@wby69.bsky.social
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UPDATE: The pipe bomber is a 2x Trump voter and will argue Trump’s insurrection pardons apply to him also
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
UPDATE: The pipe bomber is a 2x Trump voter and will argue Trump’s insurrection pardons apply to him also
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
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One of Ohio's most powerful anti-LGBTQ groups, the Center for Christian Virtue, got its start as an anti-porn group. Now, it's pushing for Christian fundamentalist policy at all levels.
More need to be aware of the progression of repression. Fight censorship early (and often).
More need to be aware of the progression of repression. Fight censorship early (and often).
Conservative Christian group on the ascent, gaining the ear of lawmakers as it gains influence
The conservative Center for Christian Virtue had just two employees 10 years ago. Now the public policy organization is ascendant, with new digs on Capitol Square to house its growing staff and projec...
www.cleveland.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
One of Ohio's most powerful anti-LGBTQ groups, the Center for Christian Virtue, got its start as an anti-porn group. Now, it's pushing for Christian fundamentalist policy at all levels.
More need to be aware of the progression of repression. Fight censorship early (and often).
More need to be aware of the progression of repression. Fight censorship early (and often).
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Joshua Post of DHS is apparently looking for volunteers
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Joshua Post of DHS is apparently looking for volunteers
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The emergence of the Supreme Court shadow docket has a silver lining for the 2026 election: Louisiana v. Callais, which might make racial gerrymandering claims nearly impossible, might be delayed sufficiently to make it hard to draw new gerrymanders by November.
electionlawblog.org?p=153781
electionlawblog.org?p=153781
"Supreme Court, Swamped by Emergencies, Neglects Rest of Docket" #ELB
NYT: The Supreme Court on Friday issued its first decision of the term that began in October. Rather than a highly anticipated ruling on President Trump’s tariffs program, it released a tangled and de...
electionlawblog.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The emergence of the Supreme Court shadow docket has a silver lining for the 2026 election: Louisiana v. Callais, which might make racial gerrymandering claims nearly impossible, might be delayed sufficiently to make it hard to draw new gerrymanders by November.
electionlawblog.org?p=153781
electionlawblog.org?p=153781
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January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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They’re investigating the victim, not the killer
January 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
They’re investigating the victim, not the killer
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UNARMED WOMAN: “Shame on you.”
ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?”
UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?”
ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE*
(H/T @Mollyploofkins)
ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?”
UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?”
ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE*
(H/T @Mollyploofkins)
January 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
UNARMED WOMAN: “Shame on you.”
ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?”
UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?”
ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE*
(H/T @Mollyploofkins)
ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?”
UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?”
ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE*
(H/T @Mollyploofkins)
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WATCH: “Hey Jack, how many voucher kids were already in private schools?”
As @GovBillLee pushes for 20,000 MORE vouchers, @SenJohnson @LeeReevesTN & Republicans won’t answer why they won’t track how many are ALREADY in private🙈
(Hint: most of them. A coupon for the wealthy)
As @GovBillLee pushes for 20,000 MORE vouchers, @SenJohnson @LeeReevesTN & Republicans won’t answer why they won’t track how many are ALREADY in private🙈
(Hint: most of them. A coupon for the wealthy)
January 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
WATCH: “Hey Jack, how many voucher kids were already in private schools?”
As @GovBillLee pushes for 20,000 MORE vouchers, @SenJohnson @LeeReevesTN & Republicans won’t answer why they won’t track how many are ALREADY in private🙈
(Hint: most of them. A coupon for the wealthy)
As @GovBillLee pushes for 20,000 MORE vouchers, @SenJohnson @LeeReevesTN & Republicans won’t answer why they won’t track how many are ALREADY in private🙈
(Hint: most of them. A coupon for the wealthy)
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Grave robber in Pennsylvania ⚰️
www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
100+ skeletons found in home of suspected Pennsylvania grave robber, DA says: "A horror movie come to life"
Pennsylvania authorities believe they have caught a grave robber responsible for stealing more than 100 sets of human remains.
www.cbsnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Grave robber in Pennsylvania ⚰️
www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
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Israel just arrested the former top lawyer for the IDF for leaking a video of Palestinian prisoners getting viciously sexually abused.
(Barely a peep in 🇺🇸 media about this)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
(Barely a peep in 🇺🇸 media about this)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Israel just arrested the former top lawyer for the IDF for leaking a video of Palestinian prisoners getting viciously sexually abused.
(Barely a peep in 🇺🇸 media about this)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
(Barely a peep in 🇺🇸 media about this)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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TODAY'S HOLLER: Trump Gaslights Struggling Farmers 🧑🌾 Right-Wing Agitators at TSU 🤔 Mark Cuban On the Holler & more
Check out today's links & videos: t.co/JjzBIlOnfB
CHIP IN and grab a Holler hat: tnholler.com/holler-hats/
Check out today's links & videos: t.co/JjzBIlOnfB
CHIP IN and grab a Holler hat: tnholler.com/holler-hats/
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
TODAY'S HOLLER: Trump Gaslights Struggling Farmers 🧑🌾 Right-Wing Agitators at TSU 🤔 Mark Cuban On the Holler & more
Check out today's links & videos: t.co/JjzBIlOnfB
CHIP IN and grab a Holler hat: tnholler.com/holler-hats/
Check out today's links & videos: t.co/JjzBIlOnfB
CHIP IN and grab a Holler hat: tnholler.com/holler-hats/
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An antidote to despair and cynicism -- academics studying countries facing autocratic takeovers document that more than half of these episodes lead to "U-turns" and more than 90% result in strengthened democracies. Up to us to make it so!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
An antidote to despair and cynicism -- academics studying countries facing autocratic takeovers document that more than half of these episodes lead to "U-turns" and more than 90% result in strengthened democracies. Up to us to make it so!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima, Michael speaks with Garrett M. Graff ( @vermontgmg.bsky.social ), author of "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky", a history of the atomic bomb’s development, those behind it, the decision to use it, and its enduring legacy.
#bookclub #podcast 🎧📖 loom.ly/w1hBbWM
#bookclub #podcast 🎧📖 loom.ly/w1hBbWM
August 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima, Michael speaks with Garrett M. Graff ( @vermontgmg.bsky.social ), author of "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky", a history of the atomic bomb’s development, those behind it, the decision to use it, and its enduring legacy.
#bookclub #podcast 🎧📖 loom.ly/w1hBbWM
#bookclub #podcast 🎧📖 loom.ly/w1hBbWM
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The only way that Jay Bhattacharya can say that banned words lists are made up is to lie about them.
Jay Bhattacharya says that Program Officers made up banned words lists at NIH.
This is a real email I got at NIH. (Granted, before Jay started.) But nothing has changed since he joined.
I refused to censor the summary, so it remains unposted. And I have tried since Jay arrived.
This is a real email I got at NIH. (Granted, before Jay started.) But nothing has changed since he joined.
I refused to censor the summary, so it remains unposted. And I have tried since Jay arrived.
August 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The only way that Jay Bhattacharya can say that banned words lists are made up is to lie about them.
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Political Science Professor Seth Masket and Senior Vice-President of Open Primaries Jeremy Gruber join Michael Smerconish to debate the benefits and drawbacks of open primaries in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
https://loom.ly/BTBVCd0
https://loom.ly/BTBVCd0
Petitioners advocate for open primaries in Pennsylvania | CNN Politics
Political Science Professor Seth Masket and Vice-President of Open Primaries Jeremy Gruber join Michael Smerconish to debate the benefits and drawbacks of open primaries in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
www.cnn.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Political Science Professor Seth Masket and Senior Vice-President of Open Primaries Jeremy Gruber join Michael Smerconish to debate the benefits and drawbacks of open primaries in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
https://loom.ly/BTBVCd0
https://loom.ly/BTBVCd0
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WELKER: “NYT is reporting thousands of calls from flood victims to FEMA went unanswered because you didn't renew contracts to keep call centers staffed.”
NOEM: “Fake news.”
Again: ‘1984’ is upon us.
NOEM: “Fake news.”
Again: ‘1984’ is upon us.
July 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
WELKER: “NYT is reporting thousands of calls from flood victims to FEMA went unanswered because you didn't renew contracts to keep call centers staffed.”
NOEM: “Fake news.”
Again: ‘1984’ is upon us.
NOEM: “Fake news.”
Again: ‘1984’ is upon us.
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In Montreal for the American Society for Virology meeting. Four days of absolute adrenaline ahead. #ASV2025
#LoveVirology
If you are attending the satellite symposiums, don’t miss the CSV symposium on emerging viruses that we are hosting.
@cansocvirol.bsky.social
@amersocvirology.bsky.social
#LoveVirology
If you are attending the satellite symposiums, don’t miss the CSV symposium on emerging viruses that we are hosting.
@cansocvirol.bsky.social
@amersocvirology.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In Montreal for the American Society for Virology meeting. Four days of absolute adrenaline ahead. #ASV2025
#LoveVirology
If you are attending the satellite symposiums, don’t miss the CSV symposium on emerging viruses that we are hosting.
@cansocvirol.bsky.social
@amersocvirology.bsky.social
#LoveVirology
If you are attending the satellite symposiums, don’t miss the CSV symposium on emerging viruses that we are hosting.
@cansocvirol.bsky.social
@amersocvirology.bsky.social
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I’m all for more NAMS, but it has its limits. There are no LLMs or organs-on-a-chip that can model viral pathogenesis, vaccine efficacy, or candidate drugs. We only use animals when there is no other choice.
This will only stop more lifesaving research.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...
This will only stop more lifesaving research.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...
NIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies - Drug Discovery and Development
Drug Discovery and Development covers strategies and technologies related to pharmaceutical research and development and drug formulation.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I’m all for more NAMS, but it has its limits. There are no LLMs or organs-on-a-chip that can model viral pathogenesis, vaccine efficacy, or candidate drugs. We only use animals when there is no other choice.
This will only stop more lifesaving research.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...
This will only stop more lifesaving research.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...
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I signed the Bethesda Declaration and you should too. If not because it's the right thing to do, then because Jay Bhattacharya is a menace to American health and science and he is destroying NIH.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Sign the Bethesda Declaration
Not all public health declarations need to involve "let 'er rip" mass infection strategies
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I signed the Bethesda Declaration and you should too. If not because it's the right thing to do, then because Jay Bhattacharya is a menace to American health and science and he is destroying NIH.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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Stephen Miller got caught repeatedly trafficking in white nationalist rhetoric and conspiracy theories and an ABC News reporter got suspended for calling Miller hateful
Stephen Miller’s Affinity for White Nationalism Revealed in Leaked Emails
In the run-up to the 2016 election, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature, pushed racist immigration stories.
www.splcenter.org
June 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Stephen Miller got caught repeatedly trafficking in white nationalist rhetoric and conspiracy theories and an ABC News reporter got suspended for calling Miller hateful
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More corporate media capitulation.
ABC should ashamed of themselves.
@terrymoranabc.bsky.social should quit on principle.
ABC should ashamed of themselves.
@terrymoranabc.bsky.social should quit on principle.
Stephen Miller got caught repeatedly trafficking in white nationalist rhetoric and conspiracy theories and an ABC News reporter got suspended for calling Miller hateful
Stephen Miller’s Affinity for White Nationalism Revealed in Leaked Emails
In the run-up to the 2016 election, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature, pushed racist immigration stories.
www.splcenter.org
June 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
More corporate media capitulation.
ABC should ashamed of themselves.
@terrymoranabc.bsky.social should quit on principle.
ABC should ashamed of themselves.
@terrymoranabc.bsky.social should quit on principle.
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WATCH: “Holy f*ck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…”
@lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet.
Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...
@lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet.
Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...
June 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
WATCH: “Holy f*ck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…”
@lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet.
Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...
@lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet.
Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...
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GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”
May 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”