Todd Stein
@toddstein.bsky.social
Full of hate. Anti-exemptionalist. Functionary of the Human Rights Industrial Complex (Congress-State-NGO). Personal account. @SFGiants @washcaps @everton @WashSpirit
Call it a tax on libertarians.
The TSA has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID will face a $45 fee starting in February. The Department of Homeland Security says 94% of passengers are already compliant. n.pr/49Q80OP
U.S. air travelers without REAL IDs will be charged a $45 fee
The TSA has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID will face a $45 fee starting in February. The Department of Homeland Security says 94% of passengers are already compliant.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Call it a tax on libertarians.
If they were allowed then they’re not illeg…. oh never fucking mind.
Leavitt: "We must deport every illegal alien who Joe Biden allowed into this country."
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If they were allowed then they’re not illeg…. oh never fucking mind.
“Which one was yes, go ahead and destroy Russia... or number 2?”
IYKYK
IYKYK
Reporter: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order
Leavitt: The latter is true
Leavitt: The latter is true
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“Which one was yes, go ahead and destroy Russia... or number 2?”
IYKYK
IYKYK
Factcheck: true
Hegseth uses war crimes as opportunity to connect with patriotic voters the Democrats have been ignoring.
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Factcheck: true
Some amazeballs stuff here. Brownback and Wolf arguing that Trump should heed MBS' request to intervene in Sudan to grease $1 billion Saudi investment in US to keep the CCP out of Riyadh. www.foxnews.com/opinion/trum...
Trump needs to help bring peace to Sudan because of what it means to the US
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asks Trump to intervene in Sudan's devastating war that has killed 400,000 people and displaced 13 million civilians.
www.foxnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Some amazeballs stuff here. Brownback and Wolf arguing that Trump should heed MBS' request to intervene in Sudan to grease $1 billion Saudi investment in US to keep the CCP out of Riyadh. www.foxnews.com/opinion/trum...
Today’s paper is chock full of stories about the erstwhile “small government” Republican Party using the power of the state to repress groups it doesn’t like.
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Today’s paper is chock full of stories about the erstwhile “small government” Republican Party using the power of the state to repress groups it doesn’t like.
Yet more evidence that American conservatives’ reaction to the CCP’s Wolf Warrior diplomacy was emulation rather than scorn.
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Yet more evidence that American conservatives’ reaction to the CCP’s Wolf Warrior diplomacy was emulation rather than scorn.
Yeah. Trump is arguing that the fact that Americans die of illicitly imported narcotics constitutes an imminent threat that justifies authorized lethal military action. While arguing that an importer of the same should face no accountability.
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Yeah. Trump is arguing that the fact that Americans die of illicitly imported narcotics constitutes an imminent threat that justifies authorized lethal military action. While arguing that an importer of the same should face no accountability.
“Strong floor no ceiling” sounds like the lament of an unhoused person sleeping on concrete not a major party political slogan.
November 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“Strong floor no ceiling” sounds like the lament of an unhoused person sleeping on concrete not a major party political slogan.
Just a couple of guys from Chicago with their baseball bats.
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Just a couple of guys from Chicago with their baseball bats.
Reposted by Todd Stein
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
Rationalizing the killing of Americans they consider enemies.
Markwayne Mullin: "The president and the secretary of war have been very clear. They're gonna use lethality against our enemies -- home and abroad."
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Rationalizing the killing of Americans they consider enemies.
Lügenpresse alert.
The White House web site now includes a "media bias" tracker with a leaderboard and an offender hall of shame. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
November 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Lügenpresse alert.
So, Taiwan peeps, how is “peace through business” making you feel about what Xi might get out of Trump next April? Worried? Me too.
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
on.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
So, Taiwan peeps, how is “peace through business” making you feel about what Xi might get out of Trump next April? Worried? Me too.
Showing that American conservative jurisprudence, which once held that government power was limited to those enumerated, now holds that government exercises all powers unless specially limited by law.
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Showing that American conservative jurisprudence, which once held that government power was limited to those enumerated, now holds that government exercises all powers unless specially limited by law.
Reposted by Todd Stein
*It’s cold outside
*Friends gather for a meal together
*Everyone is thinking about a very special little baby
*An important visitor comes in through the ventilation system
Alien is a Christmas movie
*Friends gather for a meal together
*Everyone is thinking about a very special little baby
*An important visitor comes in through the ventilation system
Alien is a Christmas movie
December 10, 2024 at 10:00 PM
*It’s cold outside
*Friends gather for a meal together
*Everyone is thinking about a very special little baby
*An important visitor comes in through the ventilation system
Alien is a Christmas movie
*Friends gather for a meal together
*Everyone is thinking about a very special little baby
*An important visitor comes in through the ventilation system
Alien is a Christmas movie
“So I feel that if you want to see Gaza today and want to understand that, part of that is actually looking at what's going on in Ireland in the 16th and especially the 17th century.”
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233. Blood and Betrayal: Oliver Cromwell's Irish Invasion (Ep 1)
Podcast Episode · Empire · 02/27/2025 · 40m
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November 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“So I feel that if you want to see Gaza today and want to understand that, part of that is actually looking at what's going on in Ireland in the 16th and especially the 17th century.”
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This hits solid on three levels.
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This hits solid on three levels.
Juan Orlando Hernandez narco-trafficked the right way.
- Ezra Klein
- Ezra Klein
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Juan Orlando Hernandez narco-trafficked the right way.
- Ezra Klein
- Ezra Klein
It’s not murder because it was an act of war.
But it’s also not a war crime because technically we are not at war.
Hesgeth can’t be held accountable because he’s Secretary of War, a position that doesn’t exist in law.
I don’t make the rules. America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 !!!!
But it’s also not a war crime because technically we are not at war.
Hesgeth can’t be held accountable because he’s Secretary of War, a position that doesn’t exist in law.
I don’t make the rules. America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 !!!!
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It’s not murder because it was an act of war.
But it’s also not a war crime because technically we are not at war.
Hesgeth can’t be held accountable because he’s Secretary of War, a position that doesn’t exist in law.
I don’t make the rules. America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 !!!!
But it’s also not a war crime because technically we are not at war.
Hesgeth can’t be held accountable because he’s Secretary of War, a position that doesn’t exist in law.
I don’t make the rules. America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 !!!!
Said Mao of Chiang on or around 10/1/49, probably.
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Said Mao of Chiang on or around 10/1/49, probably.
Reposted by Todd Stein
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Republicans are fortunate that their Leader has transformed their Party into one that will engineer election outcomes on the basis of something other than voter opinion.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Republicans are fortunate that their Leader has transformed their Party into one that will engineer election outcomes on the basis of something other than voter opinion.
The Right to Life party (notable exceptions apply).
Every day something appalling.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Right to Life party (notable exceptions apply).
Can only imagine how painful for this is for CIA personnel who trained and worked alongside Afghans now being disparaged by their political leadership. Much less for Afghans themselves.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Can only imagine how painful for this is for CIA personnel who trained and worked alongside Afghans now being disparaged by their political leadership. Much less for Afghans themselves.