Brandon.
@swizzlenuts.bsky.social
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promise kept
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
September 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM
promise kept
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RFK Jr., a psuedoscience conspiracy theorist, is in charge of American public health.
He denies germ theory, vaccination effectiveness & safety, and so much more anti-science rhetoric.
Help embolden a Congress that will remove RFK Jr: zurl.co/0vv7S
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He denies germ theory, vaccination effectiveness & safety, and so much more anti-science rhetoric.
Help embolden a Congress that will remove RFK Jr: zurl.co/0vv7S
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September 14, 2026 at 11:18 AM
RFK Jr., a psuedoscience conspiracy theorist, is in charge of American public health.
He denies germ theory, vaccination effectiveness & safety, and so much more anti-science rhetoric.
Help embolden a Congress that will remove RFK Jr: zurl.co/0vv7S
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He denies germ theory, vaccination effectiveness & safety, and so much more anti-science rhetoric.
Help embolden a Congress that will remove RFK Jr: zurl.co/0vv7S
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I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder.
theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
theintercept.com
September 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder.
theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
August 31, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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It's an ethnic cleansing campaign, and was never about crime. If anything, pulls resources from fighting crime, and increased crime due to crimes by ICE officers.
Also, this is NY Times at its best: highlighting an important issue up top, drawing attention to it, and including a useful data visual.
Also, this is NY Times at its best: highlighting an important issue up top, drawing attention to it, and including a useful data visual.
August 27, 2026 at 2:41 PM
It's an ethnic cleansing campaign, and was never about crime. If anything, pulls resources from fighting crime, and increased crime due to crimes by ICE officers.
Also, this is NY Times at its best: highlighting an important issue up top, drawing attention to it, and including a useful data visual.
Also, this is NY Times at its best: highlighting an important issue up top, drawing attention to it, and including a useful data visual.
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When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable.
The Trump regime is looking for immigrant detention camps big enough to hold up to 3,000 children. At an industry roundtable discussion, officials wouldn't say exactly where or when they need them, only that they’re expecting a “surge.” New from me in @prospect.org.
Judge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion - The American Prospect
The order came the same day that the Office of Refugee Resettlement held an industry roundtable to discuss new detention facilities for thousands of children.
prospect.org
August 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM
When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable.
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wat
Trump: "Quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet. You're very disrespectful in front of this young man, OK? Don't you find her disrespectful? He understands. Quiet. Who are you with?
Reporter: "I'm with CNN."
Trump: "Fake news…Be quiet. Be quiet. Be quiet. You're a fake reporter, and you report fake news."
Reporter: "I'm with CNN."
Trump: "Fake news…Be quiet. Be quiet. Be quiet. You're a fake reporter, and you report fake news."
August 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
wat
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Among Scottish children followed from ages 5 to 15 years, #ScreenUse was minimally associated with developmental difficulties after adjusting for family functioning, with early high screen-use predicted difficulties at age 10 but not at age 15.
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August 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Among Scottish children followed from ages 5 to 15 years, #ScreenUse was minimally associated with developmental difficulties after adjusting for family functioning, with early high screen-use predicted difficulties at age 10 but not at age 15.
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The Trump regime admitted in court filings that the cancellation of clean energy grants for Hawaiʻi was because the state voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, rather than the previously stated reasons of advancing energy needs or economic viability.
Trump Administration Lawyers Admit Hawaiʻi Funding Cuts Were Partisan
The admission about terminated clean energy grants emerged in recent court filings, confirming what many already suspected.
www.civilbeat.org
August 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
The Trump regime admitted in court filings that the cancellation of clean energy grants for Hawaiʻi was because the state voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, rather than the previously stated reasons of advancing energy needs or economic viability.
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MAHA isn’t a wellness movement. It’s a suicide pact, run by people who are either sociopathically indifferent to the death toll or willfully blind to it.
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https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/we-learned-all-the-wrong-lessons
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We Learned All the Wrong Lessons from COVID. This Week's Fauci Hearing Proves It.
MAHA isn't a wellness movement. It's a suicide pact, run by people who are either sociopathically indifferent to the death toll or willfully blind to it.
www.lincolnsquare.media
August 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
MAHA isn’t a wellness movement. It’s a suicide pact, run by people who are either sociopathically indifferent to the death toll or willfully blind to it.
Subscribe to read the latest from @sjdemas.bsky.social for Lincoln Square!
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/we-learned-all-the-wrong-lessons
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interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”
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an ideologically driven effort to destroy an independent institution and replace its serious and broad-minded approach to american history with MAGA slop
Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum
President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
an ideologically driven effort to destroy an independent institution and replace its serious and broad-minded approach to american history with MAGA slop
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1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus.
Gift link.
Gift link.
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2026 at 5:40 AM
1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus.
Gift link.
Gift link.
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Thoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:
The Assault On Science Funding Continues
www.science.org
July 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Thoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:
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CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses.
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?
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This is actual antisemitism. Voting to suspend arms sales to Israel is not.
Rogan: "Most people think Epstein was Mossad."
Vance: "Ya."
This theory has been pushed by Holocaust deniers, neo-Nazis, and Iranian state media.
Conspiracy theorists on social media are already sharing the quote as proof that the White House is with them and validating their claims.
Vance: "Ya."
This theory has been pushed by Holocaust deniers, neo-Nazis, and Iranian state media.
Conspiracy theorists on social media are already sharing the quote as proof that the White House is with them and validating their claims.
July 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This is actual antisemitism. Voting to suspend arms sales to Israel is not.
I'd love this, but I think it's another standards problem. I'd love for a standardized units/timezone, but I think it's doomed to be: xkcd.com/927/
July 15, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I'd love this, but I think it's another standards problem. I'd love for a standardized units/timezone, but I think it's doomed to be: xkcd.com/927/
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Had an important conversation @donmoyn.bsky.social. We went through his "authoritarian checklist" and analyzed where Trump has been successful (many areas, sadly) and where he has not. newrepublic.com/article/2130...
Transcript: Trump’s Authoritarianism Has Failed in One Critical Way
Political scientist Donald Moynihan argues that Trump has consolidated power on many fronts, but has largely failed in his efforts to take control of the U.S. election process.
newrepublic.com
July 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Had an important conversation @donmoyn.bsky.social. We went through his "authoritarian checklist" and analyzed where Trump has been successful (many areas, sadly) and where he has not. newrepublic.com/article/2130...
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This will set back American math and science advancement for decades.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative
A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency struggles with a squeezed budget and a backlog of grant applications.
www.nature.com
July 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This will set back American math and science advancement for decades.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Today, ICE murdered yet another person — a horrific reminder that police violence is systemic, and not the result of just a "few bad apples."
As more Americans question the role and practices of law enforcement, what exactly does the state of policing look like in the U.S.? 🧵
As more Americans question the role and practices of law enforcement, what exactly does the state of policing look like in the U.S.? 🧵
July 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Today, ICE murdered yet another person — a horrific reminder that police violence is systemic, and not the result of just a "few bad apples."
As more Americans question the role and practices of law enforcement, what exactly does the state of policing look like in the U.S.? 🧵
As more Americans question the role and practices of law enforcement, what exactly does the state of policing look like in the U.S.? 🧵
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This is a really good explainer about the mortality estimates around USAID.
One big point is that dismantling USAID also dismantled one of the main sources of mortality data in some of these regions.
Early indicators of mortality are very worrying.
One big point is that dismantling USAID also dismantled one of the main sources of mortality data in some of these regions.
Early indicators of mortality are very worrying.
July 12, 2026 at 8:57 PM
This is a really good explainer about the mortality estimates around USAID.
One big point is that dismantling USAID also dismantled one of the main sources of mortality data in some of these regions.
Early indicators of mortality are very worrying.
One big point is that dismantling USAID also dismantled one of the main sources of mortality data in some of these regions.
Early indicators of mortality are very worrying.
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Breaking News: Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman. nyti.ms/4pfTwgK
Mexican Man Fatally Shot by ICE Wasn’t the Intended Target
Officials say agents believed the driver resembled one suspect, but the encounter quickly escalated into a fatal shooting.
nyti.ms
July 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Breaking News: Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman. nyti.ms/4pfTwgK
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Trump says he can tell if immigrants are bad based on how they “look”: "You could look at some of them and you could say 'this is trouble.'"
July 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Trump says he can tell if immigrants are bad based on how they “look”: "You could look at some of them and you could say 'this is trouble.'"