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Thinker, writer, friend, IT Director, technology consultant, Bahai.
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Hate to say it, but you should no longer trust anything from CBS News. I'm sure there are great reporters there trying to do honest work, but how can we know anymore? If they're willing to kill a Trump-critical 60 Minutes segment at the order of Bari Weiss, it's been over.
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Hate to say it, but you should no longer trust anything from CBS News. I'm sure there are great reporters there trying to do honest work, but how can we know anymore? If they're willing to kill a Trump-critical 60 Minutes segment at the order of Bari Weiss, it's been over.
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Watching Republicans try not to talk about a US Senator being manhandled, pushed to the floor, subdued and then forced out of a press conference--after wanting to ask questions of a US government official, might be the most chilling moment of the last 5 months.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Watching Republicans try not to talk about a US Senator being manhandled, pushed to the floor, subdued and then forced out of a press conference--after wanting to ask questions of a US government official, might be the most chilling moment of the last 5 months.
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US Sen. Brian Schatz sounds the dictatorship alarm
June 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
US Sen. Brian Schatz sounds the dictatorship alarm
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“There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities:
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
The Secret Police Are Here
Trump is losing on policy and the law. But he’s winning on power.
www.thebulwark.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities:
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
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Here’s the often overlooked reason Trump’s attacks on Harvard and others he singles out by name — including specific law firms, charitable organizations, radio and TV networks, and individuals — are flatly unconstitutional: they violate Article I’s absolute ban on Bills of Attainder:
f.io/RnNoLD5I
f.io/RnNoLD5I
May 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here’s the often overlooked reason Trump’s attacks on Harvard and others he singles out by name — including specific law firms, charitable organizations, radio and TV networks, and individuals — are flatly unconstitutional: they violate Article I’s absolute ban on Bills of Attainder:
f.io/RnNoLD5I
f.io/RnNoLD5I
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Opening doors while firing the people behind them isn’t progress — it’s a PR stunt.
May 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Opening doors while firing the people behind them isn’t progress — it’s a PR stunt.
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Fabian Schmidt, a legal resident and green card holder who was detained at Logan, is now free after two months in an ICE detention facility. He speaks to GBH News in his first interview after his release: bit.ly/43dt8cH
Fabian Schmidt speaks out for the first time since his detention
The green card holder, originally from Germany, plans to pursue legal action for 'dehumanizing' ordeal.
bit.ly
May 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Fabian Schmidt, a legal resident and green card holder who was detained at Logan, is now free after two months in an ICE detention facility. He speaks to GBH News in his first interview after his release: bit.ly/43dt8cH
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The idea that it is the purpose of the executive branch to actualize a president’s totalizing political agenda is going to lead inexorably to this destruction of the government’s capacity to do anything.
“.. the latest purge by Gabbard, who .. has removed or sidelined officials perceived to not support Trump’s political agenda.”
@washingtonpost.com
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@washingtonpost.com
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May 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The idea that it is the purpose of the executive branch to actualize a president’s totalizing political agenda is going to lead inexorably to this destruction of the government’s capacity to do anything.
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Rümeysa Öztürk was ordered released by a federal judge in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it accuses of antisemitism.
Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk ordered freed from immigration detention
Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student, was ordered released by a federal judge in Vermont in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it ac...
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rümeysa Öztürk was ordered released by a federal judge in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it accuses of antisemitism.
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Trump's post is a federal crime. 26 USC § 7217.
May 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Trump's post is a federal crime. 26 USC § 7217.
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All this because they didn’t have a hotel pre-booked when they arrived. Insane.
April 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
All this because they didn’t have a hotel pre-booked when they arrived. Insane.
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RFK Jr.’s lies about autism are disgraceful — and I won't share them to spread misinformation.
He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths.
In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths.
In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
April 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
RFK Jr.’s lies about autism are disgraceful — and I won't share them to spread misinformation.
He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths.
In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths.
In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
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ABC News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."
CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."
March 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
ABC News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."
CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."
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Last night ICE confronted and detained a Tufts grad student, then sent her 1,400 miles away to a detention center in Louisiana. She's here legally on a student visa.
Her offense of "anti-Israeli activism" appears to be an op-ed she published in the school newspaper last year in support of BDS.
Her offense of "anti-Israeli activism" appears to be an op-ed she published in the school newspaper last year in support of BDS.
WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine
“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
zeteo.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Last night ICE confronted and detained a Tufts grad student, then sent her 1,400 miles away to a detention center in Louisiana. She's here legally on a student visa.
Her offense of "anti-Israeli activism" appears to be an op-ed she published in the school newspaper last year in support of BDS.
Her offense of "anti-Israeli activism" appears to be an op-ed she published in the school newspaper last year in support of BDS.
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"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
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History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
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Stephen. Remind people that they’re not helpless
February 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Stephen. Remind people that they’re not helpless
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There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.
February 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.
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To recap, Trump:
-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI
This is disastrous leadership.
-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI
This is disastrous leadership.
January 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
To recap, Trump:
-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI
This is disastrous leadership.
-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI
This is disastrous leadership.
Winter is here. Joining bsky. Hello world (again).
January 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Winter is here. Joining bsky. Hello world (again).