Laura Barisonzi

just 5 minutes ago the talking point was it wasn't a war, time to get your message together.

This is not meant to save money or manpower.

PreCheck et al was designed to reduce manpower & streamline the process.

This is meant to inconvenience as many people as possible, specifically those who paid directly to support the program.

The National Science Foundation’s entire budget is $10 billion.

In Putin’s Crosshairs, This Author/Investor Keeps Telling the Truth Stanford GSB alumnus Bill Browder outed Russian government corruption, and Putin wants him silenced.

One expert estimates the amount Putin stole from Russia to be 1 billion dollars. Trump is just getting started www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/inv...

CNBC's Official College Sports Valuations 2025: Top 75 athletic programs The programs are worth a combined $51.22 billion, 13% more than the top 75 in last year's rankings.

Follow the money: www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/c...

Wired is tracking ICE expansion: bit.ly/4cGjohn "19 projects had been awarded in cities around the US, including Nashville, Tennessee; Dallas, TX; Sacramento, CA; and Tampa, FL Multiple projects were days away from being awarded in Miami, FL; Pittsburgh, PA; and New Orleans, LA #ice #stopice

Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.

Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...

Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

For the last 15 years Putin has called any Russian protestors trained and paid protestors because of course there would be no reason for any citizen to actually be opposed to his regime. To see our elected representatives use the same terminology and lies is disgusting.

For the last 15 years Putin has called any Russian protestors trained and paid protestors because of course there would be no reason for any citizen to actually be opposed to his regime. To see our elected representatives use the same terminology and lies is disgusting.

Here's my full 50-page indictment of CBP and ICE and decades of corruption, abuse of force, racism, and misogyny. I promise you — however bad you've ever thought it was, the full reality is even worse, deadlier, and more corrupt. This isn't a "Trump only" phenomenon:

There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.

We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.

Leave it to @vermontgmg.bsky.social to clearly, incisively articulate exactly the awful vibe I have about this week and all that Trump is doing, but couldn't quite put into words.

A must-read on the historic, crushing moment the United States has found itself in because of our president:

Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Screenshot of an X post by “Read Raising Expectation…” saying “You don’t reform the Gestapo, you abolish them and try them for their crimes.” Embedded is a quoted post from “Home of the Brave” stating that ICE Associate Director Marcos Charles says individuals ICE agents encounter near a “target” are “fair game” for interrogation. At the bottom is a TV interview still showing a man seated, with “60 MINUTES” text on screen.

Shut ICE down, remove the leadership, break DHS apart, and investigate their crimes.

Today's meeting of the #VelshiBannedBookClub features “Station Eleven” by @emilymandel.bsky.social. It is a story of hope, resilience, and what remains after society crumbles. We will discuss the critical role novels like “Station Eleven” play in our country right now. #Velshi

This is the thing. There ARE protests here but the bigger story (and what you see in most of the clips online) is that many people here are just going about their daily lives **but constantly vigilant and running in to help the second it's needed.**

(Many others, of course, are hiding for safety)

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Inside a Gaza medical clinic at risk of shutting down after an Israeli ban A recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise.

A recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies and no international expertise.

Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.

Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist and chairman of Palantir, donated $3 million to a committee opposing an initiative in California that would impose a new tax on billionaires, according to a new disclosure.

They will murder unarmed citizens and then accuse them of wrongdoing. Zero sense of accountability or shame.

they’re currently holding Maduro at MDC tonight. What are the odds that he is in the same cell that Epstein committed suicide? #maduro #epstein #mdc

After Australia, Which Countries Could Be Next to Ban Social Media for Children Governments are studying the decision to prohibit youths from using platforms like Facebook and TikTok as worries grow about the potential harm they cause.

Australia this week became the first country to bar anyone under the age of 16 from gaining access to social media apps. Here are some of the other places considering similar policies.

In a time when people, non criminals and citizens are being swept off the street with no recourse just for not being White, #pantone decides the color of the year is White. This stuff doesn't happen by accident right? There wasn't one person in the room to say no?

Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.

By failing to use firm proper terminology to label war crimes or other illegal and corrupt government policies, the NYT normalizies authoritarian actions. "Might" or "could have been" is not enough.

He knows the cartels are based in Mexico and doesnt care. He and his oil industry cronies are just interested in the largest reserve of crude oil in the world: Venezuela.

Trump and Vance both know the cartels are based in Mexico and doesnt care. He and his oil industry cronies are just interested in the largest reserve of crude oil in the world: Venezuela.

He knows the cartels are based in Mexico and doesnt care. He and his oil industry cronies are just interested in the largest reserve of crude oil in the world: Venezuela.

He knows the cartels are based in Mexico and doesnt care. He and his oil industry cronies are just interested in the largest reserve of crude oil in the world: Venezuela.