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lizmcb.bsky.social

@lizmcb.bsky.social

From his photo shoot with CNN. I thought it was a 1940s German picture but is Bovino 2025. Cosplay Nazi.

December 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM

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Joel S.

@joelhs.bsky.social

Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.

"I wrote: "Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire. It rewards Hamas terrorists. It emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets.""

"The attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney today was a vile act of antisemitic terror. I mourn those who were murdered and will be keeping their families, the Jewish community, and the Chabad movement in my prayers. May the memories of all those killed be a blessing.

While we are still waiting for all the facts to emerge, what we already know is devastating. At least 11 dead, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who held deep ties to Crown Heights. At least 29 injured. Another Jewish community plunged into mourning and loss, a holiday of light so painfully reduced to a day of darkness. This attack is merely the latest, most horrifying iteration in a growing pattern of violence targeted at Jewish people across the world. Too many no longer feel safe to be themselves, to express their faith publicly, to worship in their synagogues without armed security stationed outside. What happened at Bondi is what many Jewish people fear will happen in their communities too.

On Bondi Beach today, as men with long guns targeted innocents, another man ran towards the gunfire and disarmed a shooter. Tonight, as Jewish New Yorkers light menorahs and usher in a first night of Hanukkah clouded by grief, let us look to his example and confront hatred with the urgency and action it demands. When I am Mayor, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe—on our streets, our subways, at shul, in every moment of every day. Let this be a purpose shared by every New Yorker, and let us banish this horrific violence to the past."

December 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM

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Sharon

@sharonk.bsky.social

one thing that i don't think people remark enough on is Bovino is not a political appointee

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."

December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM

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David M. Perry

@lollardfish.bsky.social

"In 2029 we will audit all funds related to the Trump Card, and seize 100% of the assets of all profiteers, their organizations, and any attempt to distribute assets to their heirs."

Kid Vanguard @kidvanguard.bsky.social · 3d

trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol

Special Benetits.
For Individuals
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Trump Gold Card
For a $15,000 DHS processing fee* and, after background approval, a contribution of $1 million, receive U.S. residency in record time with the Trump Gold Card.
*Additional small fees to the U.S. Department of State may apply depending on the applicant.
Trump Platinum Card
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An official website of the United States government
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个
Corporate Gold Card?
The Trump Corporate Gold Card is issued to a corporate sponsor for one or more of the sponsor's employees. To apply, the corporate sponsor must pay a nonrefundable, $15,000 DHS processing fee per employee. Corporate sponsors may apply for multiple employees at once. A $2 million per employee gift upon completion of the employee's vetting is evidence that the employee will substantially benefit the United States. The advantage of the Trump Corporate Gold Card is that corporate sponsors may cease sponsoring one employee and use the gift contribution tied to the prior application as a basis for sponsoring a new employee, without a new $2 million gift. The Trump Corporate Gold Card is subject to a small, 1% annual maintenance fee and a 5% transfer fee, which includes the cost of a new DHS background check. Small additional fees to the U.S. Department of State may also apply depending on each employees circumstances.

December 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM

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Jack Graham

@timescarcass.bsky.social

I'm betting that somehow Ahmed Al Ahmed's ethnicity will not become the basis for loads of sweeping conclusions about multiculturalism.

December 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin

@mbkplus.bsky.social

Every day that I wake up and am forced to know the name of the editor-in-chief of CBS News is a violation of my constitutional rights

December 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM

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Evan Urquhart

@evanurquhart.bsky.social

Fact-checking legacy media on transgender healthcare was remarkably easy to get into as a non-scientist with no credentials because all you have to do is ask "How does this work in non-politicized medicine, and is transgender healthcare different?"

999/1000 times, that's your fact check.

December 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM

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Frederick Deknatel

@freddydeknatel.bsky.social

Abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement are just “wokeness” now, according to our pliant and credulous media.

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 12h

Conservatives rebranded bigotry and every time the media uses “wokeness” as a euphemism they are helping a movement that it quite literally erasing the history marginalized people’s role in American life.

NY times headline reading

The War on 'Wokeness' Comes to the U.S.
Mint
New coins for America's 250th anniversary were unveiled. They don't include planned designs featuring abolition, women's suffrage and the civil rights movement.

December 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM

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alix e. harrow

@alixeharrow.bsky.social

my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides

December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM

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derek guy

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

We are monitoring, thinking, and praying.

JD Vance on June 2, 2024 after a mass shooting: "Terrible situation in Akron last night. Our team is monitoring the situation and our hearts go out to everyone affected by this terrible shooting.

We’re praying for everyone involved and that the death toll doesn’t rise."

JD Vance on August 27th 2025 after a mass shooting: "We’re at the WH monitoring the situation in Minneapolis. Join all of us in praying for the victims!"

JD Vance on September 28th 2025 after a mass shooting: "Just an awful situation in Michigan. FBI is on the scene and the entire administration is monitoring things.

Say a prayer for the victims and first responders. 🙏"

JD Vance on December 13, 2025 after a mass shooting: "Terrible news out of Rhode Island this evening. We're all monitoring the situation and the FBI stands ready to do anything to help.

We're all thinking of and praying for the victims tonight."

JD Vance on August 28th 2025 after he was criticized for offering nothing but thoughts and prayers after mass shootings: "It is shocking to me that so many left wing politicians attack the idea of prayer in response to a tragedy.

Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action.

We pray because our hearts are broken and we believe that God is listening."

December 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM

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Charlotte Garden

@charlottegarden.bsky.social

From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...

“During the course of the debate, it was disclosed that it is now policy of the university to suspend any faculty member with pay against whom a student has lodged a complaint. The faculty member is suspended under the Title IX program,” Schmeltzer wrote. “This was new information to everyone in attendance.”

December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM

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Adam Weinstein

@adamweinstein.bsky.social

Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

As a Border Patrol boss, Bovino has repeatedly cited the threat of undocumented immigrants who’ve killed U.S. citizens while driving drunk. The Trump administration said Midway Blitz was launched in Chicago in honor of one of them, a 20-year-old DUI victim.

In 1981, Bovino’s father, Mike Bovino, killed a young woman after drunkenly crashing his truck head-on into her car in the hilly little resort town of Blowing Rock, N.C., near the Bovinos’ home.

Newspaper accounts described the victims’ car as “bowled over by the impact.” There were no skid marks. Bovino was uninjured. (Chicago Sun Times)

December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM

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Kelly

@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.

The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.

They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.

Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air

Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr

December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM

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Garry

@thegmcconnachie.bsky.social

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM

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Christopher Mims

@mims.bsky.social

Wow. This is an absolutely terrifying read. We now live in an age when a single company can, through what appears to be plain old bureaucracy, can more or less brick your entire digital life.

Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison @hey.paris · 1d

posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely?

hey.paris/posts/appleid/

December 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM

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Katie Mack

@astrokatie.com

Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.

Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 2d

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
•
I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B

December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM

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Joshua Erlich

@joshuaerlich.bsky.social

this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.

Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort

www.nytimes.com

December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM

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KPD Max von Sydnow 🇨🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼🇺🇦🇬🇱

@mpdeejay.bsky.social

Republicans:"Oh ho ho, but what if Bill Clinton is in the Epstein files? Checkmate, libs!"

House Democrats: "Check out this signed photo of Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein."

December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM

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post malone ergo propter malone

@proptermalone.bsky.social

please consider the significant upsides of giving birth in a hospital

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Oct 21

Stacey Hatfield, an Australian nutritionist and food influencer, dies after giving birth at home at age 30, her husband says.

Food influencer Stacey Hatfield dies from 'rare' complications after giving birth

The Australian nutritionist and food influencer had just given birth to her first child at home.

nbcnews.to

December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM

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Scott Horton

@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.