John Wallach
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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
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Kudos to the Star Tribune giving Liam top billing over Vance.
Front page of tomorrow's Star Tribune.
Below the fold is where JD is most comfortable.
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This is actually an ESSENTIAL articulation of this admin’s immigration policy.
Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them.
Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them.
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
This is actually an ESSENTIAL articulation of this admin’s immigration policy.
Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them.
Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them.
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“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.”
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:24 AM
“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.”
Surprise: middle aged women the primary driver of resistance in occupied regions of Ukraine.
www.csis.org/analysis/thr...
www.csis.org/analysis/thr...
Thresholds of Survival: The Resistance in Occupied Ukraine
Ukrainian citizens continue their efforts to resist and undermine Russia's aggressive efforts to consolidate control over the occupied territories in Ukraine's southern and eastern regions.
www.csis.org
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Surprise: middle aged women the primary driver of resistance in occupied regions of Ukraine.
www.csis.org/analysis/thr...
www.csis.org/analysis/thr...
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Chat, who appointed the most corrupt judges
The rejection of the policy has been overwhelming — and driven by judges of all ideologies. While the 28 judges who have backed the admin’s view are, with a few exceptions, Trump appointees.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Chat, who appointed the most corrupt judges
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BOUT DAMN TIME:
Judge Ends Deportation Case for Mexican Father of 3 U.S. Marines
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
BOUT DAMN TIME:
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Here’s that passage from the ethics opinion
February 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Here’s that passage from the ethics opinion
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They are in fact concentration camps in the original usage of camps for concentrating a civilian population for control or collective punishment or to facilitate deportation or population transfer.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 12, 2026 at 11:37 PM
They are in fact concentration camps in the original usage of camps for concentrating a civilian population for control or collective punishment or to facilitate deportation or population transfer.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
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I haven’t written about mass tort litigation for many years but I’m glad Elizabeth Chamblee Burch writes about it so passionately and well. These women were treated horribly.
Product-liability lawsuits can bring justice for people harmed by corporate failure. But a complicated, opaque process provides opportunities for con artists. www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
A Terrifying Scam and the System That Made It Possible
Product-liability lawsuits can bring justice for people harmed by corporate failure. But a complicated, opaque process provides opportunities for con artists.
www.newyorker.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I haven’t written about mass tort litigation for many years but I’m glad Elizabeth Chamblee Burch writes about it so passionately and well. These women were treated horribly.
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This headline is either a total coincidence or a masterclass in trolling Jim Jordan
The Epstein academic fallout just keeps getting weirder. A professor wrestled a journalist to the ground for asking too many questions:
Ohio State Professor Put on Leave After Wrestling Filmmaker to the Ground
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
This headline is either a total coincidence or a masterclass in trolling Jim Jordan
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The files have had the identities of the perpetrators and not the victims redacted. I don't know if it gets much clearer than that who gets protection in our society.
February 12, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The files have had the identities of the perpetrators and not the victims redacted. I don't know if it gets much clearer than that who gets protection in our society.
Clearly this is where his anti aging device came from.
This is your regular reminder that in the year 2000, Paul Rudd, with frosted tips, appeared in the Hong Kong film GEN-Y COPS as a bad guy (kinda). In the movie, he does martial arts, fights a robot, and, most shocking of all, does an entire scene in Cantonese.
February 12, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Clearly this is where his anti aging device came from.
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Whether this is true or not, we do not know BUT we do know that ODNI continues to block our client's lawful right to brief Congress abt content of whistleblower complaint & surrounding process.
That matters.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
That matters.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Intelligence Dispute Centers on Kushner Reference in Intercepted Communication
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Whether this is true or not, we do not know BUT we do know that ODNI continues to block our client's lawful right to brief Congress abt content of whistleblower complaint & surrounding process.
That matters.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
That matters.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
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Given how much of a loser he is, you'd think Pete Hegseth would understand what it looks like when he's been handed an L
February 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Given how much of a loser he is, you'd think Pete Hegseth would understand what it looks like when he's been handed an L
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I’m currently writing a book about the attempted Nazi demonstration in Skokie in 1977. This is indistinguishable from how American Nazis talked in public.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I’m currently writing a book about the attempted Nazi demonstration in Skokie in 1977. This is indistinguishable from how American Nazis talked in public.
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Suspect there are several Cook Gov ratings shifts coming, all in the same direction, including this one from toss-up to lean Dem.
(If Dems sweep all the toss-up or better for them Gov races, they'll have Govs in all of the swing presidential states in 2028. Can't hurt! Not a done deal yet though).
(If Dems sweep all the toss-up or better for them Gov races, they'll have Govs in all of the swing presidential states in 2028. Can't hurt! Not a done deal yet though).
Big AZ news: Karrin Taylor Robson, the more-establishment GOP candidate for governor of Arizona, just dropped out of the race.
This seems to seal the deal for Andy Biggs, a far-right member of Congress who chaired the Freedom Caucus, to get the GOP nod against Dem Governor Katie Hobbs.
This seems to seal the deal for Andy Biggs, a far-right member of Congress who chaired the Freedom Caucus, to get the GOP nod against Dem Governor Katie Hobbs.
February 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Suspect there are several Cook Gov ratings shifts coming, all in the same direction, including this one from toss-up to lean Dem.
(If Dems sweep all the toss-up or better for them Gov races, they'll have Govs in all of the swing presidential states in 2028. Can't hurt! Not a done deal yet though).
(If Dems sweep all the toss-up or better for them Gov races, they'll have Govs in all of the swing presidential states in 2028. Can't hurt! Not a done deal yet though).
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some amazing chyrons in this segment
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
some amazing chyrons in this segment
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is today's main character, the insane bigot who said Douglass didnt understand the Constitution, an American? because, let's be real, a lot of the most noxious left-coded-but-sounds-like-anti-American-MAGA stuff on this site is coming from non-Americans
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
is today's main character, the insane bigot who said Douglass didnt understand the Constitution, an American? because, let's be real, a lot of the most noxious left-coded-but-sounds-like-anti-American-MAGA stuff on this site is coming from non-Americans
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they did not spell his name right in the post complaining about his illiteracy.
February 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
they did not spell his name right in the post complaining about his illiteracy.
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To be sure, the answer to the question "Who was actually president in 2020?", remains the single greatest cleavage in modern 🇺🇸 politics.
But only slightly less well-known is the <2nd greatest> (& bipartisan) cleavage in modern 🇺🇸 politics:
"What were Barack Obama's <actual> policies on _____?"
But only slightly less well-known is the <2nd greatest> (& bipartisan) cleavage in modern 🇺🇸 politics:
"What were Barack Obama's <actual> policies on _____?"
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
To be sure, the answer to the question "Who was actually president in 2020?", remains the single greatest cleavage in modern 🇺🇸 politics.
But only slightly less well-known is the <2nd greatest> (& bipartisan) cleavage in modern 🇺🇸 politics:
"What were Barack Obama's <actual> policies on _____?"
But only slightly less well-known is the <2nd greatest> (& bipartisan) cleavage in modern 🇺🇸 politics:
"What were Barack Obama's <actual> policies on _____?"
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elon understands grok to be primarily a political project, that is, concerned with the exercise of power and the promotion of ideology justifying the exercise of power
February 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
elon understands grok to be primarily a political project, that is, concerned with the exercise of power and the promotion of ideology justifying the exercise of power
No! No!! He was supposed to be a full time animated evil Victorian doll.
News: The top-secret whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
No! No!! He was supposed to be a full time animated evil Victorian doll.
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There’s a segment of the right that lives on the reflected prestige of eugenicist thinkers who have been revealed as Epstein-adjacent. I understand the bind they’re in but I think most people would happily cut off former friends who were implicated in the sexual abuse of minors
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
There’s a segment of the right that lives on the reflected prestige of eugenicist thinkers who have been revealed as Epstein-adjacent. I understand the bind they’re in but I think most people would happily cut off former friends who were implicated in the sexual abuse of minors
Has anyone heard from Stoller?
The People Who Believed that "Pro Worker Republicans" Were a Real Thing Were Massive Suckers, vol. 967:
www.ft.com/content/19f8...
www.ft.com/content/19f8...
Donald Trump’s top antitrust enforcer Gail Slater pushed out as turf war deepens
Departure comes after months of turmoil in Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Has anyone heard from Stoller?
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$50 says that professor is actually part of an activist group but it’s like FIRE or heterodox academy or one of those institutions like hoover, fedsoc, etc. or an alumni association that does advocacy for something centrist so they don’t think it should count
lmao so uh a student just came up to me and told me that a classmate asked their professor about the talk I gave the other day and the prof said 'it seems like she's trying to be a scholar and an activist but you can't do both'
(the student who relayed this to me had a similar 'lmao uhhh' reaction)
(the student who relayed this to me had a similar 'lmao uhhh' reaction)
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
$50 says that professor is actually part of an activist group but it’s like FIRE or heterodox academy or one of those institutions like hoover, fedsoc, etc. or an alumni association that does advocacy for something centrist so they don’t think it should count