Andy Carvin
@acarv.in
Interim social media editor, Forward.com. Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, #ActuallyADHD, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
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This is Brad Lander doing pulltabs in the Uptown VFW. He’s one of us now
January 29, 2026 at 3:07 AM
This is Brad Lander doing pulltabs in the Uptown VFW. He’s one of us now
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An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
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A federal judge, in a published order, so very much on the record:
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
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January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
A federal judge, in a published order, so very much on the record:
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
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The US Navy now has ten warships in the CENTCOM area which covers Iran.
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The US Navy now has ten warships in the CENTCOM area which covers Iran.
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I wrote a thing about how virtue and community support seem to be incomprehensible to MAGA folks.
Minneapolis Proved Something MAGA Can’t Accept: Most People Are Actually Virtuous
There's a line buried in Adam Serwer's recent Atlantic piece on the Minneapolis resistance to ICE that deserves to be pulled out, examined, and posted on every lamppost in America: The secret fear of the morally…
There's a line buried in Adam Serwer's recent Atlantic piece on the Minneapolis resistance to ICE that deserves to be pulled out, examined, and posted on every lamppost in America: The secret fear of the morally…
Minneapolis Proved Something MAGA Can’t Accept: Most People Are Actually Virtuous
There's a line buried in Adam Serwer's recent Atlantic piece on the Minneapolis resistance to ICE that deserves to be pulled out, examined, and posted on every lamppost in America: The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. Read that again. It explains so much. Serwer continues:
www.techdirt.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I wrote a thing about how virtue and community support seem to be incomprehensible to MAGA folks.
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That's my Rabbi! The energy in the room after he spoke the last lines of this on Friday was unreal
"In the streets, in the schools, in the Signal threads, in all our places of healing and justice, we are as locusts."
A dvar Torah from occupied Minneapolis by Joey Glick:
A dvar Torah from occupied Minneapolis by Joey Glick:
Swarm Like Locusts
A dvar Torah from occupied Minneapolis
jewishcurrents.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:10 PM
That's my Rabbi! The energy in the room after he spoke the last lines of this on Friday was unreal
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NEW: @matteowong.bsky.social profiles Anthropic, the AI company of the moment, the one that seems especially preoccupied with the possibility that its technology might—for example—aid in the creation of bioweapons, the one with the CEO who actually made a public statement against the administration.
Anthropic Is at War With Itself
The AI company shouting about AI’s dangers can’t quite bring itself to slow down.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:26 PM
NEW: @matteowong.bsky.social profiles Anthropic, the AI company of the moment, the one that seems especially preoccupied with the possibility that its technology might—for example—aid in the creation of bioweapons, the one with the CEO who actually made a public statement against the administration.
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New: Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46%
the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
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the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
wapo.st/3LYTef1
Tesla bet big on Elon Musk. His politics continue to haunt it.
Tesla struggles to regain its footing in the electric vehicle market, hindered by Elon Musk’s political activity, impacting its stock price and performance.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 PM
New: Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46%
the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
wapo.st/3LYTef1
the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
wapo.st/3LYTef1
Reminiscent of IDF official portraits.
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Reminiscent of IDF official portraits.
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ICE Agent Stuffs Sock Under Mask To Give Himself Chin
January 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agent Stuffs Sock Under Mask To Give Himself Chin
New Kneecap just dropped.
"You’re not getting away with fuck all,
You’re not getting away with doing nothin,
Ní dhéanfaidh muid dearmad ar an lucht seo,
You think we’d move on and forget what happened.
Nah fuck Keir Starmer, Netanyahu’s bitch and genocide armer,
Better off as compost for farmers."
"You’re not getting away with fuck all,
You’re not getting away with doing nothin,
Ní dhéanfaidh muid dearmad ar an lucht seo,
You think we’d move on and forget what happened.
Nah fuck Keir Starmer, Netanyahu’s bitch and genocide armer,
Better off as compost for farmers."
KNEECAP - LIARS TALE (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by KNEECAP
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January 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
New Kneecap just dropped.
"You’re not getting away with fuck all,
You’re not getting away with doing nothin,
Ní dhéanfaidh muid dearmad ar an lucht seo,
You think we’d move on and forget what happened.
Nah fuck Keir Starmer, Netanyahu’s bitch and genocide armer,
Better off as compost for farmers."
"You’re not getting away with fuck all,
You’re not getting away with doing nothin,
Ní dhéanfaidh muid dearmad ar an lucht seo,
You think we’d move on and forget what happened.
Nah fuck Keir Starmer, Netanyahu’s bitch and genocide armer,
Better off as compost for farmers."
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GD Announces New Restrictions on Receiving Grants, Party Membership, ‘External Lobbying’ - civil.ge/archives/719... these are truly awful; poor #georgia
GD Announces New Restrictions on Receiving Grants, Party Membership, ‘External Lobbying’ - Civil Georgia
The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced a series of legislative amendments that would impose f
civil.ge
January 28, 2026 at 7:58 PM
GD Announces New Restrictions on Receiving Grants, Party Membership, ‘External Lobbying’ - civil.ge/archives/719... these are truly awful; poor #georgia
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Q: “Do you still have confidence in Secretary Noem? Should she stay in her job?”
Thune: “It's important that the president have confidence in his team. And so I will allow the President to make determinations about the people that serve on his team.”
Thune: “It's important that the president have confidence in his team. And so I will allow the President to make determinations about the people that serve on his team.”
January 28, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Q: “Do you still have confidence in Secretary Noem? Should she stay in her job?”
Thune: “It's important that the president have confidence in his team. And so I will allow the President to make determinations about the people that serve on his team.”
Thune: “It's important that the president have confidence in his team. And so I will allow the President to make determinations about the people that serve on his team.”
A useful guide from @theintercept.com for IDing immigration agent patches.
These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM
A useful guide from @theintercept.com for IDing immigration agent patches.
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Who could have seen this coming etc etc and so on:
"Melania’s early failure comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues behind the scenes and a whopping two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film."
newrepublic.com/post/205753/...
"Melania’s early failure comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues behind the scenes and a whopping two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film."
newrepublic.com/post/205753/...
Melania Documentary Flops as Crew Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Chaos
The first lady’s documentary was a mess in production—and now it’s struggling at the box office.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Who could have seen this coming etc etc and so on:
"Melania’s early failure comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues behind the scenes and a whopping two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film."
newrepublic.com/post/205753/...
"Melania’s early failure comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues behind the scenes and a whopping two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film."
newrepublic.com/post/205753/...
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Jeff Bezos should be a hero and donate the Washington Post to a charity. Bezos would get a big charitable deduction; the rest of us would get a newspaper dedicated to the public interest. This post from Steven Waldman is from a year ago but it's still a great idea. www.cjr.org/opinion/wald...
Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity
His conflicts of interests are insurmountable. He can take a heroic path to strengthen journalism.
www.cjr.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Jeff Bezos should be a hero and donate the Washington Post to a charity. Bezos would get a big charitable deduction; the rest of us would get a newspaper dedicated to the public interest. This post from Steven Waldman is from a year ago but it's still a great idea. www.cjr.org/opinion/wald...
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Clint Smith visits the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. “The goal of the sites is to force visitors to confront the violence of the past without the counterweight of a more uplifting narrative to assuage their distress.” [theatlantic.com]
Those Who Try to Erase History Will Fail
Montgomery shows what’s possible when museums aren’t subject to capricious executive orders.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Clint Smith visits the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. “The goal of the sites is to force visitors to confront the violence of the past without the counterweight of a more uplifting narrative to assuage their distress.” [theatlantic.com]
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EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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As this story notes, three executives charged by CEO Will Lewis with leading the Washpost's most-publicized revenue efforts have left the company in the past year.
January 28, 2026 at 6:25 PM
As this story notes, three executives charged by CEO Will Lewis with leading the Washpost's most-publicized revenue efforts have left the company in the past year.
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FBI raids Fulton County election office www.ajc.com/politics/202...
FBI raids Fulton County election office
A FBI spokesman confirmed ‘court-ordered activity’ at the county’s elections operation center in south Fulton.
www.ajc.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM
FBI raids Fulton County election office www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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IMHO, this piece has a sensational headline but makes a very sensible recommendation: campus access should be restricted to university affiliates for the time being
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Harvard Must Keep ICE off Campus | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
The University must walk a careful line between concrete steps to protect our community and putting a target on our back. The stakes are too high for inaction and too urgent for indecision.
www.thecrimson.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:22 PM
IMHO, this piece has a sensational headline but makes a very sensible recommendation: campus access should be restricted to university affiliates for the time being
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
MAGA peeps should look at the suspect's FB profile.
He's no fan of Omar. This is from Oct 2021.
www.facebook.com/andy.kazmier...
He's no fan of Omar. This is from Oct 2021.
www.facebook.com/andy.kazmier...
January 28, 2026 at 5:39 PM
MAGA peeps should look at the suspect's FB profile.
He's no fan of Omar. This is from Oct 2021.
www.facebook.com/andy.kazmier...
He's no fan of Omar. This is from Oct 2021.
www.facebook.com/andy.kazmier...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free