Catlos
@catloslosyboy.bsky.social
Democracy prevails so long as we continually strive for it 🇺🇸 Always seeking a more perfect union and golf game. Esq. MA-CT. CT-TN-MA-MI-CT. ⚓️ ⬇️ 🇨🇱🇵🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽
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Recall that a district court wrote a lengthy and closely reasoned opinion blocking DOGE's access to sensitive SSA data after extensive briefing. The Fourth Circuit agreed. Then SCOTUS threw that out with no explanation in a two-page emergency order.
"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls..."
If anyone has any information on the identity of the "advocacy group tyring to overturn election results in certain states” and who were secretly in contact with DOGE, my Signal is DavidGilbert.01
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 22, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Recall that a district court wrote a lengthy and closely reasoned opinion blocking DOGE's access to sensitive SSA data after extensive briefing. The Fourth Circuit agreed. Then SCOTUS threw that out with no explanation in a two-page emergency order.
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We have been rightly afraid of the threat of bad actors using AI to create disinformation.
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:37 PM
We have been rightly afraid of the threat of bad actors using AI to create disinformation.
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It's appalling that one of the first of those bad actors is in the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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They couldn't be more clear what this is about.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:43 PM
They couldn't be more clear what this is about.
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Note the rhetoric: The St. Paul Church "riots"
It was a provably peaceful protest. In court today the DOJ asked for the charged protesters to be held in detention cause the "riot" was "violent." When asked by the judge for evidence, they pointed to someone that slipped on the ice as they "fled."
It was a provably peaceful protest. In court today the DOJ asked for the charged protesters to be held in detention cause the "riot" was "violent." When asked by the judge for evidence, they pointed to someone that slipped on the ice as they "fled."
This is the part where they silent dissent of anyone they can.
January 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Note the rhetoric: The St. Paul Church "riots"
It was a provably peaceful protest. In court today the DOJ asked for the charged protesters to be held in detention cause the "riot" was "violent." When asked by the judge for evidence, they pointed to someone that slipped on the ice as they "fled."
It was a provably peaceful protest. In court today the DOJ asked for the charged protesters to be held in detention cause the "riot" was "violent." When asked by the judge for evidence, they pointed to someone that slipped on the ice as they "fled."
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If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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It’s pretty funny that every judge (besides the ones on SCOTUS) responds to the regime in the same way. CMON BE SERIOUS.
JUST IN: Judge Richard Leon (GWBush) sounds skeptical of Trump's power to build WH ballroom w/o Congress' OK. "The '77 Gerald Ford swimming pool? You compare that to ripping down the East Wing & building a new East Wing? C'mon, be serious!" he told DOJ lawyer.
January 22, 2026 at 10:07 PM
It’s pretty funny that every judge (besides the ones on SCOTUS) responds to the regime in the same way. CMON BE SERIOUS.
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7 democrats made this bill pass.
If they all voted “no” it would’ve failed 213-214.
If they all voted “no” it would’ve failed 213-214.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM
7 democrats made this bill pass.
If they all voted “no” it would’ve failed 213-214.
If they all voted “no” it would’ve failed 213-214.
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This is an important insight. Miller, Vance, and co see immigrants as the enemy, as the other. But they also see anyone siding with immigrants, citizen or not, as the enemy, too. And they want to make sure people see that aligning with immigrants makes you vulnerable to state violence.
The deeper issue is Miller and maybe Vance want people who are eager to show solidarity with immigrants to fear state violence.
They want us to fear Trump is capable of the worst.
I try to develop a theory of the moment here. 5/5
(h/t @radleybalko.bsky.social)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
They want us to fear Trump is capable of the worst.
I try to develop a theory of the moment here. 5/5
(h/t @radleybalko.bsky.social)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
This is an important insight. Miller, Vance, and co see immigrants as the enemy, as the other. But they also see anyone siding with immigrants, citizen or not, as the enemy, too. And they want to make sure people see that aligning with immigrants makes you vulnerable to state violence.
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These are fake, foreign-based MAGA accounts that Trump has reposted to Truth Social today
January 22, 2026 at 7:55 PM
These are fake, foreign-based MAGA accounts that Trump has reposted to Truth Social today
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This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
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We know the outcome: more death and pain and suffering.
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:56 PM
We know the outcome: more death and pain and suffering.
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
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Not for anything, but based on data from the Titanic’s sea trials, it would take 7 min to make a complete turn at a speed of 17 knots.
January 22, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Not for anything, but based on data from the Titanic’s sea trials, it would take 7 min to make a complete turn at a speed of 17 knots.
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Lmao at the VP essentially just being like “cops be lying 🤷 “
January 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Lmao at the VP essentially just being like “cops be lying 🤷 “
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Someone has been given real polling and is not happy!
President Trump:
Fake and Fraudulent Polling should be, virtually, a criminal offense.
Fake and Fraudulent Polling should be, virtually, a criminal offense.
January 22, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Someone has been given real polling and is not happy!
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Lieu: "How scared are Republicans of talking about the Epstein files? They are so scared that they literally are calling Jack Smith ... Republicans would rather talk about the criminality of Donald Trump than about his associations with Epstein and his pedophelia ring."
January 22, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Lieu: "How scared are Republicans of talking about the Epstein files? They are so scared that they literally are calling Jack Smith ... Republicans would rather talk about the criminality of Donald Trump than about his associations with Epstein and his pedophelia ring."
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Let the picture of the little five year old boy standing facing the car and the old man being dragged out of his house with no shirt on, let those images burn into your brain. We don’t have to be this country. We don’t have to live this way.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Let the picture of the little five year old boy standing facing the car and the old man being dragged out of his house with no shirt on, let those images burn into your brain. We don’t have to be this country. We don’t have to live this way.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
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A billionaire known as “Bitcoin Jesus” was under indictment for massive criminal tax fraud and very likely going to prison.
Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.
How did they do it? Avi Asher-Schapiro and I spent months getting the inside story.
Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.
How did they do it? Avi Asher-Schapiro and I spent months getting the inside story.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A billionaire known as “Bitcoin Jesus” was under indictment for massive criminal tax fraud and very likely going to prison.
Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.
How did they do it? Avi Asher-Schapiro and I spent months getting the inside story.
Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.
How did they do it? Avi Asher-Schapiro and I spent months getting the inside story.
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Lieu uses his questioning time to contrast how Biden let Jack Smith operate independently with how Trump orders his underlings to open politicized investigations into his political foes
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Lieu uses his questioning time to contrast how Biden let Jack Smith operate independently with how Trump orders his underlings to open politicized investigations into his political foes
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"Among the most demoralizing parts was going to work in uniform each day and watching civilians recoil, as though he was “the fascist arm of the regime” or “the boot on the neck of Washington, DC.” washingtonian.com/2026/01/21/a...
An Anonymous DC National Guardsman Tells All
“This is not what I signed up to do.”
washingtonian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"Among the most demoralizing parts was going to work in uniform each day and watching civilians recoil, as though he was “the fascist arm of the regime” or “the boot on the neck of Washington, DC.” washingtonian.com/2026/01/21/a...
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The post of an absolute madman.
January 22, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The post of an absolute madman.
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why are we framing requiring a warrant & **not deporting us citizens** as concessions asked of republicans?
rather than ... following the law
rather than ... following the law
House Democratic leadership issues a statement of opposition to the DHS funding bill, but against leaves out whether they are encouraging all Democrats to oppose it.
January 22, 2026 at 5:48 PM
why are we framing requiring a warrant & **not deporting us citizens** as concessions asked of republicans?
rather than ... following the law
rather than ... following the law