Bates
@batesmotel14.bsky.social
Indy-born & raised.
100% Boilermaker. Also: Colts, combat sports, Reds, and fast cars.
Certified dork: Star Wars, Potter (House Ravenclaw!), Anime, Marvel, LOTR. Currently obsessed with Street Fighter 6.
100% Boilermaker. Also: Colts, combat sports, Reds, and fast cars.
Certified dork: Star Wars, Potter (House Ravenclaw!), Anime, Marvel, LOTR. Currently obsessed with Street Fighter 6.
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So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
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I wrote about Tulsi Gabbard and her endless pro-Trump sycophantic U-turns on the 2020 election, on Iran, and on Venezuela.
Is Tulsi Gabbard the Most Shameless, Desperate Member of the Trump Cabinet?
The former Democratic congresswoman turned director of national intelligence is willing to U-turn on the 2020 election and war with Venezuela and Iran just to appease her boss and keep her job.
zeteo.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I wrote about Tulsi Gabbard and her endless pro-Trump sycophantic U-turns on the 2020 election, on Iran, and on Venezuela.
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It's an unpopular opinion but I don't think it's good to live in a society where men can grab you off the street and there's literally nothing you can do about it
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's an unpopular opinion but I don't think it's good to live in a society where men can grab you off the street and there's literally nothing you can do about it
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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But no resolutions condemning fascism, huh?
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
But no resolutions condemning fascism, huh?
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So it’s worse than we thought
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So it’s worse than we thought
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ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
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The US collaborates with the genocide in many ways.
US revokes visa of former South African minister who initiated genocide case against Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-revokes-visa-south-africa-naledi-pandor-led-case-icj-israel-genocide
US revokes visa of former South African minister who initiated genocide case against Israel
Naledi Pandor played a key role in South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice
www.middleeasteye.net
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The US collaborates with the genocide in many ways.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The CDC, now led by RFK Jr., has updated its website to promote a debunked theory on vaccines and autism.
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” says ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-up...
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” says ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-up...
CDC Updates Website To Promote Debunked Theory On Vaccines And Autism
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” said ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The CDC, now led by RFK Jr., has updated its website to promote a debunked theory on vaccines and autism.
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” says ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-up...
“DO NOT TRUST THIS AGENCY. This is a national embarrassment,” says ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-up...
Oh.
Swastikas, nooses and the Confederate flag are reportedly no longer considered to be hate symbols by the U.S. Coast Guard
Swastika No Longer Hate Symbol Under New U.S. Coast Guard Policy: Report
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Oh.
@kylekulinski.bsky.social Hey Kyle, your thoughts on this please. Maybe you’ve already done a piece on this topic, but I wanted to make sure you saw this.
Keep doing what you’re doing, man 👍🏾
youtube.com/shorts/IpA3l...
Keep doing what you’re doing, man 👍🏾
youtube.com/shorts/IpA3l...
At least 2 historians agree: this is it. We’re in the coup.
YouTube video by Anti-Social Studies
youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@kylekulinski.bsky.social Hey Kyle, your thoughts on this please. Maybe you’ve already done a piece on this topic, but I wanted to make sure you saw this.
Keep doing what you’re doing, man 👍🏾
youtube.com/shorts/IpA3l...
Keep doing what you’re doing, man 👍🏾
youtube.com/shorts/IpA3l...
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You can dismiss literally everything somebody says if they believe there's a white genocide in South Africa but not a genocide in Gaza. They're decrepit, immoral lying scumbags who know they're lying and don't care.
May 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You can dismiss literally everything somebody says if they believe there's a white genocide in South Africa but not a genocide in Gaza. They're decrepit, immoral lying scumbags who know they're lying and don't care.
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Protest works. Durable protest works even better. Keep pushing, #teslatakedown. www.newsweek.com/tesla-spacex...
Tesla and SpaceX reputations plummet in major poll
Since Musk joined the Trump administration, Tesla has seen its sales plummet amid backlash over his political views.
www.newsweek.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Protest works. Durable protest works even better. Keep pushing, #teslatakedown. www.newsweek.com/tesla-spacex...
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They’re not hiding the authoritarianism
Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about judiciary’s role to check executive branch | CNN Politics
Vice President JD Vance called Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments earlier this month that the judiciary’s role is to check the executive branch a “profoundly wrong sentiment” and said the courts sho...
www.cnn.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
They’re not hiding the authoritarianism
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Horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in the middle of DC. This kind of violence is illegal, immoral, inexcusable and of course - if the chant of ‘free Palestine’ by the alleged shooter is true - solves nothing and helps zero Palestinians.
Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum
Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in the middle of DC. This kind of violence is illegal, immoral, inexcusable and of course - if the chant of ‘free Palestine’ by the alleged shooter is true - solves nothing and helps zero Palestinians.
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This gets the story wrong on a fundamental level because it assumes DOGE was about what Musk claimed.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
“Musk came to Washington all Cybertrucks and chain saws, ready to destroy the bureaucracy,” write Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer. But as he winds down his service, “he has found himself isolated within the upper reaches of the Trump administration”: https://theatln.tc/ckySMUOS
May 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This gets the story wrong on a fundamental level because it assumes DOGE was about what Musk claimed.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
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Today's action is the single largest mass-illegalization event in US history.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to reinstate Sec. Kristi Noem's order ending Temporary Protected Status for many Venezuelans, but notes the decision does not address challenges to actions "purport[ing] to invalidate" related legal status, work authorization documents, etc., previously granted under TPS.
May 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today's action is the single largest mass-illegalization event in US history.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
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The press gnawing on this bone a hell of a lot harder and longer than they ever did January 6. Republicans skirted questions on that by like mid-February.
Democrats are trying to move beyond Joe Biden, but continued questions about his cognitive abilities while president are emerging as both a major distraction and a litmus test for party leaders
Latest Revelations About Biden’s Acuity Put Democrats in a Tough Spot
The focus on the former president comes as the party needs to look forward rather than backward to exit the political wilderness.
buff.ly
May 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The press gnawing on this bone a hell of a lot harder and longer than they ever did January 6. Republicans skirted questions on that by like mid-February.
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They are charging a sitting congresswoman with a crime for performing her lawfully required oversight of ICE.
This is an incredibly undemocratic step that should make people painfully aware of where we are at.
This is an incredibly undemocratic step that should make people painfully aware of where we are at.
My statement on the charges filed against me:
May 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
They are charging a sitting congresswoman with a crime for performing her lawfully required oversight of ICE.
This is an incredibly undemocratic step that should make people painfully aware of where we are at.
This is an incredibly undemocratic step that should make people painfully aware of where we are at.
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I wonder how many lies it will take before the press stops giving official statements by Trump and his cronies the presumption of truth. Days of stories spreading their lies around before the real story emerges. This happens over and over and over again:
Contrary to the narrative from the president, sources say that the Trump administration was the one that approached Qatar about acquiring a Boeing 747.
Sources contradict Trump narrative about Qatar offering plane as ‘gift’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told C...
cnn.it
May 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I wonder how many lies it will take before the press stops giving official statements by Trump and his cronies the presumption of truth. Days of stories spreading their lies around before the real story emerges. This happens over and over and over again: