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Writer and editor. Also lawyer. Also, I play poker. And yes, that is my actual dog in the avatar. Her name is Muppet, the name she came with; we couldn't figure out a better one. Opinions my own; usual disclaimers.

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Spray painted beneath a staircase: "YOUR FEAR OF LOOKING STUPID IS HOLDING YOU BACK"

Spray painted beneath a staircase: "YOUR FEAR OF LOOKING STUPID IS HOLDING YOU BACK"

L'esprit de l'escalier

07.12.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 684    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies.

Either way, never trust them again.

07.12.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2883    πŸ” 672    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 33

See, political journalists -- it ain't that hard to ask the obvious followup question.

07.12.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Parents will still be able to get the hepatitis B vaccine for their children at no cost even though the CDC's vaccine advisers recommended a major change to the immunization practice.
https://cnn.it/3Ml3kqo

07.12.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 496    πŸ” 162    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 18

I mean

07.12.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Woman forcefully detained in Keys was driving β€˜illegal’ boyfriend’s car, feds say The woman in medical scrubs, who was a U.S. citizen, was yanked from her car and wrestled to the ground by federal immigration agents in a Key Largo traffic stop Wednesday before she was released.

"As masked agents dragged the woman from her car, wrestled her to the ground and forced handcuffs on her, she yelled, 'I’m a US citizen. Please help me! This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'

She was wearing scrubs and appeared to be on her way to work."

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

07.12.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4139    πŸ” 1710    πŸ’¬ 288    πŸ“Œ 97

"Anger over illegal migration helped return Donald Trump to the presidency." CITATION NEEDED

07.12.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it

07.12.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4607    πŸ” 806    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 27

It’s also plainly absurd that someone just happened to discover the true meaning of the common law that just evaded everyone else for 800 years in a few weeks of work. I don’t even know what to do with that.

07.12.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 826    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 4

I would need dogs, but that's only because I'm unfortunately allergic to cats. Parrots might work, too!

07.12.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:

1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.

2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.

07.12.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6162    πŸ” 1701    πŸ’¬ 323    πŸ“Œ 67
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Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown Records reviewed by the AP show that few of those arrested have criminal histories beyond traffic violations.

β€œRecords reviewed by the AP identify only nine of the 38 people arrested in the first days as having criminal histories that rose beyond traffic violations β€” information the intelligence bulletins warn β€œshould not be distributed to the media.” www.nola.com/news/catahou...

07.12.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 439    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 12

And, also, people who eat chicken should just make their own chicken broth/stock because how hard is that -- you throw it all into water and let it simmer while you do whatever. Plus waste not/want not, etc.

07.12.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My book about leading effectively without being an asshole makes for a great gift!! whenwereincharge.com

07.12.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my professors was the designers of the Scarlet Spider.

When the video games offered that costume option, my professor was never informed, despite being owed royalties. He had to chase Marvel down.

He died the same year Scarlet Spider was in Spider-Verse. They had to crowdfund his funeral.

07.12.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2294    πŸ” 1143    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 23

Perspective: It should be pointed out that many career officials have resigned (incl DOJ attorneys), rather than lie, or follow through w/illegal or unethical Trump orders or policies.

And that didn't involve *killing anyone*.

No sympathy for Bradley. STOP IT.

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07.12.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3-7 Today! Come on down to @anyonecomics.bsky.social

I’m gonna have some giveaways for the holidays, discounts and special discounts for Kickstarter contributors: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rpd...

07.12.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We are about to discover the far right equivalent of "everyone at the leftist commune wants to design the ideal society and no one wants to do laundry"

07.12.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 453    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 2

Sounds good to me

07.12.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At some point someone just needs to say β€œyou are an indecent person, you are lying to cover the slaughter of defenseless men, you know you are lying, and even under the tenets of your own professed faith you will certainly burn in hell if you continue down this path”

07.12.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3057    πŸ” 580    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 32

I get your point about her just coasting on another person's work, but I'm not sure this is the best example of everything being bad, as MSM "breaks" news that someone else broke all the time without due credit. Which I find much more reprehensible than a boring, silly TikTok.

07.12.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This would be so much better than a Nobel Peace Prize!

07.12.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This would be so much better than a Nobel Peace Prize!

07.12.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So sick of the learned helplessness on the left;; the endless train of alibis for why we can't, can't, can't. We can.

07.12.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

And the 14th Amendment re-committed us to birthright citizenship, by baking it into our foundational documents. The 14th Amendment helped unwind the harm the bigotry of the Taney Court had inflicted on the country, and to tell later Courts to stay the hell away from this point; it's resolved.

07.12.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Lol Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are there. Of course. All this money and fame for decades and Gene still cant get a decent fuckin wig.

07.12.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

Translation: Average American can go f themselves.

07.12.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FDA Approves New Drug β€ŠThat Reversesβ€…Effectsβ€…Of Narcan SILVER SPRING, MDβ€”Praising the drug’s ability to quickly and effectively increase fatalities amongst the nation’s opioid users, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new nasal spray Wednesd...

FDA Approves New Drug β€ŠThat Reversesβ€…Effectsβ€…Of Narcan

07.12.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1424    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 16

Now I'm trying to remember what they said about that in moot court practice, which is law school's version of HS debate class. And I think they did, indeed, tell us to do that.

07.12.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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