Ric Stubbs
@stubbazubba.bsky.social
National security lawyer (all views strictly my own), TTRPG enthusiast, Tolkien lover, occasional songwriter, and a partridge in a pear tree. He/him.
Cover photo: concept art for Númenor in The Rings of Power.
Cover photo: concept art for Númenor in The Rings of Power.
Wonder how this will figure into the "irreparable harm" of the stay analysis.
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Wonder how this will figure into the "irreparable harm" of the stay analysis.
Only if the journalistic elite and the donor class that control all perceived reality for elected Dems has a massive change of heart. Because they believe that wholeheartedly, and that's why Trumpism keeps getting a pass.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Only if the journalistic elite and the donor class that control all perceived reality for elected Dems has a massive change of heart. Because they believe that wholeheartedly, and that's why Trumpism keeps getting a pass.
Democrats must run on a campaign of reckoning in 2028: everyone writing, reviewing, approving or executing these plans, and every oil company that benefits from anything here must be investigated and held accountable.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Democrats must run on a campaign of reckoning in 2028: everyone writing, reviewing, approving or executing these plans, and every oil company that benefits from anything here must be investigated and held accountable.
But there wasn't. Neither staying home nor voting would stop that genocide. There was an option to prevent an ethnic cleansing, an anti-vaccine crusade, and a naked attempt to end democracy - and with it the ability to demand the other genocide stop - but I'm sure the new victims understand.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
But there wasn't. Neither staying home nor voting would stop that genocide. There was an option to prevent an ethnic cleansing, an anti-vaccine crusade, and a naked attempt to end democracy - and with it the ability to demand the other genocide stop - but I'm sure the new victims understand.
...until it's solicitation of those crimes.
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
...until it's solicitation of those crimes.
Maybe, but you better be pretty sure about the constitutional argument when this is on the books:
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
18 U.S. Code § 2387 - Activities affecting armed forces generally
www.law.cornell.edu
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Maybe, but you better be pretty sure about the constitutional argument when this is on the books:
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Oh, 100%. Dems suck. Their prolonged inaction, and continuing inaction against full-throated fascism is killing generations of people and progress. Which is why I don't think inaction on Election Day was particularly defensible, either.
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Oh, 100%. Dems suck. Their prolonged inaction, and continuing inaction against full-throated fascism is killing generations of people and progress. Which is why I don't think inaction on Election Day was particularly defensible, either.
I apologized, that was my mistake.
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I apologized, that was my mistake.
the popular votes are in fact what ultimately determine who gets the power.
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
the popular votes are in fact what ultimately determine who gets the power.
Are you talking about the electoral college? Those are almost all bound by the laws of their respective states to vote for the ticket that wins the popular vote in that state. And in fact different electors are sent based on which candidate wins the popular vote.
So there are extra steps, but /
So there are extra steps, but /
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Are you talking about the electoral college? Those are almost all bound by the laws of their respective states to vote for the ticket that wins the popular vote in that state. And in fact different electors are sent based on which candidate wins the popular vote.
So there are extra steps, but /
So there are extra steps, but /
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By the time of the general election, yes, one of the candidates on the ballot will be put in power and votes are what determine which one.
By the time of the general election, yes, one of the candidates on the ballot will be put in power and votes are what determine which one.
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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By the time of the general election, yes, one of the candidates on the ballot will be put in power and votes are what determine which one.
By the time of the general election, yes, one of the candidates on the ballot will be put in power and votes are what determine which one.
Ope, my bad, sorry about that!
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Ope, my bad, sorry about that!
I'm not defending the Dems! They suck! But they are easily the lesser of the two evils, and gen election votes only determine which of those evils got power.
The Dem Party of the 60s was the conservative party! It was still the party of the Confederacy until the mid-late 70s! Read a book, ppl.
The Dem Party of the 60s was the conservative party! It was still the party of the Confederacy until the mid-late 70s! Read a book, ppl.
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm not defending the Dems! They suck! But they are easily the lesser of the two evils, and gen election votes only determine which of those evils got power.
The Dem Party of the 60s was the conservative party! It was still the party of the Confederacy until the mid-late 70s! Read a book, ppl.
The Dem Party of the 60s was the conservative party! It was still the party of the Confederacy until the mid-late 70s! Read a book, ppl.
But do you agree that would have been a better outcome than what has actually happened in the full fascism?
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
But do you agree that would have been a better outcome than what has actually happened in the full fascism?
Dude, we've been trying to fix societal problems for millennia and it's only ever happened by political power from mass movements actually voting, not from boycotting elections. When good people stay home, bad people win.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Dude, we've been trying to fix societal problems for millennia and it's only ever happened by political power from mass movements actually voting, not from boycotting elections. When good people stay home, bad people win.
Look, is Harris the lesser of two evils or not? If so, the meme fits. If you think life for women, minorities and the global poor would be just as bad under Harris, then fine, but also you're insane.
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Look, is Harris the lesser of two evils or not? If so, the meme fits. If you think life for women, minorities and the global poor would be just as bad under Harris, then fine, but also you're insane.
The dude in the well calls people hypocrites for associating themselves with the very societal problems they want fixed.
Ms. "You still voted for fascism" here is the guy in the well scolding me for my associations and arguing that inaction is more morally pure than voting for the lesser evil.
Ms. "You still voted for fascism" here is the guy in the well scolding me for my associations and arguing that inaction is more morally pure than voting for the lesser evil.
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Since you've certainly got the meaning of whataboutism down pat, I am deeply curious to hear what you think this meme means?
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Since you've certainly got the meaning of whataboutism down pat, I am deeply curious to hear what you think this meme means?
The dude in the well calls people hypocrites for associating themselves with the very societal problems they want fixed.
Ms. "You still voted for fascism" here is the guy in the well scolding me for my associations and arguing that inaction is more morally pure than voting for the lesser evil.
Ms. "You still voted for fascism" here is the guy in the well scolding me for my associations and arguing that inaction is more morally pure than voting for the lesser evil.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The dude in the well calls people hypocrites for associating themselves with the very societal problems they want fixed.
Ms. "You still voted for fascism" here is the guy in the well scolding me for my associations and arguing that inaction is more morally pure than voting for the lesser evil.
Ms. "You still voted for fascism" here is the guy in the well scolding me for my associations and arguing that inaction is more morally pure than voting for the lesser evil.
completely abandoning all association with societal problems. This gets progressives to fight each other about moral hypocrisy instead of winning the damn elections and continuing the fight *after* we're in power.
What's your understanding?
What's your understanding?
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
completely abandoning all association with societal problems. This gets progressives to fight each other about moral hypocrisy instead of winning the damn elections and continuing the fight *after* we're in power.
What's your understanding?
What's your understanding?
Societal problems require collective action to solve, and collective action comes from organizing large movements and then leveraging that for political power. To shift focus away from effective political organizing, right-wing trolls claim its hypocritical to want better public policy without/
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Societal problems require collective action to solve, and collective action comes from organizing large movements and then leveraging that for political power. To shift focus away from effective political organizing, right-wing trolls claim its hypocritical to want better public policy without/
