Craig Cheslog
@craigcheslog.com
GenXer against fascism. Talking politics, women’s soccer, WNBA, Manchester United men and women, USWNT, USMNT, Green Bay Packers, Boston Celtics, Chicago Cubs, and Taylor Swift. (he/him/his) My newsletter: https://thelongtwilightstruggle.com/.
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The Stephen Miller Regency (#107)
Reminding my fellow Californians to vote “yes” on Proposition 50 today, Democrats should make clear how Stephen Miller is acting as the president’s Regent, thanking Vasili Arkhipov for being “the man ...
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The Long Twilight Struggle: Reminding my fellow Californians to vote “yes” on Prop 50, Democrats should make clear how Stephen Miller is the president’s Regent, thanking Vasili Arkhipov for being “the man who saved the world” during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and links to other stories I’m following.
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They tucked this into a huge, unrelated bill because they know they'd never win in court.
Because of Congress's ineptitude, it's nearly impossible to sue federal law enforcement, even for egregious, brazen, illegal abuses. Never mind routine, entirely above-board police work, as was the case here.
Because of Congress's ineptitude, it's nearly impossible to sue federal law enforcement, even for egregious, brazen, illegal abuses. Never mind routine, entirely above-board police work, as was the case here.
A handful of GOP senators want a half million bucks each because their cellphone records were lawfully subpoenaed by Jack Smith. Imagine how much they’d be demanding if they were actually victimized by government thugs
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
They tucked this into a huge, unrelated bill because they know they'd never win in court.
Because of Congress's ineptitude, it's nearly impossible to sue federal law enforcement, even for egregious, brazen, illegal abuses. Never mind routine, entirely above-board police work, as was the case here.
Because of Congress's ineptitude, it's nearly impossible to sue federal law enforcement, even for egregious, brazen, illegal abuses. Never mind routine, entirely above-board police work, as was the case here.
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We are at a point where the vice-President can claim that one of the most widely used and tested medications is "useless" because disregard for science is seen as a virtue.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We are at a point where the vice-President can claim that one of the most widely used and tested medications is "useless" because disregard for science is seen as a virtue.
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Just checkin' the facts!
I just remembered this from Glenn Kessler 3 months ago
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just checkin' the facts!
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Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by the ref cam 🙋
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by the ref cam 🙋
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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the point of camo for a soldier is to obscure their position from the enemy. camo in an urban environment is completely different, and this forest green or desert pattern is functionally useless.
police only dress this way to project an image of power they should not have.
police only dress this way to project an image of power they should not have.
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
the point of camo for a soldier is to obscure their position from the enemy. camo in an urban environment is completely different, and this forest green or desert pattern is functionally useless.
police only dress this way to project an image of power they should not have.
police only dress this way to project an image of power they should not have.
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Stay for the alt text.
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Stay for the alt text.
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single member districts are bad
I'm going to die on the hill that Utah's redistricting outcome is actually bad for democracy.
We don't have a single competitive congressional district which means parties can retreat to polarizing treatment of each other rather than build roots in communities in order to win close races.
We don't have a single competitive congressional district which means parties can retreat to polarizing treatment of each other rather than build roots in communities in order to win close races.
For decades, any Utah Democrat who wanted to go to Congress had to campaign as a moderate or conservative. Now that the state has a solidly blue congressional seat, though, running as a progressive is suddenly an effective strategy.
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
single member districts are bad
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Did he go to medical school?
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Did he go to medical school?
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Centrist Democratic strategists have probably done more to prime voters to think of the Party as a vehicle for wokeism than anyone other than Trump or Fox News. And on very thin data that's not causal or predictive out of sample. The extent of the self-own is remarkable substack.com/@gelliottmor...
G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris)
Yeah, centrist Democratic strategists have probably done more to prime voters to think of the Party as a vehicle for wokeism than anyone other than Trump or Fox News anchors. The extent of the self-ow...
substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Centrist Democratic strategists have probably done more to prime voters to think of the Party as a vehicle for wokeism than anyone other than Trump or Fox News. And on very thin data that's not causal or predictive out of sample. The extent of the self-own is remarkable substack.com/@gelliottmor...
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There are lots of people to blame for protecting Trump, intentionally or otherwise, but history's verdict re: Biden/Garland's manifest failure to hold Trump accountable in the four-years they had to do so should be absolutely brutal. Buchanan/Chamberlain-level indifference and incompetence.
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There are lots of people to blame for protecting Trump, intentionally or otherwise, but history's verdict re: Biden/Garland's manifest failure to hold Trump accountable in the four-years they had to do so should be absolutely brutal. Buchanan/Chamberlain-level indifference and incompetence.
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How likely would it have been for Trump to have regained office if there had been full-airing of the Epstein stuff at any time over the past 5-6 years? And how many people are dead now who wouldn't be because Trump regained office?
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
How likely would it have been for Trump to have regained office if there had been full-airing of the Epstein stuff at any time over the past 5-6 years? And how many people are dead now who wouldn't be because Trump regained office?
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Quick — someone tell the New York Times that the situation in early October, when the shutdown began, was not “normal.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Quick — someone tell the New York Times that the situation in early October, when the shutdown began, was not “normal.”
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This man has been giving god tier I wanna die memes for twenty-five years. God bless!
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This man has been giving god tier I wanna die memes for twenty-five years. God bless!
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It’s wild how many of the ICE/CBP detentions are turning out to be illegal — and yet in the US system, there are no consequences for the agents and no recourse for the victims.
Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
According to the ruling, Diana Santillana will be given a bond hearing in front of an immigration judge, who could order her released while her civil deportation case proceeds.
trib.al
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It’s wild how many of the ICE/CBP detentions are turning out to be illegal — and yet in the US system, there are no consequences for the agents and no recourse for the victims.
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Having been an ICE officer in any capacity needs to be classified as a crime against humanity with retroactive enforcement.
It’s wild how many of the ICE/CBP detentions are turning out to be illegal — and yet in the US system, there are no consequences for the agents and no recourse for the victims.
Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Having been an ICE officer in any capacity needs to be classified as a crime against humanity with retroactive enforcement.
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While I do not have the full extent of its revenues, it is obvious that OpenAI's costs are dramatically higher - by several billion dollars - than previously reported. Similarly, the implied revenues are much lower than reported.
I am deeply concerned.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/#wh...
I am deeply concerned.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/#wh...
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
While I do not have the full extent of its revenues, it is obvious that OpenAI's costs are dramatically higher - by several billion dollars - than previously reported. Similarly, the implied revenues are much lower than reported.
I am deeply concerned.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/#wh...
I am deeply concerned.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/#wh...
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Whatever you do, don’t show him this text from Assange to Don Jr in 2016.
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Whatever you do, don’t show him this text from Assange to Don Jr in 2016.
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What would really unlock the Epstein scandal is finding out why Acosta cut that insane plea deal.
Epstein plead to soliciting a minor. Which is bad. But not nearly as bad as what he was doing. And so the world acted accordingly. Some times in ignorance, some times with greed and cynicism.
Epstein plead to soliciting a minor. Which is bad. But not nearly as bad as what he was doing. And so the world acted accordingly. Some times in ignorance, some times with greed and cynicism.
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
What would really unlock the Epstein scandal is finding out why Acosta cut that insane plea deal.
Epstein plead to soliciting a minor. Which is bad. But not nearly as bad as what he was doing. And so the world acted accordingly. Some times in ignorance, some times with greed and cynicism.
Epstein plead to soliciting a minor. Which is bad. But not nearly as bad as what he was doing. And so the world acted accordingly. Some times in ignorance, some times with greed and cynicism.
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They calling them “catch kits.” A nightmare.
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
They calling them “catch kits.” A nightmare.
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🎵God bless the USA 🎶
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
🎵God bless the USA 🎶
I want the filibuster to go, but it is interesting that Trump just didn't have the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel change the Carter Administration's interpretation of the Antideficiency Act to open the government.
And if he doesn't, I hope the next Democratic president will.
And if he doesn't, I hope the next Democratic president will.
Trump: "I also want to call for the termination to the filibuster so that this can never happen again."
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I want the filibuster to go, but it is interesting that Trump just didn't have the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel change the Carter Administration's interpretation of the Antideficiency Act to open the government.
And if he doesn't, I hope the next Democratic president will.
And if he doesn't, I hope the next Democratic president will.
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David Axelrod stating on election night that Wilson had lost wasn't just premature and worthy of a "gotcha." It demonstrated a shocking lack of awareness of how Washington state elections work (esp. with all mail-in ballots).
Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
David Axelrod stating on election night that Wilson had lost wasn't just premature and worthy of a "gotcha." It demonstrated a shocking lack of awareness of how Washington state elections work (esp. with all mail-in ballots).
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“Terminate the filibuster”
Yes please
Yes please
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“Terminate the filibuster”
Yes please
Yes please
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.