Luke
@lmwilliamsphd.bsky.social
Aspiring data scientist, once upon a time immunologist, punk rocker, gamer, political junky who also likes cooking and kitty cats!
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NEW: Emil Bove — former DOJ official turned Third Circuit judge — files declaration in ongoing contempt inquiry by Judge Boasberg re: Alien Enemies Act planes.
Bove says he isn’t authorized to disclose privileged information.
Bove says he isn’t authorized to disclose privileged information.
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
NEW: Emil Bove — former DOJ official turned Third Circuit judge — files declaration in ongoing contempt inquiry by Judge Boasberg re: Alien Enemies Act planes.
Bove says he isn’t authorized to disclose privileged information.
Bove says he isn’t authorized to disclose privileged information.
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♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
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Trump’s racist ice goons leaving children stranded
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump’s racist ice goons leaving children stranded
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In 2017, a lawsuit uncovered emails from Monsanto that suggested its employees helped ghostwrite an influential paper that claimed to find no evidence the company’s widely used herbicide, Roundup, caused cancer.
Now, the paper has been retracted. https://scim.ag/4iG55KO
Now, the paper has been retracted. https://scim.ag/4iG55KO
Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’
Highly cited paper was used as evidence that the widely used herbicide Roundup is safe
scim.ag
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In 2017, a lawsuit uncovered emails from Monsanto that suggested its employees helped ghostwrite an influential paper that claimed to find no evidence the company’s widely used herbicide, Roundup, caused cancer.
Now, the paper has been retracted. https://scim.ag/4iG55KO
Now, the paper has been retracted. https://scim.ag/4iG55KO
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Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
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This is nonsense and will be blocked legally: Trump Promises Executive Order to Block State A.I. Regulations www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Trump Promises Executive Order to Block State A.I. Regulations
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is nonsense and will be blocked legally: Trump Promises Executive Order to Block State A.I. Regulations www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
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…bus so he could humiliate her on live tv and star fuck a socialist - as an example of what the universe occasionally decides to give you when it notices you are doing nothing but worshipping yourself, power, and autocratic madmen
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
…bus so he could humiliate her on live tv and star fuck a socialist - as an example of what the universe occasionally decides to give you when it notices you are doing nothing but worshipping yourself, power, and autocratic madmen
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She will be fine and I’m sure she will have a delightful lucrative life and career but I mean it’s hard to not see what happened to Elise Stefanik recently - getting her dream job, then getting it immediately taken away to please a racist game show host, then having that moron throw her under the…
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
She will be fine and I’m sure she will have a delightful lucrative life and career but I mean it’s hard to not see what happened to Elise Stefanik recently - getting her dream job, then getting it immediately taken away to please a racist game show host, then having that moron throw her under the…
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Civil rights groups are preparing to take the fight against Texas’ sweeping voter suppression law to SCOTUS. But if the justices hear the case, the court’s conservative majority could issue a ruling that makes it even harder to challenge anti-voting laws.
Civil Rights Groups Poised to Take Texas’ Voter Suppression Law to Supreme Court
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Civil rights groups are preparing to take the fight against Texas’ sweeping voter suppression law to SCOTUS. But if the justices hear the case, the court’s conservative majority could issue a ruling that makes it even harder to challenge anti-voting laws.
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Trump demands an apology from CBS (or else!) says, "The only reason Marjorie 'Traitor' Brown (Green turns Brown under stress!) went BAD is that she was JILTED by the President of the United States (Certainly not the first time she has been jilted!)."
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Trump demands an apology from CBS (or else!) says, "The only reason Marjorie 'Traitor' Brown (Green turns Brown under stress!) went BAD is that she was JILTED by the President of the United States (Certainly not the first time she has been jilted!)."
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"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
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France's decision to enter war had a lot to do with fighting the British in North America to weaken them in Europe. Our decision to support Ukraine should be to weaken Russia in Europe. It's basically the same line of thought.
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
France's decision to enter war had a lot to do with fighting the British in North America to weaken them in Europe. Our decision to support Ukraine should be to weaken Russia in Europe. It's basically the same line of thought.
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One of the best things about no longer being on Twitter/X is that U.S. government officials aren’t active here.
From what I can tell the most senior members of the Trump administration just post unvarnished racism all day, every day on X.
Glad I moved on.
From what I can tell the most senior members of the Trump administration just post unvarnished racism all day, every day on X.
Glad I moved on.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
One of the best things about no longer being on Twitter/X is that U.S. government officials aren’t active here.
From what I can tell the most senior members of the Trump administration just post unvarnished racism all day, every day on X.
Glad I moved on.
From what I can tell the most senior members of the Trump administration just post unvarnished racism all day, every day on X.
Glad I moved on.
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FWIW DOJ still has not appealed the ruling disqualifying Halligan, nor have they appealed the Third Circuit ruling disqualifying Alina Habba on similar grounds (and nor did they respond to my request for comment about whether they plan to appeal)
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
FWIW DOJ still has not appealed the ruling disqualifying Halligan, nor have they appealed the Third Circuit ruling disqualifying Alina Habba on similar grounds (and nor did they respond to my request for comment about whether they plan to appeal)
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To sum up:
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
To sum up:
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
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"With the bombing campaign in the Caribbean, the Trump regime is essentially claiming the right to kill anyone for any reason just because they feel like it without having to justify that to anybody."
I joined Sam Goldman of @refusefascism.bsky.social to discuss this, and signs of resistance inside.
I joined Sam Goldman of @refusefascism.bsky.social to discuss this, and signs of resistance inside.
What Does a Fascist Military Look Like? - Refuse Fascism
Podcast Episode 272: Sam interviews Dr. Nicholas Grossman, author of Drones and Terrorism about the Trump fascist regime's views towards war, war crimes and their efforts to change the military in lin...
refusefascism.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"With the bombing campaign in the Caribbean, the Trump regime is essentially claiming the right to kill anyone for any reason just because they feel like it without having to justify that to anybody."
I joined Sam Goldman of @refusefascism.bsky.social to discuss this, and signs of resistance inside.
I joined Sam Goldman of @refusefascism.bsky.social to discuss this, and signs of resistance inside.
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Trump isn’t just Making Argentina Great Again, he’s also Making China Great Again
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump isn’t just Making Argentina Great Again, he’s also Making China Great Again
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RT IF YOU LOVE UNIONS! ❤️🔥
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
RT IF YOU LOVE UNIONS! ❤️🔥
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
It's day twenty-six of our national ULP strike. Our striking baristas in Hopewell, NJ have the best signs 🥰
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Reminder that this is a real picture of a real sharpie-written note to self from the president in 2019 🫠
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reminder that this is a real picture of a real sharpie-written note to self from the president in 2019 🫠
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Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
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OMG.
BK "You have Taft and Scalia, that's good right?" (In response to the fact that the federal government is asking them to overrule a bunch of cases.)
Sauer - "Yes, Scalia is one of the greatest jurists"
BK "You have Taft and Scalia, that's good right?" (In response to the fact that the federal government is asking them to overrule a bunch of cases.)
Sauer - "Yes, Scalia is one of the greatest jurists"
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
OMG.
BK "You have Taft and Scalia, that's good right?" (In response to the fact that the federal government is asking them to overrule a bunch of cases.)
Sauer - "Yes, Scalia is one of the greatest jurists"
BK "You have Taft and Scalia, that's good right?" (In response to the fact that the federal government is asking them to overrule a bunch of cases.)
Sauer - "Yes, Scalia is one of the greatest jurists"
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Gorsuch says hey, if the libs are so concerned about putting every agency directly in the hands of the president, maybe we should advance my ongoing quest to make agencies totally powerless, win-win
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gorsuch says hey, if the libs are so concerned about putting every agency directly in the hands of the president, maybe we should advance my ongoing quest to make agencies totally powerless, win-win
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Justice Gorsuch: Is it possible--"just maybe"--that we're setting our sights far too low and we should be blowing up many more structures of modern government?
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Justice Gorsuch: Is it possible--"just maybe"--that we're setting our sights far too low and we should be blowing up many more structures of modern government?
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Whatever health issue he has, it’s taking too long.
December 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Whatever health issue he has, it’s taking too long.