Brian Cook

Sadly, it’s easier to hollow out agencies that have already been the targets for hollowing out for more than 20 years. Democrats, Republicans, Congress, Presidents all in on it. Jon Michaels’ book Constitutional Coup captured a lot of it in stark terms.

Wondering how many times we have to show that, as Edward Rubin states it, elections are just selection mechanisms. Bureaucracies have built in accountability mechanisms. All of the three so-called branches have multiple ways to avoid accountability.

We live in a Court-Induced autocracy. Not only is this abomination legal under Runcho, but the decision requires district courts to refuse to grant standing to those challenging the anti democratic gerrymander.

You can’t fix this inside schools alone, because students learn critical thinking in class, then enter online spaces that punish it. Skills without a supportive environment fade, so if the system rewards noise, the slow process of careful verification doesn't count for much.

That record indicates (a) that the mere text of the Vesting Clause of Art. II can never carry the interpretive weight assigned to it; (b) that the Framers would be flabbergasted by this expansive reading, which contradicts the Appointments Clauses and the Necessary and Proper Clause; and . . .

Just a reminder that Aaron Swartz was threatened with 50 years of jail time for downloading public domain documents and meanwhile AI companies bulk download copyrighted works

The fact that Dems are STILL confirming Trump judges shows that impeachment demands can't hinge on moral appeals or even primary challenges.

These people are too comfortable. We need to inconvenience and discomfort them, now.

For example—boycott air travel, disrupt their frequent-flyer lifestyle.

As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.

This kind of activity is deeply unpopular, but unpopularity alone isn’t enough to stop it bc this regime doesn’t see itself through the lens of democracy. Under such circumstances, an additional set of tools—those grounded in disruption—is required.

The US bombings in the Caribbean and the Pacific amount to murder. Trump and Hegseth must both be impeached and removed from public office for these High Crimes. Read our full statement via the link below. @fsfp.bsky.social

And now the nuclear industry is pushing and planning to have some form of AI design AND operate nuclear power plants. Will the NRC go along?

Reason-giving is the only foundation of judicial legitimacy. An unreasoned order borders on illegitimacy. Also, it is the height of hypocracy for courts to demand reasoned decisions from administrative agencies when they refuse to do it themselves.

I'll have some reactions to share with you soon!

Arctic sea ice extent anomalies for each year from 1979 to 2025 (satellite-era; NSIDC, DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS and JAXA AMSR2). Anomalies are calculated using a 5-day running mean from a climatological baseline of 1981-2010. 2012 is highlighted with a yellow line. 2025 is shown using a red line (updated 12/5/2025).

There has never been this little sea ice in the Arctic during December.

We are in a climate emergency.

(graphic by @zacklabe.com)

Turning Public Money into Amazon’s Profits | Independent Business Amazon has quietly captured a growing share of government purchasing. This major report explains how, and what to do about it.

2. This totally violates the long-standing norms in procurement that protect public dollars. We're calling on state governments to ban algorithm-driving dynamic pricing in procurement contracts. Learn more about what Amazon is up to and check out our guide to taking action: ilsr.org/article/inde...

Just a reminder DOGE stole just about every government database. Perhaps we’re starting to see the fruits of their theft

Knox and the artillery train

Dec. 5, 1775: Col. Henry Knox arrives at Ticonderoga to begin his mammoth task of taking possession of the fort’s guns and moving them to outside Boston. He notes that on winter roads, transport “will depend entirely on sleding.” He records 25 cannons, 17 mortars, two howitzers and 25 boxes of lead.

Maybe, but we’re less than a year into this regime and it’s already staggering badly. All these pronouncements that Trump has irrevocably destroyed this or doomed our grandchildren to that feel like a needless concession to fascism. “Hey, everyone, let’s look on Ozymandias’s works and despair”

Get off social media, @edmarkey.bsky.social, and start using your position as one of the 100 most powerful legislators in the world to actually act against ICE. Don't agree to unanimous consent. Don't vote for any appointments. Hold your own field hearings. Stop collaborating with your GOP buddies.

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Posting this every day for the next three years

Ground the Planes Boycott all air travel until Congress fires Trump.

Sick of Trump? OK, well, we just saw Congress hates anything that mucks with air travel, so stop buying plane tickets for a few months and tell Congress you’ll start again once they dump Trump.

We’ve got call scripts for you and everything:

groundtheplanes.com

2026 Free Entrance Days in the National Parks Come experience the national parks! All National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone (other fees, including timed entry or reservation fees, may apply). Mark your calendar for these entrance fee-free dates: • February 16: Presidents Day (Washington's Birthday) • May 25: Memorial Day • June 14: Flag Day/President Trump's birthday

I am so sick of this sycophantic dictator bullshit

Trying to imagine what experiences the 26% answering ‘better’ have had. Maybe hearing the latest racist screed of the illegitimate POTUS.

My understanding has been that Hegseth gave the 'kill em all' order...which Bradley took to mean no quarter...for the FIRST strike and this all just copout word games to make you think the first, accurate story wasn't what you heard.

Nor could that boat, before it was bombed, reach the United States. That’s important because it refutes the laughable claim of “imminence” necessary to wrap the strikes under the auspices of a lawful armed conflict.

‘Atoms for Algorithms:’ The Trump Administration’s Top Nuclear Scientists Think AI Can Replace Humans in Power Plants A presentation at the International Atomic Energy Agency unveiled Big Tech’s vision of an AI and nuclear fueled future.

Please no. This is not only ridiculous but extremely dangerous.
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Great example of vote dilution. Designed to destroy democracy by undermining ‘one person one vote.’ Keep up the fight; expose the corrupt politicians.

By refusing to stand with @algreen.house.gov in support of Trump's impeachment and removal from office, Members of Congress are as good as complicit in his lawless destruction of the Constitution and the rule of law. @jessicadenson07.bsky.social #ImpeachTrump

Representative Thanedar publicly declaring his articles of impeachment for Pete Hegseth for the crimes of murder and unlawful mishandling of classified information

Good impeachment morning folks!

Rep @shrithanedar.bsky.social has just called for the impeachment of Peter B. Hegseth for the crime of murder, and for his unlawful mishandling of classified information.

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