Gary McGath
@gmcgath.bsky.social
Freelance writer. Lover of liberty, music, and cats. Author of The Magic Battery, Spells of War, Files that Last, and Tomorrow's Songs Today. On Bluesky I post a lot about classical music and silent film.
https://garymcgath.com
https://garymcgath.com
The government continues to persecute Rümeysa Öztürk, whom ICE kidnapped. www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Detained Tufts student's lawyers push for restoration of her student record
The removal of Rümeysa Öztürk’s student record since her release from ICE custody has kept her from teaching and research opportunities.
www.boston.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The government continues to persecute Rümeysa Öztürk, whom ICE kidnapped. www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Reposted by Gary McGath
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
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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 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Those who say "We have to use the methods of evil to fight evil" soon become indistinguishable from the thing they're fighting, except for choice of slogans and symbols.
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Those who say "We have to use the methods of evil to fight evil" soon become indistinguishable from the thing they're fighting, except for choice of slogans and symbols.
People can say I'm wrong. I sometimes am. But anyone who calls me a liar had better have good evidence behind it to avoid an immediate block.
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
People can say I'm wrong. I sometimes am. But anyone who calls me a liar had better have good evidence behind it to avoid an immediate block.
In _Young Frankenstein_, the host in the castle is called Frau Blücher in the cast list, but everyone pronounces it "Blucher" without the umlaut. Maybe the horses are complaining about the pronunciation error?
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In _Young Frankenstein_, the host in the castle is called Frau Blücher in the cast list, but everyone pronounces it "Blucher" without the umlaut. Maybe the horses are complaining about the pronunciation error?
This is what's wrong with news today. In this screen capture of the Washington Post's homepage, there isn't a single news story.
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This is what's wrong with news today. In this screen capture of the Washington Post's homepage, there isn't a single news story.
The #SalvationArmy says you're "totally depraved" and "justly exposed to the wrath of God," and "faith in our Lord Jesus Christ" is necessary to salvation. In other words, all non-Christians are going to Hell.
That outfit doesn't get my money.
www.salvationarmyusa.org/spiritual-an...
That outfit doesn't get my money.
www.salvationarmyusa.org/spiritual-an...
Spiritual and Worship Services
Offering worship services and Christ-centered programs to all.
www.salvationarmyusa.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The #SalvationArmy says you're "totally depraved" and "justly exposed to the wrath of God," and "faith in our Lord Jesus Christ" is necessary to salvation. In other words, all non-Christians are going to Hell.
That outfit doesn't get my money.
www.salvationarmyusa.org/spiritual-an...
That outfit doesn't get my money.
www.salvationarmyusa.org/spiritual-an...
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This just in: Your shit is not encrypted.
Kohler's Smart Toilet Camera Not Actually End-to-End Encrypted
Gives new meaning to the 'internet of shit.'
www.404media.co
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This just in: Your shit is not encrypted.
Reposted by Gary McGath
New from me at my Maryland policy blog Free State Notes: activists pushing for BWI to kick out commercial airline Avelo over ICE charters may not have done their homework about the legalities. I cite reporting from @thebaltimorebanner.com
On Avelo, BWI, and its ICE flights
Activists in Maryland and elsewhere want Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) and other airports to kick out Avelo, a small commercial airline that has allowed its planes to be chartered to ICE…
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December 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New from me at my Maryland policy blog Free State Notes: activists pushing for BWI to kick out commercial airline Avelo over ICE charters may not have done their homework about the legalities. I cite reporting from @thebaltimorebanner.com
Just watched Blazing Saddles for the first time in many years. I love the way it destroys the power of racial slurs by making them ridiculous.
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just watched Blazing Saddles for the first time in many years. I love the way it destroys the power of racial slurs by making them ridiculous.
It's a cliché of TV shows and movies that chess players don't see a checkmate coming till the turn it happens. Only inexperienced players do this, and even then not that often. #chess
December 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It's a cliché of TV shows and movies that chess players don't see a checkmate coming till the turn it happens. Only inexperienced players do this, and even then not that often. #chess
Hegseth on shooting unarmed protesters: "I'd be careful what you read in books and believing it. Except for the Bible."
He was probably thinking of the Book of Joshua, where every man, woman, and child in Jericho was slaughtered on orders from God.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/heg...
He was probably thinking of the Book of Joshua, where every man, woman, and child in Jericho was slaughtered on orders from God.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/heg...
Democratic senators hammer Hegseth as he trades barbs with them during testy hearing
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth snapped back at female Democratic senators, at one point telling one that her "time was up," as he was grilled at a congressional hearing.
abcnews.go.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hegseth on shooting unarmed protesters: "I'd be careful what you read in books and believing it. Except for the Bible."
He was probably thinking of the Book of Joshua, where every man, woman, and child in Jericho was slaughtered on orders from God.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/heg...
He was probably thinking of the Book of Joshua, where every man, woman, and child in Jericho was slaughtered on orders from God.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/heg...
Real acts of antisemitic violence are contemptible, but it only distracts from them when ICE invents claims.
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Harvard professor charged with firing pellet gun outside Brookline temple arrested by ICE
Federal officials described the incident as an “anti-Semitic shooting,” contrary to statements from local authorities and Temple Beth Zion leadership.
www.boston.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Real acts of antisemitic violence are contemptible, but it only distracts from them when ICE invents claims.
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
It's fun to watch arguments that score own goals. For instance, "School choice is racist." The implication is that some races need to be "protected" from choice and should be happy with whatever the public school system sticks them with.
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It's fun to watch arguments that score own goals. For instance, "School choice is racist." The implication is that some races need to be "protected" from choice and should be happy with whatever the public school system sticks them with.
Reposted by Gary McGath
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just agreed to hear our case against the Trump administration to protect birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment.
The constitution and over a century of precedent have made it clear: if you are born on U.S. soil you are a citizen — period.
The constitution and over a century of precedent have made it clear: if you are born on U.S. soil you are a citizen — period.
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just agreed to hear our case against the Trump administration to protect birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment.
The constitution and over a century of precedent have made it clear: if you are born on U.S. soil you are a citizen — period.
The constitution and over a century of precedent have made it clear: if you are born on U.S. soil you are a citizen — period.
I like dancing to classical pieces for exercise. The third movement of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony is a serious challenge to keep step with. Where _are_ those beats?
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I like dancing to classical pieces for exercise. The third movement of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony is a serious challenge to keep step with. Where _are_ those beats?
The Trump administration is the greatest current threat to freedom in the US, but it isn't the only one. The people who applaud the murders of Charlie Kirk and Brian Thompson and the ones who shout down speakers they don't like also count as foes.
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Trump administration is the greatest current threat to freedom in the US, but it isn't the only one. The people who applaud the murders of Charlie Kirk and Brian Thompson and the ones who shout down speakers they don't like also count as foes.
?? Bandcamp just told me I must be logged in to log in.
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
?? Bandcamp just told me I must be logged in to log in.
How much do you know about wartime censorship in the US? Here's my latest quiz on FunTrivia.
www.funtrivia.com/quiz/history...
www.funtrivia.com/quiz/history...
U.S. Wartime Censorship Trivia Game | U.S. Wars | 10 Questions
The first casualty of war is the truth. Governments, even the U.S. government, sometimes find it necessary to suppress information and opinions during wartime. This quiz takes no position on the right...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
How much do you know about wartime censorship in the US? Here's my latest quiz on FunTrivia.
www.funtrivia.com/quiz/history...
www.funtrivia.com/quiz/history...
Today (Dec. 5) is the anniversary of Mozart's death. The state of medicine being what it was in 1791, the exact cause is uncertain, but there's no reason to suspect foul play. There's no reason to suspect anything worse than Walsegg's desire to grab credit for composing the Requiem.
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Today (Dec. 5) is the anniversary of Mozart's death. The state of medicine being what it was in 1791, the exact cause is uncertain, but there's no reason to suspect foul play. There's no reason to suspect anything worse than Walsegg's desire to grab credit for composing the Requiem.
Sen. Tom Cotton is a monster. He characterized trying to survive while thrown into the ocean as "trying to flip a boat loaded with drugs bound for United States back over so they could stay in the fight." www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
Admiral says there was no ‘kill them all’ order in boat attack
Democrats who were also briefed and saw video of the survivors being killed questioned the Trump administration’s rationale.
www.militarytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Sen. Tom Cotton is a monster. He characterized trying to survive while thrown into the ocean as "trying to flip a boat loaded with drugs bound for United States back over so they could stay in the fight." www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
There are militarists who damn Trump as a "draft dodger." Anyone who condemns the use of legal means to avoid being shipped to Vietnam is no ally of mine.
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
There are militarists who damn Trump as a "draft dodger." Anyone who condemns the use of legal means to avoid being shipped to Vietnam is no ally of mine.
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Pete Hegseth is unfit to serve as our Secretary of Defense. Our troops and the American people need a leader who will take responsibility and honor our Constitution.
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Pete Hegseth is unfit to serve as our Secretary of Defense. Our troops and the American people need a leader who will take responsibility and honor our Constitution.
The walkway at the library was a bit slippery, so as I saw someone getting out of a car, I said, "Careful for ice."
She replied. "I know. It's out there, waiting to grab us."
I thought a moment about what she'd said and answered, "That, too."
#ICE
She replied. "I know. It's out there, waiting to grab us."
I thought a moment about what she'd said and answered, "That, too."
#ICE
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The walkway at the library was a bit slippery, so as I saw someone getting out of a car, I said, "Careful for ice."
She replied. "I know. It's out there, waiting to grab us."
I thought a moment about what she'd said and answered, "That, too."
#ICE
She replied. "I know. It's out there, waiting to grab us."
I thought a moment about what she'd said and answered, "That, too."
#ICE