Aubrey Gilleran
@aubreygilleran.bsky.social
Episcopalian | North Carolinian | father | husband | English teacher | liberal | lost on Jeopardy! | IG: @aubreygilleran
This isn't even internally coherent. Piker, Carlson, and Fuentes have built their own audiences without the help of mainstream media, so it's not like CBS News could sideline them.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This isn't even internally coherent. Piker, Carlson, and Fuentes have built their own audiences without the help of mainstream media, so it's not like CBS News could sideline them.
This is an awful crime against humanity, and it will also set a precedent that will allow the next Democratic administration to nullify the white South African refugees’ status. I hope those aspiring “refugees” keep that in mind.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This is an awful crime against humanity, and it will also set a precedent that will allow the next Democratic administration to nullify the white South African refugees’ status. I hope those aspiring “refugees” keep that in mind.
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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missed this. dems should do it regardless of the motivations. plurality single-winner primaries are dumb www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
Scoop: Democrats eye ranked-choice voting for 2028 primaries
It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
missed this. dems should do it regardless of the motivations. plurality single-winner primaries are dumb www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
The administration citing upcoming sham elections as a reason for ending the protected status is particularly odious.
The administration just announced the end of TPS status designation for Burma, which will affect anyone from Burma in the U.S. with TPS status right now.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21069.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21069.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The administration citing upcoming sham elections as a reason for ending the protected status is particularly odious.
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In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
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the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
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"Straight men aren’t looking for Democrats to cosplay as their drinking buddies: They’re looking for leaders who can speak plainly about the pressures and problems men face today and offer solutions."
Why Are Democrats Teasing Homophobia in New Attacks on MAGA?
The strategy demeans an important constituency of the party without providing an obvious political gain.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Straight men aren’t looking for Democrats to cosplay as their drinking buddies: They’re looking for leaders who can speak plainly about the pressures and problems men face today and offer solutions."
Removing Wiles would only empower Miller, which would be worse. Miller's already the de facto chief of staff and, arguably, president, and he and Vought are probably the only removals that could actually improve this administration's approval ratings.
RealClear journalist also says White House and cabinet officials bracing for massive personnel shakeup soon because of the economy
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Removing Wiles would only empower Miller, which would be worse. Miller's already the de facto chief of staff and, arguably, president, and he and Vought are probably the only removals that could actually improve this administration's approval ratings.
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Extremely funny shot:chaser day on Bluesky.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Extremely funny shot:chaser day on Bluesky.
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"A cracked windshield, a waiting officer, a forgotten document: The new family separations often start in the most mundane ways." From our story out today: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"A cracked windshield, a waiting officer, a forgotten document: The new family separations often start in the most mundane ways." From our story out today: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
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Earlier this year, the United States deported 252 Venezuelans to El Salvador and paid its government to imprison them. Now two human-rights organizations have found that all of those men were physically abused, Conor Friedersdorf writes:
What the Deported Venezuelans Went Through in El Salvador
Forty men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration have shared disturbing accounts of abuse by a regime that America paid to imprison them.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Earlier this year, the United States deported 252 Venezuelans to El Salvador and paid its government to imprison them. Now two human-rights organizations have found that all of those men were physically abused, Conor Friedersdorf writes:
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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
"President Mark Kelly, veteran and former astronaut" sounds like a particularly unimaginative character from an action movie.
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"President Mark Kelly, veteran and former astronaut" sounds like a particularly unimaginative character from an action movie.
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you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
If you know you're going to lose your seat, and you're tired of being in the minority, you could literally caucus with Democrats and make Hakeem Jeffries the Speaker of the House today.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If you know you're going to lose your seat, and you're tired of being in the minority, you could literally caucus with Democrats and make Hakeem Jeffries the Speaker of the House today.
They want gender nonconforming people to stop existing.
What bathroom are trans people supposed to use then? (I suppose the answer might be "no bathrooms".)
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
They want gender nonconforming people to stop existing.
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I think Yglesias's version is worse strategically because the fact that there is a larger base of committed liberals in the US than the UK means he is less often arguing 80/20 positions and more arguing 60/40 or 50/50 positions where he posits that the liberals don't count
the issue here is that both the Labour government in power and @mattyglesias.bsky.social on here basically come to the idea that government should not do any policy proposal that does not qualify as a 80/20 issue on the merits
Perhaps I’m sanewashing popularism, but the idea is that you take positions that are at least not considered radical by consensus for the sake of winning elections so that you can govern well.
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I think Yglesias's version is worse strategically because the fact that there is a larger base of committed liberals in the US than the UK means he is less often arguing 80/20 positions and more arguing 60/40 or 50/50 positions where he posits that the liberals don't count
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The Trump administration arrested and detained two gospel singer brothers from Guatemala who have lived in Memphis for 10 and 20 years. The administration lied and claimed one had an extensive criminal record. Neither does. One has now been deported.
www.psrmemphis.org/christian-si...
www.psrmemphis.org/christian-si...
Christian Singers Caught In Deportation Net, One Branded 'Worst of Worst' - Institute for Public Service Reporting - Memphis %
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www.psrmemphis.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Trump administration arrested and detained two gospel singer brothers from Guatemala who have lived in Memphis for 10 and 20 years. The administration lied and claimed one had an extensive criminal record. Neither does. One has now been deported.
www.psrmemphis.org/christian-si...
www.psrmemphis.org/christian-si...
"It also states that transgender people could be barred from single-sex services even when their biological sex matches, such if a trans man, who is biologically female but is “perceived” as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room." 1/
I thought I had low expectations for Kier Starmer but he is like an order of magnitude worse than I expected. arguably worse than his Tory predecessors on several issues www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"It also states that transgender people could be barred from single-sex services even when their biological sex matches, such if a trans man, who is biologically female but is “perceived” as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room." 1/
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Some years ago the Washington POST printed my recipe for Chinese sticky rice stuffing. This is the Asian contribution to T-Day. Turkey is rather bland for Chinese tastes, but sticky rice stuffing makes it all better! www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/chin...
Chinese Sticky Rice Stuffing
“Turkey has never been a favorite in Asian cooking,” writes Reston resident Brenda Clough.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Some years ago the Washington POST printed my recipe for Chinese sticky rice stuffing. This is the Asian contribution to T-Day. Turkey is rather bland for Chinese tastes, but sticky rice stuffing makes it all better! www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/chin...