Fleet
fleetadmiralj.bsky.social
Fleet
@fleetadmiralj.bsky.social
Politics Nerd. Addicted to Elections. Front-End Web Designer.

Currently West Virginia. Previously Tennessee, New York, Virginia.

He/Him.

#Cuse #Jets #Braves

Curling is the best Olympic sport don't at me
that's a new one.

Jefferies sucks because he doesn't negotiate and talk with republicans behind closed doors to persuade them not to do bad things.
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 AM
you can't negotiate with people who don't want to be negotiated with
February 12, 2026 at 3:40 AM
filibuster it in the senate
February 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it.

The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after.

I’ve had a front row seat.

7/
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
this is when the company's board fires the CEO
“Benioff reportedly asked international employees to stand, before joking that ICE agents were present and monitoring them, drawing boos from the crowd…”

Abolish billionaires.
Salesforce workers outraged after CEO makes joke about ICE watching them
Marc Benioff’s remarks criticized as employees were reportedly planning to urge him to cancel business with agency
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:38 AM
they actually are not
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Why is it perhaps the two biggest weirdos in the gop house who are hot on this?
REPUBLICAN Rep. Nancy Mace: “You’d be shocked at some of the names I’ve seen that the DOJ is protecting… this will go down as one of the greatest cover-ups in 🇺🇸 history.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 AM
how is that related to a 24/7 filibuster when they can filibuster and...not do that
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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Nope. Acting USA’s are inferior officers who may be appointed by courts. The power to remove inferior officers follows the power to appoint. Only the judges can fire whom they appoint. U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/n...
U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Also, the apparent reason he was "fired" in the X post is not even valid. congress can authorize courts to make appointments. the very Article II he cites says so. and if he wasn't legitimately appointed then he can't "fire" him anyway.
February 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM
which could set up an interesting situation of a US Attorney suing...his boss. Or the other way around.
February 12, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I'm pretty sure he just shows up for work tomorrow morning anyway. Because it would be dumb to have a law that allows judges to appoint the replacement if the executive branch can just fire him without case immediately.
UPDATE: Kinsella has been fired.
BREAKING from Brendan Lyons: A panel of federal judges, who last summer declined to make their own pick to fill the role of interim U.S. Attorney for NY's sprawling Northern District, on Wednesday swore in Donald Kinsella to the post — setting up a possible confrontation with the Trump admin.
February 12, 2026 at 3:19 AM
can they even do that?
February 12, 2026 at 3:16 AM
*happy prescription drug ad music* "side effects include death"
February 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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The disclaimers in medication commercials can be pretty wild, but "don't take thing if allergic to thing" remains my undefeated favorite
February 12, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I mean, this would be a good thing to have on the platform. I'm not sure it would be an effectively thing to have high up in your stump speech, though.
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
February 12, 2026 at 3:09 AM
the best part about this is that Article II in fact does allow Congress to delegate to "courts of laws" the ability appoint inferior officers. I'm sure that is mainly meant for things like magistrate judges, but the constitution doesn't really specify.
Todd Blanche says “You are fired, Donald Kinsella.”

Kinsella was just selected as the US Attorney for the Northern District of New York by the district’s judges, as permitted by statute.
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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Obviously I don’t support disenfranchising anyone.

But “married women who take their husband’s names” does not seem like a group Republicans would benefit from disenfranchising, either
February 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Yes. Also the constitution gives Congress explicit authority to give allow to "courts of laws" to make inferior appointments if they wish, which they did in this case.
February 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
also Article II explicitly says congress can give "courts of law" authority to appoint inferior officers
February 12, 2026 at 2:57 AM
yeah I don't think you can do that Todd
Todd Blanche says “You are fired, Donald Kinsella.”

Kinsella was just selected as the US Attorney for the Northern District of New York by the district’s judges, as permitted by statute.
February 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
what
A special government employee who provided evidence for the Fulton County election hub raid tells us he is concerned they are no longer selling “real chicken” at Cracker Barrel. He has some other concerns too. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid
Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
You kids weren't around for the all time 6OT classic against uconn
February 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM
why is there a censor line over the eagle's eyes?
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 AM