Clint Castellanos
@thepandemoniac.bsky.social
Married Texican, retired school teacher
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I wonder if the new Melania vanity-project/bribe directed by Jeffrey Epstein cohort, Brett Ratner, will devote any time to the fact that Melania knew Epstein *before* Donald. Or that Epstein introduced Donald to Melania on his plane, where they first had sex. Goodness, was she procured for Donald?
December 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I wonder if the new Melania vanity-project/bribe directed by Jeffrey Epstein cohort, Brett Ratner, will devote any time to the fact that Melania knew Epstein *before* Donald. Or that Epstein introduced Donald to Melania on his plane, where they first had sex. Goodness, was she procured for Donald?
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Vladimir Putin wanted useful idiot Steve Witkoff to represent the US because he targeted him as someone whose greed would be easy to exploit. And when it comes to the Trump admin, Putin gets what he wants. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Vladimir Putin wanted useful idiot Steve Witkoff to represent the US because he targeted him as someone whose greed would be easy to exploit. And when it comes to the Trump admin, Putin gets what he wants. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
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As a Chicago resident for one(1) year, I had one(1) shot of Malört and it tasted like motor oil and depression
December 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
As a Chicago resident for one(1) year, I had one(1) shot of Malört and it tasted like motor oil and depression
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In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
December 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
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2/ The Danish head of its CDC is like: are you fucking crazy? We are a small country with universal healthcare. You shouldn't do what we do. We should do what you used to do.
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
2/ The Danish head of its CDC is like: are you fucking crazy? We are a small country with universal healthcare. You shouldn't do what we do. We should do what you used to do.
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A family classic reborn in a wide open world, a satirical adventure through teenage life and a mystery puzzler for the ages – our critics on the year’s best fun:
The 20 best video games of 2025
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A family classic reborn in a wide open world, a satirical adventure through teenage life and a mystery puzzler for the ages – our critics on the year’s best fun:
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JUST IN: DOJ appears to acknowledge taking down some photos from Epstein files release Friday. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
JUST IN: DOJ appears to acknowledge taking down some photos from Epstein files release Friday. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
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They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
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All of these “missed” Trump redactions that DoJ is redacting after the fact makes me think there are heroes “forgetting” to redact his name here and there.
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
All of these “missed” Trump redactions that DoJ is redacting after the fact makes me think there are heroes “forgetting” to redact his name here and there.
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Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
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Just incredible how underwater Trump is on tariffs.
New Fox News poll shows Trump's approval on:
Border Security: +2
Crime and public safety: -5
Immigration: -10
Foreign Policy: -15
Economy: -22
Healthcare: -25
Spending: -25
Tariffs: -28
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Border Security: +2
Crime and public safety: -5
Immigration: -10
Foreign Policy: -15
Economy: -22
Healthcare: -25
Spending: -25
Tariffs: -28
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December 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Just incredible how underwater Trump is on tariffs.
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I find the idea that you need to know “how to use” AI tools really funny, as if it isn’t incredibly easy to type in prompts and the marketing these tools is that literally anyone can do it
December 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I find the idea that you need to know “how to use” AI tools really funny, as if it isn’t incredibly easy to type in prompts and the marketing these tools is that literally anyone can do it
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this got more traction than I thought and strangely more followers than I'd have imagined so uh two pieces I wrote on AI in the sportswriting space:
www.wideleft.football/p/artificial...
www.wideleft.football/p/sumerbrain...
www.wideleft.football/p/artificial...
www.wideleft.football/p/sumerbrain...
December 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
this got more traction than I thought and strangely more followers than I'd have imagined so uh two pieces I wrote on AI in the sportswriting space:
www.wideleft.football/p/artificial...
www.wideleft.football/p/sumerbrain...
www.wideleft.football/p/artificial...
www.wideleft.football/p/sumerbrain...
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When the Department of Justice blatantly violates the law to protect wealthy and politically connected pedophiles, then we have no Justice Department and we have no justice.
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
When the Department of Justice blatantly violates the law to protect wealthy and politically connected pedophiles, then we have no Justice Department and we have no justice.
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"In Trump’s second term, the Republican-appointed majority on the supreme court has brought their institution to the brink of illegitimacy," writes Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn, who teach law at Harvard and Yale.
"Far from pulling it back from the edge, our goal has to be to push it off."
"Far from pulling it back from the edge, our goal has to be to push it off."
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"In Trump’s second term, the Republican-appointed majority on the supreme court has brought their institution to the brink of illegitimacy," writes Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn, who teach law at Harvard and Yale.
"Far from pulling it back from the edge, our goal has to be to push it off."
"Far from pulling it back from the edge, our goal has to be to push it off."
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Moods about “the economy” often bundle three things: your own finances, the broader data, and whether you trust policymakers. Right now, that third piece is dragging the other two down. Fixing policy credibility matters as much as any single rate cut.
December 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Moods about “the economy” often bundle three things: your own finances, the broader data, and whether you trust policymakers. Right now, that third piece is dragging the other two down. Fixing policy credibility matters as much as any single rate cut.
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US seized another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil, this one not already on the sanctions list for Russian oligarchs and Iran.
Panamanian flagged and belongs to a legal, China-based oil trader.
Unclear what US will do with the cargo, but this looks like at least a partial blockade, an act of war.
Panamanian flagged and belongs to a legal, China-based oil trader.
Unclear what US will do with the cargo, but this looks like at least a partial blockade, an act of war.
December 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
US seized another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil, this one not already on the sanctions list for Russian oligarchs and Iran.
Panamanian flagged and belongs to a legal, China-based oil trader.
Unclear what US will do with the cargo, but this looks like at least a partial blockade, an act of war.
Panamanian flagged and belongs to a legal, China-based oil trader.
Unclear what US will do with the cargo, but this looks like at least a partial blockade, an act of war.
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Try this instead: I was wrong. I overstated narrow election results, underappreciating how many Trump voters didn’t believe he’d do what he said. I miscast fascists and oligarchs gaining political power as a popular cultural shift. I got some of this on X, failing to recognize it’s skewed that way.”
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Try this instead: I was wrong. I overstated narrow election results, underappreciating how many Trump voters didn’t believe he’d do what he said. I miscast fascists and oligarchs gaining political power as a popular cultural shift. I got some of this on X, failing to recognize it’s skewed that way.”
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Campaigns toss out wage numbers like $1,300 here, $1,800 there, $3,300 for someone else. If independent economists and official data can’t reproduce them, treat them like a bad check: sounds nice, but it doesn’t clear. Evidence beats applause lines.
December 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Campaigns toss out wage numbers like $1,300 here, $1,800 there, $3,300 for someone else. If independent economists and official data can’t reproduce them, treat them like a bad check: sounds nice, but it doesn’t clear. Evidence beats applause lines.
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“Coverups are difficult in free societies. They are routine for authoritarian governments. The Epstein coverup will be an indicator of how far we are down the road to authoritarianism. The success of such a coverup would take us much further down that road.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
Why the Epstein Coverup Matters
In free societies, government coverups are difficult. In authoritarian ones, they’re routine.
www.thebulwark.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Coverups are difficult in free societies. They are routine for authoritarian governments. The Epstein coverup will be an indicator of how far we are down the road to authoritarianism. The success of such a coverup would take us much further down that road.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...
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Stonewalling can work. But partial coverups are difficult to manage successfully, as the Trump administration is finding out. They tend to unravel. But it’s important to yank on every loose thread to keep it unraveling.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fume...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fume...
Trump Fumes and Fumbles
On the Epstein scandal, his stonewall is turning to rubble.
www.thebulwark.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Stonewalling can work. But partial coverups are difficult to manage successfully, as the Trump administration is finding out. They tend to unravel. But it’s important to yank on every loose thread to keep it unraveling.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fume...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fume...
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I thought "respect" meant treating others as essentially equal to oneself, with regard for who they are and where they came from.
I don't think "respect" means "give me everything I demand, no matter how unjustified, what's yours is mine and I'm taking it, don't object."
So, uh, agree to disagree.
I don't think "respect" means "give me everything I demand, no matter how unjustified, what's yours is mine and I'm taking it, don't object."
So, uh, agree to disagree.
December 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I thought "respect" meant treating others as essentially equal to oneself, with regard for who they are and where they came from.
I don't think "respect" means "give me everything I demand, no matter how unjustified, what's yours is mine and I'm taking it, don't object."
So, uh, agree to disagree.
I don't think "respect" means "give me everything I demand, no matter how unjustified, what's yours is mine and I'm taking it, don't object."
So, uh, agree to disagree.
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This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM