This old Haus
@thisoldhaus.bsky.social
Retired newspaper reporter (and occasional copy editor and even more occasional columnist). History, politics, and legal-news nerd.
I’ve got good news and bad news
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I’ve got good news and bad news
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
Let me explain to you about the Byzantines, I saw something about them on Twitter once
February 4, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Let me explain to you about the Byzantines, I saw something about them on Twitter once
What ever happened to the Louvre of Bluesky?
February 4, 2026 at 1:50 AM
What ever happened to the Louvre of Bluesky?
dril lives
February 4, 2026 at 12:55 AM
dril lives
The Ratzinger Court
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The Ratzinger Court
Enough wallowing in Watergate, eh, Dick?
February 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Enough wallowing in Watergate, eh, Dick?
This seems like a good idea.
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This seems like a good idea.
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Not to mention lying about "high degrees of fraud" in California and New York.
February 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Not to mention lying about "high degrees of fraud" in California and New York.
It’s Hawley interesting.
February 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
It’s Hawley interesting.
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To repeat - ICE agents have been trained to ignore the law, to act outside the law, not enforce it.
Hundreds and hundreds of crimes being committed, daily, by people paid for by all of us.
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Hundreds and hundreds of crimes being committed, daily, by people paid for by all of us.
bsky.app/profile/timw...
There is no law that allows these observers to be arrested. Multiple constitutional violations are happening every goddamn time they do this. And they will kill an innocent person again, it's only a matter of time.
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
To repeat - ICE agents have been trained to ignore the law, to act outside the law, not enforce it.
Hundreds and hundreds of crimes being committed, daily, by people paid for by all of us.
bsky.app/profile/timw...
Hundreds and hundreds of crimes being committed, daily, by people paid for by all of us.
bsky.app/profile/timw...
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
Wow. That is one great opinion.
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Wow. That is one great opinion.
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Judge Reyes’s conclusion: “There is an old adage among lawyers. If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither, pound the table. … Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, [Noem] pounds X (f/k/a Twitter).”
February 3, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Judge Reyes’s conclusion: “There is an old adage among lawyers. If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither, pound the table. … Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, [Noem] pounds X (f/k/a Twitter).”
But have you considered the cross-tabs for 50-to-64-year-old white rural male voters with no college and hatred of minorities?
February 3, 2026 at 3:42 AM
But have you considered the cross-tabs for 50-to-64-year-old white rural male voters with no college and hatred of minorities?
Not that Barry Goldwater's extremism quote was so admirable, but he was Patrick Henry compared to this shyster.
February 3, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Not that Barry Goldwater's extremism quote was so admirable, but he was Patrick Henry compared to this shyster.
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Another eight federal prosecutors have left or announced their intentions to leave the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
The latest: Eight more federal prosecutors set to leave the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office
The recent wave of departures follow the mass exodus of six veteran prosecutors last month who quit in protest of recent directives from the U.S. Department of Justice.
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Another eight federal prosecutors have left or announced their intentions to leave the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
Did a longue double take on that one.
February 3, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Did a longue double take on that one.
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Welcome home, Liam!
February 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Welcome home, Liam!
Coming in 2026: The Trump Kennedy Casino and Strip Club.
February 2, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Coming in 2026: The Trump Kennedy Casino and Strip Club.
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ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
It will reopen in two years as a casino and strip club.
February 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
It will reopen in two years as a casino and strip club.