Phil in the Blanks
@sketches.foo
I'm just some guy. Illinois dad.
I write (rarely) on my blog:
https://blog.sketches.foo
A song for you to enjoy:
https://music.sketches.foo/share/nA3iI8Z3pB
I write (rarely) on my blog:
https://blog.sketches.foo
A song for you to enjoy:
https://music.sketches.foo/share/nA3iI8Z3pB
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Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
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Per NYPost's scoop, some of the ways Mamdani's wife has "quietly steered" his campaign are weighing in on his logo design, being "a major source of support for him in private" and once posting on Instagram, "Couldn't possibly be prouder."
[the NY Post scrambling to make a last-ditch scandal:]
"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"
"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Per NYPost's scoop, some of the ways Mamdani's wife has "quietly steered" his campaign are weighing in on his logo design, being "a major source of support for him in private" and once posting on Instagram, "Couldn't possibly be prouder."
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WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.
DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.
DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.
October 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.
DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.
DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.
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eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.
or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.
or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge Karin Immergut hears emergency arguments as California and Oregon seek to block President Trump's deployment of federalized California National Guard troops to Portland. 🧵
NEW: Judge Immergut schedules a hearing TONIGHT, in 45 min, to hear arguments on SECOND TRO to block federalized California National Guard from deploying in Portland, Oregon. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481...
October 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Karin Immergut hears emergency arguments as California and Oregon seek to block President Trump's deployment of federalized California National Guard troops to Portland. 🧵
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Okay. Well, if Trump is going to attempt legal end-arounds like federalizing the NG of GOP states to send them to Dem states over the objections of governors and courts, I think the Democrats should just keep the federal government shut down indefinitely.
October 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Okay. Well, if Trump is going to attempt legal end-arounds like federalizing the NG of GOP states to send them to Dem states over the objections of governors and courts, I think the Democrats should just keep the federal government shut down indefinitely.
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Jesus Christ. DHS has held this guy in the hospital handcuffed to a bed and under constant guard for over a MONTH without ANY warrant or even ANY steps taken towards putting him into the removal system!
![Petitioner’s counsel has requested documentation of a judicial warrant for his arrest, any charging documents, or other authority supporting his detention. See Santiago Decl. ¶¶ 18–20. ICE has provided no response. Id. To date, ICE has not placed Petitioner in removal proceedings, charged him with violating immigration law, set bond, issued a Notice to Appear, or otherwise processed him. See Pet. ¶¶ 16, 49. In Respondent’s Opposition brief, the government states “ICE intends to take further action consistent with the laws prescribed under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) once Petitioner is released from medical care and it can conduct the examination as [prescribed] in 8 C.F.R § 287.3.” Opp. at 4. Neither Petitioner nor Respondents have provided the Court with information about Petitioner’s citizenship, whether he has violated any law or regulation, or any information that would suggest that Petitioner is a flight risk.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreibpqdfpwwfineikxjjncxeutbyrddhcpswh2etjfk23tbff27ajw4@jpeg)
October 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Jesus Christ. DHS has held this guy in the hospital handcuffed to a bed and under constant guard for over a MONTH without ANY warrant or even ANY steps taken towards putting him into the removal system!
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We're seeing the Uber rich start to low key refer to themselves like a separate species. They are delusional and haven't thought the end game of this through. Billionaires are the greatest existential threat to the world and humanity that history has ever seen.
September 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We're seeing the Uber rich start to low key refer to themselves like a separate species. They are delusional and haven't thought the end game of this through. Billionaires are the greatest existential threat to the world and humanity that history has ever seen.
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Next week: Welcome to the resistance, Zombie Hitler.
September 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Next week: Welcome to the resistance, Zombie Hitler.
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welcome to The Resistance,
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.
September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
welcome to The Resistance,
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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This is *literally* what some district court judges have said in opinions! The bad things the Supreme Court is doing through the shadow docket aren’t too difficult to figure out if you take apart each piece of the legal process and describe what it is supposed to accomplish.
Kavanaugh's statements make the problem worse, not better. If the reason SCOTUS is using cryptic shadow docket orders is because "five" of them can't "reach a consensus or a compromise on a particular issue that might be difficult," then that order should not be precedential —there's no majority.
Brett Kavanaugh says there’s a good reason Supreme Court rulings can sometimes be so cryptic
In remarks to a judicial conference, Kavanaugh also defended Chief Justice John Roberts.
www.politico.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is *literally* what some district court judges have said in opinions! The bad things the Supreme Court is doing through the shadow docket aren’t too difficult to figure out if you take apart each piece of the legal process and describe what it is supposed to accomplish.
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On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! 💀
August 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! 💀
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I may have taken this too far
July 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I may have taken this too far
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UK users when the website asks them where they're posting from today.
July 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
UK users when the website asks them where they're posting from today.
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OH HEY ITS THE EUGENICS OF DISABLED PEOPLE WE ALL TOLD YOU WAS COMING
July 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
OH HEY ITS THE EUGENICS OF DISABLED PEOPLE WE ALL TOLD YOU WAS COMING
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Shocking Video Captures Calm Police Officers Handling Situation Nonviolently
July 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Shocking Video Captures Calm Police Officers Handling Situation Nonviolently
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When someone asks what parenting be like… 😂🤣
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July 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
When someone asks what parenting be like… 😂🤣
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why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this
June 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this
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May 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM