Jake Barnes
@inanothercountry.bsky.social
I am in the habit of going to sea whenever I begin to grow hazy about the eyes
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Happy Independence Day!
July 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Happy Independence Day!
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i reordered all my documents (social security card, birth certificate) and now im getting spam marketing about the majesty of Dear Leader from the fucking social security administration
July 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
i reordered all my documents (social security card, birth certificate) and now im getting spam marketing about the majesty of Dear Leader from the fucking social security administration
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debauched emperor announces gladiatorial contests after birthday triumph through streets of capital
President Donald Trump says he plans to host a UFC fight on White House grounds: cnn.it/3GvcQV9
Trump says he plans to host UFC fight at the White House | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he plans to host a UFC fight on White House grounds as he kicked off a series of events meant to mark America’s 250th anniversary next year.
cnn.it
July 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
debauched emperor announces gladiatorial contests after birthday triumph through streets of capital
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I continue to be struck by this language of “in accordance with the president’s priorities,” which treats the executive branch as an extension of the person of the president, and not a mechanism for instituting the will of Congress
July 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I continue to be struck by this language of “in accordance with the president’s priorities,” which treats the executive branch as an extension of the person of the president, and not a mechanism for instituting the will of Congress
I would love to get
June 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I would love to get
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Really impossible to overstate how completely this guy has failed at every aspect of being an opposition leader over the past six months. Jeffries is a truly inspiring example for every soulless careerist who would rather be king of nothing than stand for anything decent in the world.
Hakeem Jeffries on Mamdani: "'Globalizing the intifada' by way of example is not an acceptable phrasing. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward."
June 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Really impossible to overstate how completely this guy has failed at every aspect of being an opposition leader over the past six months. Jeffries is a truly inspiring example for every soulless careerist who would rather be king of nothing than stand for anything decent in the world.
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'Islamic Communism' to me is pretty much becoming the new 'Judeo-Bolshevism' - in a serious way it's clear that our enemies are trying more and more to link leftism to Al-Qaeda style jihadism to crack down on both Communists and Muslims
June 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
'Islamic Communism' to me is pretty much becoming the new 'Judeo-Bolshevism' - in a serious way it's clear that our enemies are trying more and more to link leftism to Al-Qaeda style jihadism to crack down on both Communists and Muslims
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centrists: Mamdani is going to create sharia law in NYC
SCOTUS: queer people can no longer have jobs and only white people get to stay in the US
SCOTUS: queer people can no longer have jobs and only white people get to stay in the US
June 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
centrists: Mamdani is going to create sharia law in NYC
SCOTUS: queer people can no longer have jobs and only white people get to stay in the US
SCOTUS: queer people can no longer have jobs and only white people get to stay in the US
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people: mamdani is going to turn NYC into a theocracy!!!!
SCOTUS: it's ok if ur religion thinks being gay is evil and don't want ur kids to read about it in school
SCOTUS: it's ok if ur religion thinks being gay is evil and don't want ur kids to read about it in school
June 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
people: mamdani is going to turn NYC into a theocracy!!!!
SCOTUS: it's ok if ur religion thinks being gay is evil and don't want ur kids to read about it in school
SCOTUS: it's ok if ur religion thinks being gay is evil and don't want ur kids to read about it in school
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Watching analysis on CBS right now feels like an alternate universe.
"Based on my skim of this opinion, this is a very careful opinion by Justice Barrett that suggests, setting aside what the liberals have said and the concern they have, there are ways for courts to act quickly in cases like this."
"Based on my skim of this opinion, this is a very careful opinion by Justice Barrett that suggests, setting aside what the liberals have said and the concern they have, there are ways for courts to act quickly in cases like this."
June 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Watching analysis on CBS right now feels like an alternate universe.
"Based on my skim of this opinion, this is a very careful opinion by Justice Barrett that suggests, setting aside what the liberals have said and the concern they have, there are ways for courts to act quickly in cases like this."
"Based on my skim of this opinion, this is a very careful opinion by Justice Barrett that suggests, setting aside what the liberals have said and the concern they have, there are ways for courts to act quickly in cases like this."
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there is no jurisprudence at work here. the republican court believes that anything a republican president is presumptively constitutional, even if it directly violates the unambiguous constitutional text and causes total chaos in law and policy.
June 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
there is no jurisprudence at work here. the republican court believes that anything a republican president is presumptively constitutional, even if it directly violates the unambiguous constitutional text and causes total chaos in law and policy.
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as for the upshot of the decision, the republican court has put the citizen children of non-citizens in a position similar to that of free blacks during the antebellum period. their right to enjoy the privileges and immunities of american citizenship will vary according to state borders
June 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
as for the upshot of the decision, the republican court has put the citizen children of non-citizens in a position similar to that of free blacks during the antebellum period. their right to enjoy the privileges and immunities of american citizenship will vary according to state borders
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i also think that it is only a matter of time before this court rewrites section 1 of the 14th to effectively end birthright citizenship. the 14th amendment is the chief obstacle to a legal regime of tiered citizenship and subordinate castes, and they will not let it stand.
June 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
i also think that it is only a matter of time before this court rewrites section 1 of the 14th to effectively end birthright citizenship. the 14th amendment is the chief obstacle to a legal regime of tiered citizenship and subordinate castes, and they will not let it stand.
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This is an assault on the Reconstruction Amendments by a Neo-Confederate Court wedded to the far-right argument that those amendments were illegitimate and destroyed the original intent of the Founders, which was to create a white man's country
June 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is an assault on the Reconstruction Amendments by a Neo-Confederate Court wedded to the far-right argument that those amendments were illegitimate and destroyed the original intent of the Founders, which was to create a white man's country
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The end-result of this will be a religious minority demanding an injunction against a christian display of some kind, and the supreme court ruling that christianity has privileges other faiths don't bsky.app/profile/reic...
If this is the level of subtlety that can lead to a religious liberty violation than, as Sotomayor points out, I don't see how any person can't bring a religious liberty claim to opt out of pretty much anything. Case in point: could Christian Scientists could now opt out of any book with doctors?
Incredibly, Justice Alito continues to misrepresent a book in the case, Uncle Bobby's Wedding, framing it as insidious propaganda designed to brainwash children who oppose same-sex marriage into supporting it. This is just not true, and Sotomayor refutes it. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The end-result of this will be a religious minority demanding an injunction against a christian display of some kind, and the supreme court ruling that christianity has privileges other faiths don't bsky.app/profile/reic...
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You could know literally nothing else about Zohran and know with 100% certainty he's the right guy for the job based solely on the names of the people who are apoplectic about his win
June 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
You could know literally nothing else about Zohran and know with 100% certainty he's the right guy for the job based solely on the names of the people who are apoplectic about his win
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crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants
June 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants
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ur gonna see a lot of liberals compare a rent freeze and free busing to the systematic extermination of several minority groups by a fascist dictatorship in the coming months. and they’re not gonna feel ANY shame about it, even if he wins.
If I may be a contrarian here I'd argue that the victory of a democratic socialist is not "like a spiritual Kristallnacht."
June 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
ur gonna see a lot of liberals compare a rent freeze and free busing to the systematic extermination of several minority groups by a fascist dictatorship in the coming months. and they’re not gonna feel ANY shame about it, even if he wins.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Ohhhh Dannyyyy Booooyyyy, Ohhhh Danny Boyyyy, I love you so!
June 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ohhhh Dannyyyy Booooyyyy, Ohhhh Danny Boyyyy, I love you so!
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Socialism, tonight, defeated barbarism. After the two-decade midnight of 9/11, dawn is breaking.
This Is The Beginning of The End of The 9/11 Era
Capital and nativism will fight even harder against Zohran Mamdani now. But in capital's seat of power, socialism defeated barbarism. I fucking love New York
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June 25, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Socialism, tonight, defeated barbarism. After the two-decade midnight of 9/11, dawn is breaking.
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I've been banging this drum for years now, I know, but Zohran's Big Night is a clear illustration of the power of giving people a vision of the future that boldly contradicts the rhetoric of Republican fearmongers. Not just "disagrees on policies," but actively paints a different image of the world.
June 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I've been banging this drum for years now, I know, but Zohran's Big Night is a clear illustration of the power of giving people a vision of the future that boldly contradicts the rhetoric of Republican fearmongers. Not just "disagrees on policies," but actively paints a different image of the world.