JD
@cyx37.bsky.social
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Software engineer/architect, democratic socialist, skeptic, Ex-vangelical, Dungeon Master, Expat 🇦🇺
Software engineer/architect, democratic socialist, skeptic, Ex-vangelical, Dungeon Master, Expat 🇦🇺
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Nancy Mace: "For people who say I'm not okay -- no, I'm not okay. I'm not okay with Epstein co-conspirators walking free."
(Note that in the next breath she defends Trump!)
(Note that in the next breath she defends Trump!)
February 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Nancy Mace: "For people who say I'm not okay -- no, I'm not okay. I'm not okay with Epstein co-conspirators walking free."
(Note that in the next breath she defends Trump!)
(Note that in the next breath she defends Trump!)
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"Really hard criminals"
February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"Really hard criminals"
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Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
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If you’ve ever wondered what you’d do when the Nazis started taking over, guess what:
It’s what you’re doing right now.
It’s what you’re doing right now.
Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
My Daughter Lived the Liam Ramos Nightmare. It Turned Out Worse for Us.
The constant threats took a toll on my health. My daughter’s health deteriorated even faster.
slate.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
If you’ve ever wondered what you’d do when the Nazis started taking over, guess what:
It’s what you’re doing right now.
It’s what you’re doing right now.
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KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
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in which Mike Johnson attempts to scripture-splain to the [checks notes] Pope
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
in which Mike Johnson attempts to scripture-splain to the [checks notes] Pope
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You know... on Election Day 2016, when I went to bed, Hilary was leading.
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Rs to "nationalize" elections: "We had 3 Republicans who were ahead on election day in last cycle & every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove it? No"
February 3, 2026 at 8:49 PM
You know... on Election Day 2016, when I went to bed, Hilary was leading.
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Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
!["On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1
More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreicrroq5taft777rmau2ffjlsphbcatlxnwwigf2yekoke533yycim@jpeg)
![has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up,
twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite
country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of
suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified
Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that
she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8
U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all.
See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here
illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section
IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she
ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id.
The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary
unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes,
the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary,
Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to
replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A.
As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS
holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreid3cmawech25ummuj2tjvgxsrvufma2kmrijlfpglalwddd3qkikq@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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was epstein uniquely responsible for evil or is he just the one obscenely wealthy person whose emails we're getting to read
“Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein played a role in convincing Bobby Kotick to embrace loot boxes, essentially gambling for children” what is this sentence, what is this world
February 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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was epstein uniquely responsible for evil or is he just the one obscenely wealthy person whose emails we're getting to read
“Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein played a role in convincing Bobby Kotick to embrace loot boxes, essentially gambling for children” what is this sentence, what is this world
Check this out. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
was epstein uniquely responsible for evil or is he just the one obscenely wealthy person whose emails we're getting to read
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I Really Don't Care- Do U?
If you don't like being in crowded theaters, today is your lucky day.
January 31, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I Really Don't Care- Do U?
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Anyone got a cigarette and a manifesto?
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
February 1, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Anyone got a cigarette and a manifesto?
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Retiring GOP Senator Thom Tillis calls Noem and Miller sycophants. Note his avoidance of any criticisms of the person who hired and directs the actions of those two people.
February 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Retiring GOP Senator Thom Tillis calls Noem and Miller sycophants. Note his avoidance of any criticisms of the person who hired and directs the actions of those two people.
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"It’s really a shame that I learned all of this too late."
Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him
CHICAGO—Saying he had been absolutely blindsided by the sudden change in his fortunes, local 33-year-old Tyler Branton, a man who lost everything in cryptocurrencies, told reporters Thursday that he j...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"It’s really a shame that I learned all of this too late."
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JD Vance in 2021:
January 31, 2026 at 9:05 PM
JD Vance in 2021:
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We know JD Vance is a /pol weirdo, but to think the whole thing may have originated with Epstein... like, Jeffrey Epstein genuinely seems to sit at the middle of every horrific thing in the last couple decades.
I swear we're this close to "Bin Laden met with Epstein in 2000" in the next drop.
I swear we're this close to "Bin Laden met with Epstein in 2000" in the next drop.
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 AM
We know JD Vance is a /pol weirdo, but to think the whole thing may have originated with Epstein... like, Jeffrey Epstein genuinely seems to sit at the middle of every horrific thing in the last couple decades.
I swear we're this close to "Bin Laden met with Epstein in 2000" in the next drop.
I swear we're this close to "Bin Laden met with Epstein in 2000" in the next drop.
Now see, Democrats... the Republicans keep winning because they aren't scared to fuck with things to get their $500k bribe check. Maybe you need to fuck with stuff to get a tax-funded domestic terrorist organisation off the streets. #AbolishICE
A partial government shutdown will start at 12:01 a.m. Members of both parties are saying it will very likely be over sometime Monday.
Partial Government Shutdown to Begin This Weekend
Lawmakers in both parties say the shutdown is likely to end early next week.
time.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Now see, Democrats... the Republicans keep winning because they aren't scared to fuck with things to get their $500k bribe check. Maybe you need to fuck with stuff to get a tax-funded domestic terrorist organisation off the streets. #AbolishICE
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Miller is a dumbass who happened to bet on the right horse ten years ago and rode that horse (also a dumbass) to power. He's like a guy who thinks he's a financial whiz because he won at roulette. Our awful political system may have a pro-idiot bias, but their weakness is that they are still idiots.
It’s common and sort of understandable to see Miller as this evil genius. Important to remember he’s actually a complete fucking moron who, when he got a chance, immediately engineered a PR disaster that shitcanned Trump’s best-polling issue. Always the way with these types.
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Miller is a dumbass who happened to bet on the right horse ten years ago and rode that horse (also a dumbass) to power. He's like a guy who thinks he's a financial whiz because he won at roulette. Our awful political system may have a pro-idiot bias, but their weakness is that they are still idiots.
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America is fighting back, and this is a fight we can win.
Watch the full video on YouTube: The ICE Protests are Working.
youtu.be/rY6VUFm0V6s
Watch the full video on YouTube: The ICE Protests are Working.
youtu.be/rY6VUFm0V6s
The ICE protests are working.
YouTube video by Adam Conover
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
America is fighting back, and this is a fight we can win.
Watch the full video on YouTube: The ICE Protests are Working.
youtu.be/rY6VUFm0V6s
Watch the full video on YouTube: The ICE Protests are Working.
youtu.be/rY6VUFm0V6s
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Now this is a movie review www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
![The UK's Independent gives the film one star out of five, saying: "[The] First Lady is a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness in this ghastly bit of propaganda ... Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving - with the country on the verge of an irreparable schism - the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau, or Hermann Göring's staring up at his looted Monet."
The publication continued: "The "film" is part propaganda, sure, and part sop to Big Tech companies who require constant regulatory approval for financial manoeuvrings. Even then, it is bad. It will exist as a striking artefact - like The Birth of a Nation or Triumph of the Will - of a time when Americans willingly subordinated themselves to a political and economic oligopoly."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tu4d43ehkpc6mg2tlsyepptn/bafkreihekdzwo5ahnlli7chkshunctsvxkrm6npngzw7ehvjmb6mzomyeu@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Now this is a movie review www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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It is wild to me that a military incursion to steal another country’s resources so the president can have a personal slush fund in Qatar is like the 5th most scandalous thing currently happening.
this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 AM
It is wild to me that a military incursion to steal another country’s resources so the president can have a personal slush fund in Qatar is like the 5th most scandalous thing currently happening.