Star Bustamonte
@divinedisturber.bsky.social
News correspondent for The Wild Hunt, co-host of The 4:15, and co-owner of House of Black Cat Magic.
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The show is up and it’s SPICY! Ft. @danlamothe.bsky.social on leaving the pentagon, @annamerlan.bsky.social on the new pentagon press corps and Laura Poitras on her new movie “Cover Up.” Oh and pod bonus @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Cam Higby about his new role. pca.st/episode/f23f...
Covering the Pentagon, from Sy Hersh to Laura Loomer
pca.st
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The show is up and it’s SPICY! Ft. @danlamothe.bsky.social on leaving the pentagon, @annamerlan.bsky.social on the new pentagon press corps and Laura Poitras on her new movie “Cover Up.” Oh and pod bonus @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Cam Higby about his new role. pca.st/episode/f23f...
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Holy smokes, you do not want to miss @micahloewinger.bsky.social’s interview with Cam Higby. I feel like we’re all thirsty for journalists who actually *push back*, as Micah repeatedly and skillfully does here.
The show is up and it’s SPICY! Ft. @danlamothe.bsky.social on leaving the pentagon, @annamerlan.bsky.social on the new pentagon press corps and Laura Poitras on her new movie “Cover Up.” Oh and pod bonus @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Cam Higby about his new role. pca.st/episode/f23f...
Covering the Pentagon, from Sy Hersh to Laura Loomer
pca.st
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Holy smokes, you do not want to miss @micahloewinger.bsky.social’s interview with Cam Higby. I feel like we’re all thirsty for journalists who actually *push back*, as Micah repeatedly and skillfully does here.
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There’s no telling how many similar stories are not being told for fear of retaliation.
By now, everyone should realize Trump is not going after violent criminals or the worst of the worst—he is terrorizing everyone, including U.S. citizens, and their loved ones.
By now, everyone should realize Trump is not going after violent criminals or the worst of the worst—he is terrorizing everyone, including U.S. citizens, and their loved ones.
Senator Murray Condemns Egregious Use of Force by ICE as Constituent is Mauled by Attack Dog, Demands Release from NWIPC to Receive Appropriate Medical Care - Senator Patty Murray
***(WARNING: Graphic Content) Photos of Wilmer’s injuries, photos of Wilmer and his children, and partial video of his detainment are available to the press HERE*** Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen...
www.murray.senate.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
There’s no telling how many similar stories are not being told for fear of retaliation.
By now, everyone should realize Trump is not going after violent criminals or the worst of the worst—he is terrorizing everyone, including U.S. citizens, and their loved ones.
By now, everyone should realize Trump is not going after violent criminals or the worst of the worst—he is terrorizing everyone, including U.S. citizens, and their loved ones.
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It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week.
This is almost everything the government is doing.
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The term "Orwellian" is as abused as "peace," but this use of "peace" is as fully Orwellian as anything outside 20th century fascism or Stalinism.
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The term "Orwellian" is as abused as "peace," but this use of "peace" is as fully Orwellian as anything outside 20th century fascism or Stalinism.
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Happy Krampusnacht to all that celebrate! 👹
Lots of fun activities for the day!
1. Mask making to blend in among the spirits
2. Bonfires (of course it's always a bonfire with us!)
3. Place a bundle of birch sticks at your door to ward of evil
4. Make a crop whip
5. Ring bells to purify spaces
Lots of fun activities for the day!
1. Mask making to blend in among the spirits
2. Bonfires (of course it's always a bonfire with us!)
3. Place a bundle of birch sticks at your door to ward of evil
4. Make a crop whip
5. Ring bells to purify spaces
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Happy Krampusnacht to all that celebrate! 👹
Lots of fun activities for the day!
1. Mask making to blend in among the spirits
2. Bonfires (of course it's always a bonfire with us!)
3. Place a bundle of birch sticks at your door to ward of evil
4. Make a crop whip
5. Ring bells to purify spaces
Lots of fun activities for the day!
1. Mask making to blend in among the spirits
2. Bonfires (of course it's always a bonfire with us!)
3. Place a bundle of birch sticks at your door to ward of evil
4. Make a crop whip
5. Ring bells to purify spaces
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What are we doing here folks
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
What are we doing here folks
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Bonkers stuff in the NSS. It is like a far-right caricature of itself. The Trump admin believes it needs to save Europe from itself by backing far-right forces within Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
The new US National Security Strategy makes for scary reading. I wrote about how the US wants to support forces in Europe to tear itself apart back in November 2024, and last May. This NSS confirms that's exactly the US objective for Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Bonkers stuff in the NSS. It is like a far-right caricature of itself. The Trump admin believes it needs to save Europe from itself by backing far-right forces within Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
As State Dept reprograms funding, get ready for the US to be the funders of far-right civil society in Europe.
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
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This is what every district should be doing, starting with NJ, not least bc by stripping the makebelieve US Attorney, you increase Todd Blanche's legal exposure for the bullshit still going on, most notably in the LaMonica McIver case.
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This is what every district should be doing, starting with NJ, not least bc by stripping the makebelieve US Attorney, you increase Todd Blanche's legal exposure for the bullshit still going on, most notably in the LaMonica McIver case.
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Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
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gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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#GVerse #Veterans
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I don’t know who needs to hear this
But whale sharks are definitely sharks and definitely not whales. They’re also not half shark half whale hybrids.
They’re called that because they’re large and they filter feed.
Thank youuuuuuuu for your attention to this matter!
But whale sharks are definitely sharks and definitely not whales. They’re also not half shark half whale hybrids.
They’re called that because they’re large and they filter feed.
Thank youuuuuuuu for your attention to this matter!
a whale shark is swimming in the ocean with its mouth open and the words thank you written above it .
ALT: a whale shark is swimming in the ocean with its mouth open and the words thank you written above it .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this
But whale sharks are definitely sharks and definitely not whales. They’re also not half shark half whale hybrids.
They’re called that because they’re large and they filter feed.
Thank youuuuuuuu for your attention to this matter!
But whale sharks are definitely sharks and definitely not whales. They’re also not half shark half whale hybrids.
They’re called that because they’re large and they filter feed.
Thank youuuuuuuu for your attention to this matter!
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The Republican hacks on SCOTUS start with whatever ruling will help their fellow Republican partisans and lazily work backwards from there, barely offering an excuse for their egregious hackery.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF
ALT: Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Republican hacks on SCOTUS start with whatever ruling will help their fellow Republican partisans and lazily work backwards from there, barely offering an excuse for their egregious hackery.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
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Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections electionlawblog.org?p=153359
Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections #ELB
You can find the order. a concurrence, and a dissent at this link. [This post is in progress]
electionlawblog.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections electionlawblog.org?p=153359
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At least one other boat, the one with the Colombian fisherman, was adrift and displaying a distress signal with its engine out of the water. To attack a disabled vessel in distress and signaling for assistance is basically in the same category as killing shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage.
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
At least one other boat, the one with the Colombian fisherman, was adrift and displaying a distress signal with its engine out of the water. To attack a disabled vessel in distress and signaling for assistance is basically in the same category as killing shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage.
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I swear it's like a cheat code, doesn't matter what it is you're writing. Grammatical oddities, character voice inconsistencies, tonal or perspective whiplash...something about just reading it aloud as if you were reading it off to a buddy across the room makes problems jump out at you.
I tell my students the easiest way to catch mistakes is for them to read their papers out loud, and they always look at me like I'm insane.
But look, that's what we do with our own books! Because it works!
But look, that's what we do with our own books! Because it works!
Lunch break at 2pm after completing day 6 of 8 of reading aloud the page proofs of my book with a friend. My brain has liquified. Typical typos caught today: Untied States, statue instead of statute.
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I swear it's like a cheat code, doesn't matter what it is you're writing. Grammatical oddities, character voice inconsistencies, tonal or perspective whiplash...something about just reading it aloud as if you were reading it off to a buddy across the room makes problems jump out at you.
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2/ "'There was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,' said one lawmaker familiar with Thursday’s congressional briefings and the video that was shown."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say
The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
2/ "'There was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,' said one lawmaker familiar with Thursday’s congressional briefings and the video that was shown."
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This seems a REALLY big deal:
"Military leaders told lawmakers that they assessed the survivors MIGHT 'look' for a radio, the person said. But it’s hard to see how they could after the first strike, the person said." (my emphasis)
1/2
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"Military leaders told lawmakers that they assessed the survivors MIGHT 'look' for a radio, the person said. But it’s hard to see how they could after the first strike, the person said." (my emphasis)
1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say
The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This seems a REALLY big deal:
"Military leaders told lawmakers that they assessed the survivors MIGHT 'look' for a radio, the person said. But it’s hard to see how they could after the first strike, the person said." (my emphasis)
1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"Military leaders told lawmakers that they assessed the survivors MIGHT 'look' for a radio, the person said. But it’s hard to see how they could after the first strike, the person said." (my emphasis)
1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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The Republican Supreme Court justices believe that facts have a liberal bias
As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Republican Supreme Court justices believe that facts have a liberal bias
O.M.G. Only Wendig could turn this into the hilarity his article is. AI is total slop but he finds a way to make me laugh so hard I cried.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
O.M.G. Only Wendig could turn this into the hilarity his article is. AI is total slop but he finds a way to make me laugh so hard I cried.
@chuckwendig.bsky.social - If you ever decide you want an actual non-AI-hallucination cat, come see me at @hbcm.bsky.social - We have excellent cats!
@chuckwendig.bsky.social - If you ever decide you want an actual non-AI-hallucination cat, come see me at @hbcm.bsky.social - We have excellent cats!