WndlB
@wndlb.bsky.social
arbitrator/mediator/lawyer; curious, humanist, globalist; husband, father, zayde x4; Lexington Group. On Mdewakanton lands by MSP. Brown Line kid. To Trumpites, I'm "radical left scum." RIP, Minnie, will never forget.
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Trump launches trade war against China. Chinese exports soar. American exports collapse. This was not a smart thing for America to have done.
China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Trump launches trade war against China. Chinese exports soar. American exports collapse. This was not a smart thing for America to have done.
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People are being chased down by government thugs who demand to know "Where were you born?" Outrageous.
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The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
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December 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
People are being chased down by government thugs who demand to know "Where were you born?" Outrageous.
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wapo.st/48WU4RW
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Appreciate the straight talk from @duckworth.senate.gov.
There’s no other way to spin it.
The strikes are murder. They’re illegal. And they put our troops at greater risk.
The strikes are murder. They’re illegal. And they put our troops at greater risk.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Appreciate the straight talk from @duckworth.senate.gov.
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Congratulations to Sinners for a record-breaking TEN wins from the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association! Also winners: KPop Demon Hunters, One Battle After Another
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December 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Congratulations to Sinners for a record-breaking TEN wins from the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association! Also winners: KPop Demon Hunters, One Battle After Another
moviemom.com/the-2025-mov...
moviemom.com/the-2025-mov...
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Wurman is being pretty slippery with his definition of "purpose." There was extensive discussion about the impact of the Amendment on Chinese immigrants and "Gypsies," so they knew it would have a broader impact than just on children of freed people, and agreed on the interpretation of the words.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Wurman is being pretty slippery with his definition of "purpose." There was extensive discussion about the impact of the Amendment on Chinese immigrants and "Gypsies," so they knew it would have a broader impact than just on children of freed people, and agreed on the interpretation of the words.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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If Alan Moore did not exist, you probably couldn’t invent him. Here he is describing how he came up with V for Vendetta ceeeej-blog.tumblr.com/post/1240411...
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If Alan Moore did not exist, you probably couldn’t invent him. Here he is describing how he came up with V for Vendetta ceeeej-blog.tumblr.com/post/1240411...
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“Many of the new lawyers installed in senior posts over recent months “don’t care what the right answer is”, bemoans the former senior jag. “They spend all their time trying to figure out what the administration wants and then reverse engineer how to get to it.”
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Will Congress rein in Pete Hegseth and his boat-bombing campaign?
A deadly strike raises stark questions about America’s anti-drug war
www.economist.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“Many of the new lawyers installed in senior posts over recent months “don’t care what the right answer is”, bemoans the former senior jag. “They spend all their time trying to figure out what the administration wants and then reverse engineer how to get to it.”
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
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“In the matter of respect for dignitaries, it should never be forgotten that duties are reciprocal, & while the people should frown down every manifestation of levity & contempt for those in power, it is the duty of the possessors of power to use it as to deserve and to ensure respect & reverence.“
Frederick Douglass’s speech given a week after the Civil Rights Case (1882) struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875:
“[The Supreme Court] has construed the Constitution in defiant disregard what was the object and intention of the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
www.loc.gov/item/mss1187...
“[The Supreme Court] has construed the Constitution in defiant disregard what was the object and intention of the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
www.loc.gov/item/mss1187...
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“In the matter of respect for dignitaries, it should never be forgotten that duties are reciprocal, & while the people should frown down every manifestation of levity & contempt for those in power, it is the duty of the possessors of power to use it as to deserve and to ensure respect & reverence.“
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Netflix’s co-CEO pitched Trump on letting Netflix buy Warner Bros. Trump supposedly said he was fine with whoever bid highest, which was Netflix.
This is why corporations bent the knee. It’s easier to deal with one guy than a half-dozen agencies and members of Congress.
This is why corporations bent the knee. It’s easier to deal with one guy than a half-dozen agencies and members of Congress.
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Netflix’s co-CEO pitched Trump on letting Netflix buy Warner Bros. Trump supposedly said he was fine with whoever bid highest, which was Netflix.
This is why corporations bent the knee. It’s easier to deal with one guy than a half-dozen agencies and members of Congress.
This is why corporations bent the knee. It’s easier to deal with one guy than a half-dozen agencies and members of Congress.
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Congrats again to Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson on their book sales
They’re clearly plugging this dude into an IV regularly and, if this were Biden, there would be demands for weekly hour long press conferences from his doctors on his health. But that’s not how authoritarianism works so stop asking questions already.
Trump last night had the complexion of a Thanksgiving turkey that was left in the oven too long and bandages were again visible on the back of his right hand
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Congrats again to Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson on their book sales
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I don't see what's stopping the European Commission from saying something along the lines of: "We will no longer post on X and we don't think citizens of EU nations should post there either."
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I don't see what's stopping the European Commission from saying something along the lines of: "We will no longer post on X and we don't think citizens of EU nations should post there either."
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Since so many Trump Administration officials are veterans of reality TV shows, this gives me a great idea for a Survivor reboot…
Anyone else want to put Tom Cotton on top of a capsized boat in international waters miles away from Venezuela and see how helpless he is?
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Since so many Trump Administration officials are veterans of reality TV shows, this gives me a great idea for a Survivor reboot…
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embedding youtube videos is a terrible user experience and should never be done. Just do a normal hyperlink to youtube dot com
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
embedding youtube videos is a terrible user experience and should never be done. Just do a normal hyperlink to youtube dot com
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You know what would have been really easy? To write an amendment that just said that persons formerly enslaved in the US were now citizens. Why doesn’t it use that narrow language, I wonder…
December 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
You know what would have been really easy? To write an amendment that just said that persons formerly enslaved in the US were now citizens. Why doesn’t it use that narrow language, I wonder…
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This is where originalism is really spiritually aligned with straussianism—you, the clever contemporary scholar, are capable of uncovering the true hidden meaning that for centuries has eluded all those other chumps
It’s also plainly absurd that someone just happened to discover the true meaning of the common law that just evaded everyone else for 800 years in a few weeks of work. I don’t even know what to do with that.
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is where originalism is really spiritually aligned with straussianism—you, the clever contemporary scholar, are capable of uncovering the true hidden meaning that for centuries has eluded all those other chumps
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Especially helpful that this video includes photos of documents that ICE and CPB might show to try and gain entry or detain people
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Especially helpful that this video includes photos of documents that ICE and CPB might show to try and gain entry or detain people
You were saying?
"Palantir disclosed that Mr. Karp received $6.8 billion in “compensation actually paid” in 2024, a figure bolstered by Palantir’s soaring share price, which last year swelled the value of the stock and options awarded to him."
"Palantir disclosed that Mr. Karp received $6.8 billion in “compensation actually paid” in 2024, a figure bolstered by Palantir’s soaring share price, which last year swelled the value of the stock and options awarded to him."
"Because working people have been shunted into defined contribution, self-funded retirement schemes, their futures are wedded to stock market returns in a way that people in similarly wealthy democracies find unimaginable." Inequality in the US is obscene. My thoughts:
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The case for a 100% tax bracket for billionaires
I was looking through my photos, stumbled upon this image, and realized that I had to get out a seasonal newsletter today with a wish for 2025. Caption....
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December 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
You were saying?
"Palantir disclosed that Mr. Karp received $6.8 billion in “compensation actually paid” in 2024, a figure bolstered by Palantir’s soaring share price, which last year swelled the value of the stock and options awarded to him."
"Palantir disclosed that Mr. Karp received $6.8 billion in “compensation actually paid” in 2024, a figure bolstered by Palantir’s soaring share price, which last year swelled the value of the stock and options awarded to him."
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This is related. Stand up for good values and criticize bad values— that’s what calling Cotton a fascist who must be defeated is, and it’s what saying “immigrants make America great” is.
And elected Dems are the ones in a position to lead on this. Which of them will do that?
And elected Dems are the ones in a position to lead on this. Which of them will do that?
At some point someone just needs to say “you are an indecent person, you are lying to cover the slaughter of defenseless men, you know you are lying, and even under the tenets of your own professed faith you will certainly burn in hell if you continue down this path”
WELKER: Isn't it possible that even the act of taking off a t shirt could've been part of an attempt to get attention for help?
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is related. Stand up for good values and criticize bad values— that’s what calling Cotton a fascist who must be defeated is, and it’s what saying “immigrants make America great” is.
And elected Dems are the ones in a position to lead on this. Which of them will do that?
And elected Dems are the ones in a position to lead on this. Which of them will do that?
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“The polls say we have to embrace fascist values“ - UK Labour, and the SchumerJeffriesQuantbrainPoll loser crew.
that’s why we have to defeat the QuantbrainPoll people who lead the Democratic Party, starting now.
that’s why we have to defeat the QuantbrainPoll people who lead the Democratic Party, starting now.
The UK has been economically weak for 150 years. Brexit, supported by the Russians made it worse.
Europeans are naturally racist, especially in times of hardship. Ironic given that genetically they are the same.
Labour is simply reacting to citizens anger which is driven by racist propaganda.
Europeans are naturally racist, especially in times of hardship. Ironic given that genetically they are the same.
Labour is simply reacting to citizens anger which is driven by racist propaganda.
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“The polls say we have to embrace fascist values“ - UK Labour, and the SchumerJeffriesQuantbrainPoll loser crew.
that’s why we have to defeat the QuantbrainPoll people who lead the Democratic Party, starting now.
that’s why we have to defeat the QuantbrainPoll people who lead the Democratic Party, starting now.
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This is the UK Labour Party, the left-liberal party who took power in a wave election after the fascist-adjacent conservs melted down.
We MUST prevent the US Democratic Party from turning into this. It is an essential priority. If they come to power and do this it will destroy America forever.
We MUST prevent the US Democratic Party from turning into this. It is an essential priority. If they come to power and do this it will destroy America forever.
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is the UK Labour Party, the left-liberal party who took power in a wave election after the fascist-adjacent conservs melted down.
We MUST prevent the US Democratic Party from turning into this. It is an essential priority. If they come to power and do this it will destroy America forever.
We MUST prevent the US Democratic Party from turning into this. It is an essential priority. If they come to power and do this it will destroy America forever.
Rare good news
New Republican voters are much less MAGA. That will hurt the party in 2026.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-republ...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-republ...
New Republican voters are much less MAGA. That will hurt the party in 2026.
Your weekly political data roundup for December 7, 2025
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Rare good news
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this dude is basically just a spree killer who's too cowardly to do it himself
“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
this dude is basically just a spree killer who's too cowardly to do it himself
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Once again, the thing that no one really wants to say out loud is that NATO is already at war with 🇷🇺
⚡️Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace
Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace
European countries may have to start shooting down Russian aircraft and drones that violate NATO airspace if Moscow keeps testing the alliance's resolve, Czech President Petr Pavel said in an intervie...
kyivindependent.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Once again, the thing that no one really wants to say out loud is that NATO is already at war with 🇷🇺