🇸🇴 Dusty Biker🇵🇸🍉
@balme.bsky.social
He/Him, NorCal lifer
Dad of daughters, dog lover, Justice enthusiast, beer drinker, likes bikes
Democracy might be terrible , but it is better than the alternative.
Dad of daughters, dog lover, Justice enthusiast, beer drinker, likes bikes
Democracy might be terrible , but it is better than the alternative.
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🇸🇴 Dusty Biker🇵🇸🍉
@balme.bsky.social
· Oct 29
Abolish ICE
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The current Court majority is a classic captured court.
The Justices pick the outcome they want, and work backwards from there, inventing and disregarding legal theories on the fly in the process.
The Justices pick the outcome they want, and work backwards from there, inventing and disregarding legal theories on the fly in the process.
GOP SCOTUS first explicitly applied "major questions" in 2022 and it's already in shambles. Roberts & Barrett struggle to explain why it exists; Gorsuch's extremist version is untethered from reality; Thomas's "core" is invented out of thin air; Kavanaugh & Alito essentially admit it's Calvinball.
Hilariously, Gorsuch and Barrett have a side-battle over the major questions doctrine, with Gorsuch writing a 46-page solo concurrence saying it's a substantive canon and Barrett saying it's a mere tool of statutory interpretation. So these two can't even agree on what the "doctrine" actually means.
February 20, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The current Court majority is a classic captured court.
The Justices pick the outcome they want, and work backwards from there, inventing and disregarding legal theories on the fly in the process.
The Justices pick the outcome they want, and work backwards from there, inventing and disregarding legal theories on the fly in the process.
reminder that under no circumstances do u ever gotta hand it to the alcoholic sex pest running the Supreme Court
February 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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DAILY MEMO: ICE Used 14 Vehicles to Take 6 People from Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse
February 20, 2026 at 4:17 AM
DAILY MEMO: ICE Used 14 Vehicles to Take 6 People from Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse
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Democracy Docket is hiring!
We currently have eight openings, including a newsletter editor and a weekend reporter.
Come work with us!
We currently have eight openings, including a newsletter editor and a weekend reporter.
Come work with us!
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February 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Democracy Docket is hiring!
We currently have eight openings, including a newsletter editor and a weekend reporter.
Come work with us!
We currently have eight openings, including a newsletter editor and a weekend reporter.
Come work with us!
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a man in Oklahoma was speaking out against a data center in his community. He went a few seconds over time and the city had him arrested for trespassing
Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long
An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.
www.404media.co
February 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
a man in Oklahoma was speaking out against a data center in his community. He went a few seconds over time and the city had him arrested for trespassing
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February 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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DOJ claims there's no evidence of retalation.
"How do you say there's no evidence?" Lamberth says, noting an inmate's sworn affidavit claiming retaliation.
"That is contempt of this court if that happened," Lamberth says, asking why there was no investigation of the claims before today.
"How do you say there's no evidence?" Lamberth says, noting an inmate's sworn affidavit claiming retaliation.
"That is contempt of this court if that happened," Lamberth says, asking why there was no investigation of the claims before today.
February 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
DOJ claims there's no evidence of retalation.
"How do you say there's no evidence?" Lamberth says, noting an inmate's sworn affidavit claiming retaliation.
"That is contempt of this court if that happened," Lamberth says, asking why there was no investigation of the claims before today.
"How do you say there's no evidence?" Lamberth says, noting an inmate's sworn affidavit claiming retaliation.
"That is contempt of this court if that happened," Lamberth says, asking why there was no investigation of the claims before today.
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with batteries at $100/kWh and wholesale solar at $400/kW, you could buy 5 KW of solar and 15 kWh of batteries for the price of building 1 KW of this gas plant... and that’s before the cost of gas to keep the thing running
$33 billion, wow!
"The price of building large gas plants was once about $1,000 per kilowatt. Based on the projected price tag for the Ohio facility, costs would work out to roughly $3,587 per kilowatt, even higher than recent builds."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"The price of building large gas plants was once about $1,000 per kilowatt. Based on the projected price tag for the Ohio facility, costs would work out to roughly $3,587 per kilowatt, even higher than recent builds."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Japan-Built Gas Plant Touted by Trump Would Be Largest in the US
A massive, natural gas facility that US President Donald Trump said Japan plans to build in Ohio would be the largest in the US, with capacity to power millions of homes.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:20 PM
with batteries at $100/kWh and wholesale solar at $400/kW, you could buy 5 KW of solar and 15 kWh of batteries for the price of building 1 KW of this gas plant... and that’s before the cost of gas to keep the thing running
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Tom Paine, the author of Common Sense ((1776), proposed a system of progressive taxation in 1792, before Karl Marx was even born. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Thomas Paine proposed a progressive tax on wealth, with the top tax rate being 100%. It's an idea that's as American as Apple Pie. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
February 19, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Tom Paine, the author of Common Sense ((1776), proposed a system of progressive taxation in 1792, before Karl Marx was even born. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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Any Republican or Democrat who continues to support Palantir, takes money from them, or refuses to hold them accountable is not your friend and should not be supported.
February 18, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Any Republican or Democrat who continues to support Palantir, takes money from them, or refuses to hold them accountable is not your friend and should not be supported.
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All right, I got mad enough to write a full post about all this:
Diversity Is Our Strength
This morning, Elon Musk – the world's richest man and a key ally to the president of the United States – posted the content below to the white nationalist chat room and CSAM emporium he owns
There's ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
February 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
All right, I got mad enough to write a full post about all this:
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To my knowledge, no ICE Enforcement and Removal officer has ever been shot by an immigrant.
Might be wrong but I don’t think so.
Might be wrong but I don’t think so.
"Three federal immigration agents accidentally shot themselves in the leg during routine training exercises within two days last year, according to internal documents reviewed by Newsweek."
ICE agents keep accidentally shooting themselves
Three ICE agents accidentally shot themselves in the leg during routine training exercises within two days last year.
www.newsweek.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
To my knowledge, no ICE Enforcement and Removal officer has ever been shot by an immigrant.
Might be wrong but I don’t think so.
Might be wrong but I don’t think so.
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Historian Kevin Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) got irked about Musk banging on about how our multicultural society is a Bad Thing, and consequently wrote this screamingly fantastic little gem. Provides badly needed perspective especially for folks who don't know much about the US decades ago.
All right, I got mad enough to write a full post about all this:
Diversity Is Our Strength
This morning, Elon Musk – the world's richest man and a key ally to the president of the United States – posted the content below to the white nationalist chat room and CSAM emporium he owns
There's ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
February 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Historian Kevin Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) got irked about Musk banging on about how our multicultural society is a Bad Thing, and consequently wrote this screamingly fantastic little gem. Provides badly needed perspective especially for folks who don't know much about the US decades ago.
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Bolsonaro in prison, Yeon sentenced to prison, Andrew arrested on his birthday...and America still holding on to a 34 count felon as President.
February 19, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Bolsonaro in prison, Yeon sentenced to prison, Andrew arrested on his birthday...and America still holding on to a 34 count felon as President.
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It's pretty fucking embarrassing -- damning, even -- that a U.S. scandal driven by U.S. elites is visiting consequences upon people in other countries while those most responsible for it continue to hold positions of the absolute highest power in America. Trash country.
February 19, 2026 at 12:06 PM
It's pretty fucking embarrassing -- damning, even -- that a U.S. scandal driven by U.S. elites is visiting consequences upon people in other countries while those most responsible for it continue to hold positions of the absolute highest power in America. Trash country.
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ICE raids parking lots of corporations’ stores
Never their corporate headquarters
Never their corporate headquarters
February 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
ICE raids parking lots of corporations’ stores
Never their corporate headquarters
Never their corporate headquarters
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Me too. I want every member of the Epstein class to be unable to stop thinking about experiencing Epstein's fate themselves.
I'd prefer it not have taken decades but personally I like blows being struck against elite impunity and would like that for us in the US very much
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of the UK’s King Charles, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. It comes after further details of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein emerged, the BBC said.
Get the latest: bloom.bg/4rqF1ah
Get the latest: bloom.bg/4rqF1ah
February 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Me too. I want every member of the Epstein class to be unable to stop thinking about experiencing Epstein's fate themselves.
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ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 PM
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
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Why does someone who overstayed their visa need to be held in shackles? Does any child belong in a prison camp? Does anybody deserve to be underfed, or brutalized, or denied medical care? presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...
The inhumane treatment of immigration detainees requires more coverage | Press Watch
The glimpses we’ve gotten justify a lot more reporting
presswatchers.org
February 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Why does someone who overstayed their visa need to be held in shackles? Does any child belong in a prison camp? Does anybody deserve to be underfed, or brutalized, or denied medical care? presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...
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In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
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Why is that no one talks about this fraud?
Deepak Chopra is there in videos on the Epstein Island. He is Epstein's personal guru and spiritual leader. Trading "cute aggressive Israeli blonde" girls... 🤮
Why is Apple still carrying him as the #1 mindfullness bs?
voiceofsandiego.org/2026/02/05/d...
Deepak Chopra is there in videos on the Epstein Island. He is Epstein's personal guru and spiritual leader. Trading "cute aggressive Israeli blonde" girls... 🤮
Why is Apple still carrying him as the #1 mindfullness bs?
voiceofsandiego.org/2026/02/05/d...
February 19, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Why is that no one talks about this fraud?
Deepak Chopra is there in videos on the Epstein Island. He is Epstein's personal guru and spiritual leader. Trading "cute aggressive Israeli blonde" girls... 🤮
Why is Apple still carrying him as the #1 mindfullness bs?
voiceofsandiego.org/2026/02/05/d...
Deepak Chopra is there in videos on the Epstein Island. He is Epstein's personal guru and spiritual leader. Trading "cute aggressive Israeli blonde" girls... 🤮
Why is Apple still carrying him as the #1 mindfullness bs?
voiceofsandiego.org/2026/02/05/d...