Tani Levitt
@hateitorlevitt.bsky.social
Journalist, award-winning podcast producer. ✍️ NYT, the Forward, SLAM, LA Mag, others 🎧🎙 The Net Zero Life, SpeshFX, Green IO, 247Sports, All About Change, Hi, Energy!
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Tani Levitt
@hateitorlevitt.bsky.social
· Jan 28
SpeshFX
One stop shop for beatbox journalism.
www.speshfx.com
I have finally moved my beatbox newsletter from Substack to Ghost! www.speshfx.com is live, and it is so great. I've got the newsletter, podcast, and all my other beatbox content all in one place 🧵
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The Washington Spirit just ran the "if one of your best players is physically compromised they're no longer one of your best players and you should take them out" to "losing a playoff game" highway at a speed you usually only see in college baseball
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The Washington Spirit just ran the "if one of your best players is physically compromised they're no longer one of your best players and you should take them out" to "losing a playoff game" highway at a speed you usually only see in college baseball
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The thing is, they lie. Over and over and over again. I don't think there's been a single incident in Chicago where their initial account proved out. Reporters should simply *not* be reporting what they say as fact, ever.
This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The thing is, they lie. Over and over and over again. I don't think there's been a single incident in Chicago where their initial account proved out. Reporters should simply *not* be reporting what they say as fact, ever.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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she’s a hero
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
she’s a hero
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**my kid kicking a soccer ball at our glass slider**
Me: Dude!! Knock it off, you’re gonna break something!!
**my kid dunking on a nerf hoop and literally pulling his bedroom door off the hinges**
Me: BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA!!!
Me: Dude!! Knock it off, you’re gonna break something!!
**my kid dunking on a nerf hoop and literally pulling his bedroom door off the hinges**
Me: BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA!!!
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
**my kid kicking a soccer ball at our glass slider**
Me: Dude!! Knock it off, you’re gonna break something!!
**my kid dunking on a nerf hoop and literally pulling his bedroom door off the hinges**
Me: BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA!!!
Me: Dude!! Knock it off, you’re gonna break something!!
**my kid dunking on a nerf hoop and literally pulling his bedroom door off the hinges**
Me: BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA!!!
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Abolish ICE. Deny all those who worked for them any honors or employment in government ever again.
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Abolish ICE. Deny all those who worked for them any honors or employment in government ever again.
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A (good) update on the Coast Guard story.
Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive'
The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as...
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
A (good) update on the Coast Guard story.
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This is appalling.
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is appalling.
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the “anti-fascist popular front” is big enough to include actual fascists (MTG) but not the most vulnerable targets of fascism (trans people, migrants), because they’re not actually trying to construct an anti-fascist popular front.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
the “anti-fascist popular front” is big enough to include actual fascists (MTG) but not the most vulnerable targets of fascism (trans people, migrants), because they’re not actually trying to construct an anti-fascist popular front.
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The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
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Yeah, that tracks
Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to attend a meeting at the White House, on a day when U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in the Oval Office, multiple sources have confirmed to The Athletic.
@henrybushnell.bsky.social & @adamcrafton.bsky.social
@henrybushnell.bsky.social & @adamcrafton.bsky.social
Cristiano Ronaldo expected to attend White House meeting as Trump hosts Saudi Prince MBS
Ronaldo's appearance in Washington, D.C., will mark his first known return to the U.S. in over a decade
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Yeah, that tracks
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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I have never seen anyone head-but the basketball out of frustration like that 😂
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I have never seen anyone head-but the basketball out of frustration like that 😂
Spent the afternoon applying to a job that was pulled offline bc it was designed for an internal candidate. There should be no nuzzi news for a week out of respect
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Spent the afternoon applying to a job that was pulled offline bc it was designed for an internal candidate. There should be no nuzzi news for a week out of respect
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can bad prose be sexually transmitted
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
can bad prose be sexually transmitted
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Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
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every reporter who said nothing needs their ass beat
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
every reporter who said nothing needs their ass beat
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goddamn they really ran the Epstein Files ad during Monday Night Football
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
goddamn they really ran the Epstein Files ad during Monday Night Football
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bro stop being such a wannabe pick me and just vote to release the files, thats literally all she agrees with you on, she'll be back claiming jewish lasers made her gay by Wednesday
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
bro stop being such a wannabe pick me and just vote to release the files, thats literally all she agrees with you on, she'll be back claiming jewish lasers made her gay by Wednesday
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"Oh wow that was an awkward landing by Baker i hope he'so....*Baker fires the ball into section 200*...guess he's fine"
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Oh wow that was an awkward landing by Baker i hope he'so....*Baker fires the ball into section 200*...guess he's fine"
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These emails really do highlight why rich folk are so impressed by ChatGPT.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
These emails really do highlight why rich folk are so impressed by ChatGPT.
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
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I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
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It’s the all caps that convince me.
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
It’s the all caps that convince me.