Kyle Butz
@kylebutz.bsky.social
Mostly:
Politics. Big Tech's effects. Mental Health. Movies/TV.
INTP
Madison, WI
https://linktr.ee/kylebutz
Politics. Big Tech's effects. Mental Health. Movies/TV.
INTP
Madison, WI
https://linktr.ee/kylebutz
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Consumer confidence plunged this month, hitting a 12-year low.
January 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Consumer confidence plunged this month, hitting a 12-year low.
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Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..”
@nytimes.com
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January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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Trump did this.
Measles is deadly.
Measles is deadly.
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Trump did this.
Measles is deadly.
Measles is deadly.
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Official data came in yesterday, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 27% compared to last year!
January 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Official data came in yesterday, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 27% compared to last year!
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Pretti died after asking a woman he was with if she was OK.
Good died after telling the man who killed her that she wasn’t mad at him.
Good died after telling the man who killed her that she wasn’t mad at him.
January 25, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Pretti died after asking a woman he was with if she was OK.
Good died after telling the man who killed her that she wasn’t mad at him.
Good died after telling the man who killed her that she wasn’t mad at him.
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“The world is built on relationships, not leverage, and relationships are built on reciprocity and respect. It is not Trump’s genius to recognize America’s unused strength; it is his blindness to see that our strength was a function of our restraint.”
Must read from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
Must read from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
Opinion | Trump Just Proved Carney’s Point
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:40 PM
“The world is built on relationships, not leverage, and relationships are built on reciprocity and respect. It is not Trump’s genius to recognize America’s unused strength; it is his blindness to see that our strength was a function of our restraint.”
Must read from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
Must read from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Data suggests separations are now happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
(Published Nov. 2025)
Data suggests separations are now happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
(Published Nov. 2025)
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Data suggests separations are now happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
(Published Nov. 2025)
Data suggests separations are now happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
(Published Nov. 2025)
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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The latest from YouGov (n ~ 3.4k). An outright majority say ICE's tactics are too forceful.
ICE approval: -19
Approval of protests against ICE: +8
"Abolish ICE:" +5
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
ICE approval: -19
Approval of protests against ICE: +8
"Abolish ICE:" +5
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
The latest from YouGov (n ~ 3.4k). An outright majority say ICE's tactics are too forceful.
ICE approval: -19
Approval of protests against ICE: +8
"Abolish ICE:" +5
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
ICE approval: -19
Approval of protests against ICE: +8
"Abolish ICE:" +5
today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
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“They will lie about you and then kill you and they will kill you and then lie about you.” www.pbump.net/o/the-killin...
The killing in Minnesota
They will lie about you and then kill you and they will kill you and then lie about you. And I don’t mean some ambiguous, imaginary “they” like the one the right invented and blamed for trying to kil...
www.pbump.net
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
“They will lie about you and then kill you and they will kill you and then lie about you.” www.pbump.net/o/the-killin...
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Same thing every time:
1. Reframe the victim as the villain
2. Make the state the injured party
3. Turn critique into complicity (“oh so you side with terrorists”)
4. Expand blame to an entire out-group
5. Fuse to a larger us-against-them story to keep any alarmed within the base from defecting
1. Reframe the victim as the villain
2. Make the state the injured party
3. Turn critique into complicity (“oh so you side with terrorists”)
4. Expand blame to an entire out-group
5. Fuse to a larger us-against-them story to keep any alarmed within the base from defecting
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 25, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Same thing every time:
1. Reframe the victim as the villain
2. Make the state the injured party
3. Turn critique into complicity (“oh so you side with terrorists”)
4. Expand blame to an entire out-group
5. Fuse to a larger us-against-them story to keep any alarmed within the base from defecting
1. Reframe the victim as the villain
2. Make the state the injured party
3. Turn critique into complicity (“oh so you side with terrorists”)
4. Expand blame to an entire out-group
5. Fuse to a larger us-against-them story to keep any alarmed within the base from defecting
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NYT: “.. an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said. A New York Times video analysis shows he was holding a phone, not a gun.”
@nytimes.com
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@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
NYT: “.. an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said. A New York Times video analysis shows he was holding a phone, not a gun.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Abolish the Republican Party.
January 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Abolish the Republican Party.
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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Democrats in the Senate must grow a spine. They can rein in this murderous regime next week. Why on Earth would they continue to fund this tyranny?
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
How to Rein in ICE–NOW | Indivisible
Act now with Indivisible to demand Congress rein in ICE, end aggressive enforcement, restrict ICE and Border Patrol funding, and protect communities.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Democrats in the Senate must grow a spine. They can rein in this murderous regime next week. Why on Earth would they continue to fund this tyranny?
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
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The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings
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“the federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation.”
- Tim Walz with the quote of the year, though honestly at this point you could just cut the last four words.
- Tim Walz with the quote of the year, though honestly at this point you could just cut the last four words.
January 24, 2026 at 8:50 PM
“the federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation.”
- Tim Walz with the quote of the year, though honestly at this point you could just cut the last four words.
- Tim Walz with the quote of the year, though honestly at this point you could just cut the last four words.
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The president lies about fraud, lies that fraud is why Democrats oppose his policies and accuses Democrats of “insurrection.” A different universe entirely.
January 24, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The president lies about fraud, lies that fraud is why Democrats oppose his policies and accuses Democrats of “insurrection.” A different universe entirely.
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Update from Devon Lum
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:47 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
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Video taken prior to his murder shows Alex Pretti peacefully observing, but an ICE officer begins shoving him. Then multiple ICE officers gang up on him. Moments later, his body is riddled with bullet holes.
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Video taken prior to his murder shows Alex Pretti peacefully observing, but an ICE officer begins shoving him. Then multiple ICE officers gang up on him. Moments later, his body is riddled with bullet holes.
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Here’s the really bad part: over time, this dynamic breeds bigger and bigger crises.
Markets keep updating their beliefs about TACO, so it takes ever more extreme actions to convince them he might not TACO.
Buckle up.
Markets keep updating their beliefs about TACO, so it takes ever more extreme actions to convince them he might not TACO.
Buckle up.
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Here’s the really bad part: over time, this dynamic breeds bigger and bigger crises.
Markets keep updating their beliefs about TACO, so it takes ever more extreme actions to convince them he might not TACO.
Buckle up.
Markets keep updating their beliefs about TACO, so it takes ever more extreme actions to convince them he might not TACO.
Buckle up.
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Google traffic to publishers dropped by ONE THIRD in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025
Google search traffic was down globally by a third in the year to November, according to new Chartbeat data.
pressgazette.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Google traffic to publishers dropped by ONE THIRD in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
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Nearly 9 in 10 US voters oppose taking Greenland by military force -- including over two-thirds of Republicans
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January 16, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Nearly 9 in 10 US voters oppose taking Greenland by military force -- including over two-thirds of Republicans
abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-...
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