Steve Varnis
@svarnis.bsky.social
Socialist, Sociologist, (former) Lawyer
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Trump starts his Christmas celebration by demanding that Larry Ellison "put Stephen Colbert to sleep," which sounds like a death sentence.
December 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Trump starts his Christmas celebration by demanding that Larry Ellison "put Stephen Colbert to sleep," which sounds like a death sentence.
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Also just to be clear, Netflix is not looking to buy CNN, the network and other WBD cable channels would be split out into a separate company under the Netflix merger proposal.
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Also just to be clear, Netflix is not looking to buy CNN, the network and other WBD cable channels would be split out into a separate company under the Netflix merger proposal.
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YUP: “Whether intentionally or ignorantly, ADL is providing cover to people who intend great harm to our nation."
Top ADL civil rights litigator quits, accusing group of being 'useful idiot' for Trump - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Joe Berman resigned in March and is making his resignation letter public for the first time now.
www.jta.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
YUP: “Whether intentionally or ignorantly, ADL is providing cover to people who intend great harm to our nation."
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LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
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Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
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Ellison is also part of the consortium who purchased and is poised to control TikTok in the United States.
This isn’t only about “conservatism.”
This is also about a concerted effort to create a pro-Israel narrative landscape across media modes and platforms.
This isn’t only about “conservatism.”
This is also about a concerted effort to create a pro-Israel narrative landscape across media modes and platforms.
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Ellison is also part of the consortium who purchased and is poised to control TikTok in the United States.
This isn’t only about “conservatism.”
This is also about a concerted effort to create a pro-Israel narrative landscape across media modes and platforms.
This isn’t only about “conservatism.”
This is also about a concerted effort to create a pro-Israel narrative landscape across media modes and platforms.
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We've been saying AI is a tool of facism but I really didn't expect them to make it so clear and obvious to EVERYONE
jesus christ
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We've been saying AI is a tool of facism but I really didn't expect them to make it so clear and obvious to EVERYONE
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New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
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TRUMP: *calls Somalis "garbage"*
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
TRUMP: *calls Somalis "garbage"*
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
OMAR: The president is a bigot
NEWSMAX:
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
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Like Trump, Jeffries is largely pro-corruption because he benefits from it too, but one thing Trump, Jeffries, and Cuellar also have in common is their responsiveness to the pro-Israel lobby.
![TRACK AIPAC
HAKEEM
JEFFRIES
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE |D] NY-08
$1,741,230
RECEIVED FROM THE PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY
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10/20/25
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December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Like Trump, Jeffries is largely pro-corruption because he benefits from it too, but one thing Trump, Jeffries, and Cuellar also have in common is their responsiveness to the pro-Israel lobby.
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Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
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This is madness. We need public transportation investment and innovation, not this money sucking, job stealing environmental disaster that is Google’s pet project.
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This is madness. We need public transportation investment and innovation, not this money sucking, job stealing environmental disaster that is Google’s pet project.
How?
Let’s be clear: these are extrajudicial killings. “Kill them all” Hegseth needs to be held accountable.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
How?
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Current* conditions near Holland, MI:
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Current* conditions near Holland, MI:
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New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
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Mamdani’s election signals a turning tide - and the lessons of New York's past couldn’t be more urgent.
Join me and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance on December 17th to dig into into NYC's long fight between extractive growth and community-rooted visions of justice.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join me and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance on December 17th to dig into into NYC's long fight between extractive growth and community-rooted visions of justice.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Dec WEAll Talk: Prosperity for Whom? Lessons from New York City’s Battles Over Economic Justice x Daniel Wortel-London. After registering, you will receive ...
In this talk, Daniel Wortel-London uncovers the history of competing visions for prosperity in New York City. While elite-led development promised growth, it repeatedly delivered instability and exclu...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Mamdani’s election signals a turning tide - and the lessons of New York's past couldn’t be more urgent.
Join me and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance on December 17th to dig into into NYC's long fight between extractive growth and community-rooted visions of justice.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join me and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance on December 17th to dig into into NYC's long fight between extractive growth and community-rooted visions of justice.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
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Ellison said he tapped Weiss to bring to CBS “news that reflects reality” and journalism that “doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.”
Bari Weiss’s approach to leading CBS News: ‘I wanna blow this up’
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Bari Weiss’s approach to leading CBS News: ‘I wanna blow this up’
www.wsj.com/business/med...
‘I Wanna Blow This Up’: How Bari Weiss Is Trying to Overhaul CBS News
The new editor in chief is personally recruiting potential anchors, booking guests herself and asking staff what they do.
www.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Ellison said he tapped Weiss to bring to CBS “news that reflects reality” and journalism that “doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.”
Bari Weiss’s approach to leading CBS News: ‘I wanna blow this up’
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Bari Weiss’s approach to leading CBS News: ‘I wanna blow this up’
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Not for nothing, this style of gov’t communication was invented around 2015 by Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I remember a lot of jaws dropping when it began.
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Not for nothing, this style of gov’t communication was invented around 2015 by Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I remember a lot of jaws dropping when it began.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Tonight at IPK: @dlondonwortel.bsky.social discusses his book The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865-1981 with Andy Morrison and Kim Phillips-Fein.
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Tonight at IPK: @dlondonwortel.bsky.social discusses his book The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865-1981 with Andy Morrison and Kim Phillips-Fein.