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Law and policy stuff; I geek out to medieval history. Blood bleeds Hoya Blue. I was at Hogan when it was still & Hartson.
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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Hamilton should be a 2 part for Bulwark movie club. Especially after #NoKings. Revisit it.
cc: @sonnybunch.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
Hamilton should be a 2 part for Bulwark movie club. Especially after #NoKings. Revisit it.
cc: @sonnybunch.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
@thebulwark.com
Hamilton should be a 2 part for Bulwark movie club. Especially after #NoKings. Revisit it.
cc: @sonnybunch.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
Hamilton should be a 2 part for Bulwark movie club. Especially after #NoKings. Revisit it.
cc: @sonnybunch.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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For what it's worth, Poland has the largest European army in NATO.
September 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
For what it's worth, Poland has the largest European army in NATO.
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How are you gonna keep them in their old Kentucky home once they've seen Paris?
Scott Jennings’s Cynical Ambitions
The conservative pundit’s career was enabled by the very liberal institutions he now derides.
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September 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
How are you gonna keep them in their old Kentucky home once they've seen Paris?
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This perfectly describes both the Trump presidency and the Republican Congress. The only true thing he said today.
August 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This perfectly describes both the Trump presidency and the Republican Congress. The only true thing he said today.
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Just so we’re keeping score & everyone understands where we are now: you live in a country where there are two tiers of citizenship, the government is sending people to concentration camps, the president sets the policies of elite universities, & there are security checkpoints in the capital city.
Police have set up a checkpoint and appear to be stopping every single car on 14th st NW, between W+V, here in northwest DC. Some cars are being pulled over after being stopped.
Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)
Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)
August 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Just so we’re keeping score & everyone understands where we are now: you live in a country where there are two tiers of citizenship, the government is sending people to concentration camps, the president sets the policies of elite universities, & there are security checkpoints in the capital city.
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I still find it darkly funny that a bunch of people went “I’ll never take the COVID vaccine because Big Pharma” while pushing Ivermectin as an alternative, which doesn’t work on viruses and is made by Merck.
August 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I still find it darkly funny that a bunch of people went “I’ll never take the COVID vaccine because Big Pharma” while pushing Ivermectin as an alternative, which doesn’t work on viruses and is made by Merck.
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It’s quite fascinating that Americans managed to learn nothing about how our international supply chain works from Covid
August 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It’s quite fascinating that Americans managed to learn nothing about how our international supply chain works from Covid
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I’m unaware of any other time when large numbers of judges (retired) publicly opposed a nominee for the federal bench. But this is what it is going to take.
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I’m unaware of any other time when large numbers of judges (retired) publicly opposed a nominee for the federal bench. But this is what it is going to take.
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Ronald Reagan: “Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸🇺🇸
July 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ronald Reagan: “Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸🇺🇸
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
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They think that Queen of the Netherlands is Olena Zelenska 🤦♀️
June 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
They think that Queen of the Netherlands is Olena Zelenska 🤦♀️
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I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
June 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
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To be clear: I'd take Justice Jeanine Pirro for the next 3 years over Justice James Ho for the next 30, and if you think I'm wrong it's only because you have no fucking clue how dangerous James Ho is going to be.
May 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
To be clear: I'd take Justice Jeanine Pirro for the next 3 years over Justice James Ho for the next 30, and if you think I'm wrong it's only because you have no fucking clue how dangerous James Ho is going to be.
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Noem’s new dog would be well advised to get his ass to an SPCA shelter before she comes home from work this evening
KIM: Do you know what section of the Constitution the suspension clause of habeas corpus is in?
NOEM: I do not. Nope.
KIM: Do you know which article is it in?
NOEM: I do not, sir.
NOEM: I do not. Nope.
KIM: Do you know which article is it in?
NOEM: I do not, sir.
May 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Noem’s new dog would be well advised to get his ass to an SPCA shelter before she comes home from work this evening
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 63 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 63 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
May 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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But if you are fat fuck racist farmer from South Africa we have a red carpet for you.
May 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
But if you are fat fuck racist farmer from South Africa we have a red carpet for you.
May 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.
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LCpl Jesus Suarez del Solar died 22 years ago today from an unexploded U.S. cluster munition in Iraq. He was born in Tijuana & was not a U.S. citizen, but he gave his life in the service of this nation. I was fortunate to serve with him; you too are fortunate for such men.
March 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
LCpl Jesus Suarez del Solar died 22 years ago today from an unexploded U.S. cluster munition in Iraq. He was born in Tijuana & was not a U.S. citizen, but he gave his life in the service of this nation. I was fortunate to serve with him; you too are fortunate for such men.