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Flathead Jayhawker
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Brent Getty, native Kansas and Jayhawker, former public defender and/or political hack in KS, MO, MS, OH and MT. Opinions are my own. he/him/his
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What you want is COPWATCHING. The cameras turned on THEM.
February 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
This game is a Laurel and Hardy reboot
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The First Amendment protects our right to make jokes at the federal government's expense.

We have the high ground and the Constitution on our side.
He got cuffed after playing the 'Imperial March' at National Guard. Now, he's suing.
Sam O'Hara said he has 'lots of respect' for the military but criticized its presence in cities, including Washington, DC.
www.usatoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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IN CASE OF METHODISTS HIDE DOWNSTAIRS
September 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
During the first days of this administration, they attacked injunctive relief using the shadow docket. During the Biden years, MAGA used injunctions to stop popular policies. They knew first hand how powerful such relief can be.

By eliminating injunctions, MAGA now can implement unpopular and 1/x
September 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Why didn't Tesla just implement a work requirement?
August 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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notice how strategically he says "we" and build that into your politics yesterday
Interview with a community member who was maced by departing DHS agents in Macarthur Park
July 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Interview with a community member who was maced by departing DHS agents in Macarthur Park
July 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Because it's all one big loyalty test, it's not about what they think or want, it's about what the guy at the top wants, and anyone straying outside of that will be exiled from the in-group and attacked.
Mike Johnson: "All of us have to give up on our personal preferences."
July 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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What action will Pope Leo take against Opus Dei?

A recent pronouncement about another abusive group within the Church, and the role that journalists played in exposing it, offers hope – and some clues

My latest Substack....

open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...
What action will Pope Leo take against Opus Dei?
A recent pronouncement about another abusive group - and the role that journalists played in exposing it - offers hope
open.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Something I wish liberals - and, for that matter, a lot of leftists - would internalize:

The goal is not to out-argue, disprove, fact-check, debate, or point out the inconsistencies or hypocrisies of fascists.

The goal is to defeat them.
June 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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trans people are real and bathrooms and sports are made up. if you act like that's the other way around i do not have to hear your argument because it is based on a false premise
May 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
April 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Fascists do process
Process is all they do, just
Never process due
April 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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This funny 'American Pie' parody bites hard — from a comedy show that went out a few days ago in the UK
April 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Here’s the thing about the tariffs: there will be no “short term pain”. Only long term. Every time a company realizes they can get away with charging you extra they don’t ever lower the price again. They just gouge. Whatever price hikes there are will be here for good.
April 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald, how many fights can you pick before you prove to the world that you lose every single one of them?
March 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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March 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM