Kristin sends Tots & Pears
@tinphx.bsky.social
E pluribus unum
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
- Louis D. Brandeis
“Yeah, well, that's just like, your opinion, man.”
- The Dude
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
- Louis D. Brandeis
“Yeah, well, that's just like, your opinion, man.”
- The Dude
Pinned
Citizens United made this possible.
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The great @anatosaurus.bsky.social has a line that I’d like to hear from every Democrat in America:
“If you want to know who took your money, it’s the people with all the money”
Say it again, and again, and again
“If you want to know who took your money, it’s the people with all the money”
Say it again, and again, and again
February 16, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The great @anatosaurus.bsky.social has a line that I’d like to hear from every Democrat in America:
“If you want to know who took your money, it’s the people with all the money”
Say it again, and again, and again
“If you want to know who took your money, it’s the people with all the money”
Say it again, and again, and again
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A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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looking into the TPUSA endorsements for the SRP board and their pick for District 2 (Paul Rovey) has been on the board for over a decade and the guy is a straight up synagogue of satan, "Hitler was actually a Rothschild" poster like he should've lost this gig a while ago smfh
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 AM
looking into the TPUSA endorsements for the SRP board and their pick for District 2 (Paul Rovey) has been on the board for over a decade and the guy is a straight up synagogue of satan, "Hitler was actually a Rothschild" poster like he should've lost this gig a while ago smfh
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Holy crap. New investigative reporting out of Arizona finds voucher fraud is 20x worse than the voucher lobby claims.
www.12news.com/article/news...
www.12news.com/article/news...
Voucher supporters say Empowerment Scholarship fraud is 1%. New records peg misspending closer to 20%.
12News obtained Education Department records showing that one in five ESA purchases—such as cellphones, TVs, and diamond rings—were on the "unallowable" list.
www.12news.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Holy crap. New investigative reporting out of Arizona finds voucher fraud is 20x worse than the voucher lobby claims.
www.12news.com/article/news...
www.12news.com/article/news...
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Good to see @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social getting coverage for their excellent paper, “How AI Destroys Institutions.”
Researchers: How AI undermining democracy
Paper argues tech threatens democratic foundations.
www.sfexaminer.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Good to see @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social getting coverage for their excellent paper, “How AI Destroys Institutions.”
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Now that’s what I call fascism
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Now that’s what I call fascism
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The through-line between so many billionaires and their seemingly disparate interests in Republican policy priorities is a deep, deep hostility to labor unions
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The through-line between so many billionaires and their seemingly disparate interests in Republican policy priorities is a deep, deep hostility to labor unions
Former Arizona House member Justin Heap, a known piece of shit & current Maricopa County Recorder, once told me kids are property of their parents, not individuals…
A society that treats children as mere extensions of parental will, rather than as people with rights of their own, abandons one of the most basic functions of law: protecting those who cannot protect themselves. trib.al/ccqswgZ
February 8, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Former Arizona House member Justin Heap, a known piece of shit & current Maricopa County Recorder, once told me kids are property of their parents, not individuals…
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Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals ***
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked” 2/5/26 … 1/
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked” 2/5/26 … 1/
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals ***
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked” 2/5/26 … 1/
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked” 2/5/26 … 1/
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A good piece on why "professionalization" isn't the answer people think it is
inquest.org/the-ice-refo...
inquest.org/the-ice-refo...
The ICE Reformation Trap - Spencer Piston - Inquest
Professionalization will not make immigration policing less violent. It will only increase its capacity, authority, and scope.
inquest.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
A good piece on why "professionalization" isn't the answer people think it is
inquest.org/the-ice-refo...
inquest.org/the-ice-refo...
Inside a soon-to-be concentration camp in Surprise, AZ
Most of the windows are not accessible by foot but the ones that are have been mostly covered. I found a section without covers — the inside is still empty but you can see the roll-up garage door leading to the next section of the facility. The back of each section also has huge roll-up doors.
February 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Inside a soon-to-be concentration camp in Surprise, AZ
Dude is saying, “Imagine if you had rights.”
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Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Dude is saying, “Imagine if you had rights.”
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Step 1: build concentration camps
Step 2: install incinerators.
Step 3:
Step 2: install incinerators.
Step 3:
Trump's concentration camps include plans for biomedical incinerators.
Read that again.
Read that again.
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Step 1: build concentration camps
Step 2: install incinerators.
Step 3:
Step 2: install incinerators.
Step 3:
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Everyone at Palantir needs to be rotting in a cage when this is over. EVERY FUCKING ONE.
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Everyone at Palantir needs to be rotting in a cage when this is over. EVERY FUCKING ONE.
“They bask in their own rank hypocrisy as a power play.”
An eloquent description of a key, infuriating characteristic of the hypocritical right, the “unrepentant fascists”.
An eloquent description of a key, infuriating characteristic of the hypocritical right, the “unrepentant fascists”.
Something I've been thinking about for years and needed to write. Stop debating right wingers and ceding any ground to them. Call them out for what they are: unrepentant fascists. They bask in their own rank hypocrisy as a power play. Instead, focus your energy on making a better world without them.
The Hypocrisy is the Point
There is always fine print that says, “but only for us.”
blackbanner.ghost.io
January 31, 2026 at 1:11 AM
“They bask in their own rank hypocrisy as a power play.”
An eloquent description of a key, infuriating characteristic of the hypocritical right, the “unrepentant fascists”.
An eloquent description of a key, infuriating characteristic of the hypocritical right, the “unrepentant fascists”.
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some Public Service Journalism: I took that Minnesota judge's pdf list of court orders that ICE violated, found all the cases on CourtListener and linked to the dockets reason.com/2026/01/30/j...
January 30, 2026 at 4:52 PM
some Public Service Journalism: I took that Minnesota judge's pdf list of court orders that ICE violated, found all the cases on CourtListener and linked to the dockets reason.com/2026/01/30/j...
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AFC is Betsy DeVos’s c4.
Odyssey is a for-profit vendor gobbling up state middleman contracts—latest is Texas.
Odyssey’s founder is Joe Connor, former law student of Nicole “Amy Coney Barrett’s best friend” Garnett.
The political, legal, and profiteer sides of vouchers connect in this space.
Odyssey is a for-profit vendor gobbling up state middleman contracts—latest is Texas.
Odyssey’s founder is Joe Connor, former law student of Nicole “Amy Coney Barrett’s best friend” Garnett.
The political, legal, and profiteer sides of vouchers connect in this space.
January 30, 2026 at 8:09 PM
AFC is Betsy DeVos’s c4.
Odyssey is a for-profit vendor gobbling up state middleman contracts—latest is Texas.
Odyssey’s founder is Joe Connor, former law student of Nicole “Amy Coney Barrett’s best friend” Garnett.
The political, legal, and profiteer sides of vouchers connect in this space.
Odyssey is a for-profit vendor gobbling up state middleman contracts—latest is Texas.
Odyssey’s founder is Joe Connor, former law student of Nicole “Amy Coney Barrett’s best friend” Garnett.
The political, legal, and profiteer sides of vouchers connect in this space.
January in Phoenix ☀️🌵
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
January in Phoenix ☀️🌵
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Thank you @kjzz.org for having me on to talk about an unusual situation — the Pinal County Prosecutor says he joined 287g. The Supervisors say no. Can he do that? Why? I opine
www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
Is Pinal County attorney's 287(g) law enforcement agreement legal? This expert says it's unclear
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors and its County Attorney Brad Miller seem to be at a standstill right now over whether or not his office can enter into an agreement with ICE to enforce immigratio...
www.kjzz.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Thank you @kjzz.org for having me on to talk about an unusual situation — the Pinal County Prosecutor says he joined 287g. The Supervisors say no. Can he do that? Why? I opine
www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
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🚨NEW: Shocking Senate Report on Vouchers 🚨
SOSAZ has been sounding the alarm on vouchers for years, and this report confirms our opposition outlining the "coordinated effort to undermine, dismantle and sabotage our nation’s public schools and to privatize our education system.
SOSAZ has been sounding the alarm on vouchers for years, and this report confirms our opposition outlining the "coordinated effort to undermine, dismantle and sabotage our nation’s public schools and to privatize our education system.
January 29, 2026 at 12:19 AM
🚨NEW: Shocking Senate Report on Vouchers 🚨
SOSAZ has been sounding the alarm on vouchers for years, and this report confirms our opposition outlining the "coordinated effort to undermine, dismantle and sabotage our nation’s public schools and to privatize our education system.
SOSAZ has been sounding the alarm on vouchers for years, and this report confirms our opposition outlining the "coordinated effort to undermine, dismantle and sabotage our nation’s public schools and to privatize our education system.
Send this anti-education, christian nationalist bullshit straight to whatever hell they believe in.
“I'm worried that our faith is under assault, and if we can use the government to snuff out our religious freedoms, some people seem gleefully supportive of doing that.”
story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
Arizona Republicans advance bill forcing schools to excuse students for Bible classes
Arizona Republicans advance bill forcing schools to excuse students for Bible classes backed by LifeWise Academy
azmirror.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Send this anti-education, christian nationalist bullshit straight to whatever hell they believe in.
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Stephen Miller Reminds Picky-Eater Son That There Starving Kids In Basement
Stephen Miller Reminds Picky-Eater Son That There Starving Kids In Basement
ARLINGTON, VA—In an apparent attempt to guilt his children into eating their vegetables Monday, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller reportedly reminded one of his sons, a picky eater, tha...
theonion.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Stephen Miller Reminds Picky-Eater Son That There Starving Kids In Basement
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Amanda Gorman ❤️🩹
January 25, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Amanda Gorman ❤️🩹