Nihilist Life Coach
@brixnstixnpux.bsky.social
Litigator. I like baseball, hockey, dogs, democracy and the rule of law, not necessarily in that order.
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Looks like a proof of life video from a place that is feeding hostages only carrots
January 23, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Looks like a proof of life video from a place that is feeding hostages only carrots
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The president is now demanding the investigation of a member of Congress for “Political Crimes”
January 22, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The president is now demanding the investigation of a member of Congress for “Political Crimes”
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Dear Mr. Smith,
I’m going to ask you a bunch of nonsensical questions, but you are not allowed to answer any of them because I’m going to keep answering them myself with lies.
Not so sincerely,
Crazy lady Representative
I’m going to ask you a bunch of nonsensical questions, but you are not allowed to answer any of them because I’m going to keep answering them myself with lies.
Not so sincerely,
Crazy lady Representative
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Dear Mr. Smith,
I’m going to ask you a bunch of nonsensical questions, but you are not allowed to answer any of them because I’m going to keep answering them myself with lies.
Not so sincerely,
Crazy lady Representative
I’m going to ask you a bunch of nonsensical questions, but you are not allowed to answer any of them because I’m going to keep answering them myself with lies.
Not so sincerely,
Crazy lady Representative
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In an investigation, you don’t just say, “Hey, dude, we’re about to get your phone records!”
The argument Republicans are making is just idiotic. Stealing a frickin election is not a legislative act.
Senators and members of Congress are not above the law.
The argument Republicans are making is just idiotic. Stealing a frickin election is not a legislative act.
Senators and members of Congress are not above the law.
January 22, 2026 at 9:06 PM
In an investigation, you don’t just say, “Hey, dude, we’re about to get your phone records!”
The argument Republicans are making is just idiotic. Stealing a frickin election is not a legislative act.
Senators and members of Congress are not above the law.
The argument Republicans are making is just idiotic. Stealing a frickin election is not a legislative act.
Senators and members of Congress are not above the law.
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NEW: "Imagine you were Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping ... What exactly would you do differently ... other than enact the ever more reckless agenda that Donald Trump has pursued since he became president last year? Nothing." @vermontgmg.bsky.social for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/donald...
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.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
NEW: "Imagine you were Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping ... What exactly would you do differently ... other than enact the ever more reckless agenda that Donald Trump has pursued since he became president last year? Nothing." @vermontgmg.bsky.social for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/donald...
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“I’m so sorry I went to Yale Law and they’re not allowed to give us bad grades when we are wrong on the law.”
January 22, 2026 at 9:22 PM
“I’m so sorry I went to Yale Law and they’re not allowed to give us bad grades when we are wrong on the law.”
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
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Ty Cobb: “This is a man who is demented… I don’t think there’s anybody outside the boundaries of the United States who believes for a second that Trump is sane at this stage of the game.”
via @outfrontcnn.bsky.social
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January 22, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Ty Cobb: “This is a man who is demented… I don’t think there’s anybody outside the boundaries of the United States who believes for a second that Trump is sane at this stage of the game.”
via @outfrontcnn.bsky.social
via @outfrontcnn.bsky.social
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People want to have their basic needs met.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
People want to have their basic needs met.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
They want to be paid a living wage.
They want to stop being nickle and dimed by powerful corporations who control so much of our lives.
They do not want Venezuela.
They do not want Greenland.
They do not want masked thugs terrorizing our communities.
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HOLY SHIT. Democrats now have a TWENTY-TWO POINT advantage on the general ballot. Dems had a 14-point advantage leading up to the 2018 election which netted us 41 seats in the House alone.
January 22, 2026 at 7:38 PM
HOLY SHIT. Democrats now have a TWENTY-TWO POINT advantage on the general ballot. Dems had a 14-point advantage leading up to the 2018 election which netted us 41 seats in the House alone.
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Trump gave the rich tax cuts while cutting billions from food assistance, Medicaid, and cancer research.
At the same time, he’s used the presidency to make $1.4 billion.
Donald Trump is the villain of this movie.
At the same time, he’s used the presidency to make $1.4 billion.
Donald Trump is the villain of this movie.
January 22, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Trump gave the rich tax cuts while cutting billions from food assistance, Medicaid, and cancer research.
At the same time, he’s used the presidency to make $1.4 billion.
Donald Trump is the villain of this movie.
At the same time, he’s used the presidency to make $1.4 billion.
Donald Trump is the villain of this movie.
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Ted Lieu opens by reminding us that Jim Jordan still hasn’t complied with his subpoena.
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Ted Lieu opens by reminding us that Jim Jordan still hasn’t complied with his subpoena.
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He's 3 different colors. Does this look healthy at all to you?
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
He's 3 different colors. Does this look healthy at all to you?
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Jim Jordan has never passed the bar exam. The fact that he serves as Chair of the House Judiciary Committee tells you everything about how seriously today’s Republican Party takes its responsibility for legal oversight.
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Jim Jordan has never passed the bar exam. The fact that he serves as Chair of the House Judiciary Committee tells you everything about how seriously today’s Republican Party takes its responsibility for legal oversight.
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
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“.. The United States is being ushered off the international stage. History will remember that as Trump’s most significant contribution.”
@timothynoah.bsky.social
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newrepublic.com/article/2055...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:22 AM
“.. The United States is being ushered off the international stage. History will remember that as Trump’s most significant contribution.”
@timothynoah.bsky.social
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
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ICE not allowing agents to have unsupervised copies of ICE policies or to take any notes is an admission by ICE that it knows the policies are illegal.
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
ICE not allowing agents to have unsupervised copies of ICE policies or to take any notes is an admission by ICE that it knows the policies are illegal.
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NATO & Denmark: We will give you the exact same security arrangements you have had for the past 40 years in Greenland.
Trump: Total surrender! Art of the deal!
Trump: Total surrender! Art of the deal!
January 21, 2026 at 9:58 PM
NATO & Denmark: We will give you the exact same security arrangements you have had for the past 40 years in Greenland.
Trump: Total surrender! Art of the deal!
Trump: Total surrender! Art of the deal!
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#SCOTUS is likely to do the right thing in the Lisa Cook case.
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
153. Living by the Ipse Dixit
A constitutional principle like the "unitary executive theory" isn't worth all that much if the Supreme Court can conjure new, unprincipled exceptions to it by simply asserting that they exist.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
#SCOTUS is likely to do the right thing in the Lisa Cook case.
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:
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Indeed, today's argument could be framed in at least some respects as the Court having to face (and stretch existing doctrinal understandings to account for) the consequences of its own incoherent jurisprudence.
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Indeed, today's argument could be framed in at least some respects as the Court having to face (and stretch existing doctrinal understandings to account for) the consequences of its own incoherent jurisprudence.
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Trump just openly declared that invoking the Insurrection Act will let him implement his immigration crackdown without going "through the court system."
That's nonsense, but it's telling: Trump *thinks* it allows him to rule like a military dictator. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
That's nonsense, but it's telling: Trump *thinks* it allows him to rule like a military dictator. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
Trump Blurts Out Real Reason for Insurrection Act Threat—and It’s Dark
He thinks it lets him abuse his power however he wants. It’s up to the courts—and the American people—to show him otherwise.
newrepublic.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Trump just openly declared that invoking the Insurrection Act will let him implement his immigration crackdown without going "through the court system."
That's nonsense, but it's telling: Trump *thinks* it allows him to rule like a military dictator. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
That's nonsense, but it's telling: Trump *thinks* it allows him to rule like a military dictator. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
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The Trumps have generated about $1.4 billion from crypto projects that are new to his second term, a Bloomberg analysis shows. These have gotten a boost from Trump’s own policies, as he has signed crypto legislation and appointed regulators who tossed out lawsuits against the industry.
Trump Family’s $6.8 Billion Fortune Is Increasingly Tied to Crypto
Digital assets added $1.4 billion to the first family's wealth over the past year, making up about one-fifth of their fortune for the first time
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January 20, 2026 at 5:17 PM
The Trumps have generated about $1.4 billion from crypto projects that are new to his second term, a Bloomberg analysis shows. These have gotten a boost from Trump’s own policies, as he has signed crypto legislation and appointed regulators who tossed out lawsuits against the industry.
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Independents are +12 on abolishing ICE
January 21, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Independents are +12 on abolishing ICE