Texty the Bard
@textualdeviance.bsky.social
Raging Democrat and mouthy Social Justice Bard.
I write SFF books, wrangle my kids and cats, cuddle my spouse, and swear a lot.
I merrily block anyone who's being a doorknob, and anyone using AI-generated images. Stop roasting the dang planet for lulz.
I write SFF books, wrangle my kids and cats, cuddle my spouse, and swear a lot.
I merrily block anyone who's being a doorknob, and anyone using AI-generated images. Stop roasting the dang planet for lulz.
Pinned
Ever so exhausted by hearing, "They can't/won't do that! It's illegal!" while the regime is literally doing that thing.
Trump owns the entire federal justice system, top to bottom. He's doing whatever tf he wants because he knows no one can stop him.
Trump owns the entire federal justice system, top to bottom. He's doing whatever tf he wants because he knows no one can stop him.
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Trump says Dems should be killed for warning about his illegal orders. Then in 48 hours:
—Judge finds Trump DC troop op is ILLEGAL
—Military lawyers: boat strikes ILLEGAL
—Probe into ILLEGAL mortgage inquiries
—Judge probes ILLEGAL ICE flights
—Study: DOJ defied courts 26 times
—Judge finds Trump DC troop op is ILLEGAL
—Military lawyers: boat strikes ILLEGAL
—Probe into ILLEGAL mortgage inquiries
—Judge probes ILLEGAL ICE flights
—Study: DOJ defied courts 26 times
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Trump says Dems should be killed for warning about his illegal orders. Then in 48 hours:
—Judge finds Trump DC troop op is ILLEGAL
—Military lawyers: boat strikes ILLEGAL
—Probe into ILLEGAL mortgage inquiries
—Judge probes ILLEGAL ICE flights
—Study: DOJ defied courts 26 times
—Judge finds Trump DC troop op is ILLEGAL
—Military lawyers: boat strikes ILLEGAL
—Probe into ILLEGAL mortgage inquiries
—Judge probes ILLEGAL ICE flights
—Study: DOJ defied courts 26 times
Not that they make sense with anything else, but it's still so silly that the god squaddies get mad about "happy holidays" at the same time they're mad about people downplaying Thanksgiving.
Ehm. Thanksgiving is supposedly part of the "holiday" season, yes?
Ehm. Thanksgiving is supposedly part of the "holiday" season, yes?
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Not that they make sense with anything else, but it's still so silly that the god squaddies get mad about "happy holidays" at the same time they're mad about people downplaying Thanksgiving.
Ehm. Thanksgiving is supposedly part of the "holiday" season, yes?
Ehm. Thanksgiving is supposedly part of the "holiday" season, yes?
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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If joking about Charlie Kirk is considered “violent rhetoric,” how do we describe open calls to hang members of Congress?
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If joking about Charlie Kirk is considered “violent rhetoric,” how do we describe open calls to hang members of Congress?
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For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
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So he and Trump don't just have bad hair in common.
Ex-UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds reut.rs/4oR5XOT
Ex-UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson oversaw a toxic, chaotic and dithering response to the COVID pandemic, with a delay to locking the country down resulting in about 23,000 more deaths, a report by a public inquiry concluded on Thursday.
reut.rs
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So he and Trump don't just have bad hair in common.
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and they were scared that the university would slash their funding deal if they were seen hiring “DEI” hires.
I guess making high quality, usable web apps is “woke” now or something.
Literally “making things easy to use” is considered woke now
I never heard back. So jobs worldwide are hurting.
I guess making high quality, usable web apps is “woke” now or something.
Literally “making things easy to use” is considered woke now
I never heard back. So jobs worldwide are hurting.
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
and they were scared that the university would slash their funding deal if they were seen hiring “DEI” hires.
I guess making high quality, usable web apps is “woke” now or something.
Literally “making things easy to use” is considered woke now
I never heard back. So jobs worldwide are hurting.
I guess making high quality, usable web apps is “woke” now or something.
Literally “making things easy to use” is considered woke now
I never heard back. So jobs worldwide are hurting.
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President Donald Trump and the Defense Department illegally deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC, a federal judge has ruled. https://cnn.it/49vVow4
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
President Donald Trump and the Defense Department illegally deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC, a federal judge has ruled. https://cnn.it/49vVow4
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In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Seems to me if the House can vote 427-1 and the Senate can vote 99-0 on the release of the Epstein files when Shit For Brains threatened them not to, then they can also impeach *and convict* him, and bring this stage of our national nightmare to an abrupt end.
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Seems to me if the House can vote 427-1 and the Senate can vote 99-0 on the release of the Epstein files when Shit For Brains threatened them not to, then they can also impeach *and convict* him, and bring this stage of our national nightmare to an abrupt end.
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Wait, RFK Jr was wrong about something relating to medical science? This has literally ever happened before in the history of the world, my god, my whole worldview has been upended
Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims about Fluoride in Tap Water www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass...
Massive Study Finds No Link Between Fluoride in Tap Water and Lower Child IQ
Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Wait, RFK Jr was wrong about something relating to medical science? This has literally ever happened before in the history of the world, my god, my whole worldview has been upended
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The House Ethics Committee has launched an investigation into Rep. Cory Mills (R-Florida).
Mills has faced a battery of controversies since joining the House, including accusations of misconduct toward women.
Mills has faced a battery of controversies since joining the House, including accusations of misconduct toward women.
House Ethics opens investigation into Republican Rep. Cory Mills
The panel will probe multiple controversies Mills (R-Florida) has faced since joining the House, including allegations he benefited from federal weapons contracts.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The House Ethics Committee has launched an investigation into Rep. Cory Mills (R-Florida).
Mills has faced a battery of controversies since joining the House, including accusations of misconduct toward women.
Mills has faced a battery of controversies since joining the House, including accusations of misconduct toward women.
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It's painfully obvious they had loaded up the cart without a plan to obtain a horse. You can't just slap tariffs on everything and say "Manufacturing here, now." The infra and workforce and skilled labor isn't there, and what little there is is suffering from needing tools and parts.
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's painfully obvious they had loaded up the cart without a plan to obtain a horse. You can't just slap tariffs on everything and say "Manufacturing here, now." The infra and workforce and skilled labor isn't there, and what little there is is suffering from needing tools and parts.
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JARED BERNSTEIN: “.. Manufacturing is in a real slump, with emp down 5 months in row, down 94K over past year. We haven’t seen such trends outside of recessions for years.
“.. Trump’s fingerprints are on this trend. It turns out that making factory production more expensive is bad for jobs.”
“.. Trump’s fingerprints are on this trend. It turns out that making factory production more expensive is bad for jobs.”
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
JARED BERNSTEIN: “.. Manufacturing is in a real slump, with emp down 5 months in row, down 94K over past year. We haven’t seen such trends outside of recessions for years.
“.. Trump’s fingerprints are on this trend. It turns out that making factory production more expensive is bad for jobs.”
“.. Trump’s fingerprints are on this trend. It turns out that making factory production more expensive is bad for jobs.”
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To be honest given the climate in the US and my increasing conviction that I am not going to be one of the ones who makes it through this is my feeling as well.
Then again the only people on my timeline talking about TDOR are trans so yknow.
Then again the only people on my timeline talking about TDOR are trans so yknow.
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
To be honest given the climate in the US and my increasing conviction that I am not going to be one of the ones who makes it through this is my feeling as well.
Then again the only people on my timeline talking about TDOR are trans so yknow.
Then again the only people on my timeline talking about TDOR are trans so yknow.
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What this article fails to mention is that Donald Trump had no choice except to sign the Epstein bill. It already had a veto proof majority.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump signs bill to release the DOJ's Epstein files
The legislation requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all unclassified records related to Epstein within 30 days.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
What this article fails to mention is that Donald Trump had no choice except to sign the Epstein bill. It already had a veto proof majority.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
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I’ll believe Epstein files are really being released when we see a bunch of private jet flight paths to non extradition countries
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I’ll believe Epstein files are really being released when we see a bunch of private jet flight paths to non extradition countries
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New Mexico Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury reported that she reviewed the Epstein files and Donald Trump is named repeatedly and is tagged in a discussion of his rape of at least one 13 year old child. #OpDeathEaters
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
New Mexico Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury reported that she reviewed the Epstein files and Donald Trump is named repeatedly and is tagged in a discussion of his rape of at least one 13 year old child. #OpDeathEaters
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We better be talking to the UK to release their copy of the files so we can see where Trump’s name was removed.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We better be talking to the UK to release their copy of the files so we can see where Trump’s name was removed.
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I am confused about which Muslims are terrorists and which Muslims we sell fighter jets to. It appears those fighting for justice and civil rights are the bad guys and those who put out hits on truth tellers are the good guys.
But that just doesn’t sound right.
But that just doesn’t sound right.
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I am confused about which Muslims are terrorists and which Muslims we sell fighter jets to. It appears those fighting for justice and civil rights are the bad guys and those who put out hits on truth tellers are the good guys.
But that just doesn’t sound right.
But that just doesn’t sound right.
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“Epstein donated to Democrats prior to 2015!!”
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“Epstein donated to Democrats prior to 2015!!”
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
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BREAKING: A federal judge blocked Arkansas from enforcing a set of laws designed to suppress ballot initiatives — including ID checks, reading-level rules and a so-called “cool off” period for canvassers.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
Federal Court Shuts Down Arkansas Crackdown on Ballot Initiatives
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge blocked Arkansas from enforcing a set of laws designed to suppress ballot initiatives — including ID checks, reading-level rules and a so-called “cool off” period for canvassers.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.
The judge found the laws were already creating a climate of fear and intimidation.