Wonk_arama
@wonkarama.bsky.social
I am not confused. I am deeply committed to a range of mutually exclusive positions on many topics. All my opinions are meh. Consternated in the extreme and knee deep in the hoopla. Words putting into sentences making guy.
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@wonkarama.bsky.social
· Nov 11
My brain is a committee; 3 are playing on their phones, one is arguing with a plastic plant & the rest have gone off in search of biscuits.
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if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
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given education polarization and MAGA's reliance on low propensity voters, something like the SAVE Act would almost certainly backfire on republicans (i'm reasonably sure senate republicans understand this too)
i'm against barriers to the fanchise but it would be extremely funny if the republicans enact barriers to voting and nuke their voter base
Been toying with the same thought. Pointless barriers to voting pitched as a solution to an imaginary problem are a bad idea in principle, but Republicans seem very sure it will help them on net, and that’s not really obvious to me.
February 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
given education polarization and MAGA's reliance on low propensity voters, something like the SAVE Act would almost certainly backfire on republicans (i'm reasonably sure senate republicans understand this too)
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
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Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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All this performative outrage for the Audience of One and all the dodging and weaving is just so tiring. We can all see what you and your colleagues in the administration are doing Ms Bondi. Your are all utterly transparent.
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 AM
All this performative outrage for the Audience of One and all the dodging and weaving is just so tiring. We can all see what you and your colleagues in the administration are doing Ms Bondi. Your are all utterly transparent.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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Congressional Dems: Don't Let the GOP Redact the Constitution #ABlueView🧵1/2
R's unbelievably claim reverting to ICE's decades old, constitutional policy of judicial warrants being required to enter private property is "a nonstarter" & "obnoxious." Instead, they demand ....
R's unbelievably claim reverting to ICE's decades old, constitutional policy of judicial warrants being required to enter private property is "a nonstarter" & "obnoxious." Instead, they demand ....
February 11, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Congressional Dems: Don't Let the GOP Redact the Constitution #ABlueView🧵1/2
R's unbelievably claim reverting to ICE's decades old, constitutional policy of judicial warrants being required to enter private property is "a nonstarter" & "obnoxious." Instead, they demand ....
R's unbelievably claim reverting to ICE's decades old, constitutional policy of judicial warrants being required to enter private property is "a nonstarter" & "obnoxious." Instead, they demand ....
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BREAKING: @carolleonnig.bsky.social reports a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. declined to indict Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin on charges of seditious conspiracy Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the proceedings.
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 AM
BREAKING: @carolleonnig.bsky.social reports a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. declined to indict Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin on charges of seditious conspiracy Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the proceedings.
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This is lovely
theconversation.com/as-beautiful...
theconversation.com/as-beautiful...
As beautiful as they were powerful: Jon Kudelka’s political cartoons were made with true conviction
The award-winning cartoonist Jon Kudelka died in Hobart on Sunday, aged 53. Over 30 years, his work resisted the polarisation of the contemporary Australian media.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 AM
This is lovely
theconversation.com/as-beautiful...
theconversation.com/as-beautiful...
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see what had happened was
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM
see what had happened was
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February 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I am so sorry for your loss of your friend. I only knew him through our interactions here and the other place (and when he wore the jibbitz we got him for his crocs) but he was always friendly and engaging. He’s going to be missed. Vale.
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 AM
I am so sorry for your loss of your friend. I only knew him through our interactions here and the other place (and when he wore the jibbitz we got him for his crocs) but he was always friendly and engaging. He’s going to be missed. Vale.
Keyword search in the final report: Untenable
Watchdog launches investigation into head of Australia’s anti-corruption commission over defence work www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Watchdog launches investigation into head of Australia’s anti-corruption commission over defence work
National Anti-Corruption Commission investigation under way over Paul Brereton’s assistance to ADF watchdog
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Keyword search in the final report: Untenable
Very saddened to hear of the passing of Jon Kudelka. The holder of the driest of wits and with an unerring eye for skewering political pomposity. We’re fortunate to have some of his art.
Deepest condolences to his family and friends of which I’m sure there are many. Vale Jon #PutOutYourTeaTowels
Deepest condolences to his family and friends of which I’m sure there are many. Vale Jon #PutOutYourTeaTowels
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Very saddened to hear of the passing of Jon Kudelka. The holder of the driest of wits and with an unerring eye for skewering political pomposity. We’re fortunate to have some of his art.
Deepest condolences to his family and friends of which I’m sure there are many. Vale Jon #PutOutYourTeaTowels
Deepest condolences to his family and friends of which I’m sure there are many. Vale Jon #PutOutYourTeaTowels
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Your Ring camera can scam passing dogs and compare them to databases of missing dogs and that’s heartwarming and there are absolutely no sinister implications that’s why the guy in the button-down and Dockers is soothing
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Your Ring camera can scam passing dogs and compare them to databases of missing dogs and that’s heartwarming and there are absolutely no sinister implications that’s why the guy in the button-down and Dockers is soothing
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NSA, CIA, FBI, ICE & Police watching the ring camera "lost dog finder" commercial:
a cartoon character is laughing wickedly with a bandage on his head
ALT: a cartoon character is laughing wickedly with a bandage on his head
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
NSA, CIA, FBI, ICE & Police watching the ring camera "lost dog finder" commercial:
More of this. Call it for what it is, and I n the plainest of language.
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
More of this. Call it for what it is, and I n the plainest of language.
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this
February 7, 2026 at 6:19 AM
i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this
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Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level