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January 24, 2026

Ohh That's Rich - "Bait" is not the right word.



In witnessing the detainment of Liam Ramos in #minneapolis we know neighbors and school officials described that he was walked to the door by immigration enforcement and asked to knock on the door. Neighbors say he was being used as bait, in order to draw more immigrants outside for ICE to detain and deport. If this description is accurate, then "bait" is not the right word. We have to go much deeper to understand what we witnessed, and in the process, understand our visceral reaction to it.
January 19, 2026

Ohh That's Rich



Is it true that Democrats in Congress are asking for ICE to have body cams instead of asking for them to be disbanded? I really would like for this to be NOT TRUE, but it does sound like something they'd do.
November 19, 2025

The Catholic League's Epstein defense is even worse than you think

The Catholic League's response to the Epstein files? Arguing technicalities over the ages of the victims.

They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...

Hemant Mehta (@friendlyatheist.com) 2025-11-19T14:27:23.754Z


The group’s leader Bill Donohue argued that the word “pedophile” only applies to a “person who has sex with a prepubescent male or female, meaning someone ten or younger.” (That’s not the definition, but let’s go with it.)

The Catholic League could have said nothing. Instead they said this. And then they kept talking.

The needed to chime in because they have a long history of defending the Catholic Church against accusations of pedophilia. (Megan) Kelly’s comments gave them an opening to rehash that defense… which never made any sense to begin with.
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-catholic-leagues-epstein-defense

July 15, 2025

The Bulwark - MAGA Billionaire Marc Andreessen's Ugly White Grievance Rant



Tim Miller and JVL discuss how Marc Andreessen unleashes a full-throated rant against DEI, immigration, the media, and what he sees as a cultural takeover by the left. Despite being one of the wealthiest and most influential people in tech, Andreessen frames himself as a victim of systemic bias—sparking a conversation about billionaire grievance, hypocrisy, and the broader culture war within Silicon Valley.
November 15, 2024

DR. JEN GOLBECK ON TRUMP - brittlestar



Nov 9, 2024
Trump’s commanding election victory has had an impact on a lot of people. I mean, the guy’s a convicted felon and an adjudicated sexual abuser. Dr Jen Golbeck (magareport.news (https://www.magareport.news) ) is a computer science professor at the University of Maryland and she spent her summer going to MAGA rallies so you didn’t have to. I asked her if people are just horrible and what can we do to move past this point?


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