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Nicholas Wallace
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Professor of Constitutional Law at Princeton Law School, specializing in the 18th Amendment. Former legal analyst for Crossfire.
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“Allegedly” is one of the most powerful words in the English language. Sometimes it means “we all know what follows is true but we don’t want to get sued.” as in: Trump has allegedly abused at least 28 women

And sometimes it means “what follows is a huge lie but we’re not allowed to use that word”
Lede of a story from the Chicago Tribune: A federal judge on Thursday dismissed charges against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent after she allegedly rammed his vehicle in Brighton Park last month, marking a striking conclusion to one of the most controversial cases to emerge from Operation Midway Blitz.
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Tim Robinson in the movie Friendship, wearing a suit and carrying a full mug of coffee. The caption says “full mug coming through here”
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Seems a little early in the college basketball season for the Holy Father to be weighing in like this
Headline: Pope rues 'poorly coached' Kentucky after blowout With a picture of a frustrated coach
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Party loner meme. Guy by himself in corner says THEY DON'T KNOW THAT OJUST FINISHED READING ENDURANCE: SHACKLETON'S INCREDIBLE VOYAGE BY ALFRED LANSING Others at party say Yes we do You’ve been talking about it constantly
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Northern Lights over Lake Michigan tonight
Green and red glow above a dark body of water
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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folks,
Post from Wallace (me) saying "just submitted my ballot for Andrew Cuomo at my polling place (the suggestions box at a Golden Corral in Pembroke Pines, Florida)
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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this works actually
Text: One of the most notable aspects of Trump's political success is that voters know what they're getting. The fascist politician was born into a life of wealth and privilege, and from that perch he adopted a worldview centered around destroying the society that made his adopted country thrive
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The courts every time it looks like a Trump official is going to face one (1) Consequence
Lucy and the football meme. Charlie Brown thinks he’s going to kick a football but Lucy pulls it away at the last second
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Decorative gourd season in Chicago (yes the second word is ICE)
A pumpkin that says Fuck ICE
October 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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The president of the Maine senate is a lifelong Mainer who owns a brewery. And seems very likeable. Probably told to wait her turn
Photo of a woman standing behind a bar, sliding an ale forward invitingly
October 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Melania
The East Wing of the White House is a two-story structure built to serve as office space for the first lady and her staff, including the White House social secretary, White House Graphics and Calligraphy Office and correspondence staff.
October 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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“It’s supposition, conjecture, fabrication, propaganda!”
A picture of a man in a suit at a desk. This is Jackie Chiles, the attorney from Seinfeld
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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"Get paid to train your replacement!"
Outlier Nick, We think with your background in Law, you’re a great fit for Outlier AI—an AI freelance platform where law post-grads challenge the boundaries of AI and get paid while doing it. You’ll be part of a team identifying edge cases that AI models can’t yet solve—helping shape how future models are trained and evaluated. The work is entirely remote, highly flexible (no minimum hours), and designed to challenge both the models—and you. At Outlier AI (owned by Scale AI), we’re inviting brilliant minds like you to: - Design challenging legal problems AI can't solve - Learn where AI models break—and how to fix them - Peer-review other experts’ work
October 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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No criticism for this headline from the Chicago Tribune editorial board. It's a perfect headline, actually
Editorial: From The Free Press to CBS, Weiss’ principles are stellar journalistic ideals
October 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Periodic reminder that violent crime in Chicago is way, way (way) down this year
A chart showing the homicides over time in Chicago. The orange line, representing 2025, is way below the gray lines representing the past 10 years.
October 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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A picture of an unhappy Don Corleone saying "look how they massacred my crisp autumn days"
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Call the Hague, this guy’s hat is a human rights violation
A border patrol dweeb wearing a white cowboy hat
September 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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NIMBYs are wild man. This sign is on one of the densest neighborhoods in America, literally one block from a bunch of 20+ story towers
A yard sign that says “SAY NO TO BROADWAY UPZONING” on a corner in the middle of a neighborhood with a bunch of 5-story apartment buildings
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Watching good morning America for the first time in 6 years because I’m at a hotel and they’re doing an infomercial for AI. Sorry guys but nobody is paying real money for this
Picture of a television with two identical images of a guy in glasses. Super imposed on one is “AI-GENERATED IMAGE.” Caption at the bottom reads YouTube’s New AI Features
September 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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If everyone is still Kirkposting a week from now I'm going to lose it
A screenshot of "Your muted words" showing Charlie Kirk
September 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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This is wild. NIMBYs in my neighborhood bought a billboard to fight a very limited upzoning plan. Get a hobby! Donate to charity! Stop being such losers!
Picture of a billboard that says: Stuck in Traffic? Can't find Parking? Say NO to Upzoning.
September 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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[crossing fingers so hard my knuckles bleed] ….for whom?
A picture of Melanie and Donald Trump in mourning clothes. The caption on the bottom says [bell tolling]
September 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Blank . Go to town
September 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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We can work with this
A Twitter post from Tim Urban: Every post on Bluesky is celebrating the 2003 fim, Mast and Commander: Far Side of the World Such unbelievably sick people. The movie is obviously photoshopped in. And that’s quote tweeted by another asshole saying “it is unconscionable “
September 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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There are a lot of funny lines in that Miami Herald piece but these two really got me (note: not necessarily funny ha ha)
The controversy over release of voluminous investigative records about Epstein has dogged President Donald Trump, who ran his campaign on transparency and endorsed his supporters' calls for releasing the Epstein files. He changed his mind upon taking office and is now calling the Epstein scandal a "hoax." Most of the pages in that tranche had been in the public domain for years. Many of the pages were duplicated over and over, upping the page count, so it appeared that the release was larger than it actually was, It produced almost no new insight into how Epstein was able to recruit, sexually abuse and traffic underage girls and young women for almost three decades.
September 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM