Charles West
@charleswest20.bsky.social
“We must do what they fear—tell the truth, spread the truth, This is the most powerful weapon.”
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“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed.
“As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
“As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
June 22, 2026 at 1:25 AM
“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed.
“As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
“As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Natalie Anne Kyriacou OAM - an Australian environmentalist, social justice advocate & author, delivers a powerful and deeply provocative address.
Opening with the question, “How do you think we will be written about in history books?”
Opening with the question, “How do you think we will be written about in history books?”
May 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Natalie Anne Kyriacou OAM - an Australian environmentalist, social justice advocate & author, delivers a powerful and deeply provocative address.
Opening with the question, “How do you think we will be written about in history books?”
Opening with the question, “How do you think we will be written about in history books?”
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Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this.
I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.
I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.
May 9, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this.
I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.
I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.
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⚖️ Jack Smith: "To erode the rule of law in our country, you need to attack these people, and that is what we have seen since January of 2025.. Attacks on non-partisan public servants for their adherence to the rule of law." 3/3
May 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM
⚖️ Jack Smith: "To erode the rule of law in our country, you need to attack these people, and that is what we have seen since January of 2025.. Attacks on non-partisan public servants for their adherence to the rule of law." 3/3
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A “former Palantir executive recently confirmed what many have long suspected. In a public stmt, the whistleblower said it plainly: Palantir intended to take over the US government, & many of his former colleagues are now installed inside the federal apparatus. He called it an occupied nation.” 1/
April 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
A “former Palantir executive recently confirmed what many have long suspected. In a public stmt, the whistleblower said it plainly: Palantir intended to take over the US government, & many of his former colleagues are now installed inside the federal apparatus. He called it an occupied nation.” 1/
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Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different.
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April 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different.
twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...
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Infuriating that Roberts said the Court should rush in bc states and businesses would "suffer irreparable harm" and the EPA rule was "highly unlikely" to be legal
Like I said at the @the14thcenter.bsky.social Symposium, no such concern existed for birthright citizenship!
youtu.be/lIYOIrtWrzY?...
Like I said at the @the14thcenter.bsky.social Symposium, no such concern existed for birthright citizenship!
youtu.be/lIYOIrtWrzY?...
April 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Infuriating that Roberts said the Court should rush in bc states and businesses would "suffer irreparable harm" and the EPA rule was "highly unlikely" to be legal
Like I said at the @the14thcenter.bsky.social Symposium, no such concern existed for birthright citizenship!
youtu.be/lIYOIrtWrzY?...
Like I said at the @the14thcenter.bsky.social Symposium, no such concern existed for birthright citizenship!
youtu.be/lIYOIrtWrzY?...
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Stevens to RFK Jr: "To top it off, Mr Secretary, I got a copy of HR-944. You know what it is? It's your impeachment articles, sir. You have abused your office, you have gutted America's public health! You should be ashamed."
April 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Stevens to RFK Jr: "To top it off, Mr Secretary, I got a copy of HR-944. You know what it is? It's your impeachment articles, sir. You have abused your office, you have gutted America's public health! You should be ashamed."
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I spoke to Anthropic’s AI agent Claude about AI collecting massive amounts of personal data and how that information is being used to violate our privacy rights.
What an AI agent says about the dangers of AI is shocking and should wake us up.
youtu.be/h3AtWdeu_G0?...
What an AI agent says about the dangers of AI is shocking and should wake us up.
youtu.be/h3AtWdeu_G0?...
I spoke to AI agent Claude
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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March 20, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I spoke to Anthropic’s AI agent Claude about AI collecting massive amounts of personal data and how that information is being used to violate our privacy rights.
What an AI agent says about the dangers of AI is shocking and should wake us up.
youtu.be/h3AtWdeu_G0?...
What an AI agent says about the dangers of AI is shocking and should wake us up.
youtu.be/h3AtWdeu_G0?...
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Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:
March 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:
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In one example about a documentary concerning Black civil rights, the DOGE bro said he agreed with ChatGPT’s assessment that this was DEI because it “focused on a singular race.” After a pause, he added: “it is not for the benefit of humankind."
www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...
www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...
I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves
The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.
www.404media.co
March 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
In one example about a documentary concerning Black civil rights, the DOGE bro said he agreed with ChatGPT’s assessment that this was DEI because it “focused on a singular race.” After a pause, he added: “it is not for the benefit of humankind."
www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...
www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...
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Honestly I need historians to be the plaintiffs in every case I cover because if they make it to discovery you just KNOW those primary sources are going public.
Exhibit A: The American Historical Association uploading video depos of the DOGE bros to YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkCz...
Exhibit A: The American Historical Association uploading video depos of the DOGE bros to YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkCz...
Nathan Cavanaugh Deposition in ACLS-AHA-MLA Lawsuit About the NEH, Part 1 of 6
YouTube video by American Historical Association
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Honestly I need historians to be the plaintiffs in every case I cover because if they make it to discovery you just KNOW those primary sources are going public.
Exhibit A: The American Historical Association uploading video depos of the DOGE bros to YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkCz...
Exhibit A: The American Historical Association uploading video depos of the DOGE bros to YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkCz...
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ICE agents are engaging in rampant illegal actions, in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution. Listen to what whistleblowers and victims of their abuse had to say.
February 24, 2026 at 3:41 AM
ICE agents are engaging in rampant illegal actions, in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution. Listen to what whistleblowers and victims of their abuse had to say.
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When I accepted the George Washington Book Prize at a black-tie dinner of 500 people at Mount Vernon in 2008, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito glared angrily as I explained how enslaved people were the nation’s real founding mothers and fathers. I guess he did not care for "history from below."
February 22, 2026 at 12:32 PM
When I accepted the George Washington Book Prize at a black-tie dinner of 500 people at Mount Vernon in 2008, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito glared angrily as I explained how enslaved people were the nation’s real founding mothers and fathers. I guess he did not care for "history from below."
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Why are folks not asking more questions about this FBI complaint in the Epstein Files?
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 21, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Why are folks not asking more questions about this FBI complaint in the Epstein Files?
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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The story that Elon Musk committed voter fraud has gotten next to no coverage -- one of those things you can't make come up on a Google search.
But I think it's time for Dems to go on offensive abt right wing coddling of this immigrant interfering in our elections.
newrepublic.com/post/206857/...
But I think it's time for Dems to go on offensive abt right wing coddling of this immigrant interfering in our elections.
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Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk
The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.
newrepublic.com
February 20, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The story that Elon Musk committed voter fraud has gotten next to no coverage -- one of those things you can't make come up on a Google search.
But I think it's time for Dems to go on offensive abt right wing coddling of this immigrant interfering in our elections.
newrepublic.com/post/206857/...
But I think it's time for Dems to go on offensive abt right wing coddling of this immigrant interfering in our elections.
newrepublic.com/post/206857/...
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WE GOT A TREASON BINGO!
Seize his assets and redistribute them as Reparations.
Charge him with espionage too, because you know we can.
Seize his assets and redistribute them as Reparations.
Charge him with espionage too, because you know we can.
Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk
The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.
newrepublic.com
February 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM
WE GOT A TREASON BINGO!
Seize his assets and redistribute them as Reparations.
Charge him with espionage too, because you know we can.
Seize his assets and redistribute them as Reparations.
Charge him with espionage too, because you know we can.
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Tell me we have slipped in fascism without telling me we have slipped into fascism.
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
February 20, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Tell me we have slipped in fascism without telling me we have slipped into fascism.
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The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
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This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
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Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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February 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
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It is an inexcusable failure of morality, imagination and leadership that "demands" tied to denying DHS more money for murder & assault were confined to the conduct of officers, in ways already spelled out in law. Getting kids & caregivers out of camps is an obvious must.
February 14, 2026 at 2:08 AM
It is an inexcusable failure of morality, imagination and leadership that "demands" tied to denying DHS more money for murder & assault were confined to the conduct of officers, in ways already spelled out in law. Getting kids & caregivers out of camps is an obvious must.
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Blumenthal on administrative warrants: "This is not a warrant. It's a permission slip. It's a green light from another ICE agent to go bash down a door, smash into a home, detain and arrest someone without a judge finding probable cause."
February 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Blumenthal on administrative warrants: "This is not a warrant. It's a permission slip. It's a green light from another ICE agent to go bash down a door, smash into a home, detain and arrest someone without a judge finding probable cause."
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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I am grateful that the judge recognized the moral and legal incorrectness of Liam and his father’s detention, but we must dismantle the system that allowed this to happen.
February 1, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I am grateful that the judge recognized the moral and legal incorrectness of Liam and his father’s detention, but we must dismantle the system that allowed this to happen.