The search firm was happy to provide guidance. Who was the search firm you ask? It was Isaacson, Miller, the same firm hired by the Youngkin UVA BOV to find Jim Ryan’s replacement and that guided the process culminating in Beardsley’s presidency at UVA. You can’t make this stuff up.

Agents illegally detained dozens of US citizens and demanded that they prove their citizenship. We need to defend our private property rights against trespassing government agents.

Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.

People keep buying Chia Pets bc they keep coming up w/ amazing ideas. I imagine every creative meeting has copious amounts of flower and edibles. They cooked this year.

CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

#bariWeiss #60Minutes Just a reminder that the best way to get unbiased journalism is to support your local PUBLIC Television station and your local PUBLIC Radio. Frontline @pbsnews.org already did a hard hitting story on #CECOT . youtu.be/Lku5h9xjrqc?...

Beating and killing Black folk was literally the ticket for an ethnic minority to become white or white adjacent. As someone of Irish descent, my family’s history is tainted by being police 100 years ago. Whiteness is literally the subjugation of out groups. It’s not a culture it’s an alliance.

This also can be seen through the prism of the Pence camp wanting to reclaim what it means to be a Christian American (shining city on the hill + Christian Zionism) versus MAGA's pro-Russia, antisemitism stance.

Another thing about Bari killing the 60 Minutes CECOT piece. Remember how she wrong a book about antisemitism? Right? Surely she's heard the words "never again?" So killing a piece about a concentration camp says quite a lot about her, beyond just not knowing anything about journalism.

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If this — public discourse of measured critique triumphs over fascism — were the case, Drumpf would not have been elected.

The appointment underscores Leo’s confidence in Hicks, whom he likely followed closely while heading the Vatican office for bishop appointments, and reflects continuity with Pope Francis’ emphasis on social justice. religionnews.com/2025/12/18/b...

Across the country, communities are fighting back against Big Tech and preventing construction of power-hungry AI data centers in their backyards. In response, Big Tech is launching an all-out lobbying blitz. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=OabmXBYpoINwEDPD

All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

This story is of Paramount importance. www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...

An news program with a legacy built up over 55 years. All torched by Bari Weiss in under a year.

There is no more euphemism. There is no more subtlety. The entire speech makes it clear they are embracing openly white supremacist Christian nationalism. . . And as a white southern man in his 50s, I can tell you no one in the US has ever had to apologize for being white.

Sad news: someone stole baby Jesus from our anti-ICE nativity. But vandalism cannot stop us. We just adapt and keep on critiquing this administration’s cruelty on immigration. Where’s baby Jesus? We don’t know. He is being detained in a labyrinthian hellscape where his loved ones cannot find him.

Lianna Constantino, Director of the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds, explains why using the NDAA to gain Lumbee recognition endangers all Native sovereignty religiondispatches.org/lumbee-recog...

Indian Country is on the losing end of the stick with the release of a must-pass defense bill that was negotiated behind closed doors. #NDAA #IndianCountry

the latest from RD: Lianna Constantino of the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds explains why using the NDAA to gain Lumbee recognition endangers all Native sovereignty (this situation is *complicated*, y'all) religiondispatches.org/lumbee-recog...

AI should control everything, our tech oligarchs insist

Interesting: Conservative (Manhattan Institute) argues that "Youngkin and this Board failed Virginia on this one," citing Scott Beardsley having "built out DEI infrastructure," having "created a senior diversity leadership role," etc. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/uvas...

This, too, is outrageous -- firing an immigration judge because he granted asylum to six people. Trump's folks have made clear they want "deportation judges." Just rejecting any semblance of due process. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.

Currently at the funeral for the penny, happening at the Lincoln Memorial:

This time a Haitian, arrived safely here and then dead from the conditions. And this in the awful Newark facility where lawmakers were stopped/arrested when trying to inspect...

Scott Beardsley, you will quickly learn about the separation of powers between branches and what happens when one branch gives a middle finger to another that funds, regulates and allows their existence. Buckle up.

Elevating real estate grab to a whole new level. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

I was wondering what the non-Christmas/Christian inflatable holiday decoration scene looks like, and the Muslims are really bringing it newtraditionsstore.com/collections/...

Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...

💯 Clearly we need Shouty McShoutface to deliver another prime time speech. The shouting will continue until consumer sentiment improves

This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Beyond proud that Virginia is now represented in the Capitol by Barbara Rose Johns, a trailblazer who led protests against conditions in her school that helped end segregation in the U.S.

If we don’t have birthright citizenship we don’t have citizenship.

It was always going to come to this: they can and will question the legitimacy of any document they wish. This started with questioning Obama's citizenship, of course they will question ours.

“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...

If every time I condemn sexism, nationalism, white supremacy, and homophobia/transphobia you assume I’m condemning Christians, that tells me all I need to know about your version of Christianity.

Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021? Trump nominee: *dodges* Trump nominee: *dodges* Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol. Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?

These mfs used more water than bottled water companies, and more water than ppl drink. up to 764 billion liters of water in 2025. www.theverge.com/news/845831/...

The Hunger Games was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not a handbook.

any time the catholic church does something i have to wait for one of my normal catholic friends to tell me if the news is Good, Good (with caveats about the nature of the church), Good (with caveats about the nature of the church *in america*), or Bad with the same distinctions. way too complicated

👋🏽Charlottesville activists and allies who showed up to resist the 2017 Unite the Right rally: someone wrote about us. Still salty that normies told us to “just ignore them” and “be civil,” admonished us to not counter-protest, and that “both sides” journalists platformed the far right.

ICE voodoo doll found in New Orleans. Get those bastards by any means necessary! Get spirit on this!

It's the fear. The fear is the point. It's not easy to denaturalize. But ... it's the fear of denaturalization & the chilling effect that results, including on freedom of speech & association, that is used as a tool of political repression. See also Ch. 5 on the Cold War in "Threat of Dissent" 🗃️

Breaking WaPo: At least two senators have placed holds on the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday to serve as Coast Guard commandant after the service enacted a new harassment policy that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to 'potentially divisive.'