Mark Mucci
@mlmucci.bsky.social
Professional Amateur sharing Random Thoughts.
Keep in mind:
“Nobody wins unless everybody wins";
“Facts are stubborn things";
Social media is not real life.
Posting from my little town of Maplewood,
in the Great State of New Jersey.
Pronouns: He/Him
Keep in mind:
“Nobody wins unless everybody wins";
“Facts are stubborn things";
Social media is not real life.
Posting from my little town of Maplewood,
in the Great State of New Jersey.
Pronouns: He/Him
Pinned
Mark Mucci
@mlmucci.bsky.social
· Mar 4
Took this photo this morning on the lawn of the Municipal Building in my little town of Maplewood, NJ, showing the Ukrainian flag (which has been displayed for the past three years in support). As I left, I passed a woman who told me, “I’m here to take the same picture.”
I live in a great town.
I live in a great town.
In light of Trump's duplicity and collusion with Russian aggression, more towns should add the flag of Ukraine to their municipal displays, imho.
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There is nothing less rock and roll than kissing a despot's ass.
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
There is nothing less rock and roll than kissing a despot's ass.
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The president of the United States’ son
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The president of the United States’ son
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Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
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Obvious point but it kind of gives their game away that these conservative activist law school professors only post about their opposition to birthright citizenship over on Musk's bigoted platform and don't even have accounts over here.
December 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Obvious point but it kind of gives their game away that these conservative activist law school professors only post about their opposition to birthright citizenship over on Musk's bigoted platform and don't even have accounts over here.
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The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
“Originalism” is shoved aside in favor of anti-immigrant white supremacy.
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“Originalism” is shoved aside in favor of anti-immigrant white supremacy.
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It’s also plainly absurd that someone just happened to discover the true meaning of the common law that just evaded everyone else for 800 years in a few weeks of work. I don’t even know what to do with that.
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It’s also plainly absurd that someone just happened to discover the true meaning of the common law that just evaded everyone else for 800 years in a few weeks of work. I don’t even know what to do with that.
There really are no non-criminal uses for these “cryptocurrencies” for which normal currencies aren’t as good or better.
From NYT Technology:
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
There really are no non-criminal uses for these “cryptocurrencies” for which normal currencies aren’t as good or better.
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“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Under Trump, America is committing war crimes. But under Biden, there were irritating student protests at a college I did not attend. I have never felt more politically homeless.
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Under Trump, America is committing war crimes. But under Biden, there were irritating student protests at a college I did not attend. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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A neat thing about birthright citizenship is how it tests whether a person cares at all about the Constitution. There's no argument against it, birthright citizenship is the unambitious text, the obvious intent of the drafters, and the undisputed way it was followed for the past 150+ years.
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A neat thing about birthright citizenship is how it tests whether a person cares at all about the Constitution. There's no argument against it, birthright citizenship is the unambitious text, the obvious intent of the drafters, and the undisputed way it was followed for the past 150+ years.
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Ross Douthat of New York Times thinks Trump admin needs more Christianity in its nationalism (www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...). He has point that much of what admin does isn't Christlike. But he's wrong to suggest problem is Hegseth isn't invoking religion enough. It's actually the opposite. 1/
Opinion | Why Is Christianity So Hard to Find in the Trump Administration?
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Ross Douthat of New York Times thinks Trump admin needs more Christianity in its nationalism (www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...). He has point that much of what admin does isn't Christlike. But he's wrong to suggest problem is Hegseth isn't invoking religion enough. It's actually the opposite. 1/
Trump posting evidence undercutting anyone's defense against a war crimes charge ...
Notable that POTUS is posting a Fox News story about the USCG disabling and interdicting a vessel suspected of carrying drugs.
Demonstrates his awareness of alternatives to blowing up suspected drug boats.
And that killing people is very much a deliberate and completely unnecessary choice.
Demonstrates his awareness of alternatives to blowing up suspected drug boats.
And that killing people is very much a deliberate and completely unnecessary choice.
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump posting evidence undercutting anyone's defense against a war crimes charge ...
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Elections are "their own real-life Milgram experiment" is choice.
For a lot of "nice" Republicans, elections are their periodic chance to go into a booth and push a button to hurt those people like their own real-life Milgram experiment. At a certain point I realized this about my parents, and that it was why they made a point to vote in every election.
December 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Elections are "their own real-life Milgram experiment" is choice.
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Oh wow, I just listened to this and @micahloewinger.bsky.social's interview of Cam Higby (MAGA TikTok influencer with a Pentagon press pass) is fascinating. Especially the hilarious part where Cam thinks people listening to it will think Micah comes off poorly.
The show is up and it’s SPICY! Ft. @danlamothe.bsky.social on leaving the pentagon, @annamerlan.bsky.social on the new pentagon press corps and Laura Poitras on her new movie “Cover Up.” Oh and pod bonus @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Cam Higby about his new role. pca.st/episode/f23f...
Covering the Pentagon, from Sy Hersh to Laura Loomer
pca.st
December 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Oh wow, I just listened to this and @micahloewinger.bsky.social's interview of Cam Higby (MAGA TikTok influencer with a Pentagon press pass) is fascinating. Especially the hilarious part where Cam thinks people listening to it will think Micah comes off poorly.
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The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
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It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
Happy St. Nicholas Day. 1700 years ago, Nicholas punched out the heretic Arius at the Council of Nicaea.
So, among other things this is "Punch A Heretic Day".
The religious phonies in the Trump administration would be well advised to lie low today.
www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-ni...
So, among other things this is "Punch A Heretic Day".
The religious phonies in the Trump administration would be well advised to lie low today.
www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-ni...
December 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Happy St. Nicholas Day. 1700 years ago, Nicholas punched out the heretic Arius at the Council of Nicaea.
So, among other things this is "Punch A Heretic Day".
The religious phonies in the Trump administration would be well advised to lie low today.
www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-ni...
So, among other things this is "Punch A Heretic Day".
The religious phonies in the Trump administration would be well advised to lie low today.
www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-ni...
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There is blood on the hands of Donald Trump, RFK, and every Republican who has allowed this sham to go on for far too long. When kids die unnecessarily and once-eradicated diseases darken the doors of terrified families and pediatricians, Americans will know who is responsible.
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
There is blood on the hands of Donald Trump, RFK, and every Republican who has allowed this sham to go on for far too long. When kids die unnecessarily and once-eradicated diseases darken the doors of terrified families and pediatricians, Americans will know who is responsible.
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An organization of historic levels of corruption — see: www.libraryjournal.com/review/red-c... — propping up an administration engaged in historic levels of corruption with a cartoonishly corrupt "prize."
It was inevitable!
It was inevitable!
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
An organization of historic levels of corruption — see: www.libraryjournal.com/review/red-c... — propping up an administration engaged in historic levels of corruption with a cartoonishly corrupt "prize."
It was inevitable!
It was inevitable!
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The cruelty is the point
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The cruelty is the point
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You could write this. Or you could write: “That notion, which has been the rule in nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere for over a century, is grounded in the language of the 14th Amendment.”
All how you choose to frame it.
All how you choose to frame it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
You could write this. Or you could write: “That notion, which has been the rule in nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere for over a century, is grounded in the language of the 14th Amendment.”
All how you choose to frame it.
All how you choose to frame it.