Herb Walker
@receptor67.bsky.social
Music, art, web, politics, guitar, geekery, science. Anti-fascist
"Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think." - Niels Bohr
Sacramento, CA. No DMs.
"Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think." - Niels Bohr
Sacramento, CA. No DMs.
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Wrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Wrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
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FUCKERS!
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
FUCKERS!
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So, this happened😱 no one is talking about it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So, this happened😱 no one is talking about it.
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Pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with US air force plane near Venezuela
Pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with US air force plane near Venezuela
JetBlue pilot calls incident ‘outrageous’ and says US military refueling tanker didn’t have transponder turned on
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 his path.
“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.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with US air force plane near Venezuela
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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Buy Jello Biafra's car
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
Punk Legend Jello Biafra's 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible
Owned and driven by music legend Jello Biafra since 1995, this 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible has impeccable punk rock credentials. As Jello’s daily driver for decades, this T160-generation...
www.hemmings.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Buy Jello Biafra's car
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
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The new DOJ memo for implementing NSPM-7 calls for bounties and a network of informants: “FBI shall establish a cash reward system for information... [and] establish cooperators to provide information and eventually testify against other members and leadership of domestic terrorist organizations.”
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The new DOJ memo for implementing NSPM-7 calls for bounties and a network of informants: “FBI shall establish a cash reward system for information... [and] establish cooperators to provide information and eventually testify against other members and leadership of domestic terrorist organizations.”
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Another first with the Meta sponsor just added to the Turning Point USA mega conference
December 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Another first with the Meta sponsor just added to the Turning Point USA mega conference
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
Trump Protesters Sing Modified Christmas Carols in Downtown Sacramento
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
Trump administration protesters sing modified carols in downtown Sacramento
Approximately 45 people walked through the streets of downtown Sacramento on Thursday evening, singing modified Christmas carols of protest.
www.sacbee.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Trump Protesters Sing Modified Christmas Carols in Downtown Sacramento
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
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The Trump administration’s push to eliminate DEI from the fed government is now reaching national park gift shops. A memo directs staff to review merchandise for compliance with an order from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to halt activities related to DEI, accessibility, or “environmental justice.”
SO 3416 - Ending DEI Programs and Gender Ideology Extremism | U.S. Department of the Interior
SO 3416
www.doi.gov
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Trump administration’s push to eliminate DEI from the fed government is now reaching national park gift shops. A memo directs staff to review merchandise for compliance with an order from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to halt activities related to DEI, accessibility, or “environmental justice.”
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I cannot express how dangerous DOJ's actions are to free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028. Access to and the misuse of this data is almost certain to be the central fight for the 2026 midterms. Yet, too few are paying attention and treating this as seriously as they should.
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I cannot express how dangerous DOJ's actions are to free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028. Access to and the misuse of this data is almost certain to be the central fight for the 2026 midterms. Yet, too few are paying attention and treating this as seriously as they should.
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The Earliest Known Customer Complaint Was Made 3,800 Years Ago: Read the Rant on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet
The Earliest Known Customer Complaint Was Made 3,800 Years Ago: Read the Rant on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet
Image via Wikimedia Commons
The site Fast Company published an article that describes the “Complaint Restraint project,” an initiative that aims to create a “positive life by eliminating negative stat...
www.openculture.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Earliest Known Customer Complaint Was Made 3,800 Years Ago: Read the Rant on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet
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“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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The Constitution prohibits executions of intellectually disabled people. Now, Alabama is asking the Supreme Court a simple question: What if it didn't?
Alabama Is Asking the Supreme Court For Some Leeway On “Cruel and Unusual Punishment”
In 2002, the Court decided that the Constitution does not allow executions of intellectually disabled people. But states are testing that holding’s limits.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Constitution prohibits executions of intellectually disabled people. Now, Alabama is asking the Supreme Court a simple question: What if it didn't?
MS-13 and Trump Backed the Same Presidential Candidate in Honduras
MS-13 gang members told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed right-wing candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.”
theintercept.com/2025/12/09/a...
MS-13 gang members told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed right-wing candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.”
theintercept.com/2025/12/09/a...
MS-13 and Trump Backed the Same Presidential Candidate in Honduras
MS-13 told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.”
theintercept.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
MS-13 and Trump Backed the Same Presidential Candidate in Honduras
MS-13 gang members told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed right-wing candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.”
theintercept.com/2025/12/09/a...
MS-13 gang members told Hondurans to vote for the Trump-backed right-wing candidate or “we’ll kill you and your whole fucking family.”
theintercept.com/2025/12/09/a...
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The Trump administration is funding its anti-immigrant campaign with money set aside for defense, Democratic lawmakers wrote.
Trump Administration Diverted $2 Billion in Pentagon Funds to Target Immigrants, Lawmakers Say
The Trump administration is funding its anti-immigrant campaign with money set aside for defense, Democratic lawmakers wrote.
interc.pt
December 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Trump administration is funding its anti-immigrant campaign with money set aside for defense, Democratic lawmakers wrote.
We are everywhere
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We are everywhere
So much winning!
Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys.
Porn Is Being Injected Into Government Websites Via Malicious PDFs
Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys.
www.404media.co
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So much winning!
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NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.
Judge Orders Abrego Garcia's Immediate Release from Immigration Custody
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.