Tara Plochocki
@tjplo.bsky.social
Same vibe. allpoetry.com/next-to-of-c...
December 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Same vibe. allpoetry.com/next-to-of-c...
Hey @wmata.com , @wmatagm.bsky.social — can we maybe not let the Trump administration use our municipal buses to recruit ppl to terrorize our neighbors, put people in cages, etc.? Thanks so much.
December 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hey @wmata.com , @wmatagm.bsky.social — can we maybe not let the Trump administration use our municipal buses to recruit ppl to terrorize our neighbors, put people in cages, etc.? Thanks so much.
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GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "There is very grave concern in Congress about these strikes in general. These individuals are not being subject to criminal prosecution, and if we they were subject to criminal prosecution, there's no capital punishment."
December 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "There is very grave concern in Congress about these strikes in general. These individuals are not being subject to criminal prosecution, and if we they were subject to criminal prosecution, there's no capital punishment."
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Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
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🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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CHOTINER: Why not pay to have the bamboo removed?
LIZZA: It’s more expensive than you think
CHOTINER: But surely you’ve made enough money in your career…
LIZZA: I liked the ritual. And it’s a useful metaphor, right?
CHOTINER: …
LIZZA: …
CHOTINER: You just like…
LIZZA: … having a machete, yes
LIZZA: It’s more expensive than you think
CHOTINER: But surely you’ve made enough money in your career…
LIZZA: I liked the ritual. And it’s a useful metaphor, right?
CHOTINER: …
LIZZA: …
CHOTINER: You just like…
LIZZA: … having a machete, yes
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
CHOTINER: Why not pay to have the bamboo removed?
LIZZA: It’s more expensive than you think
CHOTINER: But surely you’ve made enough money in your career…
LIZZA: I liked the ritual. And it’s a useful metaphor, right?
CHOTINER: …
LIZZA: …
CHOTINER: You just like…
LIZZA: … having a machete, yes
LIZZA: It’s more expensive than you think
CHOTINER: But surely you’ve made enough money in your career…
LIZZA: I liked the ritual. And it’s a useful metaphor, right?
CHOTINER: …
LIZZA: …
CHOTINER: You just like…
LIZZA: … having a machete, yes
Props to the editor at @theatlantic.com greenlit sending Helen Lewis to Riyadh. Money well spent. This is excellent.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia
What the surreal Riyadh Comedy Festival foretold about the kingdom’s future
www.theatlantic.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Props to the editor at @theatlantic.com greenlit sending Helen Lewis to Riyadh. Money well spent. This is excellent.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Yes, this. Navy Seals literally invaded Libya, kidnapped Abu Khatallah, put him on a slow boat back to the United States with the FBI, and then tried him (unsuccessfully) for orchestrating Benghazi.
This.
The strikes in the Caribbean are just lawless, gratuitous, performative slaughter.
The strikes in the Caribbean are just lawless, gratuitous, performative slaughter.
Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
October 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Yes, this. Navy Seals literally invaded Libya, kidnapped Abu Khatallah, put him on a slow boat back to the United States with the FBI, and then tried him (unsuccessfully) for orchestrating Benghazi.
My god.
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My god.
A reminder that the US sent a Navy Seal wet team into Libya to *arrest* the guy accused of orchestrating BENGHAZI. He was then slow-boated back to the US with the FBI and charged with US crimes. So in what world did the US *need* to kill the alleged drug trafficking Venezuelans on the boat?
September 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A reminder that the US sent a Navy Seal wet team into Libya to *arrest* the guy accused of orchestrating BENGHAZI. He was then slow-boated back to the US with the FBI and charged with US crimes. So in what world did the US *need* to kill the alleged drug trafficking Venezuelans on the boat?
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the only consistent libertarian
September 3, 2025 at 4:01 AM
the only consistent libertarian
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the "im not touching you" of posse comitatus
Looks like the agencies shooting pepper balls and pepper spraying are mostly ICE and Federal Protective Service, California National Guard seems to be standing around holding their shields
June 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
the "im not touching you" of posse comitatus
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The technical term for this invocation of privilege is "BS."
JUST IN: The Trump administration has invoked the "state secrets" privilege regarding the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia andany attempts to return him to the United States.
Judge Xinis wants briefing on this development.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Xinis wants briefing on this development.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The technical term for this invocation of privilege is "BS."
How do you write this article explaining how we got here without mentioning the post 9/11 executive power grab/congressional abdication of duty?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Missing Branch
In an era of intense constitutional combat, Congress is nowhere to be found.
www.theatlantic.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
How do you write this article explaining how we got here without mentioning the post 9/11 executive power grab/congressional abdication of duty?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Remember: every time you read about a new Broadway box office record, it’s not because they added more seats to a theatre. It’s because the prices are higher than before.
March 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Remember: every time you read about a new Broadway box office record, it’s not because they added more seats to a theatre. It’s because the prices are higher than before.
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Terrible decision by SecDef.
March 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Terrible decision by SecDef.
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AI mistakenly tagged an Excel spreadsheet of Palestinian high school students as a list of militants in the system that Israel uses to decide how to launch strikes. apnews.com/article/isra...
As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies
U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services.
apnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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