Don Zeko
@donzeko.bsky.social
Public defender in the South, politics obsessive, nerd stuff enthusiast. Also a dad, although I'm trying to respect the privacy of my increasingly feral children.
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oh it gets worse
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
oh it gets worse
I also want the people in Congress trying to stop the bad things to do a better job. They aren't actively trying to do the bad things.
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I also want the people in Congress trying to stop the bad things to do a better job. They aren't actively trying to do the bad things.
I think Dems were destined to lose in some way or another; they're the minority party in both chambers. Losing like this does not seem like the best way to lose.
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I think Dems were destined to lose in some way or another; they're the minority party in both chambers. Losing like this does not seem like the best way to lose.
"that's gay" was just a general way of disparaging something. It was everywhere.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"that's gay" was just a general way of disparaging something. It was everywhere.
Yep. I don't think I said anything overtly hateful and I was friendly with a handful of people that were out, but it's hard to convey now just how ubiquitous casual homophobia was.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Yep. I don't think I said anything overtly hateful and I was friendly with a handful of people that were out, but it's hard to convey now just how ubiquitous casual homophobia was.
We may get out of this without much bloodshed but there's no way we get out without any. Given that ICE has already shot unarmed protesters I'd say the door is already closed.
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We may get out of this without much bloodshed but there's no way we get out without any. Given that ICE has already shot unarmed protesters I'd say the door is already closed.
That right there is an untrained asshole with neither trigger discipline nor emotional regulation. Because he's an ICE guy in 2025 he's probably marinating in racist paranoia every day.
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
That right there is an untrained asshole with neither trigger discipline nor emotional regulation. Because he's an ICE guy in 2025 he's probably marinating in racist paranoia every day.
Very many black soldiers absolutely did fight in the civil war. They aren't who Vance was talking about.
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Very many black soldiers absolutely did fight in the civil war. They aren't who Vance was talking about.
They're the most loathsome bigots you can imagine and they run the federal government.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
They're the most loathsome bigots you can imagine and they run the federal government.
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the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*
How I feel about these takes:
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How I feel about these takes:
Jedi is clearly a lesser film than Empire but leaving it off is going way too far
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Jedi is clearly a lesser film than Empire but leaving it off is going way too far
But if you do this you completely miss Salacious Crumb
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
But if you do this you completely miss Salacious Crumb
That's how you get the dads to move in from Master and Commander
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That's how you get the dads to move in from Master and Commander
I mean come on, what's not to like here
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I mean come on, what's not to like here