Mike LaBossiere
@mlaboss.bsky.social
Dad and husband. Cat staff. Hockey fan, F1 fan, board and video game enjoyer. Lifelong reader, mostly sci fi and fantasy. He/him.
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One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
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The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
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In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
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Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
Can't wait for the polls with 500% approval ratings to show up.
Trump: "When the real pollsters start doing the polls I think you're gonna see some really fantastic numbers."
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Can't wait for the polls with 500% approval ratings to show up.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
Amazing! Tariffs make products more expensive, and making products more expensive causes inflation! Who could possibly have predicted this?!
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Amazing! Tariffs make products more expensive, and making products more expensive causes inflation! Who could possibly have predicted this?!
Ah, I see we're at the "install loyalists at every legacy media organization" stage of the fascist takeover of the country.
Trump: "I think any deal it should be guaranteed and certain that CNN is part of it, or sold separately. But I don't think the people that are running that company right now and running CNN, which is a very dishonest group of people, I don't that should be allowed to continue."
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Ah, I see we're at the "install loyalists at every legacy media organization" stage of the fascist takeover of the country.
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Q: Has Hegseth told you why he hasn't released the video of the second strike?
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Q: Has Hegseth told you why he hasn't released the video of the second strike?
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
I guess the US is a pirate nation now.
Trump: "It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening."
December 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I guess the US is a pirate nation now.
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Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
Maybe it will happen tomorrow.
NEW: Trump says it is "seditious, perhaps even treasonous" to question his health
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Maybe it will happen tomorrow.
When in doubt, blame Biden.
INGRAHAM: The president gave the economy an A++++. But economic sentiment is getting more negative. What explains that?
HASSETT: First of all, because of Joe Biden ... because of Joe Biden ... Joe Biden dug a big hole
HASSETT: First of all, because of Joe Biden ... because of Joe Biden ... Joe Biden dug a big hole
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
When in doubt, blame Biden.
Hitler Youth 2.0
New: Gov. Greg Abbott and Turning Point USA are launching a partnership to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every Texas high school campus.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hitler Youth 2.0
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COLLINS: Is this bailout an acknowledgement that the administration's trade policies are hurting US farmers?
BROOKE ROLLINS: *blames Biden*
BROOKE ROLLINS: *blames Biden*
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
COLLINS: Is this bailout an acknowledgement that the administration's trade policies are hurting US farmers?
BROOKE ROLLINS: *blames Biden*
BROOKE ROLLINS: *blames Biden*
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NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
They finally got their wish.
They finally got their wish.
Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
They finally got their wish.
They finally got their wish.
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Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
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here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
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Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
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Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
December 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
"You said down is up, but gravity says that down is down"
"I would reiterate that down is up."
"I would reiterate that down is up."
Q: You said that second strike was in accordance with the law of armed conflict, but the Navy's own manual says that firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime
LEAVITT: I would reiterate that the strike was conducted in accordance with the law of armed conflict
LEAVITT: I would reiterate that the strike was conducted in accordance with the law of armed conflict
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"You said down is up, but gravity says that down is down"
"I would reiterate that down is up."
"I would reiterate that down is up."
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A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A fair question. 😕🇺🇸