Hunter
@hunterub.bsky.social
Humorist, satirist, and political commentator, www.unchartedblue.com
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interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
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February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”
If we find out Kristi Noem's "special blanket" was playing the role of Tom Homan's "special Cava bag" then I'm going to lose it.
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
If we find out Kristi Noem's "special blanket" was playing the role of Tom Homan's "special Cava bag" then I'm going to lose it.
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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
Sure, give the agents who can't use nonlethal rounds without screwing it up access to an anti-aircraft death ray. What could go wrong.
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Quick question: What idiot thought it was a good idea to give Kristi Noem an anti-aircraft death ray?
El Paso airspace was suddenly closed on Tuesday because Homeland Security jackasses tested a new anti-drone laser NEXT TO AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
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February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Sure, give the agents who can't use nonlethal rounds without screwing it up access to an anti-aircraft death ray. What could go wrong.
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To be fair lawmakers are finding things in 10 minutes that the DoJ wasn't able to find for years so maybe DoJ is just looking for pointers on how to do that.
CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
To be fair lawmakers are finding things in 10 minutes that the DoJ wasn't able to find for years so maybe DoJ is just looking for pointers on how to do that.
The alleged attorney general of the United States is not supposed to be glassy-eyed insult comic who spends more time compiling material for her bits than she does doing her day job.
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Pam Bondi once again shows why she's unfit for public office (any public office)
She thinks she's the Influencer General, and it shows.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The alleged attorney general of the United States is not supposed to be glassy-eyed insult comic who spends more time compiling material for her bits than she does doing her day job.
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this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
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February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
It's honestly amazing our Congress doesn't have more fistfights, given how this stuff works in many other countries.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
It's honestly amazing our Congress doesn't have more fistfights, given how this stuff works in many other countries.
Sorry for too many AI posts but as a tech guy, this is like watching a pocket calculator salesmen tell you "See the M button? It's for MakeCancerGoAway" and no buddy that is not how any of this works.
February 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Sorry for too many AI posts but as a tech guy, this is like watching a pocket calculator salesmen tell you "See the M button? It's for MakeCancerGoAway" and no buddy that is not how any of this works.
Again, the biggest probs with this gen of AI is that it 1) costs a fortune to produce results that are 2) riddled with errors due to the foundational design of the tech. There are not enough pay-for use cases to keep these companies afloat, and "hype" is the only thing keeping the bubble unpopped.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Again, the biggest probs with this gen of AI is that it 1) costs a fortune to produce results that are 2) riddled with errors due to the foundational design of the tech. There are not enough pay-for use cases to keep these companies afloat, and "hype" is the only thing keeping the bubble unpopped.
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This is a huge deal. After years of leading in fundraising, Dem small donors are (rightly) pissed off at the spam texts and emails, as well as at congressional leadership. Meanwhile, GOP billionaire money is hitting record levels. Perfect storm.
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February 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This is a huge deal. After years of leading in fundraising, Dem small donors are (rightly) pissed off at the spam texts and emails, as well as at congressional leadership. Meanwhile, GOP billionaire money is hitting record levels. Perfect storm.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Minnesota still needs your attention
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Minnesota still needs your attention
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it's great that grand juries are stepping up but I also do not think you should be allowed to practice law after bringing a case like that
Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video
The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:13 AM
it's great that grand juries are stepping up but I also do not think you should be allowed to practice law after bringing a case like that
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A child
!["All I'm asking is for clarification, who are you and why am I being detained," recalled Romero, who said the men responded: "I'm gonna [expletive] blow your head off"
"They kicked me, they punched me, they stepped on me,"she said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3j4wggf6dku34ocpulowakcd/bafkreifmtprgbkmqsmltqzhtah7sk3wvyg2er543fwy6a47hcrscw63rjy@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
A child
When I was on land, I once met a man
Named Bobby Kennedy
He was near a cadaver, but oh could he blather
'bout health and policy ...
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Named Bobby Kennedy
He was near a cadaver, but oh could he blather
'bout health and policy ...
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He eats meat and ferments
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
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February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
When I was on land, I once met a man
Named Bobby Kennedy
He was near a cadaver, but oh could he blather
'bout health and policy ...
www.unchartedblue.com/he-eats-meat...
Named Bobby Kennedy
He was near a cadaver, but oh could he blather
'bout health and policy ...
www.unchartedblue.com/he-eats-meat...
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Leon Botstein absolutely has to leave Bard College
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Leon Botstein absolutely has to leave Bard College
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Yes. Miller knows those people can't all be deported. He knows they will be in camps. We need to understand: many, many people in Trump's circle read about the Nazis, openly admire Hitler, and want to emulate what Hitler did. We have to accept how serious this is - we cannot hide from it.
Dear all saying no worries, Trump can't round up 10M immigrants because their work is needed for the US economy: please, remember that MOST of the camps in Germany from 1938 were "Arbeitslager" - labor camps. Deporting people is hard. But locking people up and making them work, that's been done. 1/
February 10, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Yes. Miller knows those people can't all be deported. He knows they will be in camps. We need to understand: many, many people in Trump's circle read about the Nazis, openly admire Hitler, and want to emulate what Hitler did. We have to accept how serious this is - we cannot hide from it.
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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We live under a cartoonishly corrupt administration.
New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
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Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
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Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
We live under a cartoonishly corrupt administration.
Not sure where the "technically it's not pedophilia" crowd retreats to from here, but I'm sure they're already workshopping something.
“Raskin also said that he saw ‘references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story.’“ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration live updates: Lawmakers view unredacted Epstein files at Justice Department
Trump administration live updates: Congress members may begin viewing unredacted Epstein files at DOJ
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February 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Not sure where the "technically it's not pedophilia" crowd retreats to from here, but I'm sure they're already workshopping something.
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When I was a kid, the super bowl ads were all beer, cola, and Doritos. Then it was dot-coms. A couple years ago it was all crypto. This year is all AI slop, surveillance, and online betting. What a grim reflection of the world the tech oligarchs have wrought.
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
When I was a kid, the super bowl ads were all beer, cola, and Doritos. Then it was dot-coms. A couple years ago it was all crypto. This year is all AI slop, surveillance, and online betting. What a grim reflection of the world the tech oligarchs have wrought.
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
I slept in. Has anything stupid happened yet.
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I slept in. Has anything stupid happened yet.
I don't understand these scams because if you're gonna do this, why have authors at all? Outsource it to readers. A reader can ask AI "write a romance book where Shrek battles the Lobster God of Nantucket." Then they read it, cry themselves to sleep, and repeat. I'm sure that'll work out fine.
The whole article is repulsive but this passage is at the core of it. She has no interest in writing books, she wants to win some kind of competition that nobody entered
February 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I don't understand these scams because if you're gonna do this, why have authors at all? Outsource it to readers. A reader can ask AI "write a romance book where Shrek battles the Lobster God of Nantucket." Then they read it, cry themselves to sleep, and repeat. I'm sure that'll work out fine.
The panda eats shoots and leaves.
The RFK Jr eats meat and ferments.
The RFK Jr eats meat and ferments.
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The panda eats shoots and leaves.
The RFK Jr eats meat and ferments.
The RFK Jr eats meat and ferments.