bmaz
@bmaz.bsky.social
Criminal defense, civil rights, and occasionally civil, trial lawyer. Former Emptywheel legal writer, husband, father and generally cranky observateur. Lifetime F1 fan.
Lol:
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Lol:
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Democrats should ask: when residential natural gas prices are at their highest ever, why are we exporting a record amount? Why not use it to make energy more affordable here?
The GOP has no answer for this; it contradicts everything they claim they're doing.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The GOP has no answer for this; it contradicts everything they claim they're doing.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Democrats should ask: when residential natural gas prices are at their highest ever, why are we exporting a record amount? Why not use it to make energy more affordable here?
The GOP has no answer for this; it contradicts everything they claim they're doing.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The GOP has no answer for this; it contradicts everything they claim they're doing.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Shame on the governors who sent their National Guardsmen away from their families to be bored extras in Trump’s fascist theater of the absurd.
August 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Shame on the governors who sent their National Guardsmen away from their families to be bored extras in Trump’s fascist theater of the absurd.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If Trump uses the considerable economic, military and diplomatic power of the United States to coerce Ukraine into risking its independence, a cease-fire wouldn’t be a diplomatic achievement — it would be a national shame,” our columnist David French writes.
“If Trump uses the considerable economic, military and diplomatic power of the United States to coerce Ukraine into risking its independence, a cease-fire wouldn’t be a diplomatic achievement — it would be a national shame,” our columnist David French writes.
Opinion | ‘We Are Going to Have to Fight Three Wars’
How much will Trump ask Zelensky to pay for peace in Ukraine?
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If Trump uses the considerable economic, military and diplomatic power of the United States to coerce Ukraine into risking its independence, a cease-fire wouldn’t be a diplomatic achievement — it would be a national shame,” our columnist David French writes.
“If Trump uses the considerable economic, military and diplomatic power of the United States to coerce Ukraine into risking its independence, a cease-fire wouldn’t be a diplomatic achievement — it would be a national shame,” our columnist David French writes.
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And this is the way it's likely to turn out.
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
And this is the way it's likely to turn out.
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Where have I heard that argument before… 🧐
Oh, right, people used to make it about Stephen Miller’s relatives when they immigrated.
Oh, right, people used to make it about Stephen Miller’s relatives when they immigrated.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Where have I heard that argument before… 🧐
Oh, right, people used to make it about Stephen Miller’s relatives when they immigrated.
Oh, right, people used to make it about Stephen Miller’s relatives when they immigrated.
Most definitely:
Helen Thomas would have bitch-slapped Trump all the way back to Queens.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Most definitely:
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My ranking of Star Wars films, from best to worst:
The Seven Samurai
The Wrath of Khan
The Magnificent Seven
Coriolanus
The Big Sleep
King Lear
Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle
Star Wars
The Seven Samurai
The Wrath of Khan
The Magnificent Seven
Coriolanus
The Big Sleep
King Lear
Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle
Star Wars
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
My ranking of Star Wars films, from best to worst:
The Seven Samurai
The Wrath of Khan
The Magnificent Seven
Coriolanus
The Big Sleep
King Lear
Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle
Star Wars
The Seven Samurai
The Wrath of Khan
The Magnificent Seven
Coriolanus
The Big Sleep
King Lear
Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle
Star Wars
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
Yes, this:
While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Yes, this:
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Oh nothing, just Trump making racist jokes and laughing at himself right after announcing the tragic death of a National Guard who was shot because him.
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Oh nothing, just Trump making racist jokes and laughing at himself right after announcing the tragic death of a National Guard who was shot because him.
Lol, Reefer Madness
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Lol, Reefer Madness
This is the way it was always going to go with Putin. Anybody acting like there can be such a peace negotiation with him has their head up their ass. This entire effort by Trump, Witkoff and Rubio is a complete fraud, and a betrayal of Ukraine and Europe.
Just like that. After a week of frantic diplomacy and U.S. threats against Ukraine, Putin rejects ANY agreement.
The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste.
The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste.
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is the way it was always going to go with Putin. Anybody acting like there can be such a peace negotiation with him has their head up their ass. This entire effort by Trump, Witkoff and Rubio is a complete fraud, and a betrayal of Ukraine and Europe.
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You guys are so far up your own Trump Said journalistic model asses you can't even mention when and who granted asylum.
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
You guys are so far up your own Trump Said journalistic model asses you can't even mention when and who granted asylum.
Sad to hear this, Fuzzy was a great guy. He and Hobie Green would literally go out drinking with fans after rounds in the Phoenix Open. I was one of them several times. Fun and funny. www.espn.com/golf/story/_...
2-time major champion Fuzzy Zoeller dies at 74
Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion and one of golf's most gregarious characters whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died, according to a longtime colle...
www.espn.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sad to hear this, Fuzzy was a great guy. He and Hobie Green would literally go out drinking with fans after rounds in the Phoenix Open. I was one of them several times. Fun and funny. www.espn.com/golf/story/_...
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Happy Thanksgiving from the ice cream aisle.
Thankful for our city.
Thankful for our city.
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from the ice cream aisle.
Thankful for our city.
Thankful for our city.
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Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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Dear Macy's,
Bring back the Eddie Cantor balloon or GTFO.
Bring back the Eddie Cantor balloon or GTFO.
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Dear Macy's,
Bring back the Eddie Cantor balloon or GTFO.
Bring back the Eddie Cantor balloon or GTFO.
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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This is not different from the Republican desire to end the ACA with no plan to replace it.
This is like demanding that someone jump out of a plane before they’re given a parachute. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
US demands peace deal before security guarantees for Ukraine
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European allies that President Donald Trump will negotiate long-term assurances for Ukraine’s safety.
www.politico.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is not different from the Republican desire to end the ACA with no plan to replace it.
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Today - and every day - is a good day to read Justice Stevens’ dissent in Heller v DC. The bonkers 5-4 decision that not only made it legal to carry firearms in DC but also declared that the first 13 words of 2A were “merely preferatory”. www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/0...
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HELLER
www.law.cornell.edu
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today - and every day - is a good day to read Justice Stevens’ dissent in Heller v DC. The bonkers 5-4 decision that not only made it legal to carry firearms in DC but also declared that the first 13 words of 2A were “merely preferatory”. www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/0...
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“Gawande noted that the toll will continue to grow and may go unseen because it can take months or years for people to die from lack of treatments or vaccine-preventable illnesses—and because deaths are scattered.“
Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“Gawande noted that the toll will continue to grow and may go unseen because it can take months or years for people to die from lack of treatments or vaccine-preventable illnesses—and because deaths are scattered.“
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[Thanksgiving dinner]
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
[Thanksgiving dinner]
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
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I know this sounds partisan but I generally think it would be a bad idea for Trump to bomb Venezuela during the macys day parade
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I know this sounds partisan but I generally think it would be a bad idea for Trump to bomb Venezuela during the macys day parade