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@pawtucket.bsky.social
Living the dream as an RV recluse in the desert. UC Davis alum and US Navy vet. Sometime lawyer. Ex-firefighter, police officer, sea captain, international arms dealer. Bibo ergo sum.
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@pawtucket.bsky.social
· Jan 5
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
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This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
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What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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In December 1941, Pan Am flight 18602 was trapped the wrong side of the Pacific by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
To get home, her civilian crew would need to do the near-impossible: circumnavigate the world in commercial seaplane.
In our new series, we tell tell their remarkable story.
To get home, her civilian crew would need to do the near-impossible: circumnavigate the world in commercial seaplane.
In our new series, we tell tell their remarkable story.
The Long Way Round: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 1
In 1941, the Japanese attacked Hawaii, leaving Pan Am flight 18602 trapped the wrong side of Pearl Harbour, To get home, its civilian crew would have to do something incredible: circumnavigate the wor...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
In December 1941, Pan Am flight 18602 was trapped the wrong side of the Pacific by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
To get home, her civilian crew would need to do the near-impossible: circumnavigate the world in commercial seaplane.
In our new series, we tell tell their remarkable story.
To get home, her civilian crew would need to do the near-impossible: circumnavigate the world in commercial seaplane.
In our new series, we tell tell their remarkable story.
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Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
@nellscovell.bsky.social I read and really enjoyed “Just the Funny Parts …” five years ago.
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
@nellscovell.bsky.social I read and really enjoyed “Just the Funny Parts …” five years ago.
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#Gaza is not just facing a humanitarian catastrophe. It is facing the systematic destruction of a people.
Doctors in Gaza know they cannot stop a genocide. But world leaders can, if they choose to act: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-do...
Doctors in Gaza know they cannot stop a genocide. But world leaders can, if they choose to act: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-do...
September 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#Gaza is not just facing a humanitarian catastrophe. It is facing the systematic destruction of a people.
Doctors in Gaza know they cannot stop a genocide. But world leaders can, if they choose to act: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-do...
Doctors in Gaza know they cannot stop a genocide. But world leaders can, if they choose to act: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-do...
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SNL should run a normal show, with the slight addition that every sketch has three or four men dressed up like ICE agents and FCC officials standing in the background looking menacing.
Maybe they disappear Colin Jost in the middle of Weekend Update too.
Maybe they disappear Colin Jost in the middle of Weekend Update too.
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
SNL should run a normal show, with the slight addition that every sketch has three or four men dressed up like ICE agents and FCC officials standing in the background looking menacing.
Maybe they disappear Colin Jost in the middle of Weekend Update too.
Maybe they disappear Colin Jost in the middle of Weekend Update too.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
July 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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This is 100% fixable without cutting a single dollar from seniors’ benefits. Pass my bill to require ultra-high earners to pay their fair share into the system. Problem solved.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Social Security, Medicare finances worsen, bringing funding cliffs sooner
The latest projections come amid bitter political and legal fights over the Trump administration’s early efforts to crack down on alleged fraud in Social Security programs.
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June 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is 100% fixable without cutting a single dollar from seniors’ benefits. Pass my bill to require ultra-high earners to pay their fair share into the system. Problem solved.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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I'm going to start publicly calling out campaigns that text me because they bought my number from a list. Not just because I've run out of patience, but because if *I* am this annoyed, then I can't even imagine what it's doing to Democrats' reputation among casual voters.
May 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm going to start publicly calling out campaigns that text me because they bought my number from a list. Not just because I've run out of patience, but because if *I* am this annoyed, then I can't even imagine what it's doing to Democrats' reputation among casual voters.
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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
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Veterans Day began as Armistice Day, honoring the end of World War I—then it was changed to honor ALL who served.
Now Trump wants to rename it. Reframe it. Twist it into a tribute to conquest.
Veterans don’t need rewritten history. They need respect—and the benefits they earned.
Now Trump wants to rename it. Reframe it. Twist it into a tribute to conquest.
Veterans don’t need rewritten history. They need respect—and the benefits they earned.
May 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day, honoring the end of World War I—then it was changed to honor ALL who served.
Now Trump wants to rename it. Reframe it. Twist it into a tribute to conquest.
Veterans don’t need rewritten history. They need respect—and the benefits they earned.
Now Trump wants to rename it. Reframe it. Twist it into a tribute to conquest.
Veterans don’t need rewritten history. They need respect—and the benefits they earned.
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It's genuinely hard to express to sort of normal not politically plugged in non-lawyers *how* lawless the Trump administration is, and I think that's some part of the problem.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
April 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's genuinely hard to express to sort of normal not politically plugged in non-lawyers *how* lawless the Trump administration is, and I think that's some part of the problem.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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The Supreme Court will soon issue a decision in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man whom the Trump admin admits it deported due to “administrative error.”
The ruling will be a make-or-break moment, not just for Abrego Garcia, but for what kind of country we are going to be.
The ruling will be a make-or-break moment, not just for Abrego Garcia, but for what kind of country we are going to be.
Trump refuses to bring back those wrongly detained in El Salvador. You could be next.
Will the Supreme Court allow permanent disappearances?
www.motherjones.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Supreme Court will soon issue a decision in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man whom the Trump admin admits it deported due to “administrative error.”
The ruling will be a make-or-break moment, not just for Abrego Garcia, but for what kind of country we are going to be.
The ruling will be a make-or-break moment, not just for Abrego Garcia, but for what kind of country we are going to be.
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I have been convinced that the UK is right to make their cops dress silly. You are not a soldier. You are a policeman. We made you this nice policeman uniform. If you want to be an operator, join the Green Berets. Helps breed a law enforcement culture distinct from a crude imitation of war.
All these ICE agents and police officers wearing balaclavas in the US. No law enforcement officers should be allowed to cover their faces unless it is tactically necessary
April 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I have been convinced that the UK is right to make their cops dress silly. You are not a soldier. You are a policeman. We made you this nice policeman uniform. If you want to be an operator, join the Green Berets. Helps breed a law enforcement culture distinct from a crude imitation of war.
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in so much news coverage there’s still this sense of propriety and decorum in the face of an outright assault on our civil and human rights. i just want to remind journalists that your politeness will not save you—so you might as well say what you really mean.
April 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
in so much news coverage there’s still this sense of propriety and decorum in the face of an outright assault on our civil and human rights. i just want to remind journalists that your politeness will not save you—so you might as well say what you really mean.