John Wallach
@jmwallach.bsky.social
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
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Pinned
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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Going to my normal job where I dangle food in front of hungry children and then snatch it away. Can't decide if this makes me more of a cartoon villain or fairytale monster. Either way, just happy to be making the country great again
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Going to my normal job where I dangle food in front of hungry children and then snatch it away. Can't decide if this makes me more of a cartoon villain or fairytale monster. Either way, just happy to be making the country great again
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Does this mean that the DOJ published a bunch of CSAM online? (n.b. I am absolutely not clicking on any of those to check, and neither should you)
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Does this mean that the DOJ published a bunch of CSAM online? (n.b. I am absolutely not clicking on any of those to check, and neither should you)
She needs help not tv hits.
Nancy Mace: Pam Bondi was asked a tough question. She discussed how the stock market was doing. It's shameful. And the other thing— why is the Attorney General carrying around a folder of the search histories of members of Congress? She should answer for that.
February 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
She needs help not tv hits.
Fix § 1983 now.
WOW. Incredible. This is the case in which DHS claimed that ICE officers had been attacked with a shovel and fired back in self-defense. Evidence since suggests an ICE officer fired through a closed door and struck someone on the other side.
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
February 13, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Fix § 1983 now.
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Anyone regardless of gender or sexual orientation who says they don’t enjoy seeing sparkly twinks leap about on ice is either lying or not to be trusted.
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Anyone regardless of gender or sexual orientation who says they don’t enjoy seeing sparkly twinks leap about on ice is either lying or not to be trusted.
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$8,900 per flight hour plus expenses (fuel, crew, insurance), according to a 2023 GSA price list. Could be even more now, especially since charter airlines know ICE is swimming with cash.
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That's like a 12-seat jet with $6,000 per flight hour operating costs, probably chartered for more than double that rate.
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
$8,900 per flight hour plus expenses (fuel, crew, insurance), according to a 2023 GSA price list. Could be even more now, especially since charter airlines know ICE is swimming with cash.
bsky.app/profile/pcol...
bsky.app/profile/pcol...
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AOC making her case why she should be president (not directly, but may as well be). We need her moral clarity and intelligence in the White House. An Ocasio-Cortez White House would mean sanity returning to the United States.
February 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
AOC making her case why she should be president (not directly, but may as well be). We need her moral clarity and intelligence in the White House. An Ocasio-Cortez White House would mean sanity returning to the United States.
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lol lmao
February 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
lol lmao
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Hey but remember when misinformation studies made sure to center themselves while cultural studies were getting body blows based off a woman who was straight stealing Black work?!?
and the claim was “no one understands who your talking about Sydette” oh no that was me in a job interview
In 2017
and the claim was “no one understands who your talking about Sydette” oh no that was me in a job interview
In 2017
"The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women and girls apparently knew no bounds"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Hey but remember when misinformation studies made sure to center themselves while cultural studies were getting body blows based off a woman who was straight stealing Black work?!?
and the claim was “no one understands who your talking about Sydette” oh no that was me in a job interview
In 2017
and the claim was “no one understands who your talking about Sydette” oh no that was me in a job interview
In 2017
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COLUMBO: My wife, she loves your games. The sunken ghost ship level. It’s her favourite
MARIO: Thank-a you!
C: Just one more thing. Now you say your girlfriend, the Princess, was kidnapped by Bowser, your enemy. And yet you were go-karting with him this morning?
M: What’s-a your point, Detective?
MARIO: Thank-a you!
C: Just one more thing. Now you say your girlfriend, the Princess, was kidnapped by Bowser, your enemy. And yet you were go-karting with him this morning?
M: What’s-a your point, Detective?
February 7, 2026 at 8:10 PM
COLUMBO: My wife, she loves your games. The sunken ghost ship level. It’s her favourite
MARIO: Thank-a you!
C: Just one more thing. Now you say your girlfriend, the Princess, was kidnapped by Bowser, your enemy. And yet you were go-karting with him this morning?
M: What’s-a your point, Detective?
MARIO: Thank-a you!
C: Just one more thing. Now you say your girlfriend, the Princess, was kidnapped by Bowser, your enemy. And yet you were go-karting with him this morning?
M: What’s-a your point, Detective?
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If only there was an intellectual discipline that could explain why the white men who run universities are so eager to shut down gender studies.
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
If only there was an intellectual discipline that could explain why the white men who run universities are so eager to shut down gender studies.
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Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
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Imagine being too much of a moral degenerate for Donald Trump
New reporting reveals Trump was "made uncomfortable" by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski's relationship.
He continues to bring up their alleged affair.
He continues to bring up their alleged affair.
February 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Imagine being too much of a moral degenerate for Donald Trump
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first time missouri has managed good bbq, god love’er
February 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
first time missouri has managed good bbq, god love’er
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Note: Judge Tenheim initially ordered these memos to be filed under seal, meaning the public wouldn't have access to them.
Law Dork moved to intervene on Tuesday, asking, among other steps, for the sealing to be lifted.
The judge lifted the sealing order on Thursday.
So, the memos are now public.
Law Dork moved to intervene on Tuesday, asking, among other steps, for the sealing to be lifted.
The judge lifted the sealing order on Thursday.
So, the memos are now public.
![Tunheim ordered the rescission memo to be turned over by February 12. Although initially ordered to be submitted under seal, Law Dork is seeking to intervene in the case and one of Law Dork’s requests was to lift the sealing. Before ruling on the intervention request, on Thursday, Tunheim nonetheless lifted the sealing order, ordering instead that “[s]uch documents shall be filed but not under seal.“
As such, the government filed the documents — not under seal — on Thursday night. Although still not remotely accessible because Tunheim has not yet ruled on Law Dork’s intervention and requests, they are public court documents, so Law Dork is publishing them.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibkmgtkmod3c52ztgld4w3tpszh3eyqkroiiivdjpzgkroffeoi74@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Note: Judge Tenheim initially ordered these memos to be filed under seal, meaning the public wouldn't have access to them.
Law Dork moved to intervene on Tuesday, asking, among other steps, for the sealing to be lifted.
The judge lifted the sealing order on Thursday.
So, the memos are now public.
Law Dork moved to intervene on Tuesday, asking, among other steps, for the sealing to be lifted.
The judge lifted the sealing order on Thursday.
So, the memos are now public.
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Still insane to me that the GOP can gin up a moral panic about innocuous things like drag queen story time while we know Democrats would be eviscerated in the press if they ever started asking what the deal is with youth pastors getting arrested every week.
February 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Still insane to me that the GOP can gin up a moral panic about innocuous things like drag queen story time while we know Democrats would be eviscerated in the press if they ever started asking what the deal is with youth pastors getting arrested every week.
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I just can't believe we're still here, man. Millions (?) of young people looking at the destruction of education and medical research and thinking "ehh, inconsequential, mere set-dressing, don't let that distract you from the fact that there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats"
"they both serve the capitalist class" okay cool, you have said the requisite incantation. You may now cease the Shamanic frenzy, descend from the realm of Spirits, and observe the profane, material world around you
February 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I just can't believe we're still here, man. Millions (?) of young people looking at the destruction of education and medical research and thinking "ehh, inconsequential, mere set-dressing, don't let that distract you from the fact that there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats"
Let's debate what a hypothetical Democratic 2028 nominee might do to trans people while the current administration is trying to murder them.
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Let's debate what a hypothetical Democratic 2028 nominee might do to trans people while the current administration is trying to murder them.
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Wow, almost like the media and journalism profession failed in some sort of professional duty to actually inform these low-engagement voters about what Trump was saying he wanted to do and the consequences of those plans.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Wow, almost like the media and journalism profession failed in some sort of professional duty to actually inform these low-engagement voters about what Trump was saying he wanted to do and the consequences of those plans.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
Guy who wanted religious separtism is a misunderstood smol bean.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Oh fuck off.
This guy isn't interesting or deep. He's a racist, reactionary authoritarian lickspittle and courtier.
Oh fuck off.
This guy isn't interesting or deep. He's a racist, reactionary authoritarian lickspittle and courtier.
Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Guy who wanted religious separtism is a misunderstood smol bean.
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you don't get to smol bean after you call someone's partner "kinda stupid"
Words have consequences, either accept that or go back to the internet kiddie pool
Words have consequences, either accept that or go back to the internet kiddie pool
being informed by a cis man that i am "a waste of space and oxygen" because i think trans people should insist dem candidates support trans rights. very normal and we've very much got a defender of the trans community here
February 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
you don't get to smol bean after you call someone's partner "kinda stupid"
Words have consequences, either accept that or go back to the internet kiddie pool
Words have consequences, either accept that or go back to the internet kiddie pool
Can't believe the liberal ninth circuit libbed out so hard that they will let foster parents not accept orientation or gender identity.
Update on this one from last July.
A judge requested a vote on whether to take this en banc. Today, the Court says it failed to receive a majority of votes.
Order --> cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
A judge requested a vote on whether to take this en banc. Today, the Court says it failed to receive a majority of votes.
Order --> cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
February 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Can't believe the liberal ninth circuit libbed out so hard that they will let foster parents not accept orientation or gender identity.
I think thinking that you know who you are going to vote for in 2028 is inane.
i think most (not all) of the "you must vote for Newsom" people are just Newsom supporters who want him to win because they like him and his policies, not because they have high minded ideas about harm reduction.
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I think thinking that you know who you are going to vote for in 2028 is inane.
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It is unconscionable that DHS under Trump orders hunts humans both adult and children at bus stops, school playgrounds, and when they force entry into school classrooms. It’s horrific enough that the conservative AR gun freaks hunt children at schools. Now school children suffer new trauma. #pinks
Teachers describe immigration enforcement's impact on classrooms in challenge of Trump policy
In a new court filing, teachers around the country describe how President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is emptying classrooms and frightening families.
apnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
It is unconscionable that DHS under Trump orders hunts humans both adult and children at bus stops, school playgrounds, and when they force entry into school classrooms. It’s horrific enough that the conservative AR gun freaks hunt children at schools. Now school children suffer new trauma. #pinks
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NICE
New AP poll finds 69 percent of Americans think the country is moving in the wrong direction
NEW POLL: Trump Approval Crashes To 36 In AP Survey — Getting Clobbered on Deportation Crackdown
President Donald Trump's approval took a hit in the latest Associated Press poll, dropping to 36 percent amid overwhelmingly unpopular deportation operations.
www.mediaite.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
NICE