Wolverinethad (Boo Thad)
@lettersfromthewasteland.org
Democratic Socialist, LFC diehard, Michigan Man, deconstructing Christian, occasional web developer, and front-end/SQL support engineer. I parent two furbabies with my wife.
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
RFK Jr is a threat to humanity.
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in his rendering of the past 30yrs, the worst thing that happened to Europe isn't the resurgence of Ru imperialism but Europe's common market and supranational integration. He may have been a tad softer, but I see no substantive difference from JD Vance's 2025 speech. www.state.gov/releases/off...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference - United States Department of State
SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you very much. We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world. When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation – ...
www.state.gov
February 15, 2026 at 2:27 AM
in his rendering of the past 30yrs, the worst thing that happened to Europe isn't the resurgence of Ru imperialism but Europe's common market and supranational integration. He may have been a tad softer, but I see no substantive difference from JD Vance's 2025 speech. www.state.gov/releases/off...
Because having everyone indoors and out of sight means less incriminating photos to show of our concentration camps.
ICE reportedly plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers.
Let’s translate what $38.3 BILLION actually means in human terms.
Not abstractions. Real impact. Thread:
Let’s translate what $38.3 BILLION actually means in human terms.
Not abstractions. Real impact. Thread:
February 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Because having everyone indoors and out of sight means less incriminating photos to show of our concentration camps.
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Over in Hell, the billionaires are fighting with each other over who hung out with Epstein more. 🍿
February 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Over in Hell, the billionaires are fighting with each other over who hung out with Epstein more. 🍿
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🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
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Again, you can either be the "I'm just a moderate, empirical popularist following the data on public opinion" guy, or you can be the "political scientists are unrepentant partisan hacks whose research should come with warning labels" guy. But really, you have to choose.
I regret to inform you that Ezra Douthglesias is at it again
This is the guy who believes political scientists are unrepentant partisan hacks, whose research should come with warning labels (bsky.app/profile/mcop...), just inventing numbers to try & counter two of the best scholars in the field:
This is the guy who believes political scientists are unrepentant partisan hacks, whose research should come with warning labels (bsky.app/profile/mcop...), just inventing numbers to try & counter two of the best scholars in the field:
We have no idea where Yglesias got his numbers but they’re wrong. This debate has for so long been plagued by numbers basically pulled out of thin air
Right pic is from my and @adambonica.bsky.social’s response essay: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Right pic is from my and @adambonica.bsky.social’s response essay: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Again, you can either be the "I'm just a moderate, empirical popularist following the data on public opinion" guy, or you can be the "political scientists are unrepentant partisan hacks whose research should come with warning labels" guy. But really, you have to choose.
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Republicans do this all the time to deny people their civil rights, saying "Democrats can't do it though, even if it's to protect someone's civil rights" is part of how we got in this mess to begin with
Could the governor order the state police to not become involved? Technically, yes as KSP is an executive branch agency. But, the governor interfering in legal processes undertaken at the county level by an elected prosecutor and properly appointed grand jury is sticky business...
February 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Republicans do this all the time to deny people their civil rights, saying "Democrats can't do it though, even if it's to protect someone's civil rights" is part of how we got in this mess to begin with
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Andy Beshear could simply order the state police not to be prosecuting women who have miscarriages!?
These two Kentucky cases follow known criminalization patterns, per @pregnancyjust.bsky.social data.
*arrests after seeking medical care
*charges for handling of fetal remains using laws meant for other purposes
*people criminalized are disproportionately low income
*arrests after seeking medical care
*charges for handling of fetal remains using laws meant for other purposes
*people criminalized are disproportionately low income
Second Kentucky Woman in 6 Weeks Charged With Homicide After Pregnancy Loss
Both women were criminalized after they sought medical care, one for a miscarriage and one for self-managed abortion.
www.autonomynews.co
February 14, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Andy Beshear could simply order the state police not to be prosecuting women who have miscarriages!?
The GOAT of his era. Just a remarkably charismatic, and yes, eloquent force for good.
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The GOAT of his era. Just a remarkably charismatic, and yes, eloquent force for good.
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You need to know about the SAVE Act, which recently passed in the House.
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
February 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
You need to know about the SAVE Act, which recently passed in the House.
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
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Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.
The one thing that is always consistent throughout history is how desperately the wealthy work to control information.
YouTube has removed the channel of pro-Palestinian political commentator Guy Christensen, a U.S.-based activist known for short videos discussing the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. He had 50K+ subscribers and tells Drop Site he avoided discussing Hamas to prevent this outcome.
February 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The one thing that is always consistent throughout history is how desperately the wealthy work to control information.
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turns out the discord situation is worse! the company that will be doing the age verifications with IDs is Persona, a peter thiel aligned company
we're going to try to wind down the Kill The Computer discord and try to get a subreddit for the podcasts community up and running
we're going to try to wind down the Kill The Computer discord and try to get a subreddit for the podcasts community up and running
February 14, 2026 at 2:41 AM
turns out the discord situation is worse! the company that will be doing the age verifications with IDs is Persona, a peter thiel aligned company
we're going to try to wind down the Kill The Computer discord and try to get a subreddit for the podcasts community up and running
we're going to try to wind down the Kill The Computer discord and try to get a subreddit for the podcasts community up and running
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the people clamor for the return of lina khan
February 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
the people clamor for the return of lina khan
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If you don't think repetition, framing, and branding drive politics, witness how Bobby KENNEDY Jr. is the closest to breakeven of the lot despite being a genuine ghoul bent on destroying our health care system.
Americans see several key Trump administration officials more negatively than positively.
(Pew Research Center)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260213-top...
(Pew Research Center)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260213-top...
February 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
If you don't think repetition, framing, and branding drive politics, witness how Bobby KENNEDY Jr. is the closest to breakeven of the lot despite being a genuine ghoul bent on destroying our health care system.
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
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Stratton: “there’s nothing that I’m going to say today that I can think of that I agree with Donald Trump on.”
that's what I want to hear.
kelly and Krishnamoorthi both found bullshit things to agree with trump on that they shouldn't agree with trump on.
that's what I want to hear.
kelly and Krishnamoorthi both found bullshit things to agree with trump on that they shouldn't agree with trump on.
stratton is also the only candidate saying she won't support Chuck Schumer for majority leader. which I find pretty appealing. www.stlpr.org/government-p...
Lt. Gov. Stratton goes on attack in debate against U.S. Reps. Kelly, Krishnamoorthi
The Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ and the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics and International House hosted the first live-broadcast debate of the biggest race on the March 17 ballot.
www.stlpr.org
February 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Stratton: “there’s nothing that I’m going to say today that I can think of that I agree with Donald Trump on.”
that's what I want to hear.
kelly and Krishnamoorthi both found bullshit things to agree with trump on that they shouldn't agree with trump on.
that's what I want to hear.
kelly and Krishnamoorthi both found bullshit things to agree with trump on that they shouldn't agree with trump on.
That is fucking grotesque.
3️⃣ Iowa prosecutors have gotten used to a pretty shocking practice: pressuring defendants to plead guilty or else risk suffering major financial harm.
The Supreme Court struck down but now prosecutors and some lawmakers want to bring it back, @laurengill.bsky.social reports:
The Supreme Court struck down but now prosecutors and some lawmakers want to bring it back, @laurengill.bsky.social reports:
In Iowa, Prosecutors Want to Bring Back Court Fees as Bargaining Chips - Bolts
Iowa's high court recently ended the practice of making defendants pay fees for charges that get dismissed. Prosecutors are backing legislation to undo the court’s ruling so they can keep using fees a...
boltsmag.org
February 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
That is fucking grotesque.
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One of the purest examples of a moral panic in our time. A clinic that had years-long waitlists and required an average of 7 appointments before providing transition care smeared and shut down for being reckless.
a clinic that provided services to 12,000 people being closed on the basis of 8 complaints perfectly captures the nature of the uk 'trans-debate'
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
One of the purest examples of a moral panic in our time. A clinic that had years-long waitlists and required an average of 7 appointments before providing transition care smeared and shut down for being reckless.
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I’m just going to leave this here
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I’m just going to leave this here
She really should take a swing at a presidential run. She gets these things in a way that so many don't and she can articulate the importance of allies and addressing the hypocrisies that have marred the Western order for decades.
AOC: "I think we have to recognize that we are in a new day and in a new time. But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order, and that we're ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy."
February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
She really should take a swing at a presidential run. She gets these things in a way that so many don't and she can articulate the importance of allies and addressing the hypocrisies that have marred the Western order for decades.
I feel like we were so close six years ago on getting the normies to tip over into progressive dismantling of these fascist institutions and then one phrase got weaponized against us and it's been all downhill since.
I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I feel like we were so close six years ago on getting the normies to tip over into progressive dismantling of these fascist institutions and then one phrase got weaponized against us and it's been all downhill since.
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If Chotiner wants to interview Joe Rogan, however, I will click on that so fast I will leave a burn mark on the keyboard
February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
If Chotiner wants to interview Joe Rogan, however, I will click on that so fast I will leave a burn mark on the keyboard
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Remember how Elon Musk teased that he was rich enough to end world hunger 5 years ago and then he got so much richer and instead made it so much worse?
The UN tells Elon Musk how his money could end world hunger
A tweet from the world’s richest man suggests he could back UN efforts to feed tens of millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.
www.weforum.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Remember how Elon Musk teased that he was rich enough to end world hunger 5 years ago and then he got so much richer and instead made it so much worse?
@moiradonegan.bsky.social I'm listening to your latest podcast and there is so much abject horror behind your description of the lawsuit and what you went through. Having just come through my own court case where things I spent three years wanting to make public are sealed, I truly feel your pain.
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
@moiradonegan.bsky.social I'm listening to your latest podcast and there is so much abject horror behind your description of the lawsuit and what you went through. Having just come through my own court case where things I spent three years wanting to make public are sealed, I truly feel your pain.
It was never going to stop with removing trans people from history. They're now trying to remove all LGBTQ people from public life, too. It's just the first step.
Trump admin removes Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has removed an LGBTQ Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, the United States’ first national monument to LGBTQ rights, following a directive restri...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
It was never going to stop with removing trans people from history. They're now trying to remove all LGBTQ people from public life, too. It's just the first step.