Noel
@noel.blue
Software developer, urbanist, progressive, map lover, coffee needer & dog dad. Based in Minneapolis, formerly Chicago and Hong Kong.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
'Blunt Corruption': Trump DOJ Hands Google an Antitrust Win After Tech Giant's Ballroom Donation | Common Dreams
Alphabet, Google's parent company, is contributing $22 million to the president's ballroom project.
www.commondreams.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
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So they have hundreds of millions just lying around that they’ll never miss to give to the government programs immediately, is what they’re announcing
"Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
So they have hundreds of millions just lying around that they’ll never miss to give to the government programs immediately, is what they’re announcing
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Those men are super dangerous drug smuggling terrorists, which is why . . . we are letting them go.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Those men are super dangerous drug smuggling terrorists, which is why . . . we are letting them go.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
I wrote a memo to my parents expanding my authority to take extra allowance out of their wallets
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
nyti.ms
October 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I wrote a memo to my parents expanding my authority to take extra allowance out of their wallets
This will solve the defining problem of our time: not enough content
Scoop with @lmatsakis.bsky.social: OpenAI is about to launch a TikTok-style social app for AI generated videos. We got the deets (and the docs): www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos
The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI's latest video generation model.
www.wired.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This will solve the defining problem of our time: not enough content
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
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7. The most banal thing you can say about NYC, but so true: the diversity -- of races, ethnicities, hair & dress, attitude, gender presentation, behavior -- is just spectacular. I guess this is precisely what scares conservatives about cities, but it fills me with energy & life. Cities, man!
September 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
7. The most banal thing you can say about NYC, but so true: the diversity -- of races, ethnicities, hair & dress, attitude, gender presentation, behavior -- is just spectacular. I guess this is precisely what scares conservatives about cities, but it fills me with energy & life. Cities, man!
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
Donald Trump is definitely a pedophile. I mean, come the fuck on 🤢
September 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Donald Trump is definitely a pedophile. I mean, come the fuck on 🤢
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Micropenis energy. At least these are not unmarked vehicles 🤷
ICE used your taxpayer dollars to trick out a bunch of trucks in new livery, all painted black with "ICE" and a logo printed in gold on the side (and Trump's name in gold on the back window), then shoot a rap video in DC to post on social media.
I am not making this up.
I am not making this up.
August 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Micropenis energy. At least these are not unmarked vehicles 🤷
“Oops, we accidentally wrote code that removed parts of the constitution that are inconvenient to us.” Go fuck yourselves.
It has been brought to our attention that some sections of Article 1 are missing from the Constitution Annotated (constitution.congress.gov) website. We’ve learned that this is due to a coding error. We have been working to correct this and expect it to be resolved soon.
August 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“Oops, we accidentally wrote code that removed parts of the constitution that are inconvenient to us.” Go fuck yourselves.
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The Trump administration is rolling back programs that were meant to assist more than 250,000 Afghans with planned resettlement in the U.S.
Many, including those who risked their lives to help Americans, could now face retribution from the Taliban.
Many, including those who risked their lives to help Americans, could now face retribution from the Taliban.
Afghans promised a home in U.S. may face repatriation — and the Taliban
Afghans who helped American forces are stuck in limbo as the Trump administration cuts the State Department office for Afghan relocation.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Trump administration is rolling back programs that were meant to assist more than 250,000 Afghans with planned resettlement in the U.S.
Many, including those who risked their lives to help Americans, could now face retribution from the Taliban.
Many, including those who risked their lives to help Americans, could now face retribution from the Taliban.
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If someone shows up with no badge, no name, no ID, no warrant, and their fucking face covered that’s not law enforcement, that’s a goddamn kidnapping. It should be illegal, and the fact that it isn’t already is a terrifying failure of democracy and the law.
June 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If someone shows up with no badge, no name, no ID, no warrant, and their fucking face covered that’s not law enforcement, that’s a goddamn kidnapping. It should be illegal, and the fact that it isn’t already is a terrifying failure of democracy and the law.
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The fifth set of Byrd droppings is out
Dems win on the sale of public lands: Rs may not sell of our public lands!
Other huge victories in this area around making oil and gas leasing, mining, pay-to-play for oil and gas exports, and NEPA compliance
ENR and Senate Budget Dem staff crushed it
Dems win on the sale of public lands: Rs may not sell of our public lands!
Other huge victories in this area around making oil and gas leasing, mining, pay-to-play for oil and gas exports, and NEPA compliance
ENR and Senate Budget Dem staff crushed it
Provisions Continue to Violate the Byrd Rule in the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
www.budget.senate.gov
June 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The fifth set of Byrd droppings is out
Dems win on the sale of public lands: Rs may not sell of our public lands!
Other huge victories in this area around making oil and gas leasing, mining, pay-to-play for oil and gas exports, and NEPA compliance
ENR and Senate Budget Dem staff crushed it
Dems win on the sale of public lands: Rs may not sell of our public lands!
Other huge victories in this area around making oil and gas leasing, mining, pay-to-play for oil and gas exports, and NEPA compliance
ENR and Senate Budget Dem staff crushed it
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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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The total amount of public land that Trump wants to make available for sale is equivalent to more than TWICE the size of CALIFORNIA.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The total amount of public land that Trump wants to make available for sale is equivalent to more than TWICE the size of CALIFORNIA.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
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NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.
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This is the slap back to Stephen Miller’s “arrest everyone” madness. And an admission that Trump is under pressure from multiple industries that rely on migrant workers.
This is huge and important. Keep amplifying the harm done by the Trump/Miller zealous, cruel overreach. Don’t bury this.
This is huge and important. Keep amplifying the harm done by the Trump/Miller zealous, cruel overreach. Don’t bury this.
BREAKING: The decision suggested that the scale of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign — an issue that is at the heart of his presidency — is hurting industries and constituencies that he does not want to lose.
June 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This is the slap back to Stephen Miller’s “arrest everyone” madness. And an admission that Trump is under pressure from multiple industries that rely on migrant workers.
This is huge and important. Keep amplifying the harm done by the Trump/Miller zealous, cruel overreach. Don’t bury this.
This is huge and important. Keep amplifying the harm done by the Trump/Miller zealous, cruel overreach. Don’t bury this.
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Find your closest rally on Saturday and go. You can tell your kids where you were on the other side of this. Outnumber him everywhere.
www.nokings.org#map
www.nokings.org#map
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
www.nokings.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Find your closest rally on Saturday and go. You can tell your kids where you were on the other side of this. Outnumber him everywhere.
www.nokings.org#map
www.nokings.org#map
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Freeze your credit with all three bureaus if you haven’t already. It’s pretty benign in terms of impact on your life and reduces potential loss if all our SSNs get sold on some Discord server by these scriptkiddies
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with personal data on millions of Americans for now.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with personal data on millions of Americans for now.
June 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Freeze your credit with all three bureaus if you haven’t already. It’s pretty benign in terms of impact on your life and reduces potential loss if all our SSNs get sold on some Discord server by these scriptkiddies