Brian
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I am reminded of this photo showcasing greater bravery than I could ever imagine having.
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I am reminded of this photo showcasing greater bravery than I could ever imagine having.
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Just like they used to say when Biden was president!
The Washington Post, everyone
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Just like they used to say when Biden was president!
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I don't like ever handing shit to Jerusalem post but they absolutely cooked here.
December 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I don't like ever handing shit to Jerusalem post but they absolutely cooked here.
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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I find it lowkey hilarious that their message since Reagan has been “you should never make a sacrifice” and now it’s like MAGA Maoism. How soon before the backyard foundries?
Fox tells Americans to buy artificial trees so Christmas tree farms can be used for data centers:
"Everybody needs to get on board."
"Everybody needs to get on board."
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I find it lowkey hilarious that their message since Reagan has been “you should never make a sacrifice” and now it’s like MAGA Maoism. How soon before the backyard foundries?
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
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We’re closing in on two decades of Republicans telling you, in no uncertain terms, that they do not care about kids being shot dead. In schools, in movie theaters, at church, in the street. They. Do. Not. Care. But hey, at least they’re good at racism and destroying the economy, amirite.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We’re closing in on two decades of Republicans telling you, in no uncertain terms, that they do not care about kids being shot dead. In schools, in movie theaters, at church, in the street. They. Do. Not. Care. But hey, at least they’re good at racism and destroying the economy, amirite.
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reminder that when trump met with the parkland kids after their school was shot up he needed a staff-written cheat sheet to coach him on how to look like he possessed normal human empathy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018...
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
reminder that when trump met with the parkland kids after their school was shot up he needed a staff-written cheat sheet to coach him on how to look like he possessed normal human empathy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018...
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"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that prompted Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter,” writes Miles Taylor
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that prompted Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter,” writes Miles Taylor
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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Not being able to realize that the KAG case was *horrible* for Trump's popularity due to be ideologically blinkered on an overly-specific version of political salience theory--that's when you could 100% tell Yglesias had gone off the rails (even if he still has something useful to say now & then).
December 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Not being able to realize that the KAG case was *horrible* for Trump's popularity due to be ideologically blinkered on an overly-specific version of political salience theory--that's when you could 100% tell Yglesias had gone off the rails (even if he still has something useful to say now & then).
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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I’d also caution servicemembers that Hegseth probably now has a realtime scroll of every input to this chatbot on a dedicated monitor like a Twitter feed and six DOGE interns scrubbing it for disloyalty.
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I’d also caution servicemembers that Hegseth probably now has a realtime scroll of every input to this chatbot on a dedicated monitor like a Twitter feed and six DOGE interns scrubbing it for disloyalty.
I haven’t decided yet where WAKE UP DEAD MAN ranks compared KNIVES OUT and GLASS ONION but I really enjoyed its more serious tone and (relative) lack of narrative “gotchas.” It’s refreshing, and expands the series’ horizons. I’m less concerned about Johnson and Craig getting stuck in a rut.
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I haven’t decided yet where WAKE UP DEAD MAN ranks compared KNIVES OUT and GLASS ONION but I really enjoyed its more serious tone and (relative) lack of narrative “gotchas.” It’s refreshing, and expands the series’ horizons. I’m less concerned about Johnson and Craig getting stuck in a rut.
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100 years old today.
December 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
100 years old today.
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
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lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE
Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE
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It’s easy to laugh at this but I actually rely on automated Fallout recaps to provide me with accurate medical advice
Amazon Prime Video pulls its AI recaps, which it began testing in November, for Fallout, Bosch, and other shows after users noticed errors in the Fallout recaps (Emma Roth/The Verge)
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December 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It’s easy to laugh at this but I actually rely on automated Fallout recaps to provide me with accurate medical advice