SCUBAKnurd
@scubaknurd.bsky.social
Semi-retired house-husband. Diver. Pretty good cook. Traveler.
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So the next step from democrats is: “it is illegal to do this without approvals and in 2029 we will hold all companies that take part criminally liable and seize all their assets to pay for restoration.”
He's totally tearing it down.
REPORTER: Do you plan on tearing down the Kennedy Center during renovations?
TRUMP: “I’m not ripping it out, I’ll be using the steel. So, we’re using the structure. We’re using some of the marble, and some of the marble comes down.”
TRUMP: “I’m not ripping it out, I’ll be using the steel. So, we’re using the structure. We’re using some of the marble, and some of the marble comes down.”
February 2, 2026 at 11:48 PM
So the next step from democrats is: “it is illegal to do this without approvals and in 2029 we will hold all companies that take part criminally liable and seize all their assets to pay for restoration.”
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This, from @kenwhite.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net, is a genuine must-read. If the current state of free speech discourse interests you—and especially if it infuriates you—this is a critical reframe steering us away from the idea that bad-faith actors are actually our free speech heroes.
The Fashionable Notion of 'Free Speech Culture' Is Justifying State Censorship, Ironically
It'll convince people that free speech is a sham
www.theunpopulist.net
February 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This, from @kenwhite.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net, is a genuine must-read. If the current state of free speech discourse interests you—and especially if it infuriates you—this is a critical reframe steering us away from the idea that bad-faith actors are actually our free speech heroes.
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
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"There’s been some mistake. Paperwork was lost, signatures fraudulently affixed, a wrong address was recorded, some comedy of errors have taken place, and for the first time, in a situation involving Ms. O’Hara, I’m not laughing."
The Coolest Person I'll Never Meet
Rest in peace, Queen.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM
"There’s been some mistake. Paperwork was lost, signatures fraudulently affixed, a wrong address was recorded, some comedy of errors have taken place, and for the first time, in a situation involving Ms. O’Hara, I’m not laughing."
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
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Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.
January 25, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.
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The NRA is a gun rights organization the way the Ku Klux Klan is a speech rights organization.
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 AM
The NRA is a gun rights organization the way the Ku Klux Klan is a speech rights organization.
Maybe a bit petty of me, but I could listen to @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @mollyroberts.bsky.social goof on the administration’s crazier legal…let’s say, “adventures,”…all day long.
On Lawfare Daily, @mollyroberts.bsky.social joined @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org to discuss her new article on the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation, which posits that there is a single conspiracy to foil President Trump’s electoral prospects. youtu.be/fqL-mNyumI4
January 21, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Maybe a bit petty of me, but I could listen to @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @mollyroberts.bsky.social goof on the administration’s crazier legal…let’s say, “adventures,”…all day long.
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Crucial from @profsaunders.bsky.social: Trump's Greenland threats are also deranged because not only are we already getting what we want from there, it would *cost us more* to take it over than it now costs us to get our way!
On the pod, she takes apart this mania:
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
On the pod, she takes apart this mania:
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
Trump Tirades on Greenland Get So Scary that It Rattles Medical Expert
As Trump’s threats toward Greenland prompt growing fears in many quarters, we discuss the deeper reasons he poses such a danger to the international order—and what the rest of the world sees in all th...
newrepublic.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Crucial from @profsaunders.bsky.social: Trump's Greenland threats are also deranged because not only are we already getting what we want from there, it would *cost us more* to take it over than it now costs us to get our way!
On the pod, she takes apart this mania:
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
On the pod, she takes apart this mania:
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
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@ezraklein.bsky.social said Charlie Kirk did politics the right way and admired what he built.
January 19, 2026 at 7:08 PM
@ezraklein.bsky.social said Charlie Kirk did politics the right way and admired what he built.
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fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
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Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
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Metaphor in two posts:
A prosecutor indicts an arsonist. The arsonist escapes. The arsonist burns down the home of the prosecutor. Then he burns down the homes of the prosecutors’ staff, friends & relatives. Then he burns down the homes of everyone he thinks has ever crossed him. ...
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A prosecutor indicts an arsonist. The arsonist escapes. The arsonist burns down the home of the prosecutor. Then he burns down the homes of the prosecutors’ staff, friends & relatives. Then he burns down the homes of everyone he thinks has ever crossed him. ...
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January 17, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Metaphor in two posts:
A prosecutor indicts an arsonist. The arsonist escapes. The arsonist burns down the home of the prosecutor. Then he burns down the homes of the prosecutors’ staff, friends & relatives. Then he burns down the homes of everyone he thinks has ever crossed him. ...
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A prosecutor indicts an arsonist. The arsonist escapes. The arsonist burns down the home of the prosecutor. Then he burns down the homes of the prosecutors’ staff, friends & relatives. Then he burns down the homes of everyone he thinks has ever crossed him. ...
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And, once again, not a drag queen.
Republican South Carolina state Rep. RJ May sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison today.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children. Now he's going to prison for child porn. - LGBTQ Nation
He was caught sharing hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:50 AM
And, once again, not a drag queen.
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Republican South Carolina state Rep. RJ May sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison today.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children. Now he's going to prison for child porn. - LGBTQ Nation
He was caught sharing hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Republican South Carolina state Rep. RJ May sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison today.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
5 counts of distributing child sex abuse material.
He shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.
Moms of Liberty had named him its Legislator of the Year.
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Not the same effect but I think deeply related
January 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Not the same effect but I think deeply related
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march
January 11, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march
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"The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state."
—William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987
—William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
"The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state."
—William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987
—William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987
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Trump’s line is that disrespect to law enforcement is punishable by death. Impeach and remove. This is not tolerable.
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Trump’s line is that disrespect to law enforcement is punishable by death. Impeach and remove. This is not tolerable.
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Gosh, Thom.
What you're describing is the kind of blatant abuse of DOJ that might merit impeachment.
What you're describing is the kind of blatant abuse of DOJ that might merit impeachment.
Trump’s attack on Fed already starting to backfire. Republican Sen. Tillis: “I will oppose the confirmation of any nominee for the Fed—including the upcoming Fed Chair vacancy—until this legal matter is fully resolved.”
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Gosh, Thom.
What you're describing is the kind of blatant abuse of DOJ that might merit impeachment.
What you're describing is the kind of blatant abuse of DOJ that might merit impeachment.
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Yes. This is why they released the Ross cell phone footage. They want to make sure we know that they will kill us if we disrespect them.
Trump on Air Force One when asked about Renee Nicole Good
“It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. Law enforcement shouldn’t be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff”
So if you’re annoyed or disrespected you can just kill the person so you don’t have to put up with it?
“It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. Law enforcement shouldn’t be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff”
So if you’re annoyed or disrespected you can just kill the person so you don’t have to put up with it?
January 12, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Yes. This is why they released the Ross cell phone footage. They want to make sure we know that they will kill us if we disrespect them.