Phil
@gencooliveoil.bsky.social
Reposted by Phil
Breakup story or warranty dispute? You decide.
December 30, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Breakup story or warranty dispute? You decide.
Reposted by Phil
This impressive report by Block Club Chicago details Homeland Security's violent campaign to round up brown people and attack protesters and journalists in Chicago. The report is straight journalism, not opinion. This is what it looks like when a criminal government terrorizes its citizens.
Chicago Under Siege: How Operation Midway Blitz Changed Our City
Federal agents arrested thousands during an unprecedented immigration mission in Chicago. They also killed a man, shot a woman five times, tear-gassed a 1-year-old, separated families and brutalized p...
blockclubchicago.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This impressive report by Block Club Chicago details Homeland Security's violent campaign to round up brown people and attack protesters and journalists in Chicago. The report is straight journalism, not opinion. This is what it looks like when a criminal government terrorizes its citizens.
Reposted by Phil
Both Pritzker and Johnson actively enable ICE and CBP with their cops, despite their gaslighting us about Chicago being a “sanctuary city.”
News: On Day 2 of Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s chaotic return to Chicago earlier this month, a CBP supervisor dialed 911 as a convoy of federal vehicles sped north on Lake Shore Drive.
Records capture CPD, OEMC coordination with the feds as they headed to Evanston.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/30/a...
Records capture CPD, OEMC coordination with the feds as they headed to Evanston.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/30/a...
‘Help is on the way’: Audio captures Border Patrol, 911 dispatchers before CPD response
On the second day of Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s brief, chaotic return to Chicago earlier this month, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol supervisor dialed 911 as a convoy of federal vehicles sped no…
www.chicagotribune.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Both Pritzker and Johnson actively enable ICE and CBP with their cops, despite their gaslighting us about Chicago being a “sanctuary city.”
Reposted by Phil
"What happens when you close off the process to them? You don't get diversity of ideas ... And then you get caught up with a guy like Lloyd Howell, who has never spent one day in his life helping workers."
Great story by @dvnjr.bsky.social and @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Great story by @dvnjr.bsky.social and @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
"If he failed, their process failed": Inside the NFLPA meltdown
Players are looking to learn from the mistakes that led them to hire ex-NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell Jr.
www.espn.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"What happens when you close off the process to them? You don't get diversity of ideas ... And then you get caught up with a guy like Lloyd Howell, who has never spent one day in his life helping workers."
Great story by @dvnjr.bsky.social and @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Great story by @dvnjr.bsky.social and @kalynkahler.bsky.social
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Reposted by Phil
How to read the Epstein files like an expert. (Gift article) www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
How to Read the Epstein Files Like an Expert
Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown has some tips for what to look for when they emerge.
www.theatlantic.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
How to read the Epstein files like an expert. (Gift article) www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Reposted by Phil
probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities
December 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities
Reposted by Phil
Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pardoned by Trump after convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. Don’t have to pay back $17.8 million in restitution or serve 12 year sentence. Not Somalis.
Reposted by Phil
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Reposted by Phil
[holding hostages in a bank vault] “I join the cops in wanting to resolve this dangerous situation”
Trump claims "Russia wants it ended" even as Putin relentlessly bombs Ukraine
December 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
[holding hostages in a bank vault] “I join the cops in wanting to resolve this dangerous situation”
Reposted by Phil
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
Reposted by Phil
America is one of the “hottest countries” in a “climate change is making us hot” way far more than a “Trump’s policies are boosting stock prices” way. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | America isn't the "hottest country" even by one of Trump's favorite metrics
Philip Bump: How Trump's stock market hyperbole hides the truth about his first year back in office.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
America is one of the “hottest countries” in a “climate change is making us hot” way far more than a “Trump’s policies are boosting stock prices” way. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Reposted by Phil
The Social Security Administration ends the year in turmoil.
A diminished workforce has struggled to respond to up to 6 million pending cases in its processing centers and 12 million transactions in its field offices — record backlogs that have delayed basic services to millions of customers.
A diminished workforce has struggled to respond to up to 6 million pending cases in its processing centers and 12 million transactions in its field offices — record backlogs that have delayed basic services to millions of customers.
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Social Security Administration ends the year in turmoil.
A diminished workforce has struggled to respond to up to 6 million pending cases in its processing centers and 12 million transactions in its field offices — record backlogs that have delayed basic services to millions of customers.
A diminished workforce has struggled to respond to up to 6 million pending cases in its processing centers and 12 million transactions in its field offices — record backlogs that have delayed basic services to millions of customers.
Reposted by Phil
35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
Reposted by Phil
MTG tells the Times that when she threatened to expose the men who abused Epstein’s victims, Trump called to scream at her.
“My friends will get hurt,” he said.
“My friends will get hurt,” he said.
Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump and MAGA
How the Georgia congresswoman went from the president’s loudest cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MTG tells the Times that when she threatened to expose the men who abused Epstein’s victims, Trump called to scream at her.
“My friends will get hurt,” he said.
“My friends will get hurt,” he said.
Reposted by Phil
The Trump Admin has repeatedly demonstrated to allies around the globe that US security guarantees mean nothing as long as Trump is president. He won’t even agree to abide by the NATO charter, so how can he be trusted to honor any Ukraine deal.
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Trump Admin has repeatedly demonstrated to allies around the globe that US security guarantees mean nothing as long as Trump is president. He won’t even agree to abide by the NATO charter, so how can he be trusted to honor any Ukraine deal.
Reposted by Phil
One of the few silver linings that have come from this harsh year of deportations and ICE raids is that it has clarified which people and institutions will use their voices to push back and which will choose accommodation.
Defiance in a Time of Cowardice
She sang the national anthem in Spanish as deportation forces assaulted L.A. Now she’s headed to Sundance.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
One of the few silver linings that have come from this harsh year of deportations and ICE raids is that it has clarified which people and institutions will use their voices to push back and which will choose accommodation.
Reposted by Phil
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive the normal background check during his bribery probe.
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive the normal background check during his bribery probe.
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
Reposted by Phil
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
Reposted by Phil
Trump is increasingly worried about his own mortality, and he's trying to use government to create a physical legacy that will outlive him.
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
December 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Trump is increasingly worried about his own mortality, and he's trying to use government to create a physical legacy that will outlive him.
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
Reposted by Phil
Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
Reposted by Phil
Incredible quote from a band leader who is out $40,000 after cancelling two Kennedy Center gigs scheduled for April: “It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating”
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Incredible quote from a band leader who is out $40,000 after cancelling two Kennedy Center gigs scheduled for April: “It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating”
Reposted by Phil
2025 isn’t quite over yet, so you still have time if you hope to win the Absolutely Most Absurd Editorial of the Year.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
2025 isn’t quite over yet, so you still have time if you hope to win the Absolutely Most Absurd Editorial of the Year.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
Reposted by Phil
That malignant dunce can barely even talk anymore, slowly slurring his way through half-finished "sentences", drifting aimlessly from one incoherent lump of nonsense to another, all rendered in a vocabulary of the hundred or so words that he can still remember.
December 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
That malignant dunce can barely even talk anymore, slowly slurring his way through half-finished "sentences", drifting aimlessly from one incoherent lump of nonsense to another, all rendered in a vocabulary of the hundred or so words that he can still remember.
Reposted by Phil
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
Reposted by Phil
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight