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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 20m

This guy is out of his fricking mind.

Is it ketamine? Other drugs? Or is he just like this?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22m

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 1h

I saw this last weekend when we went to a locally owned Mexican restaurant in town, and it was empty except for a few tables of white people.

Add the National Guard to Beale/downtown, and I really fear for the city's economy.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

MEMPHIS: “Everybody in the neighborhood has seen a decrease in business.”

Trump’s invasion (with @GovBillLee’s help) is scaring locals away and hurting businesses.

Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 7h

I'll continue to secretly give her the finger and mumble that she makes me sick each time I go thru security in Memphis. The screen with her collagen-filled face hangs just over the precheck line 🤢

CNN @cnn.com · 10h

In an extraordinary effort to inject politics into millions of Americans’ travel experiences, the Trump administration plans to roll out a video at airports across the United States that will blame Democrats for lapses in TSA workers’ pay because of the government shutdown.

Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown “rolling out” at TSA security checkpoints across the country | CNN

Travelers waiting in airport security lines across the country will now be met with a video where the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 20h

Oh.

abcnews.go.com/Health/emerg...

Emergency Medicaid for undocumented immigrants accounts for less than 1% of state spending: Study

Emergency Medicaid for undocumented immigrants made up only 0.4% of total Medicaid spending in 2022, a new study published Thursday finds.

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 21h

Ah, blame the Jews for autism. There it is.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 2d

Trump fired a bunch of Immigration Judges + Board of Immigration Appeals members so that he could stack those orgs with loyalists. Our NSF funded research confirms the work background of IJs and BIA members predict their rate of asylum denial. See also our description of the immigration bureaucracy.

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 1d

Um - No. This is not how it works. My right as an American is yo say what I want. And as our founders told us, this right is G-d-given.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 1d

This must be the post Rubio wanted him to approve. So we know Trump didn't write this, and we don't even know if it's true.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ok! We have the full statement from Trump. It says explicitly that Israel and Hamas have signed off only "on the first Phase of our Peace Plan." Which means all hostages will be released and Israel withdraws troops. This is VERY preliminary and only the first step.

A post from Donald Trump on Oct 08, 2025, 6:51 PM
"I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly! This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, I wish it was a stroke and not that he's absolutely delusional and in charge of stuff. All these people need xanax and padded rooms.

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 1d

None of them know what habeas corpus is. I just can't with these menacing idiots.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 2d

The suit shows how the fee would squeeze businesses well outside of the tech sector that don’t have other options beyond the visa program to meet critical labor needs.

H-1B $100,000 Fee Lawsuit Signals Labor Disruptions Beyond Tech

The first legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee for new H-1B workers was launched by a coalition of employers well outside of Silicon Valley, showcasing the effects the steep new co...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

As I told @josephcox.bsky.social for this piece, if DHS is concerned that the actions of their own officers might inflame public opinion against the agency, they should work to increase oversight and accountability at the agency — rather than seek to have the evidence banned.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 1d

Um, WTF? They are flat out telling us they are going to murder Americans in the streets with no proof of wrongdoing?

This is Duterte-style (in)justice, and he's now going to be tried at the Hague.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 1d

Wish JP was able to run for Mayor now. I didn't vote for Young but met him later & thought I could come around to support him. But now, no way I could vote for him.

That said, it would be good to have JP's voice in Congress. Sadly, I don't live in the district.

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 2d

Ken needs some Xanax and a padded room.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

In a press release, Texas Attorney General calls "transgenderism" a "corrupted ideology" that is "a cancer on our culture."

This is openly genocidal rhetoric about trans people from a sitting AG.

A press release dated October 7, 2025, with the headline: “Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Undercover Operations to Infiltrate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence.” The statement claims rising left-wing violence, referencing the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and outlines Paxton’s directive for undercover investigations. A highlighted quote from Paxton reads: “Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.” The text further accuses the radical Left of fostering political violence, referencing incidents involving Antifa-like groups and a supposed assassin tied to transgender movements. It also notes that President Trump designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, with Paxton vowing sweeping investigations into radical leftist groups.

Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 2d

Remarkable statement by the Senator. More of this please.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 3d

What the heck is happening in this football gane?!? Holy moley!

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 3d

This has "you wouldn't know him. My boyfriend lives in Canada" vibes.

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 3d

I feel seen

Ami Berger @amiberger.bsky.social · 3d

Perimenopause or Fascism? Why I Want To Murder Everyone by Ami Berger

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 3d

We need a national media movement to push for Miller to be fired snd ostracized from society. Every day they should be calling him a fringe lunatic who is unelected and has too much power. He needs to go. Maybe to a psych ward.

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 3d

That is definitely not a glowing article about her. They knew exactly what they were doing by including that quote.

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 3d

Excuse me while I don't care as the GOP supports a surveillance regime.

CNN @cnn.com · 3d

Senate Republicans announced the FBI, as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s January 6 investigation, used court orders in 2023 to obtain the phone records of nine GOP lawmakers, a move the senators called “political weaponization.”

Jack Smith investigation into January 6 obtained phone records of GOP lawmakers, Republicans say | CNN Politics

Senate Republicans announced Monday the FBI, as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s January 6 investigation, used court orders in 2023 to obtain the phone records of nine GOP lawmakers, a move the se...

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 3d

How does this guy have a job?

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Elissa Taub @ejtaub.bsky.social · 3d

Miller is an insufferable weasel-headed prick.

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