Fava Bean
@fava.bsky.social
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Playing the "if this were a Democrat" game is tired I know but my God if this were a Democrat it would be the only story we'd hear until 2042. www.thedailybeast.com/don-jrs-fund...
Don Jr.’s Fund to Cash In on $620M Magnet Deal With Pentagon
Never mind that his father views magnets as an almost existential source of confusion, Trump Jr. is on track to benefit from them with the latest contract handed to a company he backs.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Playing the "if this were a Democrat" game is tired I know but my God if this were a Democrat it would be the only story we'd hear until 2042. www.thedailybeast.com/don-jrs-fund...
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The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
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December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
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Forget Whether Or Not DOGE Exists: Will Anyone Be Held Accountable For 600,000 Deaths?
First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of whether DOGE "still exists" as a formal entity completely misses the point. The always-misleadingly-named "Department of Government Efficiency" was never…
First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of whether DOGE "still exists" as a formal entity completely misses the point. The always-misleadingly-named "Department of Government Efficiency" was never…
Forget Whether Or Not DOGE Exists: Will Anyone Be Held Accountable For 600,000 Deaths?
First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of whether DOGE "still exists" as a formal entity completely misses the point. The always-misleadingly-named "Department of Government Efficiency" was never really about efficiency. It was Elon Musk's excuse to gain access to the federal government's fundamental systems and wreak havoc, Twitter-style—smashing anything that got in his way, enriching his allies, and dismissing any consequences with a wave of his hand.
www.techdirt.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Forget Whether Or Not DOGE Exists: Will Anyone Be Held Accountable For 600,000 Deaths?
First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of whether DOGE "still exists" as a formal entity completely misses the point. The always-misleadingly-named "Department of Government Efficiency" was never…
First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of whether DOGE "still exists" as a formal entity completely misses the point. The always-misleadingly-named "Department of Government Efficiency" was never…
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All kidding aside … it’s seriously scary that the military has been used to commit mass murder in this way by a mad king, and nobody refused the order.
It should never have gotten this far.
It should never have gotten this far.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
All kidding aside … it’s seriously scary that the military has been used to commit mass murder in this way by a mad king, and nobody refused the order.
It should never have gotten this far.
It should never have gotten this far.
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There is no plausible scenario where Trump's paramilitary is making US safe or even making US feel safe. ICE is the terror, the violence, the crime they are claiming to stop.
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There is no plausible scenario where Trump's paramilitary is making US safe or even making US feel safe. ICE is the terror, the violence, the crime they are claiming to stop.
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.
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1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
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As I posted earlier, this campaign is similar to panic about "boys in girls' sports" and, as commenters pointed out, "welfare queens"—and refugees! And DEI! Conservatives try to use outlier scenarios to stoke resentment and suspicion about any system that extends benefits to marginalized people.
One of the biggest impacts I’ve seen from the unproven idea that people are wrongfully using disability accommodations is that people stop trusting people with disabilities and in fact further restrict, remove, and demonize accommodations for people with disabilities in general
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As I posted earlier, this campaign is similar to panic about "boys in girls' sports" and, as commenters pointed out, "welfare queens"—and refugees! And DEI! Conservatives try to use outlier scenarios to stoke resentment and suspicion about any system that extends benefits to marginalized people.
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More than anything, the panic about "OHNOES TOO MUCH ACCOMMODATIONS" is akin (not the same, but parallel) to worrying about "boys in girls' sports," using a handful of accusations about "cheating" to justify bigotry and creating suspicion around a whole class of marginalized people.
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
More than anything, the panic about "OHNOES TOO MUCH ACCOMMODATIONS" is akin (not the same, but parallel) to worrying about "boys in girls' sports," using a handful of accusations about "cheating" to justify bigotry and creating suspicion around a whole class of marginalized people.
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"He captured harpers ferry with his 19 men so few
He frightened old virginny till she trembled through and through
They hung him for a traitor, themselves a traitor crew
But his truth still marches on ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSn...
John Brown: May 9, 1800 to December 2, 1859, Rest-in-Power
He frightened old virginny till she trembled through and through
They hung him for a traitor, themselves a traitor crew
But his truth still marches on ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSn...
John Brown: May 9, 1800 to December 2, 1859, Rest-in-Power
John Brown's Body
YouTube video by Gloria Jane
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December 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"He captured harpers ferry with his 19 men so few
He frightened old virginny till she trembled through and through
They hung him for a traitor, themselves a traitor crew
But his truth still marches on ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSn...
John Brown: May 9, 1800 to December 2, 1859, Rest-in-Power
He frightened old virginny till she trembled through and through
They hung him for a traitor, themselves a traitor crew
But his truth still marches on ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSn...
John Brown: May 9, 1800 to December 2, 1859, Rest-in-Power
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Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
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America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.
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Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
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Trump Travel Ban: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Repub of Congo, Eq. Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuela.
#47 Admin cancels naturalization ceremonies on Travel Ban List - ABC News share.google/FyaJuJBxgSUk...
#47 Admin cancels naturalization ceremonies on Travel Ban List - ABC News share.google/FyaJuJBxgSUk...
Administration cancels some naturalization ceremonies for those on travel ban list
Some naturalization ceremonies for people from the 19 countries on the Trump administration's new travel ban list have been placed on pause, according to sources.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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This stinks.
Markey has been a good senator but it is time for him to retire, so we don't risk him dying in office. Moulton is not a good option.
Markey has been a good senator but it is time for him to retire, so we don't risk him dying in office. Moulton is not a good option.
Ayanna Pressley will not run for Senate (but will seek reelection instead), leaving Markey and Moulton in the Senate primary: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/n...
Pressley won’t challenge Markey, will run for re-election - The Boston Globe
Nationally known and well-liked among progressives, Representative Pressley was seen as a strong contender for the Senate seat, but told The Globe it wasn't the right time.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This stinks.
Markey has been a good senator but it is time for him to retire, so we don't risk him dying in office. Moulton is not a good option.
Markey has been a good senator but it is time for him to retire, so we don't risk him dying in office. Moulton is not a good option.
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i really thought the "emperor's new clothes" was more metaphorical than this.
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
i really thought the "emperor's new clothes" was more metaphorical than this.
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How can we sit and watch Trump’s son in law and that US estate agent carve up Ukraine opposite a grinning Putin. This is Trump corruption.
Ukraine urgently needs funds and weapons, military support and a clear indication that the West means business
Ukraine urgently needs funds and weapons, military support and a clear indication that the West means business
December 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
How can we sit and watch Trump’s son in law and that US estate agent carve up Ukraine opposite a grinning Putin. This is Trump corruption.
Ukraine urgently needs funds and weapons, military support and a clear indication that the West means business
Ukraine urgently needs funds and weapons, military support and a clear indication that the West means business
Did he do this while he was asleep in his cabinet meeting? When did Trump sign the pardon?
President Trump has officially pardoned former Honduran President who US officials said was at the center of one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world. n.pr/4rzhG6q
Trump pardons Honduran ex-president who was convicted of drug crimes
President Trump has officially pardoned former Honduran President who US officials said was at the center of one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Did he do this while he was asleep in his cabinet meeting? When did Trump sign the pardon?
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
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I'm like 90% sure that's an innocent typo.
85%
85%
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm like 90% sure that's an innocent typo.
85%
85%
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My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.