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I would prefer the rule of law to survive by more than 5-4. But I'm getting used to disappointment.
March 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I would prefer the rule of law to survive by more than 5-4. But I'm getting used to disappointment.
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
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🚨 PSA for Protesters 🚨
March 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🚨 PSA for Protesters 🚨
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these people are aiding and abetting war crimes abroad while also subverting our own Constitution to do so, and it is very obviously the nightmare scenario I most feared but also was the most predictable. newrepublic.com/article/1865...
March 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
these people are aiding and abetting war crimes abroad while also subverting our own Constitution to do so, and it is very obviously the nightmare scenario I most feared but also was the most predictable. newrepublic.com/article/1865...
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Me: 🎶 Oh, Paul used to write to Corinthians, and marriage was something he’d spurn… 🎶
Chris: I AM NOT READY FOR A “PIANO MAN” ABOUT THE APOSTLES!
Me: 🎶 …Ya dee da dah, da-dee dah dee da dah, but it’s better to marry than burn… 🎶
Chris: THERE WERE NO PIANOS IN THE TIME OF CHRIST!
Chris: I AM NOT READY FOR A “PIANO MAN” ABOUT THE APOSTLES!
Me: 🎶 …Ya dee da dah, da-dee dah dee da dah, but it’s better to marry than burn… 🎶
Chris: THERE WERE NO PIANOS IN THE TIME OF CHRIST!
February 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Me: 🎶 Oh, Paul used to write to Corinthians, and marriage was something he’d spurn… 🎶
Chris: I AM NOT READY FOR A “PIANO MAN” ABOUT THE APOSTLES!
Me: 🎶 …Ya dee da dah, da-dee dah dee da dah, but it’s better to marry than burn… 🎶
Chris: THERE WERE NO PIANOS IN THE TIME OF CHRIST!
Chris: I AM NOT READY FOR A “PIANO MAN” ABOUT THE APOSTLES!
Me: 🎶 …Ya dee da dah, da-dee dah dee da dah, but it’s better to marry than burn… 🎶
Chris: THERE WERE NO PIANOS IN THE TIME OF CHRIST!
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This is an INCREDIBLY serious story for Washington, DC.
There is one prosecutor for DC: the federal/DOJ US Attorney for DC. That's a Trump-appointed position now. The Trump appointee is corrupt, venal, MAGA.
Here the DC police wanted to prosecute a crime, and the Trump USAO SAID NO. 1/
There is one prosecutor for DC: the federal/DOJ US Attorney for DC. That's a Trump-appointed position now. The Trump appointee is corrupt, venal, MAGA.
Here the DC police wanted to prosecute a crime, and the Trump USAO SAID NO. 1/
February 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This is an INCREDIBLY serious story for Washington, DC.
There is one prosecutor for DC: the federal/DOJ US Attorney for DC. That's a Trump-appointed position now. The Trump appointee is corrupt, venal, MAGA.
Here the DC police wanted to prosecute a crime, and the Trump USAO SAID NO. 1/
There is one prosecutor for DC: the federal/DOJ US Attorney for DC. That's a Trump-appointed position now. The Trump appointee is corrupt, venal, MAGA.
Here the DC police wanted to prosecute a crime, and the Trump USAO SAID NO. 1/
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Okay, so I’m finally putting a thread together: what is the deep-blue Delaware legislature proposing to do and why is it the most evil thing not directly involving Donald Trump happening in America today?
legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail/1...
legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail/1...
Bill Detail - Delaware General Assembly
legis.delaware.gov
February 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Okay, so I’m finally putting a thread together: what is the deep-blue Delaware legislature proposing to do and why is it the most evil thing not directly involving Donald Trump happening in America today?
legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail/1...
legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail/1...
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I want to amplify this. The most important problem for the health of American democracy is the weak state of the GOP (a “failed state” of party). A much much bigger problem than the state and strategies of the Democrats. It was bad in 2016 and it’s been going in the wrong direction since then.
I really think the most changed dynamic - which took eight years for Trump to build - is a supine GOP. When the president's party has a lot of people going on TV to disagree with him it hurts morale. He's now got internal blowback from one elderly senator who he makes fun of all the time.
Trump-2 is not sinking as fast in approval as Trump-1 was.
February 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I want to amplify this. The most important problem for the health of American democracy is the weak state of the GOP (a “failed state” of party). A much much bigger problem than the state and strategies of the Democrats. It was bad in 2016 and it’s been going in the wrong direction since then.
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European Parliament member 👇🏽
February 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
European Parliament member 👇🏽
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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"
February 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"
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History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way”
Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”
History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”
Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”
History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”
February 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way”
Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”
History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”
Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”
History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”
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Hey, I know her! Time to dig out this old meme I made as advice to lawyers about social media.
February 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Hey, I know her! Time to dig out this old meme I made as advice to lawyers about social media.
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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The other fucking reason I don't trust "AI" for anything
February 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The other fucking reason I don't trust "AI" for anything
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This is a fantastic thread from Mike that touches on some of the basic rules of contract/statutory interpretation
I hear the D&D people "fixed" the carrion crawler in the latest errata.
So this is the perfect time for a thread that's going to explain:
1: That there was really nothing to fix; because
2: The only real problem was the spectacular number of rules lawyers who don't know how to read law.
So this is the perfect time for a thread that's going to explain:
1: That there was really nothing to fix; because
2: The only real problem was the spectacular number of rules lawyers who don't know how to read law.
Take THAT, Carrion Crawler!
February 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This is a fantastic thread from Mike that touches on some of the basic rules of contract/statutory interpretation
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Tom Homan asks “where is that line,” as if it is mysterious or unknowable. It’s not. Tom’s saying it that way because he’s too much of a coward just to say “she should be arrested for telling people their rights.” Also, to be fair, he may be too dim to understand the line.
Tom Homan confirms on Fox News that he's asked the DOJ to investigate AOC
February 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tom Homan asks “where is that line,” as if it is mysterious or unknowable. It’s not. Tom’s saying it that way because he’s too much of a coward just to say “she should be arrested for telling people their rights.” Also, to be fair, he may be too dim to understand the line.
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Use a random comic panel or two to sum up your current attitude.
January 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Use a random comic panel or two to sum up your current attitude.
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This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.
January 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.
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A personally difficult story for us, but a necessary one.
My statement below, for the record [as an image+alt text, so it all fits on one page]. It's all I can manage at this time.
My statement below, for the record [as an image+alt text, so it all fits on one page]. It's all I can manage at this time.
January 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A personally difficult story for us, but a necessary one.
My statement below, for the record [as an image+alt text, so it all fits on one page]. It's all I can manage at this time.
My statement below, for the record [as an image+alt text, so it all fits on one page]. It's all I can manage at this time.
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He "got stuck" watching Seth Meyers? I guess Musk wouldn't let him have the remote.
January 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
He "got stuck" watching Seth Meyers? I guess Musk wouldn't let him have the remote.
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Criswell: Firefighter for 12 years, Desert Storm veteran, head of NYC emergency management, confirmed to lead FEMA unanimously
Clyde: gun shop owner who sued IRS, rode that fight to Congress in 2020 in a blood-red Georgia district
One of them has a career based on identity politics, all right.
Clyde: gun shop owner who sued IRS, rode that fight to Congress in 2020 in a blood-red Georgia district
One of them has a career based on identity politics, all right.
Rep. Andrew Clyde refers to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell as a "DEI hire"
(she's a woman)
(she's a woman)
January 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Criswell: Firefighter for 12 years, Desert Storm veteran, head of NYC emergency management, confirmed to lead FEMA unanimously
Clyde: gun shop owner who sued IRS, rode that fight to Congress in 2020 in a blood-red Georgia district
One of them has a career based on identity politics, all right.
Clyde: gun shop owner who sued IRS, rode that fight to Congress in 2020 in a blood-red Georgia district
One of them has a career based on identity politics, all right.
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States shouldn't have to earn the right to federal aid. But in any case, California, which subsidizes the rest of the country, definitely has open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
In Praise of California
It has its flaws — what place doesn’t? — but it plays a big role in America’s greatness
open.substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
States shouldn't have to earn the right to federal aid. But in any case, California, which subsidizes the rest of the country, definitely has open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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