Khenpo
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Awful time to be alive but truly an amazing time to be a hater
June 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Awful time to be alive but truly an amazing time to be a hater
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A lot of American journalists who have built up their careers and lives in a culture of free discussion and inquiry seem very blithe about the fact it could all just go away.
I was watching Matt Yglesias on his podcast yesterday and was struck that he just couldn't conceive that he might some day be the victim of the type of punitive bully boy tactics that Trump is unleashing on critics. His co-host even pointed out that he has a latin name. I dunno...seems complacent
BREAKING: SENATOR PADILLA HANDCUFFED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM PRESS CONFERENCE.
June 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A lot of American journalists who have built up their careers and lives in a culture of free discussion and inquiry seem very blithe about the fact it could all just go away.
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People were responding too well. It's time to go back to what we know works: people who have been in office since 1993 saying "listen up, Mr. Trump's economy is quite frankly fucking disappointing" while holding up an egg.
SCOOP: Two Democratic aides and a lawmaker told @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has discouraged further member excursions to El Salvador
April 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
People were responding too well. It's time to go back to what we know works: people who have been in office since 1993 saying "listen up, Mr. Trump's economy is quite frankly fucking disappointing" while holding up an egg.
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Yes! The country is quite literally descending into Hungarian-style autocracy and many of our most notable liberal voices are… wishcasting a policy agenda about housing regulations? It just feels like this is their happy place and they don’t really want to acknowledge how this hasn’t saved us before
I think also that there is I dunno a real danger of liberals reflexively falling back to comfortable technocratic concerns like Biden doing semiconductor subsidies as his approval tanked.Right now we need Hakeem Jeffries leading a gang of congressmen to break into the SSA not homebuilding proposals.
March 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Yes! The country is quite literally descending into Hungarian-style autocracy and many of our most notable liberal voices are… wishcasting a policy agenda about housing regulations? It just feels like this is their happy place and they don’t really want to acknowledge how this hasn’t saved us before
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NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
![I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifncv2sfxob3h7ozdkoymku3wfpbknlroa6bric46v5y7asbrzrim@jpeg)
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
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Are we going to sacrifice our universities, our science, our industry, our economy, our Congress, our government, our Constitution because everyone agrees that Trump's 49.9% places him beyond critique, makes him all-powerful? Why are our institutions enduring this, to their own destruction?
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
March 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Are we going to sacrifice our universities, our science, our industry, our economy, our Congress, our government, our Constitution because everyone agrees that Trump's 49.9% places him beyond critique, makes him all-powerful? Why are our institutions enduring this, to their own destruction?
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Wired. Rolling Stone. Teen Vogue.
These publications are committed to Truth and democracy.
New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times.
These publications have pledged allegiance to a King and the oligarchy.
We live in strange times…
These publications are committed to Truth and democracy.
New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times.
These publications have pledged allegiance to a King and the oligarchy.
We live in strange times…
March 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Wired. Rolling Stone. Teen Vogue.
These publications are committed to Truth and democracy.
New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times.
These publications have pledged allegiance to a King and the oligarchy.
We live in strange times…
These publications are committed to Truth and democracy.
New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times.
These publications have pledged allegiance to a King and the oligarchy.
We live in strange times…