Mark W. Siegel
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"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx (1890-1977). Reposts + Followings may be Endorsements. YNWA
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Congressman “January 6” Loudermilk doesn’t want to be around when Dems take back the House in November. Republicans will be subjected to two years of nonstop accountability hearings and a lot of them now want to disappear into obscurity. They have nothing to gain in the minority and lots to lose.
Loudermilk won’t seek reelection, opening fourth Georgia House seat
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Loudermilk won’t seek reelection, opening fourth Georgia House seat
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February 5, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Congressman “January 6” Loudermilk doesn’t want to be around when Dems take back the House in November. Republicans will be subjected to two years of nonstop accountability hearings and a lot of them now want to disappear into obscurity. They have nothing to gain in the minority and lots to lose.
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Tom Homan: "My goal is a complete drawdown and end this surge [in Minneapolis] as soon as we can. But that is largely contingent upon the end of the illegal and threatening activities against ICE in the community."
Translation: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Translation: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
February 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Tom Homan: "My goal is a complete drawdown and end this surge [in Minneapolis] as soon as we can. But that is largely contingent upon the end of the illegal and threatening activities against ICE in the community."
Translation: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Translation: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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To any of the talented journalists and creatives that were laid off by @washingtonpost.com today — come join our independent, pro-democracy news outlet powered by readers, not corporate billionaires.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
To any of the talented journalists and creatives that were laid off by @washingtonpost.com today — come join our independent, pro-democracy news outlet powered by readers, not corporate billionaires.
We want to work with those who value protecting democracy and voting rights: https://bit.ly/45Qaw4K
We want to work with those who value protecting democracy and voting rights: https://bit.ly/45Qaw4K
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I think this is super smart.
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 AM
I think this is super smart.
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With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Dec. 22, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University. https://wapo.st/3YPTQGo
December 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Dec. 22, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University. https://wapo.st/3YPTQGo
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Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
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All these people are going to hell someday: How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed
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December 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
All these people are going to hell someday: How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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Here at Head Start, we offer a divers— um, a wide array of lessons from dedicated men and wom— dedicated male and fe— er, from guys and gals devoted to education, able to help all students, including any with learning disabil— uh challenges.
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Here at Head Start, we offer a divers— um, a wide array of lessons from dedicated men and wom— dedicated male and fe— er, from guys and gals devoted to education, able to help all students, including any with learning disabil— uh challenges.
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The Dread Pirate Trump (also known as the Sleepy Swashbuckler, Commodore Comatose and the Bleary Buccaneer) is disgracing the US Navy and this country. The Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine is apparently that we are now the meddling rogue colonialist power that Monroe feared.
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Dread Pirate Trump (also known as the Sleepy Swashbuckler, Commodore Comatose and the Bleary Buccaneer) is disgracing the US Navy and this country. The Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine is apparently that we are now the meddling rogue colonialist power that Monroe feared.
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Whole of the American economy is now piracy.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Whole of the American economy is now piracy.
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BREAKING: Democrat Eric Gisler has won the Georgia HD 121 special election in a stunning upset of the GOP, flipping a seat Blue that voted for Trump by 12 points in 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Eric Gisler has won the Georgia HD 121 special election in a stunning upset of the GOP, flipping a seat Blue that voted for Trump by 12 points in 2024.
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This was a panel I did at Sundance in 2009 with Jason Kilar of Hulu, Reed Hastings of @netflix.com & Chad Hurley of YouTube. I was trying to tell Hollywood folks that these people & their startups — then small — would kill them eventually if they did not embrace the future. youtu.be/MvZ_KT1Ya04?si
Kara Visits Sundance and Interviews Hurley, Hastings & Kilar
YouTube video by KaraSwisher
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December 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This was a panel I did at Sundance in 2009 with Jason Kilar of Hulu, Reed Hastings of @netflix.com & Chad Hurley of YouTube. I was trying to tell Hollywood folks that these people & their startups — then small — would kill them eventually if they did not embrace the future. youtu.be/MvZ_KT1Ya04?si
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The RSF just attacked a kindergarten, killing at least 33 children in Sudan.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group says
A drone attack by Sudanese paramilitary forces has hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children, according to a doctors’ group
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December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The RSF just attacked a kindergarten, killing at least 33 children in Sudan.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
Meanwhile, the Trump Admin. continues to sell arms to the UAE, who are aiding these atrocities.
Imagine if Trump spent as much time trying to stop the killing, as he did getting the UAE to invest in his crypto coin.
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Pretty notable, in my view, that Kagan points out the Supreme Court's pro-gerrymandering decision in Texas is a step-by-step instruction manual for states to draw discriminatory maps while ducking judicial review, and the majority has...nothing to say in response www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![Texas is not on “the eve of an election,” as was true in the
case the majority cites. Republican National Committee v.
Democratic National Committee, 589 U. S. 423, 424 (2020)
(per curiam); see ante, at 2. The election there was five days
after the injunction. Similarly, the election in Purcell was
“just weeks” away. 549 U. S., at 4. Here, Election Day is
eleven months from now. Even the primary election (which
Texas could change) is in March. The District Court care-
fully listed the various “election preparations” underway to
switch to the 2025 map. App. 144. On the other hand, the
court noted how the 2021 map—which the injunction rein-
stated—was, in a real sense, the status quo. See id., at 145.
Officials, candidates, and voters are all familiar with it from
the last two election cycles. Until late last summer, every-
one expected that map to govern 2026 too. And indeed, it
will be used in a special runoff election in the State’s largest
county on January 31, 2026. So, the District Court properly
concluded, “[a]n injunction in this case would not cause sig-
nificant disruption.” Id., at 144. Except to the extent all of
us live in election season all the time, the 2026 congres-
sional election is not well underway.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreifzzrhpyftoam4b4eqcpdcegf2hksn4ula6rwbtv6fqwviqfgikte@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Pretty notable, in my view, that Kagan points out the Supreme Court's pro-gerrymandering decision in Texas is a step-by-step instruction manual for states to draw discriminatory maps while ducking judicial review, and the majority has...nothing to say in response www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Fine, we’ll show you respect. You can stay for life. Everything else goes.
No shadow docket. Ride the circuit. No clerks. No building budget. Fine, you can stay for life. But there will be 16 new colleagues, with fixed terms, & it'll be 9 by lottery for any case. Or, you could simply start following the law & constitution.
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I really appreciate Justice Jackson contrasting the lower courts' meticulous and responsible approach to judging—extensive deliberations, written opinions—with the Supreme Court's slapdash, unreasoned work over the shadow docket. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Fine, we’ll show you respect. You can stay for life. Everything else goes.
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They ignore data. They lie about history. They are statistically illiterate. They ignore precedent & the law & the plain meaning of words in the Constitution whenever convenient. And then they have the Supreme chutzpah to complain that we are idiots who don’t show them enough deference & respect 🤷♂️🤦♂️
The blatant use of false, inaccurate histories to arrive at a decision the majority of the Court clearly wanted regardless of the facts is a feature of both Dred Scott and Dobbs. It’s an apt comparison. 🗃️
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
They ignore data. They lie about history. They are statistically illiterate. They ignore precedent & the law & the plain meaning of words in the Constitution whenever convenient. And then they have the Supreme chutzpah to complain that we are idiots who don’t show them enough deference & respect 🤷♂️🤦♂️
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Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1 slam the brakes when attempting a left turn and then activate the windshield wipers on a sunny day.
Elon Musk this software isn’t "sentient" and it has no place on our public roads.
Elon Musk this software isn’t "sentient" and it has no place on our public roads.
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1 slam the brakes when attempting a left turn and then activate the windshield wipers on a sunny day.
Elon Musk this software isn’t "sentient" and it has no place on our public roads.
Elon Musk this software isn’t "sentient" and it has no place on our public roads.
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US Constitution Article III, section 3:
“Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them”
“Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them”
Trump on sending the troops into American cities: "It's sort of like war. I hate to tell you."
September 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
US Constitution Article III, section 3:
“Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them”
“Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them”
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As with all the revealed preferences about campus speech & viewpoint diversity, all the accusations about “socialism” were really confessions.
September 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
As with all the revealed preferences about campus speech & viewpoint diversity, all the accusations about “socialism” were really confessions.
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Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.
September 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.
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The Financial Times published my letter about Peter Thiel, "The Sovereign Individual," and the nation-destroying aspirations of crypto.
on.ft.com/47mldxs
on.ft.com/47mldxs
August 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Financial Times published my letter about Peter Thiel, "The Sovereign Individual," and the nation-destroying aspirations of crypto.
on.ft.com/47mldxs
on.ft.com/47mldxs
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NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
August 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
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“The danger inherent in Palantir’s AI-powered super-database on all Americans is connected to the vast wealth and power of those associated with the corporation, and their apparent disdain for democratic institutions.” By Robert Reich, 6/30/25 … 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich
Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents
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August 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“The danger inherent in Palantir’s AI-powered super-database on all Americans is connected to the vast wealth and power of those associated with the corporation, and their apparent disdain for democratic institutions.” By Robert Reich, 6/30/25 … 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...