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· Apr 29
Scary to think of how bad things would have to get before USians are compelled to general strike.
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT?
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
projects.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT?
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
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Oh my!
UPDATE: CNN confirms that "the envelope [holding the Epstein-Nassar Note] was sent from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City [where Epstein was being held] to Nassar"—*and* got vetted by federal officials.
Which explains the Virginia postmark (where the FBI is).
Which explains the Virginia postmark (where the FBI is).
December 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Oh my!
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The estate of the late billionaire Robert Brockman has reached an agreement to pay $750 million in back taxes and penalties.
Billionaire’s Heirs to Pay $750 Million in Biggest-Ever U.S. Tax Fraud Case
The estate of Texas software executive Robert Brockman agreed to settle a case in which IRS had sought $1.4 billion.
on.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The estate of the late billionaire Robert Brockman has reached an agreement to pay $750 million in back taxes and penalties.
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BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Here are some of my favorite non-Civil War era history books of 2025. #Booksky 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
My Favorite History Books of 2025
Here are eleven of my favorite history books that I read in 2025 or am currently reading.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Here are some of my favorite non-Civil War era history books of 2025. #Booksky 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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If you’re a football dork and/or want to learn more about the game, the altcast with Dan and Luke Kuechly on ESPN2 is great. Lots of great analysis of tendencies, personnel/formation, in game decision making and more.
December 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If you’re a football dork and/or want to learn more about the game, the altcast with Dan and Luke Kuechly on ESPN2 is great. Lots of great analysis of tendencies, personnel/formation, in game decision making and more.
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You know what?! I'm happy I was wrong about Phillip Rivers. Good for the Colts.
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
You know what?! I'm happy I was wrong about Phillip Rivers. Good for the Colts.
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Just know if I come for you on a social media, you deserve it. As someone who has taken a lot of abuse on platforms, I never pull chains unless it's something really awful you have said or done that's just plain wrong or vindictive.
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just know if I come for you on a social media, you deserve it. As someone who has taken a lot of abuse on platforms, I never pull chains unless it's something really awful you have said or done that's just plain wrong or vindictive.
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...
There’s like a dozen things that are wrong about this statement.
December 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...
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watched part of a pod save interview with rahm emanuel and that guy is genuinely delusional if he thinks he is going to go anywhere in a democratic presidential primary
December 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
watched part of a pod save interview with rahm emanuel and that guy is genuinely delusional if he thinks he is going to go anywhere in a democratic presidential primary
I don’t need to see CECOT video to understand that prisoners were abused and tortured.
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I don’t need to see CECOT video to understand that prisoners were abused and tortured.
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This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
Sigh.
The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly attempting to seize a third Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, escalating its pressure campaign against the Nicholas Maduro regime.
China Alleges Violation Of International Law As U.S. Pursues Another Venezuelan Tanker
The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly attempting to seize a third Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, escalating its pressure campaign against the Nicholas Maduro regime.
www.forbes.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sigh.
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WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
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Four detainees die in ICE custody in one week. “The four detainees, from Haiti, Nicaragua, Eritrea and Bulgaria, died between December 12 and 15, ICE notices said. ....At least 30 people have died in ICE detention this year, according to agency notices." www.reuters.com/world/us/fou...
Four died in ICE custody this week as 2025 deaths reach 20-year high
Four immigrants died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in the past week, according to the agency, as deaths in 2025 reached a two-decade high.
www.reuters.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Four detainees die in ICE custody in one week. “The four detainees, from Haiti, Nicaragua, Eritrea and Bulgaria, died between December 12 and 15, ICE notices said. ....At least 30 people have died in ICE detention this year, according to agency notices." www.reuters.com/world/us/fou...
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Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
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Records show the state lab ruled out the blood being Whitman’s a little less than a year after Paul’s arrest. The central pillar of the prosecution’s case had just fallen apart.
Yet it would take another six years for Paul to go free. @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com
Yet it would take another six years for Paul to go free. @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com
Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Records show the state lab ruled out the blood being Whitman’s a little less than a year after Paul’s arrest. The central pillar of the prosecution’s case had just fallen apart.
Yet it would take another six years for Paul to go free. @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com
Yet it would take another six years for Paul to go free. @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com
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It’s the entire point. There’s no plan to make this meaningful for students. No plan to use it administratively. Its design and implementation signals its only real intent. It’s best and easiest use case is for systematic harassment and to scare faculty into complying in advance.
We know the students don’t read the syllabuses. So who will? Right-wing activists looking for excuses to hound profs.
December 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It’s the entire point. There’s no plan to make this meaningful for students. No plan to use it administratively. Its design and implementation signals its only real intent. It’s best and easiest use case is for systematic harassment and to scare faculty into complying in advance.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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I think bigotry has become a kind of loyalty ritual among young republicans, it’s how you show you’re one of them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns — conversations that lat...
www.thecrimson.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I think bigotry has become a kind of loyalty ritual among young republicans, it’s how you show you’re one of them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...