T. Greg Doucette
@gregdoucette.bsky.social
In-House Counsel @ BigTech. Ex-"Computers Guy," then decade litigating 1A in NC+TX. Servant to two cats (and a dog and a wife). Armchair Philanthropist.
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January 2026
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Just realized I never did a December AMA, so firing up the January one 🤪
Only at-most-37 months left in Donald Trump's presidency.
AMA! Q&A will be added to the thread as quote-skeets
ASK ME ANYTHING
MEGATHREAD
January 2026
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Just realized I never did a December AMA, so firing up the January one 🤪
Only at-most-37 months left in Donald Trump's presidency.
AMA! Q&A will be added to the thread as quote-skeets
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I mean, it’s wild how far they’ll go to avoid listening to any podcasts made by people who aren’t white
January 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I mean, it’s wild how far they’ll go to avoid listening to any podcasts made by people who aren’t white
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and they are almost certainly listening for the vicarious thrill of hearing people voice and affirm their personal prejudices. they’ll be openly fash in a few years
January 27, 2026 at 3:39 PM
and they are almost certainly listening for the vicarious thrill of hearing people voice and affirm their personal prejudices. they’ll be openly fash in a few years
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very classic case of unserious people who do not take anything seriously and see politics as a little game
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 PM
very classic case of unserious people who do not take anything seriously and see politics as a little game
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these people seem like idiots
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
these people seem like idiots
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we’ve got a ways to go until 2030 so this could change but it’s pretty much an across the board disaster if it doesn’t
building more housing isn’t just good policy, it’s existential politics
building more housing isn’t just good policy, it’s existential politics
#NEW: 2030 Apportionment Forecast based on 2025 Census Bureau Population Estimates (January 27, 2026).
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
January 27, 2026 at 4:59 PM
we’ve got a ways to go until 2030 so this could change but it’s pretty much an across the board disaster if it doesn’t
building more housing isn’t just good policy, it’s existential politics
building more housing isn’t just good policy, it’s existential politics
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Literally all of her buddies at the free press lol
The new CBS contributors:
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Literally all of her buddies at the free press lol
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This is analogous to “Perfect God, imperfect humans” that underpins most religious faiths. The good comes from God, the bad comes from man.
And even though scripture explicitly warns against it, the deification of leaders is a short leap for a person who’s been taught to think this way from birth.
And even though scripture explicitly warns against it, the deification of leaders is a short leap for a person who’s been taught to think this way from birth.
"Good tsar, bad boyars" has been a recurring theme of Trumpism every year the dude's been office. It's wild.
kayfabe
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This is analogous to “Perfect God, imperfect humans” that underpins most religious faiths. The good comes from God, the bad comes from man.
And even though scripture explicitly warns against it, the deification of leaders is a short leap for a person who’s been taught to think this way from birth.
And even though scripture explicitly warns against it, the deification of leaders is a short leap for a person who’s been taught to think this way from birth.
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A sequel of sorts to my previous “Tailings” post on permitting as a critical minerals barrier, this week I tackle what I’ll call “policy kayfabe."
Or when signaling trumps substantive impact.
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tailings.substack.com/p/policy-kay...
Or when signaling trumps substantive impact.
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tailings.substack.com/p/policy-kay...
Policy kayfabe
Deep sea mining, minerals processing on military bases, and community benefits
tailings.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
A sequel of sorts to my previous “Tailings” post on permitting as a critical minerals barrier, this week I tackle what I’ll call “policy kayfabe."
Or when signaling trumps substantive impact.
🔌💡
tailings.substack.com/p/policy-kay...
Or when signaling trumps substantive impact.
🔌💡
tailings.substack.com/p/policy-kay...
Interesting read here:
A sequel of sorts to my previous “Tailings” post on permitting as a critical minerals barrier, this week I tackle what I’ll call “policy kayfabe."
Or when signaling trumps substantive impact.
🔌💡
tailings.substack.com/p/policy-kay...
Or when signaling trumps substantive impact.
🔌💡
tailings.substack.com/p/policy-kay...
Policy kayfabe
Deep sea mining, minerals processing on military bases, and community benefits
tailings.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Interesting read here:
"Good tsar, bad boyars" has been a recurring theme of Trumpism every year the dude's been office. It's wild.
January 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"Good tsar, bad boyars" has been a recurring theme of Trumpism every year the dude's been office. It's wild.
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This is a critical point from Sen Chris Murphy: If Dems fold on ICE now, it could be a disaster in the midterms.
"The result will be a lot of voters who tend to turn out in midterm elections just won’t."
Here's our full exchange. It's powerful stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
"The result will be a lot of voters who tend to turn out in midterm elections just won’t."
Here's our full exchange. It's powerful stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 PM
This is a critical point from Sen Chris Murphy: If Dems fold on ICE now, it could be a disaster in the midterms.
"The result will be a lot of voters who tend to turn out in midterm elections just won’t."
Here's our full exchange. It's powerful stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
"The result will be a lot of voters who tend to turn out in midterm elections just won’t."
Here's our full exchange. It's powerful stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Sen Chris Murphy warns Dems:
"If people don’t see us fighting on something as existential as whether we condone the federal government murdering our own citizens, there will be a mass withdrawal from politics altogether."
On the pod, Murphy lays it all out so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
"If people don’t see us fighting on something as existential as whether we condone the federal government murdering our own citizens, there will be a mass withdrawal from politics altogether."
On the pod, Murphy lays it all out so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Sen Chris Murphy warns Dems:
"If people don’t see us fighting on something as existential as whether we condone the federal government murdering our own citizens, there will be a mass withdrawal from politics altogether."
On the pod, Murphy lays it all out so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
"If people don’t see us fighting on something as existential as whether we condone the federal government murdering our own citizens, there will be a mass withdrawal from politics altogether."
On the pod, Murphy lays it all out so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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I love whenever anyone goes "having a big army is cheating!"
But I especially love a guy posting with a Serge Witte avatar complaining about Leon Trotsky. The reason why the Reds had bigger armies than the Whites was because... the Whites were unpopular with most people!
But I especially love a guy posting with a Serge Witte avatar complaining about Leon Trotsky. The reason why the Reds had bigger armies than the Whites was because... the Whites were unpopular with most people!
January 27, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I love whenever anyone goes "having a big army is cheating!"
But I especially love a guy posting with a Serge Witte avatar complaining about Leon Trotsky. The reason why the Reds had bigger armies than the Whites was because... the Whites were unpopular with most people!
But I especially love a guy posting with a Serge Witte avatar complaining about Leon Trotsky. The reason why the Reds had bigger armies than the Whites was because... the Whites were unpopular with most people!
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checking on rightoids
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 AM
checking on rightoids
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And unindenmifiable except through private insurance policies bought at market rates.
January 27, 2026 at 3:12 PM
And unindenmifiable except through private insurance policies bought at market rates.
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Once again, Bivens actions should be statutory and retroactive.
The way to square this circle — to make this more than “a law that says you must obey the law” — is for the new law to provide a new *remedy*, ideally a retroactive one (which confirms “this was always the law”).
So let me again yell STATUTORY BIVENS
So let me again yell STATUTORY BIVENS
January 27, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Once again, Bivens actions should be statutory and retroactive.
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Everything is about Race except for Race, which is about Gender.
one kind of weird aspect of this is that a relatively diverse federal agency has been sent to a very white city by white nationalists to do ethnic cleansing, where they're executing white people in the street
January 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Everything is about Race except for Race, which is about Gender.
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We are now living through the proof that National Defense would be better served by education spending than military spending, and I don’t like this experiment
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
We are now living through the proof that National Defense would be better served by education spending than military spending, and I don’t like this experiment
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Pell grants for everyone.
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Pell grants for everyone.
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Stop what you’re doing and read this piece, which is as powerful as you’d expect from @adamserwer.bsky.social witnessing the events of last week on the ground in Minnesota. “The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.”
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Stop what you’re doing and read this piece, which is as powerful as you’d expect from @adamserwer.bsky.social witnessing the events of last week on the ground in Minnesota. “The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.”
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Watch this space. The idiots in the regime are including ICE agents in diplomatic protection details abroad, and Italian elected leaders are not having it.
The mayor of Milan calls ICE "a militia that kills."
The mayor of Milan calls ICE "a militia that kills."
Milans mayor Sala has different opinion
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Watch this space. The idiots in the regime are including ICE agents in diplomatic protection details abroad, and Italian elected leaders are not having it.
The mayor of Milan calls ICE "a militia that kills."
The mayor of Milan calls ICE "a militia that kills."
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Addressing international officials’ concerns over ICE providing security at this year’s Winter Olympics, Kristi Noem promises that they will only shoot Americans.
January 27, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Addressing international officials’ concerns over ICE providing security at this year’s Winter Olympics, Kristi Noem promises that they will only shoot Americans.
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I need an interview with this person immediately
what is it like to be the one and only Londoner to go see the Melania movie? and why?
what is it like to be the one and only Londoner to go see the Melania movie? and why?
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I need an interview with this person immediately
what is it like to be the one and only Londoner to go see the Melania movie? and why?
what is it like to be the one and only Londoner to go see the Melania movie? and why?
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Well, I would need to consider them decent people and fit parents. And I’ve seen no evidence.
From the Editorial Board: You don’t need to share the Vances’ political views to be happy for them.
Editorial: A baby at 1 Observatory Circle
A new life is a reason for hope, a moment that invites optimism about the future. We wish Usha and the Vance family well.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Well, I would need to consider them decent people and fit parents. And I’ve seen no evidence.
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People are telling me that, when Trump is in deep trouble on his signature issue, and the majority has moved so far left they now adopt the 'radical' position of abolishing ICE, the savvy play for Schumer is to immediately find the quickest and easiest compromise that will save the GOP.
I disagree.
I disagree.
Trump's job approval on immigration has gotten 2x worse since January 4, sliding from -5 to -10 in under a month. Now at a new low.
The president has also taken a pretty big hit across pollsters on deportations, mostly over the last 2 weeks gelliottmorris.com/data
The president has also taken a pretty big hit across pollsters on deportations, mostly over the last 2 weeks gelliottmorris.com/data
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 AM
People are telling me that, when Trump is in deep trouble on his signature issue, and the majority has moved so far left they now adopt the 'radical' position of abolishing ICE, the savvy play for Schumer is to immediately find the quickest and easiest compromise that will save the GOP.
I disagree.
I disagree.