Derrick Rowe
@derrickrowe.bsky.social
@derrick.rowe on Twitter.
Eagle Scout, Lutheran, Past Commander SUV Camp 19, Adjunct at Alvernia, furry. MLitt (Research) student at University of Glasgow in @UofGwarstudies.
Eagle Scout, Lutheran, Past Commander SUV Camp 19, Adjunct at Alvernia, furry. MLitt (Research) student at University of Glasgow in @UofGwarstudies.
Dessalines? People are trying to rehabilitate Dessalines? Dessalines of all people?
The attempts to rehabilitate Dessalines are bad, and very much of a kind with trying to rehabilitate the likes of Marat & Robespierre (also in fashion, for a time).
This is a guy who mass-murdered real or imagined enemies, be they White or Black, reintroduced forced labor, and made himself Emperor.
This is a guy who mass-murdered real or imagined enemies, be they White or Black, reintroduced forced labor, and made himself Emperor.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Dessalines? People are trying to rehabilitate Dessalines? Dessalines of all people?
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Some thoughts on Veterans’ Day and our nation . www.thebulwark.com/p/who-we-cho...
Who We Choose to Be: A Reflection on the Character of Veterans
A shared culture of service.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Some thoughts on Veterans’ Day and our nation . www.thebulwark.com/p/who-we-cho...
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I think on some level I get really frustrated to see progressives claim the far past was better than today because it’s explicitly the MAGA project to take us back there, and people need to understand that it was a poor, cruel, ugly, hard world compared to the one we’ve built
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think on some level I get really frustrated to see progressives claim the far past was better than today because it’s explicitly the MAGA project to take us back there, and people need to understand that it was a poor, cruel, ugly, hard world compared to the one we’ve built
As someone who studies military history and theory, nothing irritates me more than business people reading the “Art of War” and thinking it’s a manual to run a company.
I think people need to take a moment and think about what kind of boorish philistine thinks of reading in terms of "seeking Alpha."
Like approaching every single work of art as a secret business book.
Like approaching every single work of art as a secret business book.
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
As someone who studies military history and theory, nothing irritates me more than business people reading the “Art of War” and thinking it’s a manual to run a company.
I forgot he “came up with” the plot of the Aeneid.
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I forgot he “came up with” the plot of the Aeneid.
The cultural boorishness of our elites would embarrass anybody else. I don’t know much about pop culture, but I can talk about other culture!
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The cultural boorishness of our elites would embarrass anybody else. I don’t know much about pop culture, but I can talk about other culture!
What exactly happened?
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
What exactly happened?
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Trump: “I don't know what happened to Marjorie. She's a nice woman, but I don't know what happened. She's lost her way…Marjorie Taylor Greene, who's now catering to the other side…I'm surprised at her.”
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Trump: “I don't know what happened to Marjorie. She's a nice woman, but I don't know what happened. She's lost her way…Marjorie Taylor Greene, who's now catering to the other side…I'm surprised at her.”
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While there may have been more *emotionally* satisfying ends to the shutdown, once it was proven that GOP weren't caving on ACA subsidies *and* weren't willing to blow up the filibuster *and* Trump went to SCOTUS to defend his right to starve people against the law...
...what would've been left?
...what would've been left?
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
While there may have been more *emotionally* satisfying ends to the shutdown, once it was proven that GOP weren't caving on ACA subsidies *and* weren't willing to blow up the filibuster *and* Trump went to SCOTUS to defend his right to starve people against the law...
...what would've been left?
...what would've been left?
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First Trump is trying to expropriate $230M from DOJ for himself, now this
This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
First Trump is trying to expropriate $230M from DOJ for himself, now this
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Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
What?!
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What?!
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for God’s sake
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
for God’s sake
I read this as “invade” lol
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I read this as “invade” lol
Every time I see a panda I just want to hug it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Every time I see a panda I just want to hug it.
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To reiterate my "theres only so much you can do to make Rs not want to do the politically disastrous thing of blowing up ppls healthcare," I think even if the subsidies get thru the House, Trump would almost certainly veto them. He just wants to hurt ppl & refuses to see that voters blame him for it
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
To reiterate my "theres only so much you can do to make Rs not want to do the politically disastrous thing of blowing up ppls healthcare," I think even if the subsidies get thru the House, Trump would almost certainly veto them. He just wants to hurt ppl & refuses to see that voters blame him for it
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That said, I watched people get in @mikeblack114.bsky.social's and @snarkranger.bsky.social's mentions last night and call them enemies of america or w/e for saying "I'd like a paycheck please, we can't really take much more of this." and holy shit, check your aggro.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That said, I watched people get in @mikeblack114.bsky.social's and @snarkranger.bsky.social's mentions last night and call them enemies of america or w/e for saying "I'd like a paycheck please, we can't really take much more of this." and holy shit, check your aggro.
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So, with the benefit of a good night's sleep (or as good a night's sleep as you can have with two small planes), a few thoughts:
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So, with the benefit of a good night's sleep (or as good a night's sleep as you can have with two small planes), a few thoughts:
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This.
My POV basically became "There is no win state here". They made Rs pay the political price, the Rs were never going to do ACA subsidies, and at some point you need to not let people starve.
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This.
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I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
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Not that there's a bunch of us, but I think a contingent of feds on here have been incentivized to just block 50% of the users here tonight, because man "you should eat shit indefinitely for undetermined reasons so I can poast about The Revolution" is a taek I guess, but not one I want to see
I, a 15-year career federal employee, am responsible for ACA subsidies being taken away.
Not the tens of millions of people who voted to give Donald Trump's Republican Party control of the American government, no, they're blameless victims. It's my fault and I should suffer for it.
fuck this shit.
Not the tens of millions of people who voted to give Donald Trump's Republican Party control of the American government, no, they're blameless victims. It's my fault and I should suffer for it.
fuck this shit.
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Not that there's a bunch of us, but I think a contingent of feds on here have been incentivized to just block 50% of the users here tonight, because man "you should eat shit indefinitely for undetermined reasons so I can poast about The Revolution" is a taek I guess, but not one I want to see
Ok. So what exactly was everyone expecting the Ds to get out of this shutdown? A) the Rs were never going to extend ACA subsidies, B) they were never going to abolish the filibuster, and C) and no matter what was negotiated Trump was never going to follow it, and D) Trump was never ever going to
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Ok. So what exactly was everyone expecting the Ds to get out of this shutdown? A) the Rs were never going to extend ACA subsidies, B) they were never going to abolish the filibuster, and C) and no matter what was negotiated Trump was never going to follow it, and D) Trump was never ever going to
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