joy meads
@capnjoy.bsky.social
Director of dramaturgy & new works @ American Conservatory Theater. Co-founder thekilroys.org. Dorkily earnest about multiracial democracy, well-designed public spaces, & the civic function of art. Oakland grown.
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Epstein being the Forrest Gump of pedophile billionaires makes sense when you consider that he had enough money to do whatever he felt like, for decades without consequence, 24/7.
*Every* billionaire could do the exact same thing if they felt like it.
Each is a ticking time bomb.
*Every* billionaire could do the exact same thing if they felt like it.
Each is a ticking time bomb.
February 1, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Epstein being the Forrest Gump of pedophile billionaires makes sense when you consider that he had enough money to do whatever he felt like, for decades without consequence, 24/7.
*Every* billionaire could do the exact same thing if they felt like it.
Each is a ticking time bomb.
*Every* billionaire could do the exact same thing if they felt like it.
Each is a ticking time bomb.
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Usually dictators are more subtle about looting the treasury, because gross corruption is often a part of what gets them overthrown.
Trump on his multiple suits against the federal government: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to numerous, very good charities."
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Usually dictators are more subtle about looting the treasury, because gross corruption is often a part of what gets them overthrown.
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Melania movie is out for ONE DAY and this happens
Holy fucking shit!
That’s a 32-point over performance AND a flip!!
That’s a 32-point over performance AND a flip!!
February 1, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Melania movie is out for ONE DAY and this happens
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If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at [email protected]
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at [email protected]
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There’s one guy in the Epstein files who isn’t talked about enough…
Alex Acosta was the U.S. Attorney who gave Epstein that sweetheart deal. It allowed Epstein to avoid federal prosecution for sex trafficking and abuse of minors.
He served only 13 months in county jail with work release.
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Alex Acosta was the U.S. Attorney who gave Epstein that sweetheart deal. It allowed Epstein to avoid federal prosecution for sex trafficking and abuse of minors.
He served only 13 months in county jail with work release.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:36 AM
There’s one guy in the Epstein files who isn’t talked about enough…
Alex Acosta was the U.S. Attorney who gave Epstein that sweetheart deal. It allowed Epstein to avoid federal prosecution for sex trafficking and abuse of minors.
He served only 13 months in county jail with work release.
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Alex Acosta was the U.S. Attorney who gave Epstein that sweetheart deal. It allowed Epstein to avoid federal prosecution for sex trafficking and abuse of minors.
He served only 13 months in county jail with work release.
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I witnessed ICE using tear gas on children.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
This was the kind of treatment the union activists got today from Oregon’s largest unions alongside coalitions like @jwjpdx.bsky.social. They fired projectiles and injured many demonstrators and broke out neighbors windows. Gas for a half dozen miles in each direction. #iceout
February 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I witnessed ICE using tear gas on children.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
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This was the scene at the ICE facility about 5 minutes before the federal government unleashed chemical weapons on Portland families
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 AM
This was the scene at the ICE facility about 5 minutes before the federal government unleashed chemical weapons on Portland families
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I can’t get over how increasingly desperate and worried district judges are — they are doing all the right things — and how they’re being betrayed by appellate judges and a Supreme Court, both too cowardly to stand behind their decisions.
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I can’t get over how increasingly desperate and worried district judges are — they are doing all the right things — and how they’re being betrayed by appellate judges and a Supreme Court, both too cowardly to stand behind their decisions.
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Hard to overstate how big a deal a Rehmet win would be. Tarrant County is the epicenter of Christian nationalism in Texas, an incubator for far-right policies, and nexus of billionaire Tim Dunn's network, which is riding hard for Wambsganss. Rehmet almost entirely funded by donations of $100 or less
‼️‼️ Still a lot TBD, but Rehmet is leading early vote count by **13 POINTS** in a district that Trump won by 17 points. I'll be updating in this thread throughout the night.
ICYMI: This Saturday, progressive Taylor Rehmet squares off against a billionaire-funded Christian nationalist for a +17 Trump state senate seat in Tarrant County, a hub of the far right. Rehmet already over-performed, and is confident he’s on the verge of a stunning upset in a bellwether county.
February 1, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Hard to overstate how big a deal a Rehmet win would be. Tarrant County is the epicenter of Christian nationalism in Texas, an incubator for far-right policies, and nexus of billionaire Tim Dunn's network, which is riding hard for Wambsganss. Rehmet almost entirely funded by donations of $100 or less
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
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This is tear gassing protesters just for protesting. There is no threat, and the only danger presented is ICE behaving recklessly. There is no provocation; this is just straight up assault.
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:07 AM
This is tear gassing protesters just for protesting. There is no threat, and the only danger presented is ICE behaving recklessly. There is no provocation; this is just straight up assault.
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incredibly funny how everyone spent a year hyperventilating about whether pizza with pepperoni was code for child rape when in reality actual emails between the pedophile cabal are like "i enoyjed molesting teen w yuo. haha"
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
incredibly funny how everyone spent a year hyperventilating about whether pizza with pepperoni was code for child rape when in reality actual emails between the pedophile cabal are like "i enoyjed molesting teen w yuo. haha"
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Will the new tenants be able to keep the art & stolen property left in the deportees' "affordable housing" they now live in, or will the state confiscate it?
One day we'll get movies about the lawsuits of the grandchildren of these "illegal aliens" trying to recover their families' belongings.
One day we'll get movies about the lawsuits of the grandchildren of these "illegal aliens" trying to recover their families' belongings.
January 31, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Will the new tenants be able to keep the art & stolen property left in the deportees' "affordable housing" they now live in, or will the state confiscate it?
One day we'll get movies about the lawsuits of the grandchildren of these "illegal aliens" trying to recover their families' belongings.
One day we'll get movies about the lawsuits of the grandchildren of these "illegal aliens" trying to recover their families' belongings.
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Courts should treat biometric locks as equivalent to password protection, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @TheIntercept.com. “Your constitutional right against self-incrimination should not be dependent on technical convenience or lack thereof.”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.
theintercept.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Courts should treat biometric locks as equivalent to password protection, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @TheIntercept.com. “Your constitutional right against self-incrimination should not be dependent on technical convenience or lack thereof.”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
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It’s not doomerism to say trump, his party, and his government are trying to rig elections including the midterms; that’s just … reality
It is doomerism to act like they are likely to “cancel” the midterms or that their success in rigging it is at all a given
It is doomerism to act like they are likely to “cancel” the midterms or that their success in rigging it is at all a given
Hey now, I've been informed that such claims are doomerism, and that's something we shouldn't tolerate here.
Besides, everyone knows that the midterms will fix this.
Besides, everyone knows that the midterms will fix this.
January 31, 2026 at 8:52 PM
It’s not doomerism to say trump, his party, and his government are trying to rig elections including the midterms; that’s just … reality
It is doomerism to act like they are likely to “cancel” the midterms or that their success in rigging it is at all a given
It is doomerism to act like they are likely to “cancel” the midterms or that their success in rigging it is at all a given
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Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
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Smartest man in the game and he's telling you the press are cowards. Telling you someday everyone is gonna find out
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Smartest man in the game and he's telling you the press are cowards. Telling you someday everyone is gonna find out
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Judge Fred is PISSED, God bless him
BREAKING: Federal judge orders Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R., released.
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
![Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February [sic], 2026.
Fred Biery
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
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January 31, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Judge Fred is PISSED, God bless him
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Lag. The federal judiciary is catching up — this is a remarkable order, it's only three pages. I recommend reading it. I have, in all of my time practicing law, never seen a judge do anything like this:
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Lag. The federal judiciary is catching up — this is a remarkable order, it's only three pages. I recommend reading it. I have, in all of my time practicing law, never seen a judge do anything like this:
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Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
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Kennedy has stacked another HHS panel with his fellow travelers in the anti-vaccine and pseudoscience world.
Many of the 21 new members have previously worked in some capacity with Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine advocacy group that Kennedy founded.
Many of the 21 new members have previously worked in some capacity with Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine advocacy group that Kennedy founded.
RFK’s overhauled autism committee is even worse than it looks
Kennedy has stacked another HHS panel with his fellow travelers in the anti-vaccine and pseudoscience world.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Kennedy has stacked another HHS panel with his fellow travelers in the anti-vaccine and pseudoscience world.
Many of the 21 new members have previously worked in some capacity with Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine advocacy group that Kennedy founded.
Many of the 21 new members have previously worked in some capacity with Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine advocacy group that Kennedy founded.
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It’s entirely legal to record LE officers from your car. So they’re brazenly, illegally terrorizing this woman for exercising her constitutional rights.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It’s entirely legal to record LE officers from your car. So they’re brazenly, illegally terrorizing this woman for exercising her constitutional rights.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Judge orders US to release father and 5-year-old taken into custody during Minnesota immigration crackdown.
January 31, 2026 at 8:29 PM
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Judge orders US to release father and 5-year-old taken into custody during Minnesota immigration crackdown.
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the Trump administration is a collection of the worst people on earth but it would be meaningfully less awful if Stephen Miller, personally, was not a part of it
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
Millerism means Minneapolis times 100 for a decade. It would tend the United States apart. It is something close to Milosevic’s line.
January 31, 2026 at 8:58 PM
the Trump administration is a collection of the worst people on earth but it would be meaningfully less awful if Stephen Miller, personally, was not a part of it
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay