reality check 🤔😕😢
@realitycheck.bsky.social
Colorado dad. We live in the stupidest time ever. Bluesky is less stupid than IRL.
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Can't believe @pressherald.com still has this regime propaganda up on their website.
Embarrassing, for what was previously a pretty solid credible news source.
Can't believe @pressherald.com still has this regime propaganda up on their website.
Embarrassing, for what was previously a pretty solid credible news source.
Six entire paragraphs doing the regime's propaganda work for them.
DHS fed you these cases. They probably lied about them. DHS hasn't given you the other 196 names because they want those names buried.
Spending any more than 5% of your word count talking about these few cases biases your readers.
DHS fed you these cases. They probably lied about them. DHS hasn't given you the other 196 names because they want those names buried.
Spending any more than 5% of your word count talking about these few cases biases your readers.
February 1, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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Can't believe @pressherald.com still has this regime propaganda up on their website.
Embarrassing, for what was previously a pretty solid credible news source.
Can't believe @pressherald.com still has this regime propaganda up on their website.
Embarrassing, for what was previously a pretty solid credible news source.
I'm so sorry.
So many families are being ripped apart.
Ohio is activating its churches to care for children whose parents will be abducted next week.
The worst part is this has all happened before.
And Americans voted for it to happen again. 😢
So many families are being ripped apart.
Ohio is activating its churches to care for children whose parents will be abducted next week.
The worst part is this has all happened before.
And Americans voted for it to happen again. 😢
January 31, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I'm so sorry.
So many families are being ripped apart.
Ohio is activating its churches to care for children whose parents will be abducted next week.
The worst part is this has all happened before.
And Americans voted for it to happen again. 😢
So many families are being ripped apart.
Ohio is activating its churches to care for children whose parents will be abducted next week.
The worst part is this has all happened before.
And Americans voted for it to happen again. 😢
Or Rovina's Choice among her children, starving because of USAID cuts.
The cruelty is worldwide, and almost impossible to process.
The cruelty is worldwide, and almost impossible to process.
"Rovina's Choice" Shows How The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
YouTube video by The New Yorker
m.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Or Rovina's Choice among her children, starving because of USAID cuts.
The cruelty is worldwide, and almost impossible to process.
The cruelty is worldwide, and almost impossible to process.
I apparently misspoke when I said Trump would have appeared in court. My bad. Thanks for all the info.
January 31, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I apparently misspoke when I said Trump would have appeared in court. My bad. Thanks for all the info.
They do that all the time.
It's all about body count, not whether an immigrant is here legally and following the rules, much less about whether they're a criminal.
Just one more notch in their belt.
It's all about body count, not whether an immigrant is here legally and following the rules, much less about whether they're a criminal.
Just one more notch in their belt.
January 31, 2026 at 2:37 PM
They do that all the time.
It's all about body count, not whether an immigrant is here legally and following the rules, much less about whether they're a criminal.
Just one more notch in their belt.
It's all about body count, not whether an immigrant is here legally and following the rules, much less about whether they're a criminal.
Just one more notch in their belt.
He's a Trump supporter, a "political animal," and an "effective bullshitter".
Krugman enumerates some other qualifications to be Trump's crony Fed chair, but those are the main ones, on full display here.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...
Krugman enumerates some other qualifications to be Trump's crony Fed chair, but those are the main ones, on full display here.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 PM
He's a Trump supporter, a "political animal," and an "effective bullshitter".
Krugman enumerates some other qualifications to be Trump's crony Fed chair, but those are the main ones, on full display here.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...
Krugman enumerates some other qualifications to be Trump's crony Fed chair, but those are the main ones, on full display here.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...
Yes. Just like the 2020 election steal thing was just a front for people who want to steal the 2026 and 2028 elections.
Some say it's hypocrisy. Some say every accusation is an admission.
No.
It's fascism. Strategic, playing the long game.
Some say it's hypocrisy. Some say every accusation is an admission.
No.
It's fascism. Strategic, playing the long game.
January 31, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Yes. Just like the 2020 election steal thing was just a front for people who want to steal the 2026 and 2028 elections.
Some say it's hypocrisy. Some say every accusation is an admission.
No.
It's fascism. Strategic, playing the long game.
Some say it's hypocrisy. Some say every accusation is an admission.
No.
It's fascism. Strategic, playing the long game.
This sure doesn't sound like deescalation:
Leave your children as orphans?
Or take them with you to the concentration camp?
A choice no mother should have to make. 😢💔
Or take them with you to the concentration camp?
A choice no mother should have to make. 😢💔
January 31, 2026 at 1:49 PM
This sure doesn't sound like deescalation:
Leave your children as orphans?
Or take them with you to the concentration camp?
A choice no mother should have to make. 😢💔
Or take them with you to the concentration camp?
A choice no mother should have to make. 😢💔
January 31, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Leave your children as orphans?
Or take them with you to the concentration camp?
A choice no mother should have to make. 😢💔
Or take them with you to the concentration camp?
A choice no mother should have to make. 😢💔
"ICE is circling Minnesota schools, looking for children to take."
@pressherald.com: They tell us they're targeting the worst of the worst violent criminals. 🤷
@pressherald.com: They tell us they're targeting the worst of the worst violent criminals. 🤷
NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take
Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"ICE is circling Minnesota schools, looking for children to take."
@pressherald.com: They tell us they're targeting the worst of the worst violent criminals. 🤷
@pressherald.com: They tell us they're targeting the worst of the worst violent criminals. 🤷
"when they dogpiled him a second time, a knot of worms stuffed into the skinsuits of men, when they pistol-whipped him and locked his arms behind his back, when they disarmed him of his rights, and when they shot him in the back again and again and again, he could’ve named every wound they gave him"
January 31, 2026 at 1:36 PM
"when they dogpiled him a second time, a knot of worms stuffed into the skinsuits of men, when they pistol-whipped him and locked his arms behind his back, when they disarmed him of his rights, and when they shot him in the back again and again and again, he could’ve named every wound they gave him"
Isn't dumpster dive / stick of dynamite / lottery ticket exactly what a rebuilding team should be stockpiling, not trading away?
The Rockies make no sense to me. New GM, same total incoherence.
The Rockies make no sense to me. New GM, same total incoherence.
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Isn't dumpster dive / stick of dynamite / lottery ticket exactly what a rebuilding team should be stockpiling, not trading away?
The Rockies make no sense to me. New GM, same total incoherence.
The Rockies make no sense to me. New GM, same total incoherence.
This EO is from last February.
But yes. Wherever the EO says "Christian," just substitute "MAGA white Christian nationalist" to understand what it really means.
But yes. Wherever the EO says "Christian," just substitute "MAGA white Christian nationalist" to understand what it really means.
January 31, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This EO is from last February.
But yes. Wherever the EO says "Christian," just substitute "MAGA white Christian nationalist" to understand what it really means.
But yes. Wherever the EO says "Christian," just substitute "MAGA white Christian nationalist" to understand what it really means.
The title is awful, framing it as a question. 🤮
We know they don't target the worst of the worst. 95% of people arrested do not have violent criminal convictions. This is a cattle roundup, not targeted enforcement.
They gave you 10 names. The ones they wanted you to focus on. They withheld 196.
We know they don't target the worst of the worst. 95% of people arrested do not have violent criminal convictions. This is a cattle roundup, not targeted enforcement.
They gave you 10 names. The ones they wanted you to focus on. They withheld 196.
January 31, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The title is awful, framing it as a question. 🤮
We know they don't target the worst of the worst. 95% of people arrested do not have violent criminal convictions. This is a cattle roundup, not targeted enforcement.
They gave you 10 names. The ones they wanted you to focus on. They withheld 196.
We know they don't target the worst of the worst. 95% of people arrested do not have violent criminal convictions. This is a cattle roundup, not targeted enforcement.
They gave you 10 names. The ones they wanted you to focus on. They withheld 196.
Six entire paragraphs doing the regime's propaganda work for them.
DHS fed you these cases. They probably lied about them. DHS hasn't given you the other 196 names because they want those names buried.
Spending any more than 5% of your word count talking about these few cases biases your readers.
DHS fed you these cases. They probably lied about them. DHS hasn't given you the other 196 names because they want those names buried.
Spending any more than 5% of your word count talking about these few cases biases your readers.
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Six entire paragraphs doing the regime's propaganda work for them.
DHS fed you these cases. They probably lied about them. DHS hasn't given you the other 196 names because they want those names buried.
Spending any more than 5% of your word count talking about these few cases biases your readers.
DHS fed you these cases. They probably lied about them. DHS hasn't given you the other 196 names because they want those names buried.
Spending any more than 5% of your word count talking about these few cases biases your readers.
Shameful biased reporting from what is usually a credible, independent news source.
You cite the data: Of people arrested by ICE, "5% have convictions for violent crimes".
Yet you give roughly equal coverage to those 5% as the 95%, presenting unverified regime propaganda as truth.
Shame.
You cite the data: Of people arrested by ICE, "5% have convictions for violent crimes".
Yet you give roughly equal coverage to those 5% as the 95%, presenting unverified regime propaganda as truth.
Shame.
January 31, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Shameful biased reporting from what is usually a credible, independent news source.
You cite the data: Of people arrested by ICE, "5% have convictions for violent crimes".
Yet you give roughly equal coverage to those 5% as the 95%, presenting unverified regime propaganda as truth.
Shame.
You cite the data: Of people arrested by ICE, "5% have convictions for violent crimes".
Yet you give roughly equal coverage to those 5% as the 95%, presenting unverified regime propaganda as truth.
Shame.
"Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project ... responded to requests for emergency legal help from approximately 65 people...
"Most of those people are in lawful immigration processes, seeking asylum and do not have criminal records"
More credible than DHS propaganda, yet buried near the end of the article
"Most of those people are in lawful immigration processes, seeking asylum and do not have criminal records"
More credible than DHS propaganda, yet buried near the end of the article
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 PM
"Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project ... responded to requests for emergency legal help from approximately 65 people...
"Most of those people are in lawful immigration processes, seeking asylum and do not have criminal records"
More credible than DHS propaganda, yet buried near the end of the article
"Most of those people are in lawful immigration processes, seeking asylum and do not have criminal records"
More credible than DHS propaganda, yet buried near the end of the article
"10 — all publicized by federal immigration officials — had past arrests or convictions. They were accused of committing crimes ..., DHS said."
We know from the smears of Good, Pretti, and the people sent to CECOT that DHS mostly lies.
Did you verify this independently?
If not, don't print lies!
We know from the smears of Good, Pretti, and the people sent to CECOT that DHS mostly lies.
Did you verify this independently?
If not, don't print lies!
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 PM
"10 — all publicized by federal immigration officials — had past arrests or convictions. They were accused of committing crimes ..., DHS said."
We know from the smears of Good, Pretti, and the people sent to CECOT that DHS mostly lies.
Did you verify this independently?
If not, don't print lies!
We know from the smears of Good, Pretti, and the people sent to CECOT that DHS mostly lies.
Did you verify this independently?
If not, don't print lies!
Really good well-written argument for UBI from a right-leaning commentator.
"Universal basic income is not an end state but a bridge. A way to prevent mass dislocation while society renegotiates the relationship between work, dignity and income as" AI rapidly replaces workers.
Nailed it.
"Universal basic income is not an end state but a bridge. A way to prevent mass dislocation while society renegotiates the relationship between work, dignity and income as" AI rapidly replaces workers.
Nailed it.
January 31, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Really good well-written argument for UBI from a right-leaning commentator.
"Universal basic income is not an end state but a bridge. A way to prevent mass dislocation while society renegotiates the relationship between work, dignity and income as" AI rapidly replaces workers.
Nailed it.
"Universal basic income is not an end state but a bridge. A way to prevent mass dislocation while society renegotiates the relationship between work, dignity and income as" AI rapidly replaces workers.
Nailed it.
Not an actual review, but really funny:
"I personally found the bribery artful and cinematic ... a real tour de force of corruption ... two thumbs up!"
Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta did a hilarious takedown of the Melania movie on The Daily Show.
At the 7:20 mark in this video:
Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta did a hilarious takedown of the Melania movie on The Daily Show.
At the 7:20 mark in this video:
Melania's $40 Million Docu-Bribe Movie Premieres & Dems Make ICE Demands | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Not an actual review, but really funny:
That Holocaust historian is Tim Snyder, author of "On Tyranny" and a really great Bluesky follow:
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 31, 2026 at 2:19 AM
That Holocaust historian is Tim Snyder, author of "On Tyranny" and a really great Bluesky follow:
The Boss is here on Bluesky. Just repost his post.
Outstanding song and video.
Outstanding song and video.
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 12:37 AM
The Boss is here on Bluesky. Just repost his post.
Outstanding song and video.
Outstanding song and video.
See below. Murkowski and Collins, from low-population states, don't change it much.
Ah, OK, I see your point.
Yes, 53 Republicans in the Senate represent 155 million people.
47 Democrats represent 179 million.
If representation was proportional, Brainworm Bobby would never have been confirmed.
Yes, 53 Republicans in the Senate represent 155 million people.
47 Democrats represent 179 million.
If representation was proportional, Brainworm Bobby would never have been confirmed.
January 31, 2026 at 12:31 AM
See below. Murkowski and Collins, from low-population states, don't change it much.