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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman
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I used to write laws… then I invented Knee Defender. ex-HPSCI, ex-Senate tech, taxes, trade/FP, ethics, antitrust… crime & even reputed parliamentarian
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His Amazon page includes some titles way beyond my ken ("ABC's of Calculus," "How to Use Grid-Dip Oscillators") while his Wikipedia entry says he wrote his master's thesis on the life and work of Romantic author Charlotte Turner Smith. He died in 1982 and I can find not a single obit for him. 4/4
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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And the real - Rufus Turner, the first Black person with a license to broadcast on the airwaves, when he was just 18! I didn't get into the rest of his bio, but it is remarkable in a way that, to put it mildly, defies stereotypes... 2/4
bsky.app/profile/100y...
Jan. 12, 1926: Rufus Turner works on a radio set he built for his own station, W3LF of Washington, D.C.—making him the first Black person to hold a broadcasting license. At just 18 the high school student will transmit music and sermons from St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church.
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
They're coffee-boying the wine box lady?! 😳
January 13, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Though I'm not sure how real his framing is. But it's funny, sadly.
January 13, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Things are so bad under Trump that an agency memo telling people to obey the law has to be leaked to get it out of the building.
January 13, 2026 at 4:29 AM
So Bovino is claiming that, but for Ross shooting Good, he'd have been killed.

If you're standing in a car's path and believe the driver is intending to kill you, shooting her while her car is just a couple of feet away is not going to to save you, even if the first bullet kills her instantly.
January 13, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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January 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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January 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
TRUMP to ICE: Do it "legally" for ag and hotels. Otherwise, "legally" is optional.
January 13, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Read your message. Watched the clip. Only knew for sure when I scrolled up. 😃👍🏻
January 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I've been thinking, if some ICE troopers want to get rid of one of their own, that'd give them an opportunity to pin it on antifa. Or on some other mom in a minivan.
January 13, 2026 at 1:10 AM
"When a Dick Goes Viral"
January 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
But you said motions to pass may not be amended. 😳
January 13, 2026 at 12:18 AM
You know what would make such "Notes" more impactful*?
An icon.

(* – a word I never use, but here for its affect)
January 13, 2026 at 12:11 AM
TIL:
> "Lord" may be used even when a woman has a post.
> Interesting organization/info at the member's page; first time I've seen one.

In the US, growing up, she would have been hit regularly with jokes about her name; maybe still would.
January 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
And I see her with that ringed binder thing and can't get past it to consider she'd actually be voting.
January 12, 2026 at 11:23 PM
It's hard to keep up sometimes.
January 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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For those who've forgotten, Rivera was charged in 2022 for acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Venezuela. Delcy Rodriguez had ordered CITGO to pass through payments to hide the payments.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Though tbf, ever since people started calling DoD the Department of War, Trump has been threatening and starting wars.
January 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM