Packgrog
@packgrog.bsky.social
Cat servant, vinyl ripper, motorcyclist, introvert, nerd
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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A criminal PARTY. Republicans could stop the kidnapping, imprisonment, and torture of people any time they want with congressional orders. They could stop the consolidation of media empires to hide the truth. Instead they choose to allow it. We are the bad guys because of them.
It’s the year 2025 and Americans have to watch a bootlegged international version of a news program because it was censored here in our country to protect a criminal president.
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A criminal PARTY. Republicans could stop the kidnapping, imprisonment, and torture of people any time they want with congressional orders. They could stop the consolidation of media empires to hide the truth. Instead they choose to allow it. We are the bad guys because of them.
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All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
Seriously not far from how MSM seems to cover all of this. Fucking embarrassing.
That said, bravo for stuffy old 60 Minutes that I haven’t watched in decades for showing some guts. And good job Bari Weiss for making me want to watch a 60 Minutes segment.
That said, bravo for stuffy old 60 Minutes that I haven’t watched in decades for showing some guts. And good job Bari Weiss for making me want to watch a 60 Minutes segment.
The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Seriously not far from how MSM seems to cover all of this. Fucking embarrassing.
That said, bravo for stuffy old 60 Minutes that I haven’t watched in decades for showing some guts. And good job Bari Weiss for making me want to watch a 60 Minutes segment.
That said, bravo for stuffy old 60 Minutes that I haven’t watched in decades for showing some guts. And good job Bari Weiss for making me want to watch a 60 Minutes segment.
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SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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This story would’ve never come out w/o the research, interviews, writing, photography, editing and hard work of trained, experienced journalists. It’s a heartbreaking piece that deserves a read. Subscribe to your local news org and support their work.
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This story would’ve never come out w/o the research, interviews, writing, photography, editing and hard work of trained, experienced journalists. It’s a heartbreaking piece that deserves a read. Subscribe to your local news org and support their work.
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
My mom, after having taken care of her parents’ estate when they passed, has literally told me she’s trying to spare my wife and I the difficulty she endured. My god our country really is awful anymore.
“I’m trying to set myself up to be less of a burden ...”
More baby boomers and Gen Xers are sifting through paperwork and making other end-of-life plans to ensure their children aren’t left with the financial and emotional toll of caretaking.
More baby boomers and Gen Xers are sifting through paperwork and making other end-of-life plans to ensure their children aren’t left with the financial and emotional toll of caretaking.
Overwhelmed caring for aging parents, baby boomers try to spare their kids
Baby boomers and Gen Xers are taking steps to ensure their children aren’t left with the financial and emotional toll of caretaking.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My mom, after having taken care of her parents’ estate when they passed, has literally told me she’s trying to spare my wife and I the difficulty she endured. My god our country really is awful anymore.
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Bari Weiss is really bad at her job, until you realize it's her job to be really bad at her job, in which case she is excellent at her job
December 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Bari Weiss is really bad at her job, until you realize it's her job to be really bad at her job, in which case she is excellent at her job
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassador and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully supportive of Trump’s “America First” priorities.
apnews.com/article/dipl...
apnews.com/article/dipl...
Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions
The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully...
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassador and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully supportive of Trump’s “America First” priorities.
apnews.com/article/dipl...
apnews.com/article/dipl...
I feel so sorry for everyone being overtly attacked by this monstrous administration: trans people, Hispanic people (hell, any non-white people), women, etc. It’s all so callous and unnecessary. I’ll keep trying to help however I can, but my warnings went unheeded for decades, and I have little left
All the anti-trans stuff this week (really, this whole year and the past several leading up to it — but especially this week) has taken a real toll on me.
I feel so sad, scared, and angry. I feel like I don't belong in this world, and that really sucks.
I feel so sad, scared, and angry. I feel like I don't belong in this world, and that really sucks.
December 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I feel so sorry for everyone being overtly attacked by this monstrous administration: trans people, Hispanic people (hell, any non-white people), women, etc. It’s all so callous and unnecessary. I’ll keep trying to help however I can, but my warnings went unheeded for decades, and I have little left
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Republicans fought release of Epstein materials every step of the way, are now refusing to release the second strike boat video, and won’t let Jack Smith testify in public. They constantly hide everything they are doing from the American people.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Republicans fought release of Epstein materials every step of the way, are now refusing to release the second strike boat video, and won’t let Jack Smith testify in public. They constantly hide everything they are doing from the American people.
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FYI, this booing is because the GOP passed a procedural vote on the GOP "health plan" (which doesn't include ACA subsidies) and they iced out Dan Goldman's no vote because he was late. The ACA discharge petition vote won't happen until 2026 because there's a 7-day waiting period once you hit 218.
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
FYI, this booing is because the GOP passed a procedural vote on the GOP "health plan" (which doesn't include ACA subsidies) and they iced out Dan Goldman's no vote because he was late. The ACA discharge petition vote won't happen until 2026 because there's a 7-day waiting period once you hit 218.
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The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
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“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft | CNN Politics
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing hi...
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
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‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal
Trump administration insiders and well-connected Republican businesses have been jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in the shattered Gaza Strip, according to sources and documents reviewed by the Guardian.
With three-quarters of Gaza’s structures damaged or destroyed by two years of Israeli strikes, the rebuilding effort to come – estimated at $70bn by the United Nations – could be a rich prize for companies that specialize in construction, demolition, transportation and logistics. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
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Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.
December 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.
Utterly inhumane, full blown Nazi level behavior.
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Utterly inhumane, full blown Nazi level behavior.
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True Breaking News (Washington Post): VA to cut 35,000 health care jobs across nation like nurses & doctors. VA already strained.
Did our vets refuse to give back medals to melt into gold bars/coin/ballroom sconces for Trump?
Truly the worst vets’ Christmas present ever.
Did our vets refuse to give back medals to melt into gold bars/coin/ballroom sconces for Trump?
Truly the worst vets’ Christmas present ever.
December 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
True Breaking News (Washington Post): VA to cut 35,000 health care jobs across nation like nurses & doctors. VA already strained.
Did our vets refuse to give back medals to melt into gold bars/coin/ballroom sconces for Trump?
Truly the worst vets’ Christmas present ever.
Did our vets refuse to give back medals to melt into gold bars/coin/ballroom sconces for Trump?
Truly the worst vets’ Christmas present ever.
And it’s most likely going to happen. The government is overrun by grift, so nobody is stopping this.
I sure hope someone else has fight left in them to push back against all of this crap, because I’m exhausted, and everything I’ve tried to do to stop this was laughed off.
I sure hope someone else has fight left in them to push back against all of this crap, because I’m exhausted, and everything I’ve tried to do to stop this was laughed off.
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
And it’s most likely going to happen. The government is overrun by grift, so nobody is stopping this.
I sure hope someone else has fight left in them to push back against all of this crap, because I’m exhausted, and everything I’ve tried to do to stop this was laughed off.
I sure hope someone else has fight left in them to push back against all of this crap, because I’m exhausted, and everything I’ve tried to do to stop this was laughed off.
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Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies.
Either way, never trust them again.
Either way, never trust them again.
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies.
Either way, never trust them again.
Either way, never trust them again.
What the actual fuck?!
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What the actual fuck?!
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.