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Evidence, logic, and reason before partisanship. Also, puns and dirty jokes. You’ll never find the right answers if you don’t ask the right questions. Interests include: ⚖️⚾️🥁🍣🏀✡️🐟🪴
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A very detailed explanation of how FBI bamboozled a magistrate into authorizing a raid on Fulton County’s election offices by omitting critical information that would have totally undermined any probable cause claim. Pretty clear-cut case of calculated deception of the courts.
Fulton Co elections expert: “In all 5 areas identified by ... the [search warrant] affidavit, there are a multitude of false or misleading statements or omissions. ... Once ... corrected, the affidavit loses any basis in reality.”
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February 18, 2026 at 4:00 AM
A very detailed explanation of how FBI bamboozled a magistrate into authorizing a raid on Fulton County’s election offices by omitting critical information that would have totally undermined any probable cause claim. Pretty clear-cut case of calculated deception of the courts.
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The other batsh*t insane thing is that we *had* an informal confederation built around "western civilization," one made through the defeat of Nazism and the containment of Marxist-Leninism. It worked! What made it durable was the liberal internationalist ideas and institutions, *not* the racism.
They're far-right utopians. They think if everyone stops doing institutional cooperation in favor of "national sovereignty," then "western civilization" will form as a natural community among the wealthy, white, male, Xtian elites who run the US, the UK, the states of the Former European Union, etc.
February 18, 2026 at 3:53 AM
The other batsh*t insane thing is that we *had* an informal confederation built around "western civilization," one made through the defeat of Nazism and the containment of Marxist-Leninism. It worked! What made it durable was the liberal internationalist ideas and institutions, *not* the racism.
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TWITTER FILES update www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/twit...
TWITTER FILES update - Lawyers, Guns & Money
I can’t believe the Biden administration did this: Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from Monday night’s broadcast ove...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:53 AM
TWITTER FILES update www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/twit...
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What do you call a government that violently kidnaps a lawful immigrant off the streets & holds him in filthy, inhumane conditions for weeks with no charges or legal representation?
The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 18, 2026 at 2:26 AM
What do you call a government that violently kidnaps a lawful immigrant off the streets & holds him in filthy, inhumane conditions for weeks with no charges or legal representation?
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This whole fight over transgender stuff happening on X is so weird to me. The most notable thing about trans issues in the last 5 years has been the enormous, coordinated anti-trans activism campaign across the right, aided by moral cowards in the center.
But that campaign is *never mentioned*.
But that campaign is *never mentioned*.
February 18, 2026 at 2:40 AM
This whole fight over transgender stuff happening on X is so weird to me. The most notable thing about trans issues in the last 5 years has been the enormous, coordinated anti-trans activism campaign across the right, aided by moral cowards in the center.
But that campaign is *never mentioned*.
But that campaign is *never mentioned*.
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Tests found barium, which can cause heart and blood pressure problems, at 3x the EPA’s limit in the Boarmans’ drinking water.
But the state did not inform the family of the results for over a month — until @readfrontier.bsky.social and ProPublica requested them.
But the state did not inform the family of the results for over a month — until @readfrontier.bsky.social and ProPublica requested them.
Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...
www.propublica.org
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Tests found barium, which can cause heart and blood pressure problems, at 3x the EPA’s limit in the Boarmans’ drinking water.
But the state did not inform the family of the results for over a month — until @readfrontier.bsky.social and ProPublica requested them.
But the state did not inform the family of the results for over a month — until @readfrontier.bsky.social and ProPublica requested them.
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Yes. And the Colbert interview was really successful at driving home this point
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Talarico scares them because demographically he fits in with MAGA (white, southern, very Christian) but his Christianity specifically has led him to the opposite conclusions of theirs, and they know he has the chops to pull other men away from their form of Christian nationalism
February 18, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Yes. And the Colbert interview was really successful at driving home this point
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The Republicans are shamelessly trying to rewrite history about the Epstein files. The Biden DOJ convicted Ghislaine Maxwell, the FBI was working cases until Trump came into office. There was no scandal until Trump ran on releasing the files and then reneged.
February 18, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The Republicans are shamelessly trying to rewrite history about the Epstein files. The Biden DOJ convicted Ghislaine Maxwell, the FBI was working cases until Trump came into office. There was no scandal until Trump ran on releasing the files and then reneged.
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Everyone knows that when the federal government deports a murderer, Wal Mart adds another 38 cents to the hourly wage of its cashiers.
Come on, it's just basic economics!
Come on, it's just basic economics!
JD Vance: "What we have consistently said is that we want to deport violent criminals, people who came in under the Biden administration, and get them out of the country so Americans' wages can go up."
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Everyone knows that when the federal government deports a murderer, Wal Mart adds another 38 cents to the hourly wage of its cashiers.
Come on, it's just basic economics!
Come on, it's just basic economics!
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We obviously need a term for this brilliant innovation.
Perhaps something derived from the Latin word, "tribuere"?
Perhaps something derived from the Latin word, "tribuere"?
Chris Wright on seized Venezuelan oil: "We've sold about $1 billion of oil so far. We've recently signed agreements to sell about another $5 billion in the next several months. So you're talking well north of $10 billion a year ... this is way out of the box, groundbreaking Trump diplomacy."
February 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
We obviously need a term for this brilliant innovation.
Perhaps something derived from the Latin word, "tribuere"?
Perhaps something derived from the Latin word, "tribuere"?
I have been railing against this crap for decades. It infuriates me in a particular way like no other issue.
The Quackistocracy www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/the-...
The Quackistocracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Sultan of Shrill observes that one reason that the Trump administration is Making Infectious Diseases Great Again is that actual scientific cures might interfere with the “wellness” business, of w...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I have been railing against this crap for decades. It infuriates me in a particular way like no other issue.
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one of the indicators that the republican party has come completely off the rails internaly is that their coordinated talking points are not very well coordinated anymore
Mike Rounds says Republicans just want to make you show your document with a yellow star in order to vote
February 17, 2026 at 10:01 PM
one of the indicators that the republican party has come completely off the rails internaly is that their coordinated talking points are not very well coordinated anymore
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Thousands of children's drawings were sealed up in the walls of the Terezin concentration camp to be discovered after the war. Most of those children were murdered in Auschwitz.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Thousands of children's drawings were sealed up in the walls of the Terezin concentration camp to be discovered after the war. Most of those children were murdered in Auschwitz.
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Obviously this is a dumb analogy in numerous ways, but also, this is just not true.
Sen. Eric Schmitt on voter ID: "Think about it -- you have to show a photo ID or your driver's license to check into a hotel room, right? This is common sense."
February 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Obviously this is a dumb analogy in numerous ways, but also, this is just not true.
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Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to watch this spectacular interview on the first amendment multiple times in order for it to have record pageviews.
February 17, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to watch this spectacular interview on the first amendment multiple times in order for it to have record pageviews.
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i mean, democrats *are* going to block it, collins knows that, that’s why she voted for it, it’s a dead letter.
Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes, but Democrats could still block it
The SAVE America Act has passed the House and enjoys President Trump's support, meaning the Senate's 60-vote threshold is the only thing standing in the way of it becoming law.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
i mean, democrats *are* going to block it, collins knows that, that’s why she voted for it, it’s a dead letter.
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In fairness, this has to be counterbalanced by the fact that Nader intentionally throwing the election to Bush also led to hundreds of thousands of dead people all over the world
Re suicide bombing: Nader voters in 2000 voted for him in part because they agreed w/him there was too much corporate $$ influencing elections. He renegs on promise not to campaign in Florida, GWB wins & puts Roberts & Alito on SC, whose Citizens United decision hugely supercharges dark money flood.
February 17, 2026 at 8:50 AM
In fairness, this has to be counterbalanced by the fact that Nader intentionally throwing the election to Bush also led to hundreds of thousands of dead people all over the world
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ICE agents crashed directly into a 19-year-old refugee's car, pulled him out from the wreck, threw him on the ground, then rushed him off to detention before he could locate the immigration papers in his car that proved he's here lawfully. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 17, 2026 at 8:15 PM
ICE agents crashed directly into a 19-year-old refugee's car, pulled him out from the wreck, threw him on the ground, then rushed him off to detention before he could locate the immigration papers in his car that proved he's here lawfully. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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My head hurts.
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on tariffs: "It's not regressive. Most consumption in America is done by the wealthiest people. So the idea it's somehow regressive is just wrong."
February 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
My head hurts.
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someone in the coast guard has had absolutely enough of this shit from these two
it's even worse than first reported
the fucking guy caused an inflight disruption so bad the pilot had to leave the command deck then he was like I RELIEVE U OF DUTY
absolute toddler baby shit brained government at the highest levels
the fucking guy caused an inflight disruption so bad the pilot had to leave the command deck then he was like I RELIEVE U OF DUTY
absolute toddler baby shit brained government at the highest levels
New details emerge about in-flight blow-up between Corey Lewandowski and pilot
Additional details have emerged about a mid-flight showdown between Homeland Security advisor Corey Lewandowski that led to a Coast Guard pilot's firing — and immediate reinstatement.DHS Secretary Kri...
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February 17, 2026 at 6:07 PM
someone in the coast guard has had absolutely enough of this shit from these two
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Yes. Every word.
Republicans Are Much Much More Corrupt Than Democrats
But most people either do not know this, or refuse to admit it.
www.offmessage.net
February 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Yes. Every word.
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Your regular reminders that 1) government jobs are real jobs & you can't run a modern rich country economy while you're decimating the public sector; & 2) the median voter works in the nontradable services sector, experiences trade <only> as a consumer, & the tariffs are just impoverishing her.
February 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Your regular reminders that 1) government jobs are real jobs & you can't run a modern rich country economy while you're decimating the public sector; & 2) the median voter works in the nontradable services sector, experiences trade <only> as a consumer, & the tariffs are just impoverishing her.
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An astonishingly comprehensive list, with a great lede:
"Here are 50 examples of unhinged behavior by a man who possesses the nuclear codes. Donald Trump’s supporters and some journalists ignore or laugh off his individual bizarre actions. Taken together, they’re cause for deep alarm."
"Here are 50 examples of unhinged behavior by a man who possesses the nuclear codes. Donald Trump’s supporters and some journalists ignore or laugh off his individual bizarre actions. Taken together, they’re cause for deep alarm."
Here’s my list of 50 reasons why Trump is mentally unfit to be president. Share this with any family and friends who still make excuses for the mad king.
50 ways Trump is out of his mind
MAGA and the media must stop laughing off this dangerous situation
www.stopthepresses.news
February 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
An astonishingly comprehensive list, with a great lede:
"Here are 50 examples of unhinged behavior by a man who possesses the nuclear codes. Donald Trump’s supporters and some journalists ignore or laugh off his individual bizarre actions. Taken together, they’re cause for deep alarm."
"Here are 50 examples of unhinged behavior by a man who possesses the nuclear codes. Donald Trump’s supporters and some journalists ignore or laugh off his individual bizarre actions. Taken together, they’re cause for deep alarm."
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A student at a @bardcollege.bsky.social open mic had her microphone cut off after she started making jokes about President Leon Botstein’s friendship with the pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
“I don’t think they get just how furious people are,” said one Bard student, who described a recent Q&A with Botstein at the president's house — where he had previously hosted Epstein — as “a shitshow. ... By the end, people were shouting ‘resign.’” Sarah Trafton and Nora Mishanec report.
‘S___show’: Bard students protest Botstein’s ties to Epstein as trustees meet
Anger on campus is mounting amid Bard College’s silence about President Leon Botstein’s relationship with the convicted sex predator.
www.timesunion.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
A student at a @bardcollege.bsky.social open mic had her microphone cut off after she started making jokes about President Leon Botstein’s friendship with the pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.