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
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.
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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 25, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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.
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"You can't protest our government without being shot " is a good reason to do more than protest.
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 AM
"You can't protest our government without being shot " is a good reason to do more than protest.
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I think it is perfect that a watch that elaborately ugly is worn on a cheap blue rubber strap.
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I think it is perfect that a watch that elaborately ugly is worn on a cheap blue rubber strap.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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60+ CEOs release letter on "recent challenges" creating "tragic loss."
Call for "immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE.
Signers include Target, UnitedHealth, Cargill, General Mills, MN sport teams
Call for "immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE.
Signers include Target, UnitedHealth, Cargill, General Mills, MN sport teams
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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grading on a hefty curve here but such are the times
January 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
grading on a hefty curve here but such are the times
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in another episode of "could've been worse", Obama decided to release a statement and the word "training" does not seem to appear in it
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM
in another episode of "could've been worse", Obama decided to release a statement and the word "training" does not seem to appear in it
@shoe.bsky.social's secret is exposed!
As a logistics supply officer in Antifa i will inform you of our darkest secrets:
CostCo.
CostCo.
"antifa supply lines" lmao
January 26, 2026 at 2:21 AM
@shoe.bsky.social's secret is exposed!
"The Spanish conquistador in me" LMAO
Go eat some paella my dude
Go eat some paella my dude
The VCs bros have convinced themselves they are on some moral crusade. They will be behind the scenes trying to cling to power in the midterms and beyond.
Side note, they are also the biggest bunch of dorks
Side note, they are also the biggest bunch of dorks
January 26, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"The Spanish conquistador in me" LMAO
Go eat some paella my dude
Go eat some paella my dude
End of Week 87 yesterday (account was suspended at end of Week 86, that's why a week got skipped)
Usual work travel weight spike, but only +5lbs instead of the usual +10 b/c I walked everywhere -- so progress I guess?
Lots of travel this quarter so not gonna see much improvement 🤪
Usual work travel weight spike, but only +5lbs instead of the usual +10 b/c I walked everywhere -- so progress I guess?
Lots of travel this quarter so not gonna see much improvement 🤪
January 26, 2026 at 1:43 AM
End of Week 87 yesterday (account was suspended at end of Week 86, that's why a week got skipped)
Usual work travel weight spike, but only +5lbs instead of the usual +10 b/c I walked everywhere -- so progress I guess?
Lots of travel this quarter so not gonna see much improvement 🤪
Usual work travel weight spike, but only +5lbs instead of the usual +10 b/c I walked everywhere -- so progress I guess?
Lots of travel this quarter so not gonna see much improvement 🤪
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Also him trying to make hand warmers, water, and milk -- and a box of Saltines -- sound SINISTER AND THREATENING is fucking hilarious.
January 25, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Also him trying to make hand warmers, water, and milk -- and a box of Saltines -- sound SINISTER AND THREATENING is fucking hilarious.
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I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
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The goofy Facebook meme groups are full of them too
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The goofy Facebook meme groups are full of them too
How many of y'all already know this story?
IIRC, he got barred in a state that wasn't his, largely for spite.
January 25, 2026 at 3:09 PM
How many of y'all already know this story?
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I have to admit I am tacitly pleased that my entire dnd group is basically "yo fuck this" on the community discord
My buddy's 15 year DnD group is imploding because a couple of the long time players are defending the ICE murders and everyone else is appalled. This is a red line for normal people in a "get the fuck out and never talk to me again" way. The evil and injustice is instantly recognizable.
January 25, 2026 at 5:54 AM
I have to admit I am tacitly pleased that my entire dnd group is basically "yo fuck this" on the community discord
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it shouldn’t matter at all what the background of someone murdered by fascists is
“he was no angel” is horrible, bigoted bullshit
but it does affect people’s perception and they fucked up really really bad here because they appear to have shot an actual saint
“he was no angel” is horrible, bigoted bullshit
but it does affect people’s perception and they fucked up really really bad here because they appear to have shot an actual saint
By Saturday afternoon, some Trump admin. personnel had already begun scouring the internet and other resources trying to find information on Alex Pretti, including social media posts, that could tie him to what Team Trump call “extremists,” two sources familiar with the matter tell @zeteo.com …
New: Alex Pretti, the man killed by the Trump-Vance mob of agents was an outdoorsmen, a mountain biker, an ICU nurse who "would go out of his way to help," say Veterans Affairs colleagues.
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
January 25, 2026 at 5:58 AM
it shouldn’t matter at all what the background of someone murdered by fascists is
“he was no angel” is horrible, bigoted bullshit
but it does affect people’s perception and they fucked up really really bad here because they appear to have shot an actual saint
“he was no angel” is horrible, bigoted bullshit
but it does affect people’s perception and they fucked up really really bad here because they appear to have shot an actual saint
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heaps of "I don't usually post about politics here, but Pretti and Good should still be alive". even some clever soul posting AI B2B SaaS copypasta (which does get uptake in the algorithm) along with the statement by Pretti's parents as the main image associated with it, so it doesn't downrank.
January 25, 2026 at 7:04 AM
heaps of "I don't usually post about politics here, but Pretti and Good should still be alive". even some clever soul posting AI B2B SaaS copypasta (which does get uptake in the algorithm) along with the statement by Pretti's parents as the main image associated with it, so it doesn't downrank.
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LinkedIn normies are also posting about this, and not just the usual social justice-y suspects. The business community is rattled.
January 25, 2026 at 7:01 AM
LinkedIn normies are also posting about this, and not just the usual social justice-y suspects. The business community is rattled.
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bovino aside (and this is a great way of getting his ass), taking perjury by government agents seriously would be an enormous improvement on our current justice system
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 AM
bovino aside (and this is a great way of getting his ass), taking perjury by government agents seriously would be an enormous improvement on our current justice system