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Jared Rizzi
@jaredrizzi.bsky.social
· May 2
my vote prereqs:
1 restore govt ability to regulate; reverse DOGE cuts and expand govt capacity
2 prosecute/seek damages - all officials who have enabled this abuse of power in violation of their obligations and paths
3 formal guardrails to prevent this happening again
This is the bare minimum
1 restore govt ability to regulate; reverse DOGE cuts and expand govt capacity
2 prosecute/seek damages - all officials who have enabled this abuse of power in violation of their obligations and paths
3 formal guardrails to prevent this happening again
This is the bare minimum
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Hegseth’s own “fog of war” excuse fully contradicts this new excuse, which they have clearly just come up with to try to keep him out of the Hague
EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat because they were on an internal list of military targets, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers, according to multiple sources.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
nbcnews.to
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Hegseth’s own “fog of war” excuse fully contradicts this new excuse, which they have clearly just come up with to try to keep him out of the Hague
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Meanwhile, at Netflix HQ
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Meanwhile, at Netflix HQ
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Expect to see a lot more of this in the coming decades, since most of the so-called "Great wealth transfer" from Boomers to Millennials is going to take place among the top 2%.
This is why estate taxation is so important. If we don't do it we're going to get a hereditary aristocracy.
This is why estate taxation is so important. If we don't do it we're going to get a hereditary aristocracy.
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Expect to see a lot more of this in the coming decades, since most of the so-called "Great wealth transfer" from Boomers to Millennials is going to take place among the top 2%.
This is why estate taxation is so important. If we don't do it we're going to get a hereditary aristocracy.
This is why estate taxation is so important. If we don't do it we're going to get a hereditary aristocracy.
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what follows immediately after the birthright clause? the privileges and immunities and due process clauses? and what follows them? the equal protection clause. all of this is explicitly to say, "the declaration is the constitutional law of the land"
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
what follows immediately after the birthright clause? the privileges and immunities and due process clauses? and what follows them? the equal protection clause. all of this is explicitly to say, "the declaration is the constitutional law of the land"
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
Trump is a loser and a corrupt bigot who made fellow corrupt bigots give him a participation trophy because he was mad a black man got an award that Trump himself could never possibly win
It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Trump is a loser and a corrupt bigot who made fellow corrupt bigots give him a participation trophy because he was mad a black man got an award that Trump himself could never possibly win
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The passive, spineless normalisation of Trump, his mental state, his fascism, and of everything he and his government does, is absolutely terrifying.
It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The passive, spineless normalisation of Trump, his mental state, his fascism, and of everything he and his government does, is absolutely terrifying.
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still poleaxed by the idea that you could oppose birthright citizenship and still think of yourself as a liberal in any sense of the term.
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
still poleaxed by the idea that you could oppose birthright citizenship and still think of yourself as a liberal in any sense of the term.
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perils of structuring your political beliefs according to political winds and issue polls
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
perils of structuring your political beliefs according to political winds and issue polls
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Trump’s remarks about Somalis being “garbage” reflects the bigoted logic of an administration whose policies are designed to maintain an aristocracy of race and class www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Doesn’t Trump Pay a Political Price for His Racism?
Immigration isn’t breaking our society. We are.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Trump’s remarks about Somalis being “garbage” reflects the bigoted logic of an administration whose policies are designed to maintain an aristocracy of race and class www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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a good thirty percent of this ongoing culture war is the dumbest most resentful people on earth going TRIGGERED LIBS?? over behavior that is normal-to-pleasant because no one has ever liked them so they don’t actually know what friendliness looks like lol
December 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
a good thirty percent of this ongoing culture war is the dumbest most resentful people on earth going TRIGGERED LIBS?? over behavior that is normal-to-pleasant because no one has ever liked them so they don’t actually know what friendliness looks like lol
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i retold your joke but worse, please respond
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
i retold your joke but worse, please respond
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smearing a dead guy by starting a rumor he was homosexual... they really are the intellectual heirs of william f buckley jr
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
smearing a dead guy by starting a rumor he was homosexual... they really are the intellectual heirs of william f buckley jr
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Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
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The Constitution is very straightforward on birthright citizenship. There's no ambiguity in the language, no other plausible interpretation.
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Constitution is very straightforward on birthright citizenship. There's no ambiguity in the language, no other plausible interpretation.
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
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The states should also defy it, not only on principle but because it's literally impossible, our vital records system simply does not even contain the information needed to know if anybody is or isn't in the categories Trump made up in his decree.
I feel like if the Court tries to nullify birthright citizenship then House Democrats should commit to impeaching all the Republican justices as soon as they get a majority. Even if the Senate won’t convict, make them make a spectacle out of it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The states should also defy it, not only on principle but because it's literally impossible, our vital records system simply does not even contain the information needed to know if anybody is or isn't in the categories Trump made up in his decree.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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If your appointment is invalid, you never had the job in the first place.
Just legal Calvinball. Obviously lawless.
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
If your appointment is invalid, you never had the job in the first place.
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Indiana isn't as big as Texas or Florida, so it rarely gets the same attention nationally. But it's worth keeping an eye on what Indiana is doing, because the GOP has long exploited the state's under-the-radar status as a proving ground for new efforts and policies.
Indiana state house Republicans just approved a new 9-0 gerrymandered map ousting two US House Democrats, giving Republicans 100% of seats in state where Trump got 58% of vote
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Indiana isn't as big as Texas or Florida, so it rarely gets the same attention nationally. But it's worth keeping an eye on what Indiana is doing, because the GOP has long exploited the state's under-the-radar status as a proving ground for new efforts and policies.
How many meetings do you think FIFA had about making sure none of the fingers on that hideous statue didn't point to Epstein's island
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
How many meetings do you think FIFA had about making sure none of the fingers on that hideous statue didn't point to Epstein's island
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ACA tax credits expire at the end of the month, and Republicans still have no plan – but Democrats do.
Our discharge petition would force a vote to stop health care costs from skyrocketing for millions of Americans.
We just need a few Republicans to get this done.
Our discharge petition would force a vote to stop health care costs from skyrocketing for millions of Americans.
We just need a few Republicans to get this done.
KERNEN: Does Mike Johnson have a healthcare plan?
REP. JASON SMITH: Um. Yesterday he said that we're working on a plan
CNBC HOSTS: ... ... ...
REP. JASON SMITH: Um. Yesterday he said that we're working on a plan
CNBC HOSTS: ... ... ...
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
ACA tax credits expire at the end of the month, and Republicans still have no plan – but Democrats do.
Our discharge petition would force a vote to stop health care costs from skyrocketing for millions of Americans.
We just need a few Republicans to get this done.
Our discharge petition would force a vote to stop health care costs from skyrocketing for millions of Americans.
We just need a few Republicans to get this done.
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I was in the running for the FIFA Peace Prize, and I can't believe they gave it to that guy. They didn't even email me.
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I was in the running for the FIFA Peace Prize, and I can't believe they gave it to that guy. They didn't even email me.
Ah yes, a depiction of touching the ball with your hands, soccer's... h̶i̶g̶h̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶h̶o̶n̶o̶r̶ ̶ Most well known rule?
It's like they made him a Special Oscar featuring a guy jacking it in the back row of a movie theater
It's like they made him a Special Oscar featuring a guy jacking it in the back row of a movie theater
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Ah yes, a depiction of touching the ball with your hands, soccer's... h̶i̶g̶h̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶h̶o̶n̶o̶r̶ ̶ Most well known rule?
It's like they made him a Special Oscar featuring a guy jacking it in the back row of a movie theater
It's like they made him a Special Oscar featuring a guy jacking it in the back row of a movie theater
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another chosen grifter has gone through the riley gaines industrial complex
December 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
another chosen grifter has gone through the riley gaines industrial complex
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“Stick to sports” means the NFL should punish Colin Kaepernick for quietly kneeling in protest of police violence and that FIFA should give Donald Trump an award for geopolitical actions that aren’t real.
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“Stick to sports” means the NFL should punish Colin Kaepernick for quietly kneeling in protest of police violence and that FIFA should give Donald Trump an award for geopolitical actions that aren’t real.