Sean Andrews
@seannotandrew.bsky.social
Lawyer; ex-civil servant, FF and paramedic. Seattle native. DC, now LA based. Hoya Saxa. Go Blue.
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Sean Andrews
@seannotandrew.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Midway through the 15th inning, the beloved "Humpy" mascot picked up his first career victory in the Salmon Run race.
Moments later, Jorge Polanco sent the #Mariners to the ALCS for the first time in nearly a quarter-century.
sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...
Moments later, Jorge Polanco sent the #Mariners to the ALCS for the first time in nearly a quarter-century.
sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...
Humpy gets 1st win, then Seattle Mariners walk off into ALCS
Midway through the 15th inning, the beloved Humpy mascot won his first Salmon Run race. Moments later, the Seattle Mariners advanced to the ALCS on a walkoff.
sports.mynorthwest.com
Through 14 innings of fearless, near-perfect playoff baseball, this was the gutsiest call of the night.
This will be honored 30 years from tonight.
This will be honored 30 years from tonight.
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Lloyd Austin and Kath Hicks failed again by not auditing the chain of officer evaluation reports for Flynn and from Flynn.
Its insane this dude was the director of intelligence for CENTCOM, director of intelligence of the Joint Staff, director of intelligence for ISAF, and director of the DIA (under Obama)
1/ In a racist rant supported by a misleading graphic, Flynn proposes sending Obama “back to Africa” and suggests we “prosecute” Somalis on welfare.
December 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Lloyd Austin and Kath Hicks failed again by not auditing the chain of officer evaluation reports for Flynn and from Flynn.
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Don't ever accept their bullshit. Always assume they're lying. Never let their lies take hold in your mind and heart.
All these fascists bound to lose.
All these fascists bound to lose.
December 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Don't ever accept their bullshit. Always assume they're lying. Never let their lies take hold in your mind and heart.
All these fascists bound to lose.
All these fascists bound to lose.
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look at my blue-state trifectas dawg
Cutting property taxes for Oregonians affected by wildfires. Canceling planned freeway tolls. Pausing local new taxes in the Portland area. We have to keep going to make life more affordable for Oregonians.
December 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
look at my blue-state trifectas dawg
This is your friendly reminder Bovino is a career federal employee who, at least in theory, has to follow the Hatch Act.
Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino is having fun posting this morning.
December 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is your friendly reminder Bovino is a career federal employee who, at least in theory, has to follow the Hatch Act.
This is enraging.
This “large asphalt repair” crap really gets my goat. City Public Works Department making big unannounced changes on their own, with no public input - serious significant changes that harm Angelenos.
LA City Bureau of Street Services stopped doing actual full street resurfacing, shifting to only “large asphalt repair”. The city is trying to avoid adding wheelchair access required during resurfacing. It’s ridiculous, counterproductive, and expensive!
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is enraging.
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The William Tecumseh Sherman of Attorney Generals.
December 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The William Tecumseh Sherman of Attorney Generals.
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The most important decision for the next President is the Attorney General. We need an absolute bastard.
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The most important decision for the next President is the Attorney General. We need an absolute bastard.
My general belief re: this issue is it can't be fixed by leadership directly. There's just not enough hours in the day. You need staffers who are empowered to fix things themselves. The "leadership" needed to fix this problem is empowering your people.
Greatest annoyance at my job are recurring pain points with easy solutions that no one with authority to resolve them will do anything about
December 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
My general belief re: this issue is it can't be fixed by leadership directly. There's just not enough hours in the day. You need staffers who are empowered to fix things themselves. The "leadership" needed to fix this problem is empowering your people.
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Betcha a shiny nickel this is because they told their LLM to redact all the initials used to identify minor victims and so it also redacted S.D.N.Y
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Betcha a shiny nickel this is because they told their LLM to redact all the initials used to identify minor victims and so it also redacted S.D.N.Y
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This is why we wrote a constitution that requires the president to nominate and confirm principal officers with the advice and consent of the Senate. FFS.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is why we wrote a constitution that requires the president to nominate and confirm principal officers with the advice and consent of the Senate. FFS.
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This project is using very big data to show what @jamellebouie.net keeps saying: the yglesias types aren't standing in reporting about some silent majority backlashing against CRT, DEI, and progressive racial ideology. They ARE the backlash.
December 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This project is using very big data to show what @jamellebouie.net keeps saying: the yglesias types aren't standing in reporting about some silent majority backlashing against CRT, DEI, and progressive racial ideology. They ARE the backlash.
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Whew. Roll out that 25th.
December 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Whew. Roll out that 25th.
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Dear Bluesky hammer&sickle crowd:
That new dude in your group? He’s an FBI agent.
That new dude in your group? He’s an FBI agent.
December 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Dear Bluesky hammer&sickle crowd:
That new dude in your group? He’s an FBI agent.
That new dude in your group? He’s an FBI agent.
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Truly insane that the networks took this speech live after refusing to do the same for Biden in 2022
In a nationwide address that major US TV networks are carrying live, President Trump announces 1,450,000 military members will receive a "warrior dividend" of $1776 before Christmas.
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Truly insane that the networks took this speech live after refusing to do the same for Biden in 2022
This. I cannot believe the networks agreed to air this nonsense.
I'm old enough to remember when the networks refused to carry an incredibly important speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia by President Biden about creeping fascism in the U.S. because it was "too political".
Sure, but they'll broadcast every minute of Trump's propaganda bullshit. 🙄
Sure, but they'll broadcast every minute of Trump's propaganda bullshit. 🙄
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This. I cannot believe the networks agreed to air this nonsense.
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There’s only one story tonight - Trump is unwell and unfit. Everything else is just detail.
We are nearing the end of the Trump era.
OMG Trump is so gone. We are in a dangerous place.
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
There’s only one story tonight - Trump is unwell and unfit. Everything else is just detail.
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Just a reminder that renewables like wind and solar are not dominating new energy investment due to subsidies or regulations. They are dominating because they are cheaper and more reliable.
Trump wants Americans to pay more, and fall behind in technology, in order to feed his ego. Nothing more.
Trump wants Americans to pay more, and fall behind in technology, in order to feed his ego. Nothing more.
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Just a reminder that renewables like wind and solar are not dominating new energy investment due to subsidies or regulations. They are dominating because they are cheaper and more reliable.
Trump wants Americans to pay more, and fall behind in technology, in order to feed his ego. Nothing more.
Trump wants Americans to pay more, and fall behind in technology, in order to feed his ego. Nothing more.
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People say you’re driving a moral panic, that you’re blocking good regulation, that there’s no point in resisting. And then you enforce a phone ban and miracles happen (qualitatively): nymag.com/intelligence...
How the Phone Ban Saved High School
Since the bell-to-bell device lockup, teens in New York have rediscovered the simple pleasures of conversation, board games, and poker.
nymag.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
People say you’re driving a moral panic, that you’re blocking good regulation, that there’s no point in resisting. And then you enforce a phone ban and miracles happen (qualitatively): nymag.com/intelligence...
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Something I’ve commented on before is that, in addition to Nuremberg finding that the Nazis violated international law, they also found that they violated German law and the Weimar constitution (which had never been repealed).
Forget all this. The President has no fucking authority to declare war on anyone.
International law is great. It's important. But this shit is illegal as a matter of AMERICAN law
International law is great. It's important. But this shit is illegal as a matter of AMERICAN law
It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
1/
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
1/
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Something I’ve commented on before is that, in addition to Nuremberg finding that the Nazis violated international law, they also found that they violated German law and the Weimar constitution (which had never been repealed).
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Forget all this. The President has no fucking authority to declare war on anyone.
International law is great. It's important. But this shit is illegal as a matter of AMERICAN law
International law is great. It's important. But this shit is illegal as a matter of AMERICAN law
It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
1/
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
1/
December 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Forget all this. The President has no fucking authority to declare war on anyone.
International law is great. It's important. But this shit is illegal as a matter of AMERICAN law
International law is great. It's important. But this shit is illegal as a matter of AMERICAN law
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In looking to post-midterms, I think one of the most important practical suggestions @joshchafetz.bsky.social offers here is to stop doing this futile nonsense of trying to enforce congressional subpoenas through litigation. Start hitting them with the sticks Congress actually controls instead.
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In looking to post-midterms, I think one of the most important practical suggestions @joshchafetz.bsky.social offers here is to stop doing this futile nonsense of trying to enforce congressional subpoenas through litigation. Start hitting them with the sticks Congress actually controls instead.
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.