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Dean Gloster

@deangloster.bsky.social

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Anti-authoritarian. Author of stories for young people, including the YA novel DESSERT FIRST. Former Supreme Court law clerk. Former standup comic. VCFA MFA. Write on. He/him.

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · Feb 27

Mood. Enjoy your coffee, all, and resist

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 9h

In fairness, someone _did_ threaten to turn Mike in to his porn monitoring partner for staring too long at pictures of the naked bicyclists. 🤷‍♂️

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 16h

Mike Johnson decries 'naked bicyclers' in Portland as 'most threatening thing I've seen'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted that federal agents' abuse of force had not risen to the level of congressional investigations after a judge barred the Department of Homeland Security from using specific tactics against faith leaders and journalists.During a press conference on Tuesday, o...

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 9h

Swollen-ankle Sasquatch, vaguely recalling that "oil embargo" was once a big deal...🙄

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22h

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 1d

As a guy who's done improv, let me just say...

Portland wins.

Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 1d

Wishing you all a pleasant Indigenous People's Day, and I don't want to hear platitudes about that evil enslaver, bad geographer, sexual abuser, and mass murderer whose name is sometimes associated with today.
grist.org/politics/her...

Here's the real story of Columbus that people prefer to ignore

Need a quick brushup on exactly why so many people in the U.S. have turned against Columbus Day? Here you go.

grist.org

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 2d

Kristi Noem's CBP: Now murdering our dogs for sport.

Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 2d

CBP agents knocked on an El Paso home at 7:15 a.m.

The owner asked to secure his Rottweiler, Chop, in the bathroom.

While he got his ID, agents opened the door and shot Chop.

The family tried to save him as he bled out on the kitchen floor.

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently, every $400 million Qatari plane donation gets you a free $2 billion airbase rebate.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 4d

Cleanup on aisle 47:

Trump starts new trade war with China over rare earths after not winning the Nobel Peace Prize for murdering Venezuelan civilians.

(The prize went to a woman, a Venezuelan activist for democracy against fascism. Take that, Mango Mussolini.)

Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 4d

Notably, even the Republican reps pushing back aren't thinking about the harm they're doing--it's just that they look bad.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

THIS!! 👇👇

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 5d

I'd like to tell you the answer to this...

...but actually I'm tied up right now.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5d

Earlier today, DOJ basically told the judge in the Kilmar Abrego case they were going to blow off the vindictive prosecution claim.

His attorneys responded, fine, then the criminal case must be dismissed.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ultimately, as the defense explained in its Status Report, to the extent the government
maintains its position that it will not produce the relevant discovery, under a claim of privilege or
otherwise, the government cannot rebut Mr. Abrego’s demonstrated, prima facie case of
vindictiveness, making dismissal of this case the only proper remedy. (Dkt. 146 at 3-4).

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5d

i’ll never get over this

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, but the important thing is, even though they're in harm's way...thanks to the Trump Shutdown, we're not paying them. 😮

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 5d

I’m sure the “America First” crowd loves this.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5d

“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6d

The biggest reason I can't take this opinion seriously is because I can guarantee that Mr. Nichols has not written about the dehumanizing language toward trans people all year by Republican politicians. To me, that is far more profane than VP Harris or Mr. Schumer uttering the word "fuck" publicly.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5d

Nothing to see here, just Trump going for his second “yearly” checkup this year.

Anyone ready to admit that something is wrong with POTUS yet?

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 5d

If you lie repeatedly about the details of shooting a protester 7 times, that seems to be evidence of consciousness of guilt in a later trial for attempted murder.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 5d

Looks like ICE lied about the woman they shot. They rammed her car, not vice versa
www.reuters.com/world/us/bod...

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 5d

Perhaps Stephen Miller--who also has not been to law school and does not believe in the Constitution--could explain it to him.

Elseagee 🟧 🌊 🌊 🌊🎨 🎸 @elseagee.bsky.social · 5d

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Dean Gloster @deangloster.bsky.social · 5d

Then pass a new healthcare bill, you f*cking Nazi. Your party has the Senate, House, and Presidency.

Don't destroy the Affordable Care Act, depriving 17 million people of insurance, doubling the cost for many of us, only to maybe pass some milksop next year that doesn't really help anyone.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Elseagee 🟧 🌊 🌊 🌊🎨 🎸 @elseagee.bsky.social · 5d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 6d

“ICE needs to go into Chicago because the Chicago police are incapable of protecting the city but ICE can’t protect themselves so the Chicago police must protect them”

God I hate fascism so much

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 6d

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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