Ken Bazinet
@kenbazinet.bsky.social
Longtime DC scribe, covering three presidencies (DC is fine, but I prefer the United States). Reflections on democracy, First Amendment, Boston sports, and jam bands. Simple approach: trusted source intel + research & data + analysis = smart solutions.
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Ken Bazinet
@kenbazinet.bsky.social
· Jan 20
Having to fight for the pursuit of happiness is one of the great but necessary ironies of our lifetimes, but having people who will fight for our pursuit of happiness is one of its great blessings. #Resist #Organize #StayStrong
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BREAKING: Republican lawmakers unveil the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history.
The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.
The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.
New GOP anti-voting bill may be the most dangerous attack on voting rights ever
The MEGA Act represents one of the most catastrophic proposals for democracy in the United States.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:54 PM
BREAKING: Republican lawmakers unveil the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history.
The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.
The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.
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Looking at the mug shots Bondi posted of folks who allegedly impeded ICE officers... I'm reminded me of some of the iconic 1960s images of 'criminals' from counter sitins and freedom rides
January 29, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Looking at the mug shots Bondi posted of folks who allegedly impeded ICE officers... I'm reminded me of some of the iconic 1960s images of 'criminals' from counter sitins and freedom rides
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The joy and relief was palpable in the State House when @massgovernor.bsky.social Maura Healey announced legislation and executive orders to protect us from ICE. #mapoli
January 29, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The joy and relief was palpable in the State House when @massgovernor.bsky.social Maura Healey announced legislation and executive orders to protect us from ICE. #mapoli
"I’ll just state the obvious: If the Fourth Amendment permits the government to tear down your door with nothing more than an administrative warrant, the Fourth Amendment doesn’t exist," writes Radley Balko.
So, @radleybalko.bsky.social went back and read news dispatches from pre-Revolution Boston and it turns out what Colonists experienced under British occupation was a lot like Minneapolis under Trump. Also, if you want lots of wild photos and video all in one place, Radley provides.
Donald Trump’s Twin Cities onslaught feels a lot like the British tyranny in colonial Boston
Centuries-old dispatches show how his administration has betrayed our founding principles.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
"I’ll just state the obvious: If the Fourth Amendment permits the government to tear down your door with nothing more than an administrative warrant, the Fourth Amendment doesn’t exist," writes Radley Balko.
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Sen. Tillis calls for Kristi Noem to be fired: “Another part of the Secretary of Homeland Security job is disaster response, and I cannot tell you enough how incompetent…she is on that score as well.”
January 29, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Sen. Tillis calls for Kristi Noem to be fired: “Another part of the Secretary of Homeland Security job is disaster response, and I cannot tell you enough how incompetent…she is on that score as well.”
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We are betraying our allies
The U.S. Embassy in Denmark removed 44 Danish flags honoring Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan outside the building, drawing outrage from the country’s veterans amid heightened tensions between Copenhagen and Washington.
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
Removal of flags for fallen Danish soldiers at U.S. Embassy sparks backlash
There was no malicious intent in removing the flags, said a State Department spokesperson, who added that the flags had been replaced.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 2:12 AM
We are betraying our allies
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Nick Shirley and others like him are reminiscent of yellow journalism of the 19th century, updated and turbocharged by social media algorithms.
Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Nick Shirley and others like him are reminiscent of yellow journalism of the 19th century, updated and turbocharged by social media algorithms.
Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
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The WSJ is really in denial mode.
January 29, 2026 at 12:10 PM
The WSJ is really in denial mode.
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NEW: Gov. Healey signs executive order intended to ban new 287(g) agreements "unless there is a public safety need," prohibit ICE from making civil arrests in non-public areas of state facilities, and ban the use of state property for immigration enforcement staging. #mapoli
January 29, 2026 at 7:53 PM
NEW: Gov. Healey signs executive order intended to ban new 287(g) agreements "unless there is a public safety need," prohibit ICE from making civil arrests in non-public areas of state facilities, and ban the use of state property for immigration enforcement staging. #mapoli
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“[We’ve seen ]federal agents instigating antagonizing and yes causing violence in communities,” says Gov. Healey as she announces Executive Order limiting new 287(g) agreements, banning civil ICE arrests in state facilities and prohibiting use of state property as staging locations.
January 29, 2026 at 7:50 PM
“[We’ve seen ]federal agents instigating antagonizing and yes causing violence in communities,” says Gov. Healey as she announces Executive Order limiting new 287(g) agreements, banning civil ICE arrests in state facilities and prohibiting use of state property as staging locations.
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Homan said ICE is going to stay until "the problem's gone," which means they're never leaving because they are the problem. Just more propaganda trying to make the criminal regime appear "legit" and make it look like they're not the problem.
January 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Homan said ICE is going to stay until "the problem's gone," which means they're never leaving because they are the problem. Just more propaganda trying to make the criminal regime appear "legit" and make it look like they're not the problem.
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Across six top large language models, xAI’s Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according to a study published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
January 28, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Across six top large language models, xAI’s Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according to a study published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
Lazy Susan is no hero. Collins has been a Trump enabler the whole way.
She voted to fund Trump's Gestapo and said she'll vote for even more funding.
And Collins backs Kristi Noam and the rest of the Trump goons running the government's invasion of American communities.
Lazy Susan is a villain.
She voted to fund Trump's Gestapo and said she'll vote for even more funding.
And Collins backs Kristi Noam and the rest of the Trump goons running the government's invasion of American communities.
Lazy Susan is a villain.
ICE ends Maine surge, Sen. Collins says
The Trump administration is facing a growing bipartisan backlash over immigration enforcement tactics.
www.axios.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Lazy Susan is no hero. Collins has been a Trump enabler the whole way.
She voted to fund Trump's Gestapo and said she'll vote for even more funding.
And Collins backs Kristi Noam and the rest of the Trump goons running the government's invasion of American communities.
Lazy Susan is a villain.
She voted to fund Trump's Gestapo and said she'll vote for even more funding.
And Collins backs Kristi Noam and the rest of the Trump goons running the government's invasion of American communities.
Lazy Susan is a villain.
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This unhinged answer from Cava-Bag-Homan is NOT grounded in facts or truth or reality.
Anyone who told you that things would be "better" with Bovino out and Homan in was delusional.
Anyone who told you that things would be "better" with Bovino out and Homan in was delusional.
CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
This unhinged answer from Cava-Bag-Homan is NOT grounded in facts or truth or reality.
Anyone who told you that things would be "better" with Bovino out and Homan in was delusional.
Anyone who told you that things would be "better" with Bovino out and Homan in was delusional.
Murder in the streets, children used as bait, and babies getting pepper sprayed -- and JD Vance says ICE has 'absolute immunity'. Noem's DHS is out of control.
New Lincoln Project ad demands no new DHS funding without significant guardrails. Congress must end absolute immunity for Trump's Gestapo.
New Lincoln Project ad demands no new DHS funding without significant guardrails. Congress must end absolute immunity for Trump's Gestapo.
Absolute Immunity
YouTube video by Lincoln Project Advocacy
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Murder in the streets, children used as bait, and babies getting pepper sprayed -- and JD Vance says ICE has 'absolute immunity'. Noem's DHS is out of control.
New Lincoln Project ad demands no new DHS funding without significant guardrails. Congress must end absolute immunity for Trump's Gestapo.
New Lincoln Project ad demands no new DHS funding without significant guardrails. Congress must end absolute immunity for Trump's Gestapo.
It happened when onlookers did not immediately leave an area in South Portland where about six agents had gathered, two witnesses told the Bangor Daily News. The projectiles left sticky, orange marks on their windshields, bumpers and car doors, photos and videos showed, corroborating their accounts.
ICE agents in Maine fire projectiles at filming onlookers
One observer said ICE agents approached an older woman driving a Volkswagen, spoke with her, and then fired projectiles at her.
themainemonitor.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It happened when onlookers did not immediately leave an area in South Portland where about six agents had gathered, two witnesses told the Bangor Daily News. The projectiles left sticky, orange marks on their windshields, bumpers and car doors, photos and videos showed, corroborating their accounts.
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BREAKING: As Trump transformed an immigration database into a tool to scrutinize voter rolls, newly unearthed comments show a prominent election denial activist was already claiming inside access to the effort — and touting a potential partnership with the Department of Homeland Security.
Leading election denier claimed DHS ‘wants to partner with us’ on voter roll checks. Now he’s a top official there
Comments from Phillips at the time suggest True the Vote, which has repeatedly pushed for access to federal data, also was working with DHS officials.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING: As Trump transformed an immigration database into a tool to scrutinize voter rolls, newly unearthed comments show a prominent election denial activist was already claiming inside access to the effort — and touting a potential partnership with the Department of Homeland Security.
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They grabbed his father at McDonald’s — he tried to bring his dad his heart medication and they laughed at him
A heartless, lawless regime
A heartless, lawless regime
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
They grabbed his father at McDonald’s — he tried to bring his dad his heart medication and they laughed at him
A heartless, lawless regime
A heartless, lawless regime
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Rand Paul: "After seeing this, if you call this a good shooting you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then shot 10 times ... if we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse."
January 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Rand Paul: "After seeing this, if you call this a good shooting you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then shot 10 times ... if we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse."
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A sell off has been in the making for a year. Wise investors know tech stocks, led by AI, are wildly overvalued. Exhibit A: Tesla's absurd overvaluation is a punchline.
Financial markets could end up canceling a lot of junk tech if it decides it's time to pop the AI bubble.
#AI
#Earnings
#Layoffs
Financial markets could end up canceling a lot of junk tech if it decides it's time to pop the AI bubble.
#AI
#Earnings
#Layoffs
Software stocks enter bear market on AI disruption fear with ServiceNow plunging 11%
The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF is on pace for its biggest one-day decline since April 4 during the tariff-triggered downturn.
www.cnbc.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Follow the money.
SHAHEEN: It's been reported that the oil sold for $500 million and $300 million went to Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
January 28, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Follow the money.
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The DNI? So we don’t see her for Venezuela strikes and grabbing a head of state, or imperialist threats against Greenland (allegedly for our national security), but she’s on the scene for THIS? Hmmm.
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:12 AM
The DNI? So we don’t see her for Venezuela strikes and grabbing a head of state, or imperialist threats against Greenland (allegedly for our national security), but she’s on the scene for THIS? Hmmm.