Wes
@wescontreras.com
Psychology, politics, philosophy, technology, larp, psychedelics, ADHD.
Portland, OR.
Portland, OR.
The US is now sanctioning EU officials for enforcing EU law against fascists. This works now because the US dominates financial systems, but I'm betting that will change awfully fast.
The Trump admin sanctions several European officials today after Elon Musk was fined for several violations of their Digital Services Act.
December 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The US is now sanctioning EU officials for enforcing EU law against fascists. This works now because the US dominates financial systems, but I'm betting that will change awfully fast.
I notice they redacted who in the first Trump administration was looking at co-conspirators and deciding not to charge anyone.
THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
December 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I notice they redacted who in the first Trump administration was looking at co-conspirators and deciding not to charge anyone.
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This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
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Congress should pass a law to set up a special court to try these Trump officials. They can do so under existing law and the Constitution.
It’s not a bill of attainder if the law is already on the books.
Also, at minimum strip SCOTUS jurisdiction to review.
It’s not a bill of attainder if the law is already on the books.
Also, at minimum strip SCOTUS jurisdiction to review.
December 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Congress should pass a law to set up a special court to try these Trump officials. They can do so under existing law and the Constitution.
It’s not a bill of attainder if the law is already on the books.
Also, at minimum strip SCOTUS jurisdiction to review.
It’s not a bill of attainder if the law is already on the books.
Also, at minimum strip SCOTUS jurisdiction to review.
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
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Thinking lots about baking lately. Wittgenstein apparently once wrote that ‘Raisins may be the best part of a cake; but a bag of raisins is not better than a cake.’ @nigelwarburton.bsky.social calls this Wittgenstein's 'critique of pure raisin', which rather made my day. @wiglet1981.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
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Jesus Christ @lukeoneil47.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Jesus Christ @lukeoneil47.bsky.social
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Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
THIS. Too many Dems are following instead of leading.
Polls are useful to help you get to where you want to go, but they're a *terrible* way to decide where to go in the first place.
Polls are useful to help you get to where you want to go, but they're a *terrible* way to decide where to go in the first place.
2. What he says about climate is patently false (more on that later) but to the extent he's saying "politicians shouldn't do the right thing unless it's popular", I'd note only that that is a toddlers view of leadership. If the popular kids are mean, should you be mean?
December 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
THIS. Too many Dems are following instead of leading.
Polls are useful to help you get to where you want to go, but they're a *terrible* way to decide where to go in the first place.
Polls are useful to help you get to where you want to go, but they're a *terrible* way to decide where to go in the first place.
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One of my greatest worries about climate was “countries will not trust each other enough to do this” but that’s actually become somewhat moot as renewables have become way preferable for many growing countries precisely /because/ they do not trust temperamental petrostates.
December 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
One of my greatest worries about climate was “countries will not trust each other enough to do this” but that’s actually become somewhat moot as renewables have become way preferable for many growing countries precisely /because/ they do not trust temperamental petrostates.
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anyone who believes and/or promotes the use of chatbots/ AI “companions” for therapy either chooses to ignore evidence that these bots can actually exacerbate mental health issues or is speaking from a place of ignorance dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
December 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
anyone who believes and/or promotes the use of chatbots/ AI “companions” for therapy either chooses to ignore evidence that these bots can actually exacerbate mental health issues or is speaking from a place of ignorance dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
My magical pipe dream is to make enough money that I can hire an executive assistant.
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My magical pipe dream is to make enough money that I can hire an executive assistant.
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You know a thing that is very bad about this? This is the anti-trans playbook being played against women. Start with 'has the x movement failed the people it's supposed to help', then infantilize them, then make the case they can't be responsible for their own choices, then take their rights away
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You know a thing that is very bad about this? This is the anti-trans playbook being played against women. Start with 'has the x movement failed the people it's supposed to help', then infantilize them, then make the case they can't be responsible for their own choices, then take their rights away
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It IS our war. We made a deal with Ukraine that if they gave up their nukes, we’d protect them from Russia.
Rubio on Russia-Ukraine: "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
December 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It IS our war. We made a deal with Ukraine that if they gave up their nukes, we’d protect them from Russia.
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Just saw this and lol’d
(I laugh to keep from crying)
(I laugh to keep from crying)
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just saw this and lol’d
(I laugh to keep from crying)
(I laugh to keep from crying)
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Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
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TikTok will now be owned by the Ellisons, Jared Kushner's firm, and Abu Dhabi's state investment fund.
TikTok U.S. Sale to Close Next Month: Oracle and Silver Lake Confirmed in Buyer Consortium
Abu Dhabi's state investment fund will also be a managing investor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
TikTok will now be owned by the Ellisons, Jared Kushner's firm, and Abu Dhabi's state investment fund.
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The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
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As I wrote today: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
December 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
As I wrote today: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
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An important result last week: A judge who ran with Democratic support won the seat of a retiring conservative justice on the Kentucky supreme court—and will be the state's first Black woman on the supreme court. boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
November 15, 2024 at 7:44 PM
An important result last week: A judge who ran with Democratic support won the seat of a retiring conservative justice on the Kentucky supreme court—and will be the state's first Black woman on the supreme court. boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
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In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
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Between the 12 Districts, each will send one boy and one girl, called Tributes, to compete in the first ever Hunger Games! Many said it couldn't be done, but I'm telling you, many more are calling it must watch TV!
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Between the 12 Districts, each will send one boy and one girl, called Tributes, to compete in the first ever Hunger Games! Many said it couldn't be done, but I'm telling you, many more are calling it must watch TV!