MarkSangamon
@mkellms.bsky.social
"Fascism is like lead in your drinking water, there is no safe, acceptable level." -- Beau of the Fifth Column
“I don't want to believe, I want to know.”
― Carl Sagan
“I don't want to believe, I want to know.”
― Carl Sagan
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Happy New Year! 🎄
З Новим Роком 🎅
New bunny 🐇🎉
All that.
May this year somehow be less shit than 2025 was...
I have a feeling it won't be but one can dream.
З Новим Роком 🎅
New bunny 🐇🎉
All that.
May this year somehow be less shit than 2025 was...
I have a feeling it won't be but one can dream.
December 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Happy New Year! 🎄
З Новим Роком 🎅
New bunny 🐇🎉
All that.
May this year somehow be less shit than 2025 was...
I have a feeling it won't be but one can dream.
З Новим Роком 🎅
New bunny 🐇🎉
All that.
May this year somehow be less shit than 2025 was...
I have a feeling it won't be but one can dream.
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This is my annual December 31 letter from Kyiv.
Not a year in review, but a commitment to educating the world about Ukraine and telling the truth where it is being erased.
www.patreon.com/posts/2026-e...
Not a year in review, but a commitment to educating the world about Ukraine and telling the truth where it is being erased.
www.patreon.com/posts/2026-e...
December 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is my annual December 31 letter from Kyiv.
Not a year in review, but a commitment to educating the world about Ukraine and telling the truth where it is being erased.
www.patreon.com/posts/2026-e...
Not a year in review, but a commitment to educating the world about Ukraine and telling the truth where it is being erased.
www.patreon.com/posts/2026-e...
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
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Good threat, but Yes and No. The final vote for the Ermächtigungsgesetz (Enabling Law) saw KPD members under arrest already or in hiding. But most of the SPD voted against it (26 MPs were in hiding), and nobody else did, and so we will never know what would have happened had centrists found a spine.
"hitler defeated democracy using democracy" is a really pernicious myth that ignores the fact that it is not in fact legal to pass law while armed thugs from the ruling party (which rules by barely-legal constitutional cheat code) are threatening other MPs
December 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Good threat, but Yes and No. The final vote for the Ermächtigungsgesetz (Enabling Law) saw KPD members under arrest already or in hiding. But most of the SPD voted against it (26 MPs were in hiding), and nobody else did, and so we will never know what would have happened had centrists found a spine.
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Regular reminder that this is 1) perverse in every sense of the word and 2) a societal choice.
December 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Regular reminder that this is 1) perverse in every sense of the word and 2) a societal choice.
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Whoa! Time to dig in...
BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Whoa! Time to dig in...
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🇫🇮 Finland has detained a ship due to damage to a cable between Helsinki and Tallinn.
On December 31, Finnish telecommunications company Elisa reported damage to a submarine communication cable in the Gulf of Finland between Finland and Estonia. The failure was detected at around 5 am.
On December 31, Finnish telecommunications company Elisa reported damage to a submarine communication cable in the Gulf of Finland between Finland and Estonia. The failure was detected at around 5 am.
December 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🇫🇮 Finland has detained a ship due to damage to a cable between Helsinki and Tallinn.
On December 31, Finnish telecommunications company Elisa reported damage to a submarine communication cable in the Gulf of Finland between Finland and Estonia. The failure was detected at around 5 am.
On December 31, Finnish telecommunications company Elisa reported damage to a submarine communication cable in the Gulf of Finland between Finland and Estonia. The failure was detected at around 5 am.
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Venezuelan security forces have detained several Americans in the past several months since Trump ordered the US military to begin attacking suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and oil tankers departing the country becuase DUH. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Venezuelan forces have detained Americans since military campaign began: report
State Department is considering designating two Americans as wrongfully detained while others face real criminal charges, according to U.S. official
www.independent.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Venezuelan security forces have detained several Americans in the past several months since Trump ordered the US military to begin attacking suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and oil tankers departing the country becuase DUH. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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BREAKING:
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
BREAKING:
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition.
House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony.
Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez
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Read former special counsel Jack Smith’s transcript before the House Committee on the Judiciary here:
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Read former special counsel Jack Smith’s transcript before the House Committee on the Judiciary here:
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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⚡ Zelenskyy: I don't trust Russians. I don't trust Putin.
December 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
⚡ Zelenskyy: I don't trust Russians. I don't trust Putin.
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The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday issued an order rebuking OMB director and acting CFPB director Russ Vought's efforts to ignore a previous injunction and defund and shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This is insane. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday issued an order rebuking OMB director and acting CFPB director Russ Vought's efforts to ignore a previous injunction and defund and shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This is insane. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, has died following a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. She was a new mother and only 35 years old.
Read her own words about her tragic journey: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Read her own words about her tragic journey: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, has died following a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. She was a new mother and only 35 years old.
Read her own words about her tragic journey: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Read her own words about her tragic journey: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Bundestag Vice-President Omid Nouripour called on Chancellor Friedrich Merz to finally approve the delivery of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to #Ukraine. He warned that repeated refusals were costing lives and that Zelensky's ‘telephone support’ was no longer sufficient, Morgenpost reported.
December 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Bundestag Vice-President Omid Nouripour called on Chancellor Friedrich Merz to finally approve the delivery of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to #Ukraine. He warned that repeated refusals were costing lives and that Zelensky's ‘telephone support’ was no longer sufficient, Morgenpost reported.
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My New Years resolution is to read more so I put the subtitles on my tv.
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My New Years resolution is to read more so I put the subtitles on my tv.
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The price of silver surged more than 4% and crossed the $75-per-ounce mark for the first time as precious metal prices continue a record-breaking rally.
Silver Price Crosses $75 Mark For First Time Amid Record-Breaking Surge
The price of silver surged more than 4% and crossed the $75-per-ounce mark for the first time as precious metal prices continue a record-breaking rally.
www.forbes.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The price of silver surged more than 4% and crossed the $75-per-ounce mark for the first time as precious metal prices continue a record-breaking rally.