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What kind of dirty shit was Bill Barr up to?
Bill Barrs dad gave Jeffrey Epstein his first job as a high school teacher
Bill Barrs dad gave Jeffrey Epstein his first job as a high school teacher
(!) Just weeks before Jeffrey Epstein was dead, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was apparently monitoring Julie Brown, a journalist who has led coverage on Epstein.
Why?
Why?
December 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What kind of dirty shit was Bill Barr up to?
Bill Barrs dad gave Jeffrey Epstein his first job as a high school teacher
Bill Barrs dad gave Jeffrey Epstein his first job as a high school teacher
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🚨 Gaza’s Health Ministry warns of a “slow-motion mass death” driven by Israel’s medical siege.
Since the ceasefire, more than 400 people have been killed, but far more are dying from blocked medicine and collapsed care, the Director General says. Only 10% of needed medical supplies have...
Since the ceasefire, more than 400 people have been killed, but far more are dying from blocked medicine and collapsed care, the Director General says. Only 10% of needed medical supplies have...
December 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
🚨 Gaza’s Health Ministry warns of a “slow-motion mass death” driven by Israel’s medical siege.
Since the ceasefire, more than 400 people have been killed, but far more are dying from blocked medicine and collapsed care, the Director General says. Only 10% of needed medical supplies have...
Since the ceasefire, more than 400 people have been killed, but far more are dying from blocked medicine and collapsed care, the Director General says. Only 10% of needed medical supplies have...
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Shifting money from police and prisons to systems that meet people's needs are better for safety and, contrary to what you hear in the media, *one of the most popular policies* over decades of polling. Asking why this is hidden from us is important. equalityalec.substack.com/p/convention...
Conventional Wisdom and "Popularity"
And a weird debate I just had.
equalityalec.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Shifting money from police and prisons to systems that meet people's needs are better for safety and, contrary to what you hear in the media, *one of the most popular policies* over decades of polling. Asking why this is hidden from us is important. equalityalec.substack.com/p/convention...
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Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.
Organizing My Thoughts
Kelly Hayes writes about things you should know if you want to change the world.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.
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Sheriffs nationwide have enormous control over jail voting access, with many restricting mail and voter guides, making it nearly impossible for incarcerated people to vote. A law in Colorado removed that discretion—and turnout has soared.
Jail Voting Soars in Colorado After State Mandates Polling Places in County Lockups
Local officials had claimed they were already giving detained people ballot access, but the first-in-the-nation mandate forced their hands and increased turnout across the state.
boltsmag.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sheriffs nationwide have enormous control over jail voting access, with many restricting mail and voter guides, making it nearly impossible for incarcerated people to vote. A law in Colorado removed that discretion—and turnout has soared.
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This crucial distinction has been being carefully, willfully undermined by fossil PR for twenty years. The difference between marginal emissions improvements that reinforce fossil dependence, and those that do not, is well obscured in political discourse - but it remains the critical one!
There's room for inside/outside strategies, but there's also a difference between doing what you can within current constraints and undermining the believability of future campaign narratives by collaborating with the villains of the story.
December 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This crucial distinction has been being carefully, willfully undermined by fossil PR for twenty years. The difference between marginal emissions improvements that reinforce fossil dependence, and those that do not, is well obscured in political discourse - but it remains the critical one!
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Authorities in the enclave warn that the downpour could intensify into a full-blown storm.
Palestinians suffer flooded tents and debris as cold and rain lash Gaza
Authorities in the enclave warn that the downpour could intensify into a full-blown storm.
www.aljazeera.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Authorities in the enclave warn that the downpour could intensify into a full-blown storm.
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Not to continue to harp on my own points ad infinitum but I continue to only see a handful of Congresspeople, all Democrats, criticize the UAE openly for its role in facilitating the atrocities in Sudan, and those Congresspeople are all uniformly at the forefront of criticism of Israel as well.
December 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Not to continue to harp on my own points ad infinitum but I continue to only see a handful of Congresspeople, all Democrats, criticize the UAE openly for its role in facilitating the atrocities in Sudan, and those Congresspeople are all uniformly at the forefront of criticism of Israel as well.
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School districts in meatpacking towns in Iowa were running ICE drills back in like 2005 because there were raids that left hundreds of kids stranded after school with no parents. It's always been horrific
The first thing ICE did when it was created was raiding meat processing plants in the Midwest and south to help quell labor disputes over safety violations and keep those who weren't detained from getting legal protections as many had kids who grew up locally and were citizens with political power.
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
School districts in meatpacking towns in Iowa were running ICE drills back in like 2005 because there were raids that left hundreds of kids stranded after school with no parents. It's always been horrific
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You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
December 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
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Those who platform MAGA fascists are helpful allies of MAGA fascists.
Banish these people. Get them off the TV. If you can't because it hurts ratings and revenue, then come to terms with the fact that your business model depends on collaborating with Nazis to make money.
Banish these people. Get them off the TV. If you can't because it hurts ratings and revenue, then come to terms with the fact that your business model depends on collaborating with Nazis to make money.
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Those who platform MAGA fascists are helpful allies of MAGA fascists.
Banish these people. Get them off the TV. If you can't because it hurts ratings and revenue, then come to terms with the fact that your business model depends on collaborating with Nazis to make money.
Banish these people. Get them off the TV. If you can't because it hurts ratings and revenue, then come to terms with the fact that your business model depends on collaborating with Nazis to make money.
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I'm sharing this because sharing an NYT story about this outweighs my dislike of the publication.
We have known for months because of data outside of Japan that this year's flu season was going to be bad but we have an HHS secretary that hates vaccination and so voila.
We have known for months because of data outside of Japan that this year's flu season was going to be bad but we have an HHS secretary that hates vaccination and so voila.
“New York City’s syndromic surveillance system, which collects information about every patient who visits an emergency room, reported 9,857 visits for “influenza-like illness” last week. That was higher than in the worst weeks of the 2017-18 or 2024-25 flu seasons, both ranked as “high severity”
Flu Cases Climb to Highest Levels in New York City in a Decade
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I'm sharing this because sharing an NYT story about this outweighs my dislike of the publication.
We have known for months because of data outside of Japan that this year's flu season was going to be bad but we have an HHS secretary that hates vaccination and so voila.
We have known for months because of data outside of Japan that this year's flu season was going to be bad but we have an HHS secretary that hates vaccination and so voila.
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Don't conflate radicalism, power, and militancy with mere violence. Militancy can mean organizing your community, building networks to exist and survive, to hide people who are being persecuted, to expose and hound the persecutors, and yes - violence at last, if necessary to protect those things.
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Don't conflate radicalism, power, and militancy with mere violence. Militancy can mean organizing your community, building networks to exist and survive, to hide people who are being persecuted, to expose and hound the persecutors, and yes - violence at last, if necessary to protect those things.
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Time for my traditional Boxing day post I think 👍
December 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Time for my traditional Boxing day post I think 👍
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Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
December 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
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Most New Yorkers can’t afford childcare.
December 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Most New Yorkers can’t afford childcare.
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There's a much better chance someone in this administration would sexually assault my child than anyone they sent to CECOT
I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
There's a much better chance someone in this administration would sexually assault my child than anyone they sent to CECOT
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thomas chatterton williams, whose main literary output is three memoirs of declining quality, and who has written the same essay ad nauseam for 10 years, nonetheless has a sinecure at the atlantic, a teaching job at an elite college, and a nice handful of prestigious fellowships
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
thomas chatterton williams, whose main literary output is three memoirs of declining quality, and who has written the same essay ad nauseam for 10 years, nonetheless has a sinecure at the atlantic, a teaching job at an elite college, and a nice handful of prestigious fellowships
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I’m sorry, what the fuck did I just read? (It gets crazier the further you go): www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
December 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I’m sorry, what the fuck did I just read? (It gets crazier the further you go): www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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NEW: A variety of military and intelligence contractors have already signed on to help ICE's immigrant bounty hunter program. A review of procurement data shows 10 companies stand to make up to *ONE BILLION* dollars from the program by 2027. theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.
theintercept.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NEW: A variety of military and intelligence contractors have already signed on to help ICE's immigrant bounty hunter program. A review of procurement data shows 10 companies stand to make up to *ONE BILLION* dollars from the program by 2027. theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
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Henceforth this shall be known as the Shut the Fuck Up About Chicago decision.
@harebrained.bsky.social
@harebrained.bsky.social
#BREAKING The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the State of Illinois on National Guard deployment.
Under the law invoked by President Trump, he must be unable "with the regular military" to "execute the laws of the United States," it finds.
Full ruling here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/80/88/05a75e...
Under the law invoked by President Trump, he must be unable "with the regular military" to "execute the laws of the United States," it finds.
Full ruling here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/80/88/05a75e...
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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No. 25A443 _________________
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. ILLINOIS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [December 23, 2025]
Federal immigration-enforcement efforts have encoun- tered significant resistance, as well as some violence, in Chicago. According to the Government, federal officers have been obstructed, threatened, and assaulted as they at- tempt to perform their duties. The Government also alleges that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, has been the site of frequent and sometimes violent protests, damaging federal property and threatening the safety of federal officers. These at- tacks, the Government says, have greatly impeded its ef- forts to enforce the immigration laws.
On October 4, 2025, the President called 300 members of the Illinois National Guard into active federal service to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois, particu- larly in and around Chicago. The following day, members of the Texas National Guard were also federalized and sent to Chicago. In calling forth the Guard, the President relied on 10 U. S. C. §12406(3), which empowers him to federalize members of the Guard if he is “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”
The United States District Court for the Northern Dis- trict of Illinois entered a temporary restraining order bar- ring the federalization and deployment of the Guard in Illi- nois. The Seventh Circuit denied in relevant part the Government’s motion for a stay, permitting the Guard to](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elipdmmf5istuvtyituspske/bafkreigkgum5sfni47efippr7j6ykofa7anuo6cqpkfjztkzkfnvubdafe@jpeg)
![remain federalized within Illinois but maintaining the bar on deployment.
The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court’s order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties’ initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term “regular forces” in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Govern- ment argues that the term refers to civilian law enforce- ment officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service. Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili- tary.
We conclude that the term “regular forces” in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili- tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be “unable” with the regular military “to execute the laws of the United States.” Because the statute requires an assess- ment of the military’s ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from “execut[ing] the laws” “except in cases and under circumstances ex- pressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.” 18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the reg- ular military and must be “unable” with those forces to per- form that function.
At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois. The President has not in- voked a statute that provides an exception to the Posse](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elipdmmf5istuvtyituspske/bafkreico7h4hdwfyr6byznbn2d7y2wuhraae6jhvupnyew5s7kwjegnpva@jpeg)
![Comitatus Act. Instead, he relies on inherent constitu- tional authority that, according to the Government, allows him to use the military to protect federal personnel and property. But the Government also claims—consistent with the longstanding view of the Executive Branch—that performing such protective functions does not constitute “execut[ing] the laws” within the meaning of the Posse Comitatus Act. See Supp. Letter Reply Brief for Applicants 8; 1 Supp. Op. OLC 343, n. 1 (1971) (collecting sources). If that is correct, it is hard to see how performing those func- tions could constitute “execut[ing] the laws” under §12406(3). See Azar v. Allina Health Services, 587 U. S. 566, 574 (2019) (“This Court does not lightly assume that Congress silently attaches different meanings to the same term in the same or related statutes”). Thus, at least in this posture, the Government has not carried its burden to show that §12406(3) permits the President to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect fed- eral personnel and property in Illinois. We need not and do not address the reviewability of findings made by the Pres- ident under §12406(3) or any other statute.
The application for stay is denied.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elipdmmf5istuvtyituspske/bafkreigpypa435od2mqkxeftymwgbg2uepclp6razy2u5gc3efakb7v2kq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Henceforth this shall be known as the Shut the Fuck Up About Chicago decision.
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"The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose."
They don't name the individuals.
They don't name the individuals.
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose."
They don't name the individuals.
They don't name the individuals.
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the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
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“It’s the new Jeffrey Epstein jet.”
Kristi Noem “posting a fun video in front of caged, tatted men.”
Look how Bari Weiss’ The Free Press wrote about CECOT — the El Salvador megaprison Trump shipped people to — just months before she stopped the 60 Minutes segment on it:
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
Kristi Noem “posting a fun video in front of caged, tatted men.”
Look how Bari Weiss’ The Free Press wrote about CECOT — the El Salvador megaprison Trump shipped people to — just months before she stopped the 60 Minutes segment on it:
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“It’s the new Jeffrey Epstein jet.”
Kristi Noem “posting a fun video in front of caged, tatted men.”
Look how Bari Weiss’ The Free Press wrote about CECOT — the El Salvador megaprison Trump shipped people to — just months before she stopped the 60 Minutes segment on it:
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...
Kristi Noem “posting a fun video in front of caged, tatted men.”
Look how Bari Weiss’ The Free Press wrote about CECOT — the El Salvador megaprison Trump shipped people to — just months before she stopped the 60 Minutes segment on it:
zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...