Jim Pfau
@jimpavo.bsky.social
Lawyer, UCC geek, singer, husband, dad . . . not necessarily in that order.
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This is totalitarianism. Not rule of law democracy. And everyone who excused thus is potentially signing this nation’s death warrant.
The woman in medical scrubs, who was a U.S. citizen, was yanked from her car and wrestled to the ground by federal immigration agents in a Key Largo traffic stop Wednesday before she was released.
Woman forcefully detained in Keys was driving ‘illegal’ boyfriend’s car, feds say
The woman in medical scrubs, who was a U.S. citizen, was yanked from her car and wrestled to the ground by federal immigration agents in a Key Largo traffic stop Wednesday before she was released.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is totalitarianism. Not rule of law democracy. And everyone who excused thus is potentially signing this nation’s death warrant.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Pete Hegseth on Sept 3 talking about the strike on boats where 2 survivors were later killed in a second strike: “I watched it live.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Pete Hegseth on Sept 3 talking about the strike on boats where 2 survivors were later killed in a second strike: “I watched it live.”
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Drafting my letter to Santa already
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Drafting my letter to Santa already
@onthemedia.bsky.social, if nothing else, today’s episode shared my pain and made me happy.
I sent this a week ago with no expectation that it would stop the texts (and it hasn't), but it still felt good to put this in writing.
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
@onthemedia.bsky.social, if nothing else, today’s episode shared my pain and made me happy.
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Of course it's a drop in the bucket. But I don't want the idea of a privately-funded U.S. military to gain the least bit of traction - or precedent.
Probably not a good thing when the revelation of the oligarch who sent $130m to pay troops identity is revealed and the photo used is 44 years old and the headline includes "reclusive." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Of course it's a drop in the bucket. But I don't want the idea of a privately-funded U.S. military to gain the least bit of traction - or precedent.
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To the scolds posting about how these big nonviolent protests are just for lame normies: _this_ is why it matters to get hundreds of thousands of people in one place yelling & waving signs: not just to create solidarity among those there, but to create images that show our huge numbers to the world.
October 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
To the scolds posting about how these big nonviolent protests are just for lame normies: _this_ is why it matters to get hundreds of thousands of people in one place yelling & waving signs: not just to create solidarity among those there, but to create images that show our huge numbers to the world.
They tell me that Susan Stamberg is dead, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.
(With apologies to John O’Hara and George Gershwin)
What I said on Facebook 9 years ago remains true. I am grateful for Susan's role as one of the founding voices of NPR, now more than ever.
(With apologies to John O’Hara and George Gershwin)
What I said on Facebook 9 years ago remains true. I am grateful for Susan's role as one of the founding voices of NPR, now more than ever.
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
They tell me that Susan Stamberg is dead, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.
(With apologies to John O’Hara and George Gershwin)
What I said on Facebook 9 years ago remains true. I am grateful for Susan's role as one of the founding voices of NPR, now more than ever.
(With apologies to John O’Hara and George Gershwin)
What I said on Facebook 9 years ago remains true. I am grateful for Susan's role as one of the founding voices of NPR, now more than ever.
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They are building a Propaganda State.
They are cooking the books on job creation.
Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.
They are cooking the books on job creation.
Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
They are building a Propaganda State.
They are cooking the books on job creation.
Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.
They are cooking the books on job creation.
Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.
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BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
October 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
October 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
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When Democrats controlled the White House, Senate and House there were no shutdowns because we acted like adults and negotiated with Republicans.
Now Republicans control everything and they're refusing to even show up for work. Because they think the chaos of a shutdown is fun.
Now Republicans control everything and they're refusing to even show up for work. Because they think the chaos of a shutdown is fun.
October 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When Democrats controlled the White House, Senate and House there were no shutdowns because we acted like adults and negotiated with Republicans.
Now Republicans control everything and they're refusing to even show up for work. Because they think the chaos of a shutdown is fun.
Now Republicans control everything and they're refusing to even show up for work. Because they think the chaos of a shutdown is fun.
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The First Amendment, of course, famously says, "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech in designated free speech zones, but outside of those the militarized police can arrest you for saying anything that hurts their feelings."
ISP declares unlawful assembly again via loudspeaker now.
Unsure why since all people are doing right now is standing on the sidewalk where they've been ordered to be.
They're telling people they have to either disperse or return to designated free speech zone.
Unsure why since all people are doing right now is standing on the sidewalk where they've been ordered to be.
They're telling people they have to either disperse or return to designated free speech zone.
October 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The First Amendment, of course, famously says, "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech in designated free speech zones, but outside of those the militarized police can arrest you for saying anything that hurts their feelings."
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BREAKING: The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 100-page opinion -- says it is unequivocally, lopsidedly easy to determine that the Trump administration's view of birthright citizenship is wrong.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
BREAKING: The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 100-page opinion -- says it is unequivocally, lopsidedly easy to determine that the Trump administration's view of birthright citizenship is wrong.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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The reason we have rules of engagement isn’t to keep warfighters from killing our enemies.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The reason we have rules of engagement isn’t to keep warfighters from killing our enemies.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
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I have a cousin who died of exposure on the streets.
That’s Bonnie you’re talking about like she was garbage, like she was vermin, like she came from nowhere and would be missed by no one.
That’s Bonnie you’re talking about like she was garbage, like she was vermin, like she came from nowhere and would be missed by no one.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I have a cousin who died of exposure on the streets.
That’s Bonnie you’re talking about like she was garbage, like she was vermin, like she came from nowhere and would be missed by no one.
That’s Bonnie you’re talking about like she was garbage, like she was vermin, like she came from nowhere and would be missed by no one.
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"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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Rightwing provocateurs using their faux concern about “violent rhetoric” to encourage more violence is some truly Shakespearean villainy.
September 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Rightwing provocateurs using their faux concern about “violent rhetoric” to encourage more violence is some truly Shakespearean villainy.