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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 4d

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures

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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 5m

I'm pathological about following stuff, but I have lost track of some of these stories for sure.

Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 13m

My God. So, it's the right time to get into organized crime or working for a hostile intelligence service?

Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 15m

Just different heads of the same hydra

Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 1h

A grave moral injury we have inflicted on ourselves

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 4h

The Trump administration last month made explicit what it has been implying for months, namely that it considers videotaping ICE raids to be illegal and intends to go after those who do it. thedispatch.com/article/dhs-...

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 13h

All this unfolded in 2014, though, right?

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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 13h

This is the book I've been reading and recommending to people. There's a huge playbook of stuff we haven't tried yet. bookshop.org/p/books/wagi...

Waging a Good War: How the Civil Rights Movement Won Its Battles, 1954-1968

How the Civil Rights Movement Won Its Battles, 1954-1968

bookshop.org

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14h

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 16h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 14h

Oh, I know what you mean. I believed all that too.

Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 15h

Looks like all this was in 2014?!

Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 16h

As a kid I thought Dr. Demento broadcast from the little brick building by the radio towers near my house.

Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 16h

As you might have heard, Dr. Demento is retiring this weekend. Fortunately, I know an incredibly massive Dr. Demento fan.

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Dr. Demento Is Retiring. He Leaves Behind An Army Of Musical Oddballs

A Dr. Demento superfan looks back on the novelty radio icon as he finally hangs up his microphone. Oh, he pulled in a bunch of other superfans.

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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 16h

There were likely some Zoom conferences among the agents and US Navy search crews in 1937. As long as someone remembered to save the recordings!

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 17h

NEW: "I don’t like sending out 'emergency' newsletters, but I’ve had my eye on the situation in Chicago all day....This moment has elevated the crisis so that it is no longer just a conflict between the federal government and a state, but between two states."
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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NEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 1d

The cuts at the National Endowment for the Humanities go far deeper than any of these agencies - almost 70% of 179 people were terminated, despite no change to the agency's budget.

There were no savings here - only idealogical destruction. #NEH

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

How much smaller the federal workforce is now vs. a year ago
Ed Dept 42%
OPM 33%
HUD 31%
Treasury 29%
Defense (civilian jobs) 22%
Small Biz Admin 21%
Energy 20%
Interior 15%
HHS 14%
SSA 11%
EPA 10%
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Much Smaller Is the Federal Work Force? Shutdown Plans Offer a Clue.

The number of federal employees has been trimmed by thousands since President Trump took office, according to contingency plans drawn up by federal agencies.

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 18h

Ha! The *BLOOD* oranges give away the whole story! Nice try pretending Portland isn't a bombed-out cannibal-infested ruin.

Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 19h

FWIW, and it ain't much, I think that's a pepper ball gun. Anyway, they are acting like they're in Sadr City c2007

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

We've become numb to genocidal rhetoric around trans people.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 1d

She sincerely believes this stuff (racism, conspiracies, class resentment, etc.,) unlike almost all her colleagues. I'll give her microcredit for that.

Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like Brasilia or Germania

Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 1d

This is one reason why fleeing the US is not an alternative to standing up for liberty here. If America falls into complete darkness, a lot of other liberal democracies will too.

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I talked to scholars who study political contagion about how America’s freefall could affect the rest of the world. They are… concerned. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 1d

I think I just had a stroke

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

Today, Josh Hawley -- who voted to overturn the 2020 election after fanning the Big Lie that the election was stolen from Trump, the same lie that fueled the Jan. 6 insurrection that Hawley was egging on -- is outraged the FBI reportedly analyzed some GOP senators' phone records in its Jan. 6 probe.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

So many unanticipated stupid consequences of Trump's bad (and badly implemented) tariffs...

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 2d

Got a tip recently about how Trump's tariffs are preventing libraries from sharing books, and causing their loaned books to get stuck or lost in other countries: www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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