Ludi

@ludixst.bsky.social

Old infosec nerd

Ted Lieu: "I have a red line in determining which Democrat I will support for President That person must commit to removing the stain of Trump's name from every single federal building, & kick it off with a grand public ceremony w/ fireworks – you think I'm kidding, i'm not kidding"

Representative Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished. (Published Jan. 2026)

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

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I wrote this piece after someone told me I needed to be “less emotional” and “more analytical” about Trump - as if we’re still living in a rational world, where reason and logic guide this administration, and its actions aren’t harming millions across the world. I disagree. We need to be angrier.

Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Why Americans Need to Get Much Angrier About Donald Trump Hope is not a strategy and my fellow Americans need to wake up to the far greater damage to the US this President could still cause, argues Alexandra Hall Hall

If there's someone in your life who voted for Trump because they have vague ideas about wanting fewer regulations and lower taxes and "didn't think he'd be this bad," you have a moral obligation to make sure that they never forget how incredibly motherfucking stupid they are

Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c 1. continuing, not 1 off. 2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it 3. literally at hand of federal government, which is 4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.

I'm telling you, before the year is out there will be one hell of a cliched 80s style scandal in which both Bongino and Patel will be implicated and Patel will try to make Bongino totally take the fall. The major fact will be they did no work at all.