Brendan Boerner
@bboerner2332.bsky.social
Dad, Programmer, Rabbit Whisperer. Dog Dad. Working to turn TX blue. Harris-Walz stan. #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #AuDHD #NativeTexan
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As people made their way into a naturalization ceremony, ICE officials stopped 38 of the 100 applicants and told them they wouldn't be leaving with U.S. citizenship. The immigrants — who passed every step in the naturalization process — needed only to take the oath of allegiance to become citizens.
Dozens denied oath of allegiance at Indianapolis naturalization ceremony
Dozens of people arrived at Indianapolis Union Station thinking they'd become U.S. citizens only to learn their participation was "canceled."
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December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
As people made their way into a naturalization ceremony, ICE officials stopped 38 of the 100 applicants and told them they wouldn't be leaving with U.S. citizenship. The immigrants — who passed every step in the naturalization process — needed only to take the oath of allegiance to become citizens.
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This new interview doesn’t mention that Bazelon’s work is paid for by Joe Manchin, Rupert Murdoch’s son James, Mike Bloomberg and others. That doesnt mean the research is wrong, but it was produced with the goal of reinforcing centrists’ preferred strategy bsky.app/profile/nste...
Oh. The Deciding to Win report, the big report saying Democrats need to just be moderate, came from an organization funded by Michael Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch’s son, and *Joe Manchin himself*, among others. Was this widely discussed? @davekarpf.bsky.social did you know? nymag.com/intelligence...
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This new interview doesn’t mention that Bazelon’s work is paid for by Joe Manchin, Rupert Murdoch’s son James, Mike Bloomberg and others. That doesnt mean the research is wrong, but it was produced with the goal of reinforcing centrists’ preferred strategy bsky.app/profile/nste...
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They’re also making an implicit threat of violence as their “extreme” position and we really ought to stop letting conservatives imply they’re going to kill people they hate without imposing social consequences for it.
pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
They’re also making an implicit threat of violence as their “extreme” position and we really ought to stop letting conservatives imply they’re going to kill people they hate without imposing social consequences for it.
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Lauren Chen is literally on the Russian government payroll. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Lauren Chen is literally on the Russian government payroll. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
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It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
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i wish more people understood this dynamic and how deeply it shapes our info environment. people complain and kvetch about how so many of our most popular pundits are lazy hacks; what is less often acknowledged is that the market is quite clear that this is what most ppl want from opinion journalism
This is one of the main reasons I gave up my columnist positions at Guardian U.S. The incentives made me intellectually lazy.
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
i wish more people understood this dynamic and how deeply it shapes our info environment. people complain and kvetch about how so many of our most popular pundits are lazy hacks; what is less often acknowledged is that the market is quite clear that this is what most ppl want from opinion journalism
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Shapiro: This is an area that voted for him. And yet he comes back now, almost a year after taking office, having screwed over the very people who put him in power.
As a result of his policies, their costs have gone up…
As a result of his policies, their costs have gone up…
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Shapiro: This is an area that voted for him. And yet he comes back now, almost a year after taking office, having screwed over the very people who put him in power.
As a result of his policies, their costs have gone up…
As a result of his policies, their costs have gone up…
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This has largely been memory-holed but in Trump 1.0, he picked a big public trade fight with China. They retaliated by cutting off agriculture purchases, farmers got squeezed, Trump mailed them checks and had to go crawling back to Xi for a face-saving "deal".
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This has largely been memory-holed but in Trump 1.0, he picked a big public trade fight with China. They retaliated by cutting off agriculture purchases, farmers got squeezed, Trump mailed them checks and had to go crawling back to Xi for a face-saving "deal".
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
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1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
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it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
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We must spend some time talking about why the institutions of liberal democracy matter. We cannot take it for granted that most citizens support democracy. And it must not be partisan. If it smacks of “D v R” then most folks will say “That’s just politics”.
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We must spend some time talking about why the institutions of liberal democracy matter. We cannot take it for granted that most citizens support democracy. And it must not be partisan. If it smacks of “D v R” then most folks will say “That’s just politics”.
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Trump and Co. haven’t been dismantling US institutions just this year, they’ve been doing it since 2017.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Trump and Co. haven’t been dismantling US institutions just this year, they’ve been doing it since 2017.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
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Not only do I not want to use your new A.I. mode, I want you to stop telling me about your new A.I. mode, this is like the waiter trying to tell me the specials, but what makes them special is that the chef is blindfolded and we've started keeping roach poison in salt shakers
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Not only do I not want to use your new A.I. mode, I want you to stop telling me about your new A.I. mode, this is like the waiter trying to tell me the specials, but what makes them special is that the chef is blindfolded and we've started keeping roach poison in salt shakers
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Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It
Candidates in every legislative, statewide, and federal race. Now it’s time to build power where it counts.
www.lonestarleft.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
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This is a few years old but still relevant for understanding our economy and why it doesn’t work for so many today. David Gelles explains how Jack Welch and GE changed the social compact between corporations and society at large.
youtube.com/watch?v=FaCS...
youtube.com/watch?v=FaCS...
New Book: Jack Welch Broke Capitalism, Ushered In an Era of Distrust | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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December 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is a few years old but still relevant for understanding our economy and why it doesn’t work for so many today. David Gelles explains how Jack Welch and GE changed the social compact between corporations and society at large.
youtube.com/watch?v=FaCS...
youtube.com/watch?v=FaCS...
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“The question as to whether Trump is still fit to hold office has become front and center.” I would argue he’s never been fit for office, it’s just the American public couldn’t see it for some reason.
How Sick Is He?
The physical and mental health of the president is a state secret
steady.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“The question as to whether Trump is still fit to hold office has become front and center.” I would argue he’s never been fit for office, it’s just the American public couldn’t see it for some reason.
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The Supreme Court is working hard to turn this country into a despot's dreamscape—while making it nigh impossible for good people to make lasting change for the better.
Those of us who begged folks (and national media) to put SCOTUS before everything else in 2016 are in an endless Cassandrian hell.
Those of us who begged folks (and national media) to put SCOTUS before everything else in 2016 are in an endless Cassandrian hell.
December 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Supreme Court is working hard to turn this country into a despot's dreamscape—while making it nigh impossible for good people to make lasting change for the better.
Those of us who begged folks (and national media) to put SCOTUS before everything else in 2016 are in an endless Cassandrian hell.
Those of us who begged folks (and national media) to put SCOTUS before everything else in 2016 are in an endless Cassandrian hell.
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@jamestalarico.bsky.social sent this video to his 10,000 volunteers:
“We will make the case for why we are best positioned to win this race — but we will always treat Congresswoman Crockett with the utmost respect. She is my colleague and she is a leader in our state. She deserves nothing less.”
“We will make the case for why we are best positioned to win this race — but we will always treat Congresswoman Crockett with the utmost respect. She is my colleague and she is a leader in our state. She deserves nothing less.”
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
@jamestalarico.bsky.social sent this video to his 10,000 volunteers:
“We will make the case for why we are best positioned to win this race — but we will always treat Congresswoman Crockett with the utmost respect. She is my colleague and she is a leader in our state. She deserves nothing less.”
“We will make the case for why we are best positioned to win this race — but we will always treat Congresswoman Crockett with the utmost respect. She is my colleague and she is a leader in our state. She deserves nothing less.”
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"According to one of the Alligator Alcatraz survivors in the Amnesty report, people were put into the box simply for alerting the guards to someone's need for medication."
Prosecuting these people needs to be the minimum standard for any Democrat seeking office going forward.
Prosecuting these people needs to be the minimum standard for any Democrat seeking office going forward.
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"According to one of the Alligator Alcatraz survivors in the Amnesty report, people were put into the box simply for alerting the guards to someone's need for medication."
Prosecuting these people needs to be the minimum standard for any Democrat seeking office going forward.
Prosecuting these people needs to be the minimum standard for any Democrat seeking office going forward.
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No print mags have the reach they once did. But it's notable to me that I keep seeing articles like this in People, very broad-spectrum, apolitical, at least in my experience. Gives a sense of how much this stuff is breaking through.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
No print mags have the reach they once did. But it's notable to me that I keep seeing articles like this in People, very broad-spectrum, apolitical, at least in my experience. Gives a sense of how much this stuff is breaking through.
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Not just Jared but almost all the gulf monarchies plus a pass through entity for the ccp.
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Not just Jared but almost all the gulf monarchies plus a pass through entity for the ccp.
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Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything
I’ve become something of a broken record on this. But repetition sometimes...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...