Damien Veatch
@damienveatch.bsky.social
Former school teacher, current lawyer. I will read all your posts about American history, WW2 history, musical theater, or prestige tv.
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Every cruelty and incompetence of the Trump regime coming together.
BREAKING: ICE has halted "all movement" at a Texas detention facility due to measles infections, DHS confirms.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Every cruelty and incompetence of the Trump regime coming together.
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Liam has been on my mind constantly the past 2 weeks. This picture was seared into my brain; it is evidence of the total lack of humanity within this administration.
Many thanks to @danilawaart.bsky.social for allowing me to recreate this beautiful work as crop art.
#cropart #iceout #jamesbaldwin
Many thanks to @danilawaart.bsky.social for allowing me to recreate this beautiful work as crop art.
#cropart #iceout #jamesbaldwin
February 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Liam has been on my mind constantly the past 2 weeks. This picture was seared into my brain; it is evidence of the total lack of humanity within this administration.
Many thanks to @danilawaart.bsky.social for allowing me to recreate this beautiful work as crop art.
#cropart #iceout #jamesbaldwin
Many thanks to @danilawaart.bsky.social for allowing me to recreate this beautiful work as crop art.
#cropart #iceout #jamesbaldwin
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note to national Democrats: you can do this too when you have the majority
there is nothing stopping court expansion other than norms that have long since become obsolete in the face of a radical, out of control majority currently enabling a fascist lunatic
there is nothing stopping court expansion other than norms that have long since become obsolete in the face of a radical, out of control majority currently enabling a fascist lunatic
The Utah governor just signed a bill to expand his state's supreme court by two seats.
Conservatives have been angry at a series of judicial rulings, including one that safeguarded direct democracy in 2024 & one that struck down their gerrymander. 1st step of their retaliation.
Conservatives have been angry at a series of judicial rulings, including one that safeguarded direct democracy in 2024 & one that struck down their gerrymander. 1st step of their retaliation.
February 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
note to national Democrats: you can do this too when you have the majority
there is nothing stopping court expansion other than norms that have long since become obsolete in the face of a radical, out of control majority currently enabling a fascist lunatic
there is nothing stopping court expansion other than norms that have long since become obsolete in the face of a radical, out of control majority currently enabling a fascist lunatic
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The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
January 31, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
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Ahh, the classic Kavanaugh Handshake
ICE agents just seem to consider pepper spraying people in the face to be an appropriate casual greeting. www.noozhawk.com/federal-ice-...
Federal ICE Agent Pepper Sprays Person in Face in Santa Barbara Eastside Incident
A masked federal agent wearing a vest labeled “police” pepper sprayed a person in the face at close range Wednesday morning on Santa Barbara’s Eastside.
www.noozhawk.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Ahh, the classic Kavanaugh Handshake
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They're there to stop American athletes defecting
BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 AM
They're there to stop American athletes defecting
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Kyiv's local authorities are evacuating elderly and low-mobility people living alone to boarding houses due to the lack of heating and electricity.
It's day XXX of russia's crime against humanity — one the free world could have stopped, but chose not to.
📸 Maksym Bakhmatov
It's day XXX of russia's crime against humanity — one the free world could have stopped, but chose not to.
📸 Maksym Bakhmatov
January 25, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Kyiv's local authorities are evacuating elderly and low-mobility people living alone to boarding houses due to the lack of heating and electricity.
It's day XXX of russia's crime against humanity — one the free world could have stopped, but chose not to.
📸 Maksym Bakhmatov
It's day XXX of russia's crime against humanity — one the free world could have stopped, but chose not to.
📸 Maksym Bakhmatov
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Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
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I would rather die, murdered by my own government in a high-viz vest, than live in a country where this shit is normalized.
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I would rather die, murdered by my own government in a high-viz vest, than live in a country where this shit is normalized.
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How it started How it's going
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
How it started How it's going
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One of the many, many priorities that awaits the next administration is confiscating the Trump Crime Family's stolen loot.
Trump Pocketed ‘At Least $1.4 Billion’ in the Past Year — Shocking NY Times Editorial Reveals
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Trump Pocketed ‘At Least $1.4 Billion’ in the Past Year — Shocking NY Times Editorial Reveals
A new editorial published by The New York Times headlined "How Trump Has Pocketed $1,408,500,000" leads with stunning accusation.
www.mediaite.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
One of the many, many priorities that awaits the next administration is confiscating the Trump Crime Family's stolen loot.
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"If I should claim your land by word of mouth, that certainly would not make it mine; and if I were to claim it by a deed which I had made myself... the claim would be quite the same in substance, or rather in utter nothingness."
Abraham Lincoln, 1848, his House speech against the Mexican War.
Abraham Lincoln, 1848, his House speech against the Mexican War.
Papers Of Abraham Lincoln
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January 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
"If I should claim your land by word of mouth, that certainly would not make it mine; and if I were to claim it by a deed which I had made myself... the claim would be quite the same in substance, or rather in utter nothingness."
Abraham Lincoln, 1848, his House speech against the Mexican War.
Abraham Lincoln, 1848, his House speech against the Mexican War.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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The EU cut a deal with Trump on tariffs, hoping it would get him off their backs. Hopefully they have learned the lesson: any concession simply invites more demands. The only way to beat a bully is to tell him to go to hell.
January 17, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The EU cut a deal with Trump on tariffs, hoping it would get him off their backs. Hopefully they have learned the lesson: any concession simply invites more demands. The only way to beat a bully is to tell him to go to hell.
This misunderstands the economics of professional sports. If Coke were to put Pepsi out of business, that would be great for Coke. But if the Dodgers were to be so good at "building their business" that it put the Pittsburgh Pirates out of business, that would be terrible for the Dodgers.
People replying to this with “why not just give them the World Series now?”
Because the difference between a good team and a great team is pretty small in a random set of 162 games and also they have to go through multiple rounds of basically 50/50 playoffs?
Because the difference between a good team and a great team is pretty small in a random set of 162 games and also they have to go through multiple rounds of basically 50/50 playoffs?
I have a hard time hating the Dodgers for doing an A+ job building their business and team and then paying their players a lot. I certainly don’t think it’s a good reason to keep players from getting paid as much as they can get.
January 17, 2026 at 3:13 AM
This misunderstands the economics of professional sports. If Coke were to put Pepsi out of business, that would be great for Coke. But if the Dodgers were to be so good at "building their business" that it put the Pittsburgh Pirates out of business, that would be terrible for the Dodgers.
SCOTUS said that it is up to the political branches to enforce the Emoluments Clause. So a Dem President will simply send federal marshals to every Trump residence and they will simply retrieve every single gift he illegally kept.
She gave it to the US government! Send the Navy Seals and Secret Service to take it back from Mar-a-Lago in 2029.
January 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM
SCOTUS said that it is up to the political branches to enforce the Emoluments Clause. So a Dem President will simply send federal marshals to every Trump residence and they will simply retrieve every single gift he illegally kept.
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This is another reason why robust prosecutions of lawbreakers in the Trump administration will be important: to signal to allies and partners (and domestic audiences) that MAGA isn't going to return every 4 to 8 years.
You do that by putting a bunch of people in prison forever.
You do that by putting a bunch of people in prison forever.
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
This is another reason why robust prosecutions of lawbreakers in the Trump administration will be important: to signal to allies and partners (and domestic audiences) that MAGA isn't going to return every 4 to 8 years.
You do that by putting a bunch of people in prison forever.
You do that by putting a bunch of people in prison forever.
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does kinda embody the modern american political leader, unwilling to accept short term costs in favor of long term constitutional stability because the latter is always assumed
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 AM
does kinda embody the modern american political leader, unwilling to accept short term costs in favor of long term constitutional stability because the latter is always assumed
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Attempting to criminalize the actions of an independent public servant, Fed Chair Jay Powell, for the sin of acting independently is an outrage. It's bad economics, bad politics, bad for the rule of law, bad for the public sector, bad for American credibility and bad for Americans.
January 12, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Attempting to criminalize the actions of an independent public servant, Fed Chair Jay Powell, for the sin of acting independently is an outrage. It's bad economics, bad politics, bad for the rule of law, bad for the public sector, bad for American credibility and bad for Americans.
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It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
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Damn where have I heard that phrasing before?
January 8, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Damn where have I heard that phrasing before?
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CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
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the president is using the government to harass and kill people living in areas of the country that didnt vote for him
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
the president is using the government to harass and kill people living in areas of the country that didnt vote for him
There is not one administration official, nor evidently a single journalist covering this story, who understands the Monroe Doctrine. It is basically the opposite of what Miller et al think.
Also, Mr. Miller, tell me you don't understand the Monroe Doctrine without telling me you don't understand the Monroe Doctrine.
I'll tl;dr it for you, Stephen. The Monroe Doctrine was a fundamentally ANTI-colonial and ANTI-imperial policy. It wasn't a declaration of some kind of American...
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I'll tl;dr it for you, Stephen. The Monroe Doctrine was a fundamentally ANTI-colonial and ANTI-imperial policy. It wasn't a declaration of some kind of American...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
There is not one administration official, nor evidently a single journalist covering this story, who understands the Monroe Doctrine. It is basically the opposite of what Miller et al think.
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Saying "I don't support Trump, I just think he is the lesser evil" is the same thing as saying you support Trump. Just in case you didn't know. You're backing his political power without taking responsibility for it. And yes, your hands are covered in blood.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Saying "I don't support Trump, I just think he is the lesser evil" is the same thing as saying you support Trump. Just in case you didn't know. You're backing his political power without taking responsibility for it. And yes, your hands are covered in blood.