MagPie
@domesticatedzombie.bsky.social
"Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist"
Reposted by MagPie
THIS
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
THIS
Reposted by MagPie
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
Reposted by MagPie
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Reposted by MagPie
Reposted by MagPie
CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
Reposted by MagPie
ICYMI: A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice used a fake quote and citation in a high-profile dissent. She completely turned SCOTUS' 2023 gerrymandering ruling (out of North Carolina) on its head. #AI
Nestled within this bizarre story is the important news that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken the first steps toward striking down its state’s GOP congressional gerrymander, a move that could net Democrats 2-3 more seats in the House of Representatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Conservative Justice Uses Fake Quote to Justify Wisconsin Republican Gerrymander
It is not clear how Ziegler’s misquotation wound up in the published opinion of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.
slate.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
ICYMI: A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice used a fake quote and citation in a high-profile dissent. She completely turned SCOTUS' 2023 gerrymandering ruling (out of North Carolina) on its head. #AI
Reposted by MagPie
Ok now my favorite store
Costco is suing the Trump administration in an effort to get a full refund of new tariffs paid by the warehouse retail giant this year and to block those tariffs from continuing to be imposed as a Supreme Court case plays out… www.cnbc.com/2025/12/01/c...
Costco sues for Trump tariff refunds before Supreme Court rules if they're illegal
Costco joins dozens of other companies that are seeking to protect their rights to refunds of Trump's tariffs without first waiting for the Supreme Court.
www.cnbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Ok now my favorite store
Reposted by MagPie
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Reposted by MagPie
“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...
abc7chicago.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Reposted by MagPie
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reposted by MagPie
Reposted by MagPie
Reposted by MagPie
The shooter of the the National Guard in DC was granted asylum in April of this year. Refresh my recollection: Who was president in April of this year? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so . . .
And why was the National Guard unnecessarily there at all? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so.
And why was the National Guard unnecessarily there at all? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The shooter of the the National Guard in DC was granted asylum in April of this year. Refresh my recollection: Who was president in April of this year? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so . . .
And why was the National Guard unnecessarily there at all? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so.
And why was the National Guard unnecessarily there at all? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so.
Reposted by MagPie
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
Reposted by MagPie
Reposted by MagPie
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Reposted by MagPie
Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
Reposted by MagPie
Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb:
“The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump—somebody whose desire is to accumulate and abuse power. Trump’s abuses of power are unprecedented.”
“The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump—somebody whose desire is to accumulate and abuse power. Trump’s abuses of power are unprecedented.”
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb:
“The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump—somebody whose desire is to accumulate and abuse power. Trump’s abuses of power are unprecedented.”
“The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump—somebody whose desire is to accumulate and abuse power. Trump’s abuses of power are unprecedented.”
Reposted by MagPie
"That's the sort of Stoic Declaration of Independence....it falls on us, knowing that Thomas Jefferson didn't exactly mean what he said, to put real meaning to those words, get closer to it in each generation."
@ryan-holiday.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in this week's How To Fix It:
@ryan-holiday.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in this week's How To Fix It:
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"That's the sort of Stoic Declaration of Independence....it falls on us, knowing that Thomas Jefferson didn't exactly mean what he said, to put real meaning to those words, get closer to it in each generation."
@ryan-holiday.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in this week's How To Fix It:
@ryan-holiday.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in this week's How To Fix It:
Reposted by MagPie
The Trump surrender of Ukraine descends into utter chaos. But “chaos” is too mellow a word: What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder. Words have a hard time keeping up with the story. But we’ll try. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Send in the Clowns
The Trump/Rubio Ukraine FUBAR
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Trump surrender of Ukraine descends into utter chaos. But “chaos” is too mellow a word: What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder. Words have a hard time keeping up with the story. But we’ll try. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Reposted by MagPie
It is also notable that so much of right-wing media being a grift with transnational participants and funding posing as Americans ought to tell us the presence, volume, and claims, etc of right wing media (esp social media) are not actually indicative of American political beliefs and preferences
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It is also notable that so much of right-wing media being a grift with transnational participants and funding posing as Americans ought to tell us the presence, volume, and claims, etc of right wing media (esp social media) are not actually indicative of American political beliefs and preferences
Reposted by MagPie
Good thing we have a functioning federal system of disease monitoring and control
(taps headset) uh, I am hearing we do not in fact have a functioning federal system of disease monitoring and control
(taps headset) uh, I am hearing we do not in fact have a functioning federal system of disease monitoring and control
A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said.
Read more: https://cnn.it/4o796sL
Read more: https://cnn.it/4o796sL
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Good thing we have a functioning federal system of disease monitoring and control
(taps headset) uh, I am hearing we do not in fact have a functioning federal system of disease monitoring and control
(taps headset) uh, I am hearing we do not in fact have a functioning federal system of disease monitoring and control
Reposted by MagPie
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Reposted by MagPie
Airman Logan Ireland thought with 15 yrs of service he would at least get retirement benefits even as he was being pushed out after SCOTUS green lit Trump's trans military ban.
The Air Force approved and then revoked his benefits. Now Ireland is now fighting back.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The Air Force approved and then revoked his benefits. Now Ireland is now fighting back.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Violates A 32-Year-Old Policy: ‘This Has Never Happened Before’
The move raises questions about how far the administration will go to reshape the armed forces.
www.huffpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Airman Logan Ireland thought with 15 yrs of service he would at least get retirement benefits even as he was being pushed out after SCOTUS green lit Trump's trans military ban.
The Air Force approved and then revoked his benefits. Now Ireland is now fighting back.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The Air Force approved and then revoked his benefits. Now Ireland is now fighting back.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...