valerie szybala
@vszyb.bsky.social
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valerie szybala
@vszyb.bsky.social
· Dec 9
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Sunday reading:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy
steady.page
October 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Sunday reading:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
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I gotta say, having the United States Secret Service enforce against me a supposed municipal DC ordinance against hopscotch on DC sidewalks was not on my bingo card for today: www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/operation-...
Operation 100 lbs of blue and yellow chalk!
A recording from Benjamin Wittes's live video
www.dogshirtdaily.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I gotta say, having the United States Secret Service enforce against me a supposed municipal DC ordinance against hopscotch on DC sidewalks was not on my bingo card for today: www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/operation-...
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Politico - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegaly deported by the Trump administration, details his mistreatment in a Salvadoran prison, claiming he suffered "severe beatings," sleep deprivation, malnutrition and other forms of torture at the hands of his jailers.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes ‘severe beatings’ and ‘psychological torture’ in Salvadoran prison
Abrego submitted a harrowing and detailed account of abuse after the Trump administration illegally deported him.
www.politico.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Politico - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegaly deported by the Trump administration, details his mistreatment in a Salvadoran prison, claiming he suffered "severe beatings," sleep deprivation, malnutrition and other forms of torture at the hands of his jailers.
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The right is shaping public perception of these protests just like it shaped public perception of the BLM protests, because it dominates the information ecosystem. The narratives it has spent years crafting & spreading are shaping how current events are interpreted.
June 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The right is shaping public perception of these protests just like it shaped public perception of the BLM protests, because it dominates the information ecosystem. The narratives it has spent years crafting & spreading are shaping how current events are interpreted.
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SCOOP!
We have secret Project 2025 documents laying out plans to drastically restructure domestic law enforcement -- from the feds on down -- under Trump's command. It's ostensibly about deporting immigrants. It could be used for more.
At @phoenixnewtimes.com, from Beau Hodai:
We have secret Project 2025 documents laying out plans to drastically restructure domestic law enforcement -- from the feds on down -- under Trump's command. It's ostensibly about deporting immigrants. It could be used for more.
At @phoenixnewtimes.com, from Beau Hodai:
The Big Takeover: The secret plans to give Trump command of America’s police
For months, a Project 2025 subgroup drafted plans to place domestic law enforcement under Trump's thumb. We have their files.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
SCOOP!
We have secret Project 2025 documents laying out plans to drastically restructure domestic law enforcement -- from the feds on down -- under Trump's command. It's ostensibly about deporting immigrants. It could be used for more.
At @phoenixnewtimes.com, from Beau Hodai:
We have secret Project 2025 documents laying out plans to drastically restructure domestic law enforcement -- from the feds on down -- under Trump's command. It's ostensibly about deporting immigrants. It could be used for more.
At @phoenixnewtimes.com, from Beau Hodai:
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In other words, he promised repeatedly during the campaign he had a secret plan to end the war in 24 hours and he was just bullshitting everyone because he doesn’t have the first clue what to do, he gave away all negotiating leverage months ago, and his special envoy is a dope.
May 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
In other words, he promised repeatedly during the campaign he had a secret plan to end the war in 24 hours and he was just bullshitting everyone because he doesn’t have the first clue what to do, he gave away all negotiating leverage months ago, and his special envoy is a dope.
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🚨According to litigators, ICE just put a dozen men on a flight (which may have already taken off) to SOUTH SUDAN, a country on the brink of civil war, in direct defiance of a court order requiring ICE to give people an opportunity to raise objections before being sent to a country not their own.
May 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🚨According to litigators, ICE just put a dozen men on a flight (which may have already taken off) to SOUTH SUDAN, a country on the brink of civil war, in direct defiance of a court order requiring ICE to give people an opportunity to raise objections before being sent to a country not their own.
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The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
April 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
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🧵 We got a pretty nasty load of bad news yesterday on the future of Social Security. It's not hyperbole to say we've passed the point of no return on Trump/DOGE's efforts to kill the agency...
April 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🧵 We got a pretty nasty load of bad news yesterday on the future of Social Security. It's not hyperbole to say we've passed the point of no return on Trump/DOGE's efforts to kill the agency...
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Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
America is experiencing brain drain, a phenomenon we used to benefit from.
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03...
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03...
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears
History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.
yaledailynews.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
America is experiencing brain drain, a phenomenon we used to benefit from.
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03...
yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03...
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“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”
March 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”
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Wow. Judge Howell is worried that if she orders DOGE to leave the USIP building it could turn into an “armed standoff” over unwillingness to vacate, and points out law enforcement has shown willingness to help DOGE. Asks if we’ll need foreign mediators to come in.
March 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Wow. Judge Howell is worried that if she orders DOGE to leave the USIP building it could turn into an “armed standoff” over unwillingness to vacate, and points out law enforcement has shown willingness to help DOGE. Asks if we’ll need foreign mediators to come in.
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NEW: Russian state-controlled channel RT has largely vanished from Western screens due to sanctions. But iStories found that RT is paying influencers who push pro-Russian narratives, deny Russian war crimes, and strive to make Westerners love — and move to — Russia www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
Banned Russian Channel RT Secretly Pays Video Bloggers Who Promote Kremlin Narratives
The bloggers rack up millions of views, promote Russia as a haven for conservatives, glorify the war in Ukraine — and never disclose any ties to the Russian government. The money tells a different sto...
www.occrp.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW: Russian state-controlled channel RT has largely vanished from Western screens due to sanctions. But iStories found that RT is paying influencers who push pro-Russian narratives, deny Russian war crimes, and strive to make Westerners love — and move to — Russia www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
“Not only are NRO’s budgets and head counts classified, but the prospect of Musk’s tech team meddling in sensitive personnel information is setting off alarms for some in the intelligence community.”
NEW: Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.
www.huffpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“Not only are NRO’s budgets and head counts classified, but the prospect of Musk’s tech team meddling in sensitive personnel information is setting off alarms for some in the intelligence community.”
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DOJ leadership has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with 1 hour to decide who will dismiss Adams indictment or else all will be fired. Sending them strength to stand by their oath, which is to support the Constitution, not the president’s political agenda. 🇺🇸
February 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
DOJ leadership has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with 1 hour to decide who will dismiss Adams indictment or else all will be fired. Sending them strength to stand by their oath, which is to support the Constitution, not the president’s political agenda. 🇺🇸
Danielle Sassoon’s letter is badass. So nice to see a little integrity.
February 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Danielle Sassoon’s letter is badass. So nice to see a little integrity.
A glimpse into America’s future:
How Hungary’s Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark
www.ap.org/news-highlig...
How Hungary’s Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark
www.ap.org/news-highlig...
How Hungary's Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark | The Associated Press
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were warned that casting a ballot against Prime
www.ap.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A glimpse into America’s future:
How Hungary’s Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark
www.ap.org/news-highlig...
How Hungary’s Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark
www.ap.org/news-highlig...
The fact that this FCC investigation into a radio station's coverage of ICE is getting little domestic coverage, but the UK @the-independent.com wrote about it with "hallmarks of government censorship" in the title says so much about the state of American media www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
February 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The fact that this FCC investigation into a radio station's coverage of ICE is getting little domestic coverage, but the UK @the-independent.com wrote about it with "hallmarks of government censorship" in the title says so much about the state of American media www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Popular Information - NSA today planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion,” which is creating unintended consequences.
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
The NSA's "Big Delete"
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Popular Information - NSA today planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion,” which is creating unintended consequences.
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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Slowing down from real time investigative work but one of my sources confirmed this @wired.com's report yesterday: "BFS is treating Marko's resignation as a cybersecurity breach. The cyber teams are working overtime to analyze the forensic artifacts Marko left behind and determine what he saw/did."
NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately."
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www.wired.com/story/treasu...
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www.wired.com/story/treasu...
February 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Slowing down from real time investigative work but one of my sources confirmed this @wired.com's report yesterday: "BFS is treating Marko's resignation as a cybersecurity breach. The cyber teams are working overtime to analyze the forensic artifacts Marko left behind and determine what he saw/did."
Private security blocks senator Markey from the EPA
We were just denied entrance into the EPA after asking to meet with a DOGE representative. More to come.
February 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Private security blocks senator Markey from the EPA
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We were just denied entrance into the EPA after asking to meet with a DOGE representative. More to come.
February 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We were just denied entrance into the EPA after asking to meet with a DOGE representative. More to come.
Just a reminder that Elon Musk was a threat to national security before he had the power to directly hack into federal networks.
Re-upping this December reporting from @kirstengrind.bsky.social @ericlipton.nytimes.com @sheeraf.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/t...
Re-upping this December reporting from @kirstengrind.bsky.social @ericlipton.nytimes.com @sheeraf.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/t...
Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules
Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just a reminder that Elon Musk was a threat to national security before he had the power to directly hack into federal networks.
Re-upping this December reporting from @kirstengrind.bsky.social @ericlipton.nytimes.com @sheeraf.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/t...
Re-upping this December reporting from @kirstengrind.bsky.social @ericlipton.nytimes.com @sheeraf.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/t...