Paul Yates
@paulcoffeefreak.bsky.social
Was @paulcoffeefreak on the "other site". Unconventional Mennonite with egalitarian tendencies and a coffee obsession. Never Trump since before 2016.
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I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Is Finelo for aging dudes like sports betting us for young dudes? Coz I'm getting a lot of "$20 to start trading today" ads lately. Or is it because people are doing their taxes, getting that tax return money?
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January 31, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Is Finelo for aging dudes like sports betting us for young dudes? Coz I'm getting a lot of "$20 to start trading today" ads lately. Or is it because people are doing their taxes, getting that tax return money?
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404 Media has published the full user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE to bring up addresses for deportation targets. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Scoop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Scoop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
January 30, 2026 at 4:11 PM
404 Media has published the full user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE to bring up addresses for deportation targets. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Scoop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Scoop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
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What's morale like at CBP & ICE right now? New survey data are damning.
*21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity.
*Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution
*21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity.
*Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution
January 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
What's morale like at CBP & ICE right now? New survey data are damning.
*21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity.
*Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution
*21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity.
*Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution
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There is such a direct line between Ruby Ridge, Waco, OKC Bombing, the militia movement, teaparty, cattle militias and the current conservative political project. Project 2025 is the policy manifestation of talking points handed out on flyers and pamphlets at gun shows in the 90’s.
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
There is such a direct line between Ruby Ridge, Waco, OKC Bombing, the militia movement, teaparty, cattle militias and the current conservative political project. Project 2025 is the policy manifestation of talking points handed out on flyers and pamphlets at gun shows in the 90’s.
Impeach and convict > 25th amendment
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January 20, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Impeach and convict > 25th amendment
Josh Shapiro for Prez
Mark Kelly for Vice Prez
Jack Smith for A.G.
Kamala Harris for Sec State
Dream team '28
Y'all get started!
Who you wanna add?
Mark Kelly for Vice Prez
Jack Smith for A.G.
Kamala Harris for Sec State
Dream team '28
Y'all get started!
Who you wanna add?
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Josh Shapiro for Prez
Mark Kelly for Vice Prez
Jack Smith for A.G.
Kamala Harris for Sec State
Dream team '28
Y'all get started!
Who you wanna add?
Mark Kelly for Vice Prez
Jack Smith for A.G.
Kamala Harris for Sec State
Dream team '28
Y'all get started!
Who you wanna add?
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Jack Smith needs a second chance at bat to prosecute DJT. He also needs the opportunity to prosecute the rest of those in the administration committing crimes.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Jack Smith needs a second chance at bat to prosecute DJT. He also needs the opportunity to prosecute the rest of those in the administration committing crimes.
I wish Jed Bartlet was President. #westwing
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January 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I wish Jed Bartlet was President. #westwing
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In the History Repeats Itself category:
A Secretary of "War" with crusader tattoos would kill Muslims on Christmas Day is pretty much the most predicable thing ever.
A Secretary of "War" with crusader tattoos would kill Muslims on Christmas Day is pretty much the most predicable thing ever.
December 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In the History Repeats Itself category:
A Secretary of "War" with crusader tattoos would kill Muslims on Christmas Day is pretty much the most predicable thing ever.
A Secretary of "War" with crusader tattoos would kill Muslims on Christmas Day is pretty much the most predicable thing ever.
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Sometimes it's the simple gifts that make you feel seen and understood. This gift was just dropped off by my neighbors/friends. Christmas is your invitation to join God's nonviolent insurrection against empire and death-dealing systems.
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Sometimes it's the simple gifts that make you feel seen and understood. This gift was just dropped off by my neighbors/friends. Christmas is your invitation to join God's nonviolent insurrection against empire and death-dealing systems.
Excellent thread about Knives Out: Wake Up, Dead Man!
My old college classmate Brett McCracken has frustrated me many times in the past with his Gospel Coalition conservatism, but this review of Wake Up Dead Man seems targeted to upset me. He twice uses the term “true Christianity.” The headline itself is outrageous bothsidesism.
December 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Excellent thread about Knives Out: Wake Up, Dead Man!
The president reading "prepared remarks"...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The president reading "prepared remarks"...
Yesterday I went to Lowe's and Harbor Freight. Before I went inside, I scanned the parking lots for unmarked vans and SUVs.
This is what we have become.
This is what we have become.
July 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yesterday I went to Lowe's and Harbor Freight. Before I went inside, I scanned the parking lots for unmarked vans and SUVs.
This is what we have become.
This is what we have become.
I'm mowing the grass, listening to @tomselleck.bsky.social read his account of filming "The Sacketts". I finish, and begin streaming the show, enjoying the new inside scoops, until I realize that the villain Pritt is trying to unlawfully remove Hispanic residents from New Mexico. 😡
July 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm mowing the grass, listening to @tomselleck.bsky.social read his account of filming "The Sacketts". I finish, and begin streaming the show, enjoying the new inside scoops, until I realize that the villain Pritt is trying to unlawfully remove Hispanic residents from New Mexico. 😡
From an anonymous friend:
July 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
From an anonymous friend:
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My statement with @markwarner.bsky.social on the Trump Administration illegally withholding $108 million from Virginia schools:
July 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My statement with @markwarner.bsky.social on the Trump Administration illegally withholding $108 million from Virginia schools:
How absolutely tragic. She joins those at the mercy seat who continuously call out for justice.
Jen Lyell was a Southern Baptist success story - till she accused an SBC leader of abuse. Then people turned on her. Lyell died last night after having a stroke
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Jennifer Lyell, SBC abuse survivor and former Lifeway executive, has died
(RNS) — Lyell was once one of the highest-ranking women in the Southern Baptist Convention, but her life fell apart after she reported alleged abuse by a former SBC seminary professor.
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June 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
How absolutely tragic. She joins those at the mercy seat who continuously call out for justice.
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Immigrants at ICE check-ins detained, held in basement of federal building in Los Angeles, some overnight
https://cbsn.ws/4dRhx8f
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Immigrants at ICE check-ins detained, then held in basement of federal building in Los Angeles, some overnight
Many undocumented immigrants who went to ICE check-in appointments at a federal building in L.A. this week were taken into custody, brought to the basement and held there, lawyers and family members say.
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June 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Immigrants at ICE check-ins detained, held in basement of federal building in Los Angeles, some overnight
https://cbsn.ws/4dRhx8f
https://cbsn.ws/4dRhx8f
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
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April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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First G20 movie, and now a Heads of State movie.
Thank you, but no.
I don't need movies showing the leader of a country saving the day singlehandedly with MMA skills and tight muzzle control.
It seems gratuitous when we have a dictator wannabe who would love to be seen as super heroic.
Thank you, but no.
I don't need movies showing the leader of a country saving the day singlehandedly with MMA skills and tight muzzle control.
It seems gratuitous when we have a dictator wannabe who would love to be seen as super heroic.
April 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
First G20 movie, and now a Heads of State movie.
Thank you, but no.
I don't need movies showing the leader of a country saving the day singlehandedly with MMA skills and tight muzzle control.
It seems gratuitous when we have a dictator wannabe who would love to be seen as super heroic.
Thank you, but no.
I don't need movies showing the leader of a country saving the day singlehandedly with MMA skills and tight muzzle control.
It seems gratuitous when we have a dictator wannabe who would love to be seen as super heroic.
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NEWS: The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has resoundingly rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to block an order requiring it to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The Fourth Circuit Rejected Trump Administration Appeal of Abrego Garcia Case
Another blow to the Administration.
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April 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NEWS: The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has resoundingly rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to block an order requiring it to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
April 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period