Waldo Jaquith
@waldo.net
Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, and the Biden administration. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
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The initial reports from DHS never ever reflect reality and at this point it's journalistic malpractice to write stories as if they do
BREAKING: A federal officer shot a person in the leg after being attacked with a shovel during a Minneapolis arrest, an AP source says.
Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, AP source says
A federal officer has shot a person in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel during an arrest Wednesday.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 3:54 AM
The initial reports from DHS never ever reflect reality and at this point it's journalistic malpractice to write stories as if they do
Nothing in my lifetime, and perhaps in the history of the U.S., has done more to radicalize Americans than the Trump administration in the past few months. It's is creating a multi-generational shift *way* to the left. Centrism is dead.
On Fox 9 just now they interviewed a woman at the scene in Minneapolis. She says she’s not an activist but felt a call to action like she hasn’t felt since 9/11. She says she was raised to love America. She says she’s never felt scared of the government in her life, until now.
January 15, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Nothing in my lifetime, and perhaps in the history of the U.S., has done more to radicalize Americans than the Trump administration in the past few months. It's is creating a multi-generational shift *way* to the left. Centrism is dead.
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Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
When you’re motivated by the scourge of drugs in the country
Trump Cuts $2 Billion in Federal Funding for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 AM
When you’re motivated by the scourge of drugs in the country
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The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
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January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
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The Trump administration reinstated on Tuesday hundreds of CDC employees who had been placed on administrative leave in April.
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C.D.C. Brings Back Hundreds of Suspended Workplace Safety Employees
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January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The Trump administration reinstated on Tuesday hundreds of CDC employees who had been placed on administrative leave in April.
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Trump claims to want to bomb Iran over human rights concerns. This excuse is obviously pretextual, fake and not something Trump has ever expressed interest in until 12 days ago. Nevertheless, as I write, corporate media is uncritically reporting on it as if it’s a sincere and genuine conviction.
As the US president moves from bombing one country to another, liberal-washing of Trump continues apace: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social
While he openly shakes down Venezuela for oil, US media acts like Trump cares about human rights in Iran
As the US president moves from bombing one country to another, liberal-washing of Trump continues apace.
therealnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Trump claims to want to bomb Iran over human rights concerns. This excuse is obviously pretextual, fake and not something Trump has ever expressed interest in until 12 days ago. Nevertheless, as I write, corporate media is uncritically reporting on it as if it’s a sincere and genuine conviction.
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Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
New Virginia legislation would require that the state establish a free tax filing system that considers "the compatibility, security, and integration of such program with the publicly available source code of the IRS Direct File Program as it existed during the 2025 tax filing season."
Richmond Sunlight » HB1180: Department of Taxation; free tax filing program for individuals.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:14 PM
New Virginia legislation would require that the state establish a free tax filing system that considers "the compatibility, security, and integration of such program with the publicly available source code of the IRS Direct File Program as it existed during the 2025 tax filing season."
TIL CSNY's "Southern Cross" is an adaptation of the song "Seven League Boots, by The Curtis Brothers. Stills thought the song was a missed opportunity, and adapted it to be better. Stills was right—the original is meh.
Seven League Boots~Curtis Brothers ,Stevie Nicks,Lindsey Buckingham,Thom Mooney
YouTube video by Thomas Curtis
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January 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
TIL CSNY's "Southern Cross" is an adaptation of the song "Seven League Boots, by The Curtis Brothers. Stills thought the song was a missed opportunity, and adapted it to be better. Stills was right—the original is meh.
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99% chance this is what they mean
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
99% chance this is what they mean
So…a badge, but needlessly complicated?
I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
January 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
So…a badge, but needlessly complicated?
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Been reading this over and over and can't for the life of me understand what he's even trying to say. This is a lot of words to say... nothing.
January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Been reading this over and over and can't for the life of me understand what he's even trying to say. This is a lot of words to say... nothing.
EOP has registered greathealthcare.gov.
Flat: latest data (2026-01-14T06:14:41.467Z) · cisagov/dotgov-data@c92ca28
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January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
EOP has registered greathealthcare.gov.
About once a year I wonder why I haven't read John Gall's "Systemantics," and rediscover that a used copy starts around $100.
I note that the first edition was a simpler version that worked, but by the third addition it was twice as long, a complex system that also worked.
I note that the first edition was a simpler version that worked, but by the third addition it was twice as long, a complex system that also worked.
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
About once a year I wonder why I haven't read John Gall's "Systemantics," and rediscover that a used copy starts around $100.
I note that the first edition was a simpler version that worked, but by the third addition it was twice as long, a complex system that also worked.
I note that the first edition was a simpler version that worked, but by the third addition it was twice as long, a complex system that also worked.
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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@nariman.bsky.social documents evidence of Iranian Starlink spoofing:
"dish detected 18 GPS satellites with valid signal lock, but activated its anti-spoofing countermeasures (inhibitGps: true). This isn't simple jamming; the govt appears to be broadcasting fake GPS signals to confuse terminals"
"dish detected 18 GPS satellites with valid signal lock, but activated its anti-spoofing countermeasures (inhibitGps: true). This isn't simple jamming; the govt appears to be broadcasting fake GPS signals to confuse terminals"
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
@nariman.bsky.social documents evidence of Iranian Starlink spoofing:
"dish detected 18 GPS satellites with valid signal lock, but activated its anti-spoofing countermeasures (inhibitGps: true). This isn't simple jamming; the govt appears to be broadcasting fake GPS signals to confuse terminals"
"dish detected 18 GPS satellites with valid signal lock, but activated its anti-spoofing countermeasures (inhibitGps: true). This isn't simple jamming; the govt appears to be broadcasting fake GPS signals to confuse terminals"
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BREAKING: Denmark has deployed an advance force and military equipment to Greenland, tasked with preparing to receive reinforcements from the rest of the Danish Armed Forces and allied nations.
Follow the story on DR, Denmark’s public-service news outlet.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Follow the story on DR, Denmark’s public-service news outlet.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Efter pres fra USA: Danmark er nu begyndt at sende militære forstærkninger til Grønland
En fortrop fra Forsvaret er ankommet til Grønland, erfarer DR.
www.dr.dk
January 14, 2026 at 10:37 AM
BREAKING: Denmark has deployed an advance force and military equipment to Greenland, tasked with preparing to receive reinforcements from the rest of the Danish Armed Forces and allied nations.
Follow the story on DR, Denmark’s public-service news outlet.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Follow the story on DR, Denmark’s public-service news outlet.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
The CM/ECF that powers the U.S. Courts is bad and harmful in a thousand ways, but the fact that it is largely unsecured is the worst.
I remember in 2020 when the AO said that it would cost $2 billion to replace their case management system. They're so incompetent.
I remember in 2020 when the AO said that it would cost $2 billion to replace their case management system. They're so incompetent.
Man to plead guilty to hacking US Supreme Court filing system | TechCrunch
A 24-year-old from Tennessee is expected to admit to accessing the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system without authorization dozens of times throughout 2023.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The CM/ECF that powers the U.S. Courts is bad and harmful in a thousand ways, but the fact that it is largely unsecured is the worst.
I remember in 2020 when the AO said that it would cost $2 billion to replace their case management system. They're so incompetent.
I remember in 2020 when the AO said that it would cost $2 billion to replace their case management system. They're so incompetent.
When the U.S. tariff plan is going great.
China Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World Markets
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
When the U.S. tariff plan is going great.
My whole life, fascism was defined as being stopped by armed, masked agents of the national government who demand your papers, on pain of arrest, injury, or death.
That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,
That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
My whole life, fascism was defined as being stopped by armed, masked agents of the national government who demand your papers, on pain of arrest, injury, or death.
That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,
That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,
I stayed there last summer, when speaking at a National Legal Aid & Defender Association conference. Fitting.
Hundreds of anti-ICE demonstrators are making noise outside the Graduate hotel on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota. bit.ly/49SpwBk
📷️: Richard Tsong-Taatarii
📷️: Richard Tsong-Taatarii
January 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I stayed there last summer, when speaking at a National Legal Aid & Defender Association conference. Fitting.
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Screen Time has finally completely shit the bed. For one kid, it tells me he hasn't used his computer at all, while it tells him that he's been on it continuously for a week, so he has to receive permission to open any app, to load any website. For the other kid, it's stopped communicating entirely.
January 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Screen Time has finally completely shit the bed. For one kid, it tells me he hasn't used his computer at all, while it tells him that he's been on it continuously for a week, so he has to receive permission to open any app, to load any website. For the other kid, it's stopped communicating entirely.