Edge
@czarbucks.bsky.social
Engineer. Atheist. Misanthrope.
What if this weren't a rhetorical question?
Maryland > Orlando > Asheville
Same on masto
What if this weren't a rhetorical question?
Maryland > Orlando > Asheville
Same on masto
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An American president is pressuring politicians of his own party on social media by name, even after some of them have received threats and been swatted in the wake of prior Trump postings. This is what experts on political violence call "stochastic terrorism."
Trump puts screws on Indiana Senators to greenlight GOP-friendly voting map
The Supreme Court seems unlikely to halt a tsunami of partisan gerrymanders.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
An American president is pressuring politicians of his own party on social media by name, even after some of them have received threats and been swatted in the wake of prior Trump postings. This is what experts on political violence call "stochastic terrorism."
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By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Always try to keep up with what @thomaszimmer.bsky.social is writing, easier if you read German. If not, definitely catch this thread, and sign up for his newsletter.
He's told us for years that the right wants to define what an American is, and here we are. And it's getting uglier.
He's told us for years that the right wants to define what an American is, and here we are. And it's getting uglier.
What is next for MAGA?
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
MAGA: Wie MAGA um die Zeit nach Trump kämpft
Donald Trumps Macht über seine Bewegung wird rissig. Sie streitet schon jetzt, wer nach ihm kommt – und zwar auf ihre Art: Die Rede ist vom MAGA-Bürgerkrieg.
www.zeit.de
December 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Always try to keep up with what @thomaszimmer.bsky.social is writing, easier if you read German. If not, definitely catch this thread, and sign up for his newsletter.
He's told us for years that the right wants to define what an American is, and here we are. And it's getting uglier.
He's told us for years that the right wants to define what an American is, and here we are. And it's getting uglier.
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The reason why these internal conflicts on the Right are so ugly is that MAGA is a shrill, almost hysterical movement. It exists in a constant state of imagined emergency: Under siege, enemies everywhere, MAGA is lusting for purity and always looking for traitors in their own midst.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The reason why these internal conflicts on the Right are so ugly is that MAGA is a shrill, almost hysterical movement. It exists in a constant state of imagined emergency: Under siege, enemies everywhere, MAGA is lusting for purity and always looking for traitors in their own midst.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A] LOVE that independent journalists are LIFTING EACH OTHER UP
B] Follow @marisakabas.bsky.social if you don't already
C] Follow every outlet on Marisa's list:
@51st.news
@404media.co
@aftermath.site
@assignedmedia.org
@autonomynews.co
@thebarbedwire.com
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@thebarbedwire.com
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Holes is an understatement.
“A federal judge's blistering 233-page ruling…outlines in detail what the judge called repeated lies by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino about clashes between agents and protesters.”
DHS lies every bit as much as 47 does.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“A federal judge's blistering 233-page ruling…outlines in detail what the judge called repeated lies by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino about clashes between agents and protesters.”
DHS lies every bit as much as 47 does.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Judge's ruling on feds' use of force in Operation Midway Blitz accuses Border Patrol's Bovino of "outright lying"
A federal judge's ruling supporting limits on federal immigration agents' use of force in Chicago outlines in detail what the judge called repeated lies by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino.
www.cbsnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Holes is an understatement.
“A federal judge's blistering 233-page ruling…outlines in detail what the judge called repeated lies by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino about clashes between agents and protesters.”
DHS lies every bit as much as 47 does.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“A federal judge's blistering 233-page ruling…outlines in detail what the judge called repeated lies by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino about clashes between agents and protesters.”
DHS lies every bit as much as 47 does.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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#ACIP voted to ignore decades of science, limiting the ability of families to protect their kids fr preventable diseases. Despite no evidence of vaccine harm, overwhelming evidence the birth dose of hep B strongly protects babies - @jillrose.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
STATEMENT: RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Rollbacks Threaten Public Health and Safety
www.americanprogress.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#ACIP voted to ignore decades of science, limiting the ability of families to protect their kids fr preventable diseases. Despite no evidence of vaccine harm, overwhelming evidence the birth dose of hep B strongly protects babies - @jillrose.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
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Ladder press conference.
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ladder press conference.
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The Republican Party really only has one core principle now: Everything the government does must either benefit Donald Trump and his allies or punish his enemies.
Donald Trump’s restitution scheme is among the greatest heists in US history
Bogus claims of malicious prosecution could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Republican Party really only has one core principle now: Everything the government does must either benefit Donald Trump and his allies or punish his enemies.
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I once got to use "splunge" in context and it delighted me inordinately. bsky.app/profile/edid...
What's a word or phrase that you really enjoy getting an opportunity to use?
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I once got to use "splunge" in context and it delighted me inordinately. bsky.app/profile/edid...
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their goal is to kill children
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
their goal is to kill children
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
and every Republican senator who knew better and voted to confirm him anyway has that blood on their hands
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Interesting hypothesis about hw Black Death started. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's Black Death plague
A volcanic eruption may have set off a chain reaction that led to Europe's deadliest pandemic.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Interesting hypothesis about hw Black Death started. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Another great take on what is happening with our vaccine policy, when a herd of ignorant, venal people are put in charge, and don't care how many people they kill.
From @drjudystone.bsky.social
From @drjudystone.bsky.social
New post: The Hepatitis B vaccine is at risk from the new CDC advisory committee members. Here's why.
#ACIP #HepatitisB #HepatitisPrevention #CDC #newborn
#DefendPublicHealth #GrandparentsForVaccines
Thanks @doritreiss.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @nurseteria.bsky.social
#ACIP #HepatitisB #HepatitisPrevention #CDC #newborn
#DefendPublicHealth #GrandparentsForVaccines
Thanks @doritreiss.bsky.social @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @nurseteria.bsky.social
Why The Hepatitis B Birth Dose Is At Risk From New CDC Vaccine Advisors
New members of the CDC vax advisory committee (ACIP) are opposed to newborn Hepatitis B vaccine, believing them not needed for most, and dangerous. Data contradicts that.
www.forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Another great take on what is happening with our vaccine policy, when a herd of ignorant, venal people are put in charge, and don't care how many people they kill.
From @drjudystone.bsky.social
From @drjudystone.bsky.social
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This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10
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This is the first time in modern U.S. history a SEAL Team Six commander may have to answer Congress about killing survivors. Here's what I think we'll see..when he almost certainly testifies in Washington, D.C.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is the first time in modern U.S. history a SEAL Team Six commander may have to answer Congress about killing survivors. Here's what I think we'll see..when he almost certainly testifies in Washington, D.C.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
This is horrible. I’ve written my 3 gop electeds at least. I want to scream.
South Floridians from Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela expecting to become U.S. citizens this week learned instead that their naturalization ceremonies had been canceled after the Trump administration issued a sweeping directive aimed at halting immigration from so-called high-risk countries.
South Florida immigrants on cusp of citizenship told to wait as DHS changes policy
The cancellations, confirmed by multiple immigration attorneys, came after the Trump administration paused immigration from 19 nations and froze all asylum claims.
www.miamiherald.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is horrible. I’ve written my 3 gop electeds at least. I want to scream.
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I don’t want to be the “I told you so” guy all the time.
But sometimes I am going to be.
I’m only human after all.
But sometimes I am going to be.
I’m only human after all.
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I don’t want to be the “I told you so” guy all the time.
But sometimes I am going to be.
I’m only human after all.
But sometimes I am going to be.
I’m only human after all.
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The infernal, glowing rectangles in everyone’s pocket gave us Trump, but now they’re saving us from him.
Trump's white nationalist aides are churning out vile videos glorifying migrant suffering. But Trump-MAGA are *losing* the online culture wars over deportations, because the humane side is info-warring better.
Check out @paulwaldman.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
Check out @paulwaldman.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The infernal, glowing rectangles in everyone’s pocket gave us Trump, but now they’re saving us from him.
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The rhetoric today is nearly indistinguishable from Know-Nothing rhetoric about the Irish, the Italians, and the Jews.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The rhetoric today is nearly indistinguishable from Know-Nothing rhetoric about the Irish, the Italians, and the Jews.
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Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
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WaPo 🎁 article on tomorrows Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting (APIC): "The CDC’s next anti-vaccine clown show is coming."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The CDC’s next anti-vaccine clown show is coming. Take your seats.
Delaying hepatitis B shots would be RFK Jr.’s most disruptive change yet to immunization policy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
WaPo 🎁 article on tomorrows Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting (APIC): "The CDC’s next anti-vaccine clown show is coming."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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New Whopper of the Week from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social: RFK, JR. WANTS YOU TO FORTIFY YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM SO HE CAN DEPRIVE YOU OF MODERN MEDICINE
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK Wants You to Fortify Your Immune System So He Can Deprive You of Modern Medicine | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr. believes that with a healthy diet, exercise, and the avoidance of environmental toxins and stresses alone, an individual can prevent disease. While these are good health practices, they are no...
www.defendpublichealth.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New Whopper of the Week from @defendpublichealth.bsky.social: RFK, JR. WANTS YOU TO FORTIFY YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM SO HE CAN DEPRIVE YOU OF MODERN MEDICINE
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...