John Walson
@walsonbot.bsky.social
Neither a lawyer nor a political scientist. Even my sarcasm is sincere.
AtlUtd, Everton, Georgetown (it’s been a rough few years)
AtlUtd, Everton, Georgetown (it’s been a rough few years)
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The fight tonight was over about $25 billion. Thats about 2.5% of the Defense budget. Would cover a year of the enhanced ACA credits. Republicans said that’s unaffordable.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The fight tonight was over about $25 billion. Thats about 2.5% of the Defense budget. Would cover a year of the enhanced ACA credits. Republicans said that’s unaffordable.
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When your personal belongings that are airtagged are being held in the evidence room of local pd:
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
When your personal belongings that are airtagged are being held in the evidence room of local pd:
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Had Schumer been replaced after the spring fiasco you wonder if the result would have been different. He is not a wartime consigliere
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Had Schumer been replaced after the spring fiasco you wonder if the result would have been different. He is not a wartime consigliere
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This is plausible
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is plausible
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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Never stop Spursing, Spurs
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Never stop Spursing, Spurs
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I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
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Why would they give up?
Republicans control 28 state legislatures, both chambers of Congress, and the White House
They have a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court and a R appointments outnumber D appointments to other fed courts
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Republicans control 28 state legislatures, both chambers of Congress, and the White House
They have a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court and a R appointments outnumber D appointments to other fed courts
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to conservative law students: Don’t give up
The Trump appointees’ remarks came at a Federalist Society event in Washington.
www.politico.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Why would they give up?
Republicans control 28 state legislatures, both chambers of Congress, and the White House
They have a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court and a R appointments outnumber D appointments to other fed courts
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Republicans control 28 state legislatures, both chambers of Congress, and the White House
They have a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court and a R appointments outnumber D appointments to other fed courts
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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to be clear: the government's claim - validated by the Court - is that it would *irreparably harm* the president to not misgender trans people
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
to be clear: the government's claim - validated by the Court - is that it would *irreparably harm* the president to not misgender trans people
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It is absolutely INSANE that a Court needs to order federal law enforcement to wear badges
Ellis orders that agents wear "conspicuous identification" in two separate places and wear and activate body-worn cameras while engaging in enforcement actions.
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It is absolutely INSANE that a Court needs to order federal law enforcement to wear badges
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You want the Live Laugh Love women in your foxhole. You want them on that line. You do not want to fight them. You will lose.
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
You want the Live Laugh Love women in your foxhole. You want them on that line. You do not want to fight them. You will lose.
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This has been, starting on 1/20/25 and every day thereafter, the entire Trump Administration argument about about executive power in just about every area: tariffs, immigration, law enforcement, etc.
To the extent there's a legal argument for Trump's tariffs, it goes like this: A law gives the president some additional powers in the event of an emergency. He says there's an emergency, and it's not up to courts to determine if that's right, it's up to him.
Johnson isn't even bothering with that.
Johnson isn't even bothering with that.
He's not even using the national emergency argument!
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This has been, starting on 1/20/25 and every day thereafter, the entire Trump Administration argument about about executive power in just about every area: tariffs, immigration, law enforcement, etc.
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
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this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
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Didn't have time to read this yesterday. @petridishes.bsky.social is a national treasure. 😂 www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Didn't have time to read this yesterday. @petridishes.bsky.social is a national treasure. 😂 www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
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you want the jus? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE JUS
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
you want the jus? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE JUS
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
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True, that’s why I wrote in Nick Fuentes
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
True, that’s why I wrote in Nick Fuentes
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Gets right to the heart of the debate on this site and on the hellsite in recent weeks
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Gets right to the heart of the debate on this site and on the hellsite in recent weeks
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On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
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The sketch is online.
White House Makeover - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The sketch is online.
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You can't make this up.
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You can't make this up.
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Congratulations to Ross Douthat for learning the material for week one of a political science PhD seminar. Too bad he didn’t stick around for the rest of the semester, when we learn all the ways the median voter theorem is wrong.
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Congratulations to Ross Douthat for learning the material for week one of a political science PhD seminar. Too bad he didn’t stick around for the rest of the semester, when we learn all the ways the median voter theorem is wrong.
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The effort to end gerrymandering on a state-by-state basis has clearly failed, and it needs to be taken on by some future Congress, preferably by creating multi-member districts with list PR
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The effort to end gerrymandering on a state-by-state basis has clearly failed, and it needs to be taken on by some future Congress, preferably by creating multi-member districts with list PR