Ed Lyons
@mysteriousrook.com
US+MA+Boston politics posts. Carnivorous #NeverTrump ~GOP moderate, Charlie Baker fan, writer, programmer, mad scientist, chess, father of 4 little kids; pro-LGBT+ordain-women+Gothic+Latin Catholic; public radio pundit.
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Ed Lyons
@mysteriousrook.com
· Oct 14
We are living in a chaotic political time. It will not be calm soon. To allies who want an inclusive, just America: We need you in the months to come, not just now. Be confident in what you know. Remember to take care of your mental health. Take a day off. Breathe. Stretch. Think. Rebuild. Return.
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1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
duh
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
duh
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Goodness, the amount of thinking going into a MAGA congresswoman resigning. Who cares.
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Goodness, the amount of thinking going into a MAGA congresswoman resigning. Who cares.
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
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Had 4 years of outrage media coverage of Hunter Biden having a board seat but not quite as much energy directed to what is basically legalized bribery. Need your tariffs cut? Just hand Trump a <checks notes> $130,000 solid gold bar and a bespoke Rolex desk clock. Media shrugs.
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Had 4 years of outrage media coverage of Hunter Biden having a board seat but not quite as much energy directed to what is basically legalized bribery. Need your tariffs cut? Just hand Trump a <checks notes> $130,000 solid gold bar and a bespoke Rolex desk clock. Media shrugs.
😂
Tim Miller makes a plea for more straight, woke influencers: "This is a message for hot straight men with muscles who work out, and who are also woke. We just need you to just do a little bit of commentary."
November 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
😂
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53% of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to American democracy.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
53% of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to American democracy.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
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I spoke with @apnews.com reporter David Bauder about the impropriety of Michael Wolff compromising his independence and kibbitzing with a child molester like Jeffrey Epstein. apnews.com/article/trum...
How chummy is too chummy? Epstein emails shine light on relationships between journalists, sources
The emails to and from Jeffrey Epstein that were released this week shine a light on the relationship between reporters and their sources — and that light isn't always flattering.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I spoke with @apnews.com reporter David Bauder about the impropriety of Michael Wolff compromising his independence and kibbitzing with a child molester like Jeffrey Epstein. apnews.com/article/trum...
“Guns don’t kill people.” Dogs kill people. With guns. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Dog Accidentally Shoots and Injures a Pennsylvania Man, Police Say
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“Guns don’t kill people.” Dogs kill people. With guns. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Yet that is not what actually happened.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Yet that is not what actually happened.
Good luck with that
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Good luck with that
Thank you @bcdreyer.social for the wonderful post about notes! I’m a fan of using them, mostly in the service of the reader, but occasionally for my own sanity, so I might let a paragraph rest in peace.
Here's my argument settler (or starter) of the day.
Too many notes?
[notes on notes]
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thank you @bcdreyer.social for the wonderful post about notes! I’m a fan of using them, mostly in the service of the reader, but occasionally for my own sanity, so I might let a paragraph rest in peace.
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This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Never forget that American Christians voted for this with a level of enthusiasm and turnout never before seen in our nation's politics.
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Never forget that American Christians voted for this with a level of enthusiasm and turnout never before seen in our nation's politics.
Nowhere in this story is reporting I remember from 2010-2020 showing that this tradition is expensive and Nova Scotia doesn't really love it anymore, despite happiness about Wu. I hope a Boston mayor some day says, "The debt is paid" and sets them free. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m...
In Nova Scotia, Mayor Michelle Wu receives the ‘Tree for Boston,’ and a warm Canadian embrace - The Boston Globe
Wu's visit up north also sent a message as the White House raises tension with Canada: She and other Democratic leaders will continue to honor their ties to their northern neighbor.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Nowhere in this story is reporting I remember from 2010-2020 showing that this tradition is expensive and Nova Scotia doesn't really love it anymore, despite happiness about Wu. I hope a Boston mayor some day says, "The debt is paid" and sets them free. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m...
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New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
So many are so sure the shutdown deal was a mistake for Democrats. I am not.
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
So many are so sure the shutdown deal was a mistake for Democrats. I am not.
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Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
The man who made a campaign video saying he was (literally!) sent by God as “a new messiah” is threatening to punish the states if they feed the poor with their own money. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration orders states to pause paying full SNAP benefits
As the shutdown drags on, USDA demands that states “immediately undo” any steps they have taken to send full November payments to SNAP recipients.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The man who made a campaign video saying he was (literally!) sent by God as “a new messiah” is threatening to punish the states if they feed the poor with their own money. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Reminder that Republicans don't really believe in religious liberty. Religion is a tool for enhancing their political power, and any expression of faith to the contrary must be suppressed.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reminder that Republicans don't really believe in religious liberty. Religion is a tool for enhancing their political power, and any expression of faith to the contrary must be suppressed.
It's hard to believe how mean, petty, and immature the Washington Post editorials have become. You'd think they were written by a group of College Republican presidents. There is no sense of being worthy of the masthead. How sad.
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It's hard to believe how mean, petty, and immature the Washington Post editorials have become. You'd think they were written by a group of College Republican presidents. There is no sense of being worthy of the masthead. How sad.
I liked Setti Warren. I enjoyed being on WBUR with him. I am sad he died at just 55 years old. May be rest in peace and I will be praying for his family. #mapoli
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I liked Setti Warren. I enjoyed being on WBUR with him. I am sad he died at just 55 years old. May be rest in peace and I will be praying for his family. #mapoli
Who is running the White House?
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Who is running the White House?