Cafecito
@speedyrick.bsky.social
Socialist. From Seattle and New Mexico. Former AUSA, ex-journalist Latin American Review, Dog lover, avid reader, news junkie.
“I would not knowingly extend communion to an illegal immigrant who is visiting our church,” he said. “That person would be in sin by being in this country illegally, and Christians should obey the law of the land.” This is how inhuman Southern Baptists have become.
December 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“I would not knowingly extend communion to an illegal immigrant who is visiting our church,” he said. “That person would be in sin by being in this country illegally, and Christians should obey the law of the land.” This is how inhuman Southern Baptists have become.
ICE is a terrorist force. They are using explosives, dogs, armored vehicles and automatic weapons to go after non-violent people, including citizens. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens
A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
ICE is a terrorist force. They are using explosives, dogs, armored vehicles and automatic weapons to go after non-violent people, including citizens. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
What an extravagant joke. This wasn't professional boxing, this was a circus. Jake Paul spent the whole spectacle running from Joshua and was knocked down half the time. He has no business in the ring. "Pro-wrestling" right down to his Hulk jacket that he wore. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
Anthony Joshua overwhelms Jake Paul in six to restore boxing sanity in Miami
Anthony Joshua stopped the YouTuber-turned-boxer in six rounds on Friday, imposing size and pedigree in a bout that drew global attention and fierce criticism
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What an extravagant joke. This wasn't professional boxing, this was a circus. Jake Paul spent the whole spectacle running from Joshua and was knocked down half the time. He has no business in the ring. "Pro-wrestling" right down to his Hulk jacket that he wore. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
A big fuck you from the Trump regime to Congress on the #EpsteinFiles "released." Nothing new here and all the important stuff is still in their control. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Outrage and legal threats: Trump justice department slammed after limited Epstein files release
Epstein Files Transparency Act mandated full disclosure of all files by 19 December with certain exemptions
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A big fuck you from the Trump regime to Congress on the #EpsteinFiles "released." Nothing new here and all the important stuff is still in their control. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Garcia: This is not a real release. This is continuing a coverup that's been going on now for months.
December 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Garcia: This is not a real release. This is continuing a coverup that's been going on now for months.
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Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
Every thing Trump touches turns to shit. Wouldn't you agree #EliseStefanik?
December 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Every thing Trump touches turns to shit. Wouldn't you agree #EliseStefanik?
What's little Marco got to say about this? What about the orange baboon. A little early Erika, don't you think? Maybe JD is thinking of deporting his immigrant wife?
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What's little Marco got to say about this? What about the orange baboon. A little early Erika, don't you think? Maybe JD is thinking of deporting his immigrant wife?
Immigration lawyer fired for doing his job. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US army lawyer fired as immigration judge after defying Trump deportation agenda
Christopher Day was fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum to migrants at a high rate
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Immigration lawyer fired for doing his job. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Prosecutors using terrorism law to punish protesters. “They just want to make an example of people and silence anyone who, who you know, opposes the government. They want to silence dissent, criminalize dissent, really. And that is why I think they’re doing it,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside DoJ’s controversial prosecution of a Texas ‘antifa cell’ charged with terrorism
DoJ says a group of protesters at an ICE detention center was part of a terror cell; legal experts say case is an effort to crack down on leftwing groups and deter protesters
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Prosecutors using terrorism law to punish protesters. “They just want to make an example of people and silence anyone who, who you know, opposes the government. They want to silence dissent, criminalize dissent, really. And that is why I think they’re doing it,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats release more pictures on Epstein. Women treated like meat, exchanged as currency, sold or $1,000. And, of course, there is the mumbling, holier than thou and all around creep, David Brooks of the @nytimes.com.
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Democrats release more pictures on Epstein. Women treated like meat, exchanged as currency, sold or $1,000. And, of course, there is the mumbling, holier than thou and all around creep, David Brooks of the @nytimes.com.
Brown University shooter, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, is dead. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Investigators seek motive for shootings of MIT professor and Brown students
Suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was found dead in New Hampshire storage facility after five-day manhunt
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Brown University shooter, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, is dead. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
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The President said some words last night about the economy. I'll help you figure out which ones were true.
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
Inflation, Wages, and Recession Risks: Justin Wolfers' Truthful Takes on Trump’s Talking Points
YouTube video by Justin Wolfers
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December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The President said some words last night about the economy. I'll help you figure out which ones were true.
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
Trump/Miller regime is a den of racists intent on pushing us back to Jim Crow or worse. "On top of trying to prevent people of color from entering the workforce, the administration is making it easier to kick them out." EEOC is now enforcing segregation. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
The Justice Department’s rollback of disparate impact is just one new policy that makes it harder for people of color to challenge illegal discrimination.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Trump/Miller regime is a den of racists intent on pushing us back to Jim Crow or worse. "On top of trying to prevent people of color from entering the workforce, the administration is making it easier to kick them out." EEOC is now enforcing segregation. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
One of the first steps that the Nazis did in their persecution of Jews was to revoke their citizenship. "In practice, this meant they were deprived of all political rights, including the right to vote or to hold public office. The “Nuremberg Laws” paved the way for further persecution of Jews. #ICE
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
One of the first steps that the Nazis did in their persecution of Jews was to revoke their citizenship. "In practice, this meant they were deprived of all political rights, including the right to vote or to hold public office. The “Nuremberg Laws” paved the way for further persecution of Jews. #ICE
Great read. I recommend it.
my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Great read. I recommend it.
"The word “coordination” jumped out at me because this word — Gleichschaltung in German — had a special meaning in 1930s Germany. It was used to describe the process of people and institutions falling in line..." Nazi euphemism used by Israel. M. Gessen www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
Opinion | The Movie I Was Afraid to See
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"The word “coordination” jumped out at me because this word — Gleichschaltung in German — had a special meaning in 1930s Germany. It was used to describe the process of people and institutions falling in line..." Nazi euphemism used by Israel. M. Gessen www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
"She also made plain that regime change was Mr. Trump’s real goal. “He wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle,” she said. “And people way smarter than me on that say that he will.”" Susie Wiles on Trump's war on Venezuela. Little Marco's war will be a disaster for him and us.
December 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"She also made plain that regime change was Mr. Trump’s real goal. “He wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle,” she said. “And people way smarter than me on that say that he will.”" Susie Wiles on Trump's war on Venezuela. Little Marco's war will be a disaster for him and us.
"[I]t’s ludicrous to accuse this tiny woman of obstructing the entrance to ICE. If I were a potential ICE recruit eager to pursue a rewarding career as a masked goon, I think I could have maneuvered around her. If not, I’m probably not ICE material." www.borowitzreport.com/p/the-hero-w...
The Hero We Need Now
How a tiny 75-year-old woman stood up to Kristi Noem’s goons.
www.borowitzreport.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"[I]t’s ludicrous to accuse this tiny woman of obstructing the entrance to ICE. If I were a potential ICE recruit eager to pursue a rewarding career as a masked goon, I think I could have maneuvered around her. If not, I’m probably not ICE material." www.borowitzreport.com/p/the-hero-w...
"[W]hat more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House." I give you Bret Stephens, not usually known for empathy.
December 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"[W]hat more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House." I give you Bret Stephens, not usually known for empathy.
Hey, look who wrote an article arguing that we should abolish statutory rape and make the age of consent 15 years old in 1997. None other Jeffrey Epstein's court jester, Alan Dershowitz.
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hey, look who wrote an article arguing that we should abolish statutory rape and make the age of consent 15 years old in 1997. None other Jeffrey Epstein's court jester, Alan Dershowitz.
Joe Ely has died. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhpj...
Hard Livin'
YouTube video by Joe Ely - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Joe Ely has died. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhpj...
WAPO now offering 99c subscriptions. Thanks Bezos. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
www.forbes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
WAPO now offering 99c subscriptions. Thanks Bezos. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...