@willcrawford.bsky.social
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George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
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Just seeing that Semafor has recommended The Second Emancipation: Veteran journalist and Columbia prof Howard French approached Nkrumah as a vessel through which to explore the indispensable role of the African continent and people of African descent in shaping much of how our modern world works.
December 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Just seeing that Semafor has recommended The Second Emancipation: Veteran journalist and Columbia prof Howard French approached Nkrumah as a vessel through which to explore the indispensable role of the African continent and people of African descent in shaping much of how our modern world works.
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UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
@youranonnews.bsky.social now is the time
Student Loan wage garnishing kicks off next month too!
Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January
The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January.
www.cnbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@youranonnews.bsky.social now is the time
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time getting over that the owner of the NY Times is in the Epstein files thing and they haven't even acknowledged this in any reporting.
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time getting over that the owner of the NY Times is in the Epstein files thing and they haven't even acknowledged this in any reporting.
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absolutely terrible idea. can't have caucus leader be a front-liner.
"Several Democrats clued into party dynamics suggested that centrist Sen. Cortez Masto could be a potential challenger to Schatz [for the Senate Democratic Leader position]" puck.news/democrats-tu...
Tick, Tick… Schumer
The embattled Senate minority leader once again faces calls to step down.
puck.news
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
absolutely terrible idea. can't have caucus leader be a front-liner.
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THIS. I mean look, ideally it wouldn't come to this. But Trump is threatening companies for evil reasons. Dems need to realize that the answer is to make equally credible threats for good reasons.
If Democrats had any sense of self-preservation, they'd threaten Google: "If you enable fascists, once we retake power, we'll target, then break up your company. We'll destroy it."
They can't say anything remotely close to that, however. Short thread.
They can't say anything remotely close to that, however. Short thread.
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
THIS. I mean look, ideally it wouldn't come to this. But Trump is threatening companies for evil reasons. Dems need to realize that the answer is to make equally credible threats for good reasons.
if anyone slows this vote down they will vault right to the top of the dem power rankings
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
if anyone slows this vote down they will vault right to the top of the dem power rankings
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
bruh your wealth is a demerit. it’s the reason you can’t get in. who do you know here?
Men like this can't imagine a world where their wealth won't automatically buy them access, influence, and power.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
bruh your wealth is a demerit. it’s the reason you can’t get in. who do you know here?
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Men like this can't imagine a world where their wealth won't automatically buy them access, influence, and power.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Men like this can't imagine a world where their wealth won't automatically buy them access, influence, and power.
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Abolish Border Patrol.
Trump deportation agent: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Abolish Border Patrol.
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This 60th anniversary comes just days before COP30 begins in Brazil; UNEP just said emissions went up 2.3 percent last year.
So we spent 30 years after this LBJ report doing nothing, then 20 years talking to produce the Paris Agreement, then 10 to fail to adhere to it.
So we spent 30 years after this LBJ report doing nothing, then 20 years talking to produce the Paris Agreement, then 10 to fail to adhere to it.
This Whole Thing Really Snuck Up On Us
Looking back, and ahead, on the anniversary of a White House warning.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This 60th anniversary comes just days before COP30 begins in Brazil; UNEP just said emissions went up 2.3 percent last year.
So we spent 30 years after this LBJ report doing nothing, then 20 years talking to produce the Paris Agreement, then 10 to fail to adhere to it.
So we spent 30 years after this LBJ report doing nothing, then 20 years talking to produce the Paris Agreement, then 10 to fail to adhere to it.
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A coalition that ranges from democratic socialists to neoconservatives, including a lot of energized liberals in between, is large and formidable.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A coalition that ranges from democratic socialists to neoconservatives, including a lot of energized liberals in between, is large and formidable.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
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The entire pundit class has convinced people for so long that their “analysis” was somehow necessary and valuable when in reality it was just a con game to manufacture consent for bias-confirming “strategies” that only benefited the capitalist class and guaranteed pundits career security.
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The entire pundit class has convinced people for so long that their “analysis” was somehow necessary and valuable when in reality it was just a con game to manufacture consent for bias-confirming “strategies” that only benefited the capitalist class and guaranteed pundits career security.
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i hope to see enterprising democrats announce their intent to retire schumer and gillibrand over the next two years.
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
i hope to see enterprising democrats announce their intent to retire schumer and gillibrand over the next two years.
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🚨🚨🚨The eight Sen Dems. according to @prospect.org who are looking to surrender to Trump:
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
May want to call their offices.
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
May want to call their offices.
“How can Democrats make a spending deal with someone who won’t honor it?
I guess the answer is: by getting a pinky swear.” - @ddayen.bsky.social on how Sen Dems are about to pull “defeat from the jaws of victory” prospect.org/2025/11/04/t...
I guess the answer is: by getting a pinky swear.” - @ddayen.bsky.social on how Sen Dems are about to pull “defeat from the jaws of victory” prospect.org/2025/11/04/t...
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨🚨🚨The eight Sen Dems. according to @prospect.org who are looking to surrender to Trump:
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
May want to call their offices.
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
May want to call their offices.
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NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
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A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine. www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
ICE Wants to Build a Shadow Deportation Network in Texas
A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine. www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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NEW: Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over military homes that until recently housed senior officers. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
NEW: Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over military homes that until recently housed senior officers. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
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Retire, please. For the love of god, retire.
"A D.C. police report described Norton, 88, as having the 'early stages of dementia,' and said Norton has a caretaker with power of attorney." www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton scammed at home by group claiming to be cleaning crew
A police report about the crime says Norton has “early stages of dementia.” Her office said: “The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption the reporting officer was u...
www.nbcwashington.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Retire, please. For the love of god, retire.