Cafecito
@speedyrick.bsky.social
Socialist. From Seattle and New Mexico. Former AUSA, ex-journalist Latin American Review, Dog lover, avid reader, news junkie.
Making life cushy for pedophiles while arresting clergy for protesting the mistreatment of people. Perfect encapsulation of the Trump/Miller regime. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... www.salon.com/2025/11/16/f...
A puppy and unlimited toilet paper? Legal experts say Ghislaine Maxwell’s alleged prison life is uncommon
Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking of teen girls – and her treatment is prompting speculation
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Making life cushy for pedophiles while arresting clergy for protesting the mistreatment of people. Perfect encapsulation of the Trump/Miller regime. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... www.salon.com/2025/11/16/f...
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Maybe. I'm skeptical but I may be wrong.
"For Democrats, the main issue in the shutdown wasn’t electoral backlash — it was the filibuster. Leadership feared its removal, viewing it as a safeguard to keep the party’s rising left wing in check."
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"For Democrats, the main issue in the shutdown wasn’t electoral backlash — it was the filibuster. Leadership feared its removal, viewing it as a safeguard to keep the party’s rising left wing in check."
jacobin.com/2025/11/demo...
Democrats Caved in the Shutdown Because of the Filibuster
For Democrats, the main issue in the shutdown wasn’t electoral backlash — it was the filibuster. Leadership feared its removal, viewing it as a safeguard to keep the party’s rising left wing in check.
jacobin.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Maybe. I'm skeptical but I may be wrong.
"For Democrats, the main issue in the shutdown wasn’t electoral backlash — it was the filibuster. Leadership feared its removal, viewing it as a safeguard to keep the party’s rising left wing in check."
jacobin.com/2025/11/demo...
"For Democrats, the main issue in the shutdown wasn’t electoral backlash — it was the filibuster. Leadership feared its removal, viewing it as a safeguard to keep the party’s rising left wing in check."
jacobin.com/2025/11/demo...
Hear Hear.
"Jeffries concluded, 'Pulte knows what he is doing is lawless... Accountability is coming. The statute of limitations is five years. Every single corrupt sycophant, including Bill Pulte, who continues to disgrace the law will have to answer for their actions'...”
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Hakeem Jeffries sends a provocative shot across FHFA chief Bill Pulte’s bow
The House Democratic leader referred to Pulte as “a malignant hack” and a “corrupt sycophant” who might be held criminally liable for his recent actions.
www.ms.now
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hear Hear.
Great News! @pbump.com, formerly of WAPO is now writing, along with Carol D. Leonnig (also of WAPO) for @ms.now (MSNBC). Great pickups on some excellent minds. Most of the best people from the now-decrepit @washingtonpost.com. Thank you Bezos. Now fuk off. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
The Epstein files sinkhole widening under Trump
These polls suggest the issue is a bigger problem than the president wants to admit.
www.ms.now
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Great News! @pbump.com, formerly of WAPO is now writing, along with Carol D. Leonnig (also of WAPO) for @ms.now (MSNBC). Great pickups on some excellent minds. Most of the best people from the now-decrepit @washingtonpost.com. Thank you Bezos. Now fuk off. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
"The strategy here is not so much about the work that the nonprofits do, it’s about destabilizing the groups, the exact groups that would be able to push back against what’s essentially an authoritarian grab..." Another step towards full Fascism. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-n...
How the Trump Admin Has Sown Fear Among Progressive Nonprofits
Private security details. Lawyering up. Moving assets overseas. Keeping comms on encrypted...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"The strategy here is not so much about the work that the nonprofits do, it’s about destabilizing the groups, the exact groups that would be able to push back against what’s essentially an authoritarian grab..." Another step towards full Fascism. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-n...
"Groups affiliated with this movement ascribe to revolutionary anarchist or Marxist ideologies, including anti-Americanism, 'anti-capitalism,' and anti-Christianity, using these to incite and justify violent assaults domestically and overseas," Rubio said in the statement. Outlawing dissent #Fascism
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Groups affiliated with this movement ascribe to revolutionary anarchist or Marxist ideologies, including anti-Americanism, 'anti-capitalism,' and anti-Christianity, using these to incite and justify violent assaults domestically and overseas," Rubio said in the statement. Outlawing dissent #Fascism
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in the actual real world secret police are disappearing americans on behalf of an openly white nationalist government but george packer’s latest is a novel about a world beset by woke totalitarianism
What Happens When an Empire Falls? This Novel Has Some Ideas.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
in the actual real world secret police are disappearing americans on behalf of an openly white nationalist government but george packer’s latest is a novel about a world beset by woke totalitarianism
Protecting pedophiles and arresting faith leaders. America Now.
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Protecting pedophiles and arresting faith leaders. America Now.
Larry Summers, confidant of pedophile Epstein, “I’m trying to figure out why American elite think if u murder your baby … it must be irrelevant to your admission to Harvard, but hit on a few women 10 years ago and … you can’t work at a network or think tank.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jeffrey Epstein and Larry Summers’s exchanges depict relationship as confidants, emails reveal
The child sex offender and the former US treasury secretary shared personal views about politics and relationships
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Larry Summers, confidant of pedophile Epstein, “I’m trying to figure out why American elite think if u murder your baby … it must be irrelevant to your admission to Harvard, but hit on a few women 10 years ago and … you can’t work at a network or think tank.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bill Pulte (of Fannie Mae fame) is a slumlord. "Recent visits to two of the mobile home parks revealed a broken fence and overflowing trash bins. The dozen or so trailers at the parks were aging. Some had windows covered with faded American flags and cardboard. Duct tape patched torn screens."
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Bill Pulte (of Fannie Mae fame) is a slumlord. "Recent visits to two of the mobile home parks revealed a broken fence and overflowing trash bins. The dozen or so trailers at the parks were aging. Some had windows covered with faded American flags and cardboard. Duct tape patched torn screens."
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After Ghislaine Maxwell lied to Todd Blanche, someone waived her sex offender status and moved her to Club Fed with "OUT" custody - allowing her to work outside the prison walls. 3 months ago, I got her Bureau of Prisons points screen as proof. We still don't know who approved all this.
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver
I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.
www.muellershewrote.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
After Ghislaine Maxwell lied to Todd Blanche, someone waived her sex offender status and moved her to Club Fed with "OUT" custody - allowing her to work outside the prison walls. 3 months ago, I got her Bureau of Prisons points screen as proof. We still don't know who approved all this.
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For more on Rev. Woolf, who appears to have been arrested today: he published an editorial with @rns.org literally this week titled “Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE” —> religionnews.com/2025/11/13/w...
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For more on Rev. Woolf, who appears to have been arrested today: he published an editorial with @rns.org literally this week titled “Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE” —> religionnews.com/2025/11/13/w...
Very much worth a read. Horrified anew.
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Very much worth a read. Horrified anew.
I've always hated Larry Summers for his awful neoliberal views and how he moved Clinton and ultimately Obama to the right on economic matters. Not surprised that he was pulling a Dershowitz with Epstein. Fuk him.
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I've always hated Larry Summers for his awful neoliberal views and how he moved Clinton and ultimately Obama to the right on economic matters. Not surprised that he was pulling a Dershowitz with Epstein. Fuk him.
"The eight senators...are: Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. $2million www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Bipartisan funding bill would allow senators to sue over government searches of their phone records
Eight GOP senators were recently found to have had their phone records obtained without their knowledge during a probe related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"The eight senators...are: Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. $2million www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
'As Politico first reported, the language of the provision was provided by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), but according to the WaPo, it was “part of an agreement” between Thune and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY). @schumer.senate.gov must resign now.
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
'As Politico first reported, the language of the provision was provided by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), but according to the WaPo, it was “part of an agreement” between Thune and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY). @schumer.senate.gov must resign now.
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What a relief
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
What a relief
"The IEA found that in all of the scenarios it modelled that renewables would grow faster than any other major energy source, led by a surge in cheap solar power across regions including the Middle East and Asia, which have abundant sunshine." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"The IEA found that in all of the scenarios it modelled that renewables would grow faster than any other major energy source, led by a surge in cheap solar power across regions including the Middle East and Asia, which have abundant sunshine." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Well, well well. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Well, well well. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Words I never expected to hear in America. "A third of the church is Hispanic, and many Catholic families are fearful of going to Mass, worried that they will be apprehended by officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement." STOP the American Gestapo. #ICE
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Words I never expected to hear in America. "A third of the church is Hispanic, and many Catholic families are fearful of going to Mass, worried that they will be apprehended by officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement." STOP the American Gestapo. #ICE
The more you listen the less you hear. Stupid.
The goal of Spotify’s algorithm isn’t to help you discover new music, its goal is simply to keep you listening for as long as possible. It serves up the safest songs possible to keep you from pressing stop.
Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...
Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The more you listen the less you hear. Stupid.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”