Bribleck
@bribleck.bsky.social
(He/him) Dem politics, sci-fi, law, humor. I repost a lot of stuff.
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Hey it would be super if people who don't understand the appropriations process and/or the significant differences between any possible shutdown now and the one last year would sit out commenting on either.
I understand that it's too much to ask to make this about every subject; baby steps.
I understand that it's too much to ask to make this about every subject; baby steps.
January 30, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Hey it would be super if people who don't understand the appropriations process and/or the significant differences between any possible shutdown now and the one last year would sit out commenting on either.
I understand that it's too much to ask to make this about every subject; baby steps.
I understand that it's too much to ask to make this about every subject; baby steps.
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Just the President saying he wants to make housing as expensive as possible & thus continue the massive wealth transfer from young to old due to not building nearly enough homes.
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Just the President saying he wants to make housing as expensive as possible & thus continue the massive wealth transfer from young to old due to not building nearly enough homes.
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This is a program of ethnic cleansing. It doesn’t matter how half assed it is, that is what is being attempted.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This is a program of ethnic cleansing. It doesn’t matter how half assed it is, that is what is being attempted.
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the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:33 AM
the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system
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Lindsey Graham, folks!
NO SENATE VOTE TONIGHT
Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.
Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Lindsey Graham, folks!
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It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 AM
It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
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What to say? Even knowing of this suit, the SCOTUS is going to issue an opinion in Slaughter saying that "Under our Constitution, the 'executive Power—all of it--is 'vested in a President.'"
sigh
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January 30, 2026 at 4:17 AM
What to say? Even knowing of this suit, the SCOTUS is going to issue an opinion in Slaughter saying that "Under our Constitution, the 'executive Power—all of it--is 'vested in a President.'"
sigh
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Very cool the Supreme Court, at Trump’s demand, imagined up a version of the constitution that makes Trump immune from claims that he abused his power.
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Very cool the Supreme Court, at Trump’s demand, imagined up a version of the constitution that makes Trump immune from claims that he abused his power.
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no fan of jeffries, but holy shit is this article misleading. in the press briefing he calls for "a prohibition that DHS cannot *detain* or deport American citizens", and his focus throughout the briefing is on the detainment part
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:34 AM
no fan of jeffries, but holy shit is this article misleading. in the press briefing he calls for "a prohibition that DHS cannot *detain* or deport American citizens", and his focus throughout the briefing is on the detainment part
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Update: Fox News poll finds The Democratic Party is favored by voters on transgender issues by 22 points www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Update: Fox News poll finds The Democratic Party is favored by voters on transgender issues by 22 points www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
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I mean who fucking decides if they settle? Trump Appointees? Outrageously blatant stealing.
Breaking Bloomberg:
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Sues IRS, Treasury for $10 Billion Over Tax-Return Leaks
President Donald Trump sued the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office, poten...
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I mean who fucking decides if they settle? Trump Appointees? Outrageously blatant stealing.
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It’s an astonishment how many key legislative responses to 9/11 — the creation of ODNI, the Homeland Security Act, the Patriot Act, the 2001 AUMF — will have proven fit for sending to the bin after all this.
New: Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is leading an administration-wide effort to probe the 2020 election for fraud and regularly briefing Trump and top White House officials on her progress. Officials are discussing EOs on voting ahead of midterms.
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Exclusive | Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud
The director of national intelligence earlier this week joined the FBI search of an election center in Georgia.
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 AM
It’s an astonishment how many key legislative responses to 9/11 — the creation of ODNI, the Homeland Security Act, the Patriot Act, the 2001 AUMF — will have proven fit for sending to the bin after all this.
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So thanks to John Roberts and his merry band of robed wizards, not only does Trump enjoy a made-up immunity but he’s now emboldened to sue the government he leads for a ridiculous sum, with his compromised Justice Department supposedly representing America’s interests?!? This is the worst.
Trump sues IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak | CNN Business
President Donald Trump is suing the US Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for at least $10 billion, accusing the agency of an unathorized leak of his tax returns during his first adminis...
www.cnn.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 AM
So thanks to John Roberts and his merry band of robed wizards, not only does Trump enjoy a made-up immunity but he’s now emboldened to sue the government he leads for a ridiculous sum, with his compromised Justice Department supposedly representing America’s interests?!? This is the worst.
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Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them.
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
DeWald cites "privacy interests" for an "agent number 3" and his body worn camera as one of the govt's concerns over making the case material piblic, among other issues.
January 29, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them.
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
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Imagine how much of an immoral scumbag you have to be to claim the state should be able to murder you if you were mean to federal agents 11 days prior.
January 30, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Imagine how much of an immoral scumbag you have to be to claim the state should be able to murder you if you were mean to federal agents 11 days prior.
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“Don’t think of them as humans. Think of them as Americans.”
The writers probably didn’t know we’d be beefing with Canada when this episode dropped but god damn, Fallout. God damn.
The writers probably didn’t know we’d be beefing with Canada when this episode dropped but god damn, Fallout. God damn.
January 30, 2026 at 1:55 AM
“Don’t think of them as humans. Think of them as Americans.”
The writers probably didn’t know we’d be beefing with Canada when this episode dropped but god damn, Fallout. God damn.
The writers probably didn’t know we’d be beefing with Canada when this episode dropped but god damn, Fallout. God damn.
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The original meaning of command-in-chief included control of the exchequer under the common law and thus the president may line his own pockets with tax dollars from the IRS.
January 30, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The original meaning of command-in-chief included control of the exchequer under the common law and thus the president may line his own pockets with tax dollars from the IRS.
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President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:56 AM
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
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Its amazing how many commentators and political hobbyists seem ignorant of this very basic fact
If they don’t come over, funding runs out in two weeks and it’s their problem.
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Its amazing how many commentators and political hobbyists seem ignorant of this very basic fact
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actually it's a commonwealth
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January 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
actually it's a commonwealth
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Wow. The county is charging the Ilhan Omar attacker even though the feds are also doing that, because they don't trust Trump to not pardon the guy.
This was a disturbing assault on @repilhan.bsky.social, who is frequently the target of vilifying language by fellow elected officials and members of the public.
Mr. Kazmierczak has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one count of fifth-degree assault.
Mr. Kazmierczak has been charged with one felony count of terroristic threats and one count of fifth-degree assault.
January 29, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Wow. The county is charging the Ilhan Omar attacker even though the feds are also doing that, because they don't trust Trump to not pardon the guy.
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You have to understand that my concerted attacks solely on Democrats are justified by my being mad about what Republicans are doing.
January 29, 2026 at 8:29 PM
You have to understand that my concerted attacks solely on Democrats are justified by my being mad about what Republicans are doing.
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Now, at a time when a Republican president & a Republican congress are tearing apart the very foundations of this country, it is more important than ever to attack the people truly responsible for this: The Democrats.
January 29, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Now, at a time when a Republican president & a Republican congress are tearing apart the very foundations of this country, it is more important than ever to attack the people truly responsible for this: The Democrats.