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Burned out political writer and podcast/radio host. I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others. Scuba diver and dog guy.

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Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.

"About 3,000 people a day on average live in tents at Camp East Montana" in a state of medical neglect, overcrowding, malnutrition, unsanitary conditions, and emotional distress.

For 5 months, a 911 call comes in nearly every day.

These are concentration camps, and the stories are heartbreaking.

06.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5

espn decided this was an urgent matter they should push to the Home Screen of your phone asap instead of the inane ramblings of an elderly fascist with soggy cardboard for brains

07.03.2026 02:07 πŸ‘ 852 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2

There are 92 million Iranians in Iran.

07.03.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tesla sued after Austin shooting suspect allegedly assaulted co-worker A 65-year-old woman says the automaker ignored warning signs before Ndiaga Diagne, the suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting, assaulted her. She sued Thursday.

Guy had a long history of violence so I’m guessing the FBI is investigating the shooting as a potential terror attack cuz he’s black and has a foreign name.

07.03.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Korean War also wasn’t a war

07.03.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

China must be happy with recent developments.

07.03.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A bit insulting to 8-yos, imo

07.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

"[Georgia] Democrats qualified in 204 state legislative races, contesting 88% of House seats and 82% of Senate seats β€” their broadest slate of candidates under the Gold Dome in at least three decades, according to party officials."

Meanwhile, NC and TX Dems are contesting every single seat:

06.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: β€˜They didn’t care’ Juanita Avila later helped expose ICE’s β€˜arrest first, justify later’ tactics in a lawsuit that won a major victory for immigrants’ rights

NEW: ICE tackled + arrested Juanita Avila, an Oregon shop owner who is a legal permanent resident and had her green card in her pocket.

When she asked through sobs why they didn't believe her, one masked agent replied: β€œBecause they lie all the time.”

Video + interview with her and her daughter:

06.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 1252 πŸ” 668 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 28
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Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

07.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 3900 πŸ” 1817 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 108

I’m not saying it’s good politics to avoid it but I understand focusing on American troops coming home in boxes.

07.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/crow...

07.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Like even if Americans don’t care about dead foreigners, they should. All that blood is on our hands.

07.03.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I get from a comms perspective why pols criticizing Operation Epstein Fury focus on the 6 US troops who were killed but it still disgusts me that they never even mention the 1,000+ Iranians (and others) who’ve perishedβ€”including those 175 school childrenβ€”in a war with no discernible purpose.

07.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

SHOULD I PERSONALLY COME TO YOUR HOUSE, TIE YOU UP, THROW YOU IN THE TRUNK OF MY CAR, & PUSH SAID CAR OFF OF A CLIFF ONTO THE ROCKS, WHERE YOUR REMAINS ARE SWEPT OUT TO SEA? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 100%
YES - 0%

SAME QUESTION BUT DONALD TRUMP IS THE PERSON WHO MURDERS YOU

NO - 65%
YES - 35%

06.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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This 4chan Board Became a Factory for Explicit AI β€˜Deepfakes.’ Nobody Is Stopping It. - Open Measures Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.

NEW: One of the most active hubs for sexually explicit AI "deepfakes" is hiding in plain sight. My latest takes a hard look at a 4chan board that's acting as a factory floor for online sexual abuse β€” where its users have victimized untold numbers of women and girls.

openmeasures.io/4chan-ai-dee...

06.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 241 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 11
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β€œIt’s corrupt to do what we do out of proportion to what we did.”

06.03.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

That was media criticism, not a joke or parody.

06.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was shown on cable and accompanying print pieces with gas at like $5.50.

06.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No, October 2022.

06.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Physically? I dunno. Somewhere in or around DC. It was a whole thing when Bidenflation was the biggest story in the universe.

06.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Unconditional vibesrender

06.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

With gas prices rising, will we see news stories accompanied by pictures from that one DC gas station that sells gas for $2 above the national average?

06.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forecast for US Recession Within Year Hits 100% in Blow to Biden A US recession is effectively certain in the next 12 months in new Bloomberg Economics model projections, a blow to President Joe Biden’s economic messaging ahead of the November midterms.

All bad economic news was framed as a political problem driving Biden’s polls down but it’s rare to see that with Trump (the β€œjobs president” with the awful jobs record).

06.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

It pisses me off that the movement’s leaders all have their own kids vaccinated but they’re ok with the MAGA rubes’ kids getting sick and dying because this antivaxx nonsense advances their overarching narrative that all neutral sources of information are corrupt.

06.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And Marsha Blackburn!

06.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s dumb as a box of rocks and thinks that, in his words, running Trump’s Gestapo is β€œneat.”

06.03.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

if Iran takes out one (1) Tate brother I'll convert to Islam

04.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Did Trump just pocket the cash?

06.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0