Shockratees
@thatshockratees.bsky.social
Sometime-attorney, sometime-social-worker, tea-leaf reader, starer-at of maps, habit of creatures, tweedler, law-talkin’ wood elf. Any pronoun. Not a cat. Blue dot in Charleston, WV.
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“State constitutionalism makes it easy to consider Roberts Court jurisprudence white noise,” Hawaii Justice Todd Eddins wrote in a recent ruling that assailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority.
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS
The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
A beauty I thought I’d never see - State supreme courts and lower federal courts righteously criticizing the flabby fascist jurisprudence of Roberts. To the point of calling his court “white noise!” A perfect term!
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Statements like “international law is gay” are why we need gender studies
right. and like it's not like they're hiding it now. all of the major pundits (knowles + walsh) basically think the takeaway from Iraq War was not that PNAC was right to want to build democracy, but a world that is explicitly built around turning America into an empire
January 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Statements like “international law is gay” are why we need gender studies
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"This isn’t the same as calling this a “war for oil.” It’s more an invitation to oligarchs to join in his conception, such as it is, of the future world order"
^^ a very important distinction
^^ a very important distinction
Trump openly told oil execs in 2024 that he'd govern in their naked financial interests if they raised $1 billion for his campaign. He's now taking this further, telling them they'll reap great riches if they buy into his vision of imperial hemispheric dominance. 5/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
"This isn’t the same as calling this a “war for oil.” It’s more an invitation to oligarchs to join in his conception, such as it is, of the future world order"
^^ a very important distinction
^^ a very important distinction
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Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
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Michael Fanone narrates his body camera footage from the January 6 insurrection:
" I remember trying to, like, appeal to them. I said we have injured officers here. It just seemed to set these guys off."
" I remember trying to, like, appeal to them. I said we have injured officers here. It just seemed to set these guys off."
January 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Michael Fanone narrates his body camera footage from the January 6 insurrection:
" I remember trying to, like, appeal to them. I said we have injured officers here. It just seemed to set these guys off."
" I remember trying to, like, appeal to them. I said we have injured officers here. It just seemed to set these guys off."
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The DOJ was required to release all Epstein files, with limited exceptions, by December 19.
According to a court filing last night, the DOJ has released only 12,285 documents.
More than 2 MILLION documents remain unreleased.
According to a court filing last night, the DOJ has released only 12,285 documents.
More than 2 MILLION documents remain unreleased.
January 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The DOJ was required to release all Epstein files, with limited exceptions, by December 19.
According to a court filing last night, the DOJ has released only 12,285 documents.
More than 2 MILLION documents remain unreleased.
According to a court filing last night, the DOJ has released only 12,285 documents.
More than 2 MILLION documents remain unreleased.
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“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
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Who tf talks like this? We have put horrible human beings in charge
January 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Who tf talks like this? We have put horrible human beings in charge
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Trump just said "all" of Venezuela's oil must be made accessible to US oil companies. Trump wants to emulate Putin's model: Authoritarian, expansionist rulers carving up their regions and distributing the spoils of conquest to friendly oligarchs. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth about Venezuela Plan—and about MAGA Voters
To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both.
newrepublic.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Trump just said "all" of Venezuela's oil must be made accessible to US oil companies. Trump wants to emulate Putin's model: Authoritarian, expansionist rulers carving up their regions and distributing the spoils of conquest to friendly oligarchs. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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Grok didn't learn this on its own. It was allowed to learn it. Other AIs do not do this. If Grok is made in Musk's image, we have to ask what kind of man Musk is? The answer: a man who at the very least sees nothing wrong with child porn.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
How Elon Musk Is Remaking Grok in His Image
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Grok didn't learn this on its own. It was allowed to learn it. Other AIs do not do this. If Grok is made in Musk's image, we have to ask what kind of man Musk is? The answer: a man who at the very least sees nothing wrong with child porn.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
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What I’ve always wondered about Steve Bannon is; WHY? Why does Bannon want any of this? Is it because he’s butthurt he didn’t make it bigger in Hollywood when he was trying to be a script doctor or producer or whatever? What the hell does he even want in the end? Is he just like Heath Ledgers Joker?
January 6, 2026 at 4:22 AM
What I’ve always wondered about Steve Bannon is; WHY? Why does Bannon want any of this? Is it because he’s butthurt he didn’t make it bigger in Hollywood when he was trying to be a script doctor or producer or whatever? What the hell does he even want in the end? Is he just like Heath Ledgers Joker?
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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Will "non-interventionist" MAGA go along? Yup.
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Will "non-interventionist" MAGA go along? Yup.
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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invading venezuela is not a distraction from the epstein files. he invaded another country, violated international law, murdered dozens of people. that is important in itself; people who care about that aren't being "distracted." 1
January 6, 2026 at 5:36 AM
invading venezuela is not a distraction from the epstein files. he invaded another country, violated international law, murdered dozens of people. that is important in itself; people who care about that aren't being "distracted." 1
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Alliances are soy and for girls, real men die face down in a ditch as the Reichstag burns behind them
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Alliances are soy and for girls, real men die face down in a ditch as the Reichstag burns behind them
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my 75yo mother told me last night that she’s planning to delete Instagram and Facebook because she’s sick of not being able to tell what’s AI and what’s not, and I genuinely don’t think tech companies have reckoned with this kind of move as an actual possibility
January 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
my 75yo mother told me last night that she’s planning to delete Instagram and Facebook because she’s sick of not being able to tell what’s AI and what’s not, and I genuinely don’t think tech companies have reckoned with this kind of move as an actual possibility
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"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
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Stephen Miller, who wants the U.S. to steal Greenland and shake down Latin America, says: ”We live in a world … that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Stephen Miller, who wants the U.S. to steal Greenland and shake down Latin America, says: ”We live in a world … that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
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No you don't get to hang out at Pride this year. No you don't get to call yourself an "anti-racist ally". You have actively harmed these communities and ignored the risks the marginalized would undoubtedly face under the boot of avowed white nationalists.
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
No you don't get to hang out at Pride this year. No you don't get to call yourself an "anti-racist ally". You have actively harmed these communities and ignored the risks the marginalized would undoubtedly face under the boot of avowed white nationalists.
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As society gets worse for the marginalized in America (and beyond) there's going to be a point where admitting you opted out when the far right was calling us "vermin" will have very real social costs in minority spaces.
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
As society gets worse for the marginalized in America (and beyond) there's going to be a point where admitting you opted out when the far right was calling us "vermin" will have very real social costs in minority spaces.
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that ProPublica article where they explian to the stewardess that the shackled immigrants are "worthless"? That's part of the Project 2025/"MASS DEPORTATION NOW" campaign that fell on deaf ears.
January 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
that ProPublica article where they explian to the stewardess that the shackled immigrants are "worthless"? That's part of the Project 2025/"MASS DEPORTATION NOW" campaign that fell on deaf ears.
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Unless you're working overtime to help reduce the harm of the groups that are or are going to be legislated against, brutalized and or arrested as these neo-nazis get more bold/anxious for violence your "allyship" is worthless.
January 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Unless you're working overtime to help reduce the harm of the groups that are or are going to be legislated against, brutalized and or arrested as these neo-nazis get more bold/anxious for violence your "allyship" is worthless.
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Harvard has removed a resident dean -- a Black lecturer in psychology -- for writing posts critical of Trump and law enforcement
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Dunster House Resident Dean Gregory Davis Removed After Resurfaced Social Media Posts | News | The Harvard Crimson
Gregory K. Davis was removed from his post as Dunster House resident dean effective immediately, according to a message circulated to House affiliates Monday morning.
www.thecrimson.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Harvard has removed a resident dean -- a Black lecturer in psychology -- for writing posts critical of Trump and law enforcement
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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The Trump administration just conducted an illegal attack on Venezuela and has spoken about attacking Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and Denmark.
These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense:
Fetterman
Gallego
Kaine
King
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense:
Fetterman
Gallego
Kaine
King
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The Trump administration just conducted an illegal attack on Venezuela and has spoken about attacking Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and Denmark.
These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense:
Fetterman
Gallego
Kaine
King
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense:
Fetterman
Gallego
Kaine
King
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
Let’s be clear. Greenland is already defended by NATO. Denmark is a NATO nation. The only reason a Trump-led USA “needs” Greenland is if Trump plans to use the USA to attack NATO. Period.
🇺🇸🇬🇱 US is working on an agreement on Greenland, it will be offered to the island's authorities, - The Economist
Washington is considering the possibility of concluding a Treaty of Free Association. This format of cooperation involves improving the living standards of the inhabitants of Greenland.
Washington is considering the possibility of concluding a Treaty of Free Association. This format of cooperation involves improving the living standards of the inhabitants of Greenland.
January 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Let’s be clear. Greenland is already defended by NATO. Denmark is a NATO nation. The only reason a Trump-led USA “needs” Greenland is if Trump plans to use the USA to attack NATO. Period.