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A request to my follows: If you post bad political news, please try and link - or at least mention - a resource or an action to oppose, resist or compensate for the bad news.
That helps keep us from getting demoralized!
That helps keep us from getting demoralized!
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Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
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The VP of the US can give a speech saying no one has to be ashamed to be white anymore — the type of mainstream political speech we haven’t seen since before the civil rights acts, and the rhetoric is treated as merely divisive with few pointing out the obvious truth that white men remain in power.
December 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The VP of the US can give a speech saying no one has to be ashamed to be white anymore — the type of mainstream political speech we haven’t seen since before the civil rights acts, and the rhetoric is treated as merely divisive with few pointing out the obvious truth that white men remain in power.
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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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Speaking as someone who stopped breathing last night because the power went out, we are NOT equipped for the disablity impacts of our failing power infrastructure. Great read from @juliametraux.bsky.social
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
Angela Frederick’s new book calls to put disability at the center of disaster planning.
grist.org
December 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Speaking as someone who stopped breathing last night because the power went out, we are NOT equipped for the disablity impacts of our failing power infrastructure. Great read from @juliametraux.bsky.social
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All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
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Gift rhymes with GRIFT. Ask an Army brat lyricist
If you know anyone in the military, please share this with them.
The Convicted FElon's $1776 bonus check for military is coming from their monthly housing allowance. So they will get less money for housing. Also the bonus check will be taxable income. They are getting screw.
youtu.be/HbUkGtu25Ik?...
The Convicted FElon's $1776 bonus check for military is coming from their monthly housing allowance. So they will get less money for housing. Also the bonus check will be taxable income. They are getting screw.
youtu.be/HbUkGtu25Ik?...
Trump's ‘Warrior Dividend’ Payments Are A MASSIVE Scam
YouTube video by Farron Balanced
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Gift rhymes with GRIFT. Ask an Army brat lyricist
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"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
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“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
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Alternately, you could be a bimbofied Riley Gaines railing against trans people injecting unnatural substances into their bodies
December 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Alternately, you could be a bimbofied Riley Gaines railing against trans people injecting unnatural substances into their bodies
Got a tip that the CDC has quietly resumed posting data about the spread of #COVID #flu and #RSV!
Nationwide 7-day average hospitalizations for #COVID19 are down to 0.8 per lakh, and #RSVirus is up to 0.8 per lakh, but it's #influenza putting people in the hospital!
contagion.grieve-smith.com
Nationwide 7-day average hospitalizations for #COVID19 are down to 0.8 per lakh, and #RSVirus is up to 0.8 per lakh, but it's #influenza putting people in the hospital!
contagion.grieve-smith.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Got a tip that the CDC has quietly resumed posting data about the spread of #COVID #flu and #RSV!
Nationwide 7-day average hospitalizations for #COVID19 are down to 0.8 per lakh, and #RSVirus is up to 0.8 per lakh, but it's #influenza putting people in the hospital!
contagion.grieve-smith.com
Nationwide 7-day average hospitalizations for #COVID19 are down to 0.8 per lakh, and #RSVirus is up to 0.8 per lakh, but it's #influenza putting people in the hospital!
contagion.grieve-smith.com
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Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson are not having a bit of a tiff. The party is fracturing. This is not a drill
Doesn't mean we're out of the woods or that what comes next won't be worse. But this is end-of-an-era shit
Doesn't mean we're out of the woods or that what comes next won't be worse. But this is end-of-an-era shit
December 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson are not having a bit of a tiff. The party is fracturing. This is not a drill
Doesn't mean we're out of the woods or that what comes next won't be worse. But this is end-of-an-era shit
Doesn't mean we're out of the woods or that what comes next won't be worse. But this is end-of-an-era shit
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Kathy Hochul is to the right of Mitt Romney
December 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Kathy Hochul is to the right of Mitt Romney
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"Our new study finds that hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity account for 23% of all reported hate crimes in California since 2001... Reported incidents more than tripled over this period, from 25 in 2013 to 84 in 2024...":
williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications...
williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications...
December 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Our new study finds that hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity account for 23% of all reported hate crimes in California since 2001... Reported incidents more than tripled over this period, from 25 in 2013 to 84 in 2024...":
williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications...
williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications...
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Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
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idk as a VERY long time Fukuyama hater this turn from him does not surprise me
one bit. he was always a dumb guy’s idea of a smart guy
one bit. he was always a dumb guy’s idea of a smart guy
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
idk as a VERY long time Fukuyama hater this turn from him does not surprise me
one bit. he was always a dumb guy’s idea of a smart guy
one bit. he was always a dumb guy’s idea of a smart guy
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For your weekend listening pleasure, it's me and @johncassidysays.bsky.social talking about his belter of a book Capitalism and its Critics: player.captivate.fm/episode/b858...
Do it. And then get the book.
Do it. And then get the book.
The story of capitalism, as told by its critics
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
player.captivate.fm
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
For your weekend listening pleasure, it's me and @johncassidysays.bsky.social talking about his belter of a book Capitalism and its Critics: player.captivate.fm/episode/b858...
Do it. And then get the book.
Do it. And then get the book.
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Yes, these are real ICE agents in the TPUSA merch room. Everyone is getting selfies taken with them. This seems fine
December 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Yes, these are real ICE agents in the TPUSA merch room. Everyone is getting selfies taken with them. This seems fine
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I've been waiting to find out exactly how Trump was going to personally profit from the AI greed frenzy he has unleashed because there was no way he was *not* going to get a piece.
Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company to power AI
The all-stock deal comes amid growing energy needs for the tech sector.
www.aljazeera.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I've been waiting to find out exactly how Trump was going to personally profit from the AI greed frenzy he has unleashed because there was no way he was *not* going to get a piece.
Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
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I'm fundraising today on @kpfa.org. If you like BtN and want to keep it coming, please contribute! Best would be if you do it between 3:40 and 4:00 PM Eastern/12:40–1:00 Pacific, so I get properly credited. But it's all welcome!
support.kpfa.org or 800-439-5732.
support.kpfa.org or 800-439-5732.
Support KPFA Today!
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December 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm fundraising today on @kpfa.org. If you like BtN and want to keep it coming, please contribute! Best would be if you do it between 3:40 and 4:00 PM Eastern/12:40–1:00 Pacific, so I get properly credited. But it's all welcome!
support.kpfa.org or 800-439-5732.
support.kpfa.org or 800-439-5732.
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Yesterday I was a bit snide about it, but watching people who are in the mainstream affirming this belief that there was “a culture” of white male disadvantage while this administration attacks civil rights law and deploys white nationalism, raises the stakes and signals the danger we are in.
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Yesterday I was a bit snide about it, but watching people who are in the mainstream affirming this belief that there was “a culture” of white male disadvantage while this administration attacks civil rights law and deploys white nationalism, raises the stakes and signals the danger we are in.
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President Donald Trump threatened NBC's broadcast license days after the network aired an interview with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) ."Raphael
Trump vows NBC won't 'get away' with Dem interview in threat to broadcast license
President Donald Trump threatened NBC's broadcast license days after the network aired an interview with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA)."Raphael Warnock was on Meet the Fake Press with a one sided and very biased Kristen Welker as the Host(ess!)" Trump ranted on Wednesday. "Warnock spent the entire sho...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
President Donald Trump threatened NBC's broadcast license days after the network aired an interview with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) ."Raphael
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Today, on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, we remember the lives lost due to violence. Today is a call to action to continue fighting against the stigma, discrimination, and legislation that fuel this cruel violence. ☂️
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today, on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, we remember the lives lost due to violence. Today is a call to action to continue fighting against the stigma, discrimination, and legislation that fuel this cruel violence. ☂️
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Here are some possible answers for why a woman would dedicate themselves to anti-feminsim, there are probably more:
1) Never questioning what one was taught growing up
2) it's lucrative as hell
3) sexual fetishism as praxis
4) being "one of the good ones" can feel amazing
1) Never questioning what one was taught growing up
2) it's lucrative as hell
3) sexual fetishism as praxis
4) being "one of the good ones" can feel amazing
"Why Do Minorities Join the Far Right?"
A Thread From Long Ago
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Here are some possible answers for why a woman would dedicate themselves to anti-feminsim, there are probably more:
1) Never questioning what one was taught growing up
2) it's lucrative as hell
3) sexual fetishism as praxis
4) being "one of the good ones" can feel amazing
1) Never questioning what one was taught growing up
2) it's lucrative as hell
3) sexual fetishism as praxis
4) being "one of the good ones" can feel amazing
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Oh, these poor millennial white men who just knew their ascendancy was secure as opposed to 30 percent of Black teens with no jobs and the spiking Black unemployment rate. Thank God things have returned to normal, amirite? www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November
The unemployment rate for two U.S. groups that are often the most vulnerable to job loss in a softening economy - Blacks and teenagers - surged to the highest levels in more than four years in Novembe...
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Oh, these poor millennial white men who just knew their ascendancy was secure as opposed to 30 percent of Black teens with no jobs and the spiking Black unemployment rate. Thank God things have returned to normal, amirite? www.reuters.com/sustainabili...