lacey
@maerkymaerk.bsky.social
where are we to go? where are we ever to go?
she/her.
she/her.
DeWine almost showed something that looked like courage at the start of the pandemic, but he folded quickly. He’s an absolute demon who shows up at high school football games handing out his wife’s little cookbook to seem folksy. I hate him with my life.
🧵A Threads post in response to a George Will op ed praising Mike DeWine - the post includes a screenshot to a comment on the Will piece which is spot on in labeling DeWine as a radical right winger clothed in temperamental calmness
The comment is a luminous piece of prose, suitable for framing.
The comment is a luminous piece of prose, suitable for framing.
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
DeWine almost showed something that looked like courage at the start of the pandemic, but he folded quickly. He’s an absolute demon who shows up at high school football games handing out his wife’s little cookbook to seem folksy. I hate him with my life.
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when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship
I’m a law prof & a YLS grad and anyone familiar w elite law schools knows it is beyond laughable to describe these places as radicalism hotbeds. Cruz knows this, as does JD Vance. But they assume that their marks are too unsophisticated to know it too. It’s condescending as hell.
Ah yes. Harvard Law School in the early 1990s, well known for its Communist professors.
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship
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people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
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I've come to see this kind of performative "contrarian," "provocative" shit as one of our biggest political and social problems.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I've come to see this kind of performative "contrarian," "provocative" shit as one of our biggest political and social problems.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
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if everything is going to be this bleak and sad it's nice to see the news peppered with little slices of life like jeffrey epstein emailing himself a file called "genuiis_____ideas (3).txt" that just says stuff like "microchup. = brain ? "
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
if everything is going to be this bleak and sad it's nice to see the news peppered with little slices of life like jeffrey epstein emailing himself a file called "genuiis_____ideas (3).txt" that just says stuff like "microchup. = brain ? "
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The idea that sexual abuse is part of “private” life instead of a public crisis has done incalculable damage. Anti-rape activists have to fight to even make it possible to expose sexual abuse as a wrongdoing in public without being silenced and undermined. That fight is far from won
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The idea that sexual abuse is part of “private” life instead of a public crisis has done incalculable damage. Anti-rape activists have to fight to even make it possible to expose sexual abuse as a wrongdoing in public without being silenced and undermined. That fight is far from won
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Mayor Mamdani is coming to liberate the people of Ohio
NYC bus on the Ohio Turnpike outside Toledo. The front says NOT IN SERVICE
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Mayor Mamdani is coming to liberate the people of Ohio
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before litigation doc review was refined to heavily screen out chaff i would have to spend hours of paid time marking nudes that brokers sent to each other via their work accounts as "non-responsive"
It used to be my job to read emails and BBG chat logs when I was in compliance. You'd be amazed what older people put in writing
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
before litigation doc review was refined to heavily screen out chaff i would have to spend hours of paid time marking nudes that brokers sent to each other via their work accounts as "non-responsive"
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Won’t somebody please think of the hurt feelings of the armed agents of state violence preying on vulnerable members of our communities and all others who don’t want to live in an authoritarian hellscape? They also have feelings, and those feelings must be honored.
From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Won’t somebody please think of the hurt feelings of the armed agents of state violence preying on vulnerable members of our communities and all others who don’t want to live in an authoritarian hellscape? They also have feelings, and those feelings must be honored.
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it’s important to understand that Nate Silver’s entire consciousness is filtered through the lens of being a gross nerd his entire life. the opportunity to feel like he’s one of the cool kids is something he can’t pass up, it’s load-bearing for his dork psyche.
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
it’s important to understand that Nate Silver’s entire consciousness is filtered through the lens of being a gross nerd his entire life. the opportunity to feel like he’s one of the cool kids is something he can’t pass up, it’s load-bearing for his dork psyche.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
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So, we broke into your house and stole all your stuff, please give us money.
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
So, we broke into your house and stole all your stuff, please give us money.
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Man if I had wanted a shitload of power and had no conscience, I would have been conservative.
JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT:
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Man if I had wanted a shitload of power and had no conscience, I would have been conservative.
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TERFs love to tell a story where they made a completely normal conversation weird and then be like "Can you believe how weird and brainwashed everyone else is?"
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
TERFs love to tell a story where they made a completely normal conversation weird and then be like "Can you believe how weird and brainwashed everyone else is?"
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I'm going to say this very clearly: if you hand it to MTG on literally anything, anything at all, you are a fucking rube
You fucking people will let anyone off the hook for their violent hateful beliefs and all they have to do is say shiny words you like
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm going to say this very clearly: if you hand it to MTG on literally anything, anything at all, you are a fucking rube
This guy is such an absolute scammer and a freak. Ohio only sending our best as usual. :[[[
the line between republican officeholder and serial killer can be so fine www.cleveland.com/news/2025/11...
Bernie Moreno accused of ‘creepy’ behavior after revealing he collected colleagues’ car info
Sen. Bernie Moreno defended obtaining the VINs from Democrats' vehicles to "expose hypocrisy" on safety features, while Sen. Jacky Rosen called the action "creepy" and an invasion of privacy.
www.cleveland.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This guy is such an absolute scammer and a freak. Ohio only sending our best as usual. :[[[
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Once again, we need to define what “feminism” is here. Not everything any woman ever does—not even in the political realm, and not even concerning gender—is “feminism.” Opposing the rights of women as a class to equal status and dignity is in fact called “antifeminism.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Once again, we need to define what “feminism” is here. Not everything any woman ever does—not even in the political realm, and not even concerning gender—is “feminism.” Opposing the rights of women as a class to equal status and dignity is in fact called “antifeminism.”
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this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
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![image of andrew cuomo at his nyc mayoral election watch party with disco elysium ui text overlay that reads:
Suggestion [Challenging: Failure] - You thought you did everything right. You had the money, the power, and the fame. Where did it all go wrong? Why couldn't those sniveling little city dwellers see that you were meant to lead them? You're now a twice certified loser from a family of winners. Your father's name is on a bridge. Your name is next to a Wikipedia entry that says "sexual harassment allegations."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eqh433fdh2bqhvt455e3tg67/bafkreibvgcmgeluhegcun73wdfsve7nzg3djqxf5cnpxz6t54i7jsf5uby@jpeg)
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I wonder how the council of unelected law wizards is handling tonight. Well, Alito's sorted: he's about to fly several flags that they don't let you display in Germany
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I wonder how the council of unelected law wizards is handling tonight. Well, Alito's sorted: he's about to fly several flags that they don't let you display in Germany