@bluestatedon.bsky.social
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken
“Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.” — FDR
Anti-DEI=Resegregation GOP=Confederacy
“Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.” — FDR
Anti-DEI=Resegregation GOP=Confederacy
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The guy applied for asylum in December 2024, after Trump won the election. Trump gave it to him in April 2025.
6abc.com/post/washing...
6abc.com/post/washing...
What to know about suspected gunman in Washington, DC shooting of 2 National Guard members
CIA Director Ratcliffe said Lakanwal worked with CIA and the US government in Afghanistan before coming to the U.S., according to the Associated Press.
6abc.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The guy applied for asylum in December 2024, after Trump won the election. Trump gave it to him in April 2025.
6abc.com/post/washing...
6abc.com/post/washing...
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I like how you move past the fact that the shooter was granted asylum under *this* administration as quickly as possible in order to maintain the Trump fiction that this is somehow Biden's fault.
Sulzberger does it again.
Sulzberger does it again.
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I like how you move past the fact that the shooter was granted asylum under *this* administration as quickly as possible in order to maintain the Trump fiction that this is somehow Biden's fault.
Sulzberger does it again.
Sulzberger does it again.
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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Grateful for time with these two. Happy Thanksgiving, Michigan, from our family to yours!
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Grateful for time with these two. Happy Thanksgiving, Michigan, from our family to yours!
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As you're enjoying turkey with your family, think of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza.
19 years old, freshman in college, about to board a flight home to join her family for Thanksgiving.
Detained by ICE, then deported in *direct violation* of a judge's order.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
19 years old, freshman in college, about to board a flight home to join her family for Thanksgiving.
Detained by ICE, then deported in *direct violation* of a judge's order.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal: Lawyer
A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported.
abcnews.go.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
As you're enjoying turkey with your family, think of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza.
19 years old, freshman in college, about to board a flight home to join her family for Thanksgiving.
Detained by ICE, then deported in *direct violation* of a judge's order.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
19 years old, freshman in college, about to board a flight home to join her family for Thanksgiving.
Detained by ICE, then deported in *direct violation* of a judge's order.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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It boggles my mind that parents in these situations are not charged with negligence and child endangerment at the minimum.
Your child dying from a preventable disease because you fell for an internet hoax should have consequences. That is a life lost.
Your child dying from a preventable disease because you fell for an internet hoax should have consequences. That is a life lost.
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It boggles my mind that parents in these situations are not charged with negligence and child endangerment at the minimum.
Your child dying from a preventable disease because you fell for an internet hoax should have consequences. That is a life lost.
Your child dying from a preventable disease because you fell for an internet hoax should have consequences. That is a life lost.
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Our government is disappearing people and subjecting their families to unimaginable terror.
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Our government is disappearing people and subjecting their families to unimaginable terror.
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"we should have screwed over all the locals we recruited to help us" should work out great next time we're in a conflict.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"we should have screwed over all the locals we recruited to help us" should work out great next time we're in a conflict.
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If you have some time to kill before you feast or not, this ties together the last ten years together in a way that actually makes sense.
How the 2016 Russian Election Attack Led Donald Trump to Destroy US Hegemony
YouTube video by emptywheel
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you have some time to kill before you feast or not, this ties together the last ten years together in a way that actually makes sense.
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Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
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#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1
“The Backfire Effect”
Just came across some tips for Thanksgiving gatherings. effectiviology.com/backfire-eff...
I hope you have a happy holiday.
“The Backfire Effect”
Just came across some tips for Thanksgiving gatherings. effectiviology.com/backfire-eff...
I hope you have a happy holiday.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1
“The Backfire Effect”
Just came across some tips for Thanksgiving gatherings. effectiviology.com/backfire-eff...
I hope you have a happy holiday.
“The Backfire Effect”
Just came across some tips for Thanksgiving gatherings. effectiviology.com/backfire-eff...
I hope you have a happy holiday.
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Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?
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Every day, Americans are bombarded with the bad news of Trump 2.0, and it is exhausting to keep track of and absorb each new outrage. That is the clear intent.
When one is caught in the crossfire, it is hard to see, let alone address, the big picture.
When one is caught in the crossfire, it is hard to see, let alone address, the big picture.
Donald Trump and the deconstruction of America
Don't let the daily outrages obscure the big picture.
www.motherjones.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Every day, Americans are bombarded with the bad news of Trump 2.0, and it is exhausting to keep track of and absorb each new outrage. That is the clear intent.
When one is caught in the crossfire, it is hard to see, let alone address, the big picture.
When one is caught in the crossfire, it is hard to see, let alone address, the big picture.
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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This is Adriana, she was only 12-year-old. She died in hospital today. The girl was wounded on November 19, when Russia struck residential buildings in Ternopil with missiles. That same attack killed her mother🕯
This brings death tall in russian attack on Ternopil to 35.
This brings death tall in russian attack on Ternopil to 35.
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This is Adriana, she was only 12-year-old. She died in hospital today. The girl was wounded on November 19, when Russia struck residential buildings in Ternopil with missiles. That same attack killed her mother🕯
This brings death tall in russian attack on Ternopil to 35.
This brings death tall in russian attack on Ternopil to 35.
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NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
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My wife went through this process. It’s horrific that it’s being turned into a game of Russian roulette by ICE.
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My wife went through this process. It’s horrific that it’s being turned into a game of Russian roulette by ICE.
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Punishing all Afghanis for the crimes of one is not something a grown man president would do but here we are.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...
Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from Afghans after National Guard shooting in D.C.
Federal immigration authorities said Wednesday they have paused processing requests from Afghan nationals, after a man from Afghanistan was identified as the suspect in the D.C. National Guard shootin...
www.cbsnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Punishing all Afghanis for the crimes of one is not something a grown man president would do but here we are.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...
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Word on the street is that the worst company in the world, Facebook, tried to rebrand into something to do with a "metaverse."
Brilliant SF writer Neal Stephenson coined that term.
Let's explore this and some other now-spooky Stephenson predictions.
Brilliant SF writer Neal Stephenson coined that term.
Let's explore this and some other now-spooky Stephenson predictions.
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Word on the street is that the worst company in the world, Facebook, tried to rebrand into something to do with a "metaverse."
Brilliant SF writer Neal Stephenson coined that term.
Let's explore this and some other now-spooky Stephenson predictions.
Brilliant SF writer Neal Stephenson coined that term.
Let's explore this and some other now-spooky Stephenson predictions.
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Ohio has only 88 counties. This is 27% of counties in Ohio.
‘What happens is people don’t get care.’ Ohio has 24 counties without an OB-GYN, according to KFF
‘What happens is people don’t get care.’ Ohio has 24 counties without an OB-GYN, according to KFF
'What happens is people don't get care.' Ohio has 24 counties without an OB-GYN, according to KFF • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio has 24 counties without an OB-GYN, according to KFF. The data they used was from 2021.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ohio has only 88 counties. This is 27% of counties in Ohio.
‘What happens is people don’t get care.’ Ohio has 24 counties without an OB-GYN, according to KFF
‘What happens is people don’t get care.’ Ohio has 24 counties without an OB-GYN, according to KFF
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Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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To top it off, Custer and his troops also killed 800 of the Indians' horses in an effort to limit Indigenous mobility and subsistence. The US in its "Indian Wars" attempted to destroy not only Indigenous peoples but also entire Indigenous ecosystems.
#OtD 27 Nov 1868 a detachment of US troops under the command of General Custer ignored orders to kill only warriors and massacred 103 sleeping Cheyenne in the so-called "Battle of the Washita" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9950...
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
To top it off, Custer and his troops also killed 800 of the Indians' horses in an effort to limit Indigenous mobility and subsistence. The US in its "Indian Wars" attempted to destroy not only Indigenous peoples but also entire Indigenous ecosystems.
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A Thanksgiving piece of sorts: I wrote about the most persistent myths regarding Trump’s support in American society.
Perhaps you’ll feel better equipped to handle these pervasive misconceptions when you’ll inevitably encounter them in conversations with friends and family over the weekend:
Perhaps you’ll feel better equipped to handle these pervasive misconceptions when you’ll inevitably encounter them in conversations with friends and family over the weekend:
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
steady.page
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A Thanksgiving piece of sorts: I wrote about the most persistent myths regarding Trump’s support in American society.
Perhaps you’ll feel better equipped to handle these pervasive misconceptions when you’ll inevitably encounter them in conversations with friends and family over the weekend:
Perhaps you’ll feel better equipped to handle these pervasive misconceptions when you’ll inevitably encounter them in conversations with friends and family over the weekend: