David Magariel
@dmagpd.bsky.social
Chief Public Defender at Wyandotte County Public Defender (29th Judicial District, Kansas City, Kansas). He/him. Lover of my family, due process, the Royals, and the Jayhawks. Personal account only.
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Bo Diddley
Stevie Wonder
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Elbow
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5 concerts you've seen
The Who
Wilco
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Merle Haggard
Rolling Stones
The Who
Wilco
Bo Diddley
Merle Haggard
Rolling Stones
5 concerts you've seen
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
XTC
The Ramones
Harry Chapin
Husker Du
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
XTC
The Ramones
Harry Chapin
Husker Du
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Bo Diddley
Stevie Wonder
Paul Simon
Elbow
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Elbow
You literally can't make this shit up
The Shamwow Guy just announced that he is running for Texas’ 31st Congressional District.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
You literally can't make this shit up
Boy ain't this true.
Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Boy ain't this true.
Couldn't have happened to a more likable team?
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Couldn't have happened to a more likable team?
Next question: "should the speaker of the house know what is going on in the country?"
Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Next question: "should the speaker of the house know what is going on in the country?"
Everyone should know what is happening. It's not about status. It's not about crime. It's about white supremacy and scapegoating.
This is the type of thing the first trump admin excelled (pejorative) at and now they are arguably torqued up and better at it
Little tweaks to the system that have massive effects, and also just widespread foot dragging laced with barely plausible deniability. During term 1, there were lots of…
Little tweaks to the system that have massive effects, and also just widespread foot dragging laced with barely plausible deniability. During term 1, there were lots of…
DHS's position is now that if they, the government, take too long to process your work permit renewal application and you have to stop working and lose your job, well, deal with it, that's just the price of security.
Federal Register notice here: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19702.pdf
Federal Register notice here: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19702.pdf
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Everyone should know what is happening. It's not about status. It's not about crime. It's about white supremacy and scapegoating.
I decided to become this guy a couple of years ago. Totally worth it
Fancy Man Enjoys Tea https://theonion.com/fancy-man-enjoys-tea-1819569438/
October 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I decided to become this guy a couple of years ago. Totally worth it
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US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
October 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
Our President is your mom/aunt getting confused by shit on Facebook. It's a great thing I'm sure.
“Google, for the purpose of FAIRNESS, please let Univision back!”
October 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Our President is your mom/aunt getting confused by shit on Facebook. It's a great thing I'm sure.
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/3 Because, if you didn’t know, prosecutors CAN obtain summonses to tell people to come to court to face charges, and who gets those and who gets arrested is a story of privilege, race, petty vindictiveness, and everything else bad about the system. But I digress.
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
/3 Because, if you didn’t know, prosecutors CAN obtain summonses to tell people to come to court to face charges, and who gets those and who gets arrested is a story of privilege, race, petty vindictiveness, and everything else bad about the system. But I digress.
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There is no world in which masked and armed agents of the state running down delivery drivers makes us safer. That our information environment and political leaders have convinced people otherwise is a massive failure.
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
There is no world in which masked and armed agents of the state running down delivery drivers makes us safer. That our information environment and political leaders have convinced people otherwise is a massive failure.
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Never has this gif been more appropriate
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Never has this gif been more appropriate
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US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.
September 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.
Yeeeesasassss!!!!
"This is a case about Katz and dogs" -- opening line of a pending SCOTUS cert. petition about an allegedly unconstitutional search involving a police dog.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Yeeeesasassss!!!!
I enjoy his writing and podcast and have learned a lot from Ezra Klein. But what the hell man? Appealing to our worst instincts is doing it the right way? Demonizing marginalized groups is not doing it the right way. How very disappointing.
They saw Charlie Kirk as a peer, and they stand by their own.
It's an exclusive club, and you're not in it.
Bouncers will be checking race and gender at the door.
It's an exclusive club, and you're not in it.
Bouncers will be checking race and gender at the door.
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I enjoy his writing and podcast and have learned a lot from Ezra Klein. But what the hell man? Appealing to our worst instincts is doing it the right way? Demonizing marginalized groups is not doing it the right way. How very disappointing.
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Funniest possible person to say nothing bad happened when he was a kid as a result of everyone having guns
RFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
September 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Funniest possible person to say nothing bad happened when he was a kid as a result of everyone having guns
The ham sandwich has come to life!
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
A federal magistrate judge said one arrest in D.C. was preceded by the “most illegal search I’ve seen in my life” and another lacked “basic human dignity.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The ham sandwich has come to life!
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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The federal system doesn't use cash bail.
I fail to see how this proposal — the federal govt insisting that states use a system that the federal govt *itself* does not use — could survive even rational basis review.
I fail to see how this proposal — the federal govt insisting that states use a system that the federal govt *itself* does not use — could survive even rational basis review.
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday that seeks to end cashless bail by threatening to revoke federal funding for jurisdictions that use it, the White House said.
Trump to sign order ending cashless bail by withholding funds to cities
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday that seeks to end cashless bail by threatening to revoke federal funding for jurisdictions that use it, the White House said.
reut.rs
August 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The federal system doesn't use cash bail.
I fail to see how this proposal — the federal govt insisting that states use a system that the federal govt *itself* does not use — could survive even rational basis review.
I fail to see how this proposal — the federal govt insisting that states use a system that the federal govt *itself* does not use — could survive even rational basis review.
I know things are bad, but it's wild the president can publicly say "haha we fixed the maps to cheat and pick up seats in the US House" and it's just like a Wednesday.
Trump says “politics is over” if Republicans gerrymander and ban mail voting before the midterms
August 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I know things are bad, but it's wild the president can publicly say "haha we fixed the maps to cheat and pick up seats in the US House" and it's just like a Wednesday.
Bill Kristol, 2025. God this timeline sucks.
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 3:48 AM
Bill Kristol, 2025. God this timeline sucks.
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Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
www.nbcnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Anyone who debated knows this is bullshit
Chris Wright: "How often do you hear that the planet is getting greener because there is more carbon dioxide in the air? It contributes to increased crop productivity and greener wilderness. How often do you hear that deaths from extreme weather have been falling by a stone for a century?"
August 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Anyone who debated knows this is bullshit
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"Cities are horrific" is the kind of rhetoric that's contributed to people seeing houseless folks & others going through rough times as "criminal" instead of people who need help & resources. That's helped normalize shoveling billions to the carceral state as the only solution to fix problems.
July 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Cities are horrific" is the kind of rhetoric that's contributed to people seeing houseless folks & others going through rough times as "criminal" instead of people who need help & resources. That's helped normalize shoveling billions to the carceral state as the only solution to fix problems.
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My response to Ring's decision to roll back reforms and go back to surveillance on behalf of police as a business model.
This is part of a trend of companies bending over backwards to get in on the techno-authoritarian money/power grab that comes with being a lapdog of the carceral state.
This is part of a trend of companies bending over backwards to get in on the techno-authoritarian money/power grab that comes with being a lapdog of the carceral state.
Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....
www.eff.org
July 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My response to Ring's decision to roll back reforms and go back to surveillance on behalf of police as a business model.
This is part of a trend of companies bending over backwards to get in on the techno-authoritarian money/power grab that comes with being a lapdog of the carceral state.
This is part of a trend of companies bending over backwards to get in on the techno-authoritarian money/power grab that comes with being a lapdog of the carceral state.