Kaz
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A thread of things I’ve learned now that I’m 50.
1: You should never lay out in the sun or in a tanning bed to work on your tan. Looking like a raisin at 40 will matter more than you think. And also think of your poor dermatologist who has to take pictures every year of all of those moles.
1: You should never lay out in the sun or in a tanning bed to work on your tan. Looking like a raisin at 40 will matter more than you think. And also think of your poor dermatologist who has to take pictures every year of all of those moles.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
A government run entirely by billionaires trying to convince you that as a country we have resource scarcity because of immigrants and refugees is some cruel bullshit.
But also how gullible do you have to be to even believe that nonsense?
Look around. Use your brain minions.
But also how gullible do you have to be to even believe that nonsense?
Look around. Use your brain minions.
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A government run entirely by billionaires trying to convince you that as a country we have resource scarcity because of immigrants and refugees is some cruel bullshit.
But also how gullible do you have to be to even believe that nonsense?
Look around. Use your brain minions.
But also how gullible do you have to be to even believe that nonsense?
Look around. Use your brain minions.
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Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
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This moment really gives the game away. Trump openly admits that he’s attacking another immigrant group for no related reason to the National Guard shooting. The logic amounts to “one immigrant bad = all brown immigrants bad & must be deported”
Transparent racist scapegoating.
Transparent racist scapegoating.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This moment really gives the game away. Trump openly admits that he’s attacking another immigrant group for no related reason to the National Guard shooting. The logic amounts to “one immigrant bad = all brown immigrants bad & must be deported”
Transparent racist scapegoating.
Transparent racist scapegoating.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
I don’t know who needs to hear this AGAIN but Trump withdrew us from Afghanistan. And he purposefully created a situation that screwed our forces over just to stick it to Biden so he could be blamed for it later.
And we all knew it when it happened.
www.npr.org/2021/03/04/9...
And we all knew it when it happened.
www.npr.org/2021/03/04/9...
Trump's Deal To End War In Afghanistan Leaves Biden With 'A Terrible Situation'
The Trump White House agreed to a May 1 troop withdrawal. New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins says Biden must now decide whether to honor a deal that included the Taliban but not the Afghan government.
www.npr.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this AGAIN but Trump withdrew us from Afghanistan. And he purposefully created a situation that screwed our forces over just to stick it to Biden so he could be blamed for it later.
And we all knew it when it happened.
www.npr.org/2021/03/04/9...
And we all knew it when it happened.
www.npr.org/2021/03/04/9...
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FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s regime extended asylum to a criminal who took the lives of two National Guardsman today.
That’s the way we’re supposed to frame this right? It’s the fault of whoever was president and we can now call it the Trump immigration crisis.
I don’t make the rules.
That’s the way we’re supposed to frame this right? It’s the fault of whoever was president and we can now call it the Trump immigration crisis.
I don’t make the rules.
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Donald Trump’s regime extended asylum to a criminal who took the lives of two National Guardsman today.
That’s the way we’re supposed to frame this right? It’s the fault of whoever was president and we can now call it the Trump immigration crisis.
I don’t make the rules.
That’s the way we’re supposed to frame this right? It’s the fault of whoever was president and we can now call it the Trump immigration crisis.
I don’t make the rules.
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Why did Trump invite a man who shot the National Guard?
Am I doing this right, MAGA? I am, right? I'm following your logic.
So, yeah, Donald Trump should be blamed entirely.
Am I doing this right, MAGA? I am, right? I'm following your logic.
So, yeah, Donald Trump should be blamed entirely.
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Why did Trump invite a man who shot the National Guard?
Am I doing this right, MAGA? I am, right? I'm following your logic.
So, yeah, Donald Trump should be blamed entirely.
Am I doing this right, MAGA? I am, right? I'm following your logic.
So, yeah, Donald Trump should be blamed entirely.
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Kirakosian: We have this Border Patrol agent and he’s literally in his pajamas… he takes it upon himself to march down the street to confront these kids. And then he confronts our client and he points his loaded firearm directly at the 17-year-old…
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Kirakosian: We have this Border Patrol agent and he’s literally in his pajamas… he takes it upon himself to march down the street to confront these kids. And then he confronts our client and he points his loaded firearm directly at the 17-year-old…
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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The flash mob comes ahead of a nationwide boycott of Home Depot, Target, and Amazon starting November 27th.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The flash mob comes ahead of a nationwide boycott of Home Depot, Target, and Amazon starting November 27th.
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Oopsies.
The mother of Karolying Leavitt's nephew is in ICE custody at a Louisiana facility after being arrested for overstaying her visa by 26 years.
The mother of Karolying Leavitt's nephew is in ICE custody at a Louisiana facility after being arrested for overstaying her visa by 26 years.
White House spokeswoman Leavitt now has a family connection to an ICE arrest
Bruna Ferreira, a Boston-area woman who is the mother of Leavitt's nephew, is now in custody at an ICE facility in Louisiana.
www.wbur.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Oopsies.
The mother of Karolying Leavitt's nephew is in ICE custody at a Louisiana facility after being arrested for overstaying her visa by 26 years.
The mother of Karolying Leavitt's nephew is in ICE custody at a Louisiana facility after being arrested for overstaying her visa by 26 years.
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1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
I have been saying for a very long time to anyone who would listen that the Midwest is on a faster track to turn blue than Texas. It’s been clear the tide was turning there for a few years now.
I said constantly between the 2022 and 2024 that Trump could very well win Nevada if he ran again. He did. Book it now: Democrats have a chance of flipping the governorship, at least two seats and if they are lucky, a Senate seat in Iowa.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I have been saying for a very long time to anyone who would listen that the Midwest is on a faster track to turn blue than Texas. It’s been clear the tide was turning there for a few years now.
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This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience.
The president can be found guilty of sexual assault but it dishonors the country if you wear pajamas on an airplane says the regime.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The president can be found guilty of sexual assault but it dishonors the country if you wear pajamas on an airplane says the regime.
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Rep Maria Salazar (R-FL) says Trump is about to invade Venezuela, and the objective is to seize their oil. Remarkable candor, because this seems to be precisely what is going on. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Rep Maria Salazar (R-FL) says Trump is about to invade Venezuela, and the objective is to seize their oil. Remarkable candor, because this seems to be precisely what is going on. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Court video showed ICE agents, who allegedly had a 12-pack of Modelo in their car...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
"“This is great,” an officer said as they started following Martinez. “This is fun,” another replied.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Calling them the “Seditious Six” & branding their statements “despicable” before review is textbook definition of prejudgment. No panel, judge, or reviewing authority can claim neutrality once the SECDEF declares the accused guilty. This looks like the procedures used in dictatorships, not the US.
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Calling them the “Seditious Six” & branding their statements “despicable” before review is textbook definition of prejudgment. No panel, judge, or reviewing authority can claim neutrality once the SECDEF declares the accused guilty. This looks like the procedures used in dictatorships, not the US.
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Dismissal without prejudice means it MAY be possible to refile the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James-even though the statue for Comey has run
But this is an awful defeat for Pam Bondi's DOJ
And if the cases are revived defendants can still seek dismissal for malicious prosecution
But this is an awful defeat for Pam Bondi's DOJ
And if the cases are revived defendants can still seek dismissal for malicious prosecution
BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Dismissal without prejudice means it MAY be possible to refile the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James-even though the statue for Comey has run
But this is an awful defeat for Pam Bondi's DOJ
And if the cases are revived defendants can still seek dismissal for malicious prosecution
But this is an awful defeat for Pam Bondi's DOJ
And if the cases are revived defendants can still seek dismissal for malicious prosecution