Jim Broderick (η sandwich)
@jarma.bsky.social
An AI with a bout of materialism. i.e. The No Body Problem.
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In 2022, 42% of Texas state house Republicans (36) did not have an opponent. All those elections were “cancelled.”
In 2026, there won’t be a single uncontested race in Texas!
Why? Because @texasdemocrats are running for EVERY seat!
For the first time in decades.
HUGE.
In 2022, 42% of Texas state house Republicans (36) did not have an opponent. All those elections were “cancelled.”
In 2026, there won’t be a single uncontested race in Texas!
Why? Because @texasdemocrats are running for EVERY seat!
For the first time in decades.
HUGE.
December 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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In 2022, 42% of Texas state house Republicans (36) did not have an opponent. All those elections were “cancelled.”
In 2026, there won’t be a single uncontested race in Texas!
Why? Because @texasdemocrats are running for EVERY seat!
For the first time in decades.
HUGE.
In 2022, 42% of Texas state house Republicans (36) did not have an opponent. All those elections were “cancelled.”
In 2026, there won’t be a single uncontested race in Texas!
Why? Because @texasdemocrats are running for EVERY seat!
For the first time in decades.
HUGE.
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"The jury verdict from 10 years ago contains a scrivener's error insofar as it states that the defendant was not guilty. We are changing that, nunc pro tunc, to guilty."
Yeah, no.
Yeah, no.
It is not! A “scrivener’s error” is for things like fixing typos or very minor non-material errors, not retroactively adding a deportation order that doesn’t current exist!
Is "correcting" a previous order like this a real thing?
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"The jury verdict from 10 years ago contains a scrivener's error insofar as it states that the defendant was not guilty. We are changing that, nunc pro tunc, to guilty."
Yeah, no.
Yeah, no.
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Trump's administration is trying to eliminate the Community Service Block Grant, which helps fund anti-poverty programs nationally.
This would have devastating effects on the resources & services that low-income families rely on. I’m fighting back on these cuts.
This would have devastating effects on the resources & services that low-income families rely on. I’m fighting back on these cuts.
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump's administration is trying to eliminate the Community Service Block Grant, which helps fund anti-poverty programs nationally.
This would have devastating effects on the resources & services that low-income families rely on. I’m fighting back on these cuts.
This would have devastating effects on the resources & services that low-income families rely on. I’m fighting back on these cuts.
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I can’t recall a single time as U.S. Attorney when I got a “no true bill” from a grand jury. Nearly unheard of. They got two, back-to-back in the same case. Whiff of “vindictiveness,” maybe?
Administration fails again to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James
A grand jury has refused to indict New York attorney general Letitia James, the second panel to refuse to do so, dealing a major setback to President Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I can’t recall a single time as U.S. Attorney when I got a “no true bill” from a grand jury. Nearly unheard of. They got two, back-to-back in the same case. Whiff of “vindictiveness,” maybe?
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🚨BREAKING: Massachusetts and Nevada are the latest states sued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over their refusal to hand over unredacted voter rolls to the Trump administration, the department announced Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump DOJ Sues Massachusetts and Nevada In Expanding Bid to Seize States’ Private Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚨BREAKING: Massachusetts and Nevada are the latest states sued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over their refusal to hand over unredacted voter rolls to the Trump administration, the department announced Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
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Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
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In June of this year, DHS Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin forcefully proclaimed on social media that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “will never go free on American soil”
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
In June of this year, DHS Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin forcefully proclaimed on social media that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “will never go free on American soil”
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
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Representing oligarchs as working class heroes is a new low…even for us.
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Representing oligarchs as working class heroes is a new low…even for us.
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Great to see @gallego.senate.gov absolutely savaging Republicans for helping cover up Trump's illegal killings. As I've been arguing, Dems should be taking *that* approach. Hound Republicans mercilessly until they agree to get to the bottom of all of it:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Great to see @gallego.senate.gov absolutely savaging Republicans for helping cover up Trump's illegal killings. As I've been arguing, Dems should be taking *that* approach. Hound Republicans mercilessly until they agree to get to the bottom of all of it:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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When someone at a Trump-captured news org is accused of “going rogue,” that means they did actual journalism.
December 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
When someone at a Trump-captured news org is accused of “going rogue,” that means they did actual journalism.
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AI is involved in this to some degree, but the actually existing American “tech”” barons are violently opposed to climate policy and doing all in their considerable power to stop it. objectively anti-progress
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
AI is involved in this to some degree, but the actually existing American “tech”” barons are violently opposed to climate policy and doing all in their considerable power to stop it. objectively anti-progress
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Whatever is in those Epstein files must be scaring the hell out of him
Trump: "It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening."
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Whatever is in those Epstein files must be scaring the hell out of him
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"So do you have the healthcare plan Trump has been promising since his first presidency?"
"Also no"
"Also no"
Mike Johnson on video of the second September 2 strike: "My admission here is I was not in the Gang of 8 briefing yesterday because we were working on the healthcare stuff"
December 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"So do you have the healthcare plan Trump has been promising since his first presidency?"
"Also no"
"Also no"
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Totally unexpected win!
Democrat Eric Gisler flipped a Republican-held Georgia House seat, a stinging reversal in a district that President Donald Trump won by double digits.
Democrat Flips State House Seat in Major Reversal of Pro-Trump District
Democrat Eric Gisler is projected to win a special election in a district that voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump.
trib.al
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Totally unexpected win!
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There are very few immutable rules of politics anymore.
But politicians being punished for telling voters they aren’t hurting financially when they’re hurting financially— that rule has never gone away.
But politicians being punished for telling voters they aren’t hurting financially when they’re hurting financially— that rule has never gone away.
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There are very few immutable rules of politics anymore.
But politicians being punished for telling voters they aren’t hurting financially when they’re hurting financially— that rule has never gone away.
But politicians being punished for telling voters they aren’t hurting financially when they’re hurting financially— that rule has never gone away.
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“I Factchecked Trump’s Big Politico Interview – Because Politico Didn’t!”
15 lies listed and debunked. Read my critique of the Trump interview:
15 lies listed and debunked. Read my critique of the Trump interview:
I Factchecked Trump’s Big Politico Interview – Because Politico Didn’t!
Interviewer Dasha Burns allowed the president to tell lie after lie, and also failed to push back on his racism. So here is a rebuttal from Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
“I Factchecked Trump’s Big Politico Interview – Because Politico Didn’t!”
15 lies listed and debunked. Read my critique of the Trump interview:
15 lies listed and debunked. Read my critique of the Trump interview:
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Yes Americans famously love austerity, especially when it’s pitched to them by a guy who was currently building a gold leafed ball room
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Yes Americans famously love austerity, especially when it’s pitched to them by a guy who was currently building a gold leafed ball room
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Excellent short article worth reading in full. But man, this first tweet really underscores Elon’s shameless dishonesty.
To say the only fascists are people who directly commit violence is to argue that Hitler and most members of the Nazi Party were not fascists.
To say the only fascists are people who directly commit violence is to argue that Hitler and most members of the Nazi Party were not fascists.
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Excellent short article worth reading in full. But man, this first tweet really underscores Elon’s shameless dishonesty.
To say the only fascists are people who directly commit violence is to argue that Hitler and most members of the Nazi Party were not fascists.
To say the only fascists are people who directly commit violence is to argue that Hitler and most members of the Nazi Party were not fascists.
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The lying is seriously getting more absurd by the day. Up is down.
Leavitt: "President Trump convinced President Xi to continue purchasing again American soybeans, which is something China wasn't doing under the last administration because they had no respect for President Biden or the country at the time."
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The lying is seriously getting more absurd by the day. Up is down.
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It
Candidates in every legislative, statewide, and federal race. Now it’s time to build power where it counts.
www.lonestarleft.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
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LEAVE Twitter already, folks. Get the fuck off there.
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
LEAVE Twitter already, folks. Get the fuck off there.
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Good. Some countries still are guided by a moral compass; unlike ours.
Honduras Issues Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
Honduras Issues Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
Honduras Issues Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Good. Some countries still are guided by a moral compass; unlike ours.
Honduras Issues Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
Honduras Issues Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
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It gets worse every day. RFKJr’s deepening threat the health of all Americans. An OpEd by @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social and me.
progressive.org/latest/rfk-j...
progressive.org/latest/rfk-j...
RFK Jr.’s Deepening Threat to Public Health
The current HHS Secretary is the most dangerous in U.S. history.
progressive.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It gets worse every day. RFKJr’s deepening threat the health of all Americans. An OpEd by @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social and me.
progressive.org/latest/rfk-j...
progressive.org/latest/rfk-j...