Andrew M. Svec
@asvec.bsky.social
Barstool philosopher, extroverted introvert, optimistic pessimist, sci-fi aficionado, and music addict. Minnesota native married to a California native, and we're living in the south Seattle suburbs. Opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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Elaborating b/c there's a lot of misunderstanding on this.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Even if he did, which I'd bet is likelier than not, none of this is true. The Insurrection Act is not a declaration of martial law. It doesn't close the courts. It doesn't suspend habeas corpus. It means you can use the military to enforce federal laws, but the laws themselves remain the same.
Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."
October 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Elaborating b/c there's a lot of misunderstanding on this.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
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Genuinely fascinating and terrifying to have a person who has never read a book or basically anything and only learns and retains about 5% of what the last person he spoke with told him running the country
Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Genuinely fascinating and terrifying to have a person who has never read a book or basically anything and only learns and retains about 5% of what the last person he spoke with told him running the country
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Dear Leader was rage tweeting about how awful conditions are in Chicago and included a video with a weird voiceover from him describing the scene.
Except it was filmed in April.
And had lots of palm trees.
With police cars with Florida plates…
Except it was filmed in April.
And had lots of palm trees.
With police cars with Florida plates…
October 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Dear Leader was rage tweeting about how awful conditions are in Chicago and included a video with a weird voiceover from him describing the scene.
Except it was filmed in April.
And had lots of palm trees.
With police cars with Florida plates…
Except it was filmed in April.
And had lots of palm trees.
With police cars with Florida plates…
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Irony: if Charlie Kirk had been speaking in Chicago, L.A., etc., they'd have swept the rooftops and had tighter security. But Utah? Nah...So, the myth of white innocence, which he believed in, got him killed. Fascinating. My latest piece explores this, below...
timjwise.medium.com/the-myth-of-...
timjwise.medium.com/the-myth-of-...
The Myth of White Innocence Got Charlie Kirk Killed
If he’d been speaking in Chicago, Los Angeles, or anywhere with lots of people of color, they’d have checked the rooftops
timjwise.medium.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Irony: if Charlie Kirk had been speaking in Chicago, L.A., etc., they'd have swept the rooftops and had tighter security. But Utah? Nah...So, the myth of white innocence, which he believed in, got him killed. Fascinating. My latest piece explores this, below...
timjwise.medium.com/the-myth-of-...
timjwise.medium.com/the-myth-of-...
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This ought to be engraved somewhere.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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So Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s killer, is neither a Democrat, nor transgender, nor an immigrant, but instead a 22-year-old white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loves guns and wore a Donald Trump costume on Halloween. — Did I get that right?
September 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
So Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s killer, is neither a Democrat, nor transgender, nor an immigrant, but instead a 22-year-old white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loves guns and wore a Donald Trump costume on Halloween. — Did I get that right?
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Just noting that Gorka here suggests that anyone who believes Kilmar Abrego has basic due process rights is an enemy of America who they can kill.
Normally, that would be a story.
Normally, that would be a story.
Gorka: "We will find you and we will kill you. If you're a jihadi with American blood on your hand, if you're a cartel member bringing powdered death into America, you have declared war on us and we will turn you into red mist. It is that simple."
September 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Just noting that Gorka here suggests that anyone who believes Kilmar Abrego has basic due process rights is an enemy of America who they can kill.
Normally, that would be a story.
Normally, that would be a story.
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1) ABC/NBC should lose license or pay hefty fees because their reporting is mean to him.
2) MD should maybe lose bridge repair funds because Wes Moore was mean to him.
3) The feds should investigate Chris Christie for Bridgegate because he was mean to him.
2) MD should maybe lose bridge repair funds because Wes Moore was mean to him.
3) The feds should investigate Chris Christie for Bridgegate because he was mean to him.
August 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
1) ABC/NBC should lose license or pay hefty fees because their reporting is mean to him.
2) MD should maybe lose bridge repair funds because Wes Moore was mean to him.
3) The feds should investigate Chris Christie for Bridgegate because he was mean to him.
2) MD should maybe lose bridge repair funds because Wes Moore was mean to him.
3) The feds should investigate Chris Christie for Bridgegate because he was mean to him.
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Jennifer Newsom dropping a truth bomb. 💣
August 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Jennifer Newsom dropping a truth bomb. 💣
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I will just say this again: When checkpoints go up it’s a very very clear sign that you are no longer a democracy but a police state sliding towards dictatorship. the republicans see blue states as enemy territory to be conquered by force.
The repulcans are at war against America.
The repulcans are at war against America.
Heads up: traffic stops at union market in dc
August 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I will just say this again: When checkpoints go up it’s a very very clear sign that you are no longer a democracy but a police state sliding towards dictatorship. the republicans see blue states as enemy territory to be conquered by force.
The repulcans are at war against America.
The repulcans are at war against America.
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Not only can White House correspondents get up and walk out at any time, but if they did it would be the act of a free press.
They can get up and walk out any time…
August 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Not only can White House correspondents get up and walk out at any time, but if they did it would be the act of a free press.
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lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
September 2, 2024 at 12:02 AM
lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
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One standard for her, another for JD.
August 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
One standard for her, another for JD.
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Fascism - rule by dictator
Oligarchy - gvt by wealthy few
Theocracy - ruled by religion
Kakistocracy - gvt by least qualified
America has produced a most unique system of government
A theofascoligkakracy
Oligarchy - gvt by wealthy few
Theocracy - ruled by religion
Kakistocracy - gvt by least qualified
America has produced a most unique system of government
A theofascoligkakracy
August 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Fascism - rule by dictator
Oligarchy - gvt by wealthy few
Theocracy - ruled by religion
Kakistocracy - gvt by least qualified
America has produced a most unique system of government
A theofascoligkakracy
Oligarchy - gvt by wealthy few
Theocracy - ruled by religion
Kakistocracy - gvt by least qualified
America has produced a most unique system of government
A theofascoligkakracy
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"It's very complicated," says the guy who promiesed to end the war in 24 hours.
And now he's saying Ukraine will have to give up territory. If so, Putin's aggression will be rewarded--and Trump will have turned out to be a good investment for Moscow.
And now he's saying Ukraine will have to give up territory. If so, Putin's aggression will be rewarded--and Trump will have turned out to be a good investment for Moscow.
Trump claims “President Putin I believe wants to see peace” and acknowledges Ukraine will have to make territorial concessions (unclear what Russia’s concessions will be, if any)
August 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"It's very complicated," says the guy who promiesed to end the war in 24 hours.
And now he's saying Ukraine will have to give up territory. If so, Putin's aggression will be rewarded--and Trump will have turned out to be a good investment for Moscow.
And now he's saying Ukraine will have to give up territory. If so, Putin's aggression will be rewarded--and Trump will have turned out to be a good investment for Moscow.
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One interesting thing about Trump randomly imposing tariffs on every country on earth for any reason or no reason is that it is illegal
HAPPENING NOW: Appeals court judges raise immediate skepticism about whether President Trump had the power to impose sweeping and broad-based tariffs under his emergency powers.
"IEEPA doesn’t mention the word tariffs anywhere," one judge noted.
"IEEPA doesn’t mention the word tariffs anywhere," one judge noted.
July 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One interesting thing about Trump randomly imposing tariffs on every country on earth for any reason or no reason is that it is illegal
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The Military Occupied LA for 40 Days and All They Did Was Detain One Guy
He wasn’t even a protester — just a veteran rushing to an appointment in a federal building.
theintercept.com/2025/07/16/f...
He wasn’t even a protester — just a veteran rushing to an appointment in a federal building.
theintercept.com/2025/07/16/f...
The Military Occupied LA for 40 Days and All They Did Was Detain One Guy
Sent over the objections of California officials, the military has detained one man who was rushing to an appointment in a federal building, not protesting.
theintercept.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Military Occupied LA for 40 Days and All They Did Was Detain One Guy
He wasn’t even a protester — just a veteran rushing to an appointment in a federal building.
theintercept.com/2025/07/16/f...
He wasn’t even a protester — just a veteran rushing to an appointment in a federal building.
theintercept.com/2025/07/16/f...
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I made the mistake of looking up the current presidential line of succession
July 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I made the mistake of looking up the current presidential line of succession
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Well, we all are going to retire
Senate Republicans are bracing for another one of their colleagues to possibly call it quits: Joni Ernst.
Joni Ernst is the next GOP senator on retirement watch
The Iowan has had a tough few months, and Rep. Ashley Hinson is waiting in the wings.
www.politico.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Well, we all are going to retire