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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...
A little historical background, courtesy of @chicagoreader.com.
#chicago #chicagoreader #jeffnichols #ice #borderpatrol #fascistsgohome #danielbovino #danbovino #fuckice
A little historical background, courtesy of @chicagoreader.com.
#chicago #chicagoreader #jeffnichols #ice #borderpatrol #fascistsgohome #danielbovino #danbovino #fuckice
Chicago has always defied kidnappings of our neighbors - Chicago Reader
Even after the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, local officials and everyday people resisted the legalized abductions of men, women, and children who had escaped slavery
chicagoreader.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...
A little historical background, courtesy of @chicagoreader.com.
#chicago #chicagoreader #jeffnichols #ice #borderpatrol #fascistsgohome #danielbovino #danbovino #fuckice
A little historical background, courtesy of @chicagoreader.com.
#chicago #chicagoreader #jeffnichols #ice #borderpatrol #fascistsgohome #danielbovino #danbovino #fuckice
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "As a Republican, who overwhelmingly votes for President Trump's bills and agenda, his aggression against me which also fuels the venomous nature of his radical internet trolls... this is completely shocking to everyone."
Question for Bluesky: Are you shocked?
#mtg #maga
Question for Bluesky: Are you shocked?
#mtg #maga
November 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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Thousands march at 'Refuse Fascism' protest in DC
YouTube video by WUSA9
m.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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The Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar are succumbing to an environmental nightmare of deforestation, landslides, flooding and fires – exacerbated by cuts in international aid that have halted most efforts to mitigate the effects of such disasters.
www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/living-in...
www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/living-in...
‘Living in fear of the sky’: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh battle environmental crisis
The Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar are succumbing to an environmental nightmare of deforestation, landslides, flooding and fires – exacerbated by cuts in
www.frontiermyanmar.net
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar are succumbing to an environmental nightmare of deforestation, landslides, flooding and fires – exacerbated by cuts in international aid that have halted most efforts to mitigate the effects of such disasters.
www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/living-in...
www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/living-in...
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When these imbeciles first came to Chicago, I wanted them out. Now I want them in jail.
Props to everyone who stood their ground and filmed these thugs.
#fucktrump #fuckice #fuckbovino
Props to everyone who stood their ground and filmed these thugs.
#fucktrump #fuckice #fuckbovino
it IS insanity. But it is also REALLY HAPPENING! Happening here, in OUR country. It's brutality and we have to STOP IT!
THIS IS INSANITY‼️
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
When these imbeciles first came to Chicago, I wanted them out. Now I want them in jail.
Props to everyone who stood their ground and filmed these thugs.
#fucktrump #fuckice #fuckbovino
Props to everyone who stood their ground and filmed these thugs.
#fucktrump #fuckice #fuckbovino
It's worth highlighting a passage from a recent blog post by @davidbrin.bsky.social: davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/will...
#ice #immigration #borderpatrol #polarization #tyranny
#ice #immigration #borderpatrol #polarization #tyranny
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It's worth highlighting a passage from a recent blog post by @davidbrin.bsky.social: davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/will...
#ice #immigration #borderpatrol #polarization #tyranny
#ice #immigration #borderpatrol #polarization #tyranny
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My weekend post (a bit late) is about how one million or so professionals - civil servants, intel/FBI, military officers, judges, cops, first responders - stand tween us & chaos. They won't let us come to harm if they can help it! But they are caught in a bind!
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/will...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/will...
Will the professionals innovate new ways to protect us?
A blog about science, technology, science fiction, books, and the future.
davidbrin.blogspot.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
My weekend post (a bit late) is about how one million or so professionals - civil servants, intel/FBI, military officers, judges, cops, first responders - stand tween us & chaos. They won't let us come to harm if they can help it! But they are caught in a bind!
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/will...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/will...
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Example #3: When Daniel Montenegro tried to film a Border Patrol raid at a Home Depot, agents tackled him, injured his back and falsely accused him of using tire spikes to attack vehicles.
They’re assaulting citizens for documenting their violence.
We need investigations. Now.
They’re assaulting citizens for documenting their violence.
We need investigations. Now.
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Example #3: When Daniel Montenegro tried to film a Border Patrol raid at a Home Depot, agents tackled him, injured his back and falsely accused him of using tire spikes to attack vehicles.
They’re assaulting citizens for documenting their violence.
We need investigations. Now.
They’re assaulting citizens for documenting their violence.
We need investigations. Now.
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Example #2: U.S. citizen and Veteran George Retes:
“They broke his window, they pepper sprayed him, they grabbed him, threw him on the floor."
Mr. Retes was wrongfully jailed for three days by Trump's federal agents. Three days.
This is how Trump treats our heroes.
“They broke his window, they pepper sprayed him, they grabbed him, threw him on the floor."
Mr. Retes was wrongfully jailed for three days by Trump's federal agents. Three days.
This is how Trump treats our heroes.
October 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Example #2: U.S. citizen and Veteran George Retes:
“They broke his window, they pepper sprayed him, they grabbed him, threw him on the floor."
Mr. Retes was wrongfully jailed for three days by Trump's federal agents. Three days.
This is how Trump treats our heroes.
“They broke his window, they pepper sprayed him, they grabbed him, threw him on the floor."
Mr. Retes was wrongfully jailed for three days by Trump's federal agents. Three days.
This is how Trump treats our heroes.
www.mekong.net/random/ameri...
Consider a hypothetical situation: Imagine that it is November, 2016, and you've met a time traveler from November 2025. Anxious about the stakes in the upcoming election, you ask: What has happened since 2016?
#trump #maga #tyranny #democracy #dictatorship #nokings
Consider a hypothetical situation: Imagine that it is November, 2016, and you've met a time traveler from November 2025. Anxious about the stakes in the upcoming election, you ask: What has happened since 2016?
#trump #maga #tyranny #democracy #dictatorship #nokings
American Hypothetical
An article presenting a hypothetical question about beliefs held by supporters of Donald Trump.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
www.mekong.net/random/ameri...
Consider a hypothetical situation: Imagine that it is November, 2016, and you've met a time traveler from November 2025. Anxious about the stakes in the upcoming election, you ask: What has happened since 2016?
#trump #maga #tyranny #democracy #dictatorship #nokings
Consider a hypothetical situation: Imagine that it is November, 2016, and you've met a time traveler from November 2025. Anxious about the stakes in the upcoming election, you ask: What has happened since 2016?
#trump #maga #tyranny #democracy #dictatorship #nokings
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The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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1. This History Thread is about recent (2023-25) books on Burma (Myanmar.) It includes books on WW2, ethnic issues & the anti-coup revolution. A pre-order announcement of my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" is at the end. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 📚
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
1. This History Thread is about recent (2023-25) books on Burma (Myanmar.) It includes books on WW2, ethnic issues & the anti-coup revolution. A pre-order announcement of my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" is at the end. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 📚
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“There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the information by which to detect lies.” - Walter Lippmann
#RadioFreeAmerica
#RadioFreeAmerica
October 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the information by which to detect lies.” - Walter Lippmann
#RadioFreeAmerica
#RadioFreeAmerica
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Was this Donald Trump’s most corrupt week yet? We discuss his ballroom bribes, crypto pardons, and much more on a brand new Coffee Klatch. https://youtu.be/GAsbeDLUsrU?si=P5KmYKiGGU76yUvK
Trump’s Ballroom Blitz | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Was this Donald Trump’s most corrupt week yet? We discuss his ballroom bribes, crypto pardons, and much more on a brand new Coffee Klatch. https://youtu.be/GAsbeDLUsrU?si=P5KmYKiGGU76yUvK
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Critics warn Illinois’ ‘megaproject’ tax breaks shift costs to taxpayers
Critics warn Illinois’ ‘megaproject’ tax breaks shift costs to taxpayers
A Springfield proposal grants major tax breaks to “megaprojects,” which critics warn could leave homeowners and small businesses paying the price.
www.advantagenews.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Critics warn Illinois’ ‘megaproject’ tax breaks shift costs to taxpayers
Republicans: Say that Trump's age and his work load have finally caught up with him. Say, sadly, that he's not the leader he once was. Say in your most solemn voice that he has done a great service to America, but it's time for him to step aside.
#trump #republicans #gop #impeach #nokings #dictator
#trump #republicans #gop #impeach #nokings #dictator
October 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Do not misunderstand: The things you are witnessing in this country are not warning signs. They are boasts. The Trump Administration has no intention of abiding by the law.
Photo: Chicago, October 18, 2025.
#protests #resist #chicago #nokings #authoritarianism #originalphotography #brucesharp
Photo: Chicago, October 18, 2025.
#protests #resist #chicago #nokings #authoritarianism #originalphotography #brucesharp
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Do not misunderstand: The things you are witnessing in this country are not warning signs. They are boasts. The Trump Administration has no intention of abiding by the law.
Photo: Chicago, October 18, 2025.
#protests #resist #chicago #nokings #authoritarianism #originalphotography #brucesharp
Photo: Chicago, October 18, 2025.
#protests #resist #chicago #nokings #authoritarianism #originalphotography #brucesharp
I would encourage everyone to read Steve Vladeck's detailed article in the link below.
The massive stakes of Trump v. Illinois
From @stevevladeck.bsky.social: www.stevevladeck.com/p/184-the-ma...
From @stevevladeck.bsky.social: www.stevevladeck.com/p/184-the-ma...
184. The Massive Stakes of Trump v. Illinois
The Trump administration's 29th emergency application—to let it deploy federalized National Guard troops in Chicago on a profoundly dubious factual predicate—is a make-or-break moment for the Court.
www.stevevladeck.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I would encourage everyone to read Steve Vladeck's detailed article in the link below.
Being uninformed is bad, but being misinformed is far worse.
#maga #foxnews #foxnewsisnotnews #journalism #propaganda
#maga #foxnews #foxnewsisnotnews #journalism #propaganda
October 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Being uninformed is bad, but being misinformed is far worse.
#maga #foxnews #foxnewsisnotnews #journalism #propaganda
#maga #foxnews #foxnewsisnotnews #journalism #propaganda