Karl LaFong
@klafong.bsky.social
Screenwriter, storyteller, actor, and graphic artist. Reposts don't necessarily mean agreement. (he, him)
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Judge grants injunction blocking US from detaining British anti-disinformation activist reut.rs/49bXOhA
Judge grants injunction blocking US from detaining British anti-disinformation activist
A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining British anti-disinformation campaigner Imran Ahmed, after the U.S. permanent resident sued officials over an entry ban for his role in what Washington argues is online censorship.
reut.rs
December 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Judge grants injunction blocking US from detaining British anti-disinformation activist reut.rs/49bXOhA
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Jacob Wohl is the guy of “I overheard people talking in a hipster coffee shop about how much they love Donald Trump” fame. He’s apparently now making six figures securing pardons for fraudsters.
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Jacob Wohl is the guy of “I overheard people talking in a hipster coffee shop about how much they love Donald Trump” fame. He’s apparently now making six figures securing pardons for fraudsters.
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This phase of Trump's presidency was predictable.
He's like a cornered hyena, gnashing teeth at anything & everything in a desperate attempt to survive.
Buckle up, this isn't the worst of it yet.
The scary dangerous phase is next. That's when our adversaries might try to exploit USA's weakness.
He's like a cornered hyena, gnashing teeth at anything & everything in a desperate attempt to survive.
Buckle up, this isn't the worst of it yet.
The scary dangerous phase is next. That's when our adversaries might try to exploit USA's weakness.
December 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This phase of Trump's presidency was predictable.
He's like a cornered hyena, gnashing teeth at anything & everything in a desperate attempt to survive.
Buckle up, this isn't the worst of it yet.
The scary dangerous phase is next. That's when our adversaries might try to exploit USA's weakness.
He's like a cornered hyena, gnashing teeth at anything & everything in a desperate attempt to survive.
Buckle up, this isn't the worst of it yet.
The scary dangerous phase is next. That's when our adversaries might try to exploit USA's weakness.
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In 2025 the Trump administration claims to have deported 600,000 "illegal immigrants" while also reclassifying 1.6 million legal immigrants as now-illegal immigrants.
So the total number of "illegal immigrants" is now 1 million higher than it was when Trump took office.
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/g...
So the total number of "illegal immigrants" is now 1 million higher than it was when Trump took office.
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/g...
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.
www.npr.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
In 2025 the Trump administration claims to have deported 600,000 "illegal immigrants" while also reclassifying 1.6 million legal immigrants as now-illegal immigrants.
So the total number of "illegal immigrants" is now 1 million higher than it was when Trump took office.
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/g...
So the total number of "illegal immigrants" is now 1 million higher than it was when Trump took office.
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/g...
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This is literally a holiday-themed missile strike. It is as insane as it sounds and should be front-page news.
December 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is literally a holiday-themed missile strike. It is as insane as it sounds and should be front-page news.
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Starting January 7, the Department of Education plans to withhold a portion of the wages of around 1,000 defaulted borrowers. The number will gradually increase within the following months. trib.al/oC5NXOB
December 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Starting January 7, the Department of Education plans to withhold a portion of the wages of around 1,000 defaulted borrowers. The number will gradually increase within the following months. trib.al/oC5NXOB
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If ICE can threaten arrest for filming, then journalists, watchdogs, and protesters can all be silenced the same way. You don’t have freedom of the press if recording police is treated as terrorism. #holdfast
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If ICE can threaten arrest for filming, then journalists, watchdogs, and protesters can all be silenced the same way. You don’t have freedom of the press if recording police is treated as terrorism. #holdfast
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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Trump just posted almost 200 times in a row. Most of them are just old debunked lies. But one stood out - this one where he is now openly calling for Pam Bondi to arrest Barack Obama.
December 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Trump just posted almost 200 times in a row. Most of them are just old debunked lies. But one stood out - this one where he is now openly calling for Pam Bondi to arrest Barack Obama.
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President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
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Apropos of nothing, using the cross as a symbol of Christmas is weird? Like, the cross is a Good Friday/Easter thing. You already have the star of Bethlehem and all of the other seasonal stuff.
That's like using the Magen David at Hanukkah; sure you can but the menorah and dreidel are right there.
That's like using the Magen David at Hanukkah; sure you can but the menorah and dreidel are right there.
December 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Apropos of nothing, using the cross as a symbol of Christmas is weird? Like, the cross is a Good Friday/Easter thing. You already have the star of Bethlehem and all of the other seasonal stuff.
That's like using the Magen David at Hanukkah; sure you can but the menorah and dreidel are right there.
That's like using the Magen David at Hanukkah; sure you can but the menorah and dreidel are right there.
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We can’t blame any nation for not trusting the United States under Trump.
I just hope they forgive us after he’s gone, quickly.
I just hope they forgive us after he’s gone, quickly.
UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
December 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We can’t blame any nation for not trusting the United States under Trump.
I just hope they forgive us after he’s gone, quickly.
I just hope they forgive us after he’s gone, quickly.
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Please read
December 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Please read
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This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
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I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
December 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
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Don't tell us to be merry when our community is still in crisis. Reality doesn't take a holiday.
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Don't tell us to be merry when our community is still in crisis. Reality doesn't take a holiday.
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This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).
December 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).
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ICE shooting in Glen Burnie, Maryland, leaves 2 people hospitalized, officials say.
ICE shooting in Glen Burnie leaves 2 people hospitalized, officials say
Two people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after federal immigration officials opened fire on a vehicle in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County officials said.
www.thebanner.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
ICE shooting in Glen Burnie, Maryland, leaves 2 people hospitalized, officials say.
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Blissfully silent. 😌
"Well-known MAGA influencers who once championed the release of the files associated with the government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein remained unusually quiet about the latest release of documents that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump."
"Well-known MAGA influencers who once championed the release of the files associated with the government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein remained unusually quiet about the latest release of documents that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump."
MAGA influencers go silent after Epstein files dump mentions Trump numerous times
President’s name was mentioned in some documents part of Tuesday’s release but did not implicate him in any crimes
www.the-independent.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Blissfully silent. 😌
"Well-known MAGA influencers who once championed the release of the files associated with the government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein remained unusually quiet about the latest release of documents that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump."
"Well-known MAGA influencers who once championed the release of the files associated with the government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein remained unusually quiet about the latest release of documents that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump."
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December 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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At dawn today, Israeli occupation forces stormed the home of Palestinian writer and political researcher Sari Orabi in Rafat, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and abducted him.
December 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
At dawn today, Israeli occupation forces stormed the home of Palestinian writer and political researcher Sari Orabi in Rafat, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and abducted him.
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ABSOLUTE INSANITY IN ICELAND
It s warmer than summer !
19.7C Bakkagerði in the middle of the night !
‼️nearly 10C above JULY average
MOST EXTREME EVENT EVER SEEN IN WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY
Records brutalized allover the country
It s warmer than summer !
19.7C Bakkagerði in the middle of the night !
‼️nearly 10C above JULY average
MOST EXTREME EVENT EVER SEEN IN WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY
Records brutalized allover the country
December 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
ABSOLUTE INSANITY IN ICELAND
It s warmer than summer !
19.7C Bakkagerði in the middle of the night !
‼️nearly 10C above JULY average
MOST EXTREME EVENT EVER SEEN IN WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY
Records brutalized allover the country
It s warmer than summer !
19.7C Bakkagerði in the middle of the night !
‼️nearly 10C above JULY average
MOST EXTREME EVENT EVER SEEN IN WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY
Records brutalized allover the country
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December 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Don't forget Gaza now, for it is now under the rubble. Gaza now wants you to keep your eyes on it. Gaza loves you, so love her.
December 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Don't forget Gaza now, for it is now under the rubble. Gaza now wants you to keep your eyes on it. Gaza loves you, so love her.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM