Saukman
@saukman.bsky.social
Political junkie (center left), gardener (flowers, trees), dog lover (Akita), small town Midwestern USA (WI), Packers fan
This is what a police state looks like. In my country. Today.
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This is what a police state looks like. In my country. Today.
This is what a police state looks like. In my country. Today.
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
This is what a police state looks like. In my country. Today.
This is what a police state looks like. In my country. Today.
Harvard has removed a resident dean -- a Black lecturer in psychology -- for writing posts critical of Trump and law enforcement
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Dunster House Resident Dean Gregory Davis Removed After Resurfaced Social Media Posts | News | The Harvard Crimson
Gregory K. Davis was removed from his post as Dunster House resident dean effective immediately, according to a message circulated to House affiliates Monday morning.
www.thecrimson.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
This is what a police state looks like. In my country. Today.
“Our great Country cannot be run by ‘STUPID’ or INCOMPETENT PEOPLE! President DJT.”
I have been crushed under the weight of irony.
I have been crushed under the weight of irony.
January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
“Our great Country cannot be run by ‘STUPID’ or INCOMPETENT PEOPLE! President DJT.”
I have been crushed under the weight of irony.
I have been crushed under the weight of irony.
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This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
i'm really having a hard time getting past the "surely we can all agree that Somalis are worse than trash" thing. this feels new and very bad
January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
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Watching my daughter grow up without evangelical religious trauma is breathtaking.
She’s not scared of a hell, or a god who would condemn her to everlasting torture, and she’s never heard of a rapture. Growing up without that fear really does something good to a young person.
She’s not scared of a hell, or a god who would condemn her to everlasting torture, and she’s never heard of a rapture. Growing up without that fear really does something good to a young person.
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Watching my daughter grow up without evangelical religious trauma is breathtaking.
She’s not scared of a hell, or a god who would condemn her to everlasting torture, and she’s never heard of a rapture. Growing up without that fear really does something good to a young person.
She’s not scared of a hell, or a god who would condemn her to everlasting torture, and she’s never heard of a rapture. Growing up without that fear really does something good to a young person.
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NEW: Our reporter visited a potential source’s home, where he introduced himself as a reporter and they had a pleasant conversation.
A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.
A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW: Our reporter visited a potential source’s home, where he introduced himself as a reporter and they had a pleasant conversation.
A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.
A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.
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2025 was a busy year! We responded to hundreds of thousands of emails, letters, and phone calls from our constituents. Watch this video for the year’s final numbers.
December 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
2025 was a busy year! We responded to hundreds of thousands of emails, letters, and phone calls from our constituents. Watch this video for the year’s final numbers.
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One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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"When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Last week, we forced a vote and passed @golden.house.gov's Protecting America’s Workforce Act to restore collective bargaining rights for over 1 million federal workers.
We're calling on the Senate to immediately pass the bill and deliver for working people.
We're calling on the Senate to immediately pass the bill and deliver for working people.
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Last week, we forced a vote and passed @golden.house.gov's Protecting America’s Workforce Act to restore collective bargaining rights for over 1 million federal workers.
We're calling on the Senate to immediately pass the bill and deliver for working people.
We're calling on the Senate to immediately pass the bill and deliver for working people.
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Headlines about US descent into authoritarianism are coming so often that their pace risks people tuning the substance out. But the substance of these headlines is troubling, damning, and isolating as we find United States democracy eroding. www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
For most of the world, the US is now a malign actor
While many may be tempted to cut the U.S. off as an ally and partner, I hope our friends don’t give up on us so easily.
www.politico.eu
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Headlines about US descent into authoritarianism are coming so often that their pace risks people tuning the substance out. But the substance of these headlines is troubling, damning, and isolating as we find United States democracy eroding. www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
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Kaja Kallas: we have to be really clear-eyed. We have one aggressor and one victim. And the one that needs security guarantees is Ukraine, not Russia.
In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Kaja Kallas: we have to be really clear-eyed. We have one aggressor and one victim. And the one that needs security guarantees is Ukraine, not Russia.
In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
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Out of respect for tradition we MUST let a crazed President, a do-nothing Republican controlled Congress and compromised Supreme Court majority destroy our country. 🇺🇸
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Out of respect for tradition we MUST let a crazed President, a do-nothing Republican controlled Congress and compromised Supreme Court majority destroy our country. 🇺🇸
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It's not a question of politics or party. Congress has a constitutional obligation to impeach and to remove a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors and forsakes his solemn oath.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
There's a Hill bubble narrative, posing as savvy realism, in treating impeachment as some radioactive poison and so Democrats must squash any talk of it. But there's zero evidence for that. No polls back it up, nor recent history. It's all just pundit-brained conventional wisdom eating its own tail.
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It's not a question of politics or party. Congress has a constitutional obligation to impeach and to remove a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors and forsakes his solemn oath.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
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GREAT NEWS! The bill restoring collective bargaining for federal workers passed the House with bipartisan support. It's time for the Senate to do the same.
Earlier this year, Donald Trump denied 1 million federal workers their full and fair collective bargaining rights.
I spoke on the House floor in favor of a discharge petition to bring up the Protect America's Workforce Act for a vote, which would restore these rights.
I spoke on the House floor in favor of a discharge petition to bring up the Protect America's Workforce Act for a vote, which would restore these rights.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
GREAT NEWS! The bill restoring collective bargaining for federal workers passed the House with bipartisan support. It's time for the Senate to do the same.
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I just voted NO on handing more than $890 billion to the Pentagon — the only federal agency that has NEVER passed an audit.
I cannot support pouring taxpayer dollars into the military industrial complex while American families can’t afford food or health care.
I cannot support pouring taxpayer dollars into the military industrial complex while American families can’t afford food or health care.
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I just voted NO on handing more than $890 billion to the Pentagon — the only federal agency that has NEVER passed an audit.
I cannot support pouring taxpayer dollars into the military industrial complex while American families can’t afford food or health care.
I cannot support pouring taxpayer dollars into the military industrial complex while American families can’t afford food or health care.
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I just voted NO on giving the Pentagon a TRILLION dollar check.
Until lawmakers prioritize people over the Pentagon and demand real oversight, I will continue opposing these reckless, out-of-control spending bills.
Until lawmakers prioritize people over the Pentagon and demand real oversight, I will continue opposing these reckless, out-of-control spending bills.
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I just voted NO on giving the Pentagon a TRILLION dollar check.
Until lawmakers prioritize people over the Pentagon and demand real oversight, I will continue opposing these reckless, out-of-control spending bills.
Until lawmakers prioritize people over the Pentagon and demand real oversight, I will continue opposing these reckless, out-of-control spending bills.
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George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran detained for three days by ICE:
"It's important that no one has to go through this…I'm not scared of the government or what they say about me…They are refusing to take accountability, but I'm not scared."
"It's important that no one has to go through this…I'm not scared of the government or what they say about me…They are refusing to take accountability, but I'm not scared."
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran detained for three days by ICE:
"It's important that no one has to go through this…I'm not scared of the government or what they say about me…They are refusing to take accountability, but I'm not scared."
"It's important that no one has to go through this…I'm not scared of the government or what they say about me…They are refusing to take accountability, but I'm not scared."
Will they wear brown shirts like Hitler youth?
The Texas GOP orders that the TurningPoint USA Trump youth organization will be obligatory at all high schools and colleges in the Lone Star State.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Will they wear brown shirts like Hitler youth?
I tried this. It didn't work.
A cartoon by Barbara Smaller. #NewYorkerCartoons
See more cartoons from this week’s issue: www.newyorker.com/gallery/cart...
See more cartoons from this week’s issue: www.newyorker.com/gallery/cart...
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I tried this. It didn't work.
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"Because working people have been shunted into defined contribution, self-funded retirement schemes, their futures are wedded to stock market returns in a way that people in similarly wealthy democracies find unimaginable." Inequality in the US is obscene. My thoughts:
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The case for a 100% tax bracket for billionaires
I was looking through my photos, stumbled upon this image, and realized that I had to get out a seasonal newsletter today with a wish for 2025. Caption....
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December 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Because working people have been shunted into defined contribution, self-funded retirement schemes, their futures are wedded to stock market returns in a way that people in similarly wealthy democracies find unimaginable." Inequality in the US is obscene. My thoughts:
buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
buttondown.com/surekhadavie...