Maul Flanders
@schmendimite.bsky.social
Outside unless I'm not, forever just one step ahead of the reaper (Lyme disease).
Pinned
Looked up Paul Revere just now because Reasons and in his portrait he's giving Rizzler lol
None of the people involved in any of this can be allowed to hide or walk away from what they perpetrated. There must be consequences, otherwise it will happen again and again.
ICE snatched a human rights hero.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Our ex-BuzzFeed team has provided a testimonial to the immigration court about the value of Guan's work and his incredible bravery. I hope that this man - who I am in absolute awe of - is granted the asylum he needs and deserves. You can read more here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
None of the people involved in any of this can be allowed to hide or walk away from what they perpetrated. There must be consequences, otherwise it will happen again and again.
more like Seasonal Ineffective Disorder, amirite folks
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
more like Seasonal Ineffective Disorder, amirite folks
I hope he lives long enough to watch most of this happen and it breaks him inside
It is important to promise, now, that whatever Trump builds at the White House will be torn down as soon as he leaves.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/if-he-buil...
If He Builds It, Tear It Down
Pendulums must swing.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I hope he lives long enough to watch most of this happen and it breaks him inside
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Growing up a trash ass part of the Midwest, a highlight of everyone’s year was going to the county fair and paying $5 to take three swings at an old Mercury Cougar with a baseball bat or a sledgehammer. I believe the fire department raised about half their budget that way.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
Damnit this is good writing, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Growing up a trash ass part of the Midwest, a highlight of everyone’s year was going to the county fair and paying $5 to take three swings at an old Mercury Cougar with a baseball bat or a sledgehammer. I believe the fire department raised about half their budget that way.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
bro lookin like he in Time Out fr
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
bro lookin like he in Time Out fr
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Trump and admin lawyers know Pete Hegseth and others in the chain of command on the boat bombings are legally vulnerable. Adding to this from @swin24.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social, the Trump Murder Memo "justifying" the bombings also makes this clear:
zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Trump and admin lawyers know Pete Hegseth and others in the chain of command on the boat bombings are legally vulnerable. Adding to this from @swin24.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social, the Trump Murder Memo "justifying" the bombings also makes this clear:
zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
zeteo.com/p/trump-is-a...
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also another reminder that all the people who defended Biden/Garland for slow-walking the Trump prosecutions "the right way" because otherwise they'd claim the prosecutions were illegitimate were wrong because they claim the prosecutions were illegitimate anyway
this feels like that peanuts gag where lucy sets a football for a punt and you can't believe charlie brown fell for it
December 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
also another reminder that all the people who defended Biden/Garland for slow-walking the Trump prosecutions "the right way" because otherwise they'd claim the prosecutions were illegitimate were wrong because they claim the prosecutions were illegitimate anyway
Helmet pairs well with dinos
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Helmet pairs well with dinos
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It's remarkable how perfectly this awful story is similar to The Dreyfuss Affair, from the banishment to a cruel tropical prison to the world's worst and stupidest people refusing to let it go even for decades after he was freed.
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's remarkable how perfectly this awful story is similar to The Dreyfuss Affair, from the banishment to a cruel tropical prison to the world's worst and stupidest people refusing to let it go even for decades after he was freed.
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
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Hahahaha eat shit
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hahahaha eat shit
I'm sure our recent white Afrikaaner asylum-seekers will enjoy their new lives in Guatemala
NEW: A major shift in underway in recent months kicked into gear this week, with ICE trial attorneys around the country asking immigration "judges" to toss out *nearly all* asylum applications on the grounds of "safe third country" agreements with Uganda, Honduras, Ecuador, and Guatemala.
December 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm sure our recent white Afrikaaner asylum-seekers will enjoy their new lives in Guatemala
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It's simple: anyone making under $36,000 a year is allowed to be openly racist, for class reasons. Between $36k and $100k you get to make racist jokes with your friends but you're not allowed to use slurs at work. Anyone making above $100k can only be racist in euphemisms, unless elected president
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It's simple: anyone making under $36,000 a year is allowed to be openly racist, for class reasons. Between $36k and $100k you get to make racist jokes with your friends but you're not allowed to use slurs at work. Anyone making above $100k can only be racist in euphemisms, unless elected president
This of a piece with a trend among some leftists to lionize, defer to & avoid inconveniencing service workers, to the point of absurdity.
If the food doesn't come out they way its supposed to, I'm going to politely ask it to be fixed in most cases. Neglectful or rude doesn't get 25% tip, c'mon.
If the food doesn't come out they way its supposed to, I'm going to politely ask it to be fixed in most cases. Neglectful or rude doesn't get 25% tip, c'mon.
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This of a piece with a trend among some leftists to lionize, defer to & avoid inconveniencing service workers, to the point of absurdity.
If the food doesn't come out they way its supposed to, I'm going to politely ask it to be fixed in most cases. Neglectful or rude doesn't get 25% tip, c'mon.
If the food doesn't come out they way its supposed to, I'm going to politely ask it to be fixed in most cases. Neglectful or rude doesn't get 25% tip, c'mon.
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I am deadly serious when I say that any liberal Project 2028 people should be taking names of the civil servants who go way past their authority to do stuff like this.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That should be a career ending act of corruption
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I am deadly serious when I say that any liberal Project 2028 people should be taking names of the civil servants who go way past their authority to do stuff like this.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
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Anyway, a very good FOIA to file this morning would be for all emails and calls received in the last 24 hours by the immigration “judge” who issued the order.
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Anyway, a very good FOIA to file this morning would be for all emails and calls received in the last 24 hours by the immigration “judge” who issued the order.
They literally got a corrupt immigration judge to rewrite history by claiming that lack of evidence of any order of removal existing was a clerical error that they could "correct" by making one up 7 years later.
Cartoonishly Orwellian stuff.
Cartoonishly Orwellian stuff.
WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
They literally got a corrupt immigration judge to rewrite history by claiming that lack of evidence of any order of removal existing was a clerical error that they could "correct" by making one up 7 years later.
Cartoonishly Orwellian stuff.
Cartoonishly Orwellian stuff.
at this point these people are just begging for angry crowds to break down their doors and beat the shit out of them
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses
NPR and PBS stations targeted by group involved in Carr’s news-distortion probes.
arstechnica.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
at this point these people are just begging for angry crowds to break down their doors and beat the shit out of them
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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“JonBenet Ramsey said that if you are beautiful, you may be killed in service to your country.” No Olivia I don’t believe JonBenet Ramsey said that actually.
Okay, I think I figured out how to turn the audio sample into a video that can be uploaded to Bluesky. Here are the first 3 minutes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“JonBenet Ramsey said that if you are beautiful, you may be killed in service to your country.” No Olivia I don’t believe JonBenet Ramsey said that actually.
Also these worms have said fuck-all about similar threats and actions to cut federal funding to blue and purple states for similar reasons
Conservatives being shocked at the logical endpoint of their ideological commitments would be funny if it wasn't so costly to everyone who cares about democracy, equal rights, common decency, etc.
The Heritage Foundation is cracking
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Also these worms have said fuck-all about similar threats and actions to cut federal funding to blue and purple states for similar reasons
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I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
This is amazing commitment while at the same time something no part of my brain can fathom spending my free time doing, even for modest benefit. The world is full of such an array of people
Turns out Mark is doing a “mileage run,” which is an unnecessary round trip to a faraway destination that nets more rewards than it cost upfront.
Brilliant on his part, but I believe this is an example of what @sharonk.bsky.social calls stupid cyberpunk.
Brilliant on his part, but I believe this is an example of what @sharonk.bsky.social calls stupid cyberpunk.
December 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is amazing commitment while at the same time something no part of my brain can fathom spending my free time doing, even for modest benefit. The world is full of such an array of people
BREAKING: White House Releases Photo of Man Trump is Constantly Shaking Hands with
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
BREAKING: White House Releases Photo of Man Trump is Constantly Shaking Hands with