Sam
@sammycham.bsky.social
he/him. Forever a work in progress. Aspiring helper, leftist.
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@sammycham.bsky.social
· Jul 28
This spurs me into sharing my [growing] collection of satisfied dogs
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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A federal judge, in a published order, so very much on the record:
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
wooooow
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
A federal judge, in a published order, so very much on the record:
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
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HUGE news! This is about a Trump admin effort to arrest thousands of screened and vetted refugees in Minnesota and fly them to Texas to be jailed and then interrogated.
After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.
After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.
January 28, 2026 at 11:17 PM
HUGE news! This is about a Trump admin effort to arrest thousands of screened and vetted refugees in Minnesota and fly them to Texas to be jailed and then interrogated.
After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.
After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.
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This is going to be the quintessential legal struggle of the so called “agentic” ai wave I think.
NEW: Google’s “Auto Browse” AI tool includes a warning that attributes responsibility to users for the bot’s actions.
“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
“Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You
Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This is going to be the quintessential legal struggle of the so called “agentic” ai wave I think.
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My operating assumption is that he tried to do a hasty coup in 2020 that failed, and so everything he does in his second term should be understood as laying the groundwork for a second coup to succeed.
January 28, 2026 at 4:59 PM
My operating assumption is that he tried to do a hasty coup in 2020 that failed, and so everything he does in his second term should be understood as laying the groundwork for a second coup to succeed.
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VAN HOLLEN: Simple yes or no -- were you with President Trump during any of those conversations he had with people who had oil interests in Venezuela about the possibility of deposing Maduro?
RUBIO: That's not a simple yes or no question
(That's a yes)
RUBIO: That's not a simple yes or no question
(That's a yes)
January 28, 2026 at 5:32 PM
VAN HOLLEN: Simple yes or no -- were you with President Trump during any of those conversations he had with people who had oil interests in Venezuela about the possibility of deposing Maduro?
RUBIO: That's not a simple yes or no question
(That's a yes)
RUBIO: That's not a simple yes or no question
(That's a yes)
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There are many people willing to do whatever it takes to become the 2028 Democratic nominee and it's all of our job to convince them that going full Vlad the Impaler against the Republican Party is the best way to secure our primary vote.
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 6:28 PM
There are many people willing to do whatever it takes to become the 2028 Democratic nominee and it's all of our job to convince them that going full Vlad the Impaler against the Republican Party is the best way to secure our primary vote.
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BREAKING: Senior Judge Brooke Jackson has blocked the USDA from forcing Colorado into a "pilot program," ostensibly to detect fraud in food assistance across five counties. He'll issue a written order soon, but his questioning of the DOJ lawyer gives you some sense of how Jackson viewed the case:
January 28, 2026 at 6:25 PM
BREAKING: Senior Judge Brooke Jackson has blocked the USDA from forcing Colorado into a "pilot program," ostensibly to detect fraud in food assistance across five counties. He'll issue a written order soon, but his questioning of the DOJ lawyer gives you some sense of how Jackson viewed the case:
better than any maga music by a mile
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 6:20 PM
better than any maga music by a mile
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one of the least-appreciated own-goals happening right now is the deliberate sabotage of our knowledge/research sector www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Texas Halts Hiring of H-1B Workers at State Colleges, Agencies
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered state agencies and public universities to immediately freeze new H-1B visa petitions, curtailing a program that has also been overhauled by President Donald Trump.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:06 PM
one of the least-appreciated own-goals happening right now is the deliberate sabotage of our knowledge/research sector www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Oh so NOW Trump wants to keep Epstein away from teenagers
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Oh so NOW Trump wants to keep Epstein away from teenagers
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FBI searching Fulton County elections office, per Reuters
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office in Georgia related to the 2020 election, a law enforcement official familiar with the matter said o...
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
FBI searching Fulton County elections office, per Reuters
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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The president is setting up his own slush fund with oil money stolen from a foreign country.
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 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The president is setting up his own slush fund with oil money stolen from a foreign country.
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This is just misleading. There is a big difference between saying state resources can’t be used to enforce fed’l civil immigration policy & local cops refusing to assist fed’l partners in an emergency. Deliberately conflating the two is disingenuous.
January 28, 2026 at 4:23 PM
This is just misleading. There is a big difference between saying state resources can’t be used to enforce fed’l civil immigration policy & local cops refusing to assist fed’l partners in an emergency. Deliberately conflating the two is disingenuous.
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not an accident that habeas corpus is one of the absolute foundational rights--and not an accident that ICE is working overtime to undermine it as much as possible
Excellent explanation of how ICE moves immigrants from one prison facility to another to deny them access to justice.
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 PM
not an accident that habeas corpus is one of the absolute foundational rights--and not an accident that ICE is working overtime to undermine it as much as possible
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If you can't petition the government to let them know why they are holding you and give you an audience with someone about your detention, do you have -other- civil liberties? If they don't need to ever tell you -why- they are detaining you, are you ever free at all
not an accident that habeas corpus is one of the absolute foundational rights--and not an accident that ICE is working overtime to undermine it as much as possible
Excellent explanation of how ICE moves immigrants from one prison facility to another to deny them access to justice.
January 28, 2026 at 5:22 PM
If you can't petition the government to let them know why they are holding you and give you an audience with someone about your detention, do you have -other- civil liberties? If they don't need to ever tell you -why- they are detaining you, are you ever free at all
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what really bugs me about the "trans people got ahead of public opinion" line is that it ignores *why* public opinion changed. it didn't just come out of nowhere, there was a deliberate push to make trans rights a wedge issue.
Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
what really bugs me about the "trans people got ahead of public opinion" line is that it ignores *why* public opinion changed. it didn't just come out of nowhere, there was a deliberate push to make trans rights a wedge issue.
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This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
Rep. Randy Fine on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "I blame Ilhan Omar for what happened"
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
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please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
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I know it’s not like a surprise anymore that the president is an insane cretin who encourages political violence at almost every opportunity, protected by a cadre of corrupt judges who have cloaked his hateful conduct in impunity, but it’s a cold fact. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I know it’s not like a surprise anymore that the president is an insane cretin who encourages political violence at almost every opportunity, protected by a cadre of corrupt judges who have cloaked his hateful conduct in impunity, but it’s a cold fact. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Man really did the High Five the Drowning Victim meme
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Man really did the High Five the Drowning Victim meme
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks