Molly Pitcher
@mollypitcher.bsky.social
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Can’t wait to find out what happens if “a bad Santa” infiltrates.
Aerial shootdown?
CECOT for Santa?
Aerial shootdown?
CECOT for Santa?
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Can’t wait to find out what happens if “a bad Santa” infiltrates.
Aerial shootdown?
CECOT for Santa?
Aerial shootdown?
CECOT for Santa?
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If I were still teaching US History, I would gather images of the oval office over time and ask students to analyze what the decorations, including the choice of portraits, busts, etc, tells us about how a particular president understands the history of the US. 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A 3-D Look Inside Trump’s Revamped Oval Office (Gift Article)
Take a 3-D tour of the president’s office, where he covered more than a third of wall space with gold.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If I were still teaching US History, I would gather images of the oval office over time and ask students to analyze what the decorations, including the choice of portraits, busts, etc, tells us about how a particular president understands the history of the US. 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and there’s no toys under the Christmas tree this year. But at least now there aren’t any black wise men in my town’s manger display.
December 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and there’s no toys under the Christmas tree this year. But at least now there aren’t any black wise men in my town’s manger display.
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“Of course you think anal sex jokes are funny, you’re 12”
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Of course you think anal sex jokes are funny, you’re 12”
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24 December 1939 | A Belgian Jewish boy, Elias Podolsky, was born in Antwerp to Moshe and Batia.
In October 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
In October 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
24 December 1939 | A Belgian Jewish boy, Elias Podolsky, was born in Antwerp to Moshe and Batia.
In October 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
In October 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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“.. On Sunday, J. D. Vance was presented with the simplest moral test: denounce commentators who traffic in medieval blood libels, who deny the Holocaust, and who endlessly harp on evil Jewish cabals.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“.. On Sunday, J. D. Vance was presented with the simplest moral test: denounce commentators who traffic in medieval blood libels, who deny the Holocaust, and who endlessly harp on evil Jewish cabals.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Look we all know China is building carriers as a massive PSYOP to cripple Navy procurement and training for a generation.
They don't even have to do everything, they'll keep every Admiral up dreaming of Midway 2.0.
They don't even have to do everything, they'll keep every Admiral up dreaming of Midway 2.0.
“🇨🇳 China plans to field a force of nine aircraft carriers by 2035, according to a Defense Department report on Beijing’s military power released on Tuesday.
The U.S. report says that the PLAN will embark on the largest carrier build-up effort in the Indo-Pacific since World War II.”
The U.S. report says that the PLAN will embark on the largest carrier build-up effort in the Indo-Pacific since World War II.”
China Wants Nine Aircraft Carriers by 2035, Says New Pentagon Report - USNI News
China plans to field a force of nine aircraft carriers by 2035, according to a Defense Department report on Beijing’s military power released on Tuesday. The U.S. report says that the People’s Liberat...
news.usni.org
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Look we all know China is building carriers as a massive PSYOP to cripple Navy procurement and training for a generation.
They don't even have to do everything, they'll keep every Admiral up dreaming of Midway 2.0.
They don't even have to do everything, they'll keep every Admiral up dreaming of Midway 2.0.
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US issues visa sanctions against five European figures, with demands that boil down to Europeans can’t enforce their own laws and must give special treatment to Trump-favored tech oligarchs.
The sensible response from Europe would be a hard no, and deeper regulation enforcement. Are they up for it?
The sensible response from Europe would be a hard no, and deeper regulation enforcement. Are they up for it?
The US has issued visa sanctions against 5 people Marco Rubio called “leading figures of the global censorship-industrial complex.”
To get a flavor of what kind of war the Trump administration is waging here, you can just read the State Dept’s own descriptions of a few of the sanctioned people 👇
To get a flavor of what kind of war the Trump administration is waging here, you can just read the State Dept’s own descriptions of a few of the sanctioned people 👇
December 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
US issues visa sanctions against five European figures, with demands that boil down to Europeans can’t enforce their own laws and must give special treatment to Trump-favored tech oligarchs.
The sensible response from Europe would be a hard no, and deeper regulation enforcement. Are they up for it?
The sensible response from Europe would be a hard no, and deeper regulation enforcement. Are they up for it?
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Yesterday I wrote about DHS's war on Christmas as they co-opt this holy season to justify anti-immigrant polices (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/department...). Well, Department of Herod Security has new video doing this, suggesting Christmas is about Jesus *and* Trump's America. 1/
December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yesterday I wrote about DHS's war on Christmas as they co-opt this holy season to justify anti-immigrant polices (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/department...). Well, Department of Herod Security has new video doing this, suggesting Christmas is about Jesus *and* Trump's America. 1/
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Yeah, coming from anyone else, this would just be an amateurish and reflexive “let’s make sure we quote the other side.” But we also know Weiss’s history of not bothering to reach out for comment when she absolutely should have.
It's actually worse. The Supreme Court has held 9-0 -- Clarence Thomas and other executive power fanatics included -- that detainees rendered to another country via the Alien Enemies Act are entitled to a pre-deportation hearing. There is no legal debate whatsoever.
Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
December 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Yeah, coming from anyone else, this would just be an amateurish and reflexive “let’s make sure we quote the other side.” But we also know Weiss’s history of not bothering to reach out for comment when she absolutely should have.
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Here's a particularly juicy nugget I found in my reporting . . .
December 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Here's a particularly juicy nugget I found in my reporting . . .
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I guess if you don't view immigrants as people, it might make sense to store them in shipping containers. Like freight.
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
Trump team considers housing detained migrants in container offices
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is in discussions with Phoenix-based Willscot about a lease, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.semafor.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I guess if you don't view immigrants as people, it might make sense to store them in shipping containers. Like freight.
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
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Here’s some more analysis on how the new ban on the import of foreign drone components is going to impact drone manufacturing (the impacts are not, I imagine, gonna be good)
www.electronicdesign.com/blogs/nonlin...
www.electronicdesign.com/blogs/nonlin...
FCC Bans Foreign-Made Drones, Drone Parts...Plus Motors and Batteries?
The FCC has effectively banned the importation of all foreign-manufactured drones as well as foreign sources of drone components that include batteries and motors.
www.electronicdesign.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Here’s some more analysis on how the new ban on the import of foreign drone components is going to impact drone manufacturing (the impacts are not, I imagine, gonna be good)
www.electronicdesign.com/blogs/nonlin...
www.electronicdesign.com/blogs/nonlin...
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I wanted to figure out what changed between the DOJ's initial Epstein Files Vol. 8 document dump (which they quickly pulled) and the version they replaced it with.
I had a few hours of free time for PDF forensics hacking today. Here's my initial analysis of what changed: github.com/chad-loder/e...
I had a few hours of free time for PDF forensics hacking today. Here's my initial analysis of what changed: github.com/chad-loder/e...
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I wanted to figure out what changed between the DOJ's initial Epstein Files Vol. 8 document dump (which they quickly pulled) and the version they replaced it with.
I had a few hours of free time for PDF forensics hacking today. Here's my initial analysis of what changed: github.com/chad-loder/e...
I had a few hours of free time for PDF forensics hacking today. Here's my initial analysis of what changed: github.com/chad-loder/e...
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
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"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"
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The US Administration has chosen to obliterate huge swathes of our scientific research.
That decision will kill Americans.
Conservative Americans and Liberal Americans.
That decision will kill Americans.
Conservative Americans and Liberal Americans.
"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The US Administration has chosen to obliterate huge swathes of our scientific research.
That decision will kill Americans.
Conservative Americans and Liberal Americans.
That decision will kill Americans.
Conservative Americans and Liberal Americans.
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The Department of Justice is a serious institution full of committed public servants who have left literally millions on the table to try to do good. And now another Trump troll is shitposting in their name. Who can trust in the independence and integrity of prosecutions under these circumstances?
Another brilliant idea by the Trump WH to put the ‘Rapid React’ campaign ‘own the libs’ juvenile delinquents in charge of DOJ comms. Very professional.
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Department of Justice is a serious institution full of committed public servants who have left literally millions on the table to try to do good. And now another Trump troll is shitposting in their name. Who can trust in the independence and integrity of prosecutions under these circumstances?
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Betty Reid Soskin, 'trailblazing' oldest national park ranger, dies at 104
Betty Reid Soskin, 'trailblazing' oldest national park ranger, dies at 104
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's oldest ranger, died Sunday. As a ranger, she shed light on the painful reality of working on the WWII home front as a Black woman.
www.latimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Betty Reid Soskin, 'trailblazing' oldest national park ranger, dies at 104
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Mariposa, by Alexander Calder, 1951, 📸 by Bruce Ely
December 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Mariposa, by Alexander Calder, 1951, 📸 by Bruce Ely
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Gift link!
‘It’s a war’
Inside ICE’s media machine
By Joyce Sohyun Lee and Drew Harwell
@drewharwell.com @joyceshlee.bsky.social
‘It’s a war’
Inside ICE’s media machine
By Joyce Sohyun Lee and Drew Harwell
@drewharwell.com @joyceshlee.bsky.social
‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Gift link!
‘It’s a war’
Inside ICE’s media machine
By Joyce Sohyun Lee and Drew Harwell
@drewharwell.com @joyceshlee.bsky.social
‘It’s a war’
Inside ICE’s media machine
By Joyce Sohyun Lee and Drew Harwell
@drewharwell.com @joyceshlee.bsky.social
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The Washington Post obtained thousands of private chat messages from the ICE public affairs team tasked by the White House with creating viral raid videos for social media.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... via @drewharwell.com
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... via @drewharwell.com
‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Washington Post obtained thousands of private chat messages from the ICE public affairs team tasked by the White House with creating viral raid videos for social media.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... via @drewharwell.com
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... via @drewharwell.com
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This is like a nesting doll of antisemitism and racism, 10/10, no notes
December 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is like a nesting doll of antisemitism and racism, 10/10, no notes