Tonton OB

Tonton OB

@able-baker.bsky.social

Retired psychologist, telecom exec, professor of practice; chess, naps. Central MA USA Rescued by Tom the Russian Blue 🐈‍⬛ https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=JSMubgZoL58&si=tVDcjZ2r5tc2uK-A

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors ordered Washington state in letters Monday to set aside ballots from over 400 people they alleged, without evidence, were noncitizens illegally registered to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comDOJ demands Washington set aside ballots from alleged noncitizens on state rollThe new demands mirror those Trump administration sent California before it sued the state to block tens of thousands of potential ballots.
Tonton OB
@able-baker.bsky.social

This is how do it

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Flávio Bolsonaro has been banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports following his presidential election defeat, amid investigations into suspected influence-peddling, money laundering and other alleged financial irregularities.

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Eric Michael Garcia
@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

Some ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85

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Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

A group of former federal prosecutors and human rights lawyers is coming together to investigate political corruption and law enforcement violence that it says is being ignored by the Trump DOJ. "The rule of law is on life support, but it's all of our responsibility to make sure it doesn't die."

ms.nowFormer DOJ prosecutors form new group to take on cases they say the current DOJ won’tA new private group says it will investigate political corruption and excessive force by federal officials, then present the evidence to state and local prosecutors.

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

Pretty grim footnote to West's career that he ended up serving the richest man in the world's successful attempt to restore white nationalism to the US government.

Sludge@sludge.bsky.social

NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/m...

readsludge.comMusk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West’s Ballot PushPeople Over Party raised $7.7 million in 2024, all of it from the nonprofit behind the Fair Election Fund, which in turn got every dollar from a Musk-funded dark money group.

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The Massachusetts Spy
@themassspy.bsky.social

Interesting piece by a formner pardon attorney in the unbent DOJ. I wondered about the effect of “blanket” pardons too, especially if they define those pardoned by category and not individually.

Liz Oyer@lawyeroyer.com

The president is considering mass pardons for his enablers. But they’d be foolish to assume the next administration will honor them. www.lawyeroyer.com/p/buyer-bewa...

lawyeroyer.comBuyer Beware: Trump’s Pardons Might Be WorthlessThe president is considering mass pardons for his enablers. But they’d be foolish to assume the next administration will honor them.

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Morgan J Freeman
@mjfree.bsky.social

Well, well, well…. An analysis of voter registration records reveals Republican operative Scott Presler had 3 out-of-state voters use his Pennsylvania address to vote in the 2024 election. This is what voter fraud looks like.

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Asawin Suebsaeng
@swin24.bsky.social

Taken together, it is truly Cuckold City, of Cuckold County, during the CuckFest state fair

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social

I am sorry to share an X post but the combo of the substance of the tweet and also of his smile in the avatar is perfect x.com/JamesBlairUS...

x.comJames Blair (@JamesBlairUSA) on XYes, it’s true we donated our full fee. I love the President and am eternally grateful for the opportunities he has provided me. Contributing to the preservation of his legacy of greatness is my honor!

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Charlie Warzel
@cwarzel.bsky.social

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

theatlantic.comThe Man Who Saved the Internet YesterdayOndřej Surý was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security. Then the internet exploded.

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Dr. Jack Brown
@drjackbrown.bsky.social

"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that's wrong with the world." Paul Farmer

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

mississippifreepress.orgKohen Wiley Shooting ‘Was Justified,’ Mississippi AG SaysThe police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s…

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Bill Kristol
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

No Kings response to Meta: “In the 24 hours before our account was shut down, we posted only a handful of times and livestreamed to thousands. Meta's "high-frequency" excuse doesn't add up…We need answers about why this happened & immediate action to ensure it never happens again.”

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Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger.substack.com

Imagine if, four years after invading Iraq, we controlled only 20% of it and had suffered 1.3 million casualties. Would anyone call that “winning”? Of course not. But when it’s Russia, we’re supposed to believe Putin holds all the cards.

Tonton OB
@able-baker.bsky.social

Katie bar the door!

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: Trump says he told Katie Zacharia, 'you don't have to do this if you don't want.' He says he told her, 'honestly, if I were you I'd reconsider.'

Tonton OB
@able-baker.bsky.social

Worth a read. Interesting scam

JW Mason@jwmason.bsky.social

Had a very strange experience recently. We submitted our water bill by paper check as usual the other day, and then a series of identical checks starting showing up - six in total before we got the bank o freeze the account.

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Khashoggi's Ghost
@urocklive1.bsky.social

New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s legal résumé took another hit as a partner at the Chinese law firm she lists on her LinkedIn profile clarified that her job there was likely “similar to a paid internship.” www.rawstory.com/katie-zachar...

rawstory.comTrump's 'attorney' press secretary hit with new blow as Chinese firm clarifies her roleWhite House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s legal résumé took another hit as a partner at the Chinese law firm she lists on her LinkedIn profile clarified that her job there was likely “similar to a ...
Tonton OB
@able-baker.bsky.social

Like his presidency 🤡

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

The blue coating applied to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool failed in at least 85 places because of errors in the renovation, including the premature refilling of the basin before the liner had fully dried, according to an inspection report.

washingtonpost.comReflecting pool liner failed in 85 places due to flawed renovation, inspection foundThe damage identified during an inspection commissioned by the contractor is far more extensive than has been previously reported, a document obtained by The Washington Post shows.

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Timothy Snyder
@timothysnyder.bsky.social

Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.

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driftglass
@driftglass.bsky.social

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this