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Chris Rusak
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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Congratulations, Koen van den Broek, turns out a wall of candy colored Clyfford Still paintings is the *perfect* Art Basel Miami backdrop for an Inside Wealth standup in a pen of nft art-shitting murder robot dogs
I hate it here
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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When 2028 primaries come around, it may be useful to remember that Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly both voted for the mandatory detention of immigrants who were never convicted of crimes.
While the Trump admin. has gone beyond the law, the Laken Riley Act still can funnel many immigrants into federal custody.

And as @kathleenbush.bsky.social noted, once in ICE detention, it has hard to get out, even when the law is on your side: www.theredoubt.net/congress-kil...
Congress killed due process, then Trump went even further
The Laken Riley Act stripped undocumented immigrants of a fundamental right, but even that has not been radical enough for this White House.
www.theredoubt.net
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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JFC
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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5 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Former Obama natl security assoc. Lucas Schleusener says group called STARRS & Trump advisor Laura Loomer combing thru fed employees' posts for anything showing they're LGBTQ+ & harassing them or getting them fired in a "Lavender Scare" purge like the 1950s.
National security expert says second Lavender Scare is here as gov't purges LGBTQ+ workers - LGBTQ Nation
Is Laura Loomer the new Joseph McCarthy?
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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“…something triggered the system, but it wasn’t an earthquake.”

Sounds like the beginning of a Godzilla movie!

www.kqed.org/news/1206608...
False Earthquake Alert Likely Triggered by ‘Something Out in the Field,’ USGS Says | KQED
The USGS, which said at least four seismic stations detected ground motion that signaled a quake, quickly canceled the warning that startled the Bay Area.
www.kqed.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Very excited for this forthcoming book on Harry Reid.
"Reid: I interceded for Adelson when Las Vegas Sands was in potential criminal trouble with the feds"

After Sands resolved money laundering accusations without any charges being filed, Reid emailed his top aide: "Wouldn't have happened w/o my help."

jonralston.substack.com/p/reid-i-int...
Reid: I interceded for Adelson when Las Vegas Sands was in potential criminal trouble with the feds
In internal emails, the senator took credit for getting the company out of hot water
jonralston.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Just simply amazing that Democrats can now clearly see on video that an unjustified killing has taken place...while denying what was clearly being shown on video from Gaza.
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Happy Painkiller Thursday to all who celebrate.
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Between her and Kamala "I'm speaking" Harris on her book tour showing she too has learned absolutely nothing I'm beginning to declare war on Blue MAGA.
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Hillary Clinton sassing off "young Jewish Americans who don't know their own history" in a way that is disgustingly antisemitic. "They say from the river to the sea...they don't even know which river and which sea!" Fuck off.
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Coming back to this to add a direct quote from today out of Karp. Despicable. We must demand better.
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Alex Karp again insists that Palantir isn't "building a database" for surveillance and "doesn't even really work with the DOJ."

That's a lie: the Department of Justice has signed SEVERAL contracts with Palantir that sure look a lot like a unified database for investigations, see my next post:
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Senator Collins wants the state to hand over sensitive data for a request that might be illegal and for which the federal government has given no security guarantees #mepolitics

mainemorningstar.com/2025/12/03/m...
Maine officials condemn USDA’s latest SNAP threat as illegal and ‘outrageous’ • Maine Morning Star
Maine officials say they will continue to fight the Trump administration over its latest threat to withhold food assistance if the state refuses to share sensitive personal information with the federa...
mainemorningstar.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Thanks to AI we are reaching levels of stupidity never seen before
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Imagine defending this by saying that kids today don’t know history…
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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the way nothing is happening as the president blows people up in the ocean is steadily untethering me. people on the television every day saying "this is murder" as it continues to happen and the senate slowly lurches toward having a committee meeting. it feels impossible
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts

www.nber.org/papers/w34524

via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Hearing massive turnout in the college precinct in Davidson County, Tennessee (which voted +27.4 for Kamala Harris). So high that it has exceeded 2024 turnout. If you know ANY young people in Tennessee, tell them to get out there, vote, and stay in line.
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.

Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM