Benjamin Willard, River Guide
@zagdad.bsky.social
“I don’t see any method at all, sir.”
Old lawyer, smitten grandpa, reader, dog servant, fly fisherman, sports fan, amateur. Knower of useless trivia. Beach lover. Movie quoter. Work is not life. Be kind to others and to yourself. #GoZags
Old lawyer, smitten grandpa, reader, dog servant, fly fisherman, sports fan, amateur. Knower of useless trivia. Beach lover. Movie quoter. Work is not life. Be kind to others and to yourself. #GoZags
Christ on a pogo stick, what is wrong with this guy. This is the level of “they have bad photos of me, rilly bad.”
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Christ on a pogo stick, what is wrong with this guy. This is the level of “they have bad photos of me, rilly bad.”
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U.S. manufacturing activity has now contracted for 9 straight months.
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
U.S. manufacturing activity has now contracted for 9 straight months.
Inside a week Trump frees the Honduran president who sent 400 tons of cocaine into the US, and the perpetrator of a $1.6 billion Ponzi scheme. ICE is now abducting spouses of US citizens waiting on green cards. Inflation is up. Jobs are down. Health insurance sucks. C’mon, midterms.
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Inside a week Trump frees the Honduran president who sent 400 tons of cocaine into the US, and the perpetrator of a $1.6 billion Ponzi scheme. ICE is now abducting spouses of US citizens waiting on green cards. Inflation is up. Jobs are down. Health insurance sucks. C’mon, midterms.
Hell is being an Auburn fan.
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Hell is being an Auburn fan.
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Obviously we have to murder narco-terrorists rather than bring them back to the U.S. for trial because of all the problems inherent in trying them in U.S. courts, like for example some dipshit might pardon them
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Obviously we have to murder narco-terrorists rather than bring them back to the U.S. for trial because of all the problems inherent in trying them in U.S. courts, like for example some dipshit might pardon them
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Empowered idiots www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Empowered idiots www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Zags get their FIRST foul call 12 minutes into the first half. That doesn’t stop Michigan from shooting the lights out, but man. #GoZags
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Zags get their FIRST foul call 12 minutes into the first half. That doesn’t stop Michigan from shooting the lights out, but man. #GoZags
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Braden Huff can’t buy a call.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Braden Huff can’t buy a call.
Zags seem to have a 10 minute stretch each game where they lose focus and do stupid things, but if they can consistently hit the 3 like this, they’re almost impossible to stop.
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Zags seem to have a 10 minute stretch each game where they lose focus and do stupid things, but if they can consistently hit the 3 like this, they’re almost impossible to stop.
On the one hand, the people in charge of deporting people to countries known to torture or refoul should be shunned and made pariahs. On the other, the amount of bots/trolls straight up advocating violence in any thread about this is a problem.
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
On the one hand, the people in charge of deporting people to countries known to torture or refoul should be shunned and made pariahs. On the other, the amount of bots/trolls straight up advocating violence in any thread about this is a problem.
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
This — trying to blame *the passengers* for the abysmal state of air travel today, is insulting and infuriating.
Duffy: "Trump talks about the golden age of transportation. But the golden age in transportation truly begins with you ... People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly ... so we want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season: Help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This — trying to blame *the passengers* for the abysmal state of air travel today, is insulting and infuriating.
“Karma police, arrest this man
He talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radioooo”
He talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radioooo”
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“Karma police, arrest this man
He talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radioooo”
He talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radioooo”
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A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
This is a way to describe the Eagles’ entire season on offense.
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is a way to describe the Eagles’ entire season on offense.
The speculation about what the GJ actually voted is beside the point. The point is there is no evidence *in the record* that an indictment on Counts 2 and 3 was presented to and voted on by the entire GJ, because of how the docs were screwed up. The record does not support the case going forward.
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The speculation about what the GJ actually voted is beside the point. The point is there is no evidence *in the record* that an indictment on Counts 2 and 3 was presented to and voted on by the entire GJ, because of how the docs were screwed up. The record does not support the case going forward.
“Excruciatingly awkward” sounds about right for this hearing. Lemon must have wanted to crawl under the table out of embarrassment for having to deal with this steaming pile.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Excruciatingly awkward” sounds about right for this hearing. Lemon must have wanted to crawl under the table out of embarrassment for having to deal with this steaming pile.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Apropos of nothing, I wonder what kind of guy Olivia Nuzzi’s dad is.
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Apropos of nothing, I wonder what kind of guy Olivia Nuzzi’s dad is.
I see we’re on Day 2 of all the things you never wanted to know about horrible people.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I see we’re on Day 2 of all the things you never wanted to know about horrible people.
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I think Olivia Nuzzi should cut out the middle man and start sleeping with sun damage directly
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I think Olivia Nuzzi should cut out the middle man and start sleeping with sun damage directly
Jeanty should sue the Raiders for breach of contract for failure to provide a functional offensive line.
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Jeanty should sue the Raiders for breach of contract for failure to provide a functional offensive line.
This is one “sentence.”
I’d always thought that, like myself, other writers are universally self-critical. I know there’s an exception to every rule, but fuck me.
I’d always thought that, like myself, other writers are universally self-critical. I know there’s an exception to every rule, but fuck me.
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is one “sentence.”
I’d always thought that, like myself, other writers are universally self-critical. I know there’s an exception to every rule, but fuck me.
I’d always thought that, like myself, other writers are universally self-critical. I know there’s an exception to every rule, but fuck me.
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The comparison isn’t perfect but I kind of think Olivia Nuzzi is to journalism what Jake Paul is to boxing. Influencer culture usurping institutions and turning outrage and negative engagement into maximum clicks and therefore value, plus it flatters elite interests
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The comparison isn’t perfect but I kind of think Olivia Nuzzi is to journalism what Jake Paul is to boxing. Influencer culture usurping institutions and turning outrage and negative engagement into maximum clicks and therefore value, plus it flatters elite interests