@errorterm.bsky.social
Recovering optimist. Politically unreliable (in the Soviet usage).
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Remember when the rightwing fringe was trying to protect kids from creeps with cameras? www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
Right-wing Influencers descend on day cares across the U.S. after Minnesota fraud claims
Clips of people knocking on the doors of day care centers purportedly run by Somali immigrants are being viewed millions of times online. Critics call it harassment.
www.nbcnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Remember when the rightwing fringe was trying to protect kids from creeps with cameras? www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
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Reasonable to ask whether Americans just got played by Cubans and Venezuelans who will now stay in power in Caracas and who understood that after 24 or so hours of gringo euphoria this will be a disaster for the US.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/the-dog-th...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/the-dog-th...
The Dog That Didn't Bark in the Maduro Op
Cuban intelligence runs Venezuela's security apparatus. Where was it when the U.S. snatched the Venezuelan strongman?
macspaunday.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Reasonable to ask whether Americans just got played by Cubans and Venezuelans who will now stay in power in Caracas and who understood that after 24 or so hours of gringo euphoria this will be a disaster for the US.
macspaunday.substack.com/p/the-dog-th...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/the-dog-th...
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While conservatives are debating work requirements, waste, abuse, and fraud for social safety net programs
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
While conservatives are debating work requirements, waste, abuse, and fraud for social safety net programs
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
I can think of some folks who need to internalize this.
Time to reup the real National Security Strategy:
a man and woman are sitting next to each other in a church .
ALT: a man and woman are sitting next to each other in a church .
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I can think of some folks who need to internalize this.
As others have said, most of "conservative" outrage is down to not knowing how stuff works, nor why.
I see this on the right - the idea that the existence of foreign academic staff and faculty are evidence of discrimination against natives. It's not discrimination, its selection: academia is a global marketplace, the US is the biggest center of that market. So yes, some foreign talent will win.
Striking nativist editorializing by the federal judge who just upheld the $100,000 tax on high-skill immigrants.
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
December 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As others have said, most of "conservative" outrage is down to not knowing how stuff works, nor why.
MAGA is a symptom, Trump named and exploited it. If we can't isolate and address the causes, we're going to keep doing this dance until the authoritarians win for the long term.
MAGA is not a movement. It’s a symptom.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“No postwar political movement has been more closely bound up in the fortunes of its founder than MAGA is,” writes Matthew Walther.
“No postwar political movement has been more closely bound up in the fortunes of its founder than MAGA is,” writes Matthew Walther.
December 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
MAGA is a symptom, Trump named and exploited it. If we can't isolate and address the causes, we're going to keep doing this dance until the authoritarians win for the long term.
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Where is President Trump's $1,776 military bonus money coming from? Congress only approved $50 million for bonuses in the Big Beautiful Bill. Instead, the Pentagon is shifting $2.6 billion of the $2.9 billion in money approved for military housing assistance.
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Where is President Trump's $1,776 military bonus money coming from? Congress only approved $50 million for bonuses in the Big Beautiful Bill. Instead, the Pentagon is shifting $2.6 billion of the $2.9 billion in money approved for military housing assistance.
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
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Striking how he left out the results of this week’s Dementia Test.
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Striking how he left out the results of this week’s Dementia Test.
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Seconds to Chaos in Chicago: Car door ripped open and phone smashed to the ground as Citizen Records ICE in public.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
December 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Seconds to Chaos in Chicago: Car door ripped open and phone smashed to the ground as Citizen Records ICE in public.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.
So, it appears there's some epic stupidity in the NDAA (surprise!). Maybe Pete Hegseth said unfettered and unannounced military access to DC airspace is needed to restore the warrior ethos, or some such drunk nonsense. Hey Senators Risch and Crapo, where were you on this?
youtu.be/UFAyD2Xmxpc?...
youtu.be/UFAyD2Xmxpc?...
NTSB "Vehemently Opposes" Section of NDAA
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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December 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So, it appears there's some epic stupidity in the NDAA (surprise!). Maybe Pete Hegseth said unfettered and unannounced military access to DC airspace is needed to restore the warrior ethos, or some such drunk nonsense. Hey Senators Risch and Crapo, where were you on this?
youtu.be/UFAyD2Xmxpc?...
youtu.be/UFAyD2Xmxpc?...
What a week. Felt compelled to observe "Take Your Beer To Work Day" today...
December 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What a week. Felt compelled to observe "Take Your Beer To Work Day" today...
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No one can control a movement built on lies and conspiracy theories, at least not for long. The leaders might be cynical liars willing to say anything for power, and therefore readily stop pushing a given piece of nonsense when it’s no longer useful, a bunch of their marks actually believe it.
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
No one can control a movement built on lies and conspiracy theories, at least not for long. The leaders might be cynical liars willing to say anything for power, and therefore readily stop pushing a given piece of nonsense when it’s no longer useful, a bunch of their marks actually believe it.
If blowing up boats from a country that's not involved in the international fentanyl trade doesn't keep fentanyl out of jails, how's it going to help in less controlled situations?
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Six inmates overdose on fentanyl in one night inside the Kootenai County Jail
www.spokesman.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
If blowing up boats from a country that's not involved in the international fentanyl trade doesn't keep fentanyl out of jails, how's it going to help in less controlled situations?
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Can't wait for the inevitable deluge of assholes trying to use this as evidence that yOu caN't TrUsT sCiENce.
One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...
Glyphosate safety article retracted eight years after Monsanto ghostwriting revealed in court
Credit: Mike Mozart/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) A review article concluding the weed killer Roundup “does not pose a health risk to humans” has been retracted eight years after documents released in a court…
retractionwatch.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Can't wait for the inevitable deluge of assholes trying to use this as evidence that yOu caN't TrUsT sCiENce.
Sending more troops to protect the troops who are already there (but shouldn't be), then sending even more troops to protect those troops, etc., etc... Haven't we seen that movie somewhere before?
Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Sending more troops to protect the troops who are already there (but shouldn't be), then sending even more troops to protect those troops, etc., etc... Haven't we seen that movie somewhere before?
Not sure what we're supposed to do if the Merrick Garlands of the world keep deciding that our institutions shouldn't be protected if the threat is "unprecedented".
And yes, I know Garland had nothing to do with this case. But it's the same practiced helplessness.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
And yes, I know Garland had nothing to do with this case. But it's the same practiced helplessness.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Georgia prosecutor who took over 2020 election interference case says he's dropping charges against Trump and others
Pete Skandalakis, who took over the case after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified, said the case was "without precedent."
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Not sure what we're supposed to do if the Merrick Garlands of the world keep deciding that our institutions shouldn't be protected if the threat is "unprecedented".
And yes, I know Garland had nothing to do with this case. But it's the same practiced helplessness.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
And yes, I know Garland had nothing to do with this case. But it's the same practiced helplessness.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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The Fed is gutting its ability to monitor warning signs of bank failures and slashing rules put in place after 2008 to prevent another financial crisis.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Fed is gutting its ability to monitor warning signs of bank failures and slashing rules put in place after 2008 to prevent another financial crisis.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
Uh - it's not the Democratic mayor of Seattle who is a threat to the safety of World Cup visitors. FIFA should be moving matches out of the US to Mexico or Canada until ICE is no longer a thing.
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Fifa agrees World Cup matches can be moved at Trump’s request
The president has been warning host cities under Democratic control that he will call on Fifa’s president to switch venues if he deems there is a problem
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Uh - it's not the Democratic mayor of Seattle who is a threat to the safety of World Cup visitors. FIFA should be moving matches out of the US to Mexico or Canada until ICE is no longer a thing.
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
I know several very hormonal teenagers who are more capable of thinking through the consequences of their actions than John Roberts.
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I know several very hormonal teenagers who are more capable of thinking through the consequences of their actions than John Roberts.
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Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
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Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
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Great episode last night. It reminds me of @nellminow.bsky.social’s late father Newton Minow who helped give birth to public broadcasting in the US. Saving public broadcasting is absolutely crucial at a time when our media is owned by far-right oligarchs obsessed with weaponizing the airwaves.
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Great episode last night. It reminds me of @nellminow.bsky.social’s late father Newton Minow who helped give birth to public broadcasting in the US. Saving public broadcasting is absolutely crucial at a time when our media is owned by far-right oligarchs obsessed with weaponizing the airwaves.
Many people are saying that the new White House decor is best described as "Ceausescu chic".
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Many people are saying that the new White House decor is best described as "Ceausescu chic".
Aurora tonight, SE Idaho
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Aurora tonight, SE Idaho