Ed Lyons
@mysteriousrook.com
US+MA+Boston politics posts. Carnivorous #NeverTrump ~GOP moderate, Charlie Baker fan, writer, programmer, mad scientist, chess, father of 4 little kids; pro-LGBT+ordain-women+Gothic+Latin Catholic; public radio pundit.
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Ed Lyons
@mysteriousrook.com
· Oct 14
We are living in a chaotic political time. It will not be calm soon. To allies who want an inclusive, just America: We need you in the months to come, not just now. Be confident in what you know. Remember to take care of your mental health. Take a day off. Breathe. Stretch. Think. Rebuild. Return.
We are bleeding, but they are losing. Thank you to everyone speaking out, acting, supporting fact-based media, and aiding the victims.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM
We are bleeding, but they are losing. Thank you to everyone speaking out, acting, supporting fact-based media, and aiding the victims.
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A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story. www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 AM
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story. www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
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[stares directly into the camera]
![Ben Terris
@bterris
X.com
"[My father] had one problem," Trump said. "
He started getting, what do they call it?" He pointed to his forehead and looked to his press secretary for the word that escaped him.
"Alzheimer's," Leavitt said.
"Like an Alzheimer's thing," Trump said. "Well, I don't have it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:drfb2pdjlnsqkfgsoellcahm/bafkreiddfjrkrizv6r5szmevc7gl3bgwmcoub2i7ondb7cpnnqslhsjtvi@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
[stares directly into the camera]
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The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
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i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
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Kyle Rittenhouse traveled to another community with an assault rifle and the cops threw him a bottle of water and said they were glad he was there.
Kash Patel: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have a right to break the law." (Pretti was carrying a gun legally.)
January 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Kyle Rittenhouse traveled to another community with an assault rifle and the cops threw him a bottle of water and said they were glad he was there.
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Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
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I wonder how many people need to get killed in the street by masked agents of the state before conservatives stop pretending that they’re being oppressed by the existence of HR departments bsky.app/profile/shar...
fuck. off.
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I wonder how many people need to get killed in the street by masked agents of the state before conservatives stop pretending that they’re being oppressed by the existence of HR departments bsky.app/profile/shar...
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an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM
an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
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Another ICE shooting has occurred. In the military, when preventable deaths occurred, we’d have stand downs.
Department of Homeland Security must immediately withdraw ICE from Minnesota to calm tensions, and IMPOSE A NATIONWIDE STAND DOWN OF ICE to review/change policies, procedures and training.
Department of Homeland Security must immediately withdraw ICE from Minnesota to calm tensions, and IMPOSE A NATIONWIDE STAND DOWN OF ICE to review/change policies, procedures and training.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Another ICE shooting has occurred. In the military, when preventable deaths occurred, we’d have stand downs.
Department of Homeland Security must immediately withdraw ICE from Minnesota to calm tensions, and IMPOSE A NATIONWIDE STAND DOWN OF ICE to review/change policies, procedures and training.
Department of Homeland Security must immediately withdraw ICE from Minnesota to calm tensions, and IMPOSE A NATIONWIDE STAND DOWN OF ICE to review/change policies, procedures and training.
The easiest way to see how weak Governor Healey’s words are concerning the threat to us posed by Emperor Nero is to compare her words to those of Mayor Wu. #mapoli
January 24, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The easiest way to see how weak Governor Healey’s words are concerning the threat to us posed by Emperor Nero is to compare her words to those of Mayor Wu. #mapoli
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this is some fox's book of martyrs shit. jesus christ.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:18 AM
this is some fox's book of martyrs shit. jesus christ.
There was good positive stuff and accomplishments in it, but Governor Healey's "State of the Commonwealth" speech was kind of boring, and the writing wasn't great. Her words about Emperor Nero vs. Massachusetts were weak and uninspiring. It's like she doesn't get the danger we are all in. #mapoli
January 23, 2026 at 1:05 AM
There was good positive stuff and accomplishments in it, but Governor Healey's "State of the Commonwealth" speech was kind of boring, and the writing wasn't great. Her words about Emperor Nero vs. Massachusetts were weak and uninspiring. It's like she doesn't get the danger we are all in. #mapoli
Genuinely sad at the passing of John Allen, the word's greatest chronicler and inquisitor of Catholicism. A man of faith yet skepticism, politics yet humanity, pride yet shame - he built an authority that gained the trust of all. He taught me so much. May perpetual light shine upon him.🙏 ✝️ 😔
January 22, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Genuinely sad at the passing of John Allen, the word's greatest chronicler and inquisitor of Catholicism. A man of faith yet skepticism, politics yet humanity, pride yet shame - he built an authority that gained the trust of all. He taught me so much. May perpetual light shine upon him.🙏 ✝️ 😔
The leader of America's pro-life movement has decided that your life is worth zero dollars when compared to the campaign contributions of wealthy corporations. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/c...
Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 AM
The leader of America's pro-life movement has decided that your life is worth zero dollars when compared to the campaign contributions of wealthy corporations. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/c...
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Late to the party but straight up posting screenshots of texts is extremely poor online behavior and would get a normal person kicked out of any number of group chats
January 21, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Late to the party but straight up posting screenshots of texts is extremely poor online behavior and would get a normal person kicked out of any number of group chats
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Ossoff: "There's a wickedness to the program. I don't know, pastor, where it is in scripture that it says deny care to the sick, take from those with the least to give to those with the most, violate the house of worship to hunt down the refugee. Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?"
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Ossoff: "There's a wickedness to the program. I don't know, pastor, where it is in scripture that it says deny care to the sick, take from those with the least to give to those with the most, violate the house of worship to hunt down the refugee. Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?"
Gov Healey announced she'll continue for another term. The appearance of a campaign will occur, but isn't worth discussing. She'll clobber whatever wealthy, white, unknown, conservative Trump-supporting businessman appears by 25 in a national blue wave. #mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/20/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/20/m...
Governor Maura Healey launches re-election bid with an arrow aimed at Donald Trump - The Boston Globe
As she launches reelection effort, Governor Maura Healey cast blame on President Trump for "making everything worse."
www.bostonglobe.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Gov Healey announced she'll continue for another term. The appearance of a campaign will occur, but isn't worth discussing. She'll clobber whatever wealthy, white, unknown, conservative Trump-supporting businessman appears by 25 in a national blue wave. #mapoli
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/20/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/20/m...
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I always thought MLK’s ‘Mountaintop’ speech was his best, which was given the day before he was killed. It is especially relevant given what is happening now in MN and elsewhere. He was getting many serious threats, which he references in his line “I may not get there with you.”
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I always thought MLK’s ‘Mountaintop’ speech was his best, which was given the day before he was killed. It is especially relevant given what is happening now in MN and elsewhere. He was getting many serious threats, which he references in his line “I may not get there with you.”
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yes. this is one of the major weaknesses of an administration helmed by an indifferent and doddering old man and run by vicious ideologues. they are totally unresponsive to public conditions. also a sign that they are isolated from those republicans who are worried about elections
the Millers in the administration are operating on the idea that "politics" is actually irrelevant now that they control key levers of power. the show is not about getting people on board, but getting the public to feel a collapse of order. not sure how that gets them to dictatorship though.
January 19, 2026 at 7:03 PM
yes. this is one of the major weaknesses of an administration helmed by an indifferent and doddering old man and run by vicious ideologues. they are totally unresponsive to public conditions. also a sign that they are isolated from those republicans who are worried about elections
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“Trump is the first president not to issue an official proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day since President Reagan made it a holiday.”
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“Trump is the first president not to issue an official proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day since President Reagan made it a holiday.”
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very good piece which confirms that weiss is both exceptionally arrogant and totally out of her depth. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Inside Bari Weiss’s Hostile Takeover of CBS News
The network’s new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire class more willing than ever to indulge Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
very good piece which confirms that weiss is both exceptionally arrogant and totally out of her depth. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
To all the conservatives I know praising MLK today in the safest way: he was the most hated man in America in his time, and conservative white people like you would have certainly been one of his oppressors, as shown by how you treat black leaders today.
January 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM
To all the conservatives I know praising MLK today in the safest way: he was the most hated man in America in his time, and conservative white people like you would have certainly been one of his oppressors, as shown by how you treat black leaders today.
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This isn’t parody. It’s a message attributed to the sitting U.S. president arguing the world isn’t safe unless America has “complete and total control” of Greenland—because he didn’t get a Nobel Prize.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Trumps Unhinged Rant Is Real. He Gaslights The World
Time to put him in a home
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
This isn’t parody. It’s a message attributed to the sitting U.S. president arguing the world isn’t safe unless America has “complete and total control” of Greenland—because he didn’t get a Nobel Prize.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Uh…… ok
Watching the US right now, I'm reminded of that tragic condition by which the mature hairworm, a parasite, chemically alters the brain structure of its host, a grasshopper, whereby the latter becomes unnaturally attracted to water and drowns itself, so that the parasite can thrive and reproduce.
Parasites brainwash grasshoppers into death dive
The parasitic hairworm persuades its grasshopper host to leave its forest home and plunge into water, so the worm can emerge and find a mate A parasitic worm that makes the grasshopper it invades jump...
www.newscientist.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Uh…… ok