Doug
@dougmasson.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Hoosier. Citizen. Lawyer.
Due process is where you go to see if what is said is so.
Due process is where you go to see if what is said is so.
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Happy Armistice Day.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Happy Armistice Day.
For Armistice Day, "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young."
"So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
And took the fire with him, and a knife.
And as they sojourned, both of them together,
Isaac the first-born spake, and said, My Father,
Behold the preparations, fire and iron,
"So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
And took the fire with him, and a knife.
And as they sojourned, both of them together,
Isaac the first-born spake, and said, My Father,
Behold the preparations, fire and iron,
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
For Armistice Day, "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young."
"So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
And took the fire with him, and a knife.
And as they sojourned, both of them together,
Isaac the first-born spake, and said, My Father,
Behold the preparations, fire and iron,
"So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
And took the fire with him, and a knife.
And as they sojourned, both of them together,
Isaac the first-born spake, and said, My Father,
Behold the preparations, fire and iron,
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
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Bernie Sanders record of surrounding himself with people who then got gigs of their own by association only to turn out to be absolute disasters at it is only matched in public life by Bill Belichick
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bernie Sanders record of surrounding himself with people who then got gigs of their own by association only to turn out to be absolute disasters at it is only matched in public life by Bill Belichick
Sub guy dominates Justice Department.
Jury found sandwich guy not guilty. I don't have a pun at hand.
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sub guy dominates Justice Department.
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Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.
Five of six school tax rate referendums passed in Indiana on Tuesday.
Avon, Cannelton, Duneland, Hanover, and Lake Central voters approved the referendum rates. Voters in the Northwest Allen County school district rejected their school funding proposal.
Avon, Cannelton, Duneland, Hanover, and Lake Central voters approved the referendum rates. Voters in the Northwest Allen County school district rejected their school funding proposal.
Avon voters approve school tax renewal despite Beckwith opposition
Indiana voters approved five of six school tax referendums in Nov. 4 special elections.
www.wfyi.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Five of six school tax rate referendums passed in Indiana on Tuesday.
Avon, Cannelton, Duneland, Hanover, and Lake Central voters approved the referendum rates. Voters in the Northwest Allen County school district rejected their school funding proposal.
Avon, Cannelton, Duneland, Hanover, and Lake Central voters approved the referendum rates. Voters in the Northwest Allen County school district rejected their school funding proposal.
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The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
I think the deal is that, if they were at the facility at the time of filing, that secures "standing." The next question would be "mootness."
Brady also suggests the plaintiffs might have been removed from Broadview before the lawsuit was filed.
Van Brunt insists on correcting the record, saying they were removed "five or six hours after we filed."
Van Brunt insists on correcting the record, saying they were removed "five or six hours after we filed."
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I think the deal is that, if they were at the facility at the time of filing, that secures "standing." The next question would be "mootness."
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SCOOP: At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report. @jakelahut.writes.news reports:
Unpaywalled as per our FOIA policy:
Unpaywalled as per our FOIA policy:
Nancy Mace Curses, Berates Confused Cops in Airport Meltdown: Police Report
At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report.
www.wired.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
SCOOP: At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report. @jakelahut.writes.news reports:
Unpaywalled as per our FOIA policy:
Unpaywalled as per our FOIA policy:
I also am not a strategist, but I never thought Americans would "stick it to the elite" by installing a corrupt, bloated scion of a slumlord in the first place.
For all I know, Joe Sixpack is crying out for gilded ballrooms into which they'll never be invited instead of food & medical care.
For all I know, Joe Sixpack is crying out for gilded ballrooms into which they'll never be invited instead of food & medical care.
I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I also am not a strategist, but I never thought Americans would "stick it to the elite" by installing a corrupt, bloated scion of a slumlord in the first place.
For all I know, Joe Sixpack is crying out for gilded ballrooms into which they'll never be invited instead of food & medical care.
For all I know, Joe Sixpack is crying out for gilded ballrooms into which they'll never be invited instead of food & medical care.
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"The goal of these programs is to move families into real work," the Republicans say during the Republican shutdown, as the Republican-run House enters its sixth week of getting paid for not working and the Republican president blows millions on his god-awful Epstein Ballroom.
Q: SNAP has never out of funding in its history. Why were past administration able to find funding to keep it afloat during a shutdown & you can't?
ROLLINS: Under Joe Biden, you see an almost 30% increase in the cost of the SNAP program. The goal of these program is to move families into real work
ROLLINS: Under Joe Biden, you see an almost 30% increase in the cost of the SNAP program. The goal of these program is to move families into real work
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"The goal of these programs is to move families into real work," the Republicans say during the Republican shutdown, as the Republican-run House enters its sixth week of getting paid for not working and the Republican president blows millions on his god-awful Epstein Ballroom.
One reason is because there is a tendency to conflate money acquired with money earned.
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
One reason is because there is a tendency to conflate money acquired with money earned.
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*sigh* Now I have to read a 17 page memo since apparently others won't.
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
*sigh* Now I have to read a 17 page memo since apparently others won't.
Just reiterating, REPORTERS PLEASE LINK TO PRIMARY SOURCES WHERE THEY ARE AVAILABLE. In most cases, there is no journalistic reason that a story about a court decision shouldn't feature easy access to the text of the opinion itself.
First off, a demerit to NBC news for not linking the memo, which is helpfully at gatesnotes dot com instead of you know some sort of secret high level meeting only.
FFS reporters, give us access to primary sources.
FFS reporters, give us access to primary sources.
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Just reiterating, REPORTERS PLEASE LINK TO PRIMARY SOURCES WHERE THEY ARE AVAILABLE. In most cases, there is no journalistic reason that a story about a court decision shouldn't feature easy access to the text of the opinion itself.
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Notes and Quotes From Curt Cignetti: No. 2 Indiana at Maryland #iufb #Hoosiers hoosierhuddle.com/2025/10/27/n...
Notes And Quotes From Curt Cignetti: No. 2 Indiana At Maryland - Hoosier Huddle
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti met with the media to discuss the Hoosiers 56-6 win over UCLA, the Hoosiers next game at Maryland. Cignetti also gave an injury update on Aiden Fisher and Bre...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Notes and Quotes From Curt Cignetti: No. 2 Indiana at Maryland #iufb #Hoosiers hoosierhuddle.com/2025/10/27/n...
Tom LoBianco has been doing good reporting on the child pornography charges involving the family that runs the Life Church. It's a political story because Indiana's Lt. Governor is close with the family, deeply involved with the church, and has made opposition to pornography part of his brand
Beckwith adviser was with son in September when police executed warrant in child porn case
Multiple electronics taken in Jonathan Peternel case, files discovered included videos of his parents having sex
www.24sight.news
October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Tom LoBianco has been doing good reporting on the child pornography charges involving the family that runs the Life Church. It's a political story because Indiana's Lt. Governor is close with the family, deeply involved with the church, and has made opposition to pornography part of his brand
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Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fear-...
Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites
Members of America’s founding generation had an ambivalent and evolving understanding of...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fear-...
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(5/X) The Platonic ideal of a donor is a divorced finance guy who thought his daughter would forgive him for leaving her mom when he pulled strings to get her into Penn but instead she came home at Thanksgiving wearing a Che t-shirt and talking about intersectionality.
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
(5/X) The Platonic ideal of a donor is a divorced finance guy who thought his daughter would forgive him for leaving her mom when he pulled strings to get her into Penn but instead she came home at Thanksgiving wearing a Che t-shirt and talking about intersectionality.
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I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.
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A close observer of the economy might be tempted to ask, “What is going on?”
The stock market continues to do well (subject to day-to-day presidential musings) and GDP growth is strong, while nearly every other measure of economic activity...
indianacitizen.org/hicks-commen...
#economy
The stock market continues to do well (subject to day-to-day presidential musings) and GDP growth is strong, while nearly every other measure of economic activity...
indianacitizen.org/hicks-commen...
#economy
Hicks Commentary: The Economy Today – What’s Going On? - THE INDIANA CITIZEN
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks October 19, 2025 A close observer of the…
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October 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A close observer of the economy might be tempted to ask, “What is going on?”
The stock market continues to do well (subject to day-to-day presidential musings) and GDP growth is strong, while nearly every other measure of economic activity...
indianacitizen.org/hicks-commen...
#economy
The stock market continues to do well (subject to day-to-day presidential musings) and GDP growth is strong, while nearly every other measure of economic activity...
indianacitizen.org/hicks-commen...
#economy
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Gonna keep tapping the 'nostalgia is a toxic drug' sign
October 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Gonna keep tapping the 'nostalgia is a toxic drug' sign
Happy Harper's Ferry Day to all who celebrate. John Brown's raid began 166 years ago today.
He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true;
He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through;
They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew.
He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true;
He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through;
They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew.
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry - Wikipedia
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October 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Happy Harper's Ferry Day to all who celebrate. John Brown's raid began 166 years ago today.
He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true;
He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through;
They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew.
He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true;
He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through;
They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew.
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An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the password manager.
Fake LastPass, Bitwarden breach alerts lead to PC hijacks
An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the password manager.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the password manager.