A.D. Blair
@adblair.bsky.social
Rootless (American) cosmopolitan. “The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” -T. Paine
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NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
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No. It’s a great time to be a violent criminal in America. Our most sophisticated law enforcement agencies are busy hunting landscapers & housekeepers.
Is there any precedent in modern history for a mass shooting occurring in a public setting with 10+ casualties and the perpetrator not being apprehended? It's really hard to fathom.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
No. It’s a great time to be a violent criminal in America. Our most sophisticated law enforcement agencies are busy hunting landscapers & housekeepers.
Trump orders a blockade of oil tankers into and out of Venezuela. He really is going to start a war. I don't think that will have the effect on his popularity he thinks it will. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Venezuela denounces Trump's order for ship blockade as 'warmongering threats'
It comes a week after the US seized an oil tanker off the country's coast, intensifying pressure on Nicolás Maduro.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Trump orders a blockade of oil tankers into and out of Venezuela. He really is going to start a war. I don't think that will have the effect on his popularity he thinks it will. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
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“The meritocracy.”
This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
December 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“The meritocracy.”
Hopefully in ten years you'll scarcely be able to find anyone who was ever a Trump-supporter in the same way that everyone in France after the war had been a maquisard during it.
This is the fifth GOP congressperson I’ve seen criticizing Trump’s post on Rob Reiner, and the first who isn’t either leaving the House (MTG, Bacon), a frequent critic (Massie), or in a swing district (Lawler).
December 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Hopefully in ten years you'll scarcely be able to find anyone who was ever a Trump-supporter in the same way that everyone in France after the war had been a maquisard during it.
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I think this is correct. Yes, he's always said horrible things, but usually you can glean some kind of reptilian political calculus.
This gains him nothing, and is an repugnant attack on a murdered man whose movies were beloved by the entire political spectrum.
This gains him nothing, and is an repugnant attack on a murdered man whose movies were beloved by the entire political spectrum.
A few years ago he would have thought this, but would have been able to control himself from saying it out loud www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/the-...
The new normal - Lawyers, Guns & Money
“Reportedly.” This is utterly deranged, and totally unsurprising. And that dichotomy is the essence of where we are now. Fifty years from now, it will be difficult to convey to young people, in whatev...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I think this is correct. Yes, he's always said horrible things, but usually you can glean some kind of reptilian political calculus.
This gains him nothing, and is an repugnant attack on a murdered man whose movies were beloved by the entire political spectrum.
This gains him nothing, and is an repugnant attack on a murdered man whose movies were beloved by the entire political spectrum.
So we're literally just selling visas for $1 million a pop to Trump's cronies now. No country in history has ever speed run advanced developed economy with a strong democratic, rule of law tradition to lawless kleptocratic oligarchy in anything remotely like this timeframe.
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So we're literally just selling visas for $1 million a pop to Trump's cronies now. No country in history has ever speed run advanced developed economy with a strong democratic, rule of law tradition to lawless kleptocratic oligarchy in anything remotely like this timeframe.
This is a kind of societal self harm on par with the Cultural Revolution.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is a kind of societal self harm on par with the Cultural Revolution.
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The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
The leaders of the civil rights movement had to go to great lengths and very strategically set up situations where the system's brutality would be on display for all to see. This bunch is nice enough to do stuff like this all over the country all on their own, thereby partly doing our work for us.
So probable cause is now just...going to an East African restaurant
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The leaders of the civil rights movement had to go to great lengths and very strategically set up situations where the system's brutality would be on display for all to see. This bunch is nice enough to do stuff like this all over the country all on their own, thereby partly doing our work for us.
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Incredible, not in a good way, how many academics, journalists, and policy folks continue to actively attend the Nazi Bar on a daily basis.
The richest man on the planet has a pinned tweet that's just straight up white nationalism. I can't say I miss Twitter!
December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Incredible, not in a good way, how many academics, journalists, and policy folks continue to actively attend the Nazi Bar on a daily basis.
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The real divide in America isn’t whether or not you believe this. Literally no one believes this.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
Trump suggests he actually won California last year but it was “rigged”
December 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The real divide in America isn’t whether or not you believe this. Literally no one believes this.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
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Here’s @goldwagnathan.bsky.social on planning as if there will indeed be a democratic tomorrow, and making sure to remember all the wrongs that have been done www.liberalcurrents.com/je-me-souvie...
December 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Here’s @goldwagnathan.bsky.social on planning as if there will indeed be a democratic tomorrow, and making sure to remember all the wrongs that have been done www.liberalcurrents.com/je-me-souvie...
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On remaining steadfastly pro-democracy even when voters choose very poorly www.liberalcurrents.com/defending-de...
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
On remaining steadfastly pro-democracy even when voters choose very poorly www.liberalcurrents.com/defending-de...
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Second, @adblair.bsky.social says “despair is a lie. It says that we know for certain that nothing will ever get better.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Despair
In politics sometimes you’re in government, sometimes you’re in the opposition, and sometimes you’re a dissident.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Second, @adblair.bsky.social says “despair is a lie. It says that we know for certain that nothing will ever get better.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-case-aga...
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Liberal Currents against doomerism.
First, @quinnae.com against political nihilism www.liberalcurrents.com/against-poli...
First, @quinnae.com against political nihilism www.liberalcurrents.com/against-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Liberal Currents against doomerism.
First, @quinnae.com against political nihilism www.liberalcurrents.com/against-poli...
First, @quinnae.com against political nihilism www.liberalcurrents.com/against-poli...
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my only real thought on PEG — one of the all-time internet degenerates — is this
December 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
my only real thought on PEG — one of the all-time internet degenerates — is this
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You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach
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a fun thing about the current moment is things are so fucked that an uncleared unappointed random person is routinely attending highly sensitive and probably classified meetings because she doesn't trust her husband the principal not to cheat on her and none of that is even a page 18 story
bold to assume jenny would let him go to a meeting without her
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
a fun thing about the current moment is things are so fucked that an uncleared unappointed random person is routinely attending highly sensitive and probably classified meetings because she doesn't trust her husband the principal not to cheat on her and none of that is even a page 18 story
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If Heather Cox Richardson stole *your* wife, you may be entitled to compensation.
If you know you know
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If Heather Cox Richardson stole *your* wife, you may be entitled to compensation.
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If you're wondering what happened to Nate Silver, he was into the COVID lab leak theory and got negative feedback online, including from epidemiologists and virologists and (GASP!) posters, which added to his belief that The Woke are victimizing Nate Silver. It spiraled from there.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If you're wondering what happened to Nate Silver, he was into the COVID lab leak theory and got negative feedback online, including from epidemiologists and virologists and (GASP!) posters, which added to his belief that The Woke are victimizing Nate Silver. It spiraled from there.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
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White genocide is when a neighbor has a weird name.
White genocide is when you hear a new language for the first time and don't understand it.
White genocide is when the girl who ghosted you, after you generously offered to breed her, starts posting Insta pics of her new favorite ethnic cuisine.
White genocide is when you hear a new language for the first time and don't understand it.
White genocide is when the girl who ghosted you, after you generously offered to breed her, starts posting Insta pics of her new favorite ethnic cuisine.
This guy is talking about some people who were not white moving to a city because a company located there hired them.
December 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
White genocide is when a neighbor has a weird name.
White genocide is when you hear a new language for the first time and don't understand it.
White genocide is when the girl who ghosted you, after you generously offered to breed her, starts posting Insta pics of her new favorite ethnic cuisine.
White genocide is when you hear a new language for the first time and don't understand it.
White genocide is when the girl who ghosted you, after you generously offered to breed her, starts posting Insta pics of her new favorite ethnic cuisine.
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish