Andrew Philpot
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Andrew Philpot
@andrewphilpot.bsky.social
It it just me or is the use of green-skinned Grinch and Franklin characters in official hate media just norm-streaming the Pepe the frog vibe and look in more mundane familiar wrapping
December 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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I would says this is another batsignal for football-whisperer-in-chief, but the anti-Notre Dame bias angle has Justice Alito's name written all over it. Expect a shadow docket ruling any day now relegating Miami to the Big South and Pitt's blue/gold to pink/teal.
Whining from Notre Dame’s AD might have screwed Irish football for a decade
Be careful what you wish for.
sports.yahoo.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...

Somebody's taking the football peace process pretty darn seriously, unlike Joe Biden who never gave two seconds' thought to this pressing matter.
Is it ‘soccer’ or ‘football?’ President Trump wants to rename the NFL
The President said "it really doesn't make sense" to call American football by that name.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... Good argument for taking public transit to protests -- not that you won't be surveilled there as well -- or walk or bike.
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national ...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I remember the good old days when religious grifters just demanded cash money to save people's souls. Now they just exhort you to share their videos, otherwise some eyeballs might go unenlightened by this AI Jesus followed by some folks crossing a rather wide road.
11K views · 1.1K reactions | #jesusthekingchallenge | ÓÑLY GÓD
#jesusthekingchallenge
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November 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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On the one hand, a Irish anti-trans comic writer was arrested in the UK, which famously lacks anything like 1A. On the other hand, here in the US attitudes have changed so that some feel "repress[ed] without necessarily having an identifiable repressor in chief."
Opinion | Why Left and Right Can’t Understand Each Other’s Fears
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October 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Even Trump's foreign policy "wins" -- degrading Iran's nuclear capability, increasing Europe's defense cost sharing -- come with attendant downsides. (article fails to mention that when the US backs NATO with US-made weapons, it's a boon to our contractors)
The Price of Unpredictability
Trump’s foreign policy is ruining American credibility.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I think Jeffries should accept it, but first pull out a police evidence bag in which to store the hat.
Imagine getting owned this hard by Hakeem Jeffries
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Imagine getting owned this hard by Hakeem Jeffries
September 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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In order to properly honor someone who saw his mission as boldly engaging in spirited free speech, we propose to compel speech
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines
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September 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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On the other hand, if free speech is not your actual goal, firing is a good way to curry favor via vice signaling.
You can’t fire your way to free speech
Punishing speech after Kirk’s assassination doesn’t protect free expression — it erodes it.
www.thefire.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...
theonion.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Can't we just cut the chase and get a Lèse-majesté law^H^H^H executive order already?
Prosecuting Burning of The American Flag
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
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August 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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For an item with "The Search for Meaning" in its headline, this article is surprising incurious. Apparently "a gainfully employed and productive citizen" was "radicaliz[ed]" and we have no idea why, so let's proceed to tut-tutting.
The Search for Meaning in Throwing Sandwiches at Law Enforcement | National Review
The sub thrower has been cast by opponents of Trump’s takeover of D.C. law enforcement as a hero with a hero, the profane voice of the incensed masses.
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August 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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This fellow is the smartest person in the world, has a stack of honorary degrees to bolster his claims, and will sue you if you say otherwise.
The ‘World's Smartest Man’ Absolutely Hates Me
With an apparent score of 276, YoungHoon Kim claims to have the highest IQ on the planet. Just don't ask him to prove it.
www.vice.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump...

I'm starting to understand why the greatest dealmaker ever who listens to his inner instincts instead of the accountants and economists has gone bankrupt so many times.
Trump Isn’t Even Trying to Make His BLS Overhaul Make Sense | National Review
So the ‘rigged’ numbers just happen to be the numbers that reflect poorly on the president. The rest of it is rock solid. What a coincidence.
www.nationalreview.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The good news is that if our dear leader can improve the jobs numbers by just stating what he thinks they ought to be, he can solve climate change just as easily. Those rising tides? He'll do even better than good ol' King Canute en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ca...
King Canute and the tide - Wikipedia
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August 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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If this doesn't work to get you kids quieted down and cracking the books, the Texas Senate will have to pass a law turning the internet off after 10 p.m., and don't get me started on those late-night pizza deliveries.
Texas has banned talking on college campuses at night | Opinion
Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill will ban speech at night — from study groups to newspaper reporting — at the state's public universities.
www.houstonchronicle.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/w...

I'm just waiting for J.D. Vance to chime in whereupon we will learn that the real problem here is Canada's woke intolerance of its right wing patriots
Four Charged in Extremist Plot to Seize Land Near Quebec City
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July 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" - sounds like Karl Marx

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" - and we'll send them to South Sudan

"All lives matter" - now you're talking
Idaho AG bans ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ signs at public schools, says the ‘political statement’ violates state law
According to emails from the district obtained by the Idaho Statesman, it took issue with the different skin-toned hands, which apparently violated the state’s requirement that all displayed …
nypost.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
www.propublica.org/article/kris...

>> In a statement, Noem’s lawyer, Trevor Stanley, said, “Then-Governor Noem fully complied with the letter and the spirit of the law”...

Thank you, Justice Thomas, for clarifying what should be the spirit of our anti-corruption statutes
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"Just as he wants sycophants and yes men staffing his administration, he’s now moving toward staffing the judiciary with the same kind of person: judges who will do whatever it takes to curry favor with a president who values fealty above all." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Opinion | A Reckless Judicial Nomination Puts the Senate to the Test
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June 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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No Democrats, however, signed onto her call to replace the networks' hundreds of journalists with a reliance on posts on Elon Musk's social media platform X or podcasts like that of Joe Rogan, as Lake suggested.
Kari Lake takes her war on Voice of America to Congress
Presidential adviser Kari Lake attacked the Voice of America in Congressional testimony Wednesday. A former network official called her actions "profoundly harmful to our national interests."
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June 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM