space pirate tikistitch⁷
@tikistitch.bsky.social
KPop stan, wastin’ time on intarnets. Dope Old Person. Warning: I doomscroll US politics.
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NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two newly hired senior FBI staff, exempting them from polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information, officials said.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two newly hired senior FBI staff, exempting them from polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information, officials said.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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I’m more used to saying this to people on the Left than people on the Right, but, “hate speech” is not an exception to the First Amendment. “Hate speech” is protected by the First Amendment unless it falls into a traditional established exception.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society...We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech."
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I’m more used to saying this to people on the Left than people on the Right, but, “hate speech” is not an exception to the First Amendment. “Hate speech” is protected by the First Amendment unless it falls into a traditional established exception.
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Rolling Stone fired Alan Sepinwall, Status’ Oliver Darcy reports. That’s probably the end of my subscription.
September 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rolling Stone fired Alan Sepinwall, Status’ Oliver Darcy reports. That’s probably the end of my subscription.
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Meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, lockdowns after bomb threats and though I'm sure this won't interest most media types, it is worth noting: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...
Multiple HBCUs under lockdown after receiving threats amid rising campus security concerns
At least six historically Black colleges enacted lockdowns after receiving threats, amid heightened concerns following recent campus violence at Utah Valley University.
abcnews.go.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, lockdowns after bomb threats and though I'm sure this won't interest most media types, it is worth noting: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...
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About to watch an IMAX screening of Spinal Tap II at the Chinese and the entrance is appropriately epic for such an event.
September 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
About to watch an IMAX screening of Spinal Tap II at the Chinese and the entrance is appropriately epic for such an event.
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Jesus Christ.
It's depressing how many of these I'd forgotten about.
It's depressing how many of these I'd forgotten about.
Wow! Listen to this list of acts of political violence. It’s not even complete, but sobering AF.
Now, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd, and the video is all over social media. This needs to stop.
Now, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd, and the video is all over social media. This needs to stop.
September 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Jesus Christ.
It's depressing how many of these I'd forgotten about.
It's depressing how many of these I'd forgotten about.
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I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
August 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
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Me, looking at timestamp: This seems like a long time to get to the joke
Me, watching for 15sec: I am absolutely watching this whole thing
Me, watching for 15sec: I am absolutely watching this whole thing
August 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Me, looking at timestamp: This seems like a long time to get to the joke
Me, watching for 15sec: I am absolutely watching this whole thing
Me, watching for 15sec: I am absolutely watching this whole thing
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Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
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First, there’s no legal basis for this. Second, a “Real ID” is sufficient for air travel because it requires extra documentation to obtain. Third and again, there’s no legal basis for this. Fourth and most important, this is the “papers please” stage of fascism and the biggest possible red flag.
NEW—Earlier this evening agents from ICE/other fed agencies were outside Rhode Island Ave metro in DC asking people exiting the station for their IDs, per someone who experienced it. When the person presented their Real ID license, an agent said that wasn't sufficient. Luckily they had secondary ID.
August 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
First, there’s no legal basis for this. Second, a “Real ID” is sufficient for air travel because it requires extra documentation to obtain. Third and again, there’s no legal basis for this. Fourth and most important, this is the “papers please” stage of fascism and the biggest possible red flag.
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Really psyched about this episode. @davedaley.bsky.social is one of the best analysts of right wing election subversion out there. He goes big on Trump's effort to ban mail voting, the Texas gerrymandering scheme, and other ratfucking, connecting the dots. Don't miss this one. You'll learn a lot:
"What we are seeing is a real effort to militarize the nation ahead of 2026...in Detroit, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Philadelphia...there will be a full-on effort to intimidate and suppress Dem voters."
On the pod @davedaley.bsky.social is brilliant on Trump/GOP ratfuckery:
newrepublic.com/article/1992...
On the pod @davedaley.bsky.social is brilliant on Trump/GOP ratfuckery:
newrepublic.com/article/1992...
Trump Accidentally Lets Slip Dark Truth About His Plot to Rig Midterms
As Trump says too much while unveiling his new push to end mail voting, a leading expert on right-wing dirty tricks explains how he and the GOP hope to cheat and gerrymander their way to victory in th...
newrepublic.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Really psyched about this episode. @davedaley.bsky.social is one of the best analysts of right wing election subversion out there. He goes big on Trump's effort to ban mail voting, the Texas gerrymandering scheme, and other ratfucking, connecting the dots. Don't miss this one. You'll learn a lot:
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Trump cuts off medical visas from Gaza after Laura Loomer freaked out over a video showing several children being permitted to come to the U.S. for medical care www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown
Donald Trump stopped all visas from Gaza, including for humanitarian and medical aid, after Laura Loomer freaked out about children getting care.
www.rollingstone.com
August 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Trump cuts off medical visas from Gaza after Laura Loomer freaked out over a video showing several children being permitted to come to the U.S. for medical care www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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It keeps happening
August 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It keeps happening
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This fits pretty squarely in the classic definition of assault in that it a) is unlawfully directed at constitutionally protected activity and (b) causes the victim to reasonably fear imminent physically harmful contact
US Park Police now doing traffic stops in DC, and charged at me with a baton for filming closer than they liked
August 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This fits pretty squarely in the classic definition of assault in that it a) is unlawfully directed at constitutionally protected activity and (b) causes the victim to reasonably fear imminent physically harmful contact
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August 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Post one of the most haunting shots in movie history from a film made before the year 2000
August 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Post one of the most haunting shots in movie history from a film made before the year 2000
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Journalism lesson for reporters: Antoni has "alleged" accuracy concerns. There is ZERO reason to believe he cares one iota about accuracy. Don't lie to your audience by asserting that he does.
August 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Journalism lesson for reporters: Antoni has "alleged" accuracy concerns. There is ZERO reason to believe he cares one iota about accuracy. Don't lie to your audience by asserting that he does.
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Fires, storms and the potential for near-record high temperatures across the western US are in the offing for the coming week
Fires, Storms and Blazing Temperatures Forecast for Western US
Fires, storms and the potential for near-record high temperatures across the western US are in the offing for the coming week.
bloom.bg
August 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Fires, storms and the potential for near-record high temperatures across the western US are in the offing for the coming week
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Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?
August 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?
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I don't understand how anyone can justify this www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I don't understand how anyone can justify this www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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Before you spend money on that auction, please know that those are only props and costumes. They hold no magic.
The coolest things are the things you made around the show.
I’m ambivalent about auctions around Our Flag that don’t benefit an independent artist or larger cause.
The coolest things are the things you made around the show.
I’m ambivalent about auctions around Our Flag that don’t benefit an independent artist or larger cause.
July 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Before you spend money on that auction, please know that those are only props and costumes. They hold no magic.
The coolest things are the things you made around the show.
I’m ambivalent about auctions around Our Flag that don’t benefit an independent artist or larger cause.
The coolest things are the things you made around the show.
I’m ambivalent about auctions around Our Flag that don’t benefit an independent artist or larger cause.
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A newspaper wrecked on purpose.
POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.
July 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A newspaper wrecked on purpose.
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Democrats need to ban the word "distraction" from their vocabularies forever.
@taraemcg.bsky.social and me on why the "Epstein is a distraction" impulse reflects deeper problems within the party:
newrepublic.com/article/1983...
@taraemcg.bsky.social and me on why the "Epstein is a distraction" impulse reflects deeper problems within the party:
newrepublic.com/article/1983...
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Democrats need to ban the word "distraction" from their vocabularies forever.
@taraemcg.bsky.social and me on why the "Epstein is a distraction" impulse reflects deeper problems within the party:
newrepublic.com/article/1983...
@taraemcg.bsky.social and me on why the "Epstein is a distraction" impulse reflects deeper problems within the party:
newrepublic.com/article/1983...
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"The Murdoch family ranch"
July 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"The Murdoch family ranch"