Stephanie Luna Padilla
@slpadilla.bsky.social
San Diego-based Chicana educator and activist. Cat mom to Dinah.
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Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
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I still can't believe they're trying to make a war happen out of thin air. Not just their abrogation of Congress's role in formally declaring a war -- that's been a slippery slope for decades -- but their total unwillingness even to go through the motions of drumming up public support.
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I still can't believe they're trying to make a war happen out of thin air. Not just their abrogation of Congress's role in formally declaring a war -- that's been a slippery slope for decades -- but their total unwillingness even to go through the motions of drumming up public support.
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incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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“This is not America having priorities that don’t involve Europe. It is not isolationism. It is America taking sides with Russia against Europe, because one of America’s two political parties now sees Russian autocracy as preferable to European democracy.”
Trump’s Long-Term Damage
The things we won’t be able to fix even if we wanted to.
www.thebulwark.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“This is not America having priorities that don’t involve Europe. It is not isolationism. It is America taking sides with Russia against Europe, because one of America’s two political parties now sees Russian autocracy as preferable to European democracy.”
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We are not just going to sit around and put up with this. We are going to omit his entire second presidency and undo it all. As soon as we're able to get all this corruption out of the government and start over. It's bullshit. We have so much technology, so many resources. We can do better.
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
We are not just going to sit around and put up with this. We are going to omit his entire second presidency and undo it all. As soon as we're able to get all this corruption out of the government and start over. It's bullshit. We have so much technology, so many resources. We can do better.
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In all the stories—in the Bible, in Lord of the Rings, science fiction—there's a good side and there's a bad side of the same energy.
So let's understand the power, the force, of “hyperstition,” and let's start putting it to use sooner rather than later.
So let's understand the power, the force, of “hyperstition,” and let's start putting it to use sooner rather than later.
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In all the stories—in the Bible, in Lord of the Rings, science fiction—there's a good side and there's a bad side of the same energy.
So let's understand the power, the force, of “hyperstition,” and let's start putting it to use sooner rather than later.
So let's understand the power, the force, of “hyperstition,” and let's start putting it to use sooner rather than later.
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Donald Trump is showing us what's possible.
Anything is possible.
The president can send troops into cities.
The president can make $5 billion off of crypto in plain sight.
The president can tear down an entire section of the White House and build an Epstein ballroom.
Anything is possible.
The president can send troops into cities.
The president can make $5 billion off of crypto in plain sight.
The president can tear down an entire section of the White House and build an Epstein ballroom.
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Donald Trump is showing us what's possible.
Anything is possible.
The president can send troops into cities.
The president can make $5 billion off of crypto in plain sight.
The president can tear down an entire section of the White House and build an Epstein ballroom.
Anything is possible.
The president can send troops into cities.
The president can make $5 billion off of crypto in plain sight.
The president can tear down an entire section of the White House and build an Epstein ballroom.
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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thanks brett kavanaugh!
Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
thanks brett kavanaugh!
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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Abrego Garcia is not a "proven human trafficker." He has merely been *accused by the government* of being one. That's not the same thing. And if Leavitt is so certain of these charges, why is the administration attempting to deport him to Africa to avoid trying him in a US court?
Q: Does the White House have a response to a judge ordering the immediate release of Kilmar Ábrego García from ICE detention? Will you appeal?
LEAVITT: Absolutely. The White House opposes this activism from a judge. He is a proven human trafficker
LEAVITT: Absolutely. The White House opposes this activism from a judge. He is a proven human trafficker
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Abrego Garcia is not a "proven human trafficker." He has merely been *accused by the government* of being one. That's not the same thing. And if Leavitt is so certain of these charges, why is the administration attempting to deport him to Africa to avoid trying him in a US court?
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Of course, normal handshakes don't involve the back of your hand in any way, shape, or form, so this is an obvious lie even by Trumpian standards.
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Of course, normal handshakes don't involve the back of your hand in any way, shape, or form, so this is an obvious lie even by Trumpian standards.
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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NEWS: Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity. (via Reuters / link in reply)
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEWS: Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity. (via Reuters / link in reply)
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Trumpers are determined to be a worldwide force for authoritarianism.
Trump's "national security strategy" declares the US will ally with Russia's dictatorship against our NATO allies, and makes the undermining of democratically elected European governments a US foreign policy goal.
Trump's "national security strategy" declares the US will ally with Russia's dictatorship against our NATO allies, and makes the undermining of democratically elected European governments a US foreign policy goal.
I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Trumpers are determined to be a worldwide force for authoritarianism.
Trump's "national security strategy" declares the US will ally with Russia's dictatorship against our NATO allies, and makes the undermining of democratically elected European governments a US foreign policy goal.
Trump's "national security strategy" declares the US will ally with Russia's dictatorship against our NATO allies, and makes the undermining of democratically elected European governments a US foreign policy goal.
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I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
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New interview on the old kleptocracy youtu.be/Hx2jh93_1Fs?...
Transnational Kleptocracy: What Happens After Trump, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New interview on the old kleptocracy youtu.be/Hx2jh93_1Fs?...
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LYING: It's the Lord's work!
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
LYING: It's the Lord's work!
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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A Democratic Party not having an explicit platform of reforming the Judicial Branch after today is not a party I want to vote for.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A Democratic Party not having an explicit platform of reforming the Judicial Branch after today is not a party I want to vote for.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.