A Person Of Real Intellectual Influence
@defaultvalue.bsky.social
Liked, but not well-liked.
ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
Style note: Judge Boasber uses "raises the question" when a lesser writer would have said "begs the question," and we bless him for it.
December 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
A Lord Of the Rings cover band called Bau Shall Not Haus
A Lord of the Rings cover band called GWARon
A Lord of the Rings cover band called EntSYNC
December 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A Lord Of the Rings cover band called Bau Shall Not Haus
Yes. This is the reportage we need.
NEW: A brief Q&A with the guy slapping Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Today, at Law Dork:
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Today, at Law Dork:
A brief Q&A with the guy slapping Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
www.lawdork.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Yes. This is the reportage we need.
This is the future liberals want.
The closest thing the left had to an answer to the question of what the future should look like (including aesthetically though with mixed results) was the green new deal. the petering out of that movement’s popular momentum in the Biden years has left a void that has yet to be filled
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This is the future liberals want.
How much extra? Asking for 10-15 United States senators.
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
How much extra? Asking for 10-15 United States senators.
Standing outside the base selling WarriorCoin for $1776 a pop, raking in cash
It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing outside the base selling WarriorCoin for $1776 a pop, raking in cash
these fucking people
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
December 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
these fucking people
This is… scripted? Can’t wait for the version with the Susie Wiles VF interstitials presented like Arrested Development voiceovers, that’s gonna rule.
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is… scripted? Can’t wait for the version with the Susie Wiles VF interstitials presented like Arrested Development voiceovers, that’s gonna rule.
The fruit, @markwarner.bsky.social, it hangs so low, and is so easy to grasp, even for endlessly morally-triangulating old men who should retire. It’s right there.
feels like a pretty obvious layup for Democrats to say, "this is an egregiously disgusting statement, even for him, and it underlines that the President is undergoing significant physical and mental deterioration, and either he is lying about it or is not aware of it."
December 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The fruit, @markwarner.bsky.social, it hangs so low, and is so easy to grasp, even for endlessly morally-triangulating old men who should retire. It’s right there.
“How will the Republican Party survive this?” a functional media environment would be asking today. “What time today will the cabinet invoke the 25th amendment in response to the Congress’ not-so-private threats to act if they don’t?” people would be saying.
December 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“How will the Republican Party survive this?” a functional media environment would be asking today. “What time today will the cabinet invoke the 25th amendment in response to the Congress’ not-so-private threats to act if they don’t?” people would be saying.
Look i’m not some sort of groundhoggist but I’ll just note that the dog looked outside and went back to bed.
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Look i’m not some sort of groundhoggist but I’ll just note that the dog looked outside and went back to bed.
8 hours for work
8 hours for sleep
8 hours for WHAT WE WILL (also sleep)
8 hours for sleep
8 hours for WHAT WE WILL (also sleep)
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
8 hours for work
8 hours for sleep
8 hours for WHAT WE WILL (also sleep)
8 hours for sleep
8 hours for WHAT WE WILL (also sleep)
What are the ethics of dropping the dime on only the shitty people on this list (e.g. your John Boltons) for the bounty money and then spending it on independent media subscriptions? Pretty good, right?
🚨Pam Bondi just ordered the FBI to compile a list of American "extremists" and to establish a bounty fund to reward tipsters, per DOJ memo leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
What are the ethics of dropping the dime on only the shitty people on this list (e.g. your John Boltons) for the bounty money and then spending it on independent media subscriptions? Pretty good, right?
Oh hi Mark.
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Oh hi Mark.
Nothing says “small-government conservative” like being OBSESSED with other people’s sexual function and passing federal laws with explicit guidelines micromanaging the acceptable uses and particular physical configurations thereof.
This includes vasectomies, tubal ligations and hysterectomies, by the way.
Oh yeah, the bill would also prohibit federal funds being used for "Any placement of chest implants to create feminine breasts or any placement of erection or testicular prosthesis."
Oh yeah, the bill would also prohibit federal funds being used for "Any placement of chest implants to create feminine breasts or any placement of erection or testicular prosthesis."
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Nothing says “small-government conservative” like being OBSESSED with other people’s sexual function and passing federal laws with explicit guidelines micromanaging the acceptable uses and particular physical configurations thereof.
Five Finger Death Guys Burgers & Fries
burger king crimson
Dairy Queens of the Stone Age
December 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Five Finger Death Guys Burgers & Fries
There’s a real opportunity for a journalist to dig into the hollowing out of procurement expertise in the federal government this year and how it’s of a different character than the usual pre-existing corruption but also it is supercharging those status quo ante dynamics.
December 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There’s a real opportunity for a journalist to dig into the hollowing out of procurement expertise in the federal government this year and how it’s of a different character than the usual pre-existing corruption but also it is supercharging those status quo ante dynamics.
Countdown to the announcement that the bailout funds will be structured as a mail-in rebate on purchases of $TRUMPCOIN…
1) Impose massive tariffs on China
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump to Unveil $12 Billion Bailout for Farmers
The financial aid comes as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the president’s tariffs.
www.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Countdown to the announcement that the bailout funds will be structured as a mail-in rebate on purchases of $TRUMPCOIN…
“What do you call the act?”
“The Meritocrats!”
“The Meritocrats!”
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“What do you call the act?”
“The Meritocrats!”
“The Meritocrats!”
If the Anonymous collective were real, Flock would be reliably offline, their servers uncontrollably vomiting cat videos in response to every query.
From the smoke-choked June 11 protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Spokane to the packed parks and sidewalks at multiple No Kings protests, 2025 has been filled with people exercising their right to protest the US government. Local Flock cameras were used to surveil these protests.
Protested this year? Cops might’ve looked for you on Flock cams. – RANGE Media
Newly obtained records show that the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office made 24 searches across thousands of cameras for cars at protests.
rangemedia.co
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If the Anonymous collective were real, Flock would be reliably offline, their servers uncontrollably vomiting cat videos in response to every query.
bro, hell is *empty* bro. and all the devils, bro? they’re *here* bro
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 AM
bro, hell is *empty* bro. and all the devils, bro? they’re *here* bro
[image of me, taking a victory lap on my little wheel, fancy cane outstretched, tophat secure, tux and tails a-flying]
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
[image of me, taking a victory lap on my little wheel, fancy cane outstretched, tophat secure, tux and tails a-flying]
Classic kid-killer/kid-fucker interaction, easily top five
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Classic kid-killer/kid-fucker interaction, easily top five
Just discovered over Thanksgiving that the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars are in fact different teams from (perhaps) different states? Not sure what to do with this information.
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just discovered over Thanksgiving that the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars are in fact different teams from (perhaps) different states? Not sure what to do with this information.
Friend of mine was defending Mitch McConnell’s work promoting democracy overseas and I was like yeah, because the specific type of corruption in which he specializes requires such a system to abuse; he’d get thrown out a window if he tried his bag of tricks in a *purely* authoritarian regime.
Lots of "it's not really authoritarian" etc takes skip over details like how Trump refuses to let a majority-Republican Senate have a say in who runs several U.S. Attorney's Offices. It's profoundly anti-democratic, and by itself strong evidence of corruption and malfeasance.
Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba is disqualified as top New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules
President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Alina Habba has been disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Friend of mine was defending Mitch McConnell’s work promoting democracy overseas and I was like yeah, because the specific type of corruption in which he specializes requires such a system to abuse; he’d get thrown out a window if he tried his bag of tricks in a *purely* authoritarian regime.