Andrew Cardin
@acardin.bsky.social
Aspiring developer, Midwesterner, book lover and just trying to survive these next four years.
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Maduro jailed in New York after audacious raid and capture – live
#Trump
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Maduro jailed in New York after audacious raid and capture – live
Nicolás Maduro is expected to make an initial appearance in Manhattan federal court on Monday, according to officials
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Maduro jailed in New York after audacious raid and capture – live
#Trump
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A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
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NEW from me:
Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.
Take that, elites!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.
Take that, elites!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Private jets and ‘Bari pitches’: Inside Weiss’ chaotic CBS Evening News reboot
EXCLUSIVE: The new CBS News editor-in-chief has chartered private flights for her armed security detail, made last-minute logistical changes and fired off ‘Bari Pitches.’ Weiss is once again accused o...
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 12:51 AM
NEW from me:
Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.
Take that, elites!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.
Take that, elites!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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There’s truly something deeply wrong with these people: all of them.
Fox’s Greg Gutfeld on double tap boat strike: “It's just better for us to kill them in the ocean, make them shark feed, be done with it”
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
There’s truly something deeply wrong with these people: all of them.
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And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.
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the final boss of "imagine if obama did it"
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
October 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
the final boss of "imagine if obama did it"
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I hope we see a lot of inflatable frogs at the protests. Keep up the mockery.
"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"
October 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I hope we see a lot of inflatable frogs at the protests. Keep up the mockery.
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Doubt.
UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."
October 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Doubt.
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Every targeted institution (my own very much included) should cut and paste this letter onto their letterhead.
A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Every targeted institution (my own very much included) should cut and paste this letter onto their letterhead.
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Nationwide protests against Trump and the rise of fascism are taking place on Saturday, Oct. 18.
You can find a local protest here:
You can find a local protest here:
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Nationwide protests against Trump and the rise of fascism are taking place on Saturday, Oct. 18.
You can find a local protest here:
You can find a local protest here:
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Michigan Avenue right now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Michigan Avenue right now.
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You’ve gotta be kidding me.
This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.
Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.
Really embarrassing stuff.
This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.
Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.
Really embarrassing stuff.
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
You’ve gotta be kidding me.
This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.
Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.
Really embarrassing stuff.
This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.
Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.
Really embarrassing stuff.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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BONDI: The National Guard is on the way right now as we speak. You're sitting here grilling me and they're on their way to Chicago to keep your state safe.
DURBIN: It's my job to grill you
DURBIN: It's my job to grill you
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
BONDI: The National Guard is on the way right now as we speak. You're sitting here grilling me and they're on their way to Chicago to keep your state safe.
DURBIN: It's my job to grill you
DURBIN: It's my job to grill you
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solar and wind generated more electricity that coal for the first time ever in the first half of 2025. that's the good shit ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.
ember-energy.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
solar and wind generated more electricity that coal for the first time ever in the first half of 2025. that's the good shit ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Some highlights from this pod with Oregon AG Dan Rayfield: He tells me Dem AGs are preparing for the likelihood that Trump will expand efforts to federalize National Guards and deploy them in more cities.
Trump is trying to normalize troops in US cities, he says.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
Trump is trying to normalize troops in US cities, he says.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Some highlights from this pod with Oregon AG Dan Rayfield: He tells me Dem AGs are preparing for the likelihood that Trump will expand efforts to federalize National Guards and deploy them in more cities.
Trump is trying to normalize troops in US cities, he says.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
Trump is trying to normalize troops in US cities, he says.
newrepublic.com/article/2014...
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A naked descent into authoritarianism is weirdly boring because what’s being debated is fundamentally uninteresting. Is the antifa legion burning down Portlan real or not? Well, let’s have someone look out the window over there. No? Okay. Facts are settled. It either matters or it doesn’t.
October 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A naked descent into authoritarianism is weirdly boring because what’s being debated is fundamentally uninteresting. Is the antifa legion burning down Portlan real or not? Well, let’s have someone look out the window over there. No? Okay. Facts are settled. It either matters or it doesn’t.
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Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Portland And Beyond
This afternoon, Donald Trump was asked about invoking the Insurrection Act: “I’d do it if it was necessary.
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire
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Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.
October 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.
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Outcry as Trump plots more roads and logging in US forests: ‘You can almost hear the chainsaws’
Outcry as Trump plots more roads and logging in US forests: ‘You can almost hear the chainsaws’
Critics say move to axe Bill Clinton’s ‘roadless rule’ that protected key old-growth forests will be devastating to environment
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Outcry as Trump plots more roads and logging in US forests: ‘You can almost hear the chainsaws’
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As you see the Ellisons’ use the husk of Paramount/CBS to hand out fiefdoms to conservatives, remember: This summer Paramount bribed Trump $16m at the cost of 60 Minutes’ integrity. FCC approval of the Ellisons’ takeover bid followed within a few days. Brendan Carr made this statement at the time.
October 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As you see the Ellisons’ use the husk of Paramount/CBS to hand out fiefdoms to conservatives, remember: This summer Paramount bribed Trump $16m at the cost of 60 Minutes’ integrity. FCC approval of the Ellisons’ takeover bid followed within a few days. Brendan Carr made this statement at the time.
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Texas proudly invading Illinois.
It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
October 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Texas proudly invading Illinois.
It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.