North Easton
@north-easton.bsky.social
Dad, gamer, general geek. He/him.
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The dissolution of the Heritage Foundation and liquidation of its assets will be bloodless if the few remaining fascist swine allow it to be.
"More than a dozen Heritage Foundation staffers departed the [MAGA septic] tank and are set to join Advancing American Freedom, a conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence." www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Pence’s Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures
The former vice president’s political group is poaching top officials from the foundation amid growing ideological fights within the conservative movement.
www.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The dissolution of the Heritage Foundation and liquidation of its assets will be bloodless if the few remaining fascist swine allow it to be.
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watching my favorite christmas movie and what is possibly the great american comedy about class and race
December 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
watching my favorite christmas movie and what is possibly the great american comedy about class and race
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i honestly cannot think of a modern movie or television show — except maybe succession — that presents the super wealthy as cruel and bigoted as this movie does. one of the duke brothers drops a hard R!
December 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
i honestly cannot think of a modern movie or television show — except maybe succession — that presents the super wealthy as cruel and bigoted as this movie does. one of the duke brothers drops a hard R!
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Notable that this piece casts the CBS journalists’ reaction as how they “feel” about their piece and what they’re “used to.” Inherently denigrates their concerns. But hey nice try.
December 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Notable that this piece casts the CBS journalists’ reaction as how they “feel” about their piece and what they’re “used to.” Inherently denigrates their concerns. But hey nice try.
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Day 23 of Things I Don't Usually Draw: hard lines...
But I do have a plethora of them and this is one hill I'll die screaming on.
But I do have a plethora of them and this is one hill I'll die screaming on.
December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Day 23 of Things I Don't Usually Draw: hard lines...
But I do have a plethora of them and this is one hill I'll die screaming on.
But I do have a plethora of them and this is one hill I'll die screaming on.
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Here’s one thing to point out whenever the trump wh and gop do this: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Here’s one thing to point out whenever the trump wh and gop do this: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into the state of Illinois over the objections of the governor. n.pr/4jf8ukf
Supreme Court rules against Trump in National Guard case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into the state of Illinois over the objections of the governor.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into the state of Illinois over the objections of the governor. n.pr/4jf8ukf
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SCOTUS for now refuses to allow President Trump to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in the Chicago area. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-su...
Supreme Court says Trump can't deploy National Guard to Chicago as legal challenge moves forward
President Trump invoked a law called Title 10 to bring members of the Illinois National Guard under federal service over the objections of state and local leaders.
www.cbsnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
SCOTUS for now refuses to allow President Trump to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in the Chicago area. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-su...
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The original cache of DataSet 8 (with the incorrectly redacted files) has been added to @ddosecrets.com
So for some of the Epstein docs they highlighted in black and then forgot to “print to pdf” which would have effectively flattened the formatting and stopped text being recoverable, but here we are.
github.com/leedrake5/un...
github.com/leedrake5/un...
GitHub - leedrake5/unredact: A simple tool for reading in poorly redacted documents and reproducing their origional form
A simple tool for reading in poorly redacted documents and reproducing their origional form - leedrake5/unredact
github.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The original cache of DataSet 8 (with the incorrectly redacted files) has been added to @ddosecrets.com
Written like someone who has never worried about medical bills.
www.forbes.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Written like someone who has never worried about medical bills.
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“Will no one rid me of this turbulent press?”
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
December 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Will no one rid me of this turbulent press?”
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Found the Associated Press article where the existence of this letter was first disclosed two years ago, in response to a FOIA request
It's definitely real
apnews.com/article/jeff...
It's definitely real
apnews.com/article/jeff...
December 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Found the Associated Press article where the existence of this letter was first disclosed two years ago, in response to a FOIA request
It's definitely real
apnews.com/article/jeff...
It's definitely real
apnews.com/article/jeff...
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Reading these latest Epstein files and my hot take is that this man was a monster.
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reading these latest Epstein files and my hot take is that this man was a monster.
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It's actually worse. The Supreme Court has held 9-0 -- Clarence Thomas and other executive power fanatics included -- that detainees rendered to another country via the Alien Enemies Act are entitled to a pre-deportation hearing. There is no legal debate whatsoever.
Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
December 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's actually worse. The Supreme Court has held 9-0 -- Clarence Thomas and other executive power fanatics included -- that detainees rendered to another country via the Alien Enemies Act are entitled to a pre-deportation hearing. There is no legal debate whatsoever.
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“The internal communications…show federal officials mocking immigrants in crass terms and discussing video edits that might help legitimize the administration’s aggressive stance.”
New: We obtained thousands of internal chat messages from the ICE team creating viral videos of raids and "EPIC takedowns."
A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
wapo.st/4s6YnC5
A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us.
"It's a war!"
wapo.st/4s6YnC5
‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“The internal communications…show federal officials mocking immigrants in crass terms and discussing video edits that might help legitimize the administration’s aggressive stance.”
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I have seen DOJ do some strange redactions before, but this is up there:
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I have seen DOJ do some strange redactions before, but this is up there:
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Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
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I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
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NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up.
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up.
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
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also interesting that the administration thinks it has a say in CBS News personnel matters. perhaps they've been given an indication that they do.
It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
also interesting that the administration thinks it has a say in CBS News personnel matters. perhaps they've been given an indication that they do.
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
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a suicide note whose existence and content federal authorities appear to have concealed for years while conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death in their custody raged out of control
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
a suicide note whose existence and content federal authorities appear to have concealed for years while conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death in their custody raged out of control
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We've known that Epstein tried to contact Nasser for a couple of years, but haven't actually seen the letter. From 2023: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/...
December 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We've known that Epstein tried to contact Nasser for a couple of years, but haven't actually seen the letter. From 2023: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/...
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In all sincerity I often sit here and wonder how better people could have given warnings about the rise of global fascism, and I struggle to think what else could have been tried. There were subtle warnings and loud warnings, obnoxious warnings and gentle warnings, the full range. I just don't know.
I keep thinking about this. I was talking to a journalist friend about Project 2025, and he was saying how so much of it is being executed with frightening efficiency. And it is all the more frustrating because everyone with the power to stop it was so thoroughly and repeatedly warned.
I mean I think the people who underestimated the fascists are the stupids in this equation. The fascists had a 60 year plan, they documented the last year of it very publicly, and they are successfully implementing all of it.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In all sincerity I often sit here and wonder how better people could have given warnings about the rise of global fascism, and I struggle to think what else could have been tried. There were subtle warnings and loud warnings, obnoxious warnings and gentle warnings, the full range. I just don't know.