Wannabe Utopian
@wannabeutopian.bsky.social
On a journey of discovery & taking the scenic route • devourer of books • adorer of my sons
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Next time anyone is in the orange psychopath’s vicinity- please y’all don’t boo him… just point at him and laugh. I think humiliating him’s the way to go. Don’t boo - laugh. It’s also probably good for our physical and mental health.
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The campaign corruption case just argued in the Supreme Court attracted a flotilla of creepy front groups who filed “amicus” briefs — 15 of them by our count!
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The campaign corruption case just argued in the Supreme Court attracted a flotilla of creepy front groups who filed “amicus” briefs — 15 of them by our count!
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
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“The administration must release the OLC opinion(s), the Strike Bridge communications, and videos…Until then, this action stands as an unlawful attack on defenseless persons that violates the letter and spirit of the laws of war and of peacetime law enforcement.”
www.justsecurity.org/126802/exper...
www.justsecurity.org/126802/exper...
Expert Backgrounder: Law on Targeting Shipwrecked Traffickers
Expert Backgrounder on how, under different scenarios, international law and U.S. past practices apply to Sept. 2 boat strike on survivors.
www.justsecurity.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“The administration must release the OLC opinion(s), the Strike Bridge communications, and videos…Until then, this action stands as an unlawful attack on defenseless persons that violates the letter and spirit of the laws of war and of peacetime law enforcement.”
www.justsecurity.org/126802/exper...
www.justsecurity.org/126802/exper...
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We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
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December 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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WSJ has an interesting visual on Trump's pardons, and I'm glad for the increased focus.
One thing that's missing, IMO, is a focus on who is harmed by these pardons.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
One thing that's missing, IMO, is a focus on who is harmed by these pardons.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
WSJ has an interesting visual on Trump's pardons, and I'm glad for the increased focus.
One thing that's missing, IMO, is a focus on who is harmed by these pardons.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
One thing that's missing, IMO, is a focus on who is harmed by these pardons.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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NEW: For more than a century, a smelter spewed lead dust over Omaha.
For decades, the government cleaned it up.
But a shift in guidance from the Trump administration may stop thousands more from potential cleanup, exposing families to the harmful metal.
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For decades, the government cleaned it up.
But a shift in guidance from the Trump administration may stop thousands more from potential cleanup, exposing families to the harmful metal.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.
The Trump administration says it will speed cleanups, but residents of the largest residential lead Superfund site worry fewer properties will be remediated.
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: For more than a century, a smelter spewed lead dust over Omaha.
For decades, the government cleaned it up.
But a shift in guidance from the Trump administration may stop thousands more from potential cleanup, exposing families to the harmful metal.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
For decades, the government cleaned it up.
But a shift in guidance from the Trump administration may stop thousands more from potential cleanup, exposing families to the harmful metal.
With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Make Zuckerberg pay. No FB. No Instagram.
Make Zuckerberg pay. No FB. No Instagram.
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Make Zuckerberg pay. No FB. No Instagram.
Make Zuckerberg pay. No FB. No Instagram.
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It sure doesn’t sound like the US Military is acting off of great solid intelligence about which boats to blow up and who to illegally murder
Nobel prize winner makes sure guy who desperately wanted to win doesn’t destroy her boat in illegal attack:
“We coordinated that she was going to leave by a specific area so that [The US Military] would not blow up the boat,” said the person close to the operation.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
“We coordinated that she was going to leave by a specific area so that [The US Military] would not blow up the boat,” said the person close to the operation.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Exclusive | Disguised and in Danger: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Escaped Venezuela
Opposition leader María Corina Machado slipped through 10 military checkpoints to reach a fishing boat bound for Curaçao and a private jet headed to Norway.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It sure doesn’t sound like the US Military is acting off of great solid intelligence about which boats to blow up and who to illegally murder
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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As immigration raids have swept the country and the US government rapidly merges data from across federal agencies, it’s not just immigrants who have been kidnapped and detained. American citizens have also been caught up.
The DHS Data Grab Is Putting US Citizens at Risk
As the US government rapidly merges data from across agencies in service of draconian immigration policies, citizens increasingly risk being caught up as well.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
As immigration raids have swept the country and the US government rapidly merges data from across federal agencies, it’s not just immigrants who have been kidnapped and detained. American citizens have also been caught up.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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NEW: 81 more women have joined a lawsuit against Army gynecologist Maj. Blaine McGraw.
“McGraw did not thrive because he was clever; he thrived because he operated within an Army culture that has repeatedly failed to protect women from sexual violence," the lawsuit says.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
“McGraw did not thrive because he was clever; he thrived because he operated within an Army culture that has repeatedly failed to protect women from sexual violence," the lawsuit says.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
81 alleged victims join suit against Army doctor accused of sexual misconduct | CNN Politics
81 additional alleged victims who say they were “subjected to invasive, unnecessary, and degrading touching, voyeurism, and covert filming” are joining a lawsuit originally filed in November against A...
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NEW: 81 more women have joined a lawsuit against Army gynecologist Maj. Blaine McGraw.
“McGraw did not thrive because he was clever; he thrived because he operated within an Army culture that has repeatedly failed to protect women from sexual violence," the lawsuit says.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
“McGraw did not thrive because he was clever; he thrived because he operated within an Army culture that has repeatedly failed to protect women from sexual violence," the lawsuit says.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
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Disturbing details about Dr. Harvey Risch, whose anti-vax bibliography was cited by Kennedy’s HHS and who is still somehow at Yale.
americansunlight.substack.com/p/how-maga-u...
americansunlight.substack.com/p/how-maga-u...
How MAGA Used Problematic Research From Brazil To Push False Covid Cures
When research didn’t support Trump’s pandemic “game changer” claims in 2020, his administration went to Brazil. Today, Trump’s “gold standard” anti-science HHS mirrors Bolsonaro's.
americansunlight.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Disturbing details about Dr. Harvey Risch, whose anti-vax bibliography was cited by Kennedy’s HHS and who is still somehow at Yale.
americansunlight.substack.com/p/how-maga-u...
americansunlight.substack.com/p/how-maga-u...
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“Leaders of a Catholic church near Boston kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“Leaders of a Catholic church near Boston kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
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I suppose this isn’t a surprising appearance at Donald Trump Jr’s social club for the singer of “Arab Money.”
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I suppose this isn’t a surprising appearance at Donald Trump Jr’s social club for the singer of “Arab Money.”
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The Trump administration has excelled at creating opportunities for insider trading. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials
Co-founders’ acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoing
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Trump administration has excelled at creating opportunities for insider trading. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Bat shit crazy.
US plans to start checking tourists social media.
It will be "mandatory" to hand over the social media info, including email addresses & phone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the names, addresses, numbers, & birthdays of family members.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking tourists social media.
It will be "mandatory" to hand over the social media info, including email addresses & phone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the names, addresses, numbers, & birthdays of family members.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Bat shit crazy.
US plans to start checking tourists social media.
It will be "mandatory" to hand over the social media info, including email addresses & phone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the names, addresses, numbers, & birthdays of family members.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking tourists social media.
It will be "mandatory" to hand over the social media info, including email addresses & phone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the names, addresses, numbers, & birthdays of family members.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
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Even worse in some ways than Trump himself are: 1) the people cheering his viciously racist, disgusting rhetoric; 2) those like Youngkin, Kiggans, Wittman, etc. who say nothing about this; 3) the media for normalizing/whitewashing Trump. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/wedn... h/t @speechboy71.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Even worse in some ways than Trump himself are: 1) the people cheering his viciously racist, disgusting rhetoric; 2) those like Youngkin, Kiggans, Wittman, etc. who say nothing about this; 3) the media for normalizing/whitewashing Trump. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/wedn... h/t @speechboy71.bsky.social
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Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is testing 79-year-old President Donald Trump’s claim that discussing his rapidly deteriorating physical health may constitute a high crime.
Newsom Mocks Trump’s Desperate Plea to Stop Talking About His Physical Decline
The California governor immediately committed what the president had just declared to be a treasonous offense.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is testing 79-year-old President Donald Trump’s claim that discussing his rapidly deteriorating physical health may constitute a high crime.
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Here’s a paywall free link to my feature article in UnHerd:
“Will Trump Destroy NASA?”
It is impossible to do engineering using a post-truth methodology.
Reality IS relevant.
Engineering cannot be based on bullshit. Engineering must be based on truth.
unherd.com/2025/12/how-...
“Will Trump Destroy NASA?”
It is impossible to do engineering using a post-truth methodology.
Reality IS relevant.
Engineering cannot be based on bullshit. Engineering must be based on truth.
unherd.com/2025/12/how-...
Will Trump destroy Nasa?
unherd.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Here’s a paywall free link to my feature article in UnHerd:
“Will Trump Destroy NASA?”
It is impossible to do engineering using a post-truth methodology.
Reality IS relevant.
Engineering cannot be based on bullshit. Engineering must be based on truth.
unherd.com/2025/12/how-...
“Will Trump Destroy NASA?”
It is impossible to do engineering using a post-truth methodology.
Reality IS relevant.
Engineering cannot be based on bullshit. Engineering must be based on truth.
unherd.com/2025/12/how-...
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NEW: Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
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Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
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He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.
A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
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Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
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New in PN: Habba booted by Senate and judges who did their damn jobs
"Angry tweets cannot hide that this is *absolutely* a surrender by the Justice Department. Trump tried to bully the Senate and the judiciary into accepting unconfirmable hacks as US attorneys, and he failed."
"Angry tweets cannot hide that this is *absolutely* a surrender by the Justice Department. Trump tried to bully the Senate and the judiciary into accepting unconfirmable hacks as US attorneys, and he failed."
Habba booted by Senate and judges who did their damn jobs
See! It is possible.
www.publicnotice.co
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New in PN: Habba booted by Senate and judges who did their damn jobs
"Angry tweets cannot hide that this is *absolutely* a surrender by the Justice Department. Trump tried to bully the Senate and the judiciary into accepting unconfirmable hacks as US attorneys, and he failed."
"Angry tweets cannot hide that this is *absolutely* a surrender by the Justice Department. Trump tried to bully the Senate and the judiciary into accepting unconfirmable hacks as US attorneys, and he failed."