@kababs.bsky.social
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been thinking about what it meant that BotH came to us with this story
I think it points to how alt-weeklies and small music venues used to be part of the same independent culture ecosystem. Arts infrastructure as a public utility — but totally separate from city govt. We so desperately need it
I think it points to how alt-weeklies and small music venues used to be part of the same independent culture ecosystem. Arts infrastructure as a public utility — but totally separate from city govt. We so desperately need it
ICYMI: Bottom of the Hill, “the first place in SF your favorite band played,” will close at the end of 2026.
Read our exclusive interview with the famed music venue’s owners … and then get to a show. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Read our exclusive interview with the famed music venue’s owners … and then get to a show. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
www.coyotemedia.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
been thinking about what it meant that BotH came to us with this story
I think it points to how alt-weeklies and small music venues used to be part of the same independent culture ecosystem. Arts infrastructure as a public utility — but totally separate from city govt. We so desperately need it
I think it points to how alt-weeklies and small music venues used to be part of the same independent culture ecosystem. Arts infrastructure as a public utility — but totally separate from city govt. We so desperately need it
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.
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Normalize calling our opposition a bunch of craven liars at every opportunity and force the media to do damage control for them or to leave it unchallenged. We can in fact have an impact in the messenging war!
FOX NEWS: What are your expectations when you get briefings from senior Trump administration officials in the coming days?
GALLEGO: Well, they're just gonna lie
GALLEGO: Well, they're just gonna lie
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Normalize calling our opposition a bunch of craven liars at every opportunity and force the media to do damage control for them or to leave it unchallenged. We can in fact have an impact in the messenging war!
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I was also thinking while attempting to fall asleep last night about how most people of my generation who aren’t from his area learned who Bernie Sanders was for being the only holdout in a 99-to-1 vote against the Iraq War
like I’m so mad at Schumer and yet not at all surprised
oil’s bipartisan
like I’m so mad at Schumer and yet not at all surprised
oil’s bipartisan
January 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I was also thinking while attempting to fall asleep last night about how most people of my generation who aren’t from his area learned who Bernie Sanders was for being the only holdout in a 99-to-1 vote against the Iraq War
like I’m so mad at Schumer and yet not at all surprised
oil’s bipartisan
like I’m so mad at Schumer and yet not at all surprised
oil’s bipartisan
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@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @samschifrien.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social @omzach.bsky.social @karenb4good.bsky.social @spintastic1.bsky.social @thegodpodcast.com @jesscraven101.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #war #nj #newjersey #venezuela #fdt #nokings #resist
January 4, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
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Evening all.
If you appreciated my coverage of the protest/march in Chicago tonight, or any of the other work I've shared here, I'd appreciate in turn any tips you'd care to leave in my jar.
I'm gonna keep covering what I can regardless, but your support goes a long way.
If you appreciated my coverage of the protest/march in Chicago tonight, or any of the other work I've shared here, I'd appreciate in turn any tips you'd care to leave in my jar.
I'm gonna keep covering what I can regardless, but your support goes a long way.
January 4, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Evening all.
If you appreciated my coverage of the protest/march in Chicago tonight, or any of the other work I've shared here, I'd appreciate in turn any tips you'd care to leave in my jar.
I'm gonna keep covering what I can regardless, but your support goes a long way.
If you appreciated my coverage of the protest/march in Chicago tonight, or any of the other work I've shared here, I'd appreciate in turn any tips you'd care to leave in my jar.
I'm gonna keep covering what I can regardless, but your support goes a long way.
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In case you're wondering, the NYU law school has been running the War Powers Resolution Reporting Project at the Reiss Center on Law and Security, since February 2020. Researchers created the first publicly searchable database tracking all presidential 48-hour reports to Congress. 1/4
January 3, 2026 at 11:56 PM
In case you're wondering, the NYU law school has been running the War Powers Resolution Reporting Project at the Reiss Center on Law and Security, since February 2020. Researchers created the first publicly searchable database tracking all presidential 48-hour reports to Congress. 1/4
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Can someone let the Democrats in Congress know that while they may _think_ "Trump is so bad, blue's got it in the bag at midterms & in the general," in reality if they continue to do nothing, people are not going to bother to vote for their useless asses, & they will LOSE.
January 4, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Can someone let the Democrats in Congress know that while they may _think_ "Trump is so bad, blue's got it in the bag at midterms & in the general," in reality if they continue to do nothing, people are not going to bother to vote for their useless asses, & they will LOSE.
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this is true and I am sorry about your mentions.
Democrat leaders on this platform want you to believe they are the party of resistance while supporting genocide, rubber stamping Trump's nominees, folding on trans rights, using far-right rhetoric about migrants, working with mass surveillance companies, getting mad they weren't in on a coup.
January 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
this is true and I am sorry about your mentions.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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The @chicagotribune.com did back of the envelope math and conservatively found that Operation Midway Blitz cost the taxpayer $59 million. Good reporting from @danvock.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
Cost of Operation Midway Blitz: $59M and counting
A Tribune review of court filings, databases and other public records detailing the scope of the incursion and typical costs shows how much the federal government has spent since September.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The @chicagotribune.com did back of the envelope math and conservatively found that Operation Midway Blitz cost the taxpayer $59 million. Good reporting from @danvock.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
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If ever there were a time you might want a separate but equal branch of the United States government to run a check on the president, it would be now ….
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
If ever there were a time you might want a separate but equal branch of the United States government to run a check on the president, it would be now ….
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Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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Hundreds of Chicagoans marched against President Trump's military action in Venezuela Saturday while city leaders condemned the foreign intervention:
“They are solely about oil and power,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said of the attacks.
blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/04/c...
“They are solely about oil and power,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said of the attacks.
blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/04/c...
January 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Hundreds of Chicagoans marched against President Trump's military action in Venezuela Saturday while city leaders condemned the foreign intervention:
“They are solely about oil and power,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said of the attacks.
blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/04/c...
“They are solely about oil and power,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said of the attacks.
blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/04/c...
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Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
snyder.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
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Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
January 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
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NEW: Source familiar with the Epstein files release tells me that Congress has yet to receive the Justice Department’s explanation for the Epstein files redactions.
This is another violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
This is another violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
January 4, 2026 at 5:53 PM
NEW: Source familiar with the Epstein files release tells me that Congress has yet to receive the Justice Department’s explanation for the Epstein files redactions.
This is another violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
This is another violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
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The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
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So it increasingly appears Trump just made up the idea that he was in charge of Venezuela. Made it up. Confabulated it. Confirming he is not aware of what is happening around him, and should no longer be in this job. Can't walk this one back peeps.
Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.
WELKER: Mr. Secretary, are you running Venezuela right now?
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
So it increasingly appears Trump just made up the idea that he was in charge of Venezuela. Made it up. Confabulated it. Confirming he is not aware of what is happening around him, and should no longer be in this job. Can't walk this one back peeps.
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Jeffries: "We know there's a bipartisan majority in the Senate -- every single Senate Democrat and at least 4 Senate Republicans -- who support a straightforward extension of the ACA tax credit. The votes exist to pass it in the Senate absent procedural hurdles that John Thune is erecting."
January 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Jeffries: "We know there's a bipartisan majority in the Senate -- every single Senate Democrat and at least 4 Senate Republicans -- who support a straightforward extension of the ACA tax credit. The votes exist to pass it in the Senate absent procedural hurdles that John Thune is erecting."