Because he is, in effect, a nullity, because there's nothing to him, because he is transparent, it follows that anyone who sees content, sees depth, is capable of being surprised, is *projecting*.
This is why Trump is useful & somewhat fascinating: he is a blank canvas upon which people project.
This is why Trump is useful & somewhat fascinating: he is a blank canvas upon which people project.
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Because he is, in effect, a nullity, because there's nothing to him, because he is transparent, it follows that anyone who sees content, sees depth, is capable of being surprised, is *projecting*.
This is why Trump is useful & somewhat fascinating: he is a blank canvas upon which people project.
This is why Trump is useful & somewhat fascinating: he is a blank canvas upon which people project.
An empty man. @davidjroth.bsky.social called him "The President of Blank Sucking Nullity"
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
An empty man. @davidjroth.bsky.social called him "The President of Blank Sucking Nullity"
Yeah, it didn't take until just recently that the guy who carried water for Pol Pot and Milosevic was a moral nullity.
Dude was right about Vietnam or whatever sixty fucking years ago. Tip of the cap. You can only coast on that good will so long.
Dude was right about Vietnam or whatever sixty fucking years ago. Tip of the cap. You can only coast on that good will so long.
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Yeah, it didn't take until just recently that the guy who carried water for Pol Pot and Milosevic was a moral nullity.
Dude was right about Vietnam or whatever sixty fucking years ago. Tip of the cap. You can only coast on that good will so long.
Dude was right about Vietnam or whatever sixty fucking years ago. Tip of the cap. You can only coast on that good will so long.
Counterintuitively, it is the very blankness and nullity of Trump that is the key to his appeal. He is the perfect representative of a culture of utter consumerist vacuity, crass post-neoliberal cynicism, and the mindless philistine bigotry of settler-colonial petty-boug white supremacy.
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Counterintuitively, it is the very blankness and nullity of Trump that is the key to his appeal. He is the perfect representative of a culture of utter consumerist vacuity, crass post-neoliberal cynicism, and the mindless philistine bigotry of settler-colonial petty-boug white supremacy.
The atrophy of congressional war powers to an effective nullity is just as much part of how we got to such an insanely aggrandized imperial presidency as all the other cases of executive power run amok. There would be no question of war with Venezuela right now without it.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The atrophy of congressional war powers to an effective nullity is just as much part of how we got to such an insanely aggrandized imperial presidency as all the other cases of executive power run amok. There would be no question of war with Venezuela right now without it.
Yeah, I think what people really want to avoid is contemplating what it says about *us* -- our culture, our media, our desires -- that a nullity like this can rise all the way to the top. It really would be a kind of psychic relief if he were an evil genius.
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Yeah, I think what people really want to avoid is contemplating what it says about *us* -- our culture, our media, our desires -- that a nullity like this can rise all the way to the top. It really would be a kind of psychic relief if he were an evil genius.
Can someone pls explain how this total fucking nullity of a GB News bubblehead has become something that we've got to take seriously. I mean this Tomlinson character, but it works for Harry Cole as well. It's like I missed an episode where he advanced the plot somehow.
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Can someone pls explain how this total fucking nullity of a GB News bubblehead has become something that we've got to take seriously. I mean this Tomlinson character, but it works for Harry Cole as well. It's like I missed an episode where he advanced the plot somehow.
2/ First, when Congress has legislated in response to national problems, the Roberts Court has repeatedly either struck it down or interpreted it into a nullity. Congress gave us the Voting Rights Act and its reauthorizations; the Court gave us Shelby County, Brnovich, etc.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
2/ First, when Congress has legislated in response to national problems, the Roberts Court has repeatedly either struck it down or interpreted it into a nullity. Congress gave us the Voting Rights Act and its reauthorizations; the Court gave us Shelby County, Brnovich, etc.
A liveliness of the spine, with a more or less constant nullity of brain.
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A liveliness of the spine, with a more or less constant nullity of brain.
the whole structure of this argument — independent agencies are politically unaccountable therefore the president must have removal power — treats congress as if it were a total nullity, or as if only the president truly represents the public.
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
the whole structure of this argument — independent agencies are politically unaccountable therefore the president must have removal power — treats congress as if it were a total nullity, or as if only the president truly represents the public.
Someone needs to tell her, "Your job, like the indictment of James Comey was a nullity, a non-event."
"Get used to it, more is coming."
"Get used to it, more is coming."
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Someone needs to tell her, "Your job, like the indictment of James Comey was a nullity, a non-event."
"Get used to it, more is coming."
"Get used to it, more is coming."
#WIPSnips 'full'
Heh, yesterday iirc immediately before the 1st climax of the book, and here we are before the 2nd. Symbols' End is the conclusion of a 9-book epic so there's a lot going on 😅
Heh, yesterday iirc immediately before the 1st climax of the book, and here we are before the 2nd. Symbols' End is the conclusion of a 9-book epic so there's a lot going on 😅
December 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#WIPSnips 'full'
Heh, yesterday iirc immediately before the 1st climax of the book, and here we are before the 2nd. Symbols' End is the conclusion of a 9-book epic so there's a lot going on 😅
Heh, yesterday iirc immediately before the 1st climax of the book, and here we are before the 2nd. Symbols' End is the conclusion of a 9-book epic so there's a lot going on 😅
Trying to theorize an "MAGA doctrine" that is independent of Donald Trump's actions and the people he empowers is just a transparent logical nullity. It's admitting that you're imagining a fantasy Donald Trump rather than evaluating the actually existing one
December 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trying to theorize an "MAGA doctrine" that is independent of Donald Trump's actions and the people he empowers is just a transparent logical nullity. It's admitting that you're imagining a fantasy Donald Trump rather than evaluating the actually existing one
The Opus Dei Court announces it will pronounce on whether the Fourteenth Amendment actually means what it explicitly says, in light of Trump's announcement that the Fourteenth Amendment is a nullity.
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
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December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Opus Dei Court announces it will pronounce on whether the Fourteenth Amendment actually means what it explicitly says, in light of Trump's announcement that the Fourteenth Amendment is a nullity.
Prof. Warren has a substantial body of law review publications criticizing the predatory nature of many financial, retail, & virtual services industries. It was what lead her to lobby for the adoption of the CFPB (now a nullity thanks to Trump).She ran for office & won when rejected as head of CFPB
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Prof. Warren has a substantial body of law review publications criticizing the predatory nature of many financial, retail, & virtual services industries. It was what lead her to lobby for the adoption of the CFPB (now a nullity thanks to Trump).She ran for office & won when rejected as head of CFPB
*looks over at a little silhouetto of a man*
whoa
such a smol stature
minuscule presence
a near nullity
whoa
such a smol stature
minuscule presence
a near nullity
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
*looks over at a little silhouetto of a man*
whoa
such a smol stature
minuscule presence
a near nullity
whoa
such a smol stature
minuscule presence
a near nullity
Was there ever a better example of the utter nullity of a 'Royal' prefix? Well yes, there was. 'Royal National Theatre' - remember that?
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Was there ever a better example of the utter nullity of a 'Royal' prefix? Well yes, there was. 'Royal National Theatre' - remember that?
I don’t think the Supreme Court is going to find that Trump wasn’t actually President and everything he purported to do as President for 4 years is a nullity.
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I don’t think the Supreme Court is going to find that Trump wasn’t actually President and everything he purported to do as President for 4 years is a nullity.
I think that the entire Trump presidency needs to be treated as a sui generis instance of an individual who knowingly lied through his oath of office, and his entire epoch treated as a nullity.
Congressional legislation on pardons is small bean thinking. In fact, it implicitly legitimates him.
Congressional legislation on pardons is small bean thinking. In fact, it implicitly legitimates him.
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I think that the entire Trump presidency needs to be treated as a sui generis instance of an individual who knowingly lied through his oath of office, and his entire epoch treated as a nullity.
Congressional legislation on pardons is small bean thinking. In fact, it implicitly legitimates him.
Congressional legislation on pardons is small bean thinking. In fact, it implicitly legitimates him.
If they can under 3288, they can also be sure to not screw up the grand jury process this time. But then it's questionable if they can under 3288 or whether Halligan's invalid appointment makes the initial indictment a nullity.
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If they can under 3288, they can also be sure to not screw up the grand jury process this time. But then it's questionable if they can under 3288 or whether Halligan's invalid appointment makes the initial indictment a nullity.
Also whether *all the problems with the initial indictment* made it a nullity
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Also whether *all the problems with the initial indictment* made it a nullity
Maybe. 1. Would require her to get another indictment; not clear another grand jury would indict. 2. Comey is certain to argue that the first indictment was a nullity, so “dismissal” of it doesn’t extend the SOL
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Maybe. 1. Would require her to get another indictment; not clear another grand jury would indict. 2. Comey is certain to argue that the first indictment was a nullity, so “dismissal” of it doesn’t extend the SOL
I don’t 3288 can be used to toll the statute of limitations with an indictment that was a nullity from the outset. So I think the prosecution of Comey is done. But they will appeal, who knows what the SCt will do, and the 3288 issue will have to be litigated if they try to re-indict.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I don’t 3288 can be used to toll the statute of limitations with an indictment that was a nullity from the outset. So I think the prosecution of Comey is done. But they will appeal, who knows what the SCt will do, and the 3288 issue will have to be litigated if they try to re-indict.
I *think* if this came back to Curie on a "they refiled in a month" timeline, she'd say "I didn't just dismiss it, I said it was a nullity and therefore this statute didn't apply, and gave you a separate brief extension of the SOL using my inherent authority" but I don't know if that would hold up
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I *think* if this came back to Curie on a "they refiled in a month" timeline, she'd say "I didn't just dismiss it, I said it was a nullity and therefore this statute didn't apply, and gave you a separate brief extension of the SOL using my inherent authority" but I don't know if that would hold up
this abominable piece of human garbage. this vile nullity. this murderous fifty pounds of manure in a ten pound bag of skin.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
this abominable piece of human garbage. this vile nullity. this murderous fifty pounds of manure in a ten pound bag of skin.