Alexander Reid Ross
@areidross.bsky.social
Charité envers les autres; Dignité envers soi-même; Sincérité devant Dieu.
- George Sand
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Steve Bannon and Elon Musk Are Battling for the Soul of Trumpism
A growing rift within the MAGA coalition between populists and techno-oligarchs may determine the future of the Republican Party
newlinesmag.com
My latest is on the raging conflict between the techno-oligarchy, Traditionalists, and center right, including some broader historical and cultural analysis.
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newlinesmag.com/argument/ste...
insane no-call at the end of an incredible half by the blazers
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
insane no-call at the end of an incredible half by the blazers
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
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Now that my wife's green card arrived in the mail today I finally feel safe to say how absolutely horrendous it was that we had to discuss what to do in this exact scenario when we went into USCIS for an interview.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
Gut wrenching: “I had to take our baby from my crying wife’s arms,” Mr. Paul, 33, said, recalling the moment that agents said they were arresting his wife, Katie.
Ms. Paul was sent to an immigration detention center with hundreds of other people swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown.”
Ms. Paul was sent to an immigration detention center with hundreds of other people swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown.”
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Now that my wife's green card arrived in the mail today I finally feel safe to say how absolutely horrendous it was that we had to discuss what to do in this exact scenario when we went into USCIS for an interview.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
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This is nuts!
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is nuts!
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
if ur in the market for binge-worthy holiday series and u like Shakespeare and are interested in the high Middle Ages, the "Hollow Crown" series is rlly rlly good. can't believe I'm just finding out about it, but a real game changer imo.
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
if ur in the market for binge-worthy holiday series and u like Shakespeare and are interested in the high Middle Ages, the "Hollow Crown" series is rlly rlly good. can't believe I'm just finding out about it, but a real game changer imo.
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Fears of post-wildfire groundwater well contamination in New Mexico www.taosnews.com/news/environ...
Fears ratchet up over Mora County well contamination
The bottled water at the Las Vegas Walmart is a better deal than the water in Mora. The superstore is 36 miles away from Helen and Julian Olivas’ home in
www.taosnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Fears of post-wildfire groundwater well contamination in New Mexico www.taosnews.com/news/environ...
the Mazzini freaks have entered the chat
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
the Mazzini freaks have entered the chat
Good post here... AI in place of rigor separates truth from method
I have a strong suspicion that someone used an AI summary here. The phrase “exceedingly limited” in this context appears in an article by Judge J. Michael Luttig, in The Atlantic. But the cite gets the context completely wrong. Here’s what Judge Luttig says:
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Good post here... AI in place of rigor separates truth from method
they've made so much noise around stifling the legal position of refusing unconstitutional orders that you have to start suspecting that they'll be issuing unconstitutional orders... but it also points directly to their theory of sovereignty—it belongs to the Leader and not the people.
FBI reportedly seeks to interview Democrats involved in video to troops as senator calls out Trump admin ‘intimidation’
Pentagon said it was investigating AZ senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in video in which lawmakers told military members to ‘refuse illegal orders’
Pentagon said it was investigating AZ senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in video in which lawmakers told military members to ‘refuse illegal orders’
FBI reportedly seeks to interview Democrats involved in video to troops as senator calls out Trump administration ‘intimidation’ - live
Pentagon said it was investigating Arizona senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in the video, in which lawmakers told members of the military to ‘refuse illegal orders’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
they've made so much noise around stifling the legal position of refusing unconstitutional orders that you have to start suspecting that they'll be issuing unconstitutional orders... but it also points directly to their theory of sovereignty—it belongs to the Leader and not the people.
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Great thread and a good historic lesson on how vital the freedom of movement is, which highlights how much concern we should have with a national surveillance system that flags “suspicious” travel patterns.
This Day in Labor History: November 25, 1865. Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. Designed to recreate slavery in all but name, this signified the South’s resistance to the freeing of their labor force and the lengths to which it would go to tie workers to a place under white control.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Great thread and a good historic lesson on how vital the freedom of movement is, which highlights how much concern we should have with a national surveillance system that flags “suspicious” travel patterns.
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?
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Remember Andrew Wakefield?
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Remember Andrew Wakefield?
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
JG played for 31 min, got 35 pts, and was +39 today against the Bucks... I mean +/- is dumb, but those r some interesting stats.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
JG played for 31 min, got 35 pts, and was +39 today against the Bucks... I mean +/- is dumb, but those r some interesting stats.
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I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
weird to see this guy rebranded as a left-right populist after he ran a transparently left wing, democratic socialist campaign on literally every front. but then, I think when ppl actually see the real ppl who advocate things they consider "laptop class" and "PMC," it's devastating to their minds.
And Carville had the audacity to invoke Mamdani's win to make his point? Mamdani didn't go "anti-woke" to win. Quite the opposite! www.readtpa.com/p/a-politici...
A Politician Actually Defended Trans People. It Shouldn't Be This Rare.
Many Democrats are treating trans people as politically toxic. NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani released a two-minute video proving there's another way.
www.readtpa.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
weird to see this guy rebranded as a left-right populist after he ran a transparently left wing, democratic socialist campaign on literally every front. but then, I think when ppl actually see the real ppl who advocate things they consider "laptop class" and "PMC," it's devastating to their minds.
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Climate change is reshaping river-lake systems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, increasing flood risks and ecological instability as new hydrological links form between Tibetan lakes and the Yangtze River. doi.org/hbcffd
Climate change links Tibetan lakes to Yangtze River, fueling flood risks
Climate change is accelerating the reorganization of river-lake systems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, reshaping hydrological and ecological processes in the "Asian Water Tower."
phys.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Climate change is reshaping river-lake systems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, increasing flood risks and ecological instability as new hydrological links form between Tibetan lakes and the Yangtze River. doi.org/hbcffd
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As climate change accelerates drought cycles and stresses water supplies, Managed Aquifer Recharge has emerged as a promising strategy to rebuild groundwater reserves.
Read the Legal Planet Article: legal-planet.org/2025/11/18/t...
Read the article: ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read the Legal Planet Article: legal-planet.org/2025/11/18/t...
Read the article: ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Promise and Growing Pains of Managed Aquifer Recharge - Legal Planet
Around the world, groundwater mismanagement is a major driver of water crises. An emerging method for addressing such mismanagement, called managed aquifer recharge, has generated excitement among sch...
legal-planet.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
As climate change accelerates drought cycles and stresses water supplies, Managed Aquifer Recharge has emerged as a promising strategy to rebuild groundwater reserves.
Read the Legal Planet Article: legal-planet.org/2025/11/18/t...
Read the article: ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read the Legal Planet Article: legal-planet.org/2025/11/18/t...
Read the article: ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Wrote about how climate change is bad www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Climate Realism Is a Delusion
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wrote about how climate change is bad www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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Our new review provides a valuable primer in support of our recent call for greater integration of oceanography and ecology (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
To facilitate this, we provide several practical solutions to standardize methods and to evaluate ocean-reef connections more critically.
To facilitate this, we provide several practical solutions to standardize methods and to evaluate ocean-reef connections more critically.
Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Coral reefs are inextricably linked to their surrounding seascape, ecologically shaped by ocean circulation patterns and dependent on upwelled nutrients and planktonic subsidies. To better predict cor...
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Our new review provides a valuable primer in support of our recent call for greater integration of oceanography and ecology (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
To facilitate this, we provide several practical solutions to standardize methods and to evaluate ocean-reef connections more critically.
To facilitate this, we provide several practical solutions to standardize methods and to evaluate ocean-reef connections more critically.
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You can appreciate the scale of the unusual polar warming in Oct 2025 when you look at both poles at once. Antarctica was not just warmer than average on net, it was anomalously warm almost everywhere & by quite a bit (& this is with a rel. warm ref period, '86/15). Similar for the high Arctic. 🥵🧪⚒️🌊
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
You can appreciate the scale of the unusual polar warming in Oct 2025 when you look at both poles at once. Antarctica was not just warmer than average on net, it was anomalously warm almost everywhere & by quite a bit (& this is with a rel. warm ref period, '86/15). Similar for the high Arctic. 🥵🧪⚒️🌊
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I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.
But this one...
But this one...
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.
But this one...
But this one...
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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
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Jimmy #Cliff, légende du #reggae, est mort par #Jamaica Observer. 1/2 #Jamaîque
www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/11/24/r...
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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has died - Jamaica Observer
International reggae icon Jimmy Cliff has died, his family announced Monday. In a post to his official social media pages, his wife Latifa Chambers said Cliff passed away after a battle with pneumonia...
www.jamaicaobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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