Publius Oistros
@publius-oistros.bsky.social
Pro: democracy, common good, Golden Rule, AI alignment, social safety nets, environment, science, public interest, real CSR, legit startups, etc.
Anti: fascism (para-, neo-, crypto-, quasi-), bullying, abuse of power (personal, political, market), etc.
Anti: fascism (para-, neo-, crypto-, quasi-), bullying, abuse of power (personal, political, market), etc.
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In “Death & Taxes,” filmmaker Justin Schein turns his camera on his businessman father—and his own privilege.
How a rich dad's obsession with the estate tax nearly tore his family apart
In "Death & Taxes," filmmaker Justin Schein turns his camera on his businessman father—and his own privilege.
www.motherjones.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In “Death & Taxes,” filmmaker Justin Schein turns his camera on his businessman father—and his own privilege.
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Fascism, as the song goes, is bound to lose. But believing that—knowing that—doesn’t mean you believe any old strategy will work. I don’t believe Schumerism will work. I don’t believe civil war will work. I favor popular fronts, local & mass organizing, vibrant democratic culture, long haul work.
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Fascism, as the song goes, is bound to lose. But believing that—knowing that—doesn’t mean you believe any old strategy will work. I don’t believe Schumerism will work. I don’t believe civil war will work. I favor popular fronts, local & mass organizing, vibrant democratic culture, long haul work.
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Insane NY Post column suggesting that the new First Lady who is sad about leaving her longtime neighbors in a not fancy NYC neighborhood is an ungrateful brown woman
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Insane NY Post column suggesting that the new First Lady who is sad about leaving her longtime neighbors in a not fancy NYC neighborhood is an ungrateful brown woman
"[It's] all but impossible, really—to sue federal law enforcement officers. ...
it doesn’t matter if what they [ICE] do is legal. ... The immunity problem pervades the chain of command from top to bottom."
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Follow journalist Radley Balko: @radleybalko.bsky.social
it doesn’t matter if what they [ICE] do is legal. ... The immunity problem pervades the chain of command from top to bottom."
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Follow journalist Radley Balko: @radleybalko.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"[It's] all but impossible, really—to sue federal law enforcement officers. ...
it doesn’t matter if what they [ICE] do is legal. ... The immunity problem pervades the chain of command from top to bottom."
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Follow journalist Radley Balko: @radleybalko.bsky.social
it doesn’t matter if what they [ICE] do is legal. ... The immunity problem pervades the chain of command from top to bottom."
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Follow journalist Radley Balko: @radleybalko.bsky.social
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Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
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Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
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"With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society." A must-read from @radleybalko.bsky.social , even if you've been following Trump's use of immigration enforcement to terrorize communities. newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society." A must-read from @radleybalko.bsky.social , even if you've been following Trump's use of immigration enforcement to terrorize communities. newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake. n.pr/4jkrm19
For Ukrainians, a nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up
The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake.
n.pr
December 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake. n.pr/4jkrm19
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If the idea is to learn from countries like Denmark and Sweden, the more obvious lesson would be to encourage and adopt the public programs that make the people living there so healthy. ICYMI @citizencohn.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/48VqNqY
RFK Jr.’s New Infatuation With a Danish Model
How MAGA fell in love with a tiny, socialist Scandinavian nation—as long as it’s just about vaccine recommendations.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If the idea is to learn from countries like Denmark and Sweden, the more obvious lesson would be to encourage and adopt the public programs that make the people living there so healthy. ICYMI @citizencohn.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/48VqNqY
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The battle for AI dominance has left a large footprint—and it’s only getting bigger and more expensive. www.wired.com/story/expire...
Billion-Dollar Data Centers Are Taking Over the World
The battle for AI dominance has left a large footprint—and it’s only getting bigger and more expensive.
www.wired.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The battle for AI dominance has left a large footprint—and it’s only getting bigger and more expensive. www.wired.com/story/expire...
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The Trump administration says it will dismantle a key climate-science center, while salvaging its forecasting capabilities. “Today, predicting the weather without considering the climate would be meteorological malpractice," Michelle Nijhuis argues.
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Meteorological Malpractice
The Trump administration says it will dismantle a premier climate center, while somehow keeping weather forecasting intact.
bit.ly
December 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The Trump administration says it will dismantle a key climate-science center, while salvaging its forecasting capabilities. “Today, predicting the weather without considering the climate would be meteorological malpractice," Michelle Nijhuis argues.
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DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
Top DOJ Official Todd Blanche Shut Down Crypto Enforcement While Holding Crypto Assets
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, exper...
www.propublica.org
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
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Hideous is not a strong enough word to describe Trump's assault on the Oval Office. I served in multiple countries run by criminal dictators, but none of them had an office quite so distasteful.
December 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Hideous is not a strong enough word to describe Trump's assault on the Oval Office. I served in multiple countries run by criminal dictators, but none of them had an office quite so distasteful.
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
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“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” Timothy W. Ryback wrote in January.
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/UvwCdoBh
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/UvwCdoBh
December 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” Timothy W. Ryback wrote in January.
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/UvwCdoBh
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/UvwCdoBh
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Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show
Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show
Drummer Chuck Redd decided to cancel his yearly Jazz Jam after Donald Trump added his name to the venue
The president of the Kennedy Center has demanded $1m in damages and fiercely criticized a musician’s sudden decision to cancel a Christmas Eve performance at the venue days after the White House announced that Donald Trump’s name would be added to the facility.
“Your decision to withdraw at the last moment – explicitly in response to the Center’s recent renaming, which honors President Trump’s extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure – is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution,” the venue’s president, Richard Grenell, wrote in a letter to musician Chuck Redd that was shared with the Associated Press. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show
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Stop it. You’re not having real discussions on X. You’re talking to Nazis & bots. Also, you’re a billionaire posting on social media. You’re not having “conversations” with people. You just don’t like that they’re responding without fawning over your assumed wisdom.
December 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Stop it. You’re not having real discussions on X. You’re talking to Nazis & bots. Also, you’re a billionaire posting on social media. You’re not having “conversations” with people. You just don’t like that they’re responding without fawning over your assumed wisdom.
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This is very bad.
Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
stateline.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is very bad.
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
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U.S. measles cases hit a 30-year high, according to CDC data.
December 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
U.S. measles cases hit a 30-year high, according to CDC data.
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A leaked DoJ memo calls for prosecutors to charge people who film ICE with “domestic terrorism”
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
Justice Department says filming immigration raids is 'domestic terrorism'
A leaked Justice Department memo directs federal prosecutors to press “domestic terrorism” charges against individuals who record immigration operations.
reason.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
A leaked DoJ memo calls for prosecutors to charge people who film ICE with “domestic terrorism”
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
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Glad to see our president spent Christmas…bombing a field next to a healthcare facility in a peaceful village in Nigeria
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Glad to see our president spent Christmas…bombing a field next to a healthcare facility in a peaceful village in Nigeria