@patdwyer3.bsky.social
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Read this whole astonishing document. it should be taught as an object lesson in what volunteering to assist a fascist government does to your mind, body, and soul.
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Read this whole astonishing document. it should be taught as an object lesson in what volunteering to assist a fascist government does to your mind, body, and soul.
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This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
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I was invited to give a presentation on China to Thiel and his colleagues, several years ago. I was concerned that China and the U.S. could be on the road to war. They were positively giddy at the prospect.
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I was invited to give a presentation on China to Thiel and his colleagues, several years ago. I was concerned that China and the U.S. could be on the road to war. They were positively giddy at the prospect.
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WARSH in 2010:
“If the Federal Reserve lost its independence, its hard-earned credibility would quickly dissipate. The costs to the economy would be incalculable: Higher inflation, lower standards of living .. a currency that risks losing its reserve status.”
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
“If the Federal Reserve lost its independence, its hard-earned credibility would quickly dissipate. The costs to the economy would be incalculable: Higher inflation, lower standards of living .. a currency that risks losing its reserve status.”
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
WARSH in 2010:
“If the Federal Reserve lost its independence, its hard-earned credibility would quickly dissipate. The costs to the economy would be incalculable: Higher inflation, lower standards of living .. a currency that risks losing its reserve status.”
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
“If the Federal Reserve lost its independence, its hard-earned credibility would quickly dissipate. The costs to the economy would be incalculable: Higher inflation, lower standards of living .. a currency that risks losing its reserve status.”
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
February 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
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Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Not your everyday judicial order to the federal government.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Not your everyday judicial order to the federal government.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The Religious Right has launched a new effort to pressure SCOTUS to reverse Obergefell. The coalition includes Evangelicals (eg, Al Mohler, Tony Perkins, Dusty Deevers), Catholics (eg Leonard Leo’s pal Robert George), Jews (Josh Hammer), FRC, members of FRC’s “State Policy Council” network, etc. 1/
January 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The Religious Right has launched a new effort to pressure SCOTUS to reverse Obergefell. The coalition includes Evangelicals (eg, Al Mohler, Tony Perkins, Dusty Deevers), Catholics (eg Leonard Leo’s pal Robert George), Jews (Josh Hammer), FRC, members of FRC’s “State Policy Council” network, etc. 1/
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Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota urging the state to hand over voters’ private data to “bring back law and order.” The idea of the federal government obtaining states’ private voter information has been long seen as an overreach. Here's what to know.
Why Is the Trump Administration Demanding Minnesota’s Voter Rolls?
The Justice Department has urged Minnesota to hand over voters’ private data. It is part of a national push that has raised concerns about the Trump administration’s motives.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota urging the state to hand over voters’ private data to “bring back law and order.” The idea of the federal government obtaining states’ private voter information has been long seen as an overreach. Here's what to know.
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We cover the Trump administration’s gameplan to accumulate and manipulate states’ voter rolls to justify contesting midterm results that Trump and his allies don’t like. Here’s how your private information will be used to supercharge “fraud” allegations 🔗 https://protdem.org/4bM0h55
January 26, 2026 at 9:08 PM
We cover the Trump administration’s gameplan to accumulate and manipulate states’ voter rolls to justify contesting midterm results that Trump and his allies don’t like. Here’s how your private information will be used to supercharge “fraud” allegations 🔗 https://protdem.org/4bM0h55
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Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
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Wow.
It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”
Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
Speaking to Britain's Sunday program on BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio reiterated that conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.
aleteia.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Wow.
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The one change that worked: I tried all the hobbies I thought I’d hate – and found friendship and escape
The one change that worked: I tried all the hobbies I thought I’d hate – and found friendship and escape
I was in a work-commute-collapse cycle and didn’t know what to do. Then I began sampling activities I’d previously dismissed – book clubs, line dancing, chess – and it became oddly addictive
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The one change that worked: I tried all the hobbies I thought I’d hate – and found friendship and escape
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The pub that changed me: ‘I bonded with a new group of friends there – and it led to my dream job’
The pub that changed me: ‘I bonded with a new group of friends there – and it led to my dream job’
Ye Olde Swiss Cottage in London was gaudy, draughty and built on a traffic island. But it was just the escape I needed
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The pub that changed me: ‘I bonded with a new group of friends there – and it led to my dream job’
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"He pointed to Meta’s recent deal to develop a $30 billion data center project in Louisiana, in which the project’s debt is held in a separate entity off Meta’s books. Such deals remind Odlyzko of the creative financing that led to the Great Recession in 2007."
These prophets of economic doom are worried about another collapse
The current investment boom is triggering déjà vu for some economists and traders who successfully predicted past economic crashes.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"He pointed to Meta’s recent deal to develop a $30 billion data center project in Louisiana, in which the project’s debt is held in a separate entity off Meta’s books. Such deals remind Odlyzko of the creative financing that led to the Great Recession in 2007."
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I had a book club contact me. They are reading my book 📖 Corporatocracy and they invited me to talk to them this summer. I gladly accepted. If you have a book club and you want me to chat, I’m available. ✍🏾
a penguin sits on top of a stack of books reading a book
ALT: a penguin sits on top of a stack of books reading a book
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I had a book club contact me. They are reading my book 📖 Corporatocracy and they invited me to talk to them this summer. I gladly accepted. If you have a book club and you want me to chat, I’m available. ✍🏾
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As far as I can tell, @billmckibben.bsky.social is the only writer with any real reach who is discussing the liberatory potential of distributed solar power. I'd like that subject to get a lot more air time.
Solar as Solidarity
It's not just for saving planets any more
billmckibben.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:41 PM
As far as I can tell, @billmckibben.bsky.social is the only writer with any real reach who is discussing the liberatory potential of distributed solar power. I'd like that subject to get a lot more air time.
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There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
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✅⚖️ 💨 U.S. District Court in Massachusetts rules that Trump's order issued on Inauguration Day blocking new offshore wind projects is arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law, and vacates it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:03 AM
✅⚖️ 💨 U.S. District Court in Massachusetts rules that Trump's order issued on Inauguration Day blocking new offshore wind projects is arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law, and vacates it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
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December 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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In 2024, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale said, “I’m friends w/ Leonard Leo. There’s about 5 major people…running pro-liberty empires…in the US… He’s the one who ran the Federalist Society. He’s put in a bunch of great judges. We have a case before [SCOTUS].” He mentions the Chevron doctrine... 1/
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
In 2024, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale said, “I’m friends w/ Leonard Leo. There’s about 5 major people…running pro-liberty empires…in the US… He’s the one who ran the Federalist Society. He’s put in a bunch of great judges. We have a case before [SCOTUS].” He mentions the Chevron doctrine... 1/
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Follow the money: In 2018, Tyler Cowen’s Emergent Ventures—launched that year with $1M from the THIEL FOUNDATION—bestowed a grant upon the Center for Innovative Governance Research DBA the “Charter Cities Institute” founded by Mark Lutter who is now a top proponent of Trump “FREEDOM CITIES”. 1/
December 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Follow the money: In 2018, Tyler Cowen’s Emergent Ventures—launched that year with $1M from the THIEL FOUNDATION—bestowed a grant upon the Center for Innovative Governance Research DBA the “Charter Cities Institute” founded by Mark Lutter who is now a top proponent of Trump “FREEDOM CITIES”. 1/
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.