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Cornell Law ‘14. Financial regulation, law, politics, България, and now featuring fatherhood.
Appoint the new Treasury Secretary has acting Homeland Security Secretary, fold maybe like the coasties, the part of USCIS that actually grants benefits, and I guess CBP-OFO after a good scrubbing into Treasury, the rest can be RIFed. DHS will still exist technically, to satisfy the statute.
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Appoint the new Treasury Secretary has acting Homeland Security Secretary, fold maybe like the coasties, the part of USCIS that actually grants benefits, and I guess CBP-OFO after a good scrubbing into Treasury, the rest can be RIFed. DHS will still exist technically, to satisfy the statute.
I do, on occasion, change a mind in a debate online with someone that isn’t like, a mutual (lots of mind changing there, including from me, but it’s different).
The goal for me is usually 1) for anyone who comes across the thread and, 2) I believe it does start to sow doubt
But mostly Ana’s right.
The goal for me is usually 1) for anyone who comes across the thread and, 2) I believe it does start to sow doubt
But mostly Ana’s right.
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I do, on occasion, change a mind in a debate online with someone that isn’t like, a mutual (lots of mind changing there, including from me, but it’s different).
The goal for me is usually 1) for anyone who comes across the thread and, 2) I believe it does start to sow doubt
But mostly Ana’s right.
The goal for me is usually 1) for anyone who comes across the thread and, 2) I believe it does start to sow doubt
But mostly Ana’s right.
I honestly didn’t think his answer meant that he was told as president aliens had visited Earth… until now
BREAKING: @barackobama.bsky.social clarifies his position on aliens after his answer during the speed round of our interview went viral.
February 16, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I honestly didn’t think his answer meant that he was told as president aliens had visited Earth… until now
According to ancestry dot com’s DNA test, I’m between 85-100% English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. I feel fairly confident that if my ancestors were so concerned with being a part of that culture, they would’ve stayed put.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
According to ancestry dot com’s DNA test, I’m between 85-100% English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. I feel fairly confident that if my ancestors were so concerned with being a part of that culture, they would’ve stayed put.
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Of all things to criticize AOC about, boilerplate on Taiwan gets people upset?
Sorry tankie leftists, she didn’t say everything bad in the world is America’s fault, and indicated that deterring Chinese imperialism could be good.
Sorry, fake China hawks, she was measured instead of fire-breathing.
Sorry tankie leftists, she didn’t say everything bad in the world is America’s fault, and indicated that deterring Chinese imperialism could be good.
Sorry, fake China hawks, she was measured instead of fire-breathing.
February 15, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Of all things to criticize AOC about, boilerplate on Taiwan gets people upset?
Sorry tankie leftists, she didn’t say everything bad in the world is America’s fault, and indicated that deterring Chinese imperialism could be good.
Sorry, fake China hawks, she was measured instead of fire-breathing.
Sorry tankie leftists, she didn’t say everything bad in the world is America’s fault, and indicated that deterring Chinese imperialism could be good.
Sorry, fake China hawks, she was measured instead of fire-breathing.
What a silly reaction. Trump isn't involved in accepting or rejecting results of the midterms, he doesn't have a relevant role!
This may be the most dangerous development of all. It will give Trump fake legal pretext to reject Nov election results. American democracy has like 9 months left.
Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/t...
Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/t...
Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms
President Donald Trump proclaims that he will find a way to implement national voter-ID requirements by November's elections.
www.cnbc.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
What a silly reaction. Trump isn't involved in accepting or rejecting results of the midterms, he doesn't have a relevant role!
This is median, of all people between 21 and 64. It’s basically reflecting the fact that just under 50% of people in that age range don’t have a defined contribution retirement plan.
Mean for the same group is $93k.
For 21-64yo with such a plan, median and mean are $93k and $179k, respectively.
Mean for the same group is $93k.
For 21-64yo with such a plan, median and mean are $93k and $179k, respectively.
February 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This is median, of all people between 21 and 64. It’s basically reflecting the fact that just under 50% of people in that age range don’t have a defined contribution retirement plan.
Mean for the same group is $93k.
For 21-64yo with such a plan, median and mean are $93k and $179k, respectively.
Mean for the same group is $93k.
For 21-64yo with such a plan, median and mean are $93k and $179k, respectively.
The obvious response to this absurdity is that doing a thing Congress has barred you from doing with appropriated funds can never be an emergency “involving the safety of human life or the protection of property” just because that appropriation timed out.
Noem to Congress: if you don't fund us, then we don't have to obey the law. But if you do fund us, we also won't obey the law.
February 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The obvious response to this absurdity is that doing a thing Congress has barred you from doing with appropriated funds can never be an emergency “involving the safety of human life or the protection of property” just because that appropriation timed out.
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Happy birthday to one of the greatest, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, he didn't know his actual birthday, but chose to celebrate it on this day.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
February 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Happy birthday to one of the greatest, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, he didn't know his actual birthday, but chose to celebrate it on this day.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
Even perusing the Epstein files puts you at risk of prosecution for knowingly possessing CSAM. If you just come across it, it would be a reach for them to prosecute, but it would be a colorable argument given you’ve likely seen people say it contains it.
Sharing a specific piece of CSAM? Slam dunk.
Sharing a specific piece of CSAM? Slam dunk.
If you post CSAM to show the horrible CSAM in the files...
There is no universe where posting CSAM to show people how bad it is, ends well for you.
YAY you made your point.
You also inflicted CSAM on unsuspecting people.
No 'point proving' exception to the law.
YOU POSTED CSAM YOU FUCKING MORON
There is no universe where posting CSAM to show people how bad it is, ends well for you.
YAY you made your point.
You also inflicted CSAM on unsuspecting people.
No 'point proving' exception to the law.
YOU POSTED CSAM YOU FUCKING MORON
February 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Even perusing the Epstein files puts you at risk of prosecution for knowingly possessing CSAM. If you just come across it, it would be a reach for them to prosecute, but it would be a colorable argument given you’ve likely seen people say it contains it.
Sharing a specific piece of CSAM? Slam dunk.
Sharing a specific piece of CSAM? Slam dunk.
Poor Coastie, gets fired, then rehired, and now he’ll have to go without pay, all because these two are aggressively incompetent assholes.
Corey Lewandowski "fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after [Kristi] Noem's blanket was left behind on a plane" — a decision that was reversed when they realized they needed someone to take them home.
People said Noem and Lewandowski "do little to hide their relationship inside the department."
People said Noem and Lewandowski "do little to hide their relationship inside the department."
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Poor Coastie, gets fired, then rehired, and now he’ll have to go without pay, all because these two are aggressively incompetent assholes.
As I said a couple days ago
I have considered downloading the whole archive just to have, but honestly I’m pretty sure it contains CSAM and I think a prosecutor could probably show I knew it did for purposes of 18 USC 2252A
The Epstein files have been updated; it now consists of nearly 430 GB of data and 1,500,000 files.
This includes documents that have since been deleted by the Department of Justice.
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This includes documents that have since been deleted by the Department of Justice.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
As I said a couple days ago
Interesting that Lyons is saying this, given that DHS still calls Marimar Martinez a “domestic terrorist”
WOW. Incredible. This is the case in which DHS claimed that ICE officers had been attacked with a shovel and fired back in self-defense. Evidence since suggests an ICE officer fired through a closed door and struck someone on the other side.
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
February 13, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Interesting that Lyons is saying this, given that DHS still calls Marimar Martinez a “domestic terrorist”
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This is the third time Ring has backed off of some Orwellian practice because of public outcry; in the two previous cases it went right back to the evil as soon as the uproar died down. There is no reason to suspect this will be any different.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
This is the third time Ring has backed off of some Orwellian practice because of public outcry; in the two previous cases it went right back to the evil as soon as the uproar died down. There is no reason to suspect this will be any different.
My old law professor’s blog really hitting it out of the park here, claiming Keith Ellison is obviously wrong to think immigration enforcement is primarily civil:
legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/minn...
legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/minn...
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Thinks 'Immigration is Essentially a Civil' Matter
How does a lawyer not know the difference between criminal and civil courts?
legalinsurrection.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
My old law professor’s blog really hitting it out of the park here, claiming Keith Ellison is obviously wrong to think immigration enforcement is primarily civil:
legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/minn...
legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/minn...
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Ok the only woman of color from the article that would make sense to be on that cover is Jasmine Crockett, but she looks nothing fucking like that. Who the hell is that supposed to be???
February 13, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Ok the only woman of color from the article that would make sense to be on that cover is Jasmine Crockett, but she looks nothing fucking like that. Who the hell is that supposed to be???
Putting Platner with Mamdani and … AOC I think? Sorta? Honestly not even sure who they’re going for… at all is some bullshit, to say nothing of putting him front and center.
TNR can fuck right off.
TNR can fuck right off.
A base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept.
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
February 13, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Putting Platner with Mamdani and … AOC I think? Sorta? Honestly not even sure who they’re going for… at all is some bullshit, to say nothing of putting him front and center.
TNR can fuck right off.
TNR can fuck right off.
Reading through the SAVE America Act, it is insane. I have to believe that the majority of Republicans that voted for it that actually understood it are just counting on Dems in the Senate blocking it, because it would just cause chaos, no guarantee it even helps them rules.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
rules.house.gov
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Reading through the SAVE America Act, it is insane. I have to believe that the majority of Republicans that voted for it that actually understood it are just counting on Dems in the Senate blocking it, because it would just cause chaos, no guarantee it even helps them rules.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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without getting into overall stancil discourse, gonna encourage folks who’ve been getting heated with him to avoid interacting with accounts like this that pop in. these are the weird twitter groypers that joke about raping him & others they fixate on.
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
without getting into overall stancil discourse, gonna encourage folks who’ve been getting heated with him to avoid interacting with accounts like this that pop in. these are the weird twitter groypers that joke about raping him & others they fixate on.
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BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
“And I’m sure it was an oversight. That’s my guess, OK?”
-Speaker Johnson, suggesting Pam Bondi just accidentally tracked a member’s searches, printed them out, and brought them to a congressional hearing.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
-Speaker Johnson, suggesting Pam Bondi just accidentally tracked a member’s searches, printed them out, and brought them to a congressional hearing.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
“And I’m sure it was an oversight. That’s my guess, OK?”
-Speaker Johnson, suggesting Pam Bondi just accidentally tracked a member’s searches, printed them out, and brought them to a congressional hearing.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
-Speaker Johnson, suggesting Pam Bondi just accidentally tracked a member’s searches, printed them out, and brought them to a congressional hearing.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
You can tell as Johnson says “First Amendment” he realizes in real time what a dumb mistake he made. He tries to correct it after with a long soliloquy and Ellison responds perfectly.
RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights?
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
You can tell as Johnson says “First Amendment” he realizes in real time what a dumb mistake he made. He tries to correct it after with a long soliloquy and Ellison responds perfectly.
“Don’t believe your lying eyes, the lying videos, the lying witness testimony, the lying courts, or our own lying attorneys who say otherwise.”
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
“Don’t believe your lying eyes, the lying videos, the lying witness testimony, the lying courts, or our own lying attorneys who say otherwise.”