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A.B.J. UGA. 2nd AD DGA. Musician. Wine lover. Wanderer. Earth transient. Old soul. Thought criminal. 🇺🇦🇵🇸. Defending Reality and truth. I block MAGA. Fuck trump. Also, I curse a lot.

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The Drew @thedrewvawter.bsky.social · Dec 1
Opposition to trump is a moral imperative. Period.
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auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
"Every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable"
(Etty Hillesum diary)

30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author, perished in Auschwitz. She was deported there from the Westerbork camp in the occupied Netherlands on 7 September 1943.
Photo of Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author that perished in Auschwitz.
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d
The White House launched a page on its website, titled the “Hall of Shame,” devoted to naming and shaming media outlets and reporters that publish stories President Trump disagrees with.

“Misleading. Biased. Exposed,” the site reads.
Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker
A new White House webpage presents a “Hall of Shame” for news reports that the president disagrees with, coming after Trump voiced personal attacks on female reporters at ABC, CBS, the New York Times ...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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mcbridetd.bsky.social
Despite saying he would NOT do this ... he lied...

RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
www.politico.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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tusk81.bsky.social
That tired old lie about immigrants being job-stealers? Pfft. Immigrant-led businesses employed nearly eight million Americans, according to 2019 data from the New American Economy👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/americas...
Immigrants are job creators, employing millions of American workers: Immigrants are job-stealers? Pfft. Immigrant-led businesses employed nearly eight million Americans, according to further data from the New American Economy. Additionally, the 2022 study cited by MIT News further found that “immigration to the U.S. is associated with a net gain in job availability, contrary to the common perception that immigrants fill jobs that U.S.-born workers would otherwise have.” The study authors say the findings “suggest that immigrants act more as ‘job creators’ than ‘job takers’ and that non-U.S. born founders play outsized roles in U.S. high-growth entrepreneurship.” This likely stems from immigrants creating their own businesses after encountering road blocks in their own job searches. Relatedly, creating a long-overdue pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants would add 200,000 new jobs to the economy, as well as “increase Americans’ income by $791 billion and generate $184 billion in additional state and local and federal tax revenue from currently undocumented immigrants,” FWD.us said in a 2020 report.
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.

She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.

www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
thedrewvawter.bsky.social
"We're trying to preserve a town that has values."

Pretty sure that's NOT how freedom of speech/expression works.

(And yes, I suppose that costume *could* be considered obscene, even though it's not a *realistic* likeness of a penis)

www.fox10tv.com/2025/11/21/f...
Full bodycam footage released of arrest of Fairhope woman in penis costume
FOX10 has obtained the full bodycam footage of the arrest of a Fairhope woman wearing a penis costume at a No Kings protest.
www.fox10tv.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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newsguy.bsky.social
Tyson Foods announces closure of its longtime beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, throwing 3,200 people out of work in a town of 11,500. nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/11/...
Nebraskans lament Tyson decision to close Lexington plant with 3,200 workers • Nebraska Examiner
Nebraskans and elected leaders lament Tyson Foods' decision to close its Lexington beef plant, eliminating about 3,200 jobs.
nebraskaexaminer.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
margyoh.bsky.social Margy O’Herron @margyoh.bsky.social · 9d
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
thedrewvawter.bsky.social
The comments in this thread. Wow.
petersagal.bsky.social Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 10d
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
thedrewvawter.bsky.social
This 💯
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yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10d
3. But what this does is galvanize Nick and gives him reason to tell his supporters, “See, look what they’re doing to try to silence us,” and it also makes Nick’s supporters believe he is on the right track.

And this will tip people who were on the fence regarding Nick & move them over to his side.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
thedrewvawter.bsky.social
That's a crime. Now fucking do something about it! Haul his ass to jail or it's meaningless.
mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 10d
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
Turning to Bovino, the Court specifically finds his testimony not credible. Bovino appeared evasive over the three days of his deposition, either providing “cute” responses to Plaintiffs’ counsel’s questions or outright lying. When shown a video of agents hitting Rev. Black with pepper balls, Bovino denied seeing a projectile hit Rev. Black in the head. Doc. 191- 3 at 162:21–165:17; Doc. 22-44 (Ex. 44 at 0:10–12, available at https://spaces.hightail.com/space/ZzXNsei63k). In another video shown to Bovino, he obviously tackles Scott Blackburn, one of Plaintiffs’ declarants. Doc. 191-3 at 172:13–173:7; Doc. 22-45 (Ex. 45 at 0:19–30, available at https://spaces.hightail.com/space/ZzXNsei63k). But instead of admitting to using force against Blackburn, Bovino denied it and instead stated that force was used against him.
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
Ellis repeatedly accuses multiple CBP and ICE officials of lying (under oath) and says their "widespread misrepresentations call into question everything" they "say they are doing in their characterization of what is happening." She broadly discredits their testimony as objectively false.
jonseidel.bsky.social Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 10d
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just handed down the written opinion version of her preliminary injunction order, regarding use of force by federal agents in Chicago.

It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.

It's 233 pages.

Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.

I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
II. Credibility The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6] Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage. [FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
“Klay is building a product that will offer the features of a streaming service like Spotify, amplified by AI technology that will let users remake songs in different styles.

Klay has licensed the rights to thousands of hit songs so that it can train its large language model”
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence tools. Klay is the first music AI service to reach a deal with all three major record labels, Universal Music Group NV, Sony Music and Warner Music Group Corp., according to people familiar with the deals. Klay plans to announce its agreements in the coming days, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential plans. Klay is building a product that will offer the features of a streaming service like Spotify, amplified by AI technology that will let users remake songs in different styles. Klay has licensed the rights to thousands of hit songs so that it can train its large language model. The company has positioned itself as a friend of the industry, offering assurances that the artists and labels will have some control over how their work is used. Klay is led by music producer Ary Attie and also employs former executives from Sony Music and Google’s DeepMind, an AI laboratory.
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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All three major record labels — Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music — have reportedly licensed their works to a music AI streaming service
Major Music Labels Strike Deals With New AI Streaming Service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Note that while the US has stopped funding Ukraine, turning that burden entirely over to US NATO allies, it has completely cut these NATO allies out of Trump's supposed peace process. That fulfills the core function of it Kremlin design, which is to drive a wedge between the US and its NATO allies.
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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AP finds a secretive Border Patrol intelligence program detains Americans for “suspicious” travel. Critics call it mass surveillance.
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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jordanuhl.com
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'

people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
thedrewvawter.bsky.social
So now we have defamation suits against....AI?
legal.reuters.com Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 13d
Google asked a Delaware state court to dismiss conservative influencer Robby Starbuck's allegations that its artificial intelligence systems defamed him by falsely calling him epithets including a "child rapist," "serial sexual abuser" and "shooter." @blakebrittain.bsky.social reut.rs/47JZdwm
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.

He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14d
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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dennycarter.bsky.social
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 5 Lawyer, National Security Division: Bondi signaled the Foreign Agents Registration Act would be enforced only in very limited circumstances after the Justice Department had done a lot over the last decade to give it teeth. At its core, FARA is a transparency statute, to let the American public know when foreign actors engage in political activities or try to influence U.S. discourse. If you're concerned about foreign money and influence in politics, it's a bad time to go dark.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
thedrewvawter.bsky.social
Charlotte, NC. Border patrol apparently raised a fucking Hispanic CHURCH. 🤬🤬
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM