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Patrick Walls

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Magenta

@magentab.bsky.social

4. we're too polarized at the federal level for any type of downballot candidate ideology to matter, so i don't think a more moderate candidate would've won

December 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM

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Sanho Tree

@sanho.bsky.social

Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
United States
Coast Guard
Commandant
United States Coast Guard
2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
Washington, DC 20593-7000
Staff Symbol: CCG
Phone: (202) 372-4411
5730
31 ост 2025
The Honorable Rand H. Paul
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Paul:
In response to your letter dated October 6, 2025, regarding the Coast Guard's efforts to interdict illicit drugs headed towards the United States since September 1, 2024, I offer the following:
1. From September 1, 2024, to October 7, 2025, Coast Guard surface assets, operating under Coast Guard law enforcement authority, interdicted 212 suspected drug-smuggling vessels at sea headed toward the United States. Of the 212 interdictions, 41 vessels had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted; 24 of those 41 vessels without contraband did not appear to commit any federal criminal offense.
2. Of the 212 total vessels interdicted during this period, 69 vessels were interdicted in the Caribbean Sea by Coast Guard surface assets, operating under Coast Guard law enforcement authority. Of these 69 interdictions, 14 had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted; 11 of those 14 vessels without contraband did not appear to commit any federal criminal offense. Of the 69 Caribbean interdictions, 14 vessels were interdicted off the coast of Venezuela. Three of the 14 vessels interdicted near Venezuela had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted, but one of the three violated other U.S. federal criminal statutes.
3. The Coast Guard did not use lethal force against any of the 212 vessels interdicted at sea during this period. The Coast Guard used non-lethal force to warn and/or disable non-compliant vessels suspected of smuggling on 105 occasions during this period.
4. Of the 212 interdictions conducted by the Coast Guard from September 1, 2024, to October 7, 2025,
208 were interdicted in international waters.
5. Of the 212 interdictions conducted by the Coast Gu…

December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM

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Jorvorskie Layne's

@jorvorskielaynes.bsky.social

Haters: they're only good in theaters and don't hold up on rewatch!

Me:

Nichole Kidman staring at the screen in an AMC ad

December 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Patrick Walls

@patrickw.bsky.social

I'm trying to plan when I will see it at the IMAX 3D when I'm visiting Indianapolis for Christmas since we don't have a true IMAX in Chicago anymore

December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

every movie should end with an original song recapping the film in one way or another

December 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM

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Nick Ulivieri

@nuphoto.com

Yesterday was the snowiest November day in #Chicago history. 8.4” fell at O’Hare Airport (Chicago's official measurement site) breaking the previous record of 8” set in 1951. Here are a few more photos.