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Ed Walker

@edwalker.bsky.social

I read a lot of books, Some of them are interesting enough to write about at emptywheel.net. Retired lawyer. Currently essays by Doerfler and Moyn and Regime Change by Deneen. Avatar: detail from Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden by Masaccio.

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I assume there are guards 24/7.

20.02.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

John Roberts and the Fash Five approve this message.

20.02.2026 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Epstein Class media speaks.

20.02.2026 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re right. The only solution is to abolish billionaires.

20.02.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope the Democrats understand that changing labor laws is a crucial step to restoring democracy. It galls me that they didn't do this under Biden.

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19.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of actual journalists are going to be looking for their next thing.a

How about getting together, finding some money (maybe check your stock portfolio) and start a streaming channel with subscriptions.

I canceled Comcast, and have some spare monthly money, just sayin'.

19.02.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is Nicholson's character coded masculine? He's rude, unprofessional, and refuses to follow orders or accept the consequences of his actions.

Oh. Never mind.

19.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cook County’s Top Prosecutor Unveils Policy Change Aimed at Charging ICE Agents for Criminal Misconduct Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has implemented a new protocol that calls for the use of all available prosecutorial tools to support investigations into the use of force by federal ...
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February 18, 2026 Today Illinois governor J.B.

Here's a description of Illinois Governor JB Pritzger's State of the State address, citing an earlier governor, John Altgelt.

Pritzger faced a federal invasion just as Altgelt did in the 1890s. They say the same thing: Trump/Miller = the Czar of all the Russias.
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19.02.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So how many Epstein Class members are profiting? I mean besides the Kushners?

19.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Atlantic platforms a guy who couldn't find Christian Nationalism in Rubio's speech. For a short analysis of the speech see this by @hcrichardson.bsky.social.
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18.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot believe you paid this guy to write this MAGA-fluffing garbage.

Is The Atlantic in favor of White Supremacy and I just didn't know it when I subscribed?

18.02.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In 1985, as a young reporter, I had the great fortune of covering Jesse Jackson’s visit to poverty-stricken Belle Glade, Florida. The hope that he offered to residents that day is something I will never forget.

18.02.2026 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 818    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Sure would be nice if Dem leaders felt the same rage instead of treating the goons like just another opportunity to raise campaign money and make political points.

18.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Capitalism: where money >>>> morality.

Capitalism: where Money! >>>>>>> social stability

Capitalism: where MONEY trumps everything worth having.

18.02.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does Elon Musk count as Western Civilization?

18.02.2026 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the Homeland Security Forum Where ICE Agents Talk Shit About Other Agents Forum members have discussed their discomfort with mass deportation efforts, debate how federal agents have interacted with civilians, and complain about their working conditions.

This is why I subscribe to Wired. Also, reading these goons is scary. They've swallowed Trump poison.
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17.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I seem to recall a puff piece in the NYT on Mary Jo White when she was appointed to head the SEC. That's how it works.

The rich help the rich. We aren't in the club.

17.02.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American Prospect Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.

@ddayen.bsky.social once again exposes the rot at the core of capitalism. The Epstein Class can do as it pleases with no accountability: rape children, rape the public, violate any law, all with impunity.

Accountability is necessary for a functioning democracy.

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17.02.2026 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I canceled my subscription after the 90th Biden is old hit piece. I read The Guardian and the Boston Globe.

Bonus: no Ross Douthat.

17.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Epstein files and the problem with guilt by association - The Boston Globe There’s a hysteria, akin to what happened during the β€˜Me Too’ movement, to the current clamor for cancellation.

This is centrist crap. Epstein's perversion has been known for decades by the Epstein Class. No one needs proof of criminal anything to shame and shun people involved with him.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/o...

17.02.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜He knows all the levers’: How Trump has targeted, and shaped, the media in his second term - The Boston Globe President Trump has taken the executive branch’s regulatory and enforcement powers over media organizations and their wealthy owners to new levels.

"Trump has ... defunded public media, and overseen a Justice Department that is arresting journalists β€” including former CNN anchor Don Lemon at a Minnesota protest."

John Roberts says this is just fine in Trump v. US. he loves a vigorous dictator, right John?
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/15/b...

17.02.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A thread posted on Threads by Senator Cory Booker:

β€œHere is to the decency of past presidents and the urgent need for us to have this again.”

A video clip of George W Bush speaking at a lectern is included. Above the video is the text, β€œI miss seeing this kind of dignity & grace from a Republican President.”

A thread posted on Threads by Senator Cory Booker: β€œHere is to the decency of past presidents and the urgent need for us to have this again.” A video clip of George W Bush speaking at a lectern is included. Above the video is the text, β€œI miss seeing this kind of dignity & grace from a Republican President.”

BRO, WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!

17.02.2026 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3377    πŸ” 431    πŸ’¬ 186    πŸ“Œ 294

Wow, a Republican opposed to corruption.

17.02.2026 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Somehow I dropped the main word: mole sauce Chiliquiles.

With an egg, quesso blanco and something else tasty.

17.02.2026 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If we think of the courts as part of a system of justice, we can easily see how broken that system is. The government defies courts. The Trump regime vilifies judges and refuses to comply.

Courts need to step up use of their power to punish lawyers who lie and officials who refuse to comply.

17.02.2026 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm in a group of retired guys who meet Saturdays for breakfast at Chicago restaurants. My favorite savory was a house-made mole sauce in a neighborhood attacked by ICE goons. My favorite sweet: puffed french toast at a Philipino-Cuban fusion place. Philipino-Cuban fusion!

16.02.2026 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is difficult to get a man further than THIS close to something when his salary depends upon his remaining THIS close

16.02.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

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it's worth the subscription. They print a lot of NYT articles I'd miss because I canceled my nyt subscription.

16.02.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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