Joan
@jbaloney00.bsky.social
Rabble-rouser, cheerleader, critic, humor analyst, part-time asshole.
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We have to be clear about what the Trump Administration is doing: They are taking basic American virtues and freedoms — the ability to speak truth to power and freely — and turning them into crimes. We must see through this.
January 11, 2026 at 1:43 AM
We have to be clear about what the Trump Administration is doing: They are taking basic American virtues and freedoms — the ability to speak truth to power and freely — and turning them into crimes. We must see through this.
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They’re proud of their impunity and capacity to kill witnesses. They see the killing of Renee Good not as a murder but as a righteous act meant to terrorize others into submission.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
They’re proud of their impunity and capacity to kill witnesses. They see the killing of Renee Good not as a murder but as a righteous act meant to terrorize others into submission.
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Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
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Reupping.
What known facts suggest abt violence of this week is that Greg Bovino was in the command chain for both, and HIS boss is Stephen Miller.
We have to start focusing the question on whether Stephen Miller ordered all this, like he ordered the murderboats before the Venezuelan invasion.
What known facts suggest abt violence of this week is that Greg Bovino was in the command chain for both, and HIS boss is Stephen Miller.
We have to start focusing the question on whether Stephen Miller ordered all this, like he ordered the murderboats before the Venezuelan invasion.
Greg Bovino, who is CBP, not ICE, has been the Where's Waldo of abusive immigration enforcement from the very start.
He was present in MN. His dudes did the shooting in OR.
He reports to Stephen Miller, the guy who ordered up murderboats.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/t...
He was present in MN. His dudes did the shooting in OR.
He reports to Stephen Miller, the guy who ordered up murderboats.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/t...
Time to Ask if Stephen Miller Has Authorized Assault and Murder of Peaceful ICE Observers - emptywheel
Given how consistently Greg Bovino is at the scene of unjustified violence against ICE observers, including today's shooting, and given Bovino's refusal to answer whether Stephen Miller has given him ...
www.emptywheel.net
January 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Reupping.
What known facts suggest abt violence of this week is that Greg Bovino was in the command chain for both, and HIS boss is Stephen Miller.
We have to start focusing the question on whether Stephen Miller ordered all this, like he ordered the murderboats before the Venezuelan invasion.
What known facts suggest abt violence of this week is that Greg Bovino was in the command chain for both, and HIS boss is Stephen Miller.
We have to start focusing the question on whether Stephen Miller ordered all this, like he ordered the murderboats before the Venezuelan invasion.
Veterans....listen up.
January 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Veterans....listen up.
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Excellent new series of articles. The graphics alone are worth a click.
I had a really fun time working on the code that was used to make these fallout visualizations for this USA Today article. I will soon be incorporating some of it into the NUKEMAP and probably making a version of this "mass attack fallout mapper" for public use. www.usatoday.com/graphics/int...
Fallout maps show how an attack on nuclear silos would impact US cities
USA TODAY mapped the far-reaching potential consequences of a nuclear strike against America's 450 nuclear missile silos.
www.usatoday.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Excellent new series of articles. The graphics alone are worth a click.
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This is superb, from Sen. Kelly.
Please watch.
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Insider note: First sentence of Kelly's presentation is uncannily powerful echo of my favorite TV ad ever. "Imported from Detroit," 15 yrs ago
Serendipity? Embedded memory by Kelly people? Perfect for both.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIQ...
Please watch.
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Insider note: First sentence of Kelly's presentation is uncannily powerful echo of my favorite TV ad ever. "Imported from Detroit," 15 yrs ago
Serendipity? Embedded memory by Kelly people? Perfect for both.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIQ...
January 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This is superb, from Sen. Kelly.
Please watch.
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Insider note: First sentence of Kelly's presentation is uncannily powerful echo of my favorite TV ad ever. "Imported from Detroit," 15 yrs ago
Serendipity? Embedded memory by Kelly people? Perfect for both.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIQ...
Please watch.
__
Insider note: First sentence of Kelly's presentation is uncannily powerful echo of my favorite TV ad ever. "Imported from Detroit," 15 yrs ago
Serendipity? Embedded memory by Kelly people? Perfect for both.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIQ...
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My friend, Jenn Budd has been exposing the criminal underbelly and bad acts by Border Patrol for about 10 years now.
This film is another paving stone on the path she's blazing.
I recommend that y'all catch it, if you can. Let yourself be disturbed and disgusted. Then, fight against it. 🖖🏾
This film is another paving stone on the path she's blazing.
I recommend that y'all catch it, if you can. Let yourself be disturbed and disgusted. Then, fight against it. 🖖🏾
January 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
My friend, Jenn Budd has been exposing the criminal underbelly and bad acts by Border Patrol for about 10 years now.
This film is another paving stone on the path she's blazing.
I recommend that y'all catch it, if you can. Let yourself be disturbed and disgusted. Then, fight against it. 🖖🏾
This film is another paving stone on the path she's blazing.
I recommend that y'all catch it, if you can. Let yourself be disturbed and disgusted. Then, fight against it. 🖖🏾
Highly recommended without even watching it. Jenn is the real deal!
My friend, Jenn Budd has been exposing the criminal underbelly and bad acts by Border Patrol for about 10 years now.
This film is another paving stone on the path she's blazing.
I recommend that y'all catch it, if you can. Let yourself be disturbed and disgusted. Then, fight against it. 🖖🏾
This film is another paving stone on the path she's blazing.
I recommend that y'all catch it, if you can. Let yourself be disturbed and disgusted. Then, fight against it. 🖖🏾
January 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Highly recommended without even watching it. Jenn is the real deal!
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Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
Last paragraph is stellar.
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Last paragraph is stellar.
Alert...emergency....code red.
Get the net...call out the national guard!!
Get the net...call out the national guard!!
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Alert...emergency....code red.
Get the net...call out the national guard!!
Get the net...call out the national guard!!
December 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Wait...what?
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Wait...what?
Street girl persona?
What's that you say, J.D. (aka Man of Many Names) Vance and your Adam Lambert mascara?
What's that you say, J.D. (aka Man of Many Names) Vance and your Adam Lambert mascara?
JD Vance: "Jasmine Crocket -- the record speaks for itself. She wants to be a senator, though her street girl persona is about as real as her nails."
December 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Street girl persona?
What's that you say, J.D. (aka Man of Many Names) Vance and your Adam Lambert mascara?
What's that you say, J.D. (aka Man of Many Names) Vance and your Adam Lambert mascara?
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Director of Melania Trump film exposed in Epstein files drop: report
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
Director of Melania Trump film exposed in Epstein files drop: report
Brett Ratner, the director of “Melania,” the new documentary about First Lady Melania Trump, was spotted in the Justice Department’s Friday release of thousands of files on Jeffrey Epstein, Vanity Fai...
www.rawstory.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Director of Melania Trump film exposed in Epstein files drop: report
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
In honor of the Epstein files release tomorrow., I will begin teading Virginia Giuffre's book which arrived today.
December 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In honor of the Epstein files release tomorrow., I will begin teading Virginia Giuffre's book which arrived today.
Trump's got a bad case of twitchiness.
December 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Trump's got a bad case of twitchiness.
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It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
Breaking Bad was popular.
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Breaking Bad was popular.
@motherjones.com Hello!
Were you able to speak with former BP agent Jenn Budd for this story? She wrote a book about HER rape and her fight to resist the CBP corruption. (Against the Wall is the name of the book.)
She can cofirm and amplify the facts in your report.
Were you able to speak with former BP agent Jenn Budd for this story? She wrote a book about HER rape and her fight to resist the CBP corruption. (Against the Wall is the name of the book.)
She can cofirm and amplify the facts in your report.
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@motherjones.com Hello!
Were you able to speak with former BP agent Jenn Budd for this story? She wrote a book about HER rape and her fight to resist the CBP corruption. (Against the Wall is the name of the book.)
She can cofirm and amplify the facts in your report.
Were you able to speak with former BP agent Jenn Budd for this story? She wrote a book about HER rape and her fight to resist the CBP corruption. (Against the Wall is the name of the book.)
She can cofirm and amplify the facts in your report.
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Really, Mike Davis, time to consider leaving the universe. Attacking political gun violence victim Gabby Giffords?
You have wasted your life, Mike, and you no longer have any connection to humanity. Go look for your actual planet - because you don't belong here
You have wasted your life, Mike, and you no longer have any connection to humanity. Go look for your actual planet - because you don't belong here
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Really, Mike Davis, time to consider leaving the universe. Attacking political gun violence victim Gabby Giffords?
You have wasted your life, Mike, and you no longer have any connection to humanity. Go look for your actual planet - because you don't belong here
You have wasted your life, Mike, and you no longer have any connection to humanity. Go look for your actual planet - because you don't belong here
Stop the insanity!
A Fort Worth church is offering a $100 online academy that aims to train conservative Christians to run for office.
At the core of the program is the idea that there is no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
At the core of the program is the idea that there is no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Stop the insanity!
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Donald Trump is a convicted criminal.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
They mock the very idea of the law.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
They mock the very idea of the law.
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Donald Trump is a convicted criminal.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
They mock the very idea of the law.
The Trump administration is a criminal organization.
They mock the very idea of the law.