Prof
@goodvibesdadvibes.bsky.social
Ethics. Law. Foreign Policy. Red Sox. COYS.
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If you're going to drop into every post and reply "So what? Who's going to do something about it?", the answer is YOU. YOU are going to do something about it. YOU are the consequences. Stop waiting for someone else to save you.
December 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you're going to drop into every post and reply "So what? Who's going to do something about it?", the answer is YOU. YOU are going to do something about it. YOU are the consequences. Stop waiting for someone else to save you.
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This is John Roberts' America.
The blatant selling of pardons is perhaps the clearest instance of criminal conduct authorized by SCOTUS. Pardons are a quintessential "official act." So, even when Trump takes a bribe to issue one, he is presumably above the criminal law.
The president’s own chief of staff was reportedly stunned by his pardon of a former Honduran president.
December 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is John Roberts' America.
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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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This is mental illness.
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is mental illness.
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There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
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The main institutions of the Federal Government—White House, Supreme Court and Congress—are in complete shambles.
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The main institutions of the Federal Government—White House, Supreme Court and Congress—are in complete shambles.
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It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.
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if i worked in a White House with an elderly and ailing president who had a hard time staying awake, i would simply recommend against having 3 hour cabinet meetings that are boring af and pointless and best remembered for the fact said president is sleeping on camera
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
if i worked in a White House with an elderly and ailing president who had a hard time staying awake, i would simply recommend against having 3 hour cabinet meetings that are boring af and pointless and best remembered for the fact said president is sleeping on camera
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pete hegseth was chosen because he would be trumps yes man and then fall guy and things are proceeding exactly as expected
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
pete hegseth was chosen because he would be trumps yes man and then fall guy and things are proceeding exactly as expected
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This is how people get Cabinet appointments in the Trump admin.
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is how people get Cabinet appointments in the Trump admin.
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Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.
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Democracy dies in dampness
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Democracy dies in dampness
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Hegseth responded to Kelly telling the military not to obey illegal orders by . . . illegally ordering the military to investigate Kelly.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. t...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hegseth responded to Kelly telling the military not to obey illegal orders by . . . illegally ordering the military to investigate Kelly.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
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wearing slippers and pajamas to the airport is antifa now
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
wearing slippers and pajamas to the airport is antifa now
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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No Best in Show, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Death at a Funeral (the original), South Park movie, Death of Stalin.
Pshaw.
variety.com/lists/best-c...
Pshaw.
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
No Best in Show, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Death at a Funeral (the original), South Park movie, Death of Stalin.
Pshaw.
variety.com/lists/best-c...
Pshaw.
variety.com/lists/best-c...
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Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
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Some conspiracy theories are adjacent to the truth. Many are bad answers to good questions. But people who assume conspiratorial explanations are correct by default are deeply deranged and the more influence such people have over a society, the more deranged that society will be.
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Some conspiracy theories are adjacent to the truth. Many are bad answers to good questions. But people who assume conspiratorial explanations are correct by default are deeply deranged and the more influence such people have over a society, the more deranged that society will be.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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Excellent Fact Check
On State Department's designation of "Antifa Groups" as foreign terrorist organizations
3/4 have no apparent "Antifa" anything
4/4 have no apparent statutorily required threat to US national security
by counter-extremism expert @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
On State Department's designation of "Antifa Groups" as foreign terrorist organizations
3/4 have no apparent "Antifa" anything
4/4 have no apparent statutorily required threat to US national security
by counter-extremism expert @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
State Dept's FTO Designations Undermine Claims of "Antifa" Threat
Leading counter-extremism expert unpacks the administration's claimed designation of "Antifa Groups"
www.justsecurity.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Excellent Fact Check
On State Department's designation of "Antifa Groups" as foreign terrorist organizations
3/4 have no apparent "Antifa" anything
4/4 have no apparent statutorily required threat to US national security
by counter-extremism expert @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
On State Department's designation of "Antifa Groups" as foreign terrorist organizations
3/4 have no apparent "Antifa" anything
4/4 have no apparent statutorily required threat to US national security
by counter-extremism expert @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
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Might be a limited job market when the first two lines on your resume are: 1) fired by OAN as producer of Matt Gaetz show for posting a anti-Semitic video, and 2) chief of staff for George Santos until he was removed from Congress after a fraud indictment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Might be a limited job market when the first two lines on your resume are: 1) fired by OAN as producer of Matt Gaetz show for posting a anti-Semitic video, and 2) chief of staff for George Santos until he was removed from Congress after a fraud indictment.
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This is well outside my beat, so apologies for what might be an obvious question. But what’s to stop the administration from altering or destroying material in the Epstein files that may implicate Trump? Would we know if something had been destroyed? Are there unalterable redundancies somewhere?
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is well outside my beat, so apologies for what might be an obvious question. But what’s to stop the administration from altering or destroying material in the Epstein files that may implicate Trump? Would we know if something had been destroyed? Are there unalterable redundancies somewhere?
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“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial,” Mr. Trump said, referring to the murdered columnist. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you like him, or didn’t like him, things happen."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial,” Mr. Trump said, referring to the murdered columnist. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you like him, or didn’t like him, things happen."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...