Paula J. Kelly
@paulajkelly.bsky.social
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Solid work by this reporter, but this story was broken by @jessbravin.bsky.social of the WSJ six weeks ago. I hope with this new reporting it will get more attention.
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Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment.
Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Solid work by this reporter, but this story was broken by @jessbravin.bsky.social of the WSJ six weeks ago. I hope with this new reporting it will get more attention.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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The ban*will* silence their voices and that’s the point!
"We got a bunch of middle-aged politicians who have no experience in this choosing to have a say over young people.”
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The ban*will* silence their voices and that’s the point!
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Every bit of this only reinforces Joyce Carol Oates’ absolute roast of Elon Musk as fundamentally lacking in the ability to enjoy anything normally human. “I built a tool that can insult people in a social setting better than anything ever invented” is a real personal tell.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Every bit of this only reinforces Joyce Carol Oates’ absolute roast of Elon Musk as fundamentally lacking in the ability to enjoy anything normally human. “I built a tool that can insult people in a social setting better than anything ever invented” is a real personal tell.
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How many babies can one company put in the hospital without being stopped? The answer may surprise you.
California identifies infant botulism cases tied to powdered formula from months before current outbreak
California health officials say the cases, which occurred from November 2024 to June 2025, have not been connected to the current outbreak.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/b...
California health officials say the cases, which occurred from November 2024 to June 2025, have not been connected to the current outbreak.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/b...
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
How many babies can one company put in the hospital without being stopped? The answer may surprise you.
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Yesterday on Truth Social, Trump shared a screenshot of a pro-Trump MAGA account on X asking if foreign-born citizens should be barred from holding elected office.
The X account in question is being run from Africa
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
The X account in question is being run from Africa
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Is Boosting MAGA X Accounts Operating Overseas
A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Yesterday on Truth Social, Trump shared a screenshot of a pro-Trump MAGA account on X asking if foreign-born citizens should be barred from holding elected office.
The X account in question is being run from Africa
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
The X account in question is being run from Africa
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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Calls for Pam Bondi to be fired grow as James Comey case collapses
"Bondi has twice submitted affirmations to this court about the propriety of Lindsay Halligan’s grand jury presentation. She lied, or she’s equally incompetent, but more likely she lied."
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"Bondi has twice submitted affirmations to this court about the propriety of Lindsay Halligan’s grand jury presentation. She lied, or she’s equally incompetent, but more likely she lied."
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Ex-Trump lawyer calls for Pam Bondi to be fired as James Comey case collapses
Ty Cobb, who was part of Donald Trump's legal team during his first administration, called out the DOJ after it admitted that it failed to submit the indictment of Comey to the full grand jury
www.irishstar.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Calls for Pam Bondi to be fired grow as James Comey case collapses
"Bondi has twice submitted affirmations to this court about the propriety of Lindsay Halligan’s grand jury presentation. She lied, or she’s equally incompetent, but more likely she lied."
www.irishstar.com/news/politic...
"Bondi has twice submitted affirmations to this court about the propriety of Lindsay Halligan’s grand jury presentation. She lied, or she’s equally incompetent, but more likely she lied."
www.irishstar.com/news/politic...
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"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
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"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
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November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
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Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
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basically every federal law enforcement agency has broadened its mandate to include gross surveillance of American citizens and the right to impede their movement throughout the country
NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
basically every federal law enforcement agency has broadened its mandate to include gross surveillance of American citizens and the right to impede their movement throughout the country
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The best diplomats in this country and the world, brought to us by good ol’ Trumpian meritocracy. So glad that woke has been vanquished.
So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The best diplomats in this country and the world, brought to us by good ol’ Trumpian meritocracy. So glad that woke has been vanquished.
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Important story from @boltsmag.org about the impact of the Voting Rights Act on local communities. boltsmag.org/voting-right...
Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS. - Bolts
The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.
boltsmag.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Important story from @boltsmag.org about the impact of the Voting Rights Act on local communities. boltsmag.org/voting-right...
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Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
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On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
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WtF?! 🤬
Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, of Allen, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, BOTH Texans, have been indicted for conspiracy to murder, maim, and kidnap in a foreign country AND…
production of child pornography.
No charges for the coup?
They planned a coup in Gonâve Island, in #Haiti !!!!
Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, of Allen, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, BOTH Texans, have been indicted for conspiracy to murder, maim, and kidnap in a foreign country AND…
production of child pornography.
No charges for the coup?
They planned a coup in Gonâve Island, in #Haiti !!!!
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
WtF?! 🤬
Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, of Allen, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, BOTH Texans, have been indicted for conspiracy to murder, maim, and kidnap in a foreign country AND…
production of child pornography.
No charges for the coup?
They planned a coup in Gonâve Island, in #Haiti !!!!
Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, of Allen, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, BOTH Texans, have been indicted for conspiracy to murder, maim, and kidnap in a foreign country AND…
production of child pornography.
No charges for the coup?
They planned a coup in Gonâve Island, in #Haiti !!!!
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November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Today should go down in history as the day a sitting President of the United States made death threats against sitting members of Congress.
Are we great yet?
Are we great yet?
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Today should go down in history as the day a sitting President of the United States made death threats against sitting members of Congress.
Are we great yet?
Are we great yet?
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Trump’s longtime political advisor, Roger Stone said I “must be charged with seditious conspiracy against President Trump” and labeled me as a “traitor” — all because I demanded the release of Trump’s call with MBS.
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Trump’s longtime political advisor, Roger Stone said I “must be charged with seditious conspiracy against President Trump” and labeled me as a “traitor” — all because I demanded the release of Trump’s call with MBS.
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Of course @theonion.com makes this graphic just after the HHS shit report
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Of course @theonion.com makes this graphic just after the HHS shit report
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
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NEW: ByHeart says that a lab found botulism-causing bacteria in its baby formula. 31 babies in 15 states have been hospitalized.
One dad of a baby who was gradually paralyzed by the botulism toxin said his son's cry became a "prolonged, soft moan."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
One dad of a baby who was gradually paralyzed by the botulism toxin said his son's cry became a "prolonged, soft moan."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
Botulism Bacteria Found in Infant Formula, Company Confirms
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NEW: ByHeart says that a lab found botulism-causing bacteria in its baby formula. 31 babies in 15 states have been hospitalized.
One dad of a baby who was gradually paralyzed by the botulism toxin said his son's cry became a "prolonged, soft moan."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
One dad of a baby who was gradually paralyzed by the botulism toxin said his son's cry became a "prolonged, soft moan."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...