Nic LaBonte
@nic-labonte.bsky.social
I’m actually 17 stuffed animals in a trench coat masquerading as a human
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Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
Trump’s opponents really want his supporters to have a “I didn’t think the leopards would eat MY face” moment when in reality, their attitude is best encapsulated by the campaign slogan of ex-Liberian president/convicted war criminal/US intelligence asset Charles Taylor:
September 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Trump’s opponents really want his supporters to have a “I didn’t think the leopards would eat MY face” moment when in reality, their attitude is best encapsulated by the campaign slogan of ex-Liberian president/convicted war criminal/US intelligence asset Charles Taylor:
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The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
A UN inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, joining a rising chorus
The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
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The former chief of the Israeli military said more than 1 in 10 Palestinians in the enclave have been killed or injured since the war began nearly two years ago.
More than 10% of Gaza’s population has been killed or injured, former Israeli military chief says | CNN
The former chief of the Israeli military said more than 1 in 10 Palestinians in the enclave have been killed or injured since the war began nearly two years ago.
www.cnn.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The former chief of the Israeli military said more than 1 in 10 Palestinians in the enclave have been killed or injured since the war began nearly two years ago.
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NEW: In a moment of peril, Florida lawmakers allowed Citizens Property Insurance, its insurer of last resort, to take disputes before judges whose salaries it funds.
The company has taken 1,500+ insurance disputes to mandatory arbitration, where it wins more than 90% of final hearings.
The company has taken 1,500+ insurance disputes to mandatory arbitration, where it wins more than 90% of final hearings.
A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time.
State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for rec...
www.propublica.org
September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: In a moment of peril, Florida lawmakers allowed Citizens Property Insurance, its insurer of last resort, to take disputes before judges whose salaries it funds.
The company has taken 1,500+ insurance disputes to mandatory arbitration, where it wins more than 90% of final hearings.
The company has taken 1,500+ insurance disputes to mandatory arbitration, where it wins more than 90% of final hearings.
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If you can handle a frank conversation about genocide right now, I'm finding this episode of Factually by @adamconover.net with @omerbartov.bsky.social to be very very insightful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGWB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGWB...
Genocide Scholar: I Know It When I See It, with Omer Bartov
YouTube video by Adam Conover
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If you can handle a frank conversation about genocide right now, I'm finding this episode of Factually by @adamconover.net with @omerbartov.bsky.social to be very very insightful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGWB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGWB...
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The situation in Nepal is incredible. The government tried to ban social media last week which led to violent protests and the prime minister ousted.
Gen Z protesters then met in a 100K strong Discord chat where they elected ex-chief justice Sushila Karki as the interim prime minister.
Gen Z protesters then met in a 100K strong Discord chat where they elected ex-chief justice Sushila Karki as the interim prime minister.
Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The situation in Nepal is incredible. The government tried to ban social media last week which led to violent protests and the prime minister ousted.
Gen Z protesters then met in a 100K strong Discord chat where they elected ex-chief justice Sushila Karki as the interim prime minister.
Gen Z protesters then met in a 100K strong Discord chat where they elected ex-chief justice Sushila Karki as the interim prime minister.
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the permission structure created for a bloodthirsty maga rampage the last two days by mainstream media, all before any facts were known at all, deserves some real introspection by the entire industry
September 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
the permission structure created for a bloodthirsty maga rampage the last two days by mainstream media, all before any facts were known at all, deserves some real introspection by the entire industry
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How about that.
September 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
How about that.
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You can "honor" Kirk's memory by doing the thing he'd hate and donating to an organization that wants to help low-income trans adults receive gender affirming care:
www.transincomeproject.org/donate
(also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)
www.transincomeproject.org/donate
(also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)
September 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
You can "honor" Kirk's memory by doing the thing he'd hate and donating to an organization that wants to help low-income trans adults receive gender affirming care:
www.transincomeproject.org/donate
(also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)
www.transincomeproject.org/donate
(also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)
I put the odds that the gunman who killed Charlie Kirk was a “radical leftist” at an even 50-50 since I think it’s equally likely that the person who shot him was a Groyper
September 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I put the odds that the gunman who killed Charlie Kirk was a “radical leftist” at an even 50-50 since I think it’s equally likely that the person who shot him was a Groyper
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Loomer deleted the post on the left this morning
September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Loomer deleted the post on the left this morning
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is this really news? can the media stop being such easy marks for AI stunts?
Australian Online Retailer CEO Uses AI Voice to Present Results
When Kogan.com Ltd. founder and Chief Executive Officer Ruslan Kogan presented the online retailer’s results at its briefing on Monday, he decided to use an AI-generated version of his voice.
www.bloomberg.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
is this really news? can the media stop being such easy marks for AI stunts?
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Israel downgraded ties with Brazil after it refused to approve a new ambassador, and Brazil hasn’t had an envoy in Israel since last year over its war on Gaza.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xur70k
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Rights groups urge action after killing of six Gaza journalists by Israel
Committee to Protect Journalists says ‘murders must end now’ as press advocates call for an end to Israeli ‘impunity’.
aje.io
August 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Israel downgraded ties with Brazil after it refused to approve a new ambassador, and Brazil hasn’t had an envoy in Israel since last year over its war on Gaza.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xur70k
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xur70k
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i find myself regularly reminding people that not one single German was severely punished for simply refusing to contribute to the Holocaust
This is actually extremely noteworthy.
July 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i find myself regularly reminding people that not one single German was severely punished for simply refusing to contribute to the Holocaust
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CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
July 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
IMHO, #Epstein killed himself and I strongly doubt that he kept a master document of all the people he pimped out underage girls to. Having said all that, the DOJ/FBI should declassify and release a lot more of their files on him for the sake of transparency
July 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
IMHO, #Epstein killed himself and I strongly doubt that he kept a master document of all the people he pimped out underage girls to. Having said all that, the DOJ/FBI should declassify and release a lot more of their files on him for the sake of transparency
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This is the result of allowing states to individually rebrand Medicaid.
Nobody gets their health insurance through "Medicaid."
If you're in California, it's Medi-Cal. TennCare in Tennessee. MassHealth. SoonerCare. DenaliCare. Bayou Health. Etc etc.
There are 50 different names.
Nobody gets their health insurance through "Medicaid."
If you're in California, it's Medi-Cal. TennCare in Tennessee. MassHealth. SoonerCare. DenaliCare. Bayou Health. Etc etc.
There are 50 different names.
Remember the people who hated Obamacare but loved the Affordable Care Act, and didn't realize they were the same thing? Yeah, a lot of them are about to find out their health insurance IS THROUGH MEDICAID!
More leopards, more faces to eat.
More leopards, more faces to eat.
July 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is the result of allowing states to individually rebrand Medicaid.
Nobody gets their health insurance through "Medicaid."
If you're in California, it's Medi-Cal. TennCare in Tennessee. MassHealth. SoonerCare. DenaliCare. Bayou Health. Etc etc.
There are 50 different names.
Nobody gets their health insurance through "Medicaid."
If you're in California, it's Medi-Cal. TennCare in Tennessee. MassHealth. SoonerCare. DenaliCare. Bayou Health. Etc etc.
There are 50 different names.
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if young voters turned out like they did for Zohran Mamdani for every race, the Democratic Party would never lose an election again
so naturally, establishment Dems are…smearing him and refusing to endorse?
so naturally, establishment Dems are…smearing him and refusing to endorse?
June 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
if young voters turned out like they did for Zohran Mamdani for every race, the Democratic Party would never lose an election again
so naturally, establishment Dems are…smearing him and refusing to endorse?
so naturally, establishment Dems are…smearing him and refusing to endorse?
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How to protect democracies from falsehoods?
By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills, argue @bellingcat.com founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social from @cmpcr.bsky.social in this piece
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills, argue @bellingcat.com founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social from @cmpcr.bsky.social in this piece
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
How to protect democracies from falsehoods? By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills
“If anyone with a smartphone can publish, they should also be able to verify,” argue Bellingcat’s founder Eliot Higgins and Dr Natalie Martin in this piece.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
April 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
How to protect democracies from falsehoods?
By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills, argue @bellingcat.com founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social from @cmpcr.bsky.social in this piece
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills, argue @bellingcat.com founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social from @cmpcr.bsky.social in this piece
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
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In 1832, Worcester v. Georgia was decided in the Cherokee Nation's favor. The Indian Removal Act could not be enforced against them.
Jackson did the Trail of Tears anyway, saying, "[the court] made their decision, now let them enforce it."
We already know how this will work in the end.
Jackson did the Trail of Tears anyway, saying, "[the court] made their decision, now let them enforce it."
We already know how this will work in the end.
April 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
In 1832, Worcester v. Georgia was decided in the Cherokee Nation's favor. The Indian Removal Act could not be enforced against them.
Jackson did the Trail of Tears anyway, saying, "[the court] made their decision, now let them enforce it."
We already know how this will work in the end.
Jackson did the Trail of Tears anyway, saying, "[the court] made their decision, now let them enforce it."
We already know how this will work in the end.
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They’ll do it in a few high profile cases to set examples. People will say, “No way this holds up in court.” Maybe. But we now know the plan: they’ll do it first, then dare the courts to stop them. And this too will be very difficult for courts to undo. This is end of democracy stuff.
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
They’ll do it in a few high profile cases to set examples. People will say, “No way this holds up in court.” Maybe. But we now know the plan: they’ll do it first, then dare the courts to stop them. And this too will be very difficult for courts to undo. This is end of democracy stuff.
Jesus fuck these guys
From the law community on Reddit: Attorney protects young client from attempted ICE kidnapping
Posted by AnotherDoubtfulGuest - 54,111 votes and 4,044 comments
www.reddit.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Jesus fuck these guys
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I would say my history education helped me understand that 'extremism' is always an extreme form of things that already existed, and were often seen as normal by many at the time, rather than anything falling from the moon.
March 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I would say my history education helped me understand that 'extremism' is always an extreme form of things that already existed, and were often seen as normal by many at the time, rather than anything falling from the moon.