MirandaPitcher
@mirandapitcher.bsky.social
Auntie, hat lover, always looking for the work worth doing.
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semi-regular reminder that I wrote a whole book explaining how and why originalism sucks shit and what we should be doing instead, and I would very much appreciate it if you and your peeps gave it a read
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
The Originalism Trap by Madiba K. Dennie: 9780593729250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:16 PM
semi-regular reminder that I wrote a whole book explaining how and why originalism sucks shit and what we should be doing instead, and I would very much appreciate it if you and your peeps gave it a read
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
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Three free e-books, from one of the top leftist publishers around.
January 26, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Three free e-books, from one of the top leftist publishers around.
Apparently this lawyer has never heard the saying, "Every regulation is written in blood." Regardless, he/she certainly doesn't understand the truth behind it.
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Apparently this lawyer has never heard the saying, "Every regulation is written in blood." Regardless, he/she certainly doesn't understand the truth behind it.
I just… Letting fundamentally uncritical, uncareful, unserious, willfully ignorant people introduce "Gen AI" into the federal regulatory workflow for *Anything* is a terrible fucking idea with high potential for returning extremely negative chaos, but for Transportation in particular??? Holy shit.
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
January 26, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Y'all better check this out and vote accordingly. The sheriff you elect - or allow to be elected through your indifference - might be the one who allows ICE to kill you, your wife, your kid or a dedicated local nurse, in the street.
NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year.
These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*
So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.
Read, & check out our maps:
These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*
So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.
Read, & check out our maps:
In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat - Bolts
With roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff this year, Bolts reviews the map and early hotspots that will shape criminal punishment and law enforcement practices.
boltsmag.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Y'all better check this out and vote accordingly. The sheriff you elect - or allow to be elected through your indifference - might be the one who allows ICE to kill you, your wife, your kid or a dedicated local nurse, in the street.
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Norbert Rottgen is a deep transatlanticist. This is the first I have seen of centrist German politician reminding US policy-makers about basing rights. Ramstein airbase is one of the largest US facilities in the world. Its not an open threat but saying out loud something that was never spoken.
European allies give the United States far more than is often acknowledged: bases, overflight rights, intelligence, and forward presence. Without Europe, America would be less a global power.
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Greenland threat has already hurt US security—but far worse may come
A hostile takeover would shatter America’s key alliance, limit its military’s global reach, and invite economic reprisal.
www.defenseone.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Norbert Rottgen is a deep transatlanticist. This is the first I have seen of centrist German politician reminding US policy-makers about basing rights. Ramstein airbase is one of the largest US facilities in the world. Its not an open threat but saying out loud something that was never spoken.
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"The real question here isn’t why Heated Rivalry is a hit—it’s why this kind of romance series is so rare in the first place."
The great @gavia.bsky.social returns to Fansplaining with an incisive piece on Heated Rivalry, romance publishing, and the TV industry. Read or listen to an audio version:
The great @gavia.bsky.social returns to Fansplaining with an incisive piece on Heated Rivalry, romance publishing, and the TV industry. Read or listen to an audio version:
The Success of Heated Rivalry Should Not Be a Surprise — Fansplaining
Romancelandia understands why the show is a hit. Why is it so hard for Hollywood to get the message?
www.fansplaining.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:17 PM
"The real question here isn’t why Heated Rivalry is a hit—it’s why this kind of romance series is so rare in the first place."
The great @gavia.bsky.social returns to Fansplaining with an incisive piece on Heated Rivalry, romance publishing, and the TV industry. Read or listen to an audio version:
The great @gavia.bsky.social returns to Fansplaining with an incisive piece on Heated Rivalry, romance publishing, and the TV industry. Read or listen to an audio version:
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I know respectability politics are bullshit, I know perfect victim narratives are toxic and harmful, but it really is so striking to me that they’re not only murdering white people, THESE are the white people they’re murdering
On film, in the midst of trying to help people
On film, in the midst of trying to help people
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I know respectability politics are bullshit, I know perfect victim narratives are toxic and harmful, but it really is so striking to me that they’re not only murdering white people, THESE are the white people they’re murdering
On film, in the midst of trying to help people
On film, in the midst of trying to help people
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If ICE agents hate being ICE agents, there’s an easy solution.
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM
If ICE agents hate being ICE agents, there’s an easy solution.
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Pay attention to a key propaganda tactic in moments of public unrest. Officials will say things that suggest they care about whatever outrages the public, but it's carefully designed to not commit them to structural changes. Pacify-->distract-->wait-->resume business as usual.
The Democrats cannot even bring themselves to talk about reducing the ICE budget (which was TRIPLED out of the blue and no one knows how exactly such sums could ever be spent even on the vast network of concentration camps and private contractors) to, say, its already-record 2024 levels.
January 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Pay attention to a key propaganda tactic in moments of public unrest. Officials will say things that suggest they care about whatever outrages the public, but it's carefully designed to not commit them to structural changes. Pacify-->distract-->wait-->resume business as usual.
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And provide childcare.
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
And provide childcare.
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The thing about Minnesota Lutherans is that while the U.S. military can deploy a functioning Burger King anywhere in the world in 48 hours, your local Mainline Protestant church's women's committee can do it in under 36.
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The thing about Minnesota Lutherans is that while the U.S. military can deploy a functioning Burger King anywhere in the world in 48 hours, your local Mainline Protestant church's women's committee can do it in under 36.
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In a sane country, the DOJ response to a motion asking a judge to stop the government from destroying evidence after federal officers shot and killed a man in broad daylight would be, "Of course we wouldn't destroy evidence. We agree with this motion."
That . . . is not what happened.
That . . . is not what happened.
Trump-appointed judge blocks Trump admin. from destroying evidence in Pretti shooting
A hearing is set for Monday in Minnesota with state officials squaring off against the feds, who have stifled their local counterparts.
www.ms.now
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
In a sane country, the DOJ response to a motion asking a judge to stop the government from destroying evidence after federal officers shot and killed a man in broad daylight would be, "Of course we wouldn't destroy evidence. We agree with this motion."
That . . . is not what happened.
That . . . is not what happened.
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That's why I keep saying that these products are trash! They are literally a scam, little more than vaporware, actual garbage meant to extract as much money from gullible consumers as possible before being orphaned, because the tech grifters have learned there are no consequences for lying.
“…when it comes to your fitness tracker and some health records, the new Dr. ChatGPT seems to be winging it. That fits a disturbing trend: AI companies launching products that are broken, fail to deliver or are even dangerous.”
Column | I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor.
I gave the new ChatGPT Health access to 29 million steps and 6 million heartbeat measurements. It drew questionable conclusions that changed each time I asked.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:58 PM
That's why I keep saying that these products are trash! They are literally a scam, little more than vaporware, actual garbage meant to extract as much money from gullible consumers as possible before being orphaned, because the tech grifters have learned there are no consequences for lying.
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People are saying that ICE & the administration underestimated the organization & fortitude of women.
Ladies & gentlemen, I give you the highly disrespected romance genre. A billion dollar “fluff” industry built by & for women that allows male writers to keep publishing their self-help books.
📚💙
Ladies & gentlemen, I give you the highly disrespected romance genre. A billion dollar “fluff” industry built by & for women that allows male writers to keep publishing their self-help books.
📚💙
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
People are saying that ICE & the administration underestimated the organization & fortitude of women.
Ladies & gentlemen, I give you the highly disrespected romance genre. A billion dollar “fluff” industry built by & for women that allows male writers to keep publishing their self-help books.
📚💙
Ladies & gentlemen, I give you the highly disrespected romance genre. A billion dollar “fluff” industry built by & for women that allows male writers to keep publishing their self-help books.
📚💙
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I want white leftists to understand that they way they feel about white centrists and liberals
Is how people of color and especially Black people feel about them.
Because while they are being super sassy right now now ?
Please remember that the anti identity politics STARTED WITH THEM
Is how people of color and especially Black people feel about them.
Because while they are being super sassy right now now ?
Please remember that the anti identity politics STARTED WITH THEM
January 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I want white leftists to understand that they way they feel about white centrists and liberals
Is how people of color and especially Black people feel about them.
Because while they are being super sassy right now now ?
Please remember that the anti identity politics STARTED WITH THEM
Is how people of color and especially Black people feel about them.
Because while they are being super sassy right now now ?
Please remember that the anti identity politics STARTED WITH THEM
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Budgets are moral documents. What Democrats do now--how they actually demand public money be spent--is the only thing people should be listening to. Do not pay attention to lofty public statements from people who pay for this to continue.
January 26, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Budgets are moral documents. What Democrats do now--how they actually demand public money be spent--is the only thing people should be listening to. Do not pay attention to lofty public statements from people who pay for this to continue.
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memorial to alex pretti and renee good in loring park. “we hold these truths to be self evident” written in the snow on the lake
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
memorial to alex pretti and renee good in loring park. “we hold these truths to be self evident” written in the snow on the lake
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Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
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The way that many Democratic Party politicians are talking to their base right now about what ICE is doing and how to respond to it is reaching absurd levels of misinformation.
January 26, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The way that many Democratic Party politicians are talking to their base right now about what ICE is doing and how to respond to it is reaching absurd levels of misinformation.
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the optics of who they kill shouldn’t matter as much as they do but they are important and in Alex Pretti they have killed someone that they simply cannot successfully “he was no angel”
history has turned on less
history has turned on less
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 5:52 PM
the optics of who they kill shouldn’t matter as much as they do but they are important and in Alex Pretti they have killed someone that they simply cannot successfully “he was no angel”
history has turned on less
history has turned on less
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"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
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Underestimating the logistical genius of middle aged PTA moms is akin to invading Minnesota in January
January 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Underestimating the logistical genius of middle aged PTA moms is akin to invading Minnesota in January
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the Cato Institute is not my comrade, but they are correct on this issue
“The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists” 12/25/25, published by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank founded by Charles Koch … 1/ www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM
the Cato Institute is not my comrade, but they are correct on this issue
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New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:44 PM
New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...