Thank you, caller. Also, what’s up with the host?
Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7d agoThe caller on Rand Paul’s virtual town hall is all of us.
minnesota state rep jess hanson rides elon musk for filth for trying to defend his pervy app: "when the richest man in the world hangs out with the epstein class... we cannot act surprised when he's trying to protect the number one tool used to make child sexual abuse material"
Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · last wk.minnesota state senator directly taking on musk and his big pockets PRECISELY HOW DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE DOING IT
Text messages and videos obtained by the ACLU show that federal immigration agents who carried out last year’s raids in L.A. referred to Latinos with slurs such as “wet” (wetback) and “tonks,” reportedly derived from the sound a flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head.
Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
Body camera footage and forensically recovered texts, which provide a window into the mindset of agents who conducted raids throughout the L.A. area, were detailed in a 37-page motion for a preliminar...
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This. And I'm hoping someone well-lawyered files a FOIA to CLAW BACK all the stuff seized in search of Mar-a-Lago that DOJ just handed right back to him. There are even specific boxes it'd be fun to FOIA.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · last wk.Argument that DOJ's agreement to release Biden ghostwriter tapes undermines DOJ's case for secrecy of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump classified docs probe makes it into @knightcolumbia.org brief to 11th Cir (more below): www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Absolutely heartbreaking letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after his murder by ICE agents. How is it possible that we still haven’t seen even a hint of justice for such a heinous crime?
We must normalize being extremely rude to people with surveillance cameras on their faces. It is the moral duty of every citizen to make them feel extremely unwelcome everywhere they go.
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · last wk.Jeffrey Epstein models Zuckerberg's Meta glasses. Spoof advertisements featuring the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein wearing Meta’s AI glasses have been installed at bus stops across London in a guerrilla campaign protesting against privacy risks. The activist group Everyone Hates Elon
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...
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.
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This is the actual unclassified version of the intelligence community’s review of the 2020 election. It is accurate. Trump will try to convince you it is not. www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
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Solar cooperatives are helping Americans save on energy costs. One person reported that after joining a solar co-op, she now only pays $5 a month instead of $300 on energy bills during the summer. These co-ops leverage collective purchasing power to make costs more affordable.
How solar energy co-ops can cut costs for Arizona homeowners
After federal tax credits for renewable projects expired, joining a solar co-op is one way to save on residential solar.
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Trump claimed during the 2024 campaign that he wanted to leave abortion to the states. His pick for Attorney General, and his former personal lawyer, just said a nationwide abortion ban is on the table
Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · 3w agoNEW: Under questioning from Senator Ted Cruz, acting AG Todd Blanche said he would review Biden-era DOJ guidance on the Comstock Act if confirmed to the role. Comstock is an 1873 anti-obscenity law that conservatives want to use to stop the mailing of abortion pills in all 50 states @autonomynews.co
Phang: "Blanche didn't produce the handwritten interview notes about the Donald Trump sexual abuse and physical abuse. You know what Blanche said? 'The handwritten notes? Trust me, bro.' I don't have to trust you, Todd Blanche or the Trump DOJ. And the law doesn't have a 'trust me, bro' exception."
Sen. Susan Collins is concerned about the growing number of people protesting outside her office calling for ICE to be abolished. Way to make your voices heard! Thank you to everyone who is standing up and speaking out! #VoteHerOut
In America today, the wealthiest 1% is now worth more than the entire American middle class. That never happened before.
“Prebunking” has been found to be very effective in neutralizing disinformation
capitolhunters@capitolhunters.bsky.social · 3w agoJournalists: 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/
ICE agents must be tried for the murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Jennie Coughlin@jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 4w agoFederal 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.
ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will Bunch
Salgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.
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A six-month investigation by Byline Times reveals that with the support of Palantir's Peter Thiel, Reform's policy chief James Orr has used the University of Cambridge as a student recruitment ground for a hard-right, theocratic political project aimed at bolstering talent in Farage’s party
Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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Literally shut this entire industry down.
Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · last mo.“Polymarket [Backed by Peter Thiel] Allegedly Paid Influencers to Stage Fake Wins … According to [WSJ], Polymarket & its contractors reportedly built near-identical clone sites — including a domain called poiymarket.com — where creators cld simulate trades without risking real money.” 6/23/26 … 1/
HEY CHICAGO! The city wants to sell your parking meter company to the same private-equity firm that owns Omni Air International, the worst of the worst of ICE's charter airlines. The city council's finance committee is meeting about it TOMORROW. 1/
Propping the TV up with big cans of Roma tomatoes. Greatest city in da world
becca laurie@imbeccable.bsky.social · 2mo agoa beautiful scene on smith street
This project is a work in progress, and mistakes and omissions are both possible. If you see any, please get in touch: press@lawfaremedia.org You can also visit the Jan 6 work-in-progress archive as a standalone webpage here: lawfaremedia.github.io/jan6-doj-arc...
Home — Jan. 6 DOJ Archive
A Lawfare reconstruction of deleted Justice Department and FBI records.
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Greg Bovino will speak at a white nationalist conference in Portugal tomorrow. He will share the stage with no fewer than five people who idolize Hitler, including one who joined a group created by two Nazi SS members. Another guy is a self-described racist who refers to women as "cockroaches."🧵
Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · 2mo agoDisgraced former-CBP officer Greg Bovino sat for an interview this week with a blog in Europe that promotes white supremacy and he provided insights on how he came up his claim that 100 million "illegal" migrants are in the U.S. It's vibes. It's a number Bovino created based on his feelings. 1/4
