Mitch
@manmitchlegend.bsky.social
Presbyterian, Educator, part time professor, full time nerd
I can’t defend my argument, and so I’m just going to put my fingers in my ears and go “lalalala, I can’t hear you”
Shutting off replies because it's just liberals brigading from somewhere instead of eating shit in hell like they should be
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I can’t defend my argument, and so I’m just going to put my fingers in my ears and go “lalalala, I can’t hear you”
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NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“
And by extension, a Supreme Court
And by extension, a Supreme Court
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“
And by extension, a Supreme Court
And by extension, a Supreme Court
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it’s pretty funny that Duffy is simultaneously
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
it’s pretty funny that Duffy is simultaneously
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
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At base, the issue with Humphrey's Executor is the same issue as with impoundment: Is the federal government required to follow federal law, as described in the Federalist Papers and in Article 2's take care clause? Or is the entire federal lawmaking process merely advisory?
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
At base, the issue with Humphrey's Executor is the same issue as with impoundment: Is the federal government required to follow federal law, as described in the Federalist Papers and in Article 2's take care clause? Or is the entire federal lawmaking process merely advisory?
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One of the most dramatically underreported aspects of Trump 2.0 is his ultra-corrupt direct interventions in business. Handing companies to his friends, taking chunks of private companies for the sake of doing businesses, granting tariff exemptions as favors. He’s crushing the rules-based economy.
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
One of the most dramatically underreported aspects of Trump 2.0 is his ultra-corrupt direct interventions in business. Handing companies to his friends, taking chunks of private companies for the sake of doing businesses, granting tariff exemptions as favors. He’s crushing the rules-based economy.
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perhaps it has been a mistake to outsource the regulatory state, and in particular civil rights law and worker protections, to lawyers who wont help you unless youre rich or they are so confident in your case that the winnings will pay their fees
I am genuinely losing my mind. The joke is, prima facie, objectively true.
The reason Westport has continued to suck and decline in quality over the last decade is because it is literally in the death grip of racist petite bourgeoisie
bsky.app/profile/utop...
The reason Westport has continued to suck and decline in quality over the last decade is because it is literally in the death grip of racist petite bourgeoisie
bsky.app/profile/utop...
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
perhaps it has been a mistake to outsource the regulatory state, and in particular civil rights law and worker protections, to lawyers who wont help you unless youre rich or they are so confident in your case that the winnings will pay their fees
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Leader of newly expanded paramilitary force, accused of bribery, promises to arrest law enforcement in dissenting cities
Homan threatens to arrest Mpls police chief O'Hara for expressing concern about ICE tactics: "Bottom line is when ICE or Border Patrol shows up, they'll have gear on, & they may be wearing a mask to protect from doxxing themselves and their children...he ought to put his badge in the dust drawer"
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Leader of newly expanded paramilitary force, accused of bribery, promises to arrest law enforcement in dissenting cities
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Low-trust societies are so expensive, I swear.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Low-trust societies are so expensive, I swear.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
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I think present-day politics makes a lot more sense if we acknowledge that constant interactions on social media can rapidly evolve someone’s perception of reality and their political beliefs, as they try to conform with the vast, unregulated, malformed parasocial mob
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think present-day politics makes a lot more sense if we acknowledge that constant interactions on social media can rapidly evolve someone’s perception of reality and their political beliefs, as they try to conform with the vast, unregulated, malformed parasocial mob
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Funny how this XKCD comic incidentally perfectly described Obama-Trump voters
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Funny how this XKCD comic incidentally perfectly described Obama-Trump voters
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He’s literally just some guy, that’s the whole point of having a president and not a king. You can tell him to get bent and all he can do is sputter.
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
He’s literally just some guy, that’s the whole point of having a president and not a king. You can tell him to get bent and all he can do is sputter.
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Louisiana resident wins $54 million public lottery, will never have to work again.
5:45 pm on Thanksgiving Eve?
Now THIS is how you news dump.
Now THIS is how you news dump.
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Louisiana resident wins $54 million public lottery, will never have to work again.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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It's kind of funny because Will stancil is normally a big believer in the idea that ideas not material conditions shape history and like one of the best examples of this is how 1950s elites were convinced cars were The Future™ and completely destroyed American urbanism with negligible public debate
I mean it's not this simple but a handful of policy elites really did drastically reengineer our urban fabric in ways that were popular in the immediate term and created massive social dysfunction beyond that.
Because a lot of leftists/progressives have pseudo conspiratorial models of reality where they think the only reason Americans live in suburbs is bc GM tore up the streetcar lines in LA etc.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
It's kind of funny because Will stancil is normally a big believer in the idea that ideas not material conditions shape history and like one of the best examples of this is how 1950s elites were convinced cars were The Future™ and completely destroyed American urbanism with negligible public debate
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"NBC Nightly News can show you pictures of devastating flooding, but they don't tell locals where to get fresh water."
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"NBC Nightly News can show you pictures of devastating flooding, but they don't tell locals where to get fresh water."
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In a few years we’re going to look back on the “affordability crisis” of 2025 as an embarrassment and everyone will pretend they thought it was ridiculous all along
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In a few years we’re going to look back on the “affordability crisis” of 2025 as an embarrassment and everyone will pretend they thought it was ridiculous all along
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This is a good start, but people should also be free to drive on whatever side of the highway feels appropriate to them.
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is a good start, but people should also be free to drive on whatever side of the highway feels appropriate to them.
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The national Democratic Party vs “people i got mad at online”, the worlds oldest battle
Incredible to claim that “abolish the police” is in any way a Democratic policy
October 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The national Democratic Party vs “people i got mad at online”, the worlds oldest battle
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A president so stupid that one of the great intellectual achievements of his life is “passing” a dementia screening. A president so narcissistic that he can’t stop bragging about passing that dementia screening as evidence of his immense genius.
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A president so stupid that one of the great intellectual achievements of his life is “passing” a dementia screening. A president so narcissistic that he can’t stop bragging about passing that dementia screening as evidence of his immense genius.
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Your views about the world are a reflection of your social environment. In modern times, your social environment is in large part a PARAsocial environment experienced through media. There has been a fundamental shift in the nature of media that has changed almost everyone's parasocial environment.
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Your views about the world are a reflection of your social environment. In modern times, your social environment is in large part a PARAsocial environment experienced through media. There has been a fundamental shift in the nature of media that has changed almost everyone's parasocial environment.
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Look I love having more and better students in law schools but "more JDs, less PhDs" seems like a bad sign for a flourishing society.
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Look I love having more and better students in law schools but "more JDs, less PhDs" seems like a bad sign for a flourishing society.
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The largest mass protests by number of participants in US history happened yesterday and the only mention on the front page of the NYT is Jamelle Bouie's opinion column: no diner-diving for sentiments of the unheard masses, no coverage of the Trump video, no sense for what it says about the moment.
October 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The largest mass protests by number of participants in US history happened yesterday and the only mention on the front page of the NYT is Jamelle Bouie's opinion column: no diner-diving for sentiments of the unheard masses, no coverage of the Trump video, no sense for what it says about the moment.