JB
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#GregAbbottIsFullOfShit
Texan, also a hostage in my own state
#ServiceNow Platform Architect
#T1D Mom
We're out of water and time.
Texan, also a hostage in my own state
#ServiceNow Platform Architect
#T1D Mom
We're out of water and time.
This is Edwin. My old manager found him in her garbage bin and has been kind of taking care of him, but she's not a cat person (even though she named him). He's coming to live with us tomorrow. #stray #straycat #catdistributionsystem
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is Edwin. My old manager found him in her garbage bin and has been kind of taking care of him, but she's not a cat person (even though she named him). He's coming to live with us tomorrow. #stray #straycat #catdistributionsystem
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To quote Peggy Noonan, “is it irresponsible to speculate? No, it’s irresponsible *not* to.”
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
To quote Peggy Noonan, “is it irresponsible to speculate? No, it’s irresponsible *not* to.”
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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Virginia Republicans have learned the difference between having a one-mile flood barrier that's 20 feet high and a ten-mile flood barrier that's 2 feet high. But while you celebrate, don't forget that their reaction won't be "We need to change" but "This is why we gotta stop having real elections."
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November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Virginia Republicans have learned the difference between having a one-mile flood barrier that's 20 feet high and a ten-mile flood barrier that's 2 feet high. But while you celebrate, don't forget that their reaction won't be "We need to change" but "This is why we gotta stop having real elections."
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This is what Leadership Culture gets you: people in charge with no skills, no knowledge of the thing they’re supposedly in charge of, and no incentive to mitigate risk, betting the future of the institution and everyone in it on whatever shiny objects they recognize from skimming Forbes.
The man betting everything on AI and Bill Belichick | TechCrunch
UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts is making big bets on AI and Bill Belichick, and he sounds like a Silicon Valley CEO while doing it.
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is what Leadership Culture gets you: people in charge with no skills, no knowledge of the thing they’re supposedly in charge of, and no incentive to mitigate risk, betting the future of the institution and everyone in it on whatever shiny objects they recognize from skimming Forbes.
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It is estimated that early 7 million people took part in demonstrations across more than 2,700 cities and towns making it one of the largest single-day nationwide protests in U.S. history. Scenes from Chicago. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
October 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It is estimated that early 7 million people took part in demonstrations across more than 2,700 cities and towns making it one of the largest single-day nationwide protests in U.S. history. Scenes from Chicago. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
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@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com are you going to write about the president of the United States posting a clip of himself literally dumping shit on Americans, or is it nbd?
October 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com are you going to write about the president of the United States posting a clip of himself literally dumping shit on Americans, or is it nbd?
It's not good. I'm starting to have that paralyzed feeling like I had the last time Trump was in and COVID got bad.
October 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It's not good. I'm starting to have that paralyzed feeling like I had the last time Trump was in and COVID got bad.
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It’s gonna be so weird watching establishment dems be performatively sadder about this than they were about the colleague and her husband and dog who got shot and killed
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s gonna be so weird watching establishment dems be performatively sadder about this than they were about the colleague and her husband and dog who got shot and killed
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I am begging, literally on my knees, for people to stop doing this Michael Avenatti bullshit where anyone who trolls Trump gets turned into some kind of hero because it feels good and meanwhile the actual work of finding trustworthy leaders and coalition partners gets put on the back burner.
August 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I am begging, literally on my knees, for people to stop doing this Michael Avenatti bullshit where anyone who trolls Trump gets turned into some kind of hero because it feels good and meanwhile the actual work of finding trustworthy leaders and coalition partners gets put on the back burner.
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We’re literally at the point where businesses and public spaces are having to lock out and physically battle a secret police.
This is an existential crisis. A crossroads. And thank god for the bravery and basic human decency people are showing. Lock in. We are in it.
This is an existential crisis. A crossroads. And thank god for the bravery and basic human decency people are showing. Lock in. We are in it.
July 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We’re literally at the point where businesses and public spaces are having to lock out and physically battle a secret police.
This is an existential crisis. A crossroads. And thank god for the bravery and basic human decency people are showing. Lock in. We are in it.
This is an existential crisis. A crossroads. And thank god for the bravery and basic human decency people are showing. Lock in. We are in it.
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There’s a reason why establishment Democrats and corporate media are continually fearmongering and race-bating when it comes to Zohran Mamdani.
They cannot attack his wildly popular agenda or allow democracy to take root. This frame is all they have.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-they-...
They cannot attack his wildly popular agenda or allow democracy to take root. This frame is all they have.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-they-...
What They Fear is Democracy: Audio From A Collapsing State
Discourse around Mamdani and the Supreme Court shares a simple theme: the powerful cannot stomach any conversation focused on democracy
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
There’s a reason why establishment Democrats and corporate media are continually fearmongering and race-bating when it comes to Zohran Mamdani.
They cannot attack his wildly popular agenda or allow democracy to take root. This frame is all they have.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-they-...
They cannot attack his wildly popular agenda or allow democracy to take root. This frame is all they have.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-they-...
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🧵 Since protests against immigration raids started in Los Angeles on June 6, the @pressfreedomtracker.us has been investigating dozens of incidents of violence and aggressions toward the news media.
Here are some of the incidents we’ve documented so far ⬇️
Here are some of the incidents we’ve documented so far ⬇️
Incident Database
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a database of press freedom incidents in the United States — everything from arrests of journalists and the seizure of their equipment to interrogations at the U.S. b...
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June 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🧵 Since protests against immigration raids started in Los Angeles on June 6, the @pressfreedomtracker.us has been investigating dozens of incidents of violence and aggressions toward the news media.
Here are some of the incidents we’ve documented so far ⬇️
Here are some of the incidents we’ve documented so far ⬇️
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Trump regime ICE troopers attacked an elderly woman (legal resident) selling tamales, they manhandled her so violently that she fainted, then threw her on the ground and stripped her, she had to be hospitalized.
She received medical help after US citizens intervened. #StopICE
She received medical help after US citizens intervened. #StopICE
June 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump regime ICE troopers attacked an elderly woman (legal resident) selling tamales, they manhandled her so violently that she fainted, then threw her on the ground and stripped her, she had to be hospitalized.
She received medical help after US citizens intervened. #StopICE
She received medical help after US citizens intervened. #StopICE
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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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ICE officials require adequate time to dispose of bodies, disappear troublesome detainees, simulate marginally adequate conditions, put on shirts without visible burrito stains, etc.
The Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting detention centers, according to new guidance: cnn.it/4edTalh
DHS issues new guidance for lawmakers visiting ICE facilities after tense confrontations | CNN Politics
The agency’s new memo seeks to differentiate ICE field offices from detention facilities, noting that “ICE Field Offices are not detention facilities” and therefore do not fall under the appropriation...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
ICE officials require adequate time to dispose of bodies, disappear troublesome detainees, simulate marginally adequate conditions, put on shirts without visible burrito stains, etc.
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We are a failed state if there isn’t some truth and reconciliation process on the other end of this that results in a lot of these people going to prison for a long time.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We are a failed state if there isn’t some truth and reconciliation process on the other end of this that results in a lot of these people going to prison for a long time.
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Will say it again: Ai is a Tool for Social and state capture by techno fascists.
The desired final form of all these companies is “you let us watch you all the time.”
Grammarly looks to evolve into an always-on desktop AI agent
Fresh off a $1 billion infusion of money, the company is looking to move beyond grammar and grow into a more comprehensive agentic AI-based platform.
www.computerworld.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Will say it again: Ai is a Tool for Social and state capture by techno fascists.
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When politicians take away clinics, birth control, abortion access, and trusted community providers, they’re not saving lives. They’re putting people in danger. And disproportionately, they’re endangering Latinas.
Why I Still Believe Texas Can Be Better
"Texas taught me contradiction. It taught me how to love a place that doesn’t always love me back."
www.texasobserver.org
June 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
When politicians take away clinics, birth control, abortion access, and trusted community providers, they’re not saving lives. They’re putting people in danger. And disproportionately, they’re endangering Latinas.
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I see a lot of normal people around me (even not very political ones) who grasp this clearly, more clearly than a lot of their elected leaders who still seem to think everything’s 2002 Normal.
These people want you dead. And they’re going to try because they think they can get away with it.
These people want you dead. And they’re going to try because they think they can get away with it.
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I see a lot of normal people around me (even not very political ones) who grasp this clearly, more clearly than a lot of their elected leaders who still seem to think everything’s 2002 Normal.
These people want you dead. And they’re going to try because they think they can get away with it.
These people want you dead. And they’re going to try because they think they can get away with it.