Don't Poke the Bear
@ssshupe.bsky.social
Facts not lies. (Retired) public agency attorney, political moderate, anti-MAGA, cyclist, photographer, hobbyist programmer. Iowa raised, now in the Berkeley Hills. Hawkeyes/Warriors/R.E.M./Neil Young/Son Volt fan.
Enjoy your evil tweets, Hegseth.
December 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Enjoy your evil tweets, Hegseth.
Third Circuit Court of Appeals holds that Alina Habba has perfected "MAGA Face."
December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Third Circuit Court of Appeals holds that Alina Habba has perfected "MAGA Face."
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times.
R.E.M.
Son Volt
Rolling Stones
Grateful Dead
Neil Young*
*No this isn't true but I deeply regret it.
R.E.M.
Son Volt
Rolling Stones
Grateful Dead
Neil Young*
*No this isn't true but I deeply regret it.
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times.
R.E.M.
Son Volt
Rolling Stones
Grateful Dead
Neil Young*
*No this isn't true but I deeply regret it.
R.E.M.
Son Volt
Rolling Stones
Grateful Dead
Neil Young*
*No this isn't true but I deeply regret it.
NYT is institutionally incapable of printing the plain truth. Everything is relative.
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NYT is institutionally incapable of printing the plain truth. Everything is relative.
The price of climate change denial: Homeowner's Insurance rates are rising sharply, hitting red states conservative owners the worst.
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The price of climate change denial: Homeowner's Insurance rates are rising sharply, hitting red states conservative owners the worst.
Hey FBI, I know a few quite remarkable cases of corruption a lot closer to your HQ -- 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Check it out.
F.B.I. Letters Send Shivers Through California’s Political Inner Circle
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hey FBI, I know a few quite remarkable cases of corruption a lot closer to your HQ -- 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Check it out.
Dark clouds and seagull, Ile-de-Ré, France.
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Dark clouds and seagull, Ile-de-Ré, France.
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To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
Dementia.
A Trump quote without his face or voice - Trump without Trump. The quote is unedited and 100% accurate. This is from the McDonald's Impact Summit on November 17, 2025 - The drip drip water.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Dementia.
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
How Trump signed the Epstein bill.
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
How Trump signed the Epstein bill.
The words you're looking for are "bribery" and "corruption." Why won't the New York Times just speak the truth?
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The words you're looking for are "bribery" and "corruption." Why won't the New York Times just speak the truth?
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One very easy way for the New York Times to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that completely justify all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years.
New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
One very easy way for the New York Times to escape the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years would be for it to stop acting in ways that completely justify all of the constant criticism which it has found itself subject to these last years.
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The Truth is Golden.
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The Truth is Golden.
Lettuce thank the jurors who deli-cately refused to roll over and got to the meat of the issue by saying no to the Justice Department's cheesy decision to prosciutto-cute.
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Lettuce thank the jurors who deli-cately refused to roll over and got to the meat of the issue by saying no to the Justice Department's cheesy decision to prosciutto-cute.
Demented Trump can't deal with the reality right in front of him. This picture will be remembered as the beginning of the end of Trump/MAGA.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Demented Trump can't deal with the reality right in front of him. This picture will be remembered as the beginning of the end of Trump/MAGA.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
The best analysis of our current situation that I've ever read. Democracy or surfdom under the rich? Definitely worth a read. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-coming...
The Coming Clash of Civilizations
From the Wilderness of a Recovering Technocrat
www.notesfromthecircus.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The best analysis of our current situation that I've ever read. Democracy or surfdom under the rich? Definitely worth a read. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-coming...
Everything the Trump administration says, does, or posts is a lie.
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Everything the Trump administration says, does, or posts is a lie.
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Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?
October 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?
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Returned from France to the Bay Area today. My immigration agent asked me how it my flight had been, then after checking my passport said "Welcome home. Have a good day." Best not to lump everyone together.
October 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Returned from France to the Bay Area today. My immigration agent asked me how it my flight had been, then after checking my passport said "Welcome home. Have a good day." Best not to lump everyone together.
Better than the first video. But why are we paying 12 guys to just stand around waiting for ... what exactly? Aren't there, like, any criminals in Chicago they could go after? Wouldn't smaller groups be more efficient and cost-effective? Or is this all just a show? (Yes, rhetorical question.)
Here’s the Full video of the Chicago delivery guy!
The video is way better than what was originally posted.
The guy said "F*ck Trump" to their faces and dropped his phone and was still able to grab the phone and get away from the ICE NAZI! 🔥
The video is way better than what was originally posted.
The guy said "F*ck Trump" to their faces and dropped his phone and was still able to grab the phone and get away from the ICE NAZI! 🔥
September 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Better than the first video. But why are we paying 12 guys to just stand around waiting for ... what exactly? Aren't there, like, any criminals in Chicago they could go after? Wouldn't smaller groups be more efficient and cost-effective? Or is this all just a show? (Yes, rhetorical question.)
This shit is happening in my old college town, peaceable bucholic Iowa City. What is wrong with our country? What is difficult about officers identifying themselves and who they work for?
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This shit is happening in my old college town, peaceable bucholic Iowa City. What is wrong with our country? What is difficult about officers identifying themselves and who they work for?