Max Kennerly
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics.
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If someone says you shouldn't let politics get in the way of friendship/family, tell them that you hope they die a needless death from preventable disease.
After all, needless death from preventable disease is "just politics" to them, so they don't think stuff like this is a big deal.
After all, needless death from preventable disease is "just politics" to them, so they don't think stuff like this is a big deal.
And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization.
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
January 23, 2026 at 3:13 AM
If someone says you shouldn't let politics get in the way of friendship/family, tell them that you hope they die a needless death from preventable disease.
After all, needless death from preventable disease is "just politics" to them, so they don't think stuff like this is a big deal.
After all, needless death from preventable disease is "just politics" to them, so they don't think stuff like this is a big deal.
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Judge William Young ends his order protecting noncitizen students targeted for deportation for their activism or speech with this quotation.
It’s by Ronald Reagan, who appointed him to the bench four decades ago.
It’s by Ronald Reagan, who appointed him to the bench four decades ago.
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Judge William Young ends his order protecting noncitizen students targeted for deportation for their activism or speech with this quotation.
It’s by Ronald Reagan, who appointed him to the bench four decades ago.
It’s by Ronald Reagan, who appointed him to the bench four decades ago.
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In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
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It’s like we’ve transported back 250 years.
One thing I apparently didn't learn in law school is that "checks and balances" means the Executive can issue a secret memorandum authorizing it to sign its own warrants to search people's homes and seize people and items within them.
Gosh, who knew?
Gosh, who knew?
January 23, 2026 at 1:14 AM
It’s like we’ve transported back 250 years.
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I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.
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My man looks like an Oompa Loompa elder at an open casket.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
My man looks like an Oompa Loompa elder at an open casket.
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It has not been lost on me that the two preeminent contemporary uses of LLMs is the infinite generation of 1) CSAM and 2) media that serves no purpose other to publicly denigrate, humiliate, and dominate women and minorities.
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM
It has not been lost on me that the two preeminent contemporary uses of LLMs is the infinite generation of 1) CSAM and 2) media that serves no purpose other to publicly denigrate, humiliate, and dominate women and minorities.
Trump was sued over exactly this constitutional violation (emoluments clause), appellate courts and SCOTUS sandbagged the cases, then, after Trump lost in 2020, SCOTUS vacated the district orders as "moot," rather than letting the orders stand, thereby enabling even worse violations in Trump II.
The Board of Peace comprises leaders from 18 of the world's least democratic states (plus the US) and its charter pledges $1 billion from each of them to be used at the discretion of the board's chairman (you already know who it is) www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Trump was sued over exactly this constitutional violation (emoluments clause), appellate courts and SCOTUS sandbagged the cases, then, after Trump lost in 2020, SCOTUS vacated the district orders as "moot," rather than letting the orders stand, thereby enabling even worse violations in Trump II.
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remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures
VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures
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Yes it is crazy!! Attack his strength!! Look at what Rs do. Win the argument!
The practical problem is that if half the country-ish is feeling white hot rage over something, and Dems don’t address it, it reinforces the story that Dems are weak idiots who won’t lift a finger to protect people.
The practical problem is that if half the country-ish is feeling white hot rage over something, and Dems don’t address it, it reinforces the story that Dems are weak idiots who won’t lift a finger to protect people.
People are waving around 50/50 polling on abolish ICE and in the same poll Trump’s is like 30 points under water on affordability. It’s not at all crazy for professional politicians to think there’s a bigger advantage in talking about the latter!
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Yes it is crazy!! Attack his strength!! Look at what Rs do. Win the argument!
The practical problem is that if half the country-ish is feeling white hot rage over something, and Dems don’t address it, it reinforces the story that Dems are weak idiots who won’t lift a finger to protect people.
The practical problem is that if half the country-ish is feeling white hot rage over something, and Dems don’t address it, it reinforces the story that Dems are weak idiots who won’t lift a finger to protect people.
Yeah. "This isn't who we are" is a useful rallying cry with moral weight to it. It's fine if it's meant as "this is not how we see ourselves" rather than "this is not what our history has been," the latter being erroneous but also not really the point anyway, the point is who we want to be.
I think a big part is just, some people mean “this isn’t what I want America to be”, not “this isn’t what America has been”. Those words can mean either, and perhaps we can distinguish between them by assuming others using the words differently are coming from a different linguistic tradition.
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Yeah. "This isn't who we are" is a useful rallying cry with moral weight to it. It's fine if it's meant as "this is not how we see ourselves" rather than "this is not what our history has been," the latter being erroneous but also not really the point anyway, the point is who we want to be.
Wall Street executives always portray themselves as masters of the universe, great forward-thinking stewards of the economy, but they are all rudderless chumps with a fraction of the principles or courage of everyday people protesting ICE.
Wall Street Chiefs Lay Low to Avoid Trump’s Trolling
Financiers are doing a careful dance to help clients navigate the president’s second term without provoking his ire
www.bloomberg.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Wall Street executives always portray themselves as masters of the universe, great forward-thinking stewards of the economy, but they are all rudderless chumps with a fraction of the principles or courage of everyday people protesting ICE.
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One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
This is a systematic effort to violate constitutional rights as policy while keeping it secret from the public, the courts, and Congress.
Yet more evidence that "reform" is not an option. The bare minimum is to abolish ICE and permanently bar all employees from future federal employment.
Yet more evidence that "reform" is not an option. The bare minimum is to abolish ICE and permanently bar all employees from future federal employment.
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 22, 2026 at 12:35 AM
This is a systematic effort to violate constitutional rights as policy while keeping it secret from the public, the courts, and Congress.
Yet more evidence that "reform" is not an option. The bare minimum is to abolish ICE and permanently bar all employees from future federal employment.
Yet more evidence that "reform" is not an option. The bare minimum is to abolish ICE and permanently bar all employees from future federal employment.
BORTAC is "Border Patrol Tactical Unit" which "provides an immediate-response capability to emergent and high-risk incidents requiring specialized skills and tactics."
Which apparently includes standing around a gas station in Minneapolis in battle gear hiding their faces, names, and badge numbers.
Which apparently includes standing around a gas station in Minneapolis in battle gear hiding their faces, names, and badge numbers.
Border Commander Greg Bovino stands outside a South Minneapolis gas station this morning with BORTAC officers in what seemed like an effort to draw more and more people to the scene as other agents shoot high resolution video of the crowd yelling and blowing whistles.
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
BORTAC is "Border Patrol Tactical Unit" which "provides an immediate-response capability to emergent and high-risk incidents requiring specialized skills and tactics."
Which apparently includes standing around a gas station in Minneapolis in battle gear hiding their faces, names, and badge numbers.
Which apparently includes standing around a gas station in Minneapolis in battle gear hiding their faces, names, and badge numbers.
I have done this with many of the authors that I follow.
But not *you*, author reading this post. I adored your book, especially the part about the thing and stuff, it was just so very readable, which is what I look for when reading a book, like your book that I read.
But not *you*, author reading this post. I adored your book, especially the part about the thing and stuff, it was just so very readable, which is what I look for when reading a book, like your book that I read.
Look, I'm going to tell you a secret. If you buy an e-book while it's on sale, you never have to read it. If you have $2 to spare & want to help that particular author, you can just chuck the book into the oubliette of your TBR. Every sale helps. The author will never know, but you gave them a gift.
January 21, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I have done this with many of the authors that I follow.
But not *you*, author reading this post. I adored your book, especially the part about the thing and stuff, it was just so very readable, which is what I look for when reading a book, like your book that I read.
But not *you*, author reading this post. I adored your book, especially the part about the thing and stuff, it was just so very readable, which is what I look for when reading a book, like your book that I read.
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8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
US appeals court pauses lower court order restraining immigration agents' use of force against Minnesota protesters
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court's order on Wednesday that had restrained federal immigration agents' use of force against peaceful protesters.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
Yup. The Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court don't truly reflect the will of the American people, but to anyone abroad, the simple fact is that all of these entities are totally fine with shattering our European allegiances to steal Greenland just for the heck of it. They're right to be pissed.
This man is talking about stealing a country at gunpoint from nations the US is allied with. Of course Europeans hate us. You would feel the same way if you were in their place. American voters put this man in power, he didn’t seize it this time.
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Yup. The Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court don't truly reflect the will of the American people, but to anyone abroad, the simple fact is that all of these entities are totally fine with shattering our European allegiances to steal Greenland just for the heck of it. They're right to be pissed.
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Al Gore loudly booing a US Commerce Secretary at a bankers’ forum should be a Futurama joke instead of real life.
January 21, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Al Gore loudly booing a US Commerce Secretary at a bankers’ forum should be a Futurama joke instead of real life.
Folks, this is an article in Foreign Affairs.
"Anarchy" here is in contrast to "order," as in the international "rules-based order" we've had post-WWII.
"Trumpism is fascism, not anarchy" is a different discussion. This is international relations. Waffles and pancakes.
"Anarchy" here is in contrast to "order," as in the international "rules-based order" we've had post-WWII.
"Trumpism is fascism, not anarchy" is a different discussion. This is international relations. Waffles and pancakes.
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Folks, this is an article in Foreign Affairs.
"Anarchy" here is in contrast to "order," as in the international "rules-based order" we've had post-WWII.
"Trumpism is fascism, not anarchy" is a different discussion. This is international relations. Waffles and pancakes.
"Anarchy" here is in contrast to "order," as in the international "rules-based order" we've had post-WWII.
"Trumpism is fascism, not anarchy" is a different discussion. This is international relations. Waffles and pancakes.
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completely unironically, this is how we'll know
Everyone in his inner circle would be insider trading trading on his death on Kalshi before turning the plane around
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 AM
completely unironically, this is how we'll know
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1. In a major victory, Democrats have managed to get all anti-trans riders stripped from the final appropriations bills.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
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This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Democrats Successfully Strip All Anti-Trans Riders From Final Appropriations Bills
The HHS and Education bills once contained the most sweeping anti-trans provisions in congressional history. Now they contain none.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
1. In a major victory, Democrats have managed to get all anti-trans riders stripped from the final appropriations bills.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Great feedback, team. Keep it up.
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino said well-organized protesters in Minnseota make the ICE operation harder.
"They've got some excellent communications," Bovino said.
"They've got some excellent communications," Bovino said.
Live: Minnesota officials subpoenaed in federal probe of state’s response to ICE surge
The federal investigation marks an escalation in tensions between federal and state officials.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Acting Field Director David Easterwood.
VAN SUSTEREN: The church -- that's a particularly troubling issue because you got a pastor, I purposely didn't name it, he's reportedly associated with ICE
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
January 20, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Acting Field Director David Easterwood.