The NPL Goat
@thenplgoat.bsky.social
Corp., M&A, and Securities Attorney.
Political beliefs in the tradition of North Dakota's Non-Partisan League from the start of the 20th century with progressive social values.
Proudly Anti-Fascist.
Political beliefs in the tradition of North Dakota's Non-Partisan League from the start of the 20th century with progressive social values.
Proudly Anti-Fascist.
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the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
the bushes were people 😂
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EXACTLY. Yes, there have been reports of DHS revoking TSA Precheck for observers.
I’m sorry, but that’s such a comically low-stakes reprisal that if you’re not willing to suffer it, hard to imagine what good you are as an observer. Yes, I’ll take my shoes off at the airport to save my neighbors.
I’m sorry, but that’s such a comically low-stakes reprisal that if you’re not willing to suffer it, hard to imagine what good you are as an observer. Yes, I’ll take my shoes off at the airport to save my neighbors.
Yes but the worse they can do is take away pre check (which the act of doing is illegal) for standing up to keep neighbors safe than take my pre check
February 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
EXACTLY. Yes, there have been reports of DHS revoking TSA Precheck for observers.
I’m sorry, but that’s such a comically low-stakes reprisal that if you’re not willing to suffer it, hard to imagine what good you are as an observer. Yes, I’ll take my shoes off at the airport to save my neighbors.
I’m sorry, but that’s such a comically low-stakes reprisal that if you’re not willing to suffer it, hard to imagine what good you are as an observer. Yes, I’ll take my shoes off at the airport to save my neighbors.
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Trump is not doing this and the media is lying to you because they want to take him to the dance and kiss
January 27, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Trump is not doing this and the media is lying to you because they want to take him to the dance and kiss
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This is embarrassingly on-the-nose textbook “psychology of fascism” stuff. Bitter, impotent tools getting to feel powerful by proxy watching brutality done on their behalf.
Tim Pool: “I’m not licking the boot. It’s my boot. I voted for it. I’m the one stomping…”
This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This is embarrassingly on-the-nose textbook “psychology of fascism” stuff. Bitter, impotent tools getting to feel powerful by proxy watching brutality done on their behalf.
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The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
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The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
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To all my friends and colleagues still in the cult - today is an especially good day to leave.
January 26, 2026 at 3:42 AM
To all my friends and colleagues still in the cult - today is an especially good day to leave.
ICE just shot, and almost certainly killed, another observer in Minneapolis this morning. Video in next portion of thread, but warning...it is incredibly hard to watch.
January 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM
ICE just shot, and almost certainly killed, another observer in Minneapolis this morning. Video in next portion of thread, but warning...it is incredibly hard to watch.
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COLBERT, on the so-called “Board of Peace”:
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
January 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM
COLBERT, on the so-called “Board of Peace”:
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
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”ICE has conspired to break into American homes without warrants based on secret and dubious legal theories. But someone needs to be asking: can those homes afford enough groceries?” Democrats in Congress polish their message for the midterms.
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 AM
”ICE has conspired to break into American homes without warrants based on secret and dubious legal theories. But someone needs to be asking: can those homes afford enough groceries?” Democrats in Congress polish their message for the midterms.
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I love it when we all stay up late having fun together in our jammies with our little snacks
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I love it when we all stay up late having fun together in our jammies with our little snacks
Primary and remove every person in @housedemocrats.bsky.social and Senate @democrats.org leadership out of office. Every single one.
January 21, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Primary and remove every person in @housedemocrats.bsky.social and Senate @democrats.org leadership out of office. Every single one.
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History will judge Chuck Schumer as entirely ill-equipped for this moment. I try my best to see the good in our party leaders because I understand we're in uncharted territory, but it is beyond obvious he's the wrong person for the job.
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 19, 2026 at 1:43 AM
History will judge Chuck Schumer as entirely ill-equipped for this moment. I try my best to see the good in our party leaders because I understand we're in uncharted territory, but it is beyond obvious he's the wrong person for the job.
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swing voters are real, here to stay, and gigantic morons
New Gallup figures in these charts. Well, so much for that emerging Republican majority people were writing about in November 2024. Was evidently a mass overreaction to Trump's win and failure to acknowledge softness of support, and thermostatic politics www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
January 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
swing voters are real, here to stay, and gigantic morons
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Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016
January 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Immense skill issue to not have found this immediately obvious in 2016
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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All of this. In this day and age, once someone decides to stop being part of the problem and be a part of the solution, I'm gonna give them at least a partial pass. Doesn't mean I have to become best friends with them, but I can at least focus on our (now) common goal instead of past differences.
Should they have cared about all this before now? Yes.
Did you reach the right position before them? Sure, here's a gold star.
Do we need their numbers to make this work? Yes. Please stop acting like the hipster who knew about this band before anyone else. We actually do need the normies.
Did you reach the right position before them? Sure, here's a gold star.
Do we need their numbers to make this work? Yes. Please stop acting like the hipster who knew about this band before anyone else. We actually do need the normies.
January 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
All of this. In this day and age, once someone decides to stop being part of the problem and be a part of the solution, I'm gonna give them at least a partial pass. Doesn't mean I have to become best friends with them, but I can at least focus on our (now) common goal instead of past differences.
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
I came up with an analogy yesterday about the problem with DOGE.
Let's say you have some weeds in your yard. There aren't a lot, and pull them when you see them, but you never seem to get all of them. So you hire a yard maintenance company and they say they are going to go in... 1/5
Let's say you have some weeds in your yard. There aren't a lot, and pull them when you see them, but you never seem to get all of them. So you hire a yard maintenance company and they say they are going to go in... 1/5
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I came up with an analogy yesterday about the problem with DOGE.
Let's say you have some weeds in your yard. There aren't a lot, and pull them when you see them, but you never seem to get all of them. So you hire a yard maintenance company and they say they are going to go in... 1/5
Let's say you have some weeds in your yard. There aren't a lot, and pull them when you see them, but you never seem to get all of them. So you hire a yard maintenance company and they say they are going to go in... 1/5
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Brett Kavanaugh, present for oral arguments but not listening, writing “Bert Kavanaugh” on his notes, frowning for multiple minutes, then trying to erase with the back of a pen
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Brett Kavanaugh, present for oral arguments but not listening, writing “Bert Kavanaugh” on his notes, frowning for multiple minutes, then trying to erase with the back of a pen
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The Trump regime often claims that its words are "taken out of context." But if the news media included more context – such as reminding the public that these people have long histories of lying – their reports would be even more damning.
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The Trump regime often claims that its words are "taken out of context." But if the news media included more context – such as reminding the public that these people have long histories of lying – their reports would be even more damning.
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Analysis | By calling for the execution of prominent Democrats, President Trump is preserving the legacy of Charlie Kirk.
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Analysis | By calling for the execution of prominent Democrats, President Trump is preserving the legacy of Charlie Kirk.
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"There is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January when the funding deal will run out. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists." www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
Dems Reward the Hostage-Taker
Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump’s maximum-pain shutdown tactics.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"There is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January when the funding deal will run out. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists." www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.