Rob Liguori
@robxlii.bsky.social
Where the ordure hits the spinny metal thing. Research editor at the NYT (i.e., a fact checker). Former criminal defense attorney. Lover of facts, sailor of oceans, player of instruments. In a long-term relationship with the truth. Rhode Islander for life.
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Rob Liguori
@robxlii.bsky.social
· Jun 1
Ok, here we go, Rob’s FAQ-THIS (frequently asked questions that he invents spontaneously)*
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Hail and farewell, Bud Cort and James van der Beek.
February 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Hail and farewell, Bud Cort and James van der Beek.
SAME. And sometimes I still play it.
Age verification? My first computer game was zork.
Age verification? My first anime was "Space Cruiser Yamato"
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
SAME. And sometimes I still play it.
Non-lawyers: I cannot express just how abnormal it is for the DOJ to get no-billed repeatedly on these cases. Like tripping on a single blade of grass.
I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
February 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Non-lawyers: I cannot express just how abnormal it is for the DOJ to get no-billed repeatedly on these cases. Like tripping on a single blade of grass.
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
7 fresh inches and it’s still snowing. This has been quite a winter.
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
7 fresh inches and it’s still snowing. This has been quite a winter.
This is just naked cruelty. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
U.S. Seeks to Expedite Deportation of 5-Year-Old Liam Conejo Ramos
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
This is just naked cruelty. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
This winter I earned a merit badge in plowing.
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This winter I earned a merit badge in plowing.
Two entries, both Mingus.
The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers
All the Things You Could Be By Now if Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother
The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers
All the Things You Could Be By Now if Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Two entries, both Mingus.
The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers
All the Things You Could Be By Now if Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother
The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers
All the Things You Could Be By Now if Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother
I think my people were just sick of stuffing straw into saddles in the mountains, so they moved to the beach. Also: granite, and tons of it.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I think my people were just sick of stuffing straw into saddles in the mountains, so they moved to the beach. Also: granite, and tons of it.
A judge editorializing to this extent, on the last page of an order, is truly astonishing. This is not typical in the least.
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 9:40 PM
A judge editorializing to this extent, on the last page of an order, is truly astonishing. This is not typical in the least.
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When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.
January 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM
When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
The Civil War (James McPherson)
Econ 101 (Alan Blinder)
Abnormal Psychology (Ron Comer)
Psychology 101 (Daniel Kahneman)
Constitutional Interpretation (Robert George)
The Civil War (James McPherson)
Econ 101 (Alan Blinder)
Abnormal Psychology (Ron Comer)
Psychology 101 (Daniel Kahneman)
Constitutional Interpretation (Robert George)
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
American Revolutionary History (Don Higginbotham)
History of the Antebellum South (Harry Watson)
The American South (Marci Cohen Harris)
Judicial Politics (Joe Ura)
Presidential Decisionmaking (Tim McKeown)
Absolute legends.
American Revolutionary History (Don Higginbotham)
History of the Antebellum South (Harry Watson)
The American South (Marci Cohen Harris)
Judicial Politics (Joe Ura)
Presidential Decisionmaking (Tim McKeown)
Absolute legends.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Sage, the Way, and Zen
Shakespeare
Religion and Modern Secularism
Creative Fiction Writing
International Political Economy
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
Sage, the Way, and Zen
Shakespeare
Religion and Modern Secularism
Creative Fiction Writing
International Political Economy
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
The Civil War (James McPherson)
Econ 101 (Alan Blinder)
Abnormal Psychology (Ron Comer)
Psychology 101 (Daniel Kahneman)
Constitutional Interpretation (Robert George)
The Civil War (James McPherson)
Econ 101 (Alan Blinder)
Abnormal Psychology (Ron Comer)
Psychology 101 (Daniel Kahneman)
Constitutional Interpretation (Robert George)
Reposted by Rob Liguori
The terrorists are the ones without masks. They’re the ones yelling “No!” or “Stop!” or “Shame!” or blowing whistles. Sometimes they brandish cameras at federal agents. These are just some of their diabolical tactics.
Patriot! Here’s How to Identify a Domestic Terrorist
A Trump-administration guide to the Minnesota protests
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 AM
The terrorists are the ones without masks. They’re the ones yelling “No!” or “Stop!” or “Shame!” or blowing whistles. Sometimes they brandish cameras at federal agents. These are just some of their diabolical tactics.
Reposted by Rob Liguori
And what's more -- now that the people did it, the politicians are noticing and starting to follow suit.
Reminds me of the old line (attributed to various figures):
"There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader."
Reminds me of the old line (attributed to various figures):
"There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader."
The people of Minnesota did that. Not Schumer and Jeffries, not Walz and Frey, not the standard-bearers of decorum. The People.
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 AM
And what's more -- now that the people did it, the politicians are noticing and starting to follow suit.
Reminds me of the old line (attributed to various figures):
"There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader."
Reminds me of the old line (attributed to various figures):
"There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader."
Reposted by Rob Liguori
Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell Nick Miroff.
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell Nick Miroff.
Reposted by Rob Liguori
The Minnesota Star Tribune spoke with three experts who reviewed videos and photos of the grenades that Greg Bovino threw on Jan. 21 and determined it was more than likely smoke, though many had thought it was a far more toxic gas, given his "gas, gas, gas" warning. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The Minnesota Star Tribune spoke with three experts who reviewed videos and photos of the grenades that Greg Bovino threw on Jan. 21 and determined it was more than likely smoke, though many had thought it was a far more toxic gas, given his "gas, gas, gas" warning. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Two things: first, I’m sure I talked to the same experts the Star-Tribune did regarding Bovino and HC gas, and we all came to the same conclusion.
Second: if anyone has any evidence of ICE using HC gas, please DM me.
Second: if anyone has any evidence of ICE using HC gas, please DM me.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Two things: first, I’m sure I talked to the same experts the Star-Tribune did regarding Bovino and HC gas, and we all came to the same conclusion.
Second: if anyone has any evidence of ICE using HC gas, please DM me.
Second: if anyone has any evidence of ICE using HC gas, please DM me.
Hail and farewell to maybe the greatest reggae drummer ever, Sly Dunbar. www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/01/26/l...
Legendary drummer Sly Dunbar dies at 73 - Jamaica Observer
Sly Dunbar, the legendary Jamaican drummer who gained fame as a member of the production duo Sly and Robbie, has died. Observer Online understands that Dunbar passed away suddenly at home on Monday mo...
www.jamaicaobserver.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Hail and farewell to maybe the greatest reggae drummer ever, Sly Dunbar. www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/01/26/l...
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The American Way is the rule of law. That means a choice, a battle, a commitment to apply the law. I encourage every American to make this choice. Prepare, as so many have done before, to stand in the arena for your own sake and others.
A man is only defeated when he quits.
A man is only defeated when he quits.
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 AM
The American Way is the rule of law. That means a choice, a battle, a commitment to apply the law. I encourage every American to make this choice. Prepare, as so many have done before, to stand in the arena for your own sake and others.
A man is only defeated when he quits.
A man is only defeated when he quits.
Some of that tear gas seems to have made it all the way over here to my eyes…
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Some of that tear gas seems to have made it all the way over here to my eyes…
There is no way anyone could have predicted this when the Pats were 1-2, after going 4-13 for two straight seasons. This is unbelievable. LFG!!
January 25, 2026 at 11:09 PM
There is no way anyone could have predicted this when the Pats were 1-2, after going 4-13 for two straight seasons. This is unbelievable. LFG!!
13 inches and still snowing hard here.
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 PM
13 inches and still snowing hard here.
What I’ve been working on for the past several days. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m...
Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:05 PM
What I’ve been working on for the past several days. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m...