Joe Paulson
@joepaulson2.bsky.social
I am from NYC and like to read and engage about a range of subjects, including history, the Supreme Court, politics, and the Mets. Let's see how this goes.
Pronouns: He/Him.
I have much content online including at Joe's Substack and Teach N Thrive.
Pronouns: He/Him.
I have much content online including at Joe's Substack and Teach N Thrive.
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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This is disgusting.
Ronald Reagan refused to acknowledge the AIDS crisis. Even refused to help his "friend from the Hollywood days" Rock Hudson.
George W. Bush waited 7 years to recognize World AIDS Day.
And now we are back to a POS GOP POTUS who will ignore it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Ronald Reagan refused to acknowledge the AIDS crisis. Even refused to help his "friend from the Hollywood days" Rock Hudson.
George W. Bush waited 7 years to recognize World AIDS Day.
And now we are back to a POS GOP POTUS who will ignore it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is disgusting.
Ronald Reagan refused to acknowledge the AIDS crisis. Even refused to help his "friend from the Hollywood days" Rock Hudson.
George W. Bush waited 7 years to recognize World AIDS Day.
And now we are back to a POS GOP POTUS who will ignore it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Ronald Reagan refused to acknowledge the AIDS crisis. Even refused to help his "friend from the Hollywood days" Rock Hudson.
George W. Bush waited 7 years to recognize World AIDS Day.
And now we are back to a POS GOP POTUS who will ignore it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
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When another boy has a box
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When another boy has a box
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NEW (and CURIOUS) at SCOTUS: Court defers Trump administration's emergency plea to fire the Register of Copyrights pending upcoming decisions in two related cases that haven't been argued yet
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NEW (and CURIOUS) at SCOTUS: Court defers Trump administration's emergency plea to fire the Register of Copyrights pending upcoming decisions in two related cases that haven't been argued yet
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BREAKING: Judge Scott McAfee grants motion to dismiss Georgia case against Trump, others.
The Fulton County case -- which resulted in guilty pleas by Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Scott Hall, and Kenneth Chesebro -- is officially done.
The Fulton County case -- which resulted in guilty pleas by Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Scott Hall, and Kenneth Chesebro -- is officially done.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BREAKING: Judge Scott McAfee grants motion to dismiss Georgia case against Trump, others.
The Fulton County case -- which resulted in guilty pleas by Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Scott Hall, and Kenneth Chesebro -- is officially done.
The Fulton County case -- which resulted in guilty pleas by Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Scott Hall, and Kenneth Chesebro -- is officially done.
Who expected the GA case to survive after all this time?
The news is still depressing and aggravating.
The news is still depressing and aggravating.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Who expected the GA case to survive after all this time?
The news is still depressing and aggravating.
The news is still depressing and aggravating.
I wish we were like Brazil and insurrection attempts were taken seriously.
ATLANTA (AP) — New prosecutor dismisses charges against President Donald Trump and others in Georgia election interference case.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I wish we were like Brazil and insurrection attempts were taken seriously.
Obliterating the VRA to enforce the VRA? #SCOTUS
Social science takes time. Here, social scientists analyze a decade of evidence to show that a Supreme Court decision designed to suppress the black vote actually did. SCOTUS may soon obliterate the rest of the Voting Rights Act and we should not be shy about calling out what's going on here.
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Obliterating the VRA to enforce the VRA? #SCOTUS
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Into the 1970s, women senators basically filled in for their husbands or others for short terms. Two women senators, most notably Margaret Chase Smith, were re-elected multiple times after filling in. The first woman senator served one day.
www.senate.gov/artandhistor...
www.senate.gov/artandhistor...
U.S. Senate: Women Senators
2 Women in the Senate
www.senate.gov
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Into the 1970s, women senators basically filled in for their husbands or others for short terms. Two women senators, most notably Margaret Chase Smith, were re-elected multiple times after filling in. The first woman senator served one day.
www.senate.gov/artandhistor...
www.senate.gov/artandhistor...
Meanwhile, Trump worsens the situation with his vitriol. #SCOTUS
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
As judges face more threats, only the Supreme Court gets new security funds
There was a spike in threats against the judiciary in the early months of 2025, Marshals Service data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Meanwhile, Trump worsens the situation with his vitriol. #SCOTUS
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
embarrassing
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
embarrassing
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
How can a book on the first woman member of Congress skip over her role in the 18th Amendment (which was passed in Congress while she was there) & her opinion on the 21st Amendment?
I suppose she supported the 18A since it was noted she was supportive of prohibition before she was in Congress.
I suppose she supported the 18A since it was noted she was supportive of prohibition before she was in Congress.
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
How can a book on the first woman member of Congress skip over her role in the 18th Amendment (which was passed in Congress while she was there) & her opinion on the 21st Amendment?
I suppose she supported the 18A since it was noted she was supportive of prohibition before she was in Congress.
I suppose she supported the 18A since it was noted she was supportive of prohibition before she was in Congress.
The pie is apple crumb.
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The pie is apple crumb.
The fox negotiates "chicken rights" procedures.
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The fox negotiates "chicken rights" procedures.
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UPDATE: DOJ filed its response, maintaining its opposition to contempt proceedings, but identifying Ensign, Blanche, Bove, Mazzara, and Noem as having been involved in discussions from Boasberg’s March 15 TRO to the decision not to “recall the flights” taking people to El Salvador under the AEA.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
UPDATE: DOJ filed its response, maintaining its opposition to contempt proceedings, but identifying Ensign, Blanche, Bove, Mazzara, and Noem as having been involved in discussions from Boasberg’s March 15 TRO to the decision not to “recall the flights” taking people to El Salvador under the AEA.
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Mabel insisted on sitting with me when I got my haircut which hasn't happened since my grandma did the same thing when I was in kindergarten.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Mabel insisted on sitting with me when I got my haircut which hasn't happened since my grandma did the same thing when I was in kindergarten.
It's nice when no one is above the law.
Breaking News: Brazil’s top court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison term for a failed plot to stay in power. nyti.ms/3LSSs2S
Bolsonaro To Start Serving 27-Year Prison Sentence Over Coup Plot
Brazil’s Supreme Court court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a prison term for conspiring to remain in power after losing the last election.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It's nice when no one is above the law.
sigh
Breaking News: The CDC quietly appointed Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham, who has been critical of vaccines, as its second in command. During the Covid pandemic, he promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
trib.al
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
sigh
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I've never really been a cat person but The Husband's parentals' cat has been wearing me down for years. Look at this lil napping cutie all curled up
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I've never really been a cat person but The Husband's parentals' cat has been wearing me down for years. Look at this lil napping cutie all curled up
"In unveiling the dramatic shift, Trump administration officials offered an unapologetically U.S.-centric and religiously tinged view of human rights." As in "conservative Republican."
religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/11/stat...
religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/11/stat...
State Department Human Rights Reports Will Have Changed Focus
Yesterday the State Department announced a change in focus for future Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The Daily Signal and the ...
religionclause.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"In unveiling the dramatic shift, Trump administration officials offered an unapologetically U.S.-centric and religiously tinged view of human rights." As in "conservative Republican."
religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/11/stat...
religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/11/stat...
There is a notable increase in executions, but it is almost completely explained by Florida, which is scheduled to have 19 executions. It had one last year. Take those away, the difference from last year is somewhat incidental (about five more). #DeathPenalty
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
More Americans are being put to death
How the Supreme Court ushered in a surge in executions
www.economist.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There is a notable increase in executions, but it is almost completely explained by Florida, which is scheduled to have 19 executions. It had one last year. Take those away, the difference from last year is somewhat incidental (about five more). #DeathPenalty
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...