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If you’re a staff journalist here to rewrite my posts, you can at least credit me as a fellow journalist. Ty!
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The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino says that the whistles and honking actually help the feds make apprehensions. I witnessed the complete opposite in New Orleans.
“We change flats, too,” an ICE agent tells press and community members as his colleague deals with a flat tire in Minneapolis. “Part of the job.”
February 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM
“We change flats, too,” an ICE agent tells press and community members as his colleague deals with a flat tire in Minneapolis. “Part of the job.”
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This is part of Trump's broader war on history. Big cover story by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social out now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
This is part of Trump's broader war on history. Big cover story by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social out now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"It seems worth asking whether America250 will celebrate the ideals of the country’s founders—or those of the monarch they rebelled against," writes @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social in @motherjones.com.
I'm quoted in this in-depth story about how Trump uses history to support his authoritarian agenda and to go after his enemies. As I put it, the "enemies that matter [to Trump] are in the present: us, history professors, journalists." tinyurl.com/32n7948b
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"It seems worth asking whether America250 will celebrate the ideals of the country’s founders—or those of the monarch they rebelled against," writes @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social in @motherjones.com.
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well here's one news story about the thing I've been obsessively tweeting about for days (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Epstein Helped Woody Allen’s Daughter Get Into College, Emails Show
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:50 PM
well here's one news story about the thing I've been obsessively tweeting about for days (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
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But as we report in the new piece, Trump has seized full control of the anniversary planning by creating a new public-private org, "Freedom 250," which is now organizing all the high-profile events the president wants to hold this year, nominally to mark the 250th, but really to celebrate himself.
February 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
But as we report in the new piece, Trump has seized full control of the anniversary planning by creating a new public-private org, "Freedom 250," which is now organizing all the high-profile events the president wants to hold this year, nominally to mark the 250th, but really to celebrate himself.
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Small scoop here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
But as we report in the new piece, Trump has seized full control of the anniversary planning by creating a new public-private org, "Freedom 250," which is now organizing all the high-profile events the president wants to hold this year, nominally to mark the 250th, but really to celebrate himself.
February 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Small scoop here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Our hot new MJ cover story on all the idiotic things Trump is doing to control America's 250 anniversary celebrations and ictate the presentation of US history and culture is online. Read it before the First Amendment gets canceled. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
February 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Our hot new MJ cover story on all the idiotic things Trump is doing to control America's 250 anniversary celebrations and ictate the presentation of US history and culture is online. Read it before the First Amendment gets canceled. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Me and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social wrote in June about the MAGAfication of America250, the congressionally-chartered group organizing the anniversary celebrations. We first reported the group had hired a 25-year old former Fox News producer as executive director. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How MAGA took over America’s 250th birthday
Trump's military parade is just the beginning.
www.motherjones.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Me and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social wrote in June about the MAGAfication of America250, the congressionally-chartered group organizing the anniversary celebrations. We first reported the group had hired a 25-year old former Fox News producer as executive director. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
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Steve Bannon? Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend?
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Steve Bannon? Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend?
I cowrote a cover story!
Trump wants to control the country’s future by rewriting its past.
For the latest issue of our magazine, @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social explain how the president is weaponizing history to wage his never-ending cultural and legal battles.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/32n7948b
For the latest issue of our magazine, @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social explain how the president is weaponizing history to wage his never-ending cultural and legal battles.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/32n7948b
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I cowrote a cover story!
Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage I’ve read.
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage I’ve read.
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Trump wants to control the country’s future by rewriting its past.
For the latest issue of our magazine, @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social explain how the president is weaponizing history to wage his never-ending cultural and legal battles.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/32n7948b
For the latest issue of our magazine, @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social explain how the president is weaponizing history to wage his never-ending cultural and legal battles.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/32n7948b
February 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Trump wants to control the country’s future by rewriting its past.
For the latest issue of our magazine, @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social explain how the president is weaponizing history to wage his never-ending cultural and legal battles.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/32n7948b
For the latest issue of our magazine, @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social explain how the president is weaponizing history to wage his never-ending cultural and legal battles.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/32n7948b
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To celebrate the 250th anniversary of a war sparked by the quartering of soldiers in US cities, Trump is prolonging the military occupation of Washington, DC.
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
www.motherjones.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of a war sparked by the quartering of soldiers in US cities, Trump is prolonging the military occupation of Washington, DC.
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As America’s 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country’s future by bulldozing its past.
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
www.motherjones.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
As America’s 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country’s future by bulldozing its past.
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If you've only clocked what's happened to the East Wing or the Kennedy Center...that's the tip of the iceberg. America's 250th birthday is being turned into a celebration of one man and his cult. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
If you've only clocked what's happened to the East Wing or the Kennedy Center...that's the tip of the iceberg. America's 250th birthday is being turned into a celebration of one man and his cult. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Here's an absolutely wild deep-dive from @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social into Trump's all-out assault on America history and the bizarre political struggles among the alphabet soup of official 250th-anniversary organizations
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
www.motherjones.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Here's an absolutely wild deep-dive from @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social into Trump's all-out assault on America history and the bizarre political struggles among the alphabet soup of official 250th-anniversary organizations
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Incredible accounting of all the ways that Trump is trying to rewrite, abolish, bulldoze, destroy America's history and gaslight the public by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's war on history
As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.
www.motherjones.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Incredible accounting of all the ways that Trump is trying to rewrite, abolish, bulldoze, destroy America's history and gaslight the public by @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
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Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
Christ people have a lot of time to complain.
February 3, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Christ people have a lot of time to complain.
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DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
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February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Back to Springfield I go!
Stop falling for right wing propaganda about the people of Springfield.
Falling for Propaganda from Springfield
Springfield, Ohio is a right-wing propagandist’s dream come true.
www.turtlediaries.net
February 1, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Back to Springfield I go!