@markstahl.bsky.social
FAANG software engineer, book lover, occasional singer. Know enough science to recognize conspiracy. Mostly here for bleeding edge political news. Repost more than I write.
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BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
cbsn.ws
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
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The Washington Post, everyone
December 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The Washington Post, everyone
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
Too soon?
How many of the liberals complaining about today's mass shooting even know that the A in AR-15 stands for?
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Too soon?
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How many of the liberals complaining about today's mass shooting even know that the A in AR-15 stands for?
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
How many of the liberals complaining about today's mass shooting even know that the A in AR-15 stands for?
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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
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My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
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There you have it—the looming GOP health nightmare—in one clear, unadorned paragraph.
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www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
There you have it—the looming GOP health nightmare—in one clear, unadorned paragraph.
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www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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Karoline Leavitt lacks empathy. She's evil.
December 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Karoline Leavitt lacks empathy. She's evil.
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White House argues ASL interpretation at press briefings would "intrude on the President's prerogative to control his image." Translation: deaf Americans don't deserve equal access because accommodating disabilities damages Trump's brand. This isn't policy it's eugenics with a PR team.
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
White House argues ASL interpretation at press briefings would "intrude on the President's prerogative to control his image." Translation: deaf Americans don't deserve equal access because accommodating disabilities damages Trump's brand. This isn't policy it's eugenics with a PR team.
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There's ample evidence that Trump/Miller saw Abrego Garcia as a test for the broader MAGA project. Miller hopes to carve out power for Trump to remove people with zero legal constraints. JD Vance's dishonesty has been reprehensible. It all now looks even worse. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
There's ample evidence that Trump/Miller saw Abrego Garcia as a test for the broader MAGA project. Miller hopes to carve out power for Trump to remove people with zero legal constraints. JD Vance's dishonesty has been reprehensible. It all now looks even worse. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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To go all Rhetoric Professor here, this is basically Adoxography, elegant writing for a base subject, in the tradition of Gorgias's Defense of Helen. The real problem with Azizi's take is that it has no stakes: he "wins" if he makes people mad, which is basically the easiest thing in the world.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
To go all Rhetoric Professor here, this is basically Adoxography, elegant writing for a base subject, in the tradition of Gorgias's Defense of Helen. The real problem with Azizi's take is that it has no stakes: he "wins" if he makes people mad, which is basically the easiest thing in the world.
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Honestly, the majority of americans get it, there are just some bad faith accounts all over socials trying to get people fighting by calling "correctly identifying wrongdoing" as "merely a difference of opinion".
They're all automated.
They're all automated.
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Honestly, the majority of americans get it, there are just some bad faith accounts all over socials trying to get people fighting by calling "correctly identifying wrongdoing" as "merely a difference of opinion".
They're all automated.
They're all automated.
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Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
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Every last ICE/J6er Agent needs to be charged, convicted then deported. They do not belong in America, they're the threat. I'm glad he spoke out. Nobody deserves that except the entire cabinet & they're lying prop spoxes.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
ICE Arrested A U.S. Citizen For 'Looking Like He's Somali,' Minneapolis Mayor Says
Local leaders have increasingly raised concerns about racial profiling as ICE has descended on the Minneapolis area.
www.huffpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Every last ICE/J6er Agent needs to be charged, convicted then deported. They do not belong in America, they're the threat. I'm glad he spoke out. Nobody deserves that except the entire cabinet & they're lying prop spoxes.
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
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if you, like me, saw a couple "25 years since everything went wrong" posts without context and went "oh no i am bad at timelines/history need help"
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
if you, like me, saw a couple "25 years since everything went wrong" posts without context and went "oh no i am bad at timelines/history need help"
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Oops! Paid attention to politics during the workday and now I can’t concentrate because of the overwhelming feeling that this is all such a goddamn mess and I don’t know which details to engage with if any
August 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oops! Paid attention to politics during the workday and now I can’t concentrate because of the overwhelming feeling that this is all such a goddamn mess and I don’t know which details to engage with if any
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Clock’s ticking. Release the files.
December 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Clock’s ticking. Release the files.
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My wife, a retired psychology professor, says that studies show masking a person's identity enables their worst behavior.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My wife, a retired psychology professor, says that studies show masking a person's identity enables their worst behavior.
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The Ethicist | A high school senior in our co-op wrote her college essay about her nanny being deported and got into Yale early action. While we love our Irma, my daughter is a junior at Brearley and has Ivy aspirations. What if I arranged for Irma to just be detained, not deported?
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Ethicist | A high school senior in our co-op wrote her college essay about her nanny being deported and got into Yale early action. While we love our Irma, my daughter is a junior at Brearley and has Ivy aspirations. What if I arranged for Irma to just be detained, not deported?
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America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
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This entire article is positive about Trump Gold Cards. It contains positive quotes about it from Trump, Lutnick and a CEO. It contains no quotes from the many critics of the program. This is sandwiched between 6 posts about Erika Kirk. CBS is lost.
December 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This entire article is positive about Trump Gold Cards. It contains positive quotes about it from Trump, Lutnick and a CEO. It contains no quotes from the many critics of the program. This is sandwiched between 6 posts about Erika Kirk. CBS is lost.
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This is so bonkers and lawless that newspapers are struggling to find a headline that fits. “Trump announces pardon…” “Trump asserts he has pardoned…” “Trump symbolically pardons…” Which is kind of a running theme, as Trump routinely announces he’s doing things he has no power to do.
NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is so bonkers and lawless that newspapers are struggling to find a headline that fits. “Trump announces pardon…” “Trump asserts he has pardoned…” “Trump symbolically pardons…” Which is kind of a running theme, as Trump routinely announces he’s doing things he has no power to do.