about the purge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
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November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Some of those photos are pretty good explanations.
If everyday Germans had had cell phones that shoot video I wonder
“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If everyday Germans had had cell phones that shoot video I wonder