Walker
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Walker
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Radical Pragmatist. No kings.
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The Olivia Nuzzi photo reminded me enough of the Yarvin one that I checked whether they're the same photographer. They're not; it's just apparently house style about how to glamorize terrible people.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:

✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.

Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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I just saw this photo and now you have to see this photo
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Over under on how long before we get Trump insisting that he did not in fact blow Bill Clinton?
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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I feel like Trump has pioneered a new form of spoils, where criminal allies of the President can expect to be compensated for their crimes.
The settlement talks between the Trump administration and Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino marked a change in position by DOJ, which previously had successfully argued in court to have both of their lawsuits tossed out
bit.ly/4hWdolc
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Mafia governance in action

"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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So old I remember when it was considered a political liability to hand out a presidential pardon to your son in law’s drug dealer buddy who went on to commit crimes of violence and sexual offenses. nypost.com/2025/11/11/u...
LI drug dealer freed by Trump now convicted of molesting his kids’ nanny and threatening synagogue congregant
Braun was first busted in 2010 for orchestrating a major cannabis distribution ring, smuggling millions of dollars worth of weed from Canada to New York.
nypost.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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For this week's DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I wrote a little bit about Martin Amis' essay "Thinkability," which I think is just one of the sharpest pieces of writing on nuclear war that I am aware of... doomsdaymachines.net/p/nuclear-we...
"Nuclear weapons repel all thought, perhaps because they can end all thought"
Martin Amis on the difficulties of writing about nuclear war
doomsdaymachines.net
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Probably risky to say on here right now, but the consequences for some should be more than jail time.
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
And the conflation of "redemption is possible" with "he has redeemed himself" is all too often a convenient sleight of hand.
Men, in particular young men, swung to the Dems in this year's election.

The notion that most men are bigots and many had at least a bit of a Nazi phase at one point so Democrats have to be more welcoming to that stuff lest they lose elections forever was always a bad read on 2024, and now worse.
Flippant remarks like this come from a place of believing that the only way we win back men os by leaning into their bigotries, which apparently starts with letting a guy that kept a nazi tattoo on his chest for 18 years & said bigoted things online for years be the Democratic senatorial nominee.
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Also 3) that he definitely went to the island.
Man, look: The regularity with which Trump defends his relationship with Epstein by noting that he never went to Epstein's island makes me think 1) that the island is where the really heinous shit went down and 2) that Trump knows that very, very well.
he’s crashing out
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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“you can be disappeared”

this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Trump keeps criticizing electromagnetic catapults. Yet that is precisely the technology that China is using in its latest aircraft carrier to speed up aircraft launches. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
China’s new aircraft supercarrier challenges U.S. dominance in Pacific
The Fujian and its strike group represent a strategic game changer that will bring Beijing closer to its goal of eroding U.S. maritime primacy in its backyard.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I mean, this can't be what we normally mean by these words, right?
Mark Epstein asked his brother Jeffrey Epstein whether Steve Bannon could confirm if Putin has “the photo of Trump blowing Bubba. Jeffrey Epstein: "I thought I had tsuris,” using the Yiddish term for troubles. #OpDeathEaters
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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It couldn’t be any more clear. This is all about standing up to the bully. Americans didn’t sign up for rule by the rich and powerful or rule by a strongman joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutin...
Prosecuting Comey
Today, in Alexandria, Virginia, a senior federal judge from South Carolina, Cameron Currie, heard oral argument on consolidated motions filed by former FBI Director Jim Comey and New York Attorney Gen...
joycevance.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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He means he has to pick out patterns for the curtains in the Epstein Ballroom
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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[first date]

ME: How do you spend your free time?

HER: I read a lot. I enjoy studying the big questions. Like... Do we have free will? Does God exist? Is our universe real? What do you think about?

ME: I've always wondered how Dumbo's hat stayed on when he was flying.
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The Trump admin is an organized crime operation that has control of the US government.
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Matt Gaetz raped a 17 year old child after exploiting her healthcare needs for money and this is how the NY Times is framing it.

"ended up having sex with powerful men"

Literally whitewashing child rape.

Corporate media is dead. Stop subscribing to it. This is beyond saving.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to release over 600 people they abducted in Chicago. ICE officials are also forbidden from pressuring people to agree to be deported.
 
This is what happens when we stick together and speak out. Keep up the pressure!
Judge orders release of hundreds arrested during Chicago immigration raids
Trump officials also cannot pressure detainees to agree to voluntary deportation while cases are pending, says judge
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM