Khris Lewin
@khrislewin.bsky.social
Based in Bklyn, raised in WV. Actor, bicyclist, trapezist, and theatre prof at Baruch College. Writer of insufferable bio. Currently reading Naked Lunch.
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the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
September 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM
the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election
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NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months. n.pr/3SK34oz
NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions
NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.
n.pr
September 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM
NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months. n.pr/3SK34oz
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I just got back from Ukraine—a country fighting every day for its survival.
Then I came home to this: a Putin-linked Russian oligarch paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebrations.
Don Jr. says he’s simply a close friend.
Uh huh
Then I came home to this: a Putin-linked Russian oligarch paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebrations.
Don Jr. says he’s simply a close friend.
Uh huh
September 14, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I just got back from Ukraine—a country fighting every day for its survival.
Then I came home to this: a Putin-linked Russian oligarch paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebrations.
Don Jr. says he’s simply a close friend.
Uh huh
Then I came home to this: a Putin-linked Russian oligarch paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebrations.
Don Jr. says he’s simply a close friend.
Uh huh
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Most current GOP candidates focus on racial gerrymandering and purging African-Americans from the executive ranks of institutions like the military. But one GOP candidate likely to enter the Fla legislature appears to support literal lynching
NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature:
-marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag
-has *many* white supremacist donors
-appears to advocate lynching
He is expected to win Nov. election
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
-marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag
-has *many* white supremacist donors
-appears to advocate lynching
He is expected to win Nov. election
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Most current GOP candidates focus on racial gerrymandering and purging African-Americans from the executive ranks of institutions like the military. But one GOP candidate likely to enter the Fla legislature appears to support literal lynching
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Big Exclusive here from our new reporter: Charlottesville marcher is on his way to the Florida state legislature. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Big Exclusive here from our new reporter: Charlottesville marcher is on his way to the Florida state legislature. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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This is how it’s done.
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
September 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
This is how it’s done.
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JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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NEW: The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells
The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly p...
www.propublica.org
September 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
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I spoke with former Homeland Security Investigations officials, who told me the same thing: a CUC is a "Certified Undercover" operation, meaning that DHS had granted its agents extraordinary powers – including to break the law – as part of the investigation
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-exe...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-exe...
DHS Exempted Itself from Normal Law for Undercover Investigation Into Protesters
Tucked in at the bottom of a bombshell document released last week...
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September 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
I spoke with former Homeland Security Investigations officials, who told me the same thing: a CUC is a "Certified Undercover" operation, meaning that DHS had granted its agents extraordinary powers – including to break the law – as part of the investigation
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-exe...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-exe...
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Trump says the Iran war is worth the price. The bill keeps growing.
Trump says the Iran war is worth the price. The bill keeps growing.
The Iran war is costing the average U.S. household $1,650 — and it could get worse.
dlvr.it
September 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Trump says the Iran war is worth the price. The bill keeps growing.
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A crazy article, surprised it hasn’t gotten more attention. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
A crazy article, surprised it hasn’t gotten more attention. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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FWIW, worth clarifying one thing about the KKK. There have essentially been three "KKKs", though this a shorthand and the when you look close it gets more complicated than that. The first KKK was very different than anything that has existed in any of our lifetimes. It was essentially a large and...
A pretty telling assumption. Grant and Congress canceled the KKK.
September 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
FWIW, worth clarifying one thing about the KKK. There have essentially been three "KKKs", though this a shorthand and the when you look close it gets more complicated than that. The first KKK was very different than anything that has existed in any of our lifetimes. It was essentially a large and...
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Moving on from infant mortality to boner meds
HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction.
https://www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-cancels-infant-mortality-postpartum-grants-focus-infertility
https://www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-cancels-infant-mortality-postpartum-grants-focus-infertility
HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
www.notus.org
September 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Moving on from infant mortality to boner meds
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ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed
Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube
Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed
Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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First at TPM: Teen Deported TWICE This Year in Violation of Multiple Court Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
First at TPM: Teen Deported TWICE This Year in Violation of Multiple Court Orders
Judge Demands Answers by Noon A 19-year-old asylum seeker — who was...
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September 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
First at TPM: Teen Deported TWICE This Year in Violation of Multiple Court Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Vance ‘28: Hasten the End Times
Vance: I'm trying to focus on doing as much of God's work as possible. And if that leads to the end times, okay
September 2, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Vance ‘28: Hasten the End Times
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JD Vance can rage at Abdul El-Sayed for invoking Usha all he wants, but AES's larger point is 100% correct: JD really has made craven compromises with vicious MAGA racists. For JD to submerge all that to his personal ambition really is disgraceful.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2149...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2149...
What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals
Vance is posing as a chivalrous defender of his wife. What he’s hiding is the craven compromises he’s made with the racist and white nationalist elements within the MAGA coalition.
newrepublic.com
September 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
JD Vance can rage at Abdul El-Sayed for invoking Usha all he wants, but AES's larger point is 100% correct: JD really has made craven compromises with vicious MAGA racists. For JD to submerge all that to his personal ambition really is disgraceful.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2149...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2149...
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The German government blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig airport last month using a drone laden with explosives. It announced that it would shut down a Russian consulate among measures. n.pr/4ycDW8N
Germany blames Russia for last month's attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport
The German government blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig airport last month using a drone laden with explosives. It announced that it would shut down a Russian consulate among measures.
n.pr
September 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The German government blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig airport last month using a drone laden with explosives. It announced that it would shut down a Russian consulate among measures. n.pr/4ycDW8N
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DeWine has hardly been a bystander to this. But for a politician's statement this has a great eloquence and power.
Statement from Gov. Mike DeWine: "I think we have to ask ourselves: is this really good? Is it what we want done to people like this being picked up and facing deportation? Do we want that being done in our name?"
The cruelty is the point. Shame on this administration and shame on the people who voted for this.
www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...
www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...
September 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
DeWine has hardly been a bystander to this. But for a politician's statement this has a great eloquence and power.
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Leopard face eating, MAGA gas distributor edition ... wapo.st/4qMtzGv
Trump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel. A supplier says some gas wasn’t paid for.
Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville claimed in a federal lawsuit this month that it was never paid for more than a million gallons of fuel from a terminal in Pennsylvania between late May and early J...
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August 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Leopard face eating, MAGA gas distributor edition ... wapo.st/4qMtzGv
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You've been hearing the story about how Dolly Parton turned down Elvis when his people demanded a chunk of her royalty rights in exchange for recording "I Will Always Love You". That reminded me of something I've wondered about for a long time. The guy who actually put the ask on Dolly was a ...
August 28, 2026 at 11:11 PM
You've been hearing the story about how Dolly Parton turned down Elvis when his people demanded a chunk of her royalty rights in exchange for recording "I Will Always Love You". That reminded me of something I've wondered about for a long time. The guy who actually put the ask on Dolly was a ...
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Most headlines refer to this as "misspent" or "misappropriated". Whether by a legal definition it's "stole" those other words GREATLY understate what happened. They took $10M of public money for childrens health care and laundered it thru a string of orgs to get it into a political campaign account.
Democrats are using a leaked grand jury report on Hope Florida as a fresh line of attack against Sunshine State GOP incumbents, seizing on findings that Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer funds from a health care settlement intended to help needy children.
Hope Florida reemerges as midterm issue with leaked grand jury report
A grand jury looked into the claims and issued a report in January, which was obtained by CBS Miami.
www.politico.com
August 28, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Most headlines refer to this as "misspent" or "misappropriated". Whether by a legal definition it's "stole" those other words GREATLY understate what happened. They took $10M of public money for childrens health care and laundered it thru a string of orgs to get it into a political campaign account.
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Then in the Fall of 2026 Trump declared war on Canada and ordered the indefinite detention of all clouds that displeased him.
August 28, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Then in the Fall of 2026 Trump declared war on Canada and ordered the indefinite detention of all clouds that displeased him.