@barcachicago.bsky.social
Proud Democrat. Wisconsinite in Illinois, I do my canvassing in Wisconsin :-) Now that we put Susan Crawford on the state Supreme Court, let’s get fair congressional maps for Wisconsin! 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇨🇦🇺🇦 Balloon Juice lurker since 2007 :-)
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December 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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She voted for hepatitis?
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
She voted for hepatitis?
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“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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“Officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.” Wrong skin color? You can't become a citizen here! www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“Officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.” Wrong skin color? You can't become a citizen here! www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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The new National Security Strategy of the U.S. contains some pretty explicit white nationalism:
“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The new National Security Strategy of the U.S. contains some pretty explicit white nationalism:
“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
“We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of
Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Agree with this thread. Worth reading in full.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
25 years ago John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and AC Barrett all worked on GWBush's 2000 Florida recount team. What they're doing now is, if anything, more nakedly partisan.
Fire-breathing dissent by Kagan, with Sotomayor and Jackson.
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
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NEW: A federal grand jury rejected DOJ’s latest bid to indict NY attorney general Letitia James, the latest black eye in Trump’s push to prosecute his adversaries
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social @hassankanu.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social @hassankanu.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Grand jury rejects new indictment for Letitia James
The Justice Department can try a third time.
www.politico.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
NEW: A federal grand jury rejected DOJ’s latest bid to indict NY attorney general Letitia James, the latest black eye in Trump’s push to prosecute his adversaries
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social @hassankanu.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social @hassankanu.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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As Vicky Pebsworth listed the groups she blames for the increase in HBV—gay men, promiscuous women, heroin users, Asian immigrants, and urban populations—it may be germane that she is a member of the National Association of Catholic Nurses.
Then again, it may not be.
Then again, it may not be.
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
As Vicky Pebsworth listed the groups she blames for the increase in HBV—gay men, promiscuous women, heroin users, Asian immigrants, and urban populations—it may be germane that she is a member of the National Association of Catholic Nurses.
Then again, it may not be.
Then again, it may not be.
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ACIP co-chair and rabid anti-vaxxer Robert Malone keeps silencing ACIP members Meissner and Hibbeln because they are DEMANDING evidence of the false claims being made by radical anti-vaxxer and climate scientist Nevinson and radical anti-vaxxer and Harvard MBA Blaxill.
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
ACIP co-chair and rabid anti-vaxxer Robert Malone keeps silencing ACIP members Meissner and Hibbeln because they are DEMANDING evidence of the false claims being made by radical anti-vaxxer and climate scientist Nevinson and radical anti-vaxxer and Harvard MBA Blaxill.
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Dr. Jason Goldman of the American College of Physicians says (paraphrasing) that this entire meeting is complete bullshit and should be adjourned.
He has been a constant voice of reason.
He has been a constant voice of reason.
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Dr. Jason Goldman of the American College of Physicians says (paraphrasing) that this entire meeting is complete bullshit and should be adjourned.
He has been a constant voice of reason.
He has been a constant voice of reason.
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ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
Period.
This is a goat rodeo of radical anti-vaxxers.
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When I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago, I did a deep dive into the literature to search for a potential cause.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago, I did a deep dive into the literature to search for a potential cause.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear.
Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS.
Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
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Every state needs to completely decouple their vaccination policy from ACIP if they haven’t already done so.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Every state needs to completely decouple their vaccination policy from ACIP if they haven’t already done so.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
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What the anti-vax members of ACIP seem to saying is:
“We have no evidence of harm with the birth dose of HBV vaccine. We have no data demonstrating any harm, so we can’t show it. But this is suspicious so we need to keep looking until we confirm our unsupported belief that it causes harm”.
“We have no evidence of harm with the birth dose of HBV vaccine. We have no data demonstrating any harm, so we can’t show it. But this is suspicious so we need to keep looking until we confirm our unsupported belief that it causes harm”.
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What the anti-vax members of ACIP seem to saying is:
“We have no evidence of harm with the birth dose of HBV vaccine. We have no data demonstrating any harm, so we can’t show it. But this is suspicious so we need to keep looking until we confirm our unsupported belief that it causes harm”.
“We have no evidence of harm with the birth dose of HBV vaccine. We have no data demonstrating any harm, so we can’t show it. But this is suspicious so we need to keep looking until we confirm our unsupported belief that it causes harm”.
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Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
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Yet another criminal case against a U.S. citizen protesting federal immigration enforcement goes kaput. This time prosecutors have dropped charges against Laugh Factory manager Nathan Griffin. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/c...
Charges dropped against Lakeview comedy club manager accused of assaulting federal agents
Federal prosecutors moved Wednesday to drop charges against a comedy club manager accused of shutting a car door on a federal immigration agent’s leg in the Lakeview neighborhood, the latest …
www.chicagotribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Yet another criminal case against a U.S. citizen protesting federal immigration enforcement goes kaput. This time prosecutors have dropped charges against Laugh Factory manager Nathan Griffin. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/c...