JBlanchard
@jbatnc.bsky.social
Political news junkie hanging on for dear life. Had no idea Corp America were such cowards. Never thought I'd live in a fascist country.
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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i'm trying not to constantly post about it but all the shit about epstein is boiling my head cos it's not actually news. the media has completely failed in their role to make it clear the news here is the authorities were fully aware of both epstein and his network.
December 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
i'm trying not to constantly post about it but all the shit about epstein is boiling my head cos it's not actually news. the media has completely failed in their role to make it clear the news here is the authorities were fully aware of both epstein and his network.
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"ICE officials are also investigating the couple for other crimes. They were found with a substantial amount of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 'What are those luxury goods doing in their possession?' asked the ICE spokesman, taking a moment to adjust his mask."
ICE Detains Undocumented Parents, Newborn
They await deportation proceedings.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"ICE officials are also investigating the couple for other crimes. They were found with a substantial amount of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 'What are those luxury goods doing in their possession?' asked the ICE spokesman, taking a moment to adjust his mask."
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I think we need a new talk show.
Get trump voters, cabinet members, ice agents on there, let them share their views for five minutes.
Then the host simply nods and asks, "The fuck is wrong with you?"
Arsenio Hall or Wanda Sykes would be top choices for hosting.
Get trump voters, cabinet members, ice agents on there, let them share their views for five minutes.
Then the host simply nods and asks, "The fuck is wrong with you?"
Arsenio Hall or Wanda Sykes would be top choices for hosting.
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I think we need a new talk show.
Get trump voters, cabinet members, ice agents on there, let them share their views for five minutes.
Then the host simply nods and asks, "The fuck is wrong with you?"
Arsenio Hall or Wanda Sykes would be top choices for hosting.
Get trump voters, cabinet members, ice agents on there, let them share their views for five minutes.
Then the host simply nods and asks, "The fuck is wrong with you?"
Arsenio Hall or Wanda Sykes would be top choices for hosting.
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Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus
Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species
www.science.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
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Hitler and his goon cult called these transit camps. Anne Frank and family (and many doomed children the U.S. wouldn’t allow to come here) were first sent to one run by the Dutch. They were a key part of the ultimate extermination system.
When people make such a big deal calling out the dehumanizing language that is used towards immigrants, this is why: that language lets people do terrible things to other humans. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hitler and his goon cult called these transit camps. Anne Frank and family (and many doomed children the U.S. wouldn’t allow to come here) were first sent to one run by the Dutch. They were a key part of the ultimate extermination system.
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The rich and powerful don’t get their wages garnished when they default on a loan. They declare bankruptcy and end up paying pennies on the dollar, if anything. Like Trump did many, many times.
December 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The rich and powerful don’t get their wages garnished when they default on a loan. They declare bankruptcy and end up paying pennies on the dollar, if anything. Like Trump did many, many times.
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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“These new charges are in addition to five already issued to Mr Brand in April 2025 involving four women, which included two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault.”
Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault
The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“These new charges are in addition to five already issued to Mr Brand in April 2025 involving four women, which included two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault.”
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell could not have sold children for sex without rich perverts buying children for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell could not have sold children for sex without rich perverts buying children for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.
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1/ Just weeks after a Democrat was elected governor of NC in 2024 by an overwhelming margin, the state’s GOP-controlled legislature set out to strip him of powers.
What happened next illuminates the breakdown in the separation of powers throughout the nation.
THREAD 👇
tinyurl.com/y3v6np59
What happened next illuminates the breakdown in the separation of powers throughout the nation.
THREAD 👇
tinyurl.com/y3v6np59
Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors
For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it fina...
tinyurl.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
1/ Just weeks after a Democrat was elected governor of NC in 2024 by an overwhelming margin, the state’s GOP-controlled legislature set out to strip him of powers.
What happened next illuminates the breakdown in the separation of powers throughout the nation.
THREAD 👇
tinyurl.com/y3v6np59
What happened next illuminates the breakdown in the separation of powers throughout the nation.
THREAD 👇
tinyurl.com/y3v6np59
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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The 60 minutes CECOT video is awful. Torture conditions of migrants who had legal status.
The end of the episodes alluded to other, less transparent prisons that Trump has used in other countries known for torture.
The end of the episodes alluded to other, less transparent prisons that Trump has used in other countries known for torture.
December 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The 60 minutes CECOT video is awful. Torture conditions of migrants who had legal status.
The end of the episodes alluded to other, less transparent prisons that Trump has used in other countries known for torture.
The end of the episodes alluded to other, less transparent prisons that Trump has used in other countries known for torture.
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ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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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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JD Vance: "Greatness awaits every single one of you in the America First movement we are building together, but we need your help to get there. Do you want more prosecutions? Great. So do we. Donald Trump and I have a list of better judges and prosecutors to enact swifter justice."
December 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
JD Vance: "Greatness awaits every single one of you in the America First movement we are building together, but we need your help to get there. Do you want more prosecutions? Great. So do we. Donald Trump and I have a list of better judges and prosecutors to enact swifter justice."
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Stein: What is typical after a storm like this is that the federal government provides about 50, 60, even 70 percent of the damages in relief dollars to help a region recover from a massive hit. So far, North Carolina has received about 11 percent.
December 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Stein: What is typical after a storm like this is that the federal government provides about 50, 60, even 70 percent of the damages in relief dollars to help a region recover from a massive hit. So far, North Carolina has received about 11 percent.
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Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
December 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
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Basically, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States taking the 5th on national TV to avoid answering why he did one of the most disgusting things any DOJ official has ever done in US history.
December 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Basically, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States taking the 5th on national TV to avoid answering why he did one of the most disgusting things any DOJ official has ever done in US history.