Nick Fish
@nickfish.me
President of @atheists.org. Adopted. Philadelphian by choice, but forever a Midwesterner.
Impeaching, removing, trying, convicting, and imprisoning Emil Bove is the moderate position.
UPDATE: DOJ filed its response, maintaining its opposition to contempt proceedings, but identifying Ensign, Blanche, Bove, Mazzara, and Noem as having been involved in discussions from Boasberg’s March 15 TRO to the decision not to “recall the flights” taking people to El Salvador under the AEA.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Impeaching, removing, trying, convicting, and imprisoning Emil Bove is the moderate position.
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when the tryptophan hits
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
when the tryptophan hits
District judges (sort of) have to grapple with the actual effects of their actions. People who view the politics, policies, and the law as a Purely Academic Exercise™—including circuit court judges and SCOTUS—are a plague on our nation and are accelerating our slide into authoritarianism.
District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
District judges (sort of) have to grapple with the actual effects of their actions. People who view the politics, policies, and the law as a Purely Academic Exercise™—including circuit court judges and SCOTUS—are a plague on our nation and are accelerating our slide into authoritarianism.
Very much mixed feelings on this. On the one hand, the continued direct association of Scouting with the military is doing a disservice to scouts. On the other, holy shit is Hegseth a fragile little bitch.
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Very much mixed feelings on this. On the one hand, the continued direct association of Scouting with the military is doing a disservice to scouts. On the other, holy shit is Hegseth a fragile little bitch.
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Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
Is there a Substack subscription level that lets me delete other people's posts? Asking for an everyone.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Is there a Substack subscription level that lets me delete other people's posts? Asking for an everyone.
Brb inventing time travel so I can unlearn how to read
The bamboo metaphor is back: Ryan Lizza has dropped Part 2.
Below are the opening paragraphs, but most of it is behind a paywall.
(My apologies in advance.)
Below are the opening paragraphs, but most of it is behind a paywall.
(My apologies in advance.)
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Brb inventing time travel so I can unlearn how to read
Mike usually only makes that face when he gets an alert from the ol' computer monitoring program
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Mike usually only makes that face when he gets an alert from the ol' computer monitoring program
Good. Shows what happens when you fight.
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Good. Shows what happens when you fight.
In fairness, Todd is possibly one of the dumbest men alive.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
In fairness, Todd is possibly one of the dumbest men alive.
"Routinely" wearing an Elvis wig "on or about October 31" might be kinda boneheaded but him asking litigants if they'd seen his campaign materials and engaging in electioneering from the bench is, uh, a much more substantive concern.
Judge Matthew Thornhill's burning love for Elvis Presley prompted him to occasionally wear an Elvis wig on the bench — behavior that a judicial conduct commission cited in calling for him to be suspended and then resign. Court documents say he agreed to step down after nearly 20 years on the bench.
Missouri Judge Who Wore Elvis Wig in Court Agrees to Resign
Judge Matthew E.P. Thornhill also talked about politics and played Elvis songs in court, a judicial commission said.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Routinely" wearing an Elvis wig "on or about October 31" might be kinda boneheaded but him asking litigants if they'd seen his campaign materials and engaging in electioneering from the bench is, uh, a much more substantive concern.
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The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
"My 'no longer proposing executing my political opponents' shirt is raising a lot of questions previously answered by the shirt"
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"My 'no longer proposing executing my political opponents' shirt is raising a lot of questions previously answered by the shirt"
So when it's "ballots might take a day or two because of the way the mail works," Jason is saying even the perception of a problem is bad. But when it comes to sexually harassing your students or palling around with a convicted sex trafficker and pedophile, meh, whatevs. Got it.
Great work, WaPo.
Great work, WaPo.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
So when it's "ballots might take a day or two because of the way the mail works," Jason is saying even the perception of a problem is bad. But when it comes to sexually harassing your students or palling around with a convicted sex trafficker and pedophile, meh, whatevs. Got it.
Great work, WaPo.
Great work, WaPo.
Can we get a state Attorney General to subpoena this man's email accounts? Because yikes.
The Catholic League's response to the Epstein files? Arguing technicalities over the ages of the victims.
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Can we get a state Attorney General to subpoena this man's email accounts? Because yikes.
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if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
I discuss this every year with my team. We pay 100% of their premiums. Asked them if they'd rather have cheaper plans with higher deductibles — and we'd give them the difference as salary and a stocked HSA/FSA. No one wanted that. EVERYONE didn't want to have to worry about navigating the system.
Dr. Oz is clearly a moron who, incredibly, doesn't understand anything about how the insurance system works.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I discuss this every year with my team. We pay 100% of their premiums. Asked them if they'd rather have cheaper plans with higher deductibles — and we'd give them the difference as salary and a stocked HSA/FSA. No one wanted that. EVERYONE didn't want to have to worry about navigating the system.
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Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/phil...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
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I don’t know anything about Nordic paganism, but I do know something about evidence of animus under Masterpiece Cakeshop — and no one has given this guy the talk.
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I don’t know anything about Nordic paganism, but I do know something about evidence of animus under Masterpiece Cakeshop — and no one has given this guy the talk.
Yeah but James Talarico follows a couple of models on Instagram and once thanked one for sharing a clip from his campaign. So, uh, both sides!
House Democrats release Epstein emails, including one in which he flatly asserted that Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage. @migold.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Yeah but James Talarico follows a couple of models on Instagram and once thanked one for sharing a clip from his campaign. So, uh, both sides!
Holy shit finally an Op-Ed that Gets It
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Holy shit finally an Op-Ed that Gets It
My Bluesky posting is mostly About Work™ with occasional cat-related spillover. In that vein: Carter was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in August. He's been responding well to treatment. But this week he took a turn for the worse. Basically stopped eating. We said goodbye last night here at home.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My Bluesky posting is mostly About Work™ with occasional cat-related spillover. In that vein: Carter was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in August. He's been responding well to treatment. But this week he took a turn for the worse. Basically stopped eating. We said goodbye last night here at home.