Douglas Moser
@douglasmoser.bsky.social
“There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes.” - Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Writer, remarker, ex reporter. Politics, music, econ, in no particular order. Boston.
Writer, remarker, ex reporter. Politics, music, econ, in no particular order. Boston.
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Very legally significant.
I am going to avoid the gory details in these texts.
NYT also reporting: "Two of the gunshot wounds were not immediately life-threatening, the autopsy found." It appears to be bullet that appeared to go through the left-side window that was.
I am going to avoid the gory details in these texts.
NYT also reporting: "Two of the gunshot wounds were not immediately life-threatening, the autopsy found." It appears to be bullet that appeared to go through the left-side window that was.
Private Autopsy Shows Renee Good Was Shot at Least 3 Times, Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Very legally significant.
I am going to avoid the gory details in these texts.
NYT also reporting: "Two of the gunshot wounds were not immediately life-threatening, the autopsy found." It appears to be bullet that appeared to go through the left-side window that was.
I am going to avoid the gory details in these texts.
NYT also reporting: "Two of the gunshot wounds were not immediately life-threatening, the autopsy found." It appears to be bullet that appeared to go through the left-side window that was.
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The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
I think he’s weak against her specifically. I wouldn’t be surprised if he declined to run again with an AOC challenge. She’s smart and influential enough, she could probably negotiate with him off stage and allow him to bow out and pass the torch, rather than be shit canned by 15 points.
i will say, i think the only sane outlet for that anger is primary challenges, not abstention
for instance, if schumer can't find some stones on this, that becomes the casus belli for an aoc challenge to him
for instance, if schumer can't find some stones on this, that becomes the casus belli for an aoc challenge to him
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I think he’s weak against her specifically. I wouldn’t be surprised if he declined to run again with an AOC challenge. She’s smart and influential enough, she could probably negotiate with him off stage and allow him to bow out and pass the torch, rather than be shit canned by 15 points.
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"People often point to the variety in ‘post liberal’ thought and, sure, you can find all sorts of zany ideas there—from tech-bro babble, to integralists, to manosphere types, to scientific racists, and so on. But at the end of the day, they are all part of—and subordinate to—the MAGA movement."
Liberalism Did Not Fail, Conservatism Did
We are moving from an ideologically multipolar world, to a bipolar one.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:53 AM
"People often point to the variety in ‘post liberal’ thought and, sure, you can find all sorts of zany ideas there—from tech-bro babble, to integralists, to manosphere types, to scientific racists, and so on. But at the end of the day, they are all part of—and subordinate to—the MAGA movement."
This is a great list. I’ve been paying close attention to what people are doing in Minneapolis for many reasons, but an important one is so I’ll know what to do when they come to Boston.
🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 AM
This is a great list. I’ve been paying close attention to what people are doing in Minneapolis for many reasons, but an important one is so I’ll know what to do when they come to Boston.
Looks like we’re getting a picture of ICE savagely beating detainees to death. Or to severe brain damage.
Yer man could have used a couple more hours of training. Or something.
Yer man could have used a couple more hours of training. Or something.
January 22, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Looks like we’re getting a picture of ICE savagely beating detainees to death. Or to severe brain damage.
Yer man could have used a couple more hours of training. Or something.
Yer man could have used a couple more hours of training. Or something.
“State officials say it may have been an illegal attempt on the managers’ part to force Black and Hispanic tenants, including U.S. residents, out of the building.”
Tired: Racist negligence
Wired: Racist SWATting
Tired: Racist negligence
Wired: Racist SWATting
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 AM
“State officials say it may have been an illegal attempt on the managers’ part to force Black and Hispanic tenants, including U.S. residents, out of the building.”
Tired: Racist negligence
Wired: Racist SWATting
Tired: Racist negligence
Wired: Racist SWATting
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This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
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Our reporting has found that ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to detention in federal shelters in 2025.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn:
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn:
January 22, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Our reporting has found that ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to detention in federal shelters in 2025.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn:
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn:
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The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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Refugee agencies estimate about 100 refugees living in Minnesota have already been swept up in an unprecedented focus on people with legal resident status.
Agencies say these legal refugees are among the most highly vetted people in the United States.
Agencies say these legal refugees are among the most highly vetted people in the United States.
Minnesota refugees with legal status being detained in sweeping operation
A federal operation launched on Jan. 9 focuses on refugees while a concurrent effort is detaining people who entered the country illegally. Both target Minnesota.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Refugee agencies estimate about 100 refugees living in Minnesota have already been swept up in an unprecedented focus on people with legal resident status.
Agencies say these legal refugees are among the most highly vetted people in the United States.
Agencies say these legal refugees are among the most highly vetted people in the United States.
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Wrote about how John Roberts and Donald Trump have turned the Department of Justice into a corrupt mobbed up law firm whose only purpose is to enable Trump’s persecution of his enemies and protection of his allies www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Wrote about how John Roberts and Donald Trump have turned the Department of Justice into a corrupt mobbed up law firm whose only purpose is to enable Trump’s persecution of his enemies and protection of his allies www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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If you are looking for a technical description of how X rots your brain, look no further than their github post on the 'X algorithm'. It is pure, unadulterated behavioral engagement maximization that amplifies the very worst human impulses. github.com/xai-org/x-al...
GitHub - xai-org/x-algorithm: Algorithm powering the For You feed on X
Algorithm powering the For You feed on X. Contribute to xai-org/x-algorithm development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM
If you are looking for a technical description of how X rots your brain, look no further than their github post on the 'X algorithm'. It is pure, unadulterated behavioral engagement maximization that amplifies the very worst human impulses. github.com/xai-org/x-al...
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They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:39 PM
They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
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The world learned today that you absolutely have to bully this dumb old asshole as a collective. Better late than never for them, but we better get used to being aggressively humiliated for the next few years.
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The world learned today that you absolutely have to bully this dumb old asshole as a collective. Better late than never for them, but we better get used to being aggressively humiliated for the next few years.
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Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress approve of what the President is doing.
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress approve of what the President is doing.
Luckily this also is where most of our national reporters check the zeitgeist.
The nonstop stream of North Korea-like propaganda about Trump's Davos fiasco at The Bad Place is something else. Knee-slapping nonsense about him owning the "globalists." Elon has created a hermetically sealed off universe in which the global white nationalist/fascist movement can feed off itself.
January 21, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Luckily this also is where most of our national reporters check the zeitgeist.
Colorado launches platform to report misconduct by federal officers trib.al/vxH3cKl
Colorado launches platform to report misconduct by federal officers
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office has already received complaints about misconduct, but the new online tool will “streamline” the process of reporting such claims.
trib.al
January 21, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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The worst of the worst, right?
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 PM
The worst of the worst, right?
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Better training wont teach a man that you shouldn't pepper spray a defenseless person pinned to the ground.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Better training wont teach a man that you shouldn't pepper spray a defenseless person pinned to the ground.
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Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued
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It has nothing to do with any fancy theory. The Fed is the part he could trash that would directly hurt them. They’re rich people with rich friends who will use their power to protect their wealth. Alpha and omega.
#SCOTUS is likely to do the right thing in the Lisa Cook case.
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
153. Living by the Ipse Dixit
A constitutional principle like the "unitary executive theory" isn't worth all that much if the Supreme Court can conjure new, unprincipled exceptions to it by simply asserting that they exist.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
It has nothing to do with any fancy theory. The Fed is the part he could trash that would directly hurt them. They’re rich people with rich friends who will use their power to protect their wealth. Alpha and omega.
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Bessent really features an unmatched combination of utter stupidity and smug arrogance.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Denmark’s investment in U.S. Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant” www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/b...
Scott Bessent says U.S. is unconcerned by Treasury sell-off over Greenland, calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’
U.S. treasury secretary Scott Bessant addressed reporters at a news conference at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
www.cnbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Bessent really features an unmatched combination of utter stupidity and smug arrogance.