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Recently retired federal attorney. Droning on about politics & law, baseball, usage, etc. #AbolishICE le Pooch quickly blocks MAGAts and other shmucks
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“This nonsense about ‘throwing innocent people in jail’ — next thing they gonna say we shouldn’t throw guilty people in jail”
Stopped at a Midas repair shop today and the guy there brought up the CDC. This is an example where raising the salience of what is going on really can break through the noise.
To be fair, Biden was not lazy, incurious, and fundamentally disinterested both in the job and the wellbeing of the American people so it might have been more notable in his case, had it ever happened
Don Rickles looks better, and I mean *today*
Jabba the Putz
Americans for Prosperity (Koch) running wall to wall “morning in America” type ads in my swing district about the bill. Don’t think it’s projection to sniff a whiff of desperation about them
Thus was it ever so
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Because we needed another one
also sorry for shouting but geez
THIS THREAD, SO MUCH
Yes, Third Way has its finger on the pulse
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on Breed’s Hill
228,000 votes switched in three states and we’d have President Kamala right now
Caption this
Pretty sure mediation involves the participation of both parties Pretty sure
RINO!
And Kevin McCarthy said Putin bribes him
By this logic of course all American elections since 1792 have been dishonest since the US military has always voted by mail Not that facts have anything to do with anything
Trump Welcomes Putin With a Jet Fighter Escort and Red Carpet www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u... This is disgusting. (And that’s before noting that “stepped foot” is an execrable malapropism. The idiom toward which you’re groping, @nytimes.com, is “set foot.” Did you fire all your copy editors?)
So I guess we ARE the world’s policeman? I’m so confused
If voters voted on policy, we would have. (Also, we won the popular vote in 2 of 3 and lost the other by 1.47%)
This x1000
I don’t think the current GOP is moving people to the left so much as the accumulated effects of GOP policies over time are doing so
As they say, every accusation is a confession. There was no Deep State, for instance. But they’re building one now.
Oy
And rightly so
Undeniable. On the other hand 2021 looked pretty crappy too. Schwarber had the only real value, and he was on the IL at the time. I remember thinking (and hearing) what the hell good’s *he* going to do us down the stretch?
Oh god what now
Hope the felonies and the assault on democracy and the rule of law were worth it
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And his co-star, Mata Hairy!
This kind of crypto-Naziism is the ultimate expression of why inventing the word "Homeland" in 2002 -- a term wholly unknown and alien to American culture, where nearly all of us are from different "lands" -- was such offensive mythmaking bullshit. I mean, WTF happened to "e pluribus unum"?
Tedious to point this out, but: - When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story. -Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.
shorter MJ: "Shitty polls be damned!"
Links I Wouldn't Click in a Million Years for $1,000, Alex.
I pride myself on being realistic and unsentimental. But I underestimated Mamdani. Cuomo's gonna get his ass whupped.
That's an insult to repulsive ghouls
Kind of similar phenomenon to the immigrants who've achieved citizenship, then pull up the ladder and say "no more."
It is now clear that average tariffs on August 1 are set to be higher than they were on "Liberation Day." Only a fool would look back to the chaos of early April and conclude that the problem was that the announced tariffs were too small. If you're not worried, you're not paying attention.
Fair. But her main point is about the regime's weakness on immigration, not the Dems' response or lack thereof. Which seems really important.
Fair enough. But I think the main point is that the regime is hugely vulnerable here, not what Ds have done or not done in response.
I took her point as being "if Democrats can capitalize," not "if Democrats can stop screwing up."
Trump's polling on almost everything is underwater right now. But seems significant that this is true even for his strongest issue, immigration. Other R politicians have recognized this as a liability. This could be a tipping point, if only Dems can get their act together
Thanks for saying that. I grew up in the suburbs too, and had a similar experience.
And it’s safer now than it was then. The only really dangerous thing the average American will do today is get in a car.
Strange times when WSJ editorial bd speaks truth to power
Came here to say this. We’re way past the point where this is even a question
I think everyone knows by now that a deal with Trump is absolutely worthless
All speech is free but some speech is more free than others
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Came here to do this
Sadistic ghouls
Because it’s all a fucking game
Yes, that's what we need, is to eliminate our few flimsy regulations on our 100 million guns
Still with the "skepticism," @nytimes.com? How about: "With Lynchings, Klan's Skepticism of Black People Comes Full Circle" cc: @nytpitchbot.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
"Elon Musk was just doing a hand gesture nobody knows what it means" but somehow Mamdani represents an existential threat to Judaism lol you absolute fucking clowns
Awesome
Yeah, more concise: “Over the last few months, Paramount has been struggling with how to get away with bribing a public official.”
Adams was the first NYC Mayor elected since the 1990s who was *not* from Boston
wait was the fake low level leaker named John Barron
In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections.
And good for them
HAWT INNUF FAW YAH? - every dude behind a counter in New England right now
Peer-reviewed by Grok
Truly horrified by this order in way that is deeper and darker than I have felt over many truly awful merits decisions.
Demented
Efficiency!
Turn sideways and slap your butt with your mouth open. Phone recognizes this as "audio butt dial"
Going to sell bumper stickers that say “AI said it, I believe it, and that settles it”
Just curious why I am regularly blocked by what are obvious bots. I mean, thanks for saving me the trouble, but what's up with that?
Silence is better than "not a problem" when thanked.
There is a certain part of the culture in NY (not just the city) that finds tough(-appearing) guys who skirt the rules appealing. A bully with a smooth front fits the bill.
How do we electrify/decarbonize our transit systems? They used to be 100% electric. We don’t need to wait for battery tech or hydrogen to “catch up.” We did this a century ago. Wires. It’s time for both the transit and environmental communities to collectively pull their heads out of their asses.
To be fair, in his vision, they’re not that different
“He Knows How to Run Things … Into the Ground”
Hegseth has the posture of a gibbon
PS I see chocolate as separate from calories
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The three of them behind him form a remarkably weak image, I mean what President in the past would appear other than alone under these circumstances? I'd say they were there to drag him away if he started gibbering but I mean, they didn't.
cutting off your nose to spite the entire world
There are lots of administrative judges throughout the federal govt (and in state govts). They are legitimate exactly because they are subject to review by Art. III judges, as here. Which is why DHS spokesidiot has it backwards.
“If everyone knows we’re robbing the bank, there’s some downside risk to robbing the bank.”
Nope
(correcting address) @bethdavidson.bsky.social cc: @nwindivisible.bsky.social
.@bethdavidson.bsky.social @mikesacks.bsky.social @caitfornewyork.bsky.social Where are you on the so-called GENIUS Act? How would you vote if you were in the House now? cc: @pkrugman.bsky.social
👇 Evergreen post on crypto. #Crypto
tl:dr - too many goddamn guns
Performative Deficit Scolds for Lawler ‘26!
Among other things, those on expired visas, though unauthorized, haven’t committed any crime. The “crime” is *entering* the US without authorization
And lie about it notwithstanding the clear evidence
Sen. Mike Lee's unfounded claims on social media about the slaying of a Minnesota lawmaker have angered his U.S. Senate colleague from the state.
I put my phasers on “stun” before I use “kill.” YMMV
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He's an Eagles fan, as he mentions in the first 20 seconds.
