Barry Zigas
@barryzigas.bsky.social
Long time affordable housing advocate and policy wonk. Proud grandfather, parent and husband living in San Francisco.
Trump blue light special -- pardon and release one convicted SA drug lord, indict and kidnap another.
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Trump blue light special -- pardon and release one convicted SA drug lord, indict and kidnap another.
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try to make sense of it
So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM
try to make sense of it
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He legit just pardoned the president of Honduras for drug trafficking but now Maduro is going to stand trial for “narco terrorism.” This all makes a lot of sense and definitely isn’t about oil.
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
He legit just pardoned the president of Honduras for drug trafficking but now Maduro is going to stand trial for “narco terrorism.” This all makes a lot of sense and definitely isn’t about oil.
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Isn’t it odd that when a member of an immigrant ethnic group commits a crime, right-wing white guys want to deport the entire group, but when a right-wing white guy commits a crime, the other right-wing white guys don’t volunteer to deport themselves.
January 1, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Isn’t it odd that when a member of an immigrant ethnic group commits a crime, right-wing white guys want to deport the entire group, but when a right-wing white guy commits a crime, the other right-wing white guys don’t volunteer to deport themselves.
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Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
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Surely this will bring the cost of housing down.🙄
ICE raids appear to be 100% responsible for the current housing crunch in south Texas. Indeed, they have brought residential construction to an end.
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Surely this will bring the cost of housing down.🙄
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This is huge danger!
The DOJ is trying to get all your individualized voter data (including SS number, DOB, current and previous addresses, voting records, etc.) in order to intimidate and undermine elections. Please listen to this and re-post on all your social media. Email this video to you friends & family members.
“Five alarm fire!” Justice Department wages WAR with shock move
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is huge danger!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
Hey, NYTimes...how about some pieces from diners in Black neighborhoods who are losing their representation in TX and elsewhere because Trump said "Jump" and they said "how high"?
Hey, NYTimes...how about some pieces from diners in Black neighborhoods who are losing their representation in TX and elsewhere because Trump said "Jump" and they said "how high"?
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
Hey, NYTimes...how about some pieces from diners in Black neighborhoods who are losing their representation in TX and elsewhere because Trump said "Jump" and they said "how high"?
Hey, NYTimes...how about some pieces from diners in Black neighborhoods who are losing their representation in TX and elsewhere because Trump said "Jump" and they said "how high"?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...
These ingrates should man up. The tax is a fraction of their wealth. CA has been very, very good to them. Time to return the favor and stop whining.
These ingrates should man up. The tax is a fraction of their wealth. CA has been very, very good to them. Time to return the favor and stop whining.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...
These ingrates should man up. The tax is a fraction of their wealth. CA has been very, very good to them. Time to return the favor and stop whining.
These ingrates should man up. The tax is a fraction of their wealth. CA has been very, very good to them. Time to return the favor and stop whining.
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We see you, and we thank you.
December 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We see you, and we thank you.
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Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
Ok. So writing briefs is now "busy work." Greatly reduced hourly fees must be right behind.
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Ok. So writing briefs is now "busy work." Greatly reduced hourly fees must be right behind.
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*partisan exceptions apply
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
*partisan exceptions apply
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November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
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David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
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Everyone (esp media) pay attention. In 2021 almost every Republican attacked the Biden administration and State dept for being too slow in approving Afghanistan special visas as Afghanistan fell.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Everyone (esp media) pay attention. In 2021 almost every Republican attacked the Biden administration and State dept for being too slow in approving Afghanistan special visas as Afghanistan fell.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
Now they are attacking Biden for doing what they asked him to do.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM