Shoshana
@shoshpd.bsky.social
Public defender. Movies/TV/figure skating/dumb celeb stuff. I usually like things I don’t hate.
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Nobody is even pretending that Congress authorized a military operation to remove a foreign leader as a prelude to occupying his country and running it by (presumably) American military rule. The unitary executive theory now just makes Trump emperor of the world, I guess. Incredible stuff.
BREAKING
President Trump says the United States will run Venezuela until a “safe, proper, and judicious” transfer of power can take place.
President Trump says the United States will run Venezuela until a “safe, proper, and judicious” transfer of power can take place.
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Nobody is even pretending that Congress authorized a military operation to remove a foreign leader as a prelude to occupying his country and running it by (presumably) American military rule. The unitary executive theory now just makes Trump emperor of the world, I guess. Incredible stuff.
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This is one of CBS News's new "principles," and it is Bari Weiss-branded fraudulence to its marrow. Of course someone who has been unqualified for every job she's ever gotten, most of all this one, would posture about people who actually study and learn things. They're nothing compared to "you."
The triumph of the stupid.
CBS: "On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."
CBS: "On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."
January 2, 2026 at 11:02 PM
This is one of CBS News's new "principles," and it is Bari Weiss-branded fraudulence to its marrow. Of course someone who has been unqualified for every job she's ever gotten, most of all this one, would posture about people who actually study and learn things. They're nothing compared to "you."
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Mayor Brandon Johnson is backing the name “Abolish ICE" in Chicago's annual snowplow naming contest — and he sparred with Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino about it on social media. blockclubchi.co/4pi3DA4
January 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Mayor Brandon Johnson is backing the name “Abolish ICE" in Chicago's annual snowplow naming contest — and he sparred with Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino about it on social media. blockclubchi.co/4pi3DA4
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ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means
This isn't about democratizing the news. It's about elevating "vibes" and "feelings" to be on par with lived experience and subject-matter expertise.
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM
ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means
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The Republicans tried to stir up pogroms against Haitian communities during the 2024 campaign, and they’re setting the stage to do the same thing to Somalis as we head into 2026. It’s the new migrant caravans, but potentially far more deadly.
January 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The Republicans tried to stir up pogroms against Haitian communities during the 2024 campaign, and they’re setting the stage to do the same thing to Somalis as we head into 2026. It’s the new migrant caravans, but potentially far more deadly.
@rilaws.bsky.social Just listened to the first episode of Critical Darlings and can I say how wonderful it is to have you back in my regular podcast rotation? Can’t wait to listen to you amd Allison in the coming weeks!
January 2, 2026 at 4:42 AM
@rilaws.bsky.social Just listened to the first episode of Critical Darlings and can I say how wonderful it is to have you back in my regular podcast rotation? Can’t wait to listen to you amd Allison in the coming weeks!
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He decided racism was the cure to his mid-life crisis. Many such cases.
Wow, the horror. Completely shut out of an industry that … promoted him to senior reporter by 40
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
He decided racism was the cure to his mid-life crisis. Many such cases.
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also you know what else is dangerous to individual liberty? a totally unconstrained executive, which we're seeing right now thanks, in part, to kavanaugh's own actions as a justice!
December 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
also you know what else is dangerous to individual liberty? a totally unconstrained executive, which we're seeing right now thanks, in part, to kavanaugh's own actions as a justice!
Haven’t posted a Wordle in a while but proud of this one.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
YAY ALYSA!
She's gonna be, gonna be golden 🥇✨
Alysa Liu keeps the momentum rolling and earns her first-ever #GPFinal medal!
Alysa Liu keeps the momentum rolling and earns her first-ever #GPFinal medal!
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
YAY ALYSA!
Catching up to skating and HOLY SHIT, ILIA. Seven quads????
December 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Catching up to skating and HOLY SHIT, ILIA. Seven quads????
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What exactly is this force that compels these people to do the most asinine thing possible at just the wrong moment?
the US is abandoning green energy at precisely the moment it is becoming not just a climate neccesity but also like a strategically important industry
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
What exactly is this force that compels these people to do the most asinine thing possible at just the wrong moment?
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“We had to kill the survivors in the water with a missile because they might flip the shards of the boat, continue to the US, and sell drugs” is not really any different than “We had to kill the entire village because the children might grow up and join the Vietcong,” except much less plausible
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“We had to kill the survivors in the water with a missile because they might flip the shards of the boat, continue to the US, and sell drugs” is not really any different than “We had to kill the entire village because the children might grow up and join the Vietcong,” except much less plausible
Just listened to the Little Gold Men mailbag episode from today and this podcast has gone so downhill since VF axed Richard Lawson and David Canfield. I still like Rebecca, but John is just so annoying. And I really miss having an actual critic’s POV here. I also miss their sense of humor. :/
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Just listened to the Little Gold Men mailbag episode from today and this podcast has gone so downhill since VF axed Richard Lawson and David Canfield. I still like Rebecca, but John is just so annoying. And I really miss having an actual critic’s POV here. I also miss their sense of humor. :/
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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The Supreme Court is now a moral slum
December 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Supreme Court is now a moral slum
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Himes: "The end result was two individuals without any weaponry, without any tools of any kind, clinging to a wrecked boat ... the decision was taken to kill them and that is in fact what happened. And that was pretty hard to watch."
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Himes: "The end result was two individuals without any weaponry, without any tools of any kind, clinging to a wrecked boat ... the decision was taken to kill them and that is in fact what happened. And that was pretty hard to watch."
This is also someone who said the President should be turning the military on civilian BLM protestors so this is consistent.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is also someone who said the President should be turning the military on civilian BLM protestors so this is consistent.
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Imagine organizing your whole life around a movie whose central point you missed.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Imagine organizing your whole life around a movie whose central point you missed.
At the movie theater for a mystery sneak preview. All I know is it is Rated R. 🤞🏻
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
At the movie theater for a mystery sneak preview. All I know is it is Rated R. 🤞🏻
Was sitting on my bed, turning my tights right side out to put them on and a spider fell out of them and fled somewhere underneath my comforter. How am I supposed to sleep tonight?
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Was sitting on my bed, turning my tights right side out to put them on and a spider fell out of them and fled somewhere underneath my comforter. How am I supposed to sleep tonight?
Weird timeline.
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Weird timeline.
Wait. Did the Epstein files get released while I was in trial?
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Wait. Did the Epstein files get released while I was in trial?