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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
To my chagrin, I think this is holding up well. radleybalko.substack.com/p/profiles-i...
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Profiles in poltroonery: Senator Bill Cassidy
The Louisiana senator and physician could have stopped the world's worst antivaxer from taking over the regulation of vaccines. He didn't. And now we're paying for it.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
/2 A friend of mine, my contrast, has an understanding with his spouse where he simply doesn’t go to social events if he doesn’t feel like it. It works for them. He is seen as kind of like unto a god amongst his friends.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
My wife and I drove separate cars to the Christmas party. I spent two hours being social, roughly my limit, and then I came home and relaxed and played games, and she spent about another 2.5 with her friends. We were both happy.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
a plate of cookies that look disturbingly like Sean Connery in Zardoz
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
ICE is thug scum
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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 12/12/2025
Until my husband got citizenship, we decided to avoid flying anywhere. At some point it felt kinda silly to even avoid quick domestic flights that didn't involve an int'l terminal, so we did a trip to Vegas. Suddenly it doesn't seem silly.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Now that an administration that has broken the "willing to shamelessly and repeatedly lie to the federal courts" barrier, I don't see how the courts as an institution recover* short of severe, career-ending sanctions for this sort of behavior. (*Yes, I know. Things weren't exactly great before.)
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How the Trump Administration’s Most Wanted Man Finally Went Free
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the government to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody on Thursday.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The Right: preferred pronouns? I don’t have to respect that bullshit, I’m free to act as I like Also the Right: I demand you conform to my elaborate rituals designed to guard against me fucking you
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
RBG letting Scalia — Scalia!! — bully her out of accurately describing Jeb Bush’s racially targeted voter purges as he was signing onto an ”equal protection” holding that was a monument to bad faith was really the canary in the coal mine
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 12/12/2025
Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online. What a joke.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
“Since he was sworn back into office nearly a year ago, Donald Trump and several administration officials have already informally discussed the idea of preemptively pardoning an array of Trump advisers, policymakers, and others…
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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Like every other such study.
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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Torre Washington just defeated younger competitors in two divisions to qualify for Olympia 2026. 🌱🏆 #bodybuilding #bodybuilder #plantpower #veganathletes #veganathletes
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Vegan Bodybuilder Wins Twice, Secures Spot at the Legendary Olympia 2026
Olympia is considered by many to be the peak of the bodybuilding calendar. The legendary competition has been running since 1965, and qualification is tough. Torre Washington has made it a goal to…
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
What a great piece! This just gets better and better as you read. prospect.org/2025/12/11/s...
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The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want - The American Prospect
Ryan Coogler’s bloodsucker blockbuster is all about Black creative freedom. No wonder the industry saw it as a threat.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 12/12/2025
If Republicans don't extend ACA subsidies, people are going to die. Now, they’re trying to tie Americans' health care to abortion restrictions that kill women. It’s absolutely a non-starter. We won’t allow Republicans to use the lives of women as the political cost of extension.
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
ICYMI
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/12/2025
“It is all lunacy. Absolutely, it’s 100% nonsense,” said Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society about the claims made in Kory's book that chlorine dioxide is a miracle treatment for a wide range of ailments. By @megomatz.bsky.social
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Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It i...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The reason folks are focusing on DHS's refusal to honor Real IDs is that it means that the Trump regime is asserting the right to detain anyone in America, resident or visitor, without probable cause. It's an erasure of habeas corpus for all Americans. bsky.app/profile/jare...
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Brandon Roberts @bxroberts.org · 13/12/2025
The FDA makes it nearly impossible to figure out where your prescription drugs were made and if there were any issues with the facilities. You can read our explainer about the problem here: www.propublica.org/article/fda-... Big things coming soon! www.youtube.com/shorts/68tWT...
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We Tried to Find Out Where a Drug Was Made. Here’s What Happened.
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
As a Border Patrol boss, Bovino has repeatedly cited the threat of undocumented immigrants who’ve killed U.S. citizens while driving drunk. The Trump administration said Midway Blitz was launched in Chicago in honor of one of them, a 20-year-old DUI victim.

In 1981, Bovino’s father, Mike Bovino, killed a young woman after drunkenly crashing his truck head-on into her car in the hilly little resort town of Blowing Rock, N.C., near the Bovinos’ home.

Newspaper accounts described the victims’ car as “bowled over by the impact.” There were no skid marks. Bovino was uninjured. (Chicago Sun Times)
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GoBlue @blu2b4u.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Great protest song‼️ Well, I failed the academy, the cops weren't havin' me The Army didn't sound that fun So I found me a paramilitary operation That was keen to hand me a gun There's a sign-on bonus of 50 grand They're in need of you, needin' to feel like a man Join ICE
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"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 11/12/2025
He's the guy
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The inevitable appearance of America's Worst Media Reporter (TM)
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
It happened.
An article titled "Heather Cox Richardson Stole My Wife"Every Third Hetero Couple

Woman: Did you check out that Salon article I sent everyone?
Man: *wearing a shirt that says The Most Racist Man Alive*
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Lexington Herald-Leader @kentucky.com · 11/12/2025
The coach Will Stein describes as a father figure has no doubts about Stein’s chances of succeeding at Kentucky.
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‘He’s a savant’: Will Stein’s mentors are confident he will find success at UK
The coach Will Stein describes as a father figure has no doubts about Stein’s chances of succeeding at Kentucky.
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
*donald the dove, hillary the hawk jpg*
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Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
A Legacy of Spies
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A Legacy of Spies - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Oh goody… The BBC and MGM+ have announced landmark John le Carré series Legacy of Spies by award-winning The Ink Factory (The Pigeon Tunnel, The Night Manager) in co-production with Amusement Park Film (All Quiet on the Western Front) and in association with 127 Wall Productions and Paramount Television Studios. Written by Stephen Cornwell (Message […]
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Dear the media, When the US president claims he brokered a peace deal in a place with active combat—eg Rwanda and Congo—the story is (1) fighting rages on, and (2) US president lies. The story is not “president touts historic peace deal.” A peace deal involves peace. Sincerely, Factual reality
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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
'So Trump...about to swindle about 50 percent more than the total amount of money paid to the 97 innocent people who were incarcerated for more than 1,200 years in Texas. Or about 12 percent more than the total paid last year to 957 victims of police brutality in New York City.'
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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant & deodorizer. “It is all lunacy," one expert said. / My latest for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/ron-...
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Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It i...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I’d wager a kidney that the typical millionaire/billionaire who takes advantage Trump’s gold card grift is far, far more likely to extract money from taxpayers through corruption/corporate welfare than the undocumented, low-skill workers they falsely accuse of leeching public benefits.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 11/12/2025
Kansas residents ask Leavenworth to deny CoreCivic permit for ICE prison, based on track record | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
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Kansas residents ask Leavenworth to deny CoreCivic permit for ICE prison, based on track record • Kansas Reflector
Kansas residents and activists ask city of Leavenworth to deny CoreCivic's special use permit to reopen facility to house ICE detainees.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 11/12/2025
ICE told us it had no body camera footage from Chicago in response to our FOIA — even though a federal judge ordered them to wear cameras and turn them on. So who is ICE lying to? Us, or the judge?
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ICE Tells Watchdog It Has No Videos to Release of Chicago Operations
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/12/2025
Breaking news: A federal judge ordered the “immediate release” of Kilmar Abrego García, a 30-year-old immigrant from El Salvador, from ICE custody, saying Department of Justice attorneys “misled” the court at a hearing last month.
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Federal judge orders Kilmar Abrego García’s ‘immediate release’
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the government could not indefinitely detain Abrego, a 30-year-old immigrant from El Salvador who is fighting his deportation.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This is a nakedly thuggish and corrupt administration. People who support it should be treated as corrupt thugs.
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Be fair. This was just a routine Kavanaugh stop
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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 11/12/2025
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court ruled that parents could opt their children out of being in a classroom at the same time as a picture book about two hamsters getting married. Now that decision may lead to kids dying of preventable diseases, because this is Hell. skepchick.org/2025/12/anti...
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Anti-Vaxxers Get a Win from SCOTUS anti-LGBTQ Ruling
Back in April of this year, I talked a bit about a truly ridiculous case that was being heard by the Supreme Court: in Mahmoud v. Taylor, religious fundamentalists objected to the mere existence of…
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly: - DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems - Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
Mubashir said he was in the car with officers for about 20 minutes, asking them repeatedly if he could show them his I.D. They refused, he said. 

Officers asked if they could take a picture of him to check if he was a U.S. citizen. Mubashir told reporters that he declined their request, because, “How would a picture prove I’m a U.S. citizen?” 

Officers took him to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling, which houses immigration court and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices. They took his fingerprints and then one of the officers allowed Mubashir to show his I.D., proving his U.S. citizenship, Mubashir said. He was then immediately allowed to leave.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Warned that this was going to happen. And if Trump’s DOJ doesn’t fight it, I’m not sure there’s much that can be done to stop it. radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
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MAGA's $300 million heist
Donald Trump supports immunity for cops and prosecutors. Unless they try to hold him and his allies accountable. Then we all have to pay Donald Trump.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
ICYMI, here's my segment on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social yesterday on the Supreme Court. www.wnyc.org/story/the-su...
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The Supreme Court and Trump's Expanding Executive Power | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Elie Mystal reacts to the latest Supreme Court news, including the case on whether President Trump has the power to fire the top official on the Federal Trade Commission.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Excellent stuff from @sifill.bsky.social. "The assault on the 14th Amendment has not generated the kind of moral panic that politicians, journalists, and tech bros successfully created over their claims of First Amendment abuses several years ago..." sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-...
The assault on the 14th Amendment has not generated the kind of moral panic that politicians, journalists, and tech bros successfully created over their claims of First Amendment abuses several years ago. They claimed that the scorn, disparagement, and condemnation they received for posting sexist, racist, and even fascist commentary or for making fascist gestures in public resulted in “cancellation.” Obviously the First Amendment doesn’t protect against people deciding that you are an odious person for publicly posting opinions that embrace eugenicist or misogynistic views, but their outrage was enough to put universities, media platforms, and corporations back on their heels. It was a nasty bit of political manipulation to be sure, but it was effective.

The full-on hijacking of the 14th Amendment has not been challenged with commensurate concerted outrage and political clarity. That is because far too many white Americans associate the 14th Amendment’s guarantees of birthright citizenship and equality, as provisions that only protect Black people, migrants, Latino people, and other marginalized groups, rather than as core democracy infrastructure of our Constitution.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs. Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Both of them deserve a life of freedom. 🙏 Credit: animalsaveandcareportugal (IG) #catlover #cutecats #cow #animals #animallover
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