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Erica
@metagirlmux.bsky.social
Brooklyn-based writer and professor by day, musician by night.

"The Brothers Grim: The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen" (Scarecrow Press, 2007)
Metagirl & the Earth Passengers
Sleepy Don, ok. Also: The Nod Father, Anti-Woke
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Too bad our system has failed to attach consequences for liars who lie their way in to their positions at taxpayers' great expense. How did we not fix cracks in the system trump 1.0 had exposed?! How are we here??? We had warning.
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Wow. Could she be any more inarticulate? She is in charge of something? She speaks like she is just learning about her subject.
December 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I read this at face value. Then I read it sarcastically and that turned it dark. It seems to turn on the definition of what "the job" is.
December 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Reposted by Erica
"My buddy Steve, who doesn't wash his ass and calls women 'females,' whose last steady job was cleaning the 7-Eleven hot dog machine and he got fired, can't get laid. Here's 4,000 words about why that's the fault of Susan, a constitutional lawyer/supermodel who rescues puppies in her spare time."
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The powers that be in trump 2.0 are actively trying to destroy the country. And are having some success. It's bizarre and frightening.
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I had the same reaction when seeing this piece. It's the framing of so many NYT stories in the trump era, it's a disservice to the country and journalism.
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It's as if the NYT cannot acknowledge or maybe even see the precariousness of the moment. Anyway I gave the piece a try earlier but couldn't get past the first paragraph/question. What schlock. Thanks for the recap.
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Come on-Aileen?! Can her ruling be appealed? We know she's in the bag for trump & is the main reason the single biggest security threat to the country is again our narcissist in chief. It's insane that the national security crimes he allegedly committed were never tried in court bc, well, Aileen.
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What next? Does she get to keep acting like the acting US atty until SCOTUS weighs in? When does this poser actually stop posing?!
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Now what? The administration seems to heed only SCOTUS rulings. Will this keep going up the chain to the highest court?
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Wait, so the trump administration lied? Shocked.

(I know it's a court filing so it is a tiny bit more surprising or maybe it just shows their brazenness and their bet that SCOTUS is already in the bag for them.)
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
But as you write above, the court martial'd be "for offenses," not for stating actual policy.
Years ago I asked a friend who was a Sea Bee captain what he'd do if he received an unlawful order & he explained unlawful orders shdnt be followed, loyalty is to the Constitution.
There was no offense.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So what're they waiting for? Let's elect a Congress that abides by the Constitution & fulfills its role as an equal branch of government that provides check & balances on the executive rather than rubber stamping every illegal & immoral move this administration takes. Get out now. We need an A team.
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's insane our tax dollars are paying for ignorant, untrained, lying, hateful, armed-to-the-teeth goons to assault Americans expressing themselves & trying to keep communities safe. There's a reason they're losing in court. But JFC were ignoring our country's real problems as they create new ones.
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
So immigration judges can be fired at will without cause? Isn't there some job security in the US to avoid this type of firing?
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Promptly?!
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A lot of people on social media have! Case in point, this post and repost.
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
And it does not take a lawyer to know this. It just takes an intelligent person.
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM