@branor2.bsky.social
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Not really much point in having a door then, is there?
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Not really much point in having a door then, is there?
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when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
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Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
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I missed this dispatch earlier. Details on the companies that should live in shame for their role in rushed destruction of White House East Wing.
Remember them, and their "leaders."
Main point: read the @birddroneone.bsky.social thread.
Remember them, and their "leaders."
Main point: read the @birddroneone.bsky.social thread.
The East Wing Desecrators
Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.
In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.
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Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.
In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.
🧵
October 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I missed this dispatch earlier. Details on the companies that should live in shame for their role in rushed destruction of White House East Wing.
Remember them, and their "leaders."
Main point: read the @birddroneone.bsky.social thread.
Remember them, and their "leaders."
Main point: read the @birddroneone.bsky.social thread.
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The East Wing Desecrators
Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.
In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.
🧵
Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.
In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.
🧵
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The East Wing Desecrators
Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.
In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.
🧵
Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.
In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.
🧵
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Twenty-five years ago, and before, @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and I would not have agreed on much.
He is entirely on the right side here.
These governors of SC and OH, whose urban crime problems are *worse* than DC's, should mind their own business.
He is entirely on the right side here.
These governors of SC and OH, whose urban crime problems are *worse* than DC's, should mind their own business.
There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Twenty-five years ago, and before, @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and I would not have agreed on much.
He is entirely on the right side here.
These governors of SC and OH, whose urban crime problems are *worse* than DC's, should mind their own business.
He is entirely on the right side here.
These governors of SC and OH, whose urban crime problems are *worse* than DC's, should mind their own business.
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This is excellent and exactly matches what we've seen in reporting w construction teams, farm managers, food service, bldg maintenance. Let's not even talk about packing houses
Everyone knows this, except Miller, Noem, Homan, Trump, Congressional GOP. (Actually, they know.)
100% worth watching
Everyone knows this, except Miller, Noem, Homan, Trump, Congressional GOP. (Actually, they know.)
100% worth watching
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is excellent and exactly matches what we've seen in reporting w construction teams, farm managers, food service, bldg maintenance. Let's not even talk about packing houses
Everyone knows this, except Miller, Noem, Homan, Trump, Congressional GOP. (Actually, they know.)
100% worth watching
Everyone knows this, except Miller, Noem, Homan, Trump, Congressional GOP. (Actually, they know.)
100% worth watching
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Boom.
Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insuf
ficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an
unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative
task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And,
indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is
imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia
of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A method
ology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that—
and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand
the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to
achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing
judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and
not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources
of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own pref
erences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insuffi
ciently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s
its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexi
ble enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4d76fjna5nxqsy2fu6cgmp3/bafkreicg7mx5lddzyvnoguvadwnojtm7xcu2sf34hhizuapfesk46w7kli@jpeg)
June 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Boom.
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Robert E. Lee and his men killed over 110,000 US Army soldiers. Here's why that same Army must rename its military bases after him.
by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth
by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth
June 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Robert E. Lee and his men killed over 110,000 US Army soldiers. Here's why that same Army must rename its military bases after him.
by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth
by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth
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Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."
June 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."
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Real world:
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
June 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Real world:
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
- Trump team trying to create a Reichstag moment.
- Trump telling military audience that LA is hellhole full of "animals"
- Officials in Calif trying both to calm things down, and stand up
PUNDIT world:
- Is it smart politics?
- Is Gavin running?
- Doesn't Trump look strong!
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“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration
May 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration
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May 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line
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I agee w Patrick. (We lived in China at same time, diff on many things, agree here.)
Chinese leaders always reckoned with the vast *depth* of US strength. Institutions, networks, expertise.
Now, in cold-blooded rather than triumphalist mode, they recognize they're dealing with nuts and clowns.
Chinese leaders always reckoned with the vast *depth* of US strength. Institutions, networks, expertise.
Now, in cold-blooded rather than triumphalist mode, they recognize they're dealing with nuts and clowns.
The trade war will undoubtedly hurt the Chinese economy. But I honestly don’t think Xi cares. He sees this correctly, as a historic opportunity to destroy U.S. global influence.
Views for Al Jazeera: The dip in #HongKong offered a more accurate gauge of the market’s expectations for how the #tariffs will affect #China’s economy than the stock markets on the Chinese mainland.
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
April 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I agee w Patrick. (We lived in China at same time, diff on many things, agree here.)
Chinese leaders always reckoned with the vast *depth* of US strength. Institutions, networks, expertise.
Now, in cold-blooded rather than triumphalist mode, they recognize they're dealing with nuts and clowns.
Chinese leaders always reckoned with the vast *depth* of US strength. Institutions, networks, expertise.
Now, in cold-blooded rather than triumphalist mode, they recognize they're dealing with nuts and clowns.
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Remember when Republicans claimed to be concerned about "vote fraud"?
Went canvassing for Judge Crawford today. Another canvasser said Musk has paid canvassers on UW campus offering $100 to boys who will pledge to vote for his candidate, and a lot of them are taking the money
March 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Remember when Republicans claimed to be concerned about "vote fraud"?
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This is a really good summary of the whole Trump tariff clown show in a way that probably only the Canadian Broadcasting Corp cld do. Not like aggressive, just a dispassionate and very clarifying. Even elegant. Quite good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHoZ...
Tariff war: Does Trump actually know what he's doing? | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is a really good summary of the whole Trump tariff clown show in a way that probably only the Canadian Broadcasting Corp cld do. Not like aggressive, just a dispassionate and very clarifying. Even elegant. Quite good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHoZ...
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Washington Post under Trump: "151,000 jobs is solid"
Washington Post under Biden: "194,000 jobs is another weak month"
Washington Post under Biden: "194,000 jobs is another weak month"
March 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Washington Post under Trump: "151,000 jobs is solid"
Washington Post under Biden: "194,000 jobs is another weak month"
Washington Post under Biden: "194,000 jobs is another weak month"
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Every generation must rediscover the power of economies of scale
February 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Every generation must rediscover the power of economies of scale
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D Trump, P Hegseth, E Musk among them, have:
-Around nine marriages (count varies)
-Multiple out-of-wedlock children;
-Multiple sexual-misconduct accusations, cash settlements, at least one jury verdict;
-Zero time in uniform (Trump, Musk). Iraq/Afgh for Hegseth.
Yesterday they fired ....
D Trump, P Hegseth, E Musk among them, have:
-Around nine marriages (count varies)
-Multiple out-of-wedlock children;
-Multiple sexual-misconduct accusations, cash settlements, at least one jury verdict;
-Zero time in uniform (Trump, Musk). Iraq/Afgh for Hegseth.
Yesterday they fired ....
February 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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D Trump, P Hegseth, E Musk among them, have:
-Around nine marriages (count varies)
-Multiple out-of-wedlock children;
-Multiple sexual-misconduct accusations, cash settlements, at least one jury verdict;
-Zero time in uniform (Trump, Musk). Iraq/Afgh for Hegseth.
Yesterday they fired ....
D Trump, P Hegseth, E Musk among them, have:
-Around nine marriages (count varies)
-Multiple out-of-wedlock children;
-Multiple sexual-misconduct accusations, cash settlements, at least one jury verdict;
-Zero time in uniform (Trump, Musk). Iraq/Afgh for Hegseth.
Yesterday they fired ....
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Wallace Shawn Emerges As Frontrunner To Replace Daniel Craig As James Bond
February 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Wallace Shawn Emerges As Frontrunner To Replace Daniel Craig As James Bond
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The tax cut lobbyists used to say that "uncertainty" was such a huge problem that you HAD to extend the tax cuts, can't saddle job creators with unpredictable policy.
lol!
lol!
February 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The tax cut lobbyists used to say that "uncertainty" was such a huge problem that you HAD to extend the tax cuts, can't saddle job creators with unpredictable policy.
lol!
lol!
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As much as I love Mystery Science Theater 3000, it has done more damage to how people consume media than anything else out there. Everyone wants to be the three guys making fun of whatever it is they're watching, regardless of its quality. People have forgotten how to genuinely enjoy things.
February 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As much as I love Mystery Science Theater 3000, it has done more damage to how people consume media than anything else out there. Everyone wants to be the three guys making fun of whatever it is they're watching, regardless of its quality. People have forgotten how to genuinely enjoy things.
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I wrote this back in October. I really wish I had been less accurate.
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I wrote this back in October. I really wish I had been less accurate.