The Dude
@jurisdudence.bsky.social
Go outside, nerd! Get out. Go! I ain’t got time to be distracted by your worthless chime-ins. G’on!
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The Dude
@jurisdudence.bsky.social
· Nov 18
What an incredibly fucking absurd time to be alive.
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i like that the press corps will have no follow up questions to this, like who the staffer posting Official Government Communications at 1am is supposed to be, and what consequences they are supposed to have suffered for doing this
POLITICO reporting that the White House has now claimed the ape video was an accident and removed it.
February 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
i like that the press corps will have no follow up questions to this, like who the staffer posting Official Government Communications at 1am is supposed to be, and what consequences they are supposed to have suffered for doing this
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Any reporters on the President Old beat looking into the White House saying the president—who turns 80 this year and has been mixing up the names of countries—isn’t aware who publicly communicates on his behalf, or nah?
February 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Any reporters on the President Old beat looking into the White House saying the president—who turns 80 this year and has been mixing up the names of countries—isn’t aware who publicly communicates on his behalf, or nah?
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Donald Trump is a racist.
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Donald Trump is a racist.
Ok, I bought a can of the cheese and a pack of the ghost pepper bites. We’ll see what the hype is about.
February 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Ok, I bought a can of the cheese and a pack of the ghost pepper bites. We’ll see what the hype is about.
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From birtherism to natural born citizenship, the president is a racist nativist all the way down. You cannot separate this Administration’s view of our national identity from this invidious slop.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
From birtherism to natural born citizenship, the president is a racist nativist all the way down. You cannot separate this Administration’s view of our national identity from this invidious slop.
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God dayamn
Lawrence: Treasury Secy. Bessent is Trump’s most tortured accomplice
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
God dayamn
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How do you lose a debate to Seth harp lol
👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it.
What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
February 6, 2026 at 2:04 AM
How do you lose a debate to Seth harp lol
I very much like immigrants and I want them here and don’t much care how they found themselves here. I don’t really need to justify holding that position either.
February 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I very much like immigrants and I want them here and don’t much care how they found themselves here. I don’t really need to justify holding that position either.
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I will reiterate something I've been hammering on here lately: I think coming up with a list of extremely moderate demands that you know the Republicans will reject is a great shutdown tactic.
The only actual problem is that nobody knows what Dems long-term policy goals are with ICE.
The only actual problem is that nobody knows what Dems long-term policy goals are with ICE.
February 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I will reiterate something I've been hammering on here lately: I think coming up with a list of extremely moderate demands that you know the Republicans will reject is a great shutdown tactic.
The only actual problem is that nobody knows what Dems long-term policy goals are with ICE.
The only actual problem is that nobody knows what Dems long-term policy goals are with ICE.
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even if i’m biased by my frustration with abstentionists in the 2024 election, people who think that she would have won if she took a different stance on Israel/Palestine are even more deluded than me
February 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
even if i’m biased by my frustration with abstentionists in the 2024 election, people who think that she would have won if she took a different stance on Israel/Palestine are even more deluded than me
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Most of the criticisms of the Harris campaign boil down to "if only she catered to my policy preferences we would have won" without ever acknowledging how that change in policy preferences would shift factional allegiances
Kamala Harris ran a good, very aggressive campaign, but started at a significant deficit, and ran headlong into a ocean of misogyny, which has continued to dog her even more post-election, now that people feel empowered to say what they REALLY think about her
February 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Most of the criticisms of the Harris campaign boil down to "if only she catered to my policy preferences we would have won" without ever acknowledging how that change in policy preferences would shift factional allegiances
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Here's what Republicans think is "unrealistic"
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Here's what Republicans think is "unrealistic"
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
Defending ultra wealthy child rapists like this should be a career-ending mistake in any decent country, not a fun little discussion to have with your pundit friends. These degenerate freaks have no place in society.
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Defending ultra wealthy child rapists like this should be a career-ending mistake in any decent country, not a fun little discussion to have with your pundit friends. These degenerate freaks have no place in society.
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We're currently on track for a protracted shutdown of DHS, and not the rest of the government, which is what everybody said they wanted a few weeks ago.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 10:23 PM
We're currently on track for a protracted shutdown of DHS, and not the rest of the government, which is what everybody said they wanted a few weeks ago.
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You guys this is what they do. They drive around in circles in parking lot. Ice has to be the most dip shit inefficient organization on the planet.
February 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
You guys this is what they do. They drive around in circles in parking lot. Ice has to be the most dip shit inefficient organization on the planet.
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white flight from the human condition
"What [MAGA authoritarians] fear most is the plain truth of being human."
Interesting reflections. Not the main point of the piece but it's pretty astounding that MAGA figures think the anti-ICE protests are operating in Trump's political favor, as Alan shows here. Let them think that.
Interesting reflections. Not the main point of the piece but it's pretty astounding that MAGA figures think the anti-ICE protests are operating in Trump's political favor, as Alan shows here. Let them think that.
Megyn Kelly’s response to Billie Eilish’s anti-ICE speech at the Grammys was to tell her to shut up and “sing for me, bitch.”
MAGA can only see artists and art and something to be subjugated and controlled.
www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
MAGA can only see artists and art and something to be subjugated and controlled.
www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
white flight from the human condition
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So wait, the plan of the House Republicans (avg IQ 75) is to invite Bill Clinton, who appears to be basically absent from the Epstein Files, and give him a chance to talk to camera for like 8 hours?
Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify under subpoena before House Oversight on the Epstein case.
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 AM
So wait, the plan of the House Republicans (avg IQ 75) is to invite Bill Clinton, who appears to be basically absent from the Epstein Files, and give him a chance to talk to camera for like 8 hours?
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Anyone else ever get the music from Arc Raiders stuck in your head? Not the video game music, but the music the players play with the recorder, shaker, and guitar?
February 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Anyone else ever get the music from Arc Raiders stuck in your head? Not the video game music, but the music the players play with the recorder, shaker, and guitar?
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Oh, the pearl-clutching that will commence when future US leaders take steps to remove Trump constructions in DC. "How could you insult..." and "you have to accept that..." and on and on.
Ignore it. These are aberrations, illegal, a stain.
We the People, not tribute to one anti-democracy figure.
Ignore it. These are aberrations, illegal, a stain.
We the People, not tribute to one anti-democracy figure.
If this Putinesque monstrosity is built, it will be torn down soon after completion.
Trump Releases Latest Rendering of White House Ballroom Project
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Oh, the pearl-clutching that will commence when future US leaders take steps to remove Trump constructions in DC. "How could you insult..." and "you have to accept that..." and on and on.
Ignore it. These are aberrations, illegal, a stain.
We the People, not tribute to one anti-democracy figure.
Ignore it. These are aberrations, illegal, a stain.
We the People, not tribute to one anti-democracy figure.
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People like this think *you’re* a coward because *they* are cowards and have no theory of mind.
Yeah and put a masked armed ICe Nazi around the right 15000 polling places could depress enough votes
Always remember THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS. In the realm of Online, they can just say things and have them treated as true. In the realm of Real Life, there are 115,000 polling places in America and DHS has like 15,000 dudes total.
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
People like this think *you’re* a coward because *they* are cowards and have no theory of mind.
Should these freaks get confirmed, it’s critical that Democrats remove them from the bench by any means necessary.
Another batch of Trump's judicial nominees refused in their confirmation hearings today to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, which annoyed Sen. Richard Blumenthal enough for him to call them "monkeys" and "puppets"
February 4, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Should these freaks get confirmed, it’s critical that Democrats remove them from the bench by any means necessary.
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Another batch of Trump's judicial nominees refused in their confirmation hearings today to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, which annoyed Sen. Richard Blumenthal enough for him to call them "monkeys" and "puppets"
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Another batch of Trump's judicial nominees refused in their confirmation hearings today to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, which annoyed Sen. Richard Blumenthal enough for him to call them "monkeys" and "puppets"
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Democrats will now get the fight they should want: a hardball negotiation over DHS funding alone. And it looks like they're in a pretty strong position.
Today's Morning Shots, featuring @eggerdc.bsky.social, @jimswift.bsky.social, and @willsommer.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rvH4sX
Today's Morning Shots, featuring @eggerdc.bsky.social, @jimswift.bsky.social, and @willsommer.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rvH4sX
Don’t Look Now, But Dems Are Winning the DHS-Funding Fight
Whether they’ll recognize it as a victory is another question.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Democrats will now get the fight they should want: a hardball negotiation over DHS funding alone. And it looks like they're in a pretty strong position.
Today's Morning Shots, featuring @eggerdc.bsky.social, @jimswift.bsky.social, and @willsommer.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rvH4sX
Today's Morning Shots, featuring @eggerdc.bsky.social, @jimswift.bsky.social, and @willsommer.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rvH4sX
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the good thing about this is this person never leaves their basement so this is a purely hypothetical threat
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
the good thing about this is this person never leaves their basement so this is a purely hypothetical threat