Gary Snyder
@garysnyder.bsky.social
Once upon a time, a writer penned a script on the Murdochs. And nobody would touch it. Enter the character of Greg Hirsch. Cousin Greg. Art meet life. #Succession.
Publication is a privilege. As I read this, I asked myself why a reporter would write the graf highlighted below—and why an editor would print it. @bgrueskin.bsky.social @brianstelter.bsky.social @passantino.bsky.social ...
February 15, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Publication is a privilege. As I read this, I asked myself why a reporter would write the graf highlighted below—and why an editor would print it. @bgrueskin.bsky.social @brianstelter.bsky.social @passantino.bsky.social ...
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Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
'The deportations are the first expulsions to Cameroon, highlighting the extraordinary secrecy surrounding President Trump's deportation effort. Often in exchange for cash, the US has deported 100s of people to countries that may not respect the removal protections granted in US courts.'
Satire?
Satire?
In a secret deportation arrangement, the Trump administration flew nine people, nearly all of whom had been granted U.S. court protections from being sent back to their home countries, to Cameroon.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
'The deportations are the first expulsions to Cameroon, highlighting the extraordinary secrecy surrounding President Trump's deportation effort. Often in exchange for cash, the US has deported 100s of people to countries that may not respect the removal protections granted in US courts.'
Satire?
Satire?
America: Broken.
Americans: Broke.
Americans: Broke.
February 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
America: Broken.
Americans: Broke.
Americans: Broke.
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Technically that’s accurate if you read it the right way…
Trump on the SAVE America Act: "It will assure the security of our crooked elections"
February 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Technically that’s accurate if you read it the right way…
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It would not be hard to use this to make Bannon's ties to Meloni a problem.
Steve Bannon wrote to Epstein that he wished to “take down” the Pope.
MAGA Architect Plotted With Epstein Against Pope Francis
Steve Bannon wrote to Epstein that he wished to “take down” the Pope.
trib.al
February 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
It would not be hard to use this to make Bannon's ties to Meloni a problem.
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Chances the Basilisk will come after me if I make a site dedicated to ruthlessly mocking AIs?
a man standing in front of a door with the words just putting some feelers out above him
Alt: Dan Levy standing in front of a door with the words "just putting some feelers out" below him
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Chances the Basilisk will come after me if I make a site dedicated to ruthlessly mocking AIs?
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
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I really don't care about anyone's "he can't do this because states run elections!" argument.
This is an explicit pledge to rule lawlessly by the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, who is also currently constructing a nationwide system of detention camps.
This is an explicit pledge to rule lawlessly by the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, who is also currently constructing a nationwide system of detention camps.
“There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!”
February 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I really don't care about anyone's "he can't do this because states run elections!" argument.
This is an explicit pledge to rule lawlessly by the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, who is also currently constructing a nationwide system of detention camps.
This is an explicit pledge to rule lawlessly by the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, who is also currently constructing a nationwide system of detention camps.
That was, and remains, the model used. Donald Trump used to openly talk about the feeble-minded, easily fooled followers of the very individuals mentioned below. Also, America is largely a hostage to conservative, Bible-based hypocrisy. Recruit a conman, suffer a conman's agenda.
"Trump has become a parody of a 1980s televangelist, openly grifting his followers for massive amounts of cash. (His ballroom is practically his own Heritage USA.) But Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart put on a more convincing show." — @playtyperguy.com
Trump is clowning his evangelical base
He's not even bothering to pretend anymore.
www.publicnotice.co
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
That was, and remains, the model used. Donald Trump used to openly talk about the feeble-minded, easily fooled followers of the very individuals mentioned below. Also, America is largely a hostage to conservative, Bible-based hypocrisy. Recruit a conman, suffer a conman's agenda.
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In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
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UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
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This is not ACTUALLY true on paper.
HSI has charged voter fraud, & CISA (part of DHS) does have a role in election security -- remember Trump fired Chris Krebs for declaring the 2020 election sound.
Not excusing the presser. But it's important to know WHAT TOOLS Noem might use to steal election.
HSI has charged voter fraud, & CISA (part of DHS) does have a role in election security -- remember Trump fired Chris Krebs for declaring the 2020 election sound.
Not excusing the presser. But it's important to know WHAT TOOLS Noem might use to steal election.
Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
This is not ACTUALLY true on paper.
HSI has charged voter fraud, & CISA (part of DHS) does have a role in election security -- remember Trump fired Chris Krebs for declaring the 2020 election sound.
Not excusing the presser. But it's important to know WHAT TOOLS Noem might use to steal election.
HSI has charged voter fraud, & CISA (part of DHS) does have a role in election security -- remember Trump fired Chris Krebs for declaring the 2020 election sound.
Not excusing the presser. But it's important to know WHAT TOOLS Noem might use to steal election.
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Why does @brianstelter.bsky.social ignore this story? When he has likely pored over it word by word multiple times since it was released?
February 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Why does @brianstelter.bsky.social ignore this story? When he has likely pored over it word by word multiple times since it was released?
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What’s that you say? Fuck ICE and dismantle it? Hold its leaders and minions accountable for their crimes? And fuck Donald Trump for trying to destroy the USA, the world, daily?
I’m right here and while my wife may be a bigger mystery, we’re both known.
As the kidz say, that’s my hill to die on.
I’m right here and while my wife may be a bigger mystery, we’re both known.
As the kidz say, that’s my hill to die on.
February 14, 2026 at 7:11 AM
What’s that you say? Fuck ICE and dismantle it? Hold its leaders and minions accountable for their crimes? And fuck Donald Trump for trying to destroy the USA, the world, daily?
I’m right here and while my wife may be a bigger mystery, we’re both known.
As the kidz say, that’s my hill to die on.
I’m right here and while my wife may be a bigger mystery, we’re both known.
As the kidz say, that’s my hill to die on.
A coincidence or a confluence of different factors this is not. If only more Americans, and individuals in positions of true power, would publicly acknowledge this. Then, only then, will the American people realize help isn't coming. "We The People" must act together to thwart literal hell on earth.
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
A coincidence or a confluence of different factors this is not. If only more Americans, and individuals in positions of true power, would publicly acknowledge this. Then, only then, will the American people realize help isn't coming. "We The People" must act together to thwart literal hell on earth.
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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Not even subtle about it, is she?
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Not even subtle about it, is she?
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I'm less interested that Musk is pitching yet another stupid idea than the press refusal to highlight the stupidity of it up front, if at all.
February 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I'm less interested that Musk is pitching yet another stupid idea than the press refusal to highlight the stupidity of it up front, if at all.
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Glad this is getting covered, but also… Completely surreal to read the NYT report on this as recently disclosed info, and just an allegation. This happened to every observer I know! It happened to me twice! I have it on video both times! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
February 14, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Glad this is getting covered, but also… Completely surreal to read the NYT report on this as recently disclosed info, and just an allegation. This happened to every observer I know! It happened to me twice! I have it on video both times! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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My last MSC event tonight was a US foreign policy discussion featuring @aoc.bsky.social, Gov. Whitmer and US Ambo to NATO Whitaker. #Climatesecurity did come up, and unsurprisingly AOC & Whitaker had very different perspectives. (1/x).
February 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
My last MSC event tonight was a US foreign policy discussion featuring @aoc.bsky.social, Gov. Whitmer and US Ambo to NATO Whitaker. #Climatesecurity did come up, and unsurprisingly AOC & Whitaker had very different perspectives. (1/x).
It's almost as though Senator Collins does not represent, and has not ever represented, the people of Maine. Like her role has little to do with Maine beyond her title and the slot she fills.
And, to think, there are so many more like her in DC building our own Duma: Maga's Rubberstamp Congress.
And, to think, there are so many more like her in DC building our own Duma: Maga's Rubberstamp Congress.
Susan Collins decides to support the SAVE America Act months after Maine voted 64-36% to reject a voter ID measure
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It's almost as though Senator Collins does not represent, and has not ever represented, the people of Maine. Like her role has little to do with Maine beyond her title and the slot she fills.
And, to think, there are so many more like her in DC building our own Duma: Maga's Rubberstamp Congress.
And, to think, there are so many more like her in DC building our own Duma: Maga's Rubberstamp Congress.
"A rift, a deep divide has opened between Europe and the US. The culture war of the Maga movement is not ours. Freedom of speech ends here w/ us when that speech goes against human dignity and the constitution. We do not believe in tariffs & protectionism, but in free trade."
America 1776 to 2026.
America 1776 to 2026.
World's rules-based order 'no longer exists', Germany's Merz warns
"Our freedom is not guaranteed" in an era of big powers, the German chancellor tells Munich's security summit.
www.bbc.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
"A rift, a deep divide has opened between Europe and the US. The culture war of the Maga movement is not ours. Freedom of speech ends here w/ us when that speech goes against human dignity and the constitution. We do not believe in tariffs & protectionism, but in free trade."
America 1776 to 2026.
America 1776 to 2026.
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The default assumption should be that they’re lying
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The default assumption should be that they’re lying
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Bovino put Exum on his Wall Of Thugs. apple.news/AcvKxJMCIQ_y...
Border Patrol Chief Praised Agent Who Shot Unarmed Woman Five Times — The New Republic
Greg Bovino privately reached out to congratulate the agent who bragged about shooting Marimar Martinez in Chicago.
apple.news
February 14, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Bovino put Exum on his Wall Of Thugs. apple.news/AcvKxJMCIQ_y...