John Bradley

Terror and retribution are a core part of how the Trump administration has governed. DOGE whistleblower had threatening note taped to his door and his brakes cut after Elon Musk accused him of lying. www.wired.com/story/he-ble...

has any man ever been more vindicated? x.com/stuartbuck1/...

“Almost all of the most viral posts reviewed by WIRED on Saturday came from accounts with blue check marks, meaning they…could be eligible to earn money based on how much engagement their posts generate, even if the content is false.” From @davidgilbert.bsky.social

this is literally the fed mentality that preempted Ruby Ridge

Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

MAGA appointee Bari Weiss has instantly made CBS News more extremist and disinfo-heavy than Newsmax:

It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now. It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.

News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.

Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.

This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.

Key takeaway: An online fish is a more reliable source of news on Israel than the NYT

Hey I found an explicit, credible threat to commit murder, from an entity that has committed murder in exactly this way previously. bsky.app/profile/dept...

Nancy Mace has tweeted about the airport incident at least 105 times since I broke that story on Halloween. Idk if there’s a record for this type of thing, but we’ve gotta be getting close

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

you need to watch these clips

“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Checking in on Rudy Giuliani, I see he's having an insane one

A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked. “Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.” thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct. Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…” archive.ph/2TI8J

I’d like to report a diplomatic murder “This is not a Signal chat” 💀

Trump gave Amazon a $16 billion tax break to accelerate its investments this year. Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses. No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.

The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish. The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy

I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime. While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...

Donors to the destruction of the White House. Recognize any?

Good morning.

After this far-right propagandist put an inflammatory spotlight on vendors on Canal Street, ICE agents were spotted at the location making indiscriminate arrests of anyone they think looks like a delivery person or vendor (ie: not white)

The Times apparently decided it wasn’t important to mention in the headline it was the ICE agent who shot the U.S. marshal.

Phenomenal meditation on the loss of meaning engendered by the onset of GenAI

I saw this billboard in the city and was about to rage! Turns it, it’s frickin’ satire! Tho in my defense, SF is so full of exhausting and equally ridiculous GenAi ads that for a second there I thought this was serious. Also the art section on their site? 👩‍🍳 💋

In the middle of all this the inflatable costume crowd has arrived and is throwing a rave? Mosh? At the end of the free speech zone closest to the ICE facility.

🇬🇧 Starmer Demands UK Admit Israeli Fans Known for Racist, Anti-Arab Chants Prime Minister Keir Starmer is pressuring officials to overturn a police ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending their Europa League match against English club Aston Villa in Birmingham, despite the group’s record of...

Again, lovely to see that while I am furloughed because the government is shut down the executive shoveled $40bn into a furnace that has been stoked to red hot by ridiculous and discredited economic ideas. This of course just made thing worse for all involved.

I like how Jake doesn't challenge the claim U.S. mainstream media is like the ken doll of journalism, all the essential bits sanded off into a smooth hump to avoid offending anybody