Wiselaw
@seattlelitigator.bsky.social
Lawyer, reader, pro-democracy, anti-fascism, tea, wine and bourbon enthusiast.
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I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.
February 14, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.
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Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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Extremely important article, referencing what Germany did to get rid of Nazis after WWII.
About a third of our population cannot be reintegrated into a civilized pluralistic society. The ICE culture is even more extreme, probably unemployable anywhere.
Maybe Germans can chime in on the discussion.
About a third of our population cannot be reintegrated into a civilized pluralistic society. The ICE culture is even more extreme, probably unemployable anywhere.
Maybe Germans can chime in on the discussion.
Some thoughts on what de-magafication of our institutions might look like when this nightmare is over (free post) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
Excising the Cancer in Our Institutions
We need to start thinking about how we are going to separate the sheep from the wolves in sheep's clothing.
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Extremely important article, referencing what Germany did to get rid of Nazis after WWII.
About a third of our population cannot be reintegrated into a civilized pluralistic society. The ICE culture is even more extreme, probably unemployable anywhere.
Maybe Germans can chime in on the discussion.
About a third of our population cannot be reintegrated into a civilized pluralistic society. The ICE culture is even more extreme, probably unemployable anywhere.
Maybe Germans can chime in on the discussion.
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get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
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Dr. Oz emailed an invite to a Valentine's Day party in 2016 to Jeffrey Epstein.
Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.
Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.
Senior US health official Oz invited Epstein to Valentine's Day party, documents show
Mehmet Oz sent the invite almost a decade after Epstein's first sex crime charges became public.
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Dr. Oz emailed an invite to a Valentine's Day party in 2016 to Jeffrey Epstein.
Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.
Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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May this one day happen to them.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
May this one day happen to them.
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Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.
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The default assumption should be that they’re lying
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The default assumption should be that they’re lying
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Swalwell: ICE agents shot Alex Pretti and Renee Good. And the only person in the world who has been held accountable by DHS is the pilot who somehow forgot to move Kristi Noem’s blankie.
February 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Swalwell: ICE agents shot Alex Pretti and Renee Good. And the only person in the world who has been held accountable by DHS is the pilot who somehow forgot to move Kristi Noem’s blankie.
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Once again, it is bizarre how the media seems to think that only Democrats have agency.
Note the framing here:
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 14, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Once again, it is bizarre how the media seems to think that only Democrats have agency.
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Police don’t wear masks. State troopers don’t wear masks. The National Guard doesn’t wear masks. But you know who does?
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Police don’t wear masks. State troopers don’t wear masks. The National Guard doesn’t wear masks. But you know who does?
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
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NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
meidasnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
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This is concerning, that a rep feels they must post this. A lot in our coalition has felt the same way and worried about it, but didn’t think we’d be here publicly.
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
This is concerning, that a rep feels they must post this. A lot in our coalition has felt the same way and worried about it, but didn’t think we’d be here publicly.
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👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
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🔥 “To me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 14, 2026 at 2:19 AM
🔥 “To me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”
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The extraordinary public backlash to Trump's ICE raids and mass deportations suggests it's time to rethink how information warfare and political persuasion work in the Trump era. Dems have an opening to reset the immigration debate if they act now.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration
Typically, Democrats run for the hills when immigration comes up. But as two blue-state governors are showing, the winning play is actually to confront ICE and MAGA xenophobia head on.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The extraordinary public backlash to Trump's ICE raids and mass deportations suggests it's time to rethink how information warfare and political persuasion work in the Trump era. Dems have an opening to reset the immigration debate if they act now.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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noem and lewandowski are like the most toxic couple you have ever met given full rein of a government agency www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
noem and lewandowski are like the most toxic couple you have ever met given full rein of a government agency www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.
Election denier involved in fake electors plot wrote much of SAVE America Act, Trump-aligned think tank claims
“I’m here to do everything I can to make this work,” Thomas Lane wrote in a December 2020 email to other organizers of the Trump campaign’s fake electoral plot in Arizona.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.
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No one should be forced into crippling debt because they need healthcare.
Medicare for All is the fiscally and morally responsible solution to our broken, corporate greed-driven healthcare system.
www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic...
Medicare for All is the fiscally and morally responsible solution to our broken, corporate greed-driven healthcare system.
www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic...
The GoFundMe For James Van Der Beek's Family Is A Depressing Look At US Healthcare
"The costs of James’s medical care and the extended fight against cancer have left the family out of funds."
www.buzzfeed.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
No one should be forced into crippling debt because they need healthcare.
Medicare for All is the fiscally and morally responsible solution to our broken, corporate greed-driven healthcare system.
www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic...
Medicare for All is the fiscally and morally responsible solution to our broken, corporate greed-driven healthcare system.
www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic...
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We are in a K-shaped economy, the rich are holding up what the lower incomes are drowning in. Now the lower rung of the elite ladder is weakening, with six figure earners taking on more debt. Stress rises, rung by rung. This is how the downfall begins. Not with a bang, but with a crack.
Americans With Higher Incomes Are Starting to Fall Behind on Payments
Rising debt levels and more missed payments pushed a financial stress gauge to its highest level ever.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
We are in a K-shaped economy, the rich are holding up what the lower incomes are drowning in. Now the lower rung of the elite ladder is weakening, with six figure earners taking on more debt. Stress rises, rung by rung. This is how the downfall begins. Not with a bang, but with a crack.
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You took your daughter to a birthday party. In the air, invisible, is the measles virus. Even if she survives, the virus may never be done with her. Elizabeth Bruenig on what measles can do to a body, to a brain, to a family: theatln.tc/9FsS56o8
Get your kids vaxxed. For them. For the community.
Get your kids vaxxed. For them. For the community.
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
theatln.tc
February 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
You took your daughter to a birthday party. In the air, invisible, is the measles virus. Even if she survives, the virus may never be done with her. Elizabeth Bruenig on what measles can do to a body, to a brain, to a family: theatln.tc/9FsS56o8
Get your kids vaxxed. For them. For the community.
Get your kids vaxxed. For them. For the community.