capitolhunters
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Helping organize information about the Jan 6 Capitol attack and those who planned it. They are still with us. also: @capitolhunters@mastodon.social email: capitol.hunters@gmail.com see bit.ly/Jan6Analysis
As the Michigan primaries unfold, Charlotte Alter, who interviewed Abdul El-Sayed in 2018, provides an unsettling picture of him, saying he can't work with others, doesn't care if Dems lose, thinks Obama's passing the ACA was bad, and sees himself as a stern surgeon inflicting pain on Americans. 1/
How Abdul El-Sayed Thinks
A never-published account of my time with him on his first campaign
charlottealter.substack.com
The NYT has a new very long article ostensibly about why Brad Karp of law firm Paul Weiss capitulated to Trump, but it never actually explains why. Karp (later ousted for his Epstein ties), wanted to give in so badly he lied to his own partners about it. But this para is all you get from the NYT. 1/
Who is going to help these people take a stand for our environment as Trump tries to destroy it?
Andrea Hoerr@awilddre.bsky.social · last wk.🚨Last stand at Lochiel AZ for 200 year old cottonwoods - HAPPENING NOW. If you can drive down & support activists on the ground bearing witness you are most welcome. Border wall violence comes to a serene ghost town.
It's important to realize that Trump's science advisor Michael Kratsios, now presiding over the destruction of US science, has no science training at all. His primary professional accomplishment is loyalty to Peter Thiel, and helping Peter's Clarium Capital lose over a billion dollars 1/
capitolhunters@capitolhunters.bsky.social · last yr.Today 19 Dem Senators helped enable both Trump's attack on science and the techbro power grab by confirming the most unqualified person ever to lead the Office of Science & Technology Policy: a non-scientist (BA in politics) who spent 8 years working for Peter Thiel. 1/
Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
nytimes.com
For people laughing over the "moderate Democrat of color" post, this is Patrick Casey who led the white nationalist Identity Evropa group after the Charlottesville hate march. He was tight with Nick Fuentes for years. They feuded before Jan 6, but he was still at the Capitol with Nick's Groypers. 1/
Fifty Shades of Whey@fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 2w ago"Moderate Democrat of color here"
About Pete Hegseth’s talk about testosterone for service members … Rep Becca Balint (D-VT): “There are so many people in this Administration that have some weird, intense homoerotic feelings toward men, while also being homophobic”…
Everyone's posting about Ilan Wurman, the MN law professor who opposes birthright citizenship, but no one's pointing out: Prof Wurman is himself a birthright citizen. Ilan was born just 2 years after his parents came to the United States from Israel, to work in just-starting Silicon Valley. 1/
Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3w agoWurman: The English didn’t *demand* assimilation in 1215 but *needed* it for 800 years for liberalism to work. Then, responding to @jdmortenson.bsky.social, Ilan goes ethnonationalist, talking about “importing millions of people [babies]” who are unfit for liberal democracy. How’s that better?
Journalists: please, please get ready for this in ADVANCE. We know Trump's going to claim "new evidence shows the 2020 election was stolen". You've got 3 days to write a story that confronts that lie head-on before he says it - pre-write this like an obit. America is begging you: plan ahead. 1/
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoit's even dumber than you think
Good morning. Today is the LAST DAY to comment on the proposed OMB rule that will, honestly, destroy science in the US. And it will do FAR MORE THAN THAT. www.theverge.com/science/9576...
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’
theverge.com
Lot of people are reading @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu's 2020 essay "History Will Judge the Complicit", today to understand Lindsey Graham. It's helpful to compare it to Dorothy Thompson's 1941 "Who Goes Nazi?". Both try to classify collaborators. Both flag "resenters" and "opportunists" 1/
Lot of people are reading @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu's 2020 essay "History Will Judge the Complicit", today to understand Lindsey Graham. It's helpful to compare it to Dorothy Thompson's 1941 "Who Goes Nazi?". Both try to classify collaborators. Both flag "resenters" and "opportunists" 1/
Trump Expected to Destroy More of the Country as Soon as Monday
President Trump expected to shrink Grand Staircase and Bears Ears National Monuments as soon as Monday, sources say
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to shrink the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments as soon as Monday, three sources with knowl…
abc4.com
To the relief of Democrats in Maine (and elsewhere), Platner formally exited this afternoon, instead of waiting until Monday.
Trump is not just building a bunker at the White House with "drone ports", he's reinforcing the front door. Odd parallel to Jan 6, which came after an effort to reinforce Capitol windows. The first breach was through an obscure, unreinforced window. From there the mob opened doors from within. 1/
CNN@cnn.com · 4w agoThe White House is making security-focused upgrades to its front door, an official told CNN, in a project expected to take months https://cnn.it/4yeGVyf
Politics is personal. Dan Moraff who recruited Platner and fed him rants about "the establishment", was a child of extreme wealth who got canceled for sexual misconduct. Platner was his revenge, his way back in power. You have to see: Platner's campaign was about intra-elite resentments. 1/
Mike Elk@mikeelk.bsky.social · 4w agoCongresswoman Summer Lee barred Daniel Moraff from her campaign over sexual misconduct complaints that Lee received about Moraff. Moraff is being ridiculed for not properly vetting Platner, but our investigation shows Moraff was hiding his own sexual misconduct issues
Over on Twitter all the people who promoted Platner relentlessly as the Great White Progressive Hope and bullied everyone pointing out his lies are... posting earnest studies of how OTHER journalists got so fooled. A LOT of people are trying very hard right now to whitewash their role in this.
Please everyone think about this pearl of wisdom from Andy Craig.
Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · 4w agoOne thing about the whole "we have to run rough-hewn manly dudebros to beat them at their own game" theory is this describes, to within a rounding error, zero notable Republican politicians.
Feels like Jan 6 as we wait for the Platner drop-out video. By late PM that day, Trump's aides were pushing him to call the violence off (even those who helped arrange it). When they finally got him to film, he couldn't follow the script. You can see: it's hard for narcissists to say they lost. 1/
Jan. 6 panel releases never-before-seen footage of Trump recording message to Capitol rioters
YouTube video by CBS News
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The fucker is not leaving: Platner just placed an ad for a "research director". He's either staying in the race or doubling down on picking his replacement - the staffer's job includes "opposition research", "vetting plan", and "anticipate opponent lines of attack". h/t @lily77.bsky.social. 1/
OMG. Hearts are breaking all over Egypt right now. How is it possible that people watch this sport every year.
Finally this game got put out of its misery, my god.
I just deleted a celebratory post about Platner dropping out, with this article, because it turns out the Washington Reporter jumped the gun and he has not dropped yet. True to the character he showed all along, he is demanding CONDITIONS. He'll only leave if people give him CONCESSIONS. 1/
EXCLUSIVE: Washington Reporter exclusive: Graham Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race, giving Democrats time to replace him
A well-placed Senate source told the Washington Reporter that Graham Platner — the Democrats’ scandal-plagued nominee running to oust Sen. Susan Collins…
washingtonreporter.news
Platner's released a video. His tone is angry, arrogant, and defiant; he says the accusations are "categorically false." But he also says he's "mindful of the political reality" and considering the "best path forward". Let's hope he makes the right choice - before the July 13 dropout deadline. 3/
When Graham Platner canceled all his campaign appearances and wasn't seen on July 4, it was obvious something was up. NBC suggested he was hunkered down with lawyers trying to quash more reporting of scandals. Now one has dropped: sexual assault. And there's more. 1/ www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
My interview: “I came to this country as an infant and became a U.S. citizen,” Roswell Encina said. “So sitting there, on the Fourth of July, I couldn’t help but think about the promise of America and the work still required to protect it.” www.advocate.com/news/people/...
Man in viral D.C. Metro photo says he was ‘terrified’ as masked white nationalists surrounded him
Roswell Encina, a gay Filipino American civic leader, said the Fourth of July encounter with Patriot Front was frightening and impossible to separate from American history.
advocate.com
