Karl
@karlitotheclown.bsky.social
big dumb.
stark raving mad.
no sleep in over a decade.
stark raving mad.
no sleep in over a decade.
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BREAKING: Two people have been arrested after reports that several people were shot at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, police say.
Police say 2 were arrested after reports of several people shot at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
Police in Australia say two people have been arrested after reports of a shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. On Sunday, New South Wales state police confirmed the arrests.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
BREAKING: Two people have been arrested after reports that several people were shot at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, police say.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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Europe is paying Libya to torture migrants on its behalf
Europe is paying Libya to torture migrants on its behalf
On a rescue ship in the Mediterranean, a survivor tells of their detainment in Libya, which the EU helped to fund
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Europe is paying Libya to torture migrants on its behalf
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At least 150000 people are not accounted for. This is horrific
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
At least 150000 people are not accounted for. This is horrific
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
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UPDATE: Boasberg denies both the stay request and an underlying motion for reconsideration that DOJ had filed to stop the contempt proceedings. Here's the reconsideration denial, which Boasberg cites as providing the reasons for denying the stay: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
BREAKING: DOJ has filed a mandamus petition at the DC Circuit, seeking to stop next week’s contempt proceedings before Judge Boasberg. They have also filed a motion to stay the proceedings directly with Boasberg.
![JORAL ARGUMENT NOT SCHEDULED]
No. 25--
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
In re DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity, et al.,
Petitioners.
On Petition for a Writ of Mandamus to the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia
Case No: 1:25-cv-00766-JEB
PETITION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS
BRETT A. SHUMATE
Assistant Attorney General
YAAKOV M. ROTH
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
TIBERIUS DAVIS
Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General
Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifgrkondpcwk3xzgalmpz5i4jgbmvrcfwxqwry5qyy5fbkwr45a3u@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
UPDATE: Boasberg denies both the stay request and an underlying motion for reconsideration that DOJ had filed to stop the contempt proceedings. Here's the reconsideration denial, which Boasberg cites as providing the reasons for denying the stay: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The third-country removal tracker has been updated with this week's transfer deportation/chain refoulement. Egypt took Russians in ICE custody and forced them onto a plane to Moscow; Kuwait took Iranians in ICE custody and forced them onto a plane to Tehran. hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The third-country removal tracker has been updated with this week's transfer deportation/chain refoulement. Egypt took Russians in ICE custody and forced them onto a plane to Moscow; Kuwait took Iranians in ICE custody and forced them onto a plane to Tehran. hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
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Lost by 68 votes, recount would cost too much to run. Huge bummer as the much more conservative winner now becomes the swing vote on everything before the council.
Albuquerque closed the book on the 2025 election Thursday when City Council candidate Teresa Garcia conceded the race to incumbent Councilor Klarissa Peña, saying she trusts the reported results.
Teresa Garcia concedes City Council contest
www.abqjournal.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Lost by 68 votes, recount would cost too much to run. Huge bummer as the much more conservative winner now becomes the swing vote on everything before the council.
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Starting in October 2026, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether.
Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, the...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Starting in October 2026, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether.
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2 - to keep single mom Mai housed, 295/948 by Friday - rain is flooding her apartment, to give you a picture of how unsafe being evicted would make her and her three little ones, including an infant
🍼 By December 19: Help single mom Mai with three kids keep her vital shelter as storms tear through Gaza. This is life-saving for her little ones.
128/948 for rent! chuffed.org/project/help... (or the Giving Circle)
128/948 for rent! chuffed.org/project/help... (or the Giving Circle)
Help Mai and her family leave Gaza before it’s too late
I'm helping my friend Mai raise funds to help her family survive. All of my transactions to her are listed here for accountability: tiny.cc/Mai-Funds.
chuffed.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
2 - to keep single mom Mai housed, 295/948 by Friday - rain is flooding her apartment, to give you a picture of how unsafe being evicted would make her and her three little ones, including an infant
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1 - for the final push for Ahmed, 130/450 by end of Sunday...
🎨 By December 14: Help genocide survivor Ahmed, who after a year of limbo is finally getting tf out of Egypt where Palestinians have no rights and starting his Master's. Ahmed studies art therapy for Palestinian children with trauma.
25/450 for his plane ticket! tiny.cc/HelpAhmed
25/450 for his plane ticket! tiny.cc/HelpAhmed
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
1 - for the final push for Ahmed, 130/450 by end of Sunday...
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NEW! The Shakedown: How Trump's DOJ pressured lawyers to 'find' evidence that UCLA had illegally tolerated antisemitism. by me and @KatherineMangan w/ @chronicle.com
www.propublica.org/article/ucla...
www.propublica.org/article/ucla...
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence that UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
NEW! The Shakedown: How Trump's DOJ pressured lawyers to 'find' evidence that UCLA had illegally tolerated antisemitism. by me and @KatherineMangan w/ @chronicle.com
www.propublica.org/article/ucla...
www.propublica.org/article/ucla...
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When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
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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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Politicians in Florida and Texas just filed a lawsuit to try to ban the most common abortion medication, which has been safely and effectively used for 25 years.
We will never stop fighting to protect access to health care and our right to reproductive freedom.
We will never stop fighting to protect access to health care and our right to reproductive freedom.
Texas and Florida sue FDA in latest effort to restrict abortion pill access
States’ attorneys general argue agency has failed to properly evaluate mifepristone’s safety since initial 2000 approval
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Politicians in Florida and Texas just filed a lawsuit to try to ban the most common abortion medication, which has been safely and effectively used for 25 years.
We will never stop fighting to protect access to health care and our right to reproductive freedom.
We will never stop fighting to protect access to health care and our right to reproductive freedom.
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Really useful analysis of data to show how many people are going to ICE detention from local jails. These arrests are less visible to the public - as compared to raids or street arrests -- so we don't see the full scope.
From @prisonpolicy.org: New analysis of government data from ICE via the Deportation Data Project shows federal agents reliant on local jails and police to reach their arrest numbers.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Really useful analysis of data to show how many people are going to ICE detention from local jails. These arrests are less visible to the public - as compared to raids or street arrests -- so we don't see the full scope.
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I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
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Fetterman expressed surprise when I confirmed we had a copy of the letter he wrote to Israel President Herzog, pushing for a pardon for Netanyahu. “I know you guys use things like leaks but I don’t know who did that.” Story from @joshkovensky.bsky.social + me: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fetterman expressed surprise when I confirmed we had a copy of the letter he wrote to Israel President Herzog, pushing for a pardon for Netanyahu. “I know you guys use things like leaks but I don’t know who did that.” Story from @joshkovensky.bsky.social + me: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
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Mental health counselor Garrett Michael Berna has been identified as a member of the white supremacist groups Patriot Front and New England Active Club.
I allege that Garrett Michael Berna, a licensed mental health counselor out of West Brookfield MA & practicing in Newton MA (lic. #LMHC10304), is dead certainly a member of Patriot Front and the New England Active Club. He's likely been active with both organizations since April 2024, if not before.
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Mental health counselor Garrett Michael Berna has been identified as a member of the white supremacist groups Patriot Front and New England Active Club.
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Rejon Taylor was one of 37 people on federal death row whose death sentence was commuted by then-President Biden. This year, he learned the Trump administration was sending him to a supermax prison once called a “clean version of hell.”
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for “Living Hell” Under Trump
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Rejon Taylor was one of 37 people on federal death row whose death sentence was commuted by then-President Biden. This year, he learned the Trump administration was sending him to a supermax prison once called a “clean version of hell.”
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Senate Republicans blocked Democratic legislation that would have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people
Republicans Block Bill That Would Extend Affordable Care Act Tax Credits
Democrats, meanwhile, blocked a competing GOP bill on Thursday that would have bolstered health savings accounts instead.
www.huffpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Senate Republicans blocked Democratic legislation that would have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people