UpEarly.bsky.social
@upearly.bsky.social
Recent emigre from the other place. Mostly just a listener. Most comments are intended to be wry, even if the attempt fails.
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The Wake-Up Call: Who Killed Renee Good?
It's not who you think.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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It’s not about keeping us safe from criminals. This is ethnic cleansing.
January 10, 2026 at 12:45 AM
It’s not about keeping us safe from criminals. This is ethnic cleansing.
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ICE's use of force policy released under FOIA was almost completely redacted until it was accidentally released in court filing un-redacted. Read the full document here: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
ICE's use of force policy released under FOIA was almost completely redacted until it was accidentally released in court filing un-redacted. Read the full document here: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
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Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
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The key point to remember is that Noem and Bovino lie about everything all the time.
Remember that time Greg Bovino oversaw a paramilitary attack on an apartment complex inhabited by civilians in the name of chasing Tren de Aragua and they never produced ANY evidence to back that claim?
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:22 AM
The key point to remember is that Noem and Bovino lie about everything all the time.
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My new column is up on the me, me, me president and his effort to write his name on the map of the world:
Donald Trump’s approach to the world is not the isolationism that many of his supporters celebrated when he returned to office—it’s “a narcissistic form of unilateralism that says, loudly, I can do whatever I want, whenever and however I want to do it,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes.
Why Donald Trump Wants Greenland (and Everything Else)
There’s no Trump Doctrine, just a map of the world that the President wants to write his name on in big gold letters.
www.newyorker.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
My new column is up on the me, me, me president and his effort to write his name on the map of the world:
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Professor Peterson response to censorship at Texas A&M. (philosopher) king
Some have pointed out that the whole letter would have fit in the alt text window, so here is a version with the whole letter in alt text.
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Professor Peterson response to censorship at Texas A&M. (philosopher) king
For years, the people most affected by police violence repeatedly warned the unaffected majority that police reform was not just a “Black issue.” When we tried to explain that white supremacy posed a danger to the entire country, pro-fascists dismissed it as “leftist drivel.”
January 9, 2026 at 1:48 AM
For years, the people most affected by police violence repeatedly warned the unaffected majority that police reform was not just a “Black issue.” When we tried to explain that white supremacy posed a danger to the entire country, pro-fascists dismissed it as “leftist drivel.”
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
"What some of Trump’s own senior officials once viewed as the delusional musings of a dilettante have now become a genuine international crisis, one that could lead—or maybe it already has led—to the effective end of NATO."
Why is Trump fixated on Greenland? @sbg1.bsky.social recalls what he told us in 2021: "I said, 'Why don’t we have that?' You take a look at a map...I love maps. And I always said 'Look at the size of this, it’s massive and that should be part of the United States.'" www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Why Donald Trump Wants Greenland (and Everything Else)
There’s no Trump Doctrine, just a map of the world that the President wants to write his name on in big gold letters.
www.newyorker.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
"What some of Trump’s own senior officials once viewed as the delusional musings of a dilettante have now become a genuine international crisis, one that could lead—or maybe it already has led—to the effective end of NATO."
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
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Without immigration, US population will soon shrink, per CBO www.cbo.gov/publication/...
January 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Without immigration, US population will soon shrink, per CBO www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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ICE's killing of unarmed American citizen Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis today has NSPM-7 written all over it, as well as a related Pam Bondi memo ordering feds to see any interference of ICE agents as a terrorist threat:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-kills-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-kills-...
ICE Kills American Woman in Minneapolis
Trump decries “radical left;” homeland security screams “domestic terror”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
ICE's killing of unarmed American citizen Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis today has NSPM-7 written all over it, as well as a related Pam Bondi memo ordering feds to see any interference of ICE agents as a terrorist threat:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-kills-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-kills-...
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Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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56 years since Neil Young wrote this. Nothing has changed
“Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Shoulda been done long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground’
How can you run when you know?”
We can’t run this time. We have to fight back. Shoulda been done long ago
“Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Shoulda been done long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground’
How can you run when you know?”
We can’t run this time. We have to fight back. Shoulda been done long ago
January 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
56 years since Neil Young wrote this. Nothing has changed
“Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Shoulda been done long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground’
How can you run when you know?”
We can’t run this time. We have to fight back. Shoulda been done long ago
“Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Shoulda been done long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground’
How can you run when you know?”
We can’t run this time. We have to fight back. Shoulda been done long ago
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New interview! On Trump, Venezuela, and the plan to divide and destroy the world youtu.be/htdwr6qSm1M?...
Trump's Apocalypse Mindset: Becoming The Annihilator, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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January 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
New interview! On Trump, Venezuela, and the plan to divide and destroy the world youtu.be/htdwr6qSm1M?...
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"One of Trump's most consistent beliefs is that the world will end in nuclear annihilation. He mentions this often in older interviews. He fears it. I worry the way he copes with his fear of annihilation is by becoming the annihilator. The man who can end the world." www.youtube.com/watch?v=htdw...
Trump's Apocalypse Mindset: Becoming The Annihilator, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
"One of Trump's most consistent beliefs is that the world will end in nuclear annihilation. He mentions this often in older interviews. He fears it. I worry the way he copes with his fear of annihilation is by becoming the annihilator. The man who can end the world." www.youtube.com/watch?v=htdw...
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Congress has ignored the federal law requiring hanging in the Capitol by 3/2023 the plaque promising never to forget the heroism of those who risked all to defend Congress’ members and the Constitution. This essay by the great Jamie Raskin makes good on that promise.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
Opinion | Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Congress has ignored the federal law requiring hanging in the Capitol by 3/2023 the plaque promising never to forget the heroism of those who risked all to defend Congress’ members and the Constitution. This essay by the great Jamie Raskin makes good on that promise.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
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The crime, the oil, the military - are all intertwined. The journey to a just world will entail confronting all three.
The “Venezuela distracts from Epstein” line is ridiculous because 1) many awful things happen at once 2) Same Iran-Contra crowd pushing Venezuela invasion are or were involved with Epstein/Maxwell 3) Epstein associates (for ex, Dershowitz) want Iran invasion and see Venezuela as a test run for Iran
January 4, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The crime, the oil, the military - are all intertwined. The journey to a just world will entail confronting all three.
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Our most-read story of 2025:
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Our most-read story of 2025:
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
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This is egregious. Even for him. But so what? It’ll be crickets. He has faced ZERO consequences for his 1000’s of crimes. Rape, murder, treason, lying, tax fraud, stealing, bribery, extortion, censorship, pedophilia, perjury, projection, tackiness, more rape, more murder.
He’s evil incarnate.
He’s evil incarnate.
Whatever happens now, we absolutely cannot allow Trump's refusal to seek Congressional authorization for what appears to be a large scale military attack on another country vanish from the media discussion, which already appears to be happening.
January 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
This is egregious. Even for him. But so what? It’ll be crickets. He has faced ZERO consequences for his 1000’s of crimes. Rape, murder, treason, lying, tax fraud, stealing, bribery, extortion, censorship, pedophilia, perjury, projection, tackiness, more rape, more murder.
He’s evil incarnate.
He’s evil incarnate.
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Christofascism on the move
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Christofascism on the move
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From @crampell.bsky.social
"I wish I knew what Rockwell might have said about Trump’s theft of his life’s work in service of state-sponsored terror. But even more than that, I wonder what he would have painted."
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
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"I wish I knew what Rockwell might have said about Trump’s theft of his life’s work in service of state-sponsored terror. But even more than that, I wonder what he would have painted."
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
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The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
From @crampell.bsky.social
"I wish I knew what Rockwell might have said about Trump’s theft of his life’s work in service of state-sponsored terror. But even more than that, I wonder what he would have painted."
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
"I wish I knew what Rockwell might have said about Trump’s theft of his life’s work in service of state-sponsored terror. But even more than that, I wonder what he would have painted."
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence 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 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.