@tylerbroker.bsky.social
Me? I’m from the west. Out there, beyond the horizon. The farrrrr west.
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"Kavanaugh Stop" went from a skeet on here to Bluesky meme to crosspollinating over on X to Brett Kavanaugh's burner account seeing it there to a whiny defensive footnote about it in a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Juice.
Juice.
Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
December 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Kavanaugh Stop" went from a skeet on here to Bluesky meme to crosspollinating over on X to Brett Kavanaugh's burner account seeing it there to a whiny defensive footnote about it in a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Juice.
Juice.
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Very funny to see Alito complain about the court skipping full briefing and oral arguments for a quick shadow docket decision when he has signed onto innumerable orders that pull the exact same tricks and rebuked colleagues who complain about it ... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Very funny to see Alito complain about the court skipping full briefing and oral arguments for a quick shadow docket decision when he has signed onto innumerable orders that pull the exact same tricks and rebuked colleagues who complain about it ... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
This quote was really bad and there are others equally bad in here, particularly around the seven mountains mandate that this piece represents as normal in an age of an incorporated bill of rights to the states. 1/
“The irony of our secular age is that theology is more powerful than ever,” the religious historian Molly Worthen writes.
Opinion | What We Get Wrong About Christian Nationalism
The irony of our secular age is that theology is more powerful than ever.
nyti.ms
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This quote was really bad and there are others equally bad in here, particularly around the seven mountains mandate that this piece represents as normal in an age of an incorporated bill of rights to the states. 1/
As long as your censorship is perceived as anti-left or anti-woke the President of FIRE will promote you as a free speech champion. I love the legal side of FIRE, none better, but the President needs to be fired for aligning that org with hacks and censors.
December 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As long as your censorship is perceived as anti-left or anti-woke the President of FIRE will promote you as a free speech champion. I love the legal side of FIRE, none better, but the President needs to be fired for aligning that org with hacks and censors.
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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"Pulling the Supreme Court back from the cliff is something progressives should view as far preferable to the alternative—where it may not just be the Court that gets pushed over the edge and into oblivion, but our entire constitutional (and democratic) order."
Me in today's issue of "One First":
Me in today's issue of "One First":
198. Progressive Judicial Institutionalism
There's important daylight between those who are critical of the present degree of judicial power in the United States in general and those who are critical of the current Supreme Court, specifically.
www.stevevladeck.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Pulling the Supreme Court back from the cliff is something progressives should view as far preferable to the alternative—where it may not just be the Court that gets pushed over the edge and into oblivion, but our entire constitutional (and democratic) order."
Me in today's issue of "One First":
Me in today's issue of "One First":
It’s not hating, it’s accurate reporting.
Not to be a hater but man the Niners pass rush is toothless
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It’s not hating, it’s accurate reporting.
Wow
The full article is well worth reading. Here’s the gift link from the author—and the only reason to pay attention to the Atlantic—Adam Serwer 2/2 @adamserwer.bsky.social
Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments are in trouble.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Wow
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On left:
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On left:
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
When Weiss has lost even this hack, she should think of giving up the “centrist” schtick. But neither her nor Yglesias will as long as the grift sells.
December 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
When Weiss has lost even this hack, she should think of giving up the “centrist” schtick. But neither her nor Yglesias will as long as the grift sells.
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Massie is talking about inherent contempt, which should be revived, but... I don't think the House can use contempt to coerce compliance with the EFTA statute. That's not obstructing the House as such. The House should first issue a subpoena identical in scope to EFTA and then it can enforce that.
December 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Massie is talking about inherent contempt, which should be revived, but... I don't think the House can use contempt to coerce compliance with the EFTA statute. That's not obstructing the House as such. The House should first issue a subpoena identical in scope to EFTA and then it can enforce that.
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This would all be bad and annoying feedback to get earlier in the process even if she had any business intervening then, which she doesn't. But to yank as big a project as a 60 Minutes story on this basis hours before it was set to air is outright psychotic behavior.
The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This would all be bad and annoying feedback to get earlier in the process even if she had any business intervening then, which she doesn't. But to yank as big a project as a 60 Minutes story on this basis hours before it was set to air is outright psychotic behavior.
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chatterton doesn't really post here but i would love his thoughts on of his most famous episodes given today's events.
December 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
chatterton doesn't really post here but i would love his thoughts on of his most famous episodes given today's events.
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Once when we wanted to show the ineffectual dithering of The Good Place Committee, we had one of them say, "There are rules, procedures. This is The Good Place -- we can't just *do stuff.*" We almost didn't include it, because we thought it was a little on the nose.
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Once when we wanted to show the ineffectual dithering of The Good Place Committee, we had one of them say, "There are rules, procedures. This is The Good Place -- we can't just *do stuff.*" We almost didn't include it, because we thought it was a little on the nose.
It really sucks that people were so consumed with trans rights that they voted for this far crazier shit that actually impacts others.
HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
December 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It really sucks that people were so consumed with trans rights that they voted for this far crazier shit that actually impacts others.
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Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
Steve Bannon reportedly said: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!' about the late Rob Reiner.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
Turning Point crowd boos Rob Reiner: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!'
A crowd at Turning Point USA's AmFest event booed slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner after MAGA influencer Steve Bannon said liberals believed he had a larger impact on culture than Charlie Kirk."Jus...
www.rawstory.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”
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As long as no one objected to the genocide in Gaza, it’s all good
NEW: A Texas district in which Black students were allegedly taunted with monkey noises.
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As long as no one objected to the genocide in Gaza, it’s all good
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Anyone who thinks that there's any way to get people who make bad choices to change the next time that doesn't involve telling those people that it WAS a bad choice obviously has never worked with kids, or in management, or therapy, or had any other relevant life experience
By saying "you fucked up last time, these are the consequences, choose better next time"
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Anyone who thinks that there's any way to get people who make bad choices to change the next time that doesn't involve telling those people that it WAS a bad choice obviously has never worked with kids, or in management, or therapy, or had any other relevant life experience
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I read through these (more in the comments) and hoped maybe this was some cheeky lefty publication that went looking for the most extremist nuts they could find to make the right look bad.
Nope. It’s City Journal, published by the far right Manhattan Institute.
Horrifying.
Nope. It’s City Journal, published by the far right Manhattan Institute.
Horrifying.
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I read through these (more in the comments) and hoped maybe this was some cheeky lefty publication that went looking for the most extremist nuts they could find to make the right look bad.
Nope. It’s City Journal, published by the far right Manhattan Institute.
Horrifying.
Nope. It’s City Journal, published by the far right Manhattan Institute.
Horrifying.
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Periodically I am forced to remind people that Mars doesn't have a magnetosphere and would unsuitable for settlement save to extract resources
December 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Periodically I am forced to remind people that Mars doesn't have a magnetosphere and would unsuitable for settlement save to extract resources
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NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
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The @brennancenter.org @statecourtreport.org symposium on "2025’s Most Significant State Constitutional Cases" is now up. I am one of the contributors, along with 2 former state supreme court justices, Eugene Volokh, Erwin Chemerinsky, and more: statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
2025’s Most Significant State Constitutional Cases
Leading legal thinkers weighed in on the state constitutional rulings our readers should know about from this past year.
statecourtreport.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The @brennancenter.org @statecourtreport.org symposium on "2025’s Most Significant State Constitutional Cases" is now up. I am one of the contributors, along with 2 former state supreme court justices, Eugene Volokh, Erwin Chemerinsky, and more: statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...