Derrell Durrett
@derrelldurrett.bsky.social
Ex physics. Software. Life-long observer of the public morality. Devoté of Poe's Law.
Potentially voluble.
Boulder Colorado
Born at 318 ppm CO2.
Potentially voluble.
Boulder Colorado
Born at 318 ppm CO2.
Pinned
AOC: “It should be our mission right now to make sure that all people have health care!"
Housing, food, health care, and education.
For all.
That should be a guarantee to all Americans that America makes.
For all.
That should be a guarantee to all Americans that America makes.
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Also, not a con law guy, but don’t think the idea is that the 4th Amendment aims to PROTECT arrest powers but to LIMIT them.
They are trying to invert a Constitutional that focused on negative liberties (“state can’t do x”) to constrain the state into one of positive liberties FOR the state.
They are trying to invert a Constitutional that focused on negative liberties (“state can’t do x”) to constrain the state into one of positive liberties FOR the state.
DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
January 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Also, not a con law guy, but don’t think the idea is that the 4th Amendment aims to PROTECT arrest powers but to LIMIT them.
They are trying to invert a Constitutional that focused on negative liberties (“state can’t do x”) to constrain the state into one of positive liberties FOR the state.
They are trying to invert a Constitutional that focused on negative liberties (“state can’t do x”) to constrain the state into one of positive liberties FOR the state.
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
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Younes worked for the right-wing lawfare group New Civil Liberties Alliance, which fights supposed federal overreach—stuff like the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and the CDC eviction moratorium.
There, she waged war on COVID mitigation policies, including vaccine requirements.
There, she waged war on COVID mitigation policies, including vaccine requirements.
January 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Younes worked for the right-wing lawfare group New Civil Liberties Alliance, which fights supposed federal overreach—stuff like the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and the CDC eviction moratorium.
There, she waged war on COVID mitigation policies, including vaccine requirements.
There, she waged war on COVID mitigation policies, including vaccine requirements.
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Hoping for the best, but I remember who shot and killed David McAtee outside his business, miles the fuck from the protest zone back in the summer of 2020.
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Hoping for the best, but I remember who shot and killed David McAtee outside his business, miles the fuck from the protest zone back in the summer of 2020.
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NEW: This week, Daily Show host Jon Stewart introduced his audience to Jenin Younes, describing her as a courageous civil rights attorney who had been canceled by both the right and left and therefore “must be doing something right.”
Really, she spent years undermining public health—and Democrats.
Really, she spent years undermining public health—and Democrats.
Jon Stewart Praises Attorney Behind Years of Anti-Vaccine and Anti-Lockdown Lawfare
“You’re a civil rights attorney who has been canceled by both the right and the left, which means you must be doing something right.”
www.importantcontext.news
January 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM
NEW: This week, Daily Show host Jon Stewart introduced his audience to Jenin Younes, describing her as a courageous civil rights attorney who had been canceled by both the right and left and therefore “must be doing something right.”
Really, she spent years undermining public health—and Democrats.
Really, she spent years undermining public health—and Democrats.
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Weaponizing law enforcement against his political opponents.
January 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Weaponizing law enforcement against his political opponents.
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Things that Trump and Republicans accused Biden of that Trump has, in fact, been the one doing:
✅Raising prices
✅Making cities less safe
✅Criminalizing free speech
✅Making the US a global embarrassment
✅Raising prices
✅Making cities less safe
✅Criminalizing free speech
✅Making the US a global embarrassment
January 17, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Things that Trump and Republicans accused Biden of that Trump has, in fact, been the one doing:
✅Raising prices
✅Making cities less safe
✅Criminalizing free speech
✅Making the US a global embarrassment
✅Raising prices
✅Making cities less safe
✅Criminalizing free speech
✅Making the US a global embarrassment
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How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
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But because Denmark is a NATO country, they don't have to defend Greenland. All of NATO would defend Greenland!
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
But because Denmark is a NATO country, they don't have to defend Greenland. All of NATO would defend Greenland!
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This guy is basically inviting China to take Taiwan.
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM
This guy is basically inviting China to take Taiwan.
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This map exposes the Greenland lie.
The US used to have a massive military footprint here.
Today, they operate just ONE base.
If Trump were actually worried about Russian vessels, he would simply open more bases, which Denmark allows
The US used to have a massive military footprint here.
Today, they operate just ONE base.
If Trump were actually worried about Russian vessels, he would simply open more bases, which Denmark allows
January 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This map exposes the Greenland lie.
The US used to have a massive military footprint here.
Today, they operate just ONE base.
If Trump were actually worried about Russian vessels, he would simply open more bases, which Denmark allows
The US used to have a massive military footprint here.
Today, they operate just ONE base.
If Trump were actually worried about Russian vessels, he would simply open more bases, which Denmark allows
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reading interviews of rural minnesotans and reading gun forums made me very sad about all these boomers getting their info from fox news. then i saw what the nail girlies are up to and what's going on in roblox and lol ok yeah people really fucking hate ICE
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
reading interviews of rural minnesotans and reading gun forums made me very sad about all these boomers getting their info from fox news. then i saw what the nail girlies are up to and what's going on in roblox and lol ok yeah people really fucking hate ICE
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I was just wondering yesterday why no one has used water balloons against ICE, and then saw that they were used here.
I also wondered about the absence of drone use, whether to track, record or drop unpleasant things on ICE, unless that's happening and just hasn't been covered.
I also wondered about the absence of drone use, whether to track, record or drop unpleasant things on ICE, unless that's happening and just hasn't been covered.
Conservative Influencer Chased From Minneapolis Streets by Counterprotesters
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I was just wondering yesterday why no one has used water balloons against ICE, and then saw that they were used here.
I also wondered about the absence of drone use, whether to track, record or drop unpleasant things on ICE, unless that's happening and just hasn't been covered.
I also wondered about the absence of drone use, whether to track, record or drop unpleasant things on ICE, unless that's happening and just hasn't been covered.
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Holy shit, this moment is exactly what I've been talking about.
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Holy shit, this moment is exactly what I've been talking about.
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Part of this:
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Part of this:
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2) “We” = total breakdown in the division between the White House and the president’s personal legal affairs.
1) Very bad sign that NYT, and not CBS, is breaking this.
1) Very bad sign that NYT, and not CBS, is breaking this.
NYT publishes audio of Karoline Leavitt threatening CBS over its Trump interview: “He said, ‘If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 PM
2) “We” = total breakdown in the division between the White House and the president’s personal legal affairs.
1) Very bad sign that NYT, and not CBS, is breaking this.
1) Very bad sign that NYT, and not CBS, is breaking this.
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You know people are unpopular when corporate brands come along to personally disavow any connection.
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
You know people are unpopular when corporate brands come along to personally disavow any connection.
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On Parnas' belief that Trump is the messiah. From THEY KNEW (2022):
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 PM
On Parnas' belief that Trump is the messiah. From THEY KNEW (2022):
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Well, 1 in 7 Americans were born in different countries. But intuitively to me, and counterintuitively to some, immigrants typically poll as being more proud of being American than native born Americans bsky.app/profile/whis...
I’ll never in my life understand being “proud” of where you are born. You have no control over that. You had nothing to do with it.
January 17, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Well, 1 in 7 Americans were born in different countries. But intuitively to me, and counterintuitively to some, immigrants typically poll as being more proud of being American than native born Americans bsky.app/profile/whis...
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Gallup regularly polls "are you proud to be an American?" and the number saying at least "a little" just fell to an all time low... of 91% news.gallup.com/poll/692150/... bsky.app/profile/prel...
January 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Gallup regularly polls "are you proud to be an American?" and the number saying at least "a little" just fell to an all time low... of 91% news.gallup.com/poll/692150/... bsky.app/profile/prel...
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The American flag is one of the most potent symbols in politics and if you can claim it for your side you have a huge advantage.
From an optics perspective... the protesters being the ones waving the US flag while Bovino et al looks like every awful nazi inspired movie we've ever seen... hats off to Minnesotans.
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
January 17, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The American flag is one of the most potent symbols in politics and if you can claim it for your side you have a huge advantage.
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The "everyone is 12" thesis of American political dysfunction remains undefeated in 2026.
January 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
The "everyone is 12" thesis of American political dysfunction remains undefeated in 2026.
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Imagine if you will, a government by people who don't know how to do anything but post, but also can't post for shit
January 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Imagine if you will, a government by people who don't know how to do anything but post, but also can't post for shit
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I always wondered, when I read Suetonius, how everyone could put up with Caligula for so long.
I think I understand better now. The institutional and social inertia is so strong, especially among elites with “something to lose”. No one wants to stick their heads up first, so they go into denial.
I think I understand better now. The institutional and social inertia is so strong, especially among elites with “something to lose”. No one wants to stick their heads up first, so they go into denial.
January 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I always wondered, when I read Suetonius, how everyone could put up with Caligula for so long.
I think I understand better now. The institutional and social inertia is so strong, especially among elites with “something to lose”. No one wants to stick their heads up first, so they go into denial.
I think I understand better now. The institutional and social inertia is so strong, especially among elites with “something to lose”. No one wants to stick their heads up first, so they go into denial.
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That conservative influencer guy has fewer than a dozen people at his “rally”?
🤣
(Also: thank God.)
🤣
(Also: thank God.)
Counterprotesters vastly outnumber Jake Lang's anti-Islam group in downtown Minneapolis. bit.ly/4qlze56
📷️: Alex Kormann
📷️: Alex Kormann
January 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
That conservative influencer guy has fewer than a dozen people at his “rally”?
🤣
(Also: thank God.)
🤣
(Also: thank God.)