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"Equal obligation" among citizens and government agents to "avoid violence" is a Hobbesian view of governance, the kind explicitly rejected by the Framers in favor of the Lockean social compact. The state is a trustee, the agents fiduciaries, the citizens beneficiaries.
Read a book you dullards.
Read a book you dullards.
This is from the NYT masthead editorial about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The highlighted line invalidates not just the editorial, but the very idea of newspaper editorials crafted by the consensus of a board. Better to publish nothing at all than to publish a line like this.
!["The temperature in Minneapolis is dangerously high. There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. [Highlighted]: Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zknk3rjsatent75sdbbopown/bafkreid6g5bmlf3gyxj2egzcy33hkwiaqgrzuoh3yhbpenmvdmvyyobfq4@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 12:09 AM
"Equal obligation" among citizens and government agents to "avoid violence" is a Hobbesian view of governance, the kind explicitly rejected by the Framers in favor of the Lockean social compact. The state is a trustee, the agents fiduciaries, the citizens beneficiaries.
Read a book you dullards.
Read a book you dullards.
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“Supercharging this law enforcement agency and at the same time you have oversight being eliminated?” said a former DHS official. “This is very scary.”
(Published Oct. 2025)
(Published Oct. 2025)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
“Supercharging this law enforcement agency and at the same time you have oversight being eliminated?” said a former DHS official. “This is very scary.”
(Published Oct. 2025)
(Published Oct. 2025)
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“After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted.”
But that wont stop Trump from lying about “voter fraud.” Ignore him. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
But that wont stop Trump from lying about “voter fraud.” Ignore him. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM
“After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted.”
But that wont stop Trump from lying about “voter fraud.” Ignore him. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
But that wont stop Trump from lying about “voter fraud.” Ignore him. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Today's newsletter: The same machine that destroyed 600 lives over Charlie Kirk has nothing to say about Trump mocking Rob Reiner. www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-...
The Rules of Grief
The post-Kirk purge was never about decency. Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder proves it.
www.readtpa.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today's newsletter: The same machine that destroyed 600 lives over Charlie Kirk has nothing to say about Trump mocking Rob Reiner. www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-...
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Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
BARTIROMO: What are you expecting the president's economic message to be?
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
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No; it means you must undertake scientific investigation that disproves the facts with which you disagree. Your criticism is not enough.
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
No; it means you must undertake scientific investigation that disproves the facts with which you disagree. Your criticism is not enough.
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Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."
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It's odd that Republicans can do the mental gymnastics to link Tylenol to autism, but not link gun deaths to guns.
September 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
It's odd that Republicans can do the mental gymnastics to link Tylenol to autism, but not link gun deaths to guns.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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This is a firing offense. Bill Pulte must go.
The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is a firing offense. Bill Pulte must go.
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This afternoon, in addition to Charlie Kirk, there was a school shooting. Bullets don't know and don't care if you are a Republican or Democrat. It is time for Republicans and Democrats to find a way to work together to reduce gun violence.
www.wcpo.com/us-news/crim...
www.wcpo.com/us-news/crim...
At least 2 students shot at high school in Colorado, authorities say
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
www.wcpo.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This afternoon, in addition to Charlie Kirk, there was a school shooting. Bullets don't know and don't care if you are a Republican or Democrat. It is time for Republicans and Democrats to find a way to work together to reduce gun violence.
www.wcpo.com/us-news/crim...
www.wcpo.com/us-news/crim...
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And wearing this hat.
REPORTER: Have you spoke to Vladimir Putin about the fact that a big US factory was hit in an airstrike in Ukraine?
TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
August 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
And wearing this hat.
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Gonna keep posting til it stops being funny
July 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Gonna keep posting til it stops being funny
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I have sympathy for media outlets discussing complicated legal issues, but it is outright false for @nytimes.com to describe birthright citizenship as a "custom."
It is the law. It is the text of the Constitution. Are the Bill of Rights a "custom" too? What about the Presidency itself?
It is the law. It is the text of the Constitution. Are the Bill of Rights a "custom" too? What about the Presidency itself?
not to be the flyspeck nyt copy as if it's the most important thing guy, but seriously wtf is this?
July 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I have sympathy for media outlets discussing complicated legal issues, but it is outright false for @nytimes.com to describe birthright citizenship as a "custom."
It is the law. It is the text of the Constitution. Are the Bill of Rights a "custom" too? What about the Presidency itself?
It is the law. It is the text of the Constitution. Are the Bill of Rights a "custom" too? What about the Presidency itself?
Athens, Georgia. Proud sanctuary city!
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Athens, Georgia. Proud sanctuary city!
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The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...
May 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...
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TBF this article does not entirely gloss over Musk's record in govt, but the idea that Musk was focused on reducing the deficit is contradicted by his kneecapping of IRS, which will increase the deficit by hundreds of billions. He was not some well-meaning naif who got chewed up by a corrupt DC
May 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
TBF this article does not entirely gloss over Musk's record in govt, but the idea that Musk was focused on reducing the deficit is contradicted by his kneecapping of IRS, which will increase the deficit by hundreds of billions. He was not some well-meaning naif who got chewed up by a corrupt DC
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Stop the @bsky.app bashing. We’re all under a tremendous strain. We’re not perfect. I block when I need to, but ignore most foolishness.
Don’t become goaded into leaving a platform that’s doing almost all the right things.
To organize for 2026, we need to stay in communication w/each other.
Don’t become goaded into leaving a platform that’s doing almost all the right things.
To organize for 2026, we need to stay in communication w/each other.
May 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Stop the @bsky.app bashing. We’re all under a tremendous strain. We’re not perfect. I block when I need to, but ignore most foolishness.
Don’t become goaded into leaving a platform that’s doing almost all the right things.
To organize for 2026, we need to stay in communication w/each other.
Don’t become goaded into leaving a platform that’s doing almost all the right things.
To organize for 2026, we need to stay in communication w/each other.
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False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in.
...
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
— bob dylan
Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in.
...
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
— bob dylan
The Trump Presidency has shown the unitary executive theory to be crackpot, dangerous, and counter to what our founding fathers wanted, but the Roberts court is leaning in because they think they can outlast Trump and have a more reasonable GOP
www.publicnotice.co/p/leah-litma... Law for lawlessness
www.publicnotice.co/p/leah-litma... Law for lawlessness
Law for lawlessness
The Supreme Court's Trump v. Wilcox ruling reveals its own outlawry while enabling the administration's.
www.publicnotice.co
May 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in.
...
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
— bob dylan
Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in.
...
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
— bob dylan
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“A blind man cld see that the upcoming administration is stacked with ‘our guys’ from tech, specifically from Thiel's camp *** Our cover is blown [so stop apologizing] … We are the new elite because we are the most capable…” - Rainmaker founder Augustus Doricko, 12/14/24 1/
May 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“A blind man cld see that the upcoming administration is stacked with ‘our guys’ from tech, specifically from Thiel's camp *** Our cover is blown [so stop apologizing] … We are the new elite because we are the most capable…” - Rainmaker founder Augustus Doricko, 12/14/24 1/
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Problem with unitary executive theory: all power, no responsibility
May 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Problem with unitary executive theory: all power, no responsibility
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DOGE's reflexive outsourcing of tech talent will be a disaster. Government needs enough smart technologists to manage contractors, and in some cases to build products itself.
With @giannella.bsky.social @allisonkoe.bsky.social @isabelcorpus.bsky.social
cacm.acm.org/opinion/as-g...
With @giannella.bsky.social @allisonkoe.bsky.social @isabelcorpus.bsky.social
cacm.acm.org/opinion/as-g...
May 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
DOGE's reflexive outsourcing of tech talent will be a disaster. Government needs enough smart technologists to manage contractors, and in some cases to build products itself.
With @giannella.bsky.social @allisonkoe.bsky.social @isabelcorpus.bsky.social
cacm.acm.org/opinion/as-g...
With @giannella.bsky.social @allisonkoe.bsky.social @isabelcorpus.bsky.social
cacm.acm.org/opinion/as-g...