Garett Raines
@gtraines.bsky.social
Tampa, Florida-based insurance lawyer. Culturally Catholic, socially liberal. Very, very married. Not ideological, but plenty opinionated. No Trumpers please.
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Garett Raines
@gtraines.bsky.social
· Dec 2
I don't need a political philosophy to know that Americans should have access to healthcare, that being wealthy shouldn't protect you from failure, that being poor shouldn't keep you from success, or that those who work for a company's success should share in the profits. 1/3
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
Hey man. My inheritance ran out.
Can you loan me some more money so I can keep being ruggedly individualistic?
Can you loan me some more money so I can keep being ruggedly individualistic?
October 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hey man. My inheritance ran out.
Can you loan me some more money so I can keep being ruggedly individualistic?
Can you loan me some more money so I can keep being ruggedly individualistic?
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The next Supreme Court term is shaping up to be the most consequential since 1937. Depending on how it rules, it may cease to be accepted as a legitimate arbiter, and even nullify its own power as an independent judiciary.
October 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The next Supreme Court term is shaping up to be the most consequential since 1937. Depending on how it rules, it may cease to be accepted as a legitimate arbiter, and even nullify its own power as an independent judiciary.
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“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
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Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
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Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
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The Good Guys won in the American Civil War.
The Good Guys won in World War II.
The Good Guys won in the Cold War.
If you don't believe these things, I really don't want to interact with you.
The Good Guys won in World War II.
The Good Guys won in the Cold War.
If you don't believe these things, I really don't want to interact with you.
July 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Good Guys won in the American Civil War.
The Good Guys won in World War II.
The Good Guys won in the Cold War.
If you don't believe these things, I really don't want to interact with you.
The Good Guys won in World War II.
The Good Guys won in the Cold War.
If you don't believe these things, I really don't want to interact with you.
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The time to write your “why do people mourn when a famous person dies? People die all the time, your parasocial relationship with the dead person is illusory and illogical” skeet is immediately after you go back in time and hand your father a condom
July 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The time to write your “why do people mourn when a famous person dies? People die all the time, your parasocial relationship with the dead person is illusory and illogical” skeet is immediately after you go back in time and hand your father a condom
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UTAH… this is not a game…
July 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
UTAH… this is not a game…
The maximum IQ for a Trump voter is 105. The minimum IQ to understand the concept of due process is 110.
Don't try to explain it to them. It's a hopeless task. You'll have more success teaching sign language to your hamster.
Don't try to explain it to them. It's a hopeless task. You'll have more success teaching sign language to your hamster.
July 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The maximum IQ for a Trump voter is 105. The minimum IQ to understand the concept of due process is 110.
Don't try to explain it to them. It's a hopeless task. You'll have more success teaching sign language to your hamster.
Don't try to explain it to them. It's a hopeless task. You'll have more success teaching sign language to your hamster.
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At the end of the day, the question before the Court is whether people can be disappeared off streets in this country, by armed men wearing masks, to be imprisoned in a foreign land without trial. Everything else is legal mumbo-jumbo.
June 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
At the end of the day, the question before the Court is whether people can be disappeared off streets in this country, by armed men wearing masks, to be imprisoned in a foreign land without trial. Everything else is legal mumbo-jumbo.
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Every conspiracy theory is “all the richest and most powerful people are trying to keep something secret and the only people who saw through it are the dumbest people you’ve ever met.”
June 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Every conspiracy theory is “all the richest and most powerful people are trying to keep something secret and the only people who saw through it are the dumbest people you’ve ever met.”
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Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
June 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Mayor Ras Baraka (D-Newark)
Judge Hannah Dugan (WI)
Controller Brad Lander (D-NYC)
This is not normal. This is not okay. We cannot let them convince us that this is normal or okay.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Mayor Ras Baraka (D-Newark)
Judge Hannah Dugan (WI)
Controller Brad Lander (D-NYC)
This is not normal. This is not okay. We cannot let them convince us that this is normal or okay.
June 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Mayor Ras Baraka (D-Newark)
Judge Hannah Dugan (WI)
Controller Brad Lander (D-NYC)
This is not normal. This is not okay. We cannot let them convince us that this is normal or okay.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Mayor Ras Baraka (D-Newark)
Judge Hannah Dugan (WI)
Controller Brad Lander (D-NYC)
This is not normal. This is not okay. We cannot let them convince us that this is normal or okay.
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"In our federal system, the National Gov. possesses only limited powers; the States and the people retain the remainder. The States have broad authority to enact legislation for the public good—what we have often called a 'police power.' The Fed. Gov., by contrast, has no such authority."-SCOTUS '14
June 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"In our federal system, the National Gov. possesses only limited powers; the States and the people retain the remainder. The States have broad authority to enact legislation for the public good—what we have often called a 'police power.' The Fed. Gov., by contrast, has no such authority."-SCOTUS '14
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Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
The "Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process...The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable."
April 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The "Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process...The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable."
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“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere…”— Elie Wiesel
April 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere…”— Elie Wiesel
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Pope Francis: "I exhort all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters....
March 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Pope Francis: "I exhort all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters....
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Watching Putin’s little stooges try to bully Zelenskyy in our goddamned White House is pretty repulsive.
February 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Watching Putin’s little stooges try to bully Zelenskyy in our goddamned White House is pretty repulsive.
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News reports say the Tate brothers arrived in the U.S. by private jet. I wonder who loaned them that jet. Seems newsworthy.
February 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
News reports say the Tate brothers arrived in the U.S. by private jet. I wonder who loaned them that jet. Seems newsworthy.
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Sign of the day…
February 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sign of the day…
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