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Caffeine 🇺🇦@caffeineninja.bsky.social

Why is it so hard for our democratic leaders to oppose fascism? Real question.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

This guy is basically inviting China to take Taiwan.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Sen. Thune on the DOJ investigation of Jerome Powell: “I hope they have a smoking gun because I don't think you trifle with the Federal Reserve…It better be real, and it better be serious.”

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social

My family and I, and the entire Japanese American community on the West Coast, were denied due process during our internment in WWII. It is a cherished, critical right for all people within the U.S.’s borders.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Operation Epstein Distraction.

Wil Wheaton ❌👑@wilwheaton.net

It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.

wilwheaton.netthis is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Every time you think Trump can’t possibly get any worse, he gets worse.

PBS News@pbsnews.org

The disclosure represents a setback in an investigation into killings that set off hours of chaos at Brown University and unravels progress that authorities thought they had made earlier in the day when they detained a man at a hotel in connection with the attack. https://to.pbs.org/4oVNCQ3

to.pbs.orgAuthorities release person of interest detained in Brown University shootingThe disclosure, made at a hastily convened late night news conference, represents a dramatic setback in an investigation into killings that set off hours of chaos on the Ivy League campus.

Forbes@forbes.com

Reiner and his wife were found dead in an apparent homicide Sunday that Trump claims was related to the actor’s dislike of the president.

forbes.comTrump Blames Director Rob Reiner’s Death On 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' In Bizarre PostReiner and his wife were found dead in an apparent homicide Sunday that Trump claims was related to the actor’s dislike of the president.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

$TSN

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social

They would never let me into this country if I weren't already here

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Beckwith’s now deleted post was a reply to this post from Heritage.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social

Every disaster movie starts with someone ignoring a scientist…

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social

NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas. Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.

thelettersfromleo.comTrump-Vance White House Targets Beloved Nun in Texas, Retaliates Against Catholic CharitiesCatholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley — praised by Pope Leo as an “agent of hope” — now faces a six-year federal funding ban. Church leaders say it’s a vendetta by the Trump-Vance White House.

Forbes@forbes.com

‘It May Be Worse’—No Fix For ‘New Threat’ To Google Chrome Users

forbes.com‘It May Be Worse’—No Fix For ‘New Threat’ To Google Chrome UsersBeware — this AI security nightmare is already coming true.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

The ongoing theme of the Garcia case is that of an authoritarian regime so unwilling to admit it was wrong that it will weaponize every act of the administrative state it controls (incl immigration judges now) to impose their lawless outcome

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social

The cost of Trump's tariffs continues to hit new highs in data released this morning—import taxes are running at a $350B/yr pace for the first time in history, nearly 5x what they were this time last year

David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social

Everything Trump touches is transactional.

Corbin Hiar@corbinhiar.bsky.social

Wild story about a potentially compromised senior Pentagon adviser — and the Trump administration's apparent efforts to quash the piece. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comI asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

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.”

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social

South African tells Stephen Miller's wife that he doesn't want immigrants to vote. otherwise US will become "communist hellhole."

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social

A reminder that before the Trump admin/RFK took over this year, the U.S. had officially declared measles eliminated in 2000.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Started / Going

PBS News@pbsnews.org

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is now eastern England around 400,000 years ago. https://to.pbs.org/3KUcGsH

pbs.orgHumans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, study findsLONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...

Darren Dahly@statsepi.bsky.social

In Ireland we probably averted about 500 newborn RSV hospitalizations once nirsevimab was introduced last year (~75% risk reduction). Uptake was > 80%, and that's what's threatened by these cynical safety concerns from the antivaxxers in the US government. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social

Now typefaces are woke. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

nytimes.comRubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

The rank bigotry of today’s nativism is striking, but the utter stupidity of today’s nativism is almost as impressive.

Khashoggi's Ghost@urocklive1.bsky.social

JFC. The weakening of America continues.

Decoding Fox News@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social

Laura Ingraham may have just given me a great sound effect for my podcast. (Yes, I have a podcast it's called Decoding Fox News) We all need a decoder every now and then.

Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Police investigation faults Nancy Mace for profanity-laced airport tirade www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comPolice investigation faults Nancy Mace for profanity-laced airport tiradeA report found Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) turned a “minor miscommunication” by police into a “spectacle” during a recent encounter at Charleston International Airport.

George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social

The GOP never seems to know the details of the biggest stories out there. Don't go on network talk shows if you haven't read the papers.

Forbes@forbes.com

The court will decide whether to overturn Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 90-year old precedent that limits presidents’ power to fire some officials.

forbes.comShould Trump Have More Power To Fire Federal Officials? Supreme Court Hears Issue.The court will decide whether to overturn Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 90-year old precedent that limits presidents’ power to fire some officials.

David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social

Hiding the crazy is their key to power.

Elise Wang@elisewang.bsky.social

There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.

coppercourier.comThree-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration courtMore than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.

David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social

Way to encourage Putin.