gare bear
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he/him. baltimore. anti-fascist. cats. cars. toy soldiers. trying to take your guns away.
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Well now we know what the discussion regarding the management of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is all about. It's about making money for Trump, his sons, and Jared through their crypto scams.
December 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Well now we know what the discussion regarding the management of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is all about. It's about making money for Trump, his sons, and Jared through their crypto scams.
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Here are all the US copyrighted works entering the public domain on Jan 1 next week: web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US…
web.law.duke.edu
December 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Here are all the US copyrighted works entering the public domain on Jan 1 next week: web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
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The administration’s main goal, and primary product, is the creation of fascism-flavored content
Thousands of internal chat messages show how ICE’s public affairs arm has raced to satisfy the White House by pumping out viral videos of confrontations and arrests.
The cruelty is the point with fascism
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The cruelty is the point with fascism
wapo.st/4qn5iVV
December 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The administration’s main goal, and primary product, is the creation of fascism-flavored content
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This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.
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A cybersecurity expert said his own company’s investigation also found signs of foreign intervention, adding it had the hallmarks of Russia-allied activity. The investigation found that while the initial pizza deliveries may have started organically, it was quickly seized upon by foreign actors.
NEW:
One brought a gun home.
One moved.
Others improved home security.
Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
One brought a gun home.
One moved.
Others improved home security.
Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A cybersecurity expert said his own company’s investigation also found signs of foreign intervention, adding it had the hallmarks of Russia-allied activity. The investigation found that while the initial pizza deliveries may have started organically, it was quickly seized upon by foreign actors.
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the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
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Hang the plaque!!!! #J6Plaque
NEW: Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Officer Danny Hodges have filed their response to the government's arguments against hanging the January 6th plaque in the Capitol pursuant to federal law. I'll post a link to the full filing once it's on the docket.
December 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hang the plaque!!!! #J6Plaque
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The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates said. n.pr/3LfqH4o
Immigrants now have fewer legal options to stay in the U.S. under Trump
The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates say.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates said. n.pr/3LfqH4o
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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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Black Door with Snow, 1953–1955 by US painter Georgia O'Keeffe #WomensArt
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Black Door with Snow, 1953–1955 by US painter Georgia O'Keeffe #WomensArt
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The US government has deported a US citizen with a Maryland birth certificate they claim is fake.
This goes way beyond even denaturalizing an immigrant citizen. This person was born here.
This goes way beyond even denaturalizing an immigrant citizen. This person was born here.
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The US government has deported a US citizen with a Maryland birth certificate they claim is fake.
This goes way beyond even denaturalizing an immigrant citizen. This person was born here.
This goes way beyond even denaturalizing an immigrant citizen. This person was born here.
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It's the least important element to this, but I find it fascinating on an aesthetic level too.
Americans are watching a bootleg broadcast that someone in Canada recorded off their TV. And people are copying it to various platforms (however imperfect visually) to get it out as widely as possible.
Americans are watching a bootleg broadcast that someone in Canada recorded off their TV. And people are copying it to various platforms (however imperfect visually) to get it out as widely as possible.
December 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It's the least important element to this, but I find it fascinating on an aesthetic level too.
Americans are watching a bootleg broadcast that someone in Canada recorded off their TV. And people are copying it to various platforms (however imperfect visually) to get it out as widely as possible.
Americans are watching a bootleg broadcast that someone in Canada recorded off their TV. And people are copying it to various platforms (however imperfect visually) to get it out as widely as possible.
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Important context here: when Peter Thiel and David Sacks began their war on diversity as undergrads at Stanford, thirty years ago, the very first tactic they adopted was to normalize slurs that had already been stigmatized out of mainstream society. This return of these hateful terms was a key goal.
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Important context here: when Peter Thiel and David Sacks began their war on diversity as undergrads at Stanford, thirty years ago, the very first tactic they adopted was to normalize slurs that had already been stigmatized out of mainstream society. This return of these hateful terms was a key goal.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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this is exactly what I mean by JD laying it on too thick and why he’s a weak general election candidate. he could either go with the “freethinker” or the “Soros” dogwhistle and maybe get away with it
but he can’t help himself and doubles down to the point where there’s zero plausible deniability
but he can’t help himself and doubles down to the point where there’s zero plausible deniability
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
this is exactly what I mean by JD laying it on too thick and why he’s a weak general election candidate. he could either go with the “freethinker” or the “Soros” dogwhistle and maybe get away with it
but he can’t help himself and doubles down to the point where there’s zero plausible deniability
but he can’t help himself and doubles down to the point where there’s zero plausible deniability
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Something I didn't foresee in 2025, or ever.
Seeing Rep. Thomas Massie (!!!) sound more reality-based, and unhindered by "both-sides-ism," than the current anchor of a CBS news show.
This is genuinely pathetic by Brennan.
Seeing Rep. Thomas Massie (!!!) sound more reality-based, and unhindered by "both-sides-ism," than the current anchor of a CBS news show.
This is genuinely pathetic by Brennan.
Squint real hard, and you might just see the “WTAF?!” word balloon that pops above Rep. Massie’s head right after Margaret Brennan finishes her question.
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Something I didn't foresee in 2025, or ever.
Seeing Rep. Thomas Massie (!!!) sound more reality-based, and unhindered by "both-sides-ism," than the current anchor of a CBS news show.
This is genuinely pathetic by Brennan.
Seeing Rep. Thomas Massie (!!!) sound more reality-based, and unhindered by "both-sides-ism," than the current anchor of a CBS news show.
This is genuinely pathetic by Brennan.
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Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
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Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
December 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
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Rock Hudson was a Leading Man in hollywood, a lifelong republican, Gay, and dear friend of the Reagans. He was diagnosed with HIV, and Nancy looked him in the eyes, and refused to help him access treatment that might have extended his life.
Behold the reward for being "one of the good ones".
Behold the reward for being "one of the good ones".
This is part of why people think being lgbt+ is some new, weird trend. “Where are the queer elders?” They’re fucking dead and Reagan had a direct hand in killing them. He was more than content to sit back and let a disease that they said targeted gay men and queers take us out
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Rock Hudson was a Leading Man in hollywood, a lifelong republican, Gay, and dear friend of the Reagans. He was diagnosed with HIV, and Nancy looked him in the eyes, and refused to help him access treatment that might have extended his life.
Behold the reward for being "one of the good ones".
Behold the reward for being "one of the good ones".
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These are the "good and decent people" who didn't survive the Reagan presidency.
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
These are the "good and decent people" who didn't survive the Reagan presidency.
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"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
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Subtext: This entire family *is* vaccinated, and the mom got a booster while pregnant. Their child was just 2 weeks old when she contracted whooping cough -- too young to be vaccinated.
But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.
But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.
Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.
Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop
In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.
nbcnews.to
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Subtext: This entire family *is* vaccinated, and the mom got a booster while pregnant. Their child was just 2 weeks old when she contracted whooping cough -- too young to be vaccinated.
But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.
But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.
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Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
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What the Democrats can learn from the UK Labour Party's complete implosion after moving right on immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What the Democrats can learn from the UK Labour Party's complete implosion after moving right on immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...