Trump managed to get his frivolous lawsuit against pollster Ann Selzer dismissed from federal court so he can proceed in Polk County, Iowa court.
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The Polk County case number is, I shit you not, 69420. Where's Elon?
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The Polk County case number is, I shit you not, 69420. Where's Elon?
www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TV...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trump managed to get his frivolous lawsuit against pollster Ann Selzer dismissed from federal court so he can proceed in Polk County, Iowa court.
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The Polk County case number is, I shit you not, 69420. Where's Elon?
www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TV...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The Polk County case number is, I shit you not, 69420. Where's Elon?
www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TV...
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HUGE THING:
100,000 people volunteered for Mamdani. 1000s volunteering for the FIRST TIME. And they just won BIG.
So that's a massive army of progressives HUNGRY to keep on winning.
That's worth more than all the billionaires' money.
We're going to keep working.
And we're going to keep winning.
100,000 people volunteered for Mamdani. 1000s volunteering for the FIRST TIME. And they just won BIG.
So that's a massive army of progressives HUNGRY to keep on winning.
That's worth more than all the billionaires' money.
We're going to keep working.
And we're going to keep winning.
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
HUGE THING:
100,000 people volunteered for Mamdani. 1000s volunteering for the FIRST TIME. And they just won BIG.
So that's a massive army of progressives HUNGRY to keep on winning.
That's worth more than all the billionaires' money.
We're going to keep working.
And we're going to keep winning.
100,000 people volunteered for Mamdani. 1000s volunteering for the FIRST TIME. And they just won BIG.
So that's a massive army of progressives HUNGRY to keep on winning.
That's worth more than all the billionaires' money.
We're going to keep working.
And we're going to keep winning.
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This isn't new, by the way. Trump and his minions wanted an "antifa" Black Bloc to show up and fight with cops on Jan. 6, 2021. If that had happened, he would have then called out the National Guard to a) arrest leftists and b) shut down the Capitol and prevent the election from being certified
one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--
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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump
As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This isn't new, by the way. Trump and his minions wanted an "antifa" Black Bloc to show up and fight with cops on Jan. 6, 2021. If that had happened, he would have then called out the National Guard to a) arrest leftists and b) shut down the Capitol and prevent the election from being certified
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Demisemimillennial
Demisemimillennial
United States Semiquincentennial - Wikipedia
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October 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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October 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
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“Three Towers” New mural featuring merged views from Portola: the McLaren water tower, Sutro, and Bernal tower. And some roses to represent the “Garden District” where flower nurseries once bloomed.
September 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Three Towers” New mural featuring merged views from Portola: the McLaren water tower, Sutro, and Bernal tower. And some roses to represent the “Garden District” where flower nurseries once bloomed.
Donald Trump lost his lawsuit against Bob Woodward and Simon and Schuster in July, but he's back with a motion to file a third amended complaint.
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September 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Donald Trump lost his lawsuit against Bob Woodward and Simon and Schuster in July, but he's back with a motion to file a third amended complaint.
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The *solicitor general* filed this, over his own name. The court is up to speed on trade issues, and will see through this crap immediately--total US imports are about $4 trillion, for example, so "trillions" at stake is a wildly dumb claim.
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"These deals for trillions of dollars have been reached, and other countries have committed to pay massive sums of money. If the United States were forced to unwind these historic agreements, the President believes that a forced dissolution of the agreements could lead to a 1929-style result. In such a scenario, people would be forced from their homes, millions of jobs would be eliminated, hard-working Americans would lose their savings, and even Social Security and Medicare could be threatened. In short, the economic consequences would be ruinous, instead of unprecedented success.
Sincerely,
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Brett Shumate
Assistant Attorney General"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rzwssbbh2royppm6lulh42t2/bafkreib2hzw3tim6fhtx7sunkyixxhhshurgakixf3wgmln5uczr53gujm@jpeg)
August 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The *solicitor general* filed this, over his own name. The court is up to speed on trade issues, and will see through this crap immediately--total US imports are about $4 trillion, for example, so "trillions" at stake is a wildly dumb claim.
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One thing I’ve learned from watching and reporting on how the news ecosystem works on YouTube and other social media platforms is that you can and probably should just repeat your same reporting over and over again to make it really stick
July 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
One thing I’ve learned from watching and reporting on how the news ecosystem works on YouTube and other social media platforms is that you can and probably should just repeat your same reporting over and over again to make it really stick
Redaction fail:
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July 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Redaction fail:
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You might enjoy this piece I recently wrote about Wheeler's least known student (but one with whom he had a lifelong friendship and correspondence). nautil.us/finding-pete...
Finding Peter Putnam
The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind
nautil.us
July 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
You might enjoy this piece I recently wrote about Wheeler's least known student (but one with whom he had a lifelong friendship and correspondence). nautil.us/finding-pete...
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i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
It’s a real mindfuck when most ppl wanna post about their latest failures/successes, or weird shit they saw in the wild or cool stuff they made…but the country is a cesspool so cool/weird shit seems trite.
June 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
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6/21, Los Angeles: A neighborhood volunteer documenting ICE was stopped by agents in an unmarked car, surrounded, and threatened by masked agents while they filmed him on their phones.
June 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
6/21, Los Angeles: A neighborhood volunteer documenting ICE was stopped by agents in an unmarked car, surrounded, and threatened by masked agents while they filmed him on their phones.
Question for immigration lawyers: At this point, should anyone with an appointment with immigration services have a lawyer with a habeas petition ready to submit to the nearest Article III judge? So ICE doesn't have time to ship them out of state before it's filed? Any reason not to? #LawSky
June 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Question for immigration lawyers: At this point, should anyone with an appointment with immigration services have a lawyer with a habeas petition ready to submit to the nearest Article III judge? So ICE doesn't have time to ship them out of state before it's filed? Any reason not to? #LawSky
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Many of the LA Sheriffs didn't have their gas masks on yet so the Sheriffs got gassed by LAPD
LAPD was on the radio crying about getting shot by rubber bullets by the sheriffs, so I'd say fair trade
Typical level of professional policing for Los Angeles. Waiting for CHP to join the fun.
LAPD was on the radio crying about getting shot by rubber bullets by the sheriffs, so I'd say fair trade
Typical level of professional policing for Los Angeles. Waiting for CHP to join the fun.
June 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Many of the LA Sheriffs didn't have their gas masks on yet so the Sheriffs got gassed by LAPD
LAPD was on the radio crying about getting shot by rubber bullets by the sheriffs, so I'd say fair trade
Typical level of professional policing for Los Angeles. Waiting for CHP to join the fun.
LAPD was on the radio crying about getting shot by rubber bullets by the sheriffs, so I'd say fair trade
Typical level of professional policing for Los Angeles. Waiting for CHP to join the fun.
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I'm just gonna go ahead and say it: I don't think King George should sponsor the Army birthday celebration
Apparently they are military contractors and I am apparently not the only person who's mentioned the issue here
Apparently they are military contractors and I am apparently not the only person who's mentioned the issue here
June 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm just gonna go ahead and say it: I don't think King George should sponsor the Army birthday celebration
Apparently they are military contractors and I am apparently not the only person who's mentioned the issue here
Apparently they are military contractors and I am apparently not the only person who's mentioned the issue here
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Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.
June 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.
Bobby Measles has assembled an incredible panel of Quacks, Cranks and Crackpots to Destroy Vaccination in America and Make Transmittable Diseases Great Again!
Learned some more about a few of these dangerous new ACIP people
June 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Bobby Measles has assembled an incredible panel of Quacks, Cranks and Crackpots to Destroy Vaccination in America and Make Transmittable Diseases Great Again!
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San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat
June 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat
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On this day in 2020, early in the pandemic, I went down a rabbit hole that started with these drawings of Garfeye the Sailor Cat.
May 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On this day in 2020, early in the pandemic, I went down a rabbit hole that started with these drawings of Garfeye the Sailor Cat.
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They’re lashing out against Habeas and arresting Mayors because they know their position is weak and getting weaker, and they’re panicking. It’s scary to live through, but it’s less scary when you remember this isn’t coming from a position of strength, it’s sweaty desperation.
May 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
They’re lashing out against Habeas and arresting Mayors because they know their position is weak and getting weaker, and they’re panicking. It’s scary to live through, but it’s less scary when you remember this isn’t coming from a position of strength, it’s sweaty desperation.
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I know it's heartbreaking and discouraging when ICE succeeds in kidnapping someone despite the neighborhood showing up.
But people showing up, delaying them, making ICE waste half their shift, is still an effective nonviolent organizing tactic especially at scale.
The machine can be slowed down.
But people showing up, delaying them, making ICE waste half their shift, is still an effective nonviolent organizing tactic especially at scale.
The machine can be slowed down.
May 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I know it's heartbreaking and discouraging when ICE succeeds in kidnapping someone despite the neighborhood showing up.
But people showing up, delaying them, making ICE waste half their shift, is still an effective nonviolent organizing tactic especially at scale.
The machine can be slowed down.
But people showing up, delaying them, making ICE waste half their shift, is still an effective nonviolent organizing tactic especially at scale.
The machine can be slowed down.