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
***
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 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.
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The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
::low whistle::
Sample quote from an early review of MELANIA, courtesy of The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo...
www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo...
January 27, 2026 at 4:50 AM
::low whistle::
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Tired: when the trees start speaking Vietnamese
Wired: when the snow drifts start whistling
Wired: when the snow drifts start whistling
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Tired: when the trees start speaking Vietnamese
Wired: when the snow drifts start whistling
Wired: when the snow drifts start whistling
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Bovino’s gonna be hearing whistles in shadows like Captain Hook hearing the ticking of a clock
"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.
January 27, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Bovino’s gonna be hearing whistles in shadows like Captain Hook hearing the ticking of a clock
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The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
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I think it’s really worth underlining how unusual it is to have a former JSOC and SOCOM commander making statements like this directly to senior administration officials.
January 27, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I think it’s really worth underlining how unusual it is to have a former JSOC and SOCOM commander making statements like this directly to senior administration officials.
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Hahaha took too many chair shots from Mick and The Rock
Ken Shamrock Says Those Who Oppose ICE are 'Brainwashed'
www.bodyslam.net/2026/01/26/k...
www.bodyslam.net/2026/01/26/k...
Ken Shamrock Says Those Who Oppose ICE are 'Brainwashed'
The views expressed in this or any other editorial are solely those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views, thoughts, feelings, or sense of humor as any Bodyslam.net staff. They are opinions and should not be considered news. Ken Shamrock was once known as “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” and, for a […]
www.bodyslam.net
January 27, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Hahaha took too many chair shots from Mick and The Rock
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In 21 days
•Venezuela
•Renee Good
•Greenland
•Alex Pretti
•Venezuela
•Renee Good
•Greenland
•Alex Pretti
January 27, 2026 at 2:54 AM
In 21 days
•Venezuela
•Renee Good
•Greenland
•Alex Pretti
•Venezuela
•Renee Good
•Greenland
•Alex Pretti
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There are months where decades happen…or something
remember when the U.S. colluded in an internal coup in Venezuela and abducted the president while killing a few dozen people in airstrikes? I think it was a couple of years ago now.
January 27, 2026 at 2:44 AM
There are months where decades happen…or something
Go fash, lose cash
Bezos is cutting the Post enough that these people could just make another newspaper. Also looks like Bezos's decision last year to endorse Trump and nuke the editorial pages was potentially fatal to it.
A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Go fash, lose cash
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they've lost
Leavitt: "Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America's streets. This includes Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the brave men and women of law enforcement, and the many Americans who have been victimized by illegal alien criminals"
January 26, 2026 at 6:26 PM
they've lost
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“Abolish ICE” - ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
January 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“Abolish ICE” - ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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It's a small thing in the scale of this insanity, but basically nobody in this administration could get a security clearance for the positions they are appointed for.
Kash Patel, sniffing heavily on Benny Johnson's show: "The investigations ongoing into the funding of this -- we've made actual substantial progress, I just can't publicize it. But we've actually found groups and individuals responsible for funding it, because it's not happening organically."
January 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
It's a small thing in the scale of this insanity, but basically nobody in this administration could get a security clearance for the positions they are appointed for.
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“My DNA test said I’m half conquistador, half Roman legionnaire. Anyway, the current fascists aren’t being authoritarian enough” —guy with an AI avatar
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 AM
“My DNA test said I’m half conquistador, half Roman legionnaire. Anyway, the current fascists aren’t being authoritarian enough” —guy with an AI avatar
Can't wait for it to get down to the guy from 2022 and the MyPillow clown
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Can't wait for it to get down to the guy from 2022 and the MyPillow clown
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
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Why investigate people who kill other people when you can investigate innocent people for being the wrong ethnicity? bsky.app/profile/matt...
Tacit acknowledgement they've lost control of the narrative plus saving face via lawfare
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Why investigate people who kill other people when you can investigate innocent people for being the wrong ethnicity? bsky.app/profile/matt...
Someone go tell Robby Starbucks this is how you're supposed to poast
January 26, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Someone go tell Robby Starbucks this is how you're supposed to poast
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we can do A LOT with a single trifecta with a real governing majority (ie a filibuster-breaking one), but i maintain we really need like a least three presidential term with at least half of that time in trifecta to really set the bone and mend the break
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 AM
we can do A LOT with a single trifecta with a real governing majority (ie a filibuster-breaking one), but i maintain we really need like a least three presidential term with at least half of that time in trifecta to really set the bone and mend the break
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you can lockout the GOP to a sufficient degree that we break the thermostatic enshitification ratchet
January 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
you can lockout the GOP to a sufficient degree that we break the thermostatic enshitification ratchet
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i feel like its important that we gotten to this point with three years of tarmac ahead of us because really the best shot for american democracy is that a critical mass of the electorate (both existing voters, nonvoters, and new voters) are so negatively polarized by this administration that
Trump was broadly unpopular and much maligned in his first term, but it really does feel like a bunch of normie people have gotten fully Negatively Polarized already
This nature influencer
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 AM
i feel like its important that we gotten to this point with three years of tarmac ahead of us because really the best shot for american democracy is that a critical mass of the electorate (both existing voters, nonvoters, and new voters) are so negatively polarized by this administration that
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Too many pundits have been anchored to historical American politics as their frame of reference, all but wishcasting a natural return to normalcy if only dissidents acted the part.
But we’re through the looking glass. This moment resembles revolution/counter-revolution dynamics more than anything.
But we’re through the looking glass. This moment resembles revolution/counter-revolution dynamics more than anything.
It's not just that these professional politics observers somehow failed to spot the obvious rise of American nativist thuggery.
It's how much energy they devoted to arguing the real problem was the volume, tone, and vocabulary of those raising the alarm about it.
It's how much energy they devoted to arguing the real problem was the volume, tone, and vocabulary of those raising the alarm about it.
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Too many pundits have been anchored to historical American politics as their frame of reference, all but wishcasting a natural return to normalcy if only dissidents acted the part.
But we’re through the looking glass. This moment resembles revolution/counter-revolution dynamics more than anything.
But we’re through the looking glass. This moment resembles revolution/counter-revolution dynamics more than anything.