Fenlason of Clan Farquharson
@kjfenlason.bsky.social
Semi-retired Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. Bicyclist. Amateur photographer and mandolin player.
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The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a new congressional map that could help Republicans win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional for discriminating based on race
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
25A608 Order
www.documentcloud.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a new congressional map that could help Republicans win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional for discriminating based on race
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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ICYMI: The Supreme Court hasn't finished weighing in on redistricting. Stay tuned for a ruling in a case about Louisiana's congressional map. Depending on the timing, a ruling that weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination may lead to more gerrymandering before the midterms
Redistricting deadlines for the midterms loom as states wait for a Supreme Court ruling
Depending on the timing, a Supreme Court ruling that weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination may lead to more states redrawing congressional maps before the 2026 midterms.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ICYMI: The Supreme Court hasn't finished weighing in on redistricting. Stay tuned for a ruling in a case about Louisiana's congressional map. Depending on the timing, a ruling that weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination may lead to more gerrymandering before the midterms
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NEW: The House Oversight Committee is set to vote Dec. 2 on whether to advance a bill calling for excluding people living in the states without U.S. citizenship, such as green card holders, from #2030Census results that the 14th Amendment says must include the “whole number of persons in each state”
Full Committee Business Meeting - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
oversight.house.gov
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
NEW: The House Oversight Committee is set to vote Dec. 2 on whether to advance a bill calling for excluding people living in the states without U.S. citizenship, such as green card holders, from #2030Census results that the 14th Amendment says must include the “whole number of persons in each state”
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I would decline to voluntarily cooperate. No way. Issue a subpoena and fight it out in court.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I would decline to voluntarily cooperate. No way. Issue a subpoena and fight it out in court.
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UPDATE: The wait begins for the Supreme Court's final decision on whether Texas can use a new congressional map that could help the Republicans win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm election. Briefs from all of the map's challengers are now in...
www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
UPDATE: The wait begins for the Supreme Court's final decision on whether Texas can use a new congressional map that could help the Republicans win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm election. Briefs from all of the map's challengers are now in...
www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
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Keep in mind that this serial liar also promised a hundred times during the campaign that he would be able to end the war “in 24 hours” with “one phone call” to Putin because he has “a great relationship” with him, “knows just what to say to him,” & “it won’t even be that hard.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Keep in mind that this serial liar also promised a hundred times during the campaign that he would be able to end the war “in 24 hours” with “one phone call” to Putin because he has “a great relationship” with him, “knows just what to say to him,” & “it won’t even be that hard.”
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JUST IN: The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' new, Republican-friendly congressional map to likely be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, as the court considers the state's request to allow the map to be used for the 2026 midterm election
www.documentcloud.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
JUST IN: The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' new, Republican-friendly congressional map to likely be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, as the court considers the state's request to allow the map to be used for the 2026 midterm election
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November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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This has got a good beat to it.
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
This has got a good beat to it.
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My latest @npr.org story: Some GOP-led states are making moves to change their 2026 midterm-election calendars to prepare for a potential Supreme Court ruling that may spark more gerrymandering by weakening the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 protections against racial discrimination in redistricting
Redistricting deadlines for the midterms loom as states wait for a Supreme Court ruling
Depending on the timing, a Supreme Court ruling that weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination may lead to more states redrawing congressional maps before the 2026 midterms.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My latest @npr.org story: Some GOP-led states are making moves to change their 2026 midterm-election calendars to prepare for a potential Supreme Court ruling that may spark more gerrymandering by weakening the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 protections against racial discrimination in redistricting
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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NEW: With the federal government shutdown over, the Bureau of Economic Analysis says it's updating its data release schedule and consulting with the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other data suppliers to "determine the availability of data used to produce our economic indicators"
BEA Advisory: BEA Developing Updated Economic Release Schedule
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November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
NEW: With the federal government shutdown over, the Bureau of Economic Analysis says it's updating its data release schedule and consulting with the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other data suppliers to "determine the availability of data used to produce our economic indicators"
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NEW: The House Judiciary Committee is holding a Nov. 19 hearing called “Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens,” according to the website of the committee's Democratic members
“Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens”
democrats-judiciary.house.gov
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
NEW: The House Judiciary Committee is holding a Nov. 19 hearing called “Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens,” according to the website of the committee's Democratic members
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Also most voters have just never thought remotely seriously about policy. “Should we get rid of illegal immigrants? Well, of course; they’re illegal!” There’s nothing deeper than that going on until they start seeing what that actually entails.
Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Also most voters have just never thought remotely seriously about policy. “Should we get rid of illegal immigrants? Well, of course; they’re illegal!” There’s nothing deeper than that going on until they start seeing what that actually entails.
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Aberdeen, Scotland, 57.2°N, 1:45 AM local time. Taken with a sufficiently ancient & cheap camera that it basically looked like this to the naked eye, no joke.
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Aberdeen, Scotland, 57.2°N, 1:45 AM local time. Taken with a sufficiently ancient & cheap camera that it basically looked like this to the naked eye, no joke.
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What just happened on the Senate floor was a disgrace.
In the same chamber where the nation watched Senator McCain show courage in saving the ACA, now we see a vote that will lead to millions losing healthcare. 1/2
In the same chamber where the nation watched Senator McCain show courage in saving the ACA, now we see a vote that will lead to millions losing healthcare. 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
What just happened on the Senate floor was a disgrace.
In the same chamber where the nation watched Senator McCain show courage in saving the ACA, now we see a vote that will lead to millions losing healthcare. 1/2
In the same chamber where the nation watched Senator McCain show courage in saving the ACA, now we see a vote that will lead to millions losing healthcare. 1/2
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This is sheer perfection.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is sheer perfection.
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They are actively trying to murder us.
In some cases they've succeeded...
In some cases they've succeeded...
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
They are actively trying to murder us.
In some cases they've succeeded...
In some cases they've succeeded...
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?