Lulu and Emerson’s Dad
@lulusdad.bsky.social
Master of Hounds.
I don’t want what the ultra-rich have; I just want others to have at least as much as I do.
Slava Ukraini
I don’t want what the ultra-rich have; I just want others to have at least as much as I do.
Slava Ukraini
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For the foreseeable future, this account will focus largely on American politics.
You can get my woodworking stuff and lighter fare, without the editorials and memes, at my alter ego:
@bloodandsawdust.bsky.social
You can get my woodworking stuff and lighter fare, without the editorials and memes, at my alter ego:
@bloodandsawdust.bsky.social
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Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIVES REDRAWN PRO-REPUBLICAN TEXAS VOTING MAP INTENDED TO HELP TRUMP'S PARTY KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
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Sens. Tim Kaine, Rand Paul, Chuck Schumer, and Adam Schiff have filed a War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress.
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sens. Tim Kaine, Rand Paul, Chuck Schumer, and Adam Schiff have filed a War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress.
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What could possibly go wrong.
Unfathomably stupid idea
Unfathomably stupid idea
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What could possibly go wrong.
Unfathomably stupid idea
Unfathomably stupid idea
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It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.
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Correct
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Correct
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
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ATTN: Warriors. Are you man enough to take the fall for Pete Hegseth?
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
ATTN: Warriors. Are you man enough to take the fall for Pete Hegseth?
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BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
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This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Trump calls Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) "garbage," says that Somalians don't belong in the U.S. because they "do nothing but complain... do nothing but bitch"
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
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Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
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Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
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Judge Howell's decision begins by clarifying a piece of constant misinformation coming out of the Trump admin: "[V]iewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong."
![Consequently, viewing all immigrants
potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong. Second, immigration
policy is indisputably important and “can affect trade, investment, tourism, and diplomatic
relations for the entire Nation, as well as the perceptions and expectations of aliens in this country
who seek the full protection of its laws.” Arizona, 567 U.S. at 395 (citing
Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, 342 U.S. 580, 588-589 (1952)). Treating all immigrants potentially
subject to removal as if they were criminals highlights the Supreme Court’s wise caution that
“[p]erceived mistreatment of aliens in the United States may lead to harmful reciprocal treatment
of American citizens abroad.” Id.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreide72g5jbeaiorowmo2bvwqusjnrzzzybgfdbpn4hem3ad3xzcnoi@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Judge Howell's decision begins by clarifying a piece of constant misinformation coming out of the Trump admin: "[V]iewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong."
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Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon
President Donald Trump, who has painted himself as a fearsome warrior against illegal drugs, pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year sentence after being convicted of conspiring to import tons of cocaine into the United States.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
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Trump was getting very, very sleepy at his Cabinet meeting
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump was getting very, very sleepy at his Cabinet meeting
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I'm sorry I keep saying this, but it's sooo important: Mark Kelly is expressing contempt for the One Special Boy in the White House. We need to hear that. Men, especially *young* men, need to hear that. Listen to his voice. C O N T E M P T.
"I've been through a lot worse in service to my country. The president and Pete Hegseth are not gonna silence me."
Yesterday, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) addressed the Pentagon investigation against him:
Yesterday, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) addressed the Pentagon investigation against him:
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I'm sorry I keep saying this, but it's sooo important: Mark Kelly is expressing contempt for the One Special Boy in the White House. We need to hear that. Men, especially *young* men, need to hear that. Listen to his voice. C O N T E M P T.
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During the shutdown, the Senate approved adding $32B to Trump's already record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget.
The Senate still hasn't voted on extending ACA subsidies — which would cost $35B.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
The Senate still hasn't voted on extending ACA subsidies — which would cost $35B.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
During the shutdown, the Senate approved adding $32B to Trump's already record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget.
The Senate still hasn't voted on extending ACA subsidies — which would cost $35B.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
The Senate still hasn't voted on extending ACA subsidies — which would cost $35B.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Tennessee polls close at 7 PM CT. If you’re in line when polls close, stay in line. Your vote will count. LFG!
December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Tennessee polls close at 7 PM CT. If you’re in line when polls close, stay in line. Your vote will count. LFG!
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AFTYN: “What a time to be alive! A battleground district in Tennessee… everyone loves an underdog story.”
It’s Election Day in TN-7, and Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social says Tennesseans can send a message that they’re fed up with Trump and a Republican Party that has failed to deliver.
It’s Election Day in TN-7, and Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social says Tennesseans can send a message that they’re fed up with Trump and a Republican Party that has failed to deliver.
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
AFTYN: “What a time to be alive! A battleground district in Tennessee… everyone loves an underdog story.”
It’s Election Day in TN-7, and Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social says Tennesseans can send a message that they’re fed up with Trump and a Republican Party that has failed to deliver.
It’s Election Day in TN-7, and Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social says Tennesseans can send a message that they’re fed up with Trump and a Republican Party that has failed to deliver.
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Fact: Vote-counting machines are more accurate than hand counts when it comes to large number of ballots.
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Fact: Vote-counting machines are more accurate than hand counts when it comes to large number of ballots.
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A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/xWOhQsA
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/xWOhQsA
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/xWOhQsA
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/xWOhQsA
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Habba: There were individuals that were saying that this should be a safe harbor, a safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.