Dell C. "DC" Toedt III
@dctoedt.bsky.social
Now: (Mostly:) Part-time law prof. (course: advanced contract drafting); tech/IP attorney. Before: BigLaw partner, GC of public software company. TX, CA bars. Ex-Navy (USS Enterprise nuke SWO). Last name pronounced "Tate." https://www.OnContracts.com/About
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Joining @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social at the top of the 6ET to discuss this article I wrote last night. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
And why it matters there are two military oaths.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Joining @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social at the top of the 6ET to discuss this article I wrote last night. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
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This is why Charlie Kirk hysteria was utterly insincere. MAGA has no problem with political violence against its enemies
"Deadly serious." Sen. Schumer addresses the Senate on political violence and rhetoric calling for execution.
#Schumer #PoliticalViolence #Senate #Trump #Rhetoric
#Schumer #PoliticalViolence #Senate #Trump #Rhetoric
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is why Charlie Kirk hysteria was utterly insincere. MAGA has no problem with political violence against its enemies
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This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
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Use Rule IX for an impeachment vote. When it fails, do it again. And again. And again. Deny every unanimous consent. Appeal every point of order including ones you just made up. Make every vote be recorded. Be unruly and disorderly. Call Johnson a scumbag traitor on the floor, and then keep going.
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Use Rule IX for an impeachment vote. When it fails, do it again. And again. And again. Deny every unanimous consent. Appeal every point of order including ones you just made up. Make every vote be recorded. Be unruly and disorderly. Call Johnson a scumbag traitor on the floor, and then keep going.
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This is looting.
NEW: The DOJ is in settlement talks with Mike Flynn for $50M. They're robbing us blind. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is looting.
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Golden touch?! He went bankrupt six fucking times!
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Golden touch?! He went bankrupt six fucking times!
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Those 29% are basically just saying “I like Donald Trump.”
If the question had been ‘POTUS has outlawed the color lilac and says eating belly button fluff cures leukemia, do you agree?” you’d have gotten pretty much the same %.
If the question had been ‘POTUS has outlawed the color lilac and says eating belly button fluff cures leukemia, do you agree?” you’d have gotten pretty much the same %.
Only 29% of Americans support using the U.S. military to kill suspected drug traffickers without a judge or court being involved, a rebuke of President Donald Trump's strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
www.reuters.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Those 29% are basically just saying “I like Donald Trump.”
If the question had been ‘POTUS has outlawed the color lilac and says eating belly button fluff cures leukemia, do you agree?” you’d have gotten pretty much the same %.
If the question had been ‘POTUS has outlawed the color lilac and says eating belly button fluff cures leukemia, do you agree?” you’d have gotten pretty much the same %.
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How a lone submission by a Georgetown Law Professor Might Defeat the Administration in Trump v. Illinois
The Little Amicus Brief That Could
How a lone submission by a Georgetown Law Professor Might Defeat the Administration in Trump v. Illinois
harrylitman.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
How a lone submission by a Georgetown Law Professor Might Defeat the Administration in Trump v. Illinois
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
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The Onion, yet again, FTW.
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Onion, yet again, FTW.
We have a GM EV, and I use CarPlay a fair amount to listen to books, etc. No way I'm going to use GM's software — let alone pay extra for it. That'll assuredly be a factor in deciding on our next EV.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can
The auto industry is at war with Apple.
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We have a GM EV, and I use CarPlay a fair amount to listen to books, etc. No way I'm going to use GM's software — let alone pay extra for it. That'll assuredly be a factor in deciding on our next EV.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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This picture is worth 1,000 words.
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This picture is worth 1,000 words.
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If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.
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After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.
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Whole gag in Garry Trudeau's short-lived sitcom "Alpha House" of a Reagan impersonator performing at a GOP Senate retreat. They're all lathered up for red meat, and the impersonator only delivers quotes saying nice things about immigration, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo4l...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo4l...
Ronald Regan Impersonator from Alpha House
YouTube video by TheAlmightPat
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Whole gag in Garry Trudeau's short-lived sitcom "Alpha House" of a Reagan impersonator performing at a GOP Senate retreat. They're all lathered up for red meat, and the impersonator only delivers quotes saying nice things about immigration, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo4l...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo4l...
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Only a broken nation, with a broken political system, could put this person in power. Only a populace - the people who voted for him AND the people who didn’t - divided, afraid, uninformed, and lacking in human understanding & empathy could put this person in power.
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
October 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Only a broken nation, with a broken political system, could put this person in power. Only a populace - the people who voted for him AND the people who didn’t - divided, afraid, uninformed, and lacking in human understanding & empathy could put this person in power.
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Never mind every other single abominable or corrupt thing to this miserable moment, the extrajudicial and unevidenced execution of 34 human beings by the U.S. Navy on the orders of a U.S. President acting in peacetime is sufficient for his impeachment and conviction.
If we were a republic, I mean.
If we were a republic, I mean.
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Never mind every other single abominable or corrupt thing to this miserable moment, the extrajudicial and unevidenced execution of 34 human beings by the U.S. Navy on the orders of a U.S. President acting in peacetime is sufficient for his impeachment and conviction.
If we were a republic, I mean.
If we were a republic, I mean.
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It would be perfectly ok for Congress to overturn the Supreme Court's made-up-from-whole-cloth decision granting Trump immunity, strip courts' jurisdiction to review the legislation, and then prosecute Trump and jail him. The check on abuse is political--either Americans agree or they don't.
October 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It would be perfectly ok for Congress to overturn the Supreme Court's made-up-from-whole-cloth decision granting Trump immunity, strip courts' jurisdiction to review the legislation, and then prosecute Trump and jail him. The check on abuse is political--either Americans agree or they don't.
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ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Happy 250th birthday today to the U.S. Navy: "... At this time, all Navy and Nation 250 events are paused as part of the government shutdown protocols. We hope to recommence planning once appropriations are provided."
www.navy.mil/Navy-250/
www.navy.mil/Navy-250/
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy 250th birthday today to the U.S. Navy: "... At this time, all Navy and Nation 250 events are paused as part of the government shutdown protocols. We hope to recommence planning once appropriations are provided."
www.navy.mil/Navy-250/
www.navy.mil/Navy-250/
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Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
October 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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LSOS. Again.
(I don't have personal knowledge but I have more than a little confidence that Sen. Whitehouse ~isn't lying.)
(I don't have personal knowledge but I have more than a little confidence that Sen. Whitehouse ~isn't lying.)
AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.
October 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
LSOS. Again.
(I don't have personal knowledge but I have more than a little confidence that Sen. Whitehouse ~isn't lying.)
(I don't have personal knowledge but I have more than a little confidence that Sen. Whitehouse ~isn't lying.)
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I know it's vanishingly unlikely this cop will face any consequences for this egregiously unnecessary use of force, but I think it's important that we keep pointing out how ILLEGAL this all is anyway. It's happening so often people might just... assume otherwise. Don't let them normalize this.
Either the police are mighty and fearless warriors, or they’re scared enough of a sassy 20-something woman to unload a canister of pepper spray in her face from 2 feet away, but they cannot be both.
October 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I know it's vanishingly unlikely this cop will face any consequences for this egregiously unnecessary use of force, but I think it's important that we keep pointing out how ILLEGAL this all is anyway. It's happening so often people might just... assume otherwise. Don't let them normalize this.