Mark Tyson
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Mark Tyson
@markatyson.bsky.social
Doing tech since early IBM PC days, former Elections Board member, interested in urbanism, health policy, green energy, travel, hiking…
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Everyone in politics, everyone in media knows what’s happening here: the White House is controlled by a repellant white supremacist who waits with bated breath for any opportunity to run nonwhite people out of America. They know who it is, what he’s doing. But they won’t SAY it.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
By Trump’s logic, we should deport all ICE agents.
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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DeSantis is about to extend his “state of emergency” over immigration for the 19th time.

This started in 2023.

It enables him to suspend all kinds of laws and regulations he doesn’t like—many of them on issues (like porta-pottys ) unrelated to immigration. ⤵️

www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I told them this. In March.
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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“There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military,” Juliette Kayyem writes, “one of which is the risk of endangering them”:
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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The spirit of Thanksgiving has infused the White House press office today, bringing us together in a blessed moment of harmony and goodwill.
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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There is literally no reason for the military to be in D.C.
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Toddler had a tantrum?
Q: You said this suspect was flown in under the Biden admin. But was he granted asylum under your administration?

TRUMP: Uh, when it comes to asylum, when they're flown in, it's very hard to get them out no matter how you want to do it. But we're gonna be getting them all out now. *slams table*
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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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.
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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A female, of course
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Straight-up sociopath.

Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?

TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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If Joe Biden had claimed that he redesigned the hulls of Coast Guard cutters, we'd be way over in 25th amendment territory.
With Trump, it's so common that most Americans don't even notice it now.
Trump during his Thanksgiving call with service members: "We're ordered a lot of Coast Guard cutters. Brand new, beautiful, the best machines in the world. I'm a looks person. I wanted the hull to be perfect. You know, I sort of redesigned the hull a little bit. The hulls. But we ordered a lot."
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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20 year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died from her gunshot wounds. May she rest in peace.
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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In Atlanta next week, city council and school board runoffs have become the latest battle between left-leaning groups and establishment-aligned Democrats, who by and large did well in the preliminary round on Nov. 4.
The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, from... Read More
boltsmag.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.

DOT proposed a rule to do just that.

Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean

TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting

Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?

TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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This is wild if you know roswell
Here's one office Dems could flip on Tuesday.

(No, it's not in TN!)

The Republican mayor of Roswell, a Georgia city of 90K, finished just one percentage point ahead of his Dem challenger on November 4. The runoff is in a few days.

One of my Dec elections to watch: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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NYT knows perfectly well the DC shooter got asylum under Trump, but they get multiple orgasms at a chance to mention Biden's name again.
The Trump administration said on Thursday that it was reviewing all asylum cases that were approved under the Biden administration, signaling a broad crackdown in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard members.
U.S. Reviews Biden Asylum Cases After Shooting
A Homeland Security Department spokeswoman accused the previous administration of failing to vet asylum applicants “on a massive scale.”
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Dude who took health insurance and food stamps from more Americans than any Speaker in US history wants you to know how tough he's got it.
Mike Johnson: “I haven’t had a vacation day in two years. I haven’t been off in two years, literally.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM