Paul Tree
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it’s still a pun on "paltry” do you get it
This is almost beat for beat what the bill of rights — and, sort of, the whole American Revolution — was intended to prevent
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is almost beat for beat what the bill of rights — and, sort of, the whole American Revolution — was intended to prevent
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shark: *smirking* no hablo inglés
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
shark: *smirking* no hablo inglés
I want all the interesting directors who were fired by nervous studios back. We’re getting the Del Toro Hobbit, we’re getting the Lord and Miller Han Solo, the Edgar Wright Ant-Man, etc.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I want all the interesting directors who were fired by nervous studios back. We’re getting the Del Toro Hobbit, we’re getting the Lord and Miller Han Solo, the Edgar Wright Ant-Man, etc.
The fact that congress needs a bare majority to grant the president power but a veto-proof majority to withdraw power seems like little bit of a flaw in the system
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The fact that congress needs a bare majority to grant the president power but a veto-proof majority to withdraw power seems like little bit of a flaw in the system
Part of how you can tell the media likes Trump and wants him to succeed is how little they care about the unprecedented wave of state censorship aimed at their colleagues
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Part of how you can tell the media likes Trump and wants him to succeed is how little they care about the unprecedented wave of state censorship aimed at their colleagues
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
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We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
This level of just procedural incompetence — even setting aside the obviously political prosecutions — would be a huge scandal for any other president
BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This level of just procedural incompetence — even setting aside the obviously political prosecutions — would be a huge scandal for any other president
Saw a cop car labeled “TLC Police” today in Brooklyn and I turned to my wife and said that’s who arrests you if you go chasing waterfalls and it’s maybe the hardest I’ve ever heard her laugh. Still got it
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Saw a cop car labeled “TLC Police” today in Brooklyn and I turned to my wife and said that’s who arrests you if you go chasing waterfalls and it’s maybe the hardest I’ve ever heard her laugh. Still got it
Musk’s immunity to scandal or consequences is both weirder and more ominous even than Trump’s, I think
NEW: I did a very deep dive into one month's worth of Elon Musk's posts on X so I could understand the breadth and depth of what he is posting about these days. In a word: fringe. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu... 🧵
A month of Elon Musk on X: Conspiracy theories, fringe politics and self-promotion
An NBC News analysis of one month of Musk’s social media posts shows what’s been on his mind, including a broad cross-section of fringe political topics.
www.nbcnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Musk’s immunity to scandal or consequences is both weirder and more ominous even than Trump’s, I think
Again, totally setting aside partisan politics it was an absolute dereliction of duty by the United States senate confirming RFK Jr
Every senator who voted for him — so, literally every Republican except Mitch McConnell — has blood on their hand
Every senator who voted for him — so, literally every Republican except Mitch McConnell — has blood on their hand
RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
CDC’s Autism Website ‘Update’ Came Directly From Kennedy, He Says
Ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis called the update a “national embarrassment.”
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Again, totally setting aside partisan politics it was an absolute dereliction of duty by the United States senate confirming RFK Jr
Every senator who voted for him — so, literally every Republican except Mitch McConnell — has blood on their hand
Every senator who voted for him — so, literally every Republican except Mitch McConnell — has blood on their hand
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I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts.
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
July 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts.
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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Checking in on MechaHitler
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Checking in on MechaHitler
Yeah I’ll take the under on this one.
Democrats haven’t won white voters at the House level since at least 1990 and that’s back when they had a 100 seat majority including most of the South and, like, all of Idaho.
(A Democrat hasn’t won the white voters for president since 1964)
Democrats haven’t won white voters at the House level since at least 1990 and that’s back when they had a 100 seat majority including most of the South and, like, all of Idaho.
(A Democrat hasn’t won the white voters for president since 1964)
Generic Ballot Polling Among White Voters:
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Yeah I’ll take the under on this one.
Democrats haven’t won white voters at the House level since at least 1990 and that’s back when they had a 100 seat majority including most of the South and, like, all of Idaho.
(A Democrat hasn’t won the white voters for president since 1964)
Democrats haven’t won white voters at the House level since at least 1990 and that’s back when they had a 100 seat majority including most of the South and, like, all of Idaho.
(A Democrat hasn’t won the white voters for president since 1964)
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The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
One of many reasons Federal Clerk Omerta sucks is I’d love to have the story behind this from whoever had to, like, try and edit it
/2 Just to be clear, 5th Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith’s dissent is wildly emotionally incontinent and so bizarre it can’t even be called unprofessional. If someone I loved wrote it I would be very worried and investigate dementia.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
One of many reasons Federal Clerk Omerta sucks is I’d love to have the story behind this from whoever had to, like, try and edit it
Finally
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Finally
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When this happened in Trump’s first administration, Senate Republicans like Lindsay Graham rebuked him and threatened to hold up legislation. Senator Marco Rubio, now the nation’s top diplomat, called for severing US ties with Saudi Arabia over human rights. Press should ask them about it too.
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When this happened in Trump’s first administration, Senate Republicans like Lindsay Graham rebuked him and threatened to hold up legislation. Senator Marco Rubio, now the nation’s top diplomat, called for severing US ties with Saudi Arabia over human rights. Press should ask them about it too.
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San Marino, a country with 35,000 people, has 16 domestic soccer teams.
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
San Marino, a country with 35,000 people, has 16 domestic soccer teams.
Okay closer but still not there.
Donald Trump isn’t “connected to” one of the most notorious pedophiles in the country, Donald Trump IS *the* most notorious pedophile in the country.
Donald Trump isn’t “connected to” one of the most notorious pedophiles in the country, Donald Trump IS *the* most notorious pedophile in the country.
Gomez: "Is this an appropriate time to point that the Republicans named children's savings accounts in their one big beautiful bill after Donald Trump, someone connected to one of the most notorious pedophiles in this country, or that the speaker just lied on the floor!"
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Okay closer but still not there.
Donald Trump isn’t “connected to” one of the most notorious pedophiles in the country, Donald Trump IS *the* most notorious pedophile in the country.
Donald Trump isn’t “connected to” one of the most notorious pedophiles in the country, Donald Trump IS *the* most notorious pedophile in the country.
Case that disadvantages the Republican Party and also upholds minority voting power? Huh wonder what the Roberts court might possibly do here
Under the district+circuit three-judge panel procedure for redistricting cases, there's no appeal to the 5th Circuit on this, only direct to SCOTUS. The filing deadline for candidates is in 20 days.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Federal judges block Texas from using redrawn congressional maps that would boost the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections.
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Case that disadvantages the Republican Party and also upholds minority voting power? Huh wonder what the Roberts court might possibly do here
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
This one sentence describes all American politics for the past decade. everything else is just extra words
Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This one sentence describes all American politics for the past decade. everything else is just extra words
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Looks like an outlet is about to publish this, so I'm going to get ahead of it. In 2015, while covering him as a presidential candidate, I engaged in a brief, but highly sexual, affair with former Gov. Jim Gilmore (R-VA). It was a mistake and I learned a lot from it. I hope you forgive me.
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Looks like an outlet is about to publish this, so I'm going to get ahead of it. In 2015, while covering him as a presidential candidate, I engaged in a brief, but highly sexual, affair with former Gov. Jim Gilmore (R-VA). It was a mistake and I learned a lot from it. I hope you forgive me.
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when someone is convicted of a heinous crime and the judge imposes a long sentence, this is the sentence they impose.
ok, i'm calling it, Olivia Nuzzi is not real. she is a Markov chain text generator. we've been duped.
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
when someone is convicted of a heinous crime and the judge imposes a long sentence, this is the sentence they impose.