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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Danish guy gets it
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Danish guy gets it
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You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
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I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
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The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
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With every passing day, America needs a bigger third reconstruction.
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
With every passing day, America needs a bigger third reconstruction.
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the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
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Note: The court ruled that Texas violated the 14th and 15th Amendments by discriminating on the basis of race when drawing its new Republican gerrymander. So this opinion will not be fatally undermined by the Supreme Court's impending blow to the Voting Rights Act; it has an independent rationale.
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Note: The court ruled that Texas violated the 14th and 15th Amendments by discriminating on the basis of race when drawing its new Republican gerrymander. So this opinion will not be fatally undermined by the Supreme Court's impending blow to the Voting Rights Act; it has an independent rationale.
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there's amazing things happening in the lower sumo divisions, like kazunofuji vs dewanojo
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
there's amazing things happening in the lower sumo divisions, like kazunofuji vs dewanojo
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One of the coolest things that happened in the lower sumo divisions the other day was this 16 y/o amateur rikishi named Kosei facing a 39 y/o rikishi named Amamidake & somehow managing to defeat him with real sumo!
Never give up!
Never give up!
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
One of the coolest things that happened in the lower sumo divisions the other day was this 16 y/o amateur rikishi named Kosei facing a 39 y/o rikishi named Amamidake & somehow managing to defeat him with real sumo!
Never give up!
Never give up!
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
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Normal person in a liberal constitutional democracy: "The state should be judicious in how it uses physical force and these actions seem like overreaches."
MAGA: "Any state actions that constrain MY behavior or the behavior of people like me is tyranny, but it can do whatever it wants to THEM."
MAGA: "Any state actions that constrain MY behavior or the behavior of people like me is tyranny, but it can do whatever it wants to THEM."
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Normal person in a liberal constitutional democracy: "The state should be judicious in how it uses physical force and these actions seem like overreaches."
MAGA: "Any state actions that constrain MY behavior or the behavior of people like me is tyranny, but it can do whatever it wants to THEM."
MAGA: "Any state actions that constrain MY behavior or the behavior of people like me is tyranny, but it can do whatever it wants to THEM."
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i’m going to be frank, i do not believe supreme court reform happens with this current crop of senate democrats. it’s the exact same people who refused to use their power in 2021
this didn’t get nearly enough attention yesterday. senators surrendered to protect the filibuster
Heaven forbid the Republicans get rid of the filibuster…
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
i’m going to be frank, i do not believe supreme court reform happens with this current crop of senate democrats. it’s the exact same people who refused to use their power in 2021
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Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn.
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
DC ‘Sandwich Guy’ Found Not Guilty After Defense Successfully Highlights Absurdity Of It All
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn.
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
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This overhead image of thousands of protesters in Denver on Saturday is by @kevinmohatt.bsky.social.
October 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This overhead image of thousands of protesters in Denver on Saturday is by @kevinmohatt.bsky.social.
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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Switching to the parliamentary system would also be ideal. We are going to need full scale constitutional revision after all the damage caused by Trump and Republicans both in Congress and on the Supreme Court
October 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Switching to the parliamentary system would also be ideal. We are going to need full scale constitutional revision after all the damage caused by Trump and Republicans both in Congress and on the Supreme Court
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This is a reason why we should ditch the Electoral College & Senate & adopt proportional representation for the House so every voter counts equally no matter where they live.
Our system insulates the governing party from electoral blowback in uncompetitive states & districts if it screws them over
Our system insulates the governing party from electoral blowback in uncompetitive states & districts if it screws them over
Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is a reason why we should ditch the Electoral College & Senate & adopt proportional representation for the House so every voter counts equally no matter where they live.
Our system insulates the governing party from electoral blowback in uncompetitive states & districts if it screws them over
Our system insulates the governing party from electoral blowback in uncompetitive states & districts if it screws them over
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The fact is, comics are for everybody, but my real world experience tells me X-Men is not.
This is not a slight on anyone or anything, just an observation.
It's an insular fandom in the complexity of its lore, and I imagine looking in can be exceptionally daunting.
This is not a slight on anyone or anything, just an observation.
It's an insular fandom in the complexity of its lore, and I imagine looking in can be exceptionally daunting.
October 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The fact is, comics are for everybody, but my real world experience tells me X-Men is not.
This is not a slight on anyone or anything, just an observation.
It's an insular fandom in the complexity of its lore, and I imagine looking in can be exceptionally daunting.
This is not a slight on anyone or anything, just an observation.
It's an insular fandom in the complexity of its lore, and I imagine looking in can be exceptionally daunting.
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I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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Yes, if everyone must defer to the president's lies, that is an unrestricted dictatorship.
If "that's just not true" has zero sway, then non-emergencies permit emergency powers, nonviolent actions permit war powers, and any behavior the president doesn't like is an act of war, permitting anything.
If "that's just not true" has zero sway, then non-emergencies permit emergency powers, nonviolent actions permit war powers, and any behavior the president doesn't like is an act of war, permitting anything.
So the Administration is arguing there’s no actual threshold for dictatorial power besides the willingness to lie. You don’t have to demonstrate literally anything, just be willing to say it.
You must defer to the president’s determination that there is an armed rebellion in Chicago, argues the govt’s lawyer.
That’s the Trump admin’s stance on everything. When the law doesn’t allow it, lie about the facts until it’s something that would be legal, then insist others live inside the lie.
That’s the Trump admin’s stance on everything. When the law doesn’t allow it, lie about the facts until it’s something that would be legal, then insist others live inside the lie.
October 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yes, if everyone must defer to the president's lies, that is an unrestricted dictatorship.
If "that's just not true" has zero sway, then non-emergencies permit emergency powers, nonviolent actions permit war powers, and any behavior the president doesn't like is an act of war, permitting anything.
If "that's just not true" has zero sway, then non-emergencies permit emergency powers, nonviolent actions permit war powers, and any behavior the president doesn't like is an act of war, permitting anything.
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One of the most frightening things about Trump's fascist coup is how many people don't realize it's a fascist coup.
October 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
One of the most frightening things about Trump's fascist coup is how many people don't realize it's a fascist coup.
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Humans evolved a cognitive 'social proof' system for establishing what's true (if enough of the people around me believe something, I'll go along) and media fragmentation + social media has completely and totally hijacked it
Feels like AI will only make this worse
Feels like AI will only make this worse
"no in the future people will cryptographically verify what's true and-" no they will not. People are fucking stupid.
October 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Humans evolved a cognitive 'social proof' system for establishing what's true (if enough of the people around me believe something, I'll go along) and media fragmentation + social media has completely and totally hijacked it
Feels like AI will only make this worse
Feels like AI will only make this worse
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It's one thing to be politically divided into red states and blue states. We are now being militarily divided into red states and blue states. It's crossing the Rubicon, a bright-red flashing warning that the constitutional order is coming unglued, in a way that will have monumental consequences. /x
October 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It's one thing to be politically divided into red states and blue states. We are now being militarily divided into red states and blue states. It's crossing the Rubicon, a bright-red flashing warning that the constitutional order is coming unglued, in a way that will have monumental consequences. /x