paghetti
former DoD civilian; language geek; blogger (pajheil.blogspot.com) about: Urban legends about Jews; Mendel Beilis blood libel trial; knitting; Biblical Hebrew and Classical Greek don't work the way you think. Card-carrying troublemaker and bitch.
- Reposted by paghettiYet another massive Russian attack on Ukraine last night. Russia attacked energy infrastructure in the western parts of Ukraine. Emergency electricity shutdowns in Ukraine. There are injured and a lot of damage. Yet another Russian war crime.
- Reposted by paghettiMeanwhile, drones struck a plant in Russia's Tver Oblast The target was the Redkinsky Experimental Chemical Plant — a large facility producing special chemical components for Russia's aviation and defense industry, including fuel additives and special reagents used in military and dual-use programs
- Reposted by paghetti#BREAKING A federal judge in Indiana has found that immigration authorities are unlawfully detaining the Chicago man acquitted of the alleged Greg Bovino murder plot. He must either be released or be given a bond hearing by Wednesday.
- A federal jury last month cleared Chicago's Juan Espinoza Martinez of a murder plot aimed at Greg Bovino. The next day, he was arrested by Homeland Security as he was being released from jail. That's according to court docs from his new fight for freedom: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
- Reposted by paghettiNEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
- Reposted by paghettiThere are roughly 350,000 black Americans serving in the Armed Forces and over 2 million black veterans. In the first week of Black History Month, Donald Trump posted about them being "apes" to him.
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- Reposted by paghettiplease dear writers, get out of Substack, please www.techpolicy.press/substack-fou...
- @wtopnews.bsky.social Ask your business reporter why WaCo can't challenge using warehouses to store people the way HoCo did? www.howardcountymd.gov/News020226b
- @kylegriffin1.bsky.social @npr.org buried the caveats. Read the whole article. www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
- @jjgreenjr.bsky.social Here we go, people. The inevitable proverbial check has arrived. cc @malcolmnance.bsky.social
- Reposted by paghetti1/ The attempted assassination of Lt Gen Vladimir Alekseyev in Moscow this morning has outraged Russian warbloggers, who regard him as a hero of Russia. They have highlighted his key role and contributions to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. ⬇️
- This software installed by each state will end Trump and he is powerless to stop it. www.electionguard.vote
- Three grifters shot down in one day. A personal best.
- Reposted by paghettiLuttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
- Reposted by paghettiJUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS. Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- @weskrantz.bsky.social @onenerdsopinion.bsky.social and don't they just know it. cc @oksii33.ukr.monster
- Reposted by paghettiAnother "Midway Blitz" prosecution in Chicago falls apart. Feds move to dismiss case against Erik Meier, who faced a misdemeanor charge for resisting federal law enforcement storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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- Reposted by paghettiOn the death penalty in Iran for crimes like murder.
- Reposted by paghettiIf you were a journalist or creative that was laid off by the Washington Post and you want to work for an independent, pro democracy news outlet, Democracy Docket is hiring. bit.ly/45Qaw4K
- so now we know why Paul Weiss et al bent the knee to Trump.
- Reposted by paghettiCivil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
- @kylegriffin1.bsky.social IOW more of you have to cancel your subscriptions.
- @kylegriffin1.bsky.social quoting wapo is now not just not a flex it marks you as ignorant of reality
- The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand. Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
- @jjgreenjr.bsky.social have they classified it or have they given themselves a lobotomy
- The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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- Russia used Starlink in BM-35 drones that bypassed Ukrainian defenses. SpaceX responded by cutting access As result, Russians have catastrophe on the front, as all command has collapsed, said Serhii Beskrestnov, adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/05/r...
- Reposted by paghettiWow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
- Reposted by paghettiThe CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
- Reposted by paghettiIf you have any information about the whereabouts of Nancy Guthrie, or might know anything about who may have taken her, please call 520-351-4900.
- Reposted by paghettiNot funny.
- Reposted by paghettiBREAKING: The IDF and Shin Bet announced the elimination of terrorist Muhammad Essam Hassan Habil, who murdered the late observer Noa Marciano, z”l, in captivity at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, after she was kidnapped on October 7.
- Reposted by paghetti🚨BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court DENIES Republican effort to block California's new congressional map! VICTORY for our client, the DCCC, and the voters of California. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
- Reposted by paghettiRemember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
- One of my occasional rants pajheil.blogspot.com/2026/02/im-j...
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- Reposted by paghettiJanuary 6 was the worst day of my life. But the threat of Donald Trump didn’t end when the mob left the Capitol. That’s why I’m running for Congress: to defend this country, with the full constitutional authority of Congress. I’m Harry Dunn. And I’m ready to finish the job.
- Reposted by paghettiNANCY MACE: I don't drink because if I did it could kill me ALSO NANCY MACE:
- Reposted by paghettiHearing before Judge Leon in case of Sen. Mark Kelly v Secy Hegseth just concluded. Though Leon wants to avoid Speech or Debate Clause issues at this stage, troubled by infringement of 1st Am rights of sitting member of Congress. Will try to rule by 2/11 ... /1
