Michael P. Scott
@empeescott.bsky.social
retired CA attorney, living in Olympia WA
Mundus Sine Caesaribus
Only "shithole countries" immunize their Presidents
I "cloud nine" when I want to
We still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Let a hundred Luigis bloom
Mundus Sine Caesaribus
Only "shithole countries" immunize their Presidents
I "cloud nine" when I want to
We still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Let a hundred Luigis bloom
Pinned
Another old Soviet joke, for our times:
A man in line to buy bread, for seemingly hours, finally snaps: "Augh! I can't take it anymore! I'm going to go shoot Breznev!" And he leaves.
He returns to the line shortly, and is asked of his plans to shoot Breznev.
"You should see THAT line!" he says.
A man in line to buy bread, for seemingly hours, finally snaps: "Augh! I can't take it anymore! I'm going to go shoot Breznev!" And he leaves.
He returns to the line shortly, and is asked of his plans to shoot Breznev.
"You should see THAT line!" he says.
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The richest and most powerful people in our country are sociopaths.
Elon Musk (net worth $600 billion+) says people shouldn't worry about saving for retirement because, in 20 years, everyone will have everything they want thanks to AI.
Elon Musk says saving for retirement will be 'irrelevant' in abundant future
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk described a future where technology creates an abundance of resources so "anyone can have whatever stuff they want."
www.businessinsider.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The richest and most powerful people in our country are sociopaths.
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I’m noticing that Trumpers talking — on Facebook, or other social media, or interviews, etc. — are increasingly picking up on the administration’s stupid and censorial “libs are provoking this” narrative. Their support for free speech was always bullshit.
January 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I’m noticing that Trumpers talking — on Facebook, or other social media, or interviews, etc. — are increasingly picking up on the administration’s stupid and censorial “libs are provoking this” narrative. Their support for free speech was always bullshit.
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When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
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There's a reason Jonathan Ross's first priority was his cell phone and his second was the handgun he used to murder a woman. The social media sizzle reel is all that matters to them.
ICYMI: WaPo, on why ICE always has phones in their hands: to feed the social media beast.
@drewharwell.com
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
@drewharwell.com
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January 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There's a reason Jonathan Ross's first priority was his cell phone and his second was the handgun he used to murder a woman. The social media sizzle reel is all that matters to them.
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i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
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Well, he did call it an "update."
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Well, he did call it an "update."
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“The time to be courageous is now… What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.” @aoc.bsky.social
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Remember Renee Nicole Good.🤍
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Remember Renee Nicole Good.🤍
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
“The time to be courageous is now… What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.” @aoc.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/gtco...
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Remember Renee Nicole Good.🤍
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Remember Renee Nicole Good.🤍
Visualize
Cheeto
Smithereens
Cheeto
Smithereens
January 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Visualize
Cheeto
Smithereens
Cheeto
Smithereens
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Fascism is here.
Whether or not we stand up to and eradicate it is the only question left.
NO ONE is coming to save us...not Congress, not the courts, not law enforcement, not the military.
IF, and it's a substantial IF, we get out of this, it will be because of us. Redblad.com
Whether or not we stand up to and eradicate it is the only question left.
NO ONE is coming to save us...not Congress, not the courts, not law enforcement, not the military.
IF, and it's a substantial IF, we get out of this, it will be because of us. Redblad.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Fascism is here.
Whether or not we stand up to and eradicate it is the only question left.
NO ONE is coming to save us...not Congress, not the courts, not law enforcement, not the military.
IF, and it's a substantial IF, we get out of this, it will be because of us. Redblad.com
Whether or not we stand up to and eradicate it is the only question left.
NO ONE is coming to save us...not Congress, not the courts, not law enforcement, not the military.
IF, and it's a substantial IF, we get out of this, it will be because of us. Redblad.com
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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Trump Is Not Playing Five-Dimensional Chess in Venezuela
Trump Is Not Playing Five-Dimensional Chess in Venezuela
After a strong first move, he’s eating all the pieces.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Trump Is Not Playing Five-Dimensional Chess in Venezuela
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This opinion piece is absolute ignorant dreck written by an outright Russian stooge.
We already have a pact with Denmark dating back to 1951 allowing us to base troops there to defend the place from whatever imaginary threats this guy thinks it faces.
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We already have a pact with Denmark dating back to 1951 allowing us to base troops there to defend the place from whatever imaginary threats this guy thinks it faces.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
This opinion piece is absolute ignorant dreck written by an outright Russian stooge.
We already have a pact with Denmark dating back to 1951 allowing us to base troops there to defend the place from whatever imaginary threats this guy thinks it faces.
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We already have a pact with Denmark dating back to 1951 allowing us to base troops there to defend the place from whatever imaginary threats this guy thinks it faces.
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"Two-thirds of the reviewers [of the new guidelines] had financial or other ties to the beef, dairy or pork industries"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
Opinion | The New Food Pyramid, Brought to You by Big Meat
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"Two-thirds of the reviewers [of the new guidelines] had financial or other ties to the beef, dairy or pork industries"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
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This is why DEI matters.
Brenna Henn at UC-Davis was awarded a five yr #NIH grant to study genetic diversity in Africans & those of African descent. Her data helped her team come up with a new model of early human evolution in Africa. Her grant won't be renewed.
🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/s...
Brenna Henn at UC-Davis was awarded a five yr #NIH grant to study genetic diversity in Africans & those of African descent. Her data helped her team come up with a new model of early human evolution in Africa. Her grant won't be renewed.
🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/s...
She Wanted to Improve Genetic Medicine
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This is why DEI matters.
Brenna Henn at UC-Davis was awarded a five yr #NIH grant to study genetic diversity in Africans & those of African descent. Her data helped her team come up with a new model of early human evolution in Africa. Her grant won't be renewed.
🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/s...
Brenna Henn at UC-Davis was awarded a five yr #NIH grant to study genetic diversity in Africans & those of African descent. Her data helped her team come up with a new model of early human evolution in Africa. Her grant won't be renewed.
🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/s...
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"What is now overt, in a way that it hadn’t been Wednesday morning, is that these agents are at war with the public, and have been for some time." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Will Happen Again
The conditions that claimed Renee Nicole Good’s life will claim the lives of others.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"What is now overt, in a way that it hadn’t been Wednesday morning, is that these agents are at war with the public, and have been for some time." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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whats missing from all the coverage is that the president is using the military to harass, brutalize and punish areas of the country that didnt vote for him
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
whats missing from all the coverage is that the president is using the military to harass, brutalize and punish areas of the country that didnt vote for him
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acab obviously but isolating ice, making them a pariah in the eyes of other law enforcement, is essential to abolishment
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
acab obviously but isolating ice, making them a pariah in the eyes of other law enforcement, is essential to abolishment