@awakeneddragon.bsky.social
A Fascinated Mind
Believer in Justice & Equality. Period. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌊🦒
Progressive, liberal, often snarky & irreverent
Formerly an IT Superstar, but that was long ago
Trying to find peace in an upside world that seems hellbent on destruction
No DM
Believer in Justice & Equality. Period. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌊🦒
Progressive, liberal, often snarky & irreverent
Formerly an IT Superstar, but that was long ago
Trying to find peace in an upside world that seems hellbent on destruction
No DM
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"Destiny struggles to reassert the pattern that was meant to be." - Dean Koontz
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DALLAS (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
DALLAS (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.
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One thing about "original intent" is that the original Constitution was so hostile to the President that their rival was made Vice President, but now we have SCOTUS "originalists" happily giving the President absolute power over everything.*
* So long as they're a Republican.
* So long as they're a Republican.
the whole structure of this argument — independent agencies are politically unaccountable therefore the president must have removal power — treats congress as if it were a total nullity, or as if only the president truly represents the public.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
One thing about "original intent" is that the original Constitution was so hostile to the President that their rival was made Vice President, but now we have SCOTUS "originalists" happily giving the President absolute power over everything.*
* So long as they're a Republican.
* So long as they're a Republican.
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Every day SCOTUS is in session is a day I think about how if it weren't for their entire corruption, we wouldn't be here in the first place.
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Every day SCOTUS is in session is a day I think about how if it weren't for their entire corruption, we wouldn't be here in the first place.
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Pay attention to Senators in the Republican Party attempting to move into Governor seats. Tommy Tuberville, Alabama. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee. Nancy Mace in S.C. There's a political restructuring in the south. Senators shifting to positions of Governors for control of state military forces.
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Pay attention to Senators in the Republican Party attempting to move into Governor seats. Tommy Tuberville, Alabama. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee. Nancy Mace in S.C. There's a political restructuring in the south. Senators shifting to positions of Governors for control of state military forces.
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Getting the grade you earned is religious persecution now?
University Of Oklahoma Places Professor On Leave After Student Cries 'Religious Discrimination' For Bad Grade On Essay
www.comicsands.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Getting the grade you earned is religious persecution now?
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BREAKING: Donald Trump reveals his long awaited Healthcare Plan.
1. BE WHITE
2. OR RICH
3. OR JUST DON'T GET SICK
1. BE WHITE
2. OR RICH
3. OR JUST DON'T GET SICK
December 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump reveals his long awaited Healthcare Plan.
1. BE WHITE
2. OR RICH
3. OR JUST DON'T GET SICK
1. BE WHITE
2. OR RICH
3. OR JUST DON'T GET SICK
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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For the first time, the Kennedy Center Awards were presented in the tiny Oval Office instead of the Kennedy Center For Performing Arts. Donald used his now-vulgar Oval Office for the ceremony to avoid the embarrassment of TV audiences seeing an almost empty theater.
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
For the first time, the Kennedy Center Awards were presented in the tiny Oval Office instead of the Kennedy Center For Performing Arts. Donald used his now-vulgar Oval Office for the ceremony to avoid the embarrassment of TV audiences seeing an almost empty theater.
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I wonder if Brett Kavanaugh will rethink his cavalier attitude towards these things once he sees a white blonde woman can be targeted repeatedly as well?
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I wonder if Brett Kavanaugh will rethink his cavalier attitude towards these things once he sees a white blonde woman can be targeted repeatedly as well?
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Now that Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi have broken off their illicit relationship, here's my prediction for a future headline:
Bari Weiss names Olivia Nuzzi anchor of CBS Evening News
Bari Weiss names Olivia Nuzzi anchor of CBS Evening News
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Now that Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi have broken off their illicit relationship, here's my prediction for a future headline:
Bari Weiss names Olivia Nuzzi anchor of CBS Evening News
Bari Weiss names Olivia Nuzzi anchor of CBS Evening News
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The USA is no longer a reliable partner for nations that strive for freedom, democracy, global trade, and world peace. The USA is evolving into a corporation that primarily represents the business interests and personal views of the president and his family. (1)
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The USA is no longer a reliable partner for nations that strive for freedom, democracy, global trade, and world peace. The USA is evolving into a corporation that primarily represents the business interests and personal views of the president and his family. (1)
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this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter
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The most important line in a solid piece by @iandunt.bsky.social
"And yet for all its flaws, Bluesky offers something which is becoming vanishingly rare in the modern world: a vision of life without the algorithm. What I see is what I have chosen to see. We own our own destiny on Bluesky."
"And yet for all its flaws, Bluesky offers something which is becoming vanishingly rare in the modern world: a vision of life without the algorithm. What I see is what I have chosen to see. We own our own destiny on Bluesky."
Thank God for Bluesky
A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The most important line in a solid piece by @iandunt.bsky.social
"And yet for all its flaws, Bluesky offers something which is becoming vanishingly rare in the modern world: a vision of life without the algorithm. What I see is what I have chosen to see. We own our own destiny on Bluesky."
"And yet for all its flaws, Bluesky offers something which is becoming vanishingly rare in the modern world: a vision of life without the algorithm. What I see is what I have chosen to see. We own our own destiny on Bluesky."
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RFK Jr’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back keeping your children alive
RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back recommending all newborns get vaccinated for hepatitis B
CDC Panel Of Vaccine Skeptics Votes To Delay Hepatitis B Shot For Most Babies
Public health officials warned that the decision by advisers picked by RFK Jr. will result in more infants being infected and experiencing lifelong liver diseases.
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
RFK Jr’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back keeping your children alive
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Deranged chaos agent RFK Jr strikes US Health again with the CDC advisory panel rolling back a universal decades long hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
There’s nothing pro-life about any of this, it’s called murder and MAGA was designed to carry it all out.
There’s nothing pro-life about any of this, it’s called murder and MAGA was designed to carry it all out.
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Deranged chaos agent RFK Jr strikes US Health again with the CDC advisory panel rolling back a universal decades long hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
There’s nothing pro-life about any of this, it’s called murder and MAGA was designed to carry it all out.
There’s nothing pro-life about any of this, it’s called murder and MAGA was designed to carry it all out.
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After seeing the photo of Jeffrey Epstein’s living room just released it now makes sense what Donald Trump is doing to the Oval Office.
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
After seeing the photo of Jeffrey Epstein’s living room just released it now makes sense what Donald Trump is doing to the Oval Office.
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The Conservative United States Supreme Court is a morally busted, bought-off group of proven liars who stand against America.
They are dangerous as hell.
They are dangerous as hell.
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The Conservative United States Supreme Court is a morally busted, bought-off group of proven liars who stand against America.
They are dangerous as hell.
They are dangerous as hell.
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Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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And the sick fuckers in charge just watched them there, suffering, and then, after almost an hour of premeditation and deliberations, murdered them too.
There is no context, no explanation, no rationalization that will ever make this anything other than a My Lai level event.
There is no context, no explanation, no rationalization that will ever make this anything other than a My Lai level event.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
And the sick fuckers in charge just watched them there, suffering, and then, after almost an hour of premeditation and deliberations, murdered them too.
There is no context, no explanation, no rationalization that will ever make this anything other than a My Lai level event.
There is no context, no explanation, no rationalization that will ever make this anything other than a My Lai level event.
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Trump/Hegseth/Bradley's actions make every American less safe, until these men are held accountable *by a court of law* for their murders in our name.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trump/Hegseth/Bradley's actions make every American less safe, until these men are held accountable *by a court of law* for their murders in our name.
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Supreme Court made it clear in today's ruling that gerrymandering for partisan reasons (even if it does so by disenfranchising minorities) is legal, so that could be good for CA's partisan gerrymandering
But, Supreme Court could just as easily rule that gerrymandering is only legal for Republicans
But, Supreme Court could just as easily rule that gerrymandering is only legal for Republicans
NOTABLE: Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch say they view California's new map as "indisputably" driven by the pursuit of partisan advantage, as opposed to impermissible race-based goals. Could bode well for Newsom in legal challenges to the CA map. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Supreme Court made it clear in today's ruling that gerrymandering for partisan reasons (even if it does so by disenfranchising minorities) is legal, so that could be good for CA's partisan gerrymandering
But, Supreme Court could just as easily rule that gerrymandering is only legal for Republicans
But, Supreme Court could just as easily rule that gerrymandering is only legal for Republicans
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The same court that said:
"Welp... we'd love to do something about this clearly illegally gerrymandered map. But shucky darn, an election is coming up and there's not enough time to change this clearly illegally gerrymandered map. We'll just have to let it stand until it can be changed... later"
"Welp... we'd love to do something about this clearly illegally gerrymandered map. But shucky darn, an election is coming up and there's not enough time to change this clearly illegally gerrymandered map. We'll just have to let it stand until it can be changed... later"
September 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The same court that said:
"Welp... we'd love to do something about this clearly illegally gerrymandered map. But shucky darn, an election is coming up and there's not enough time to change this clearly illegally gerrymandered map. We'll just have to let it stand until it can be changed... later"
"Welp... we'd love to do something about this clearly illegally gerrymandered map. But shucky darn, an election is coming up and there's not enough time to change this clearly illegally gerrymandered map. We'll just have to let it stand until it can be changed... later"