Ernest Belding
@misterernest.bsky.social
Generally Los Angeles-based location scout/manager, generally based. LMGI, Teamsters Local 399. Fatherhood photography cooking hiking scuba travel books art antifascism. He/Him (und auch Er/Ihn).
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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The Path to the House AND the Senate!
Yes, we could flip both the House AND the Senate blue, it's going to take a lot of work & we can make it happen.
How? Help @fieldteam6.org register more Democrats in key swing states - lots of easy, effective ways to help.
Let's GO!
#Voterizer
Yes, we could flip both the House AND the Senate blue, it's going to take a lot of work & we can make it happen.
How? Help @fieldteam6.org register more Democrats in key swing states - lots of easy, effective ways to help.
Let's GO!
#Voterizer
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The Path to the House AND the Senate!
Yes, we could flip both the House AND the Senate blue, it's going to take a lot of work & we can make it happen.
How? Help @fieldteam6.org register more Democrats in key swing states - lots of easy, effective ways to help.
Let's GO!
#Voterizer
Yes, we could flip both the House AND the Senate blue, it's going to take a lot of work & we can make it happen.
How? Help @fieldteam6.org register more Democrats in key swing states - lots of easy, effective ways to help.
Let's GO!
#Voterizer
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Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
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Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota
A federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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I don’t think the headline needs anything more www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
January 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I don’t think the headline needs anything more www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Tulsi Gabbard in 2019: “The US must stay out of Venezuela & let the people determine their own future. US meddling in Latin America has been disastrous for the people of the countries where we intervene.”
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Tulsi Gabbard in 2019: “The US must stay out of Venezuela & let the people determine their own future. US meddling in Latin America has been disastrous for the people of the countries where we intervene.”
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What you have seen him do, and heard him speak,
Beating your officers, cursing yourselves,
Opposing laws with strokes, and here defying
Those whose great power must try him—
Beating your officers, cursing yourselves,
Opposing laws with strokes, and here defying
Those whose great power must try him—
January 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
What you have seen him do, and heard him speak,
Beating your officers, cursing yourselves,
Opposing laws with strokes, and here defying
Those whose great power must try him—
Beating your officers, cursing yourselves,
Opposing laws with strokes, and here defying
Those whose great power must try him—
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“Weiss simply has no idea what it took to report this story, and even less about the value of what her reporter delivered. Ellison would not have installed someone who did.”
This is so good and informative. Must read for every newsroom (and j school prof)
And kudos to @samthielman.com on the edits
This is so good and informative. Must read for every newsroom (and j school prof)
And kudos to @samthielman.com on the edits
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“Weiss simply has no idea what it took to report this story, and even less about the value of what her reporter delivered. Ellison would not have installed someone who did.”
This is so good and informative. Must read for every newsroom (and j school prof)
And kudos to @samthielman.com on the edits
This is so good and informative. Must read for every newsroom (and j school prof)
And kudos to @samthielman.com on the edits
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Me communicating with the new Japanese users.
December 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Me communicating with the new Japanese users.
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The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting
December 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
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Nick Fuentes forced to apologize in person to Jewish feminist he assaulted this Thursday at 9 am Chicago time, zoom login info:
December 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Nick Fuentes forced to apologize in person to Jewish feminist he assaulted this Thursday at 9 am Chicago time, zoom login info:
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More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
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Geneva Conventions on shipwrecked or wounded at sea: Any attempts upon their lives, or violence to their persons, shall be strictly prohibited; in particular, they shall not be murdered or exterminated" ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
ihl-databases.icrc.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Geneva Conventions on shipwrecked or wounded at sea: Any attempts upon their lives, or violence to their persons, shall be strictly prohibited; in particular, they shall not be murdered or exterminated" ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
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I worked these issues with Todd.
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I worked these issues with Todd.
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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This is near 100% confirmation that Tesla won't get a permit to roll out FSD Supervised in Europe.
My hunch is that the Regulator needs Tesla's FSD data, which Tesla has refused to submit even to regulators in California since 2014.
I wonder what Tesla has to hide?
My hunch is that the Regulator needs Tesla's FSD data, which Tesla has refused to submit even to regulators in California since 2014.
I wonder what Tesla has to hide?
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is near 100% confirmation that Tesla won't get a permit to roll out FSD Supervised in Europe.
My hunch is that the Regulator needs Tesla's FSD data, which Tesla has refused to submit even to regulators in California since 2014.
I wonder what Tesla has to hide?
My hunch is that the Regulator needs Tesla's FSD data, which Tesla has refused to submit even to regulators in California since 2014.
I wonder what Tesla has to hide?