@ambassadorofstoke.bsky.social
We got a lot of work to do. As Rachel Maddow says, “Stay hydrated and keep your shoelaces tied.” (If you follow me and you’re selling something, you’ll get blocked). 🤙
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Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
December 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
pretty much
"Voters did not think ... they think he just says crazy things and maybe he would try to do it, but the United States itself is a strong enough institution to stop anything really terrible from happening. And I think that’s a lesson to be learned." trib.al/X9RPKGP
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
pretty much
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Activists in LA photographed immigration officers wearing Halloween masks of horror movie villains while conducting raids. When a citizen journalist asked DHS for comment, a spokesperson replied, “Happy Halloween.”
trib.al/6h1Tuwk
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Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Activists in LA photographed immigration officers wearing Halloween masks of horror movie villains while conducting raids. When a citizen journalist asked DHS for comment, a spokesperson replied, “Happy Halloween.”
trib.al/6h1Tuwk
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“Resource Imperialism”
Yeah. That and ..
”Winning” by acting like he can cut down as many people as possible.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yeah. That and ..
”Winning” by acting like he can cut down as many people as possible.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say
Critics compare offensive to Iraq war, citing familiar mix of regime-change rhetoric, security pretexts and oil interests
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“Resource Imperialism”
Yeah. That and ..
”Winning” by acting like he can cut down as many people as possible.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yeah. That and ..
”Winning” by acting like he can cut down as many people as possible.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment & threats have changed their lives. More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges & their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment & threats have changed their lives. More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges & their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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We need to talk about vaccines.
We need to talk about vaccines | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We need to talk about vaccines.
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No amount of taking food aid away from starving people in Ethiopia is ever going to make a meaningful dent in the federal budget because it's simply orders of magnitude too small. Everything Musk did was irrelevant to the scale of the budget. Child math.
December 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
No amount of taking food aid away from starving people in Ethiopia is ever going to make a meaningful dent in the federal budget because it's simply orders of magnitude too small. Everything Musk did was irrelevant to the scale of the budget. Child math.
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People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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It’s not just Gaza.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
Land Grab: Inside Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank
Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s not just Gaza.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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Federal immigration agencies were involved in at least 33 deaths this year.
The full story: lataco.com/33-deaths-fe...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/33-deaths-fe...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
December 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Federal immigration agencies were involved in at least 33 deaths this year.
The full story: lataco.com/33-deaths-fe...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/33-deaths-fe...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody
@mandykathryn.bsky.social
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
celebrate Hanukkah
Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody
@mandykathryn.bsky.social
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
celebrate Hanukkah
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody
@mandykathryn.bsky.social
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
celebrate Hanukkah
Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody
@mandykathryn.bsky.social
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
celebrate Hanukkah
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December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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“Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a ‘CRIMINAL SCHEME’ To overturn the 2020 election.”
In case you’re wondering why Republicans insisted on keeping his testimony behind closed doors.🤔🚪
abcnews.go.com/US/jack-smit...
In case you’re wondering why Republicans insisted on keeping his testimony behind closed doors.🤔🚪
abcnews.go.com/US/jack-smit...
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a ‘CRIMINAL SCHEME’ To overturn the 2020 election.”
In case you’re wondering why Republicans insisted on keeping his testimony behind closed doors.🤔🚪
abcnews.go.com/US/jack-smit...
In case you’re wondering why Republicans insisted on keeping his testimony behind closed doors.🤔🚪
abcnews.go.com/US/jack-smit...
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RUTHERFORD COUNTY: “Her whole focus is regaining custody of her daughter.”
Woman gives birth in custody, ICE separates from her baby for 35 days even after all charges dropped - locked up in Louisiana while her newborn is in state custody in Tennessee.
Woman gives birth in custody, ICE separates from her baby for 35 days even after all charges dropped - locked up in Louisiana while her newborn is in state custody in Tennessee.
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
RUTHERFORD COUNTY: “Her whole focus is regaining custody of her daughter.”
Woman gives birth in custody, ICE separates from her baby for 35 days even after all charges dropped - locked up in Louisiana while her newborn is in state custody in Tennessee.
Woman gives birth in custody, ICE separates from her baby for 35 days even after all charges dropped - locked up in Louisiana while her newborn is in state custody in Tennessee.
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Fights, hunger strikes, censorship, retaliations, tear gassing, no janitorial staff, rare meals, and no medical care. On International Migrant’s Day, a coalition of groups organized a rally outside of Adelanto City Hall to share what’s happening at the privately owned GEO detention center for ICE.
December 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fights, hunger strikes, censorship, retaliations, tear gassing, no janitorial staff, rare meals, and no medical care. On International Migrant’s Day, a coalition of groups organized a rally outside of Adelanto City Hall to share what’s happening at the privately owned GEO detention center for ICE.