Scott Forbes
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This is my personal account and these are my personal opinions, which are mostly about politics, but may randomly be about other things.
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once again pointing out that Trump vs. US is a treasonous decision--the Supreme Court equivalent of January 6--and the justices who voted for it have forfeited any claim to legitimacy (or indeed due process) whatsoever
One thing that's important to realize now is that, even in a scenario where Dems sweep to a crushing trifecta in 2028, Republicans will use their control of the courts to attempt to continue, as much as they can, to run executive agencies in exile, with DHS/ICE under Biden as the model
February 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
once again pointing out that Trump vs. US is a treasonous decision--the Supreme Court equivalent of January 6--and the justices who voted for it have forfeited any claim to legitimacy (or indeed due process) whatsoever
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you're using your institutional authority to delete the civil rights of 340 million people and install Trump as a king? okay, the next president, if there is one, is changing the locks on the Court building. those are the rules that you people established
February 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
you're using your institutional authority to delete the civil rights of 340 million people and install Trump as a king? okay, the next president, if there is one, is changing the locks on the Court building. those are the rules that you people established
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Teapot Dome, the biggest scandal in American history pre-Watergate, involved less than $9 million, inflation adjusted. Meanwhile Noem's jet, at $70 million, is small potatoes in the Trump administration
There's literally no precedent in American history for the scale of what Trump et al are doing
There's literally no precedent in American history for the scale of what Trump et al are doing
February 17, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Teapot Dome, the biggest scandal in American history pre-Watergate, involved less than $9 million, inflation adjusted. Meanwhile Noem's jet, at $70 million, is small potatoes in the Trump administration
There's literally no precedent in American history for the scale of what Trump et al are doing
There's literally no precedent in American history for the scale of what Trump et al are doing
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So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
So you're saying ICE is incompatible with the rule of law as practiced in this nation from the founding?
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
Think I see a pretty easy solution here, champ.
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gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
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“[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Over FCC Scrutiny; Posts Interview to YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
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February 17, 2026 at 6:10 AM
“[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.
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We should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that terrorizes children and forces them to spend their dying days trying to see their father one last time.
February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
We should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that terrorizes children and forces them to spend their dying days trying to see their father one last time.
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Good morning! 🌅☀️🕶️
Today would be a great day for #waleg to advance a bill that lifts the arbitrary 1% cap on levy increases, which is a MANDATED ANNUAL BUDGET CUT for local governments and school districts.
Read about this issue here:
Today would be a great day for #waleg to advance a bill that lifts the arbitrary 1% cap on levy increases, which is a MANDATED ANNUAL BUDGET CUT for local governments and school districts.
Read about this issue here:
Will 2026 be the year Washington allows municipalities to close their local budget deficits by lifting the property tax cap?
At the end of the year, when local governments are adopting their budgets for the coming year, I tend to get touchy about the way local media outlets report on
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February 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Good morning! 🌅☀️🕶️
Today would be a great day for #waleg to advance a bill that lifts the arbitrary 1% cap on levy increases, which is a MANDATED ANNUAL BUDGET CUT for local governments and school districts.
Read about this issue here:
Today would be a great day for #waleg to advance a bill that lifts the arbitrary 1% cap on levy increases, which is a MANDATED ANNUAL BUDGET CUT for local governments and school districts.
Read about this issue here:
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these two young white guys on IG go to an NYC restaurant each week to try food from a different country. they posted a video bringing together the owners of their first 12 stops & it made me cry bc it was simple & beautiful. just people from all over the world hanging & being pals. how it should be.
February 16, 2026 at 4:55 AM
these two young white guys on IG go to an NYC restaurant each week to try food from a different country. they posted a video bringing together the owners of their first 12 stops & it made me cry bc it was simple & beautiful. just people from all over the world hanging & being pals. how it should be.
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As we build out Trump's lies, let's not forget that the one they were most desperate to cover up before these came out was Melania's ties to Epstein, she of the Einstein visa.
The President of the United States most likely raped girls along with his best friend Epstein.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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New videos resurface showing Trump partying with underage girls
We’ve all seen Pam Bondi’s petulant performance before the House this week, screaming at members of Congress as they ask why various Epstein files remain redacted for Co-conspirators and perpetrators ...
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February 16, 2026 at 5:36 AM
As we build out Trump's lies, let's not forget that the one they were most desperate to cover up before these came out was Melania's ties to Epstein, she of the Einstein visa.
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No but seriously, what is this imaginary American culture that only white Protestants have contributed to? Purity balls and jello salad? Fuck off.
In all seriousness, mo one's dying for any kind of economic zone, but Musk can bet his last pair of jackboots they'll die for their neighbors.
In all seriousness, mo one's dying for any kind of economic zone, but Musk can bet his last pair of jackboots they'll die for their neighbors.
After last year’s gesture-gate, the masks are off. There's no more pretense. Musk is now saying the quiet part out loud: their movement is a white nationalist movement. In his myopic worldview, there’s no place for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish, or anyone who doesn’t conform.
February 16, 2026 at 4:55 AM
No but seriously, what is this imaginary American culture that only white Protestants have contributed to? Purity balls and jello salad? Fuck off.
In all seriousness, mo one's dying for any kind of economic zone, but Musk can bet his last pair of jackboots they'll die for their neighbors.
In all seriousness, mo one's dying for any kind of economic zone, but Musk can bet his last pair of jackboots they'll die for their neighbors.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
February 16, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.
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Literally every single sentence Randy Fine utters would be a fireable offense at any company
With alt
With alt
February 16, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Literally every single sentence Randy Fine utters would be a fireable offense at any company
With alt
With alt
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Listening to Trump Admin officials, you'd never guess that the US stock market underperformed the rest of the world in 2025.
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Listening to Trump Admin officials, you'd never guess that the US stock market underperformed the rest of the world in 2025.
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A former Democratic colleague of hers once told me that Susan Collins is “usually there when you don’t need her and never there when you actually do.” The moderate brand she projects is entirely performative. It’s always surprised me that Maine voters don’t seem to care.
February 16, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A former Democratic colleague of hers once told me that Susan Collins is “usually there when you don’t need her and never there when you actually do.” The moderate brand she projects is entirely performative. It’s always surprised me that Maine voters don’t seem to care.
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Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man in the history of humanity is, objectively speaking, just a straight up Nazi
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
February 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man in the history of humanity is, objectively speaking, just a straight up Nazi
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
also the next democratic administration needs to throw him in prison
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I think we are going to have a Democratic-controlled Senate.
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
February 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I think we are going to have a Democratic-controlled Senate.
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
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I’m calling it now: Republicans will try to make hormonal birth control illegal for teenagers
February 15, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I’m calling it now: Republicans will try to make hormonal birth control illegal for teenagers
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We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
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Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.