Kawika
@datarules.bsky.social
Former Sommelier; graduate student studying political science; PhD hopeful; thesis on immunity of billionaire wealth from federal law; BLIP proof forthcoming. Campaign management/policy/research consultant.
I love my cats and dog. Our country is f***ed.
I love my cats and dog. Our country is f***ed.
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FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr admitted today during a formal hearing that the FCC is "not an independent agency," which was in direct contrast with the website which claimed the FCC was an independent body. (The FCC had to haul ass to change the site before the hearing was over.)
Such a joke.
Such a joke.
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr admitted today during a formal hearing that the FCC is "not an independent agency," which was in direct contrast with the website which claimed the FCC was an independent body. (The FCC had to haul ass to change the site before the hearing was over.)
Such a joke.
Such a joke.
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I guess the photographer got that $1000
December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I guess the photographer got that $1000
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Form 4547 is his Dear Leader's new Trump accounts that will help make his Wall Street banking buddies a bunch of money.
Mike Johnson: "We're so excited for the exceptional leadership, for the vision of President Trump to do this. I can't wait to tell everybody about Form 45-47. If we could only put an exclamation point at the end of the form number that would be perfect."
December 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Form 4547 is his Dear Leader's new Trump accounts that will help make his Wall Street banking buddies a bunch of money.
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this is sort of cosmically funny because you know if you looked at their employees' hard drives, a lot of them would go to federal prison
Heritage Foundation, backers of Project 2025, have issued a call to criminalize porn by detailing specific types of imagery that should be illegal, including "deviate sexual intercourse," "female genitals," and "nudity."
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
The Problem of Online Porn: It's Already Illegal
United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said in a 1964 opinion that he could not define pornography but “I know it when I see it.” Perhaps such a sentiment was permissible then, wh...
www.heritage.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
this is sort of cosmically funny because you know if you looked at their employees' hard drives, a lot of them would go to federal prison
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This clip reminds me that so much of national politics today is Democrats making great arguments and patting themselves on the back for it, while Republicans respond with nonsensical word salad, then do whatever they want anyway.
BRENDAN CARR: If you want to talk about weaponization, we saw that for 4 years under the Biden adminis---
KLOBUCHAR: Know what? Joe Biden is no longer president
KLOBUCHAR: Know what? Joe Biden is no longer president
December 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This clip reminds me that so much of national politics today is Democrats making great arguments and patting themselves on the back for it, while Republicans respond with nonsensical word salad, then do whatever they want anyway.
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
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No matter how you slice it, US police officers are safer on the job and paid waaaaay more than other countries' police despite doing a…less than stellar job
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
No matter how you slice it, US police officers are safer on the job and paid waaaaay more than other countries' police despite doing a…less than stellar job
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
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[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
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Sober, reasonable, statesmanlike.
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Sober, reasonable, statesmanlike.
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The Trump promise: a foreign policy you need a massive stroke to appreciate
Fetterman expresses support for Trump's bonkers Truth Social post and aggression toward Venezuela: "It makes it that Iran is involved on that, and Russia is involved on that, and China as well too. That's sanctioned oil right now ... it makes a lot of sense."
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The Trump promise: a foreign policy you need a massive stroke to appreciate
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Oh look— they found a group even less diverse than the Tennessee Republican supermajority…
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Oh look— they found a group even less diverse than the Tennessee Republican supermajority…
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The Arctic has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, a new report shows, as temperatures skyrocket and ice rapidly melts
The Arctic Is in Dire Straits, 20 Years of Reporting Show
The Arctic has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, a new report shows, as temperatures skyrocket and ice rapidly melts
www.scientificamerican.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Arctic has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, a new report shows, as temperatures skyrocket and ice rapidly melts
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Never forget the time in 2020 Charlie Kirk (dead now) pretended to be a black guy on Twitter but forgot to switch accounts when giving himself a nice compliment.
December 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Never forget the time in 2020 Charlie Kirk (dead now) pretended to be a black guy on Twitter but forgot to switch accounts when giving himself a nice compliment.
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If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Yes, the jobs numbers continue to get worse under Trump.
No, the party in power will not take responsibility for any of it.
No, the party in power will not take responsibility for any of it.
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Yes, the jobs numbers continue to get worse under Trump.
No, the party in power will not take responsibility for any of it.
No, the party in power will not take responsibility for any of it.
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Ten news websites saw their monthly visits decline by 40% or more in November compared to a year earlier, with visits to the Forbes website down by the most year on year: 57% to 51.7 million pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
Top 50 news websites in the US in November: Ten newsbrands down by over 40% in a year
Press Gazette lists the top 50 biggest websites for news in the US. Monthly updated top 50 listing based on data from Similarweb.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Ten news websites saw their monthly visits decline by 40% or more in November compared to a year earlier, with visits to the Forbes website down by the most year on year: 57% to 51.7 million pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
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Hegseth murdered more people today but still refuses to release the second strike video from September.
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Hegseth murdered more people today but still refuses to release the second strike video from September.
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![Ron Swanson: Not to worry. I have a [[pardon]]. // "I can do what I want." (Trump signature)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreighydgpag3urp5otsgj2y562qq6bp4zcu3xe4nfg4a6uv2wkhytuq@jpeg)
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Non-zero chance Kash Patel's FBI learned/learns the shooter was MAGA and let/lets him go
Q: Has Kash Patel told you why it's been so difficult for the FBI to identify who the shooter is?
TRUMP: It's always difficult. So far we're done a very good job of it with Charlie, with the various times this has happened. You'll have to ask the school about that.
TRUMP: It's always difficult. So far we're done a very good job of it with Charlie, with the various times this has happened. You'll have to ask the school about that.
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Non-zero chance Kash Patel's FBI learned/learns the shooter was MAGA and let/lets him go
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China now wiping the floor with us
Roomba Maker iRobot declares bankruptcy, sez it has a $3.4 mil tariff bill unpaid, it will be purchased by its main Chinese supplier to whom it owes $100m to, Shenzhen Picea Robotics.
Shenzhen Picea Robotics says it will keep the Roombas working
www.wglt.org/2025-12-15/r...
Shenzhen Picea Robotics says it will keep the Roombas working
www.wglt.org/2025-12-15/r...
Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs
iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual.
www.wglt.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
China now wiping the floor with us
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NEW: A major shift in underway in recent months kicked into gear this week, with ICE trial attorneys around the country asking immigration "judges" to toss out *nearly all* asylum applications on the grounds of "safe third country" agreements with Uganda, Honduras, Ecuador, and Guatemala.
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
NEW: A major shift in underway in recent months kicked into gear this week, with ICE trial attorneys around the country asking immigration "judges" to toss out *nearly all* asylum applications on the grounds of "safe third country" agreements with Uganda, Honduras, Ecuador, and Guatemala.
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That’s an easy answer: FUCK YES.
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
That’s an easy answer: FUCK YES.
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