Andy Rabagliati

wait so a US citizen was basically the operational centre for a war his country was supposedly supporting the other side in? There's a word for that, innit

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Hi, I’m Ken, and I am here to tell you things you won’t like. It’s my job. I sympathize with Julie Le and am on her side in general but she went about it the wrong way.
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On Tuesday in Minnesota, a lawyer made headlines — including at Law Dork — for her shocking statement in court representing that government that the “system sucks.” On Wednesday, the transcript made clear that it wasn’t just Julie Le — an inexperienced litigator who was on a detail from her job at the Department of Homeland Security to help with the increased caseload resulting from Operation Metro Surge — who said a lot that matters on Tuesday. It is an unfathomable exercise to read lawyers and a federal judge discussing at length the ways in which the rule of law is slipping through our nation’s fingers, but it is an absolutely necessary document to read for anyone who wants to protect the rule of law — and America.

I don't know when I last read something like the transcript out of Minnesota, so I spent the evening putting this together.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...

A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.

A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.

The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...

second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard

Been thinking about that story of Elon being pushed down the stairs by a classmate as a kid.

There’s a 50 something South African somewhere that has as close to that imaginary baby Hitler scenario as anyone has ever come.

And he biffed it.

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.

“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

Jeet Heer @HeerJeet: For whatever neurodivergent reason, Musk is incapable of talking in code and innuendo, which makes his exchanges with Epstein interesting. In this case, the dialogue went something like this: Epstein: do you want to come over to my place for a party, I'll have many interesting people during UN general assembly Musk: (taking Epstein literally) not interested in meeting diplomats, too busy. Epstein: do you think I am retarded? Just kidding. There is no one over 25 and all very cute.

1 From: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> To: Elon Musk < Subject: Re: Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:11:28 +0000 do you think i am retarded, . ? just kidding, there is no one over 25 and all very cute On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Elon Musk _ > wrote: I run and lead product design/engineering for two complicated companies. Moreover, SpaceX is about to launch what is arguably the most advanced rocket in history. Flying to NY to see UN diplomats do nothing would be an unwise use of time. On Sep 11, 2013, at 5:30 AM, "Jeffrey Epstein" <jeevacation@gmail.com<mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com>> wrote: any plans for ny. the opening of the genereal assembly has many interesting people coming to the house

Cross-posting this comment from Jeet Heer over on Twitter. It really is kind of funny that Musk is just totally unable to pick up on code and innuendo.

I may have a stroke.

Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”

A PROTESTant.

I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.

OK. I've got a beer. I've got the transcript. Let's go.

Alt texting will slow this from the original. As will drink...no, I lie, I was drinking the first time, too.

Opinion | Young People Are Using A.I. to Skip the Hardest Part of Growing Up Artificial intelligence is replacing young people's social intuitions.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Even casual A.I. use exposes users to a level of praise humans rarely experience from one another, which is not great for any of us, but is especially risky for young people still working on their social skills,” Clay Shirky writes.

This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.

I mean they were always "rarely used", that's kind of in the business plan for a nuclear bunker

Additionally, on January 25, 2026, Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin issued a statement to 60 Minutes about the incident with Ms. Martinez stating, “On October 4, border patrol law enforcement officers were ambushed by domestic terrorists that rammed federal agents with their vehicles.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-video-contradicts-border-patrol-account-ofchicago-shooting-lawyer-says-60-minutes.

A striking example of why good cause exists to modify the order is that the Government’s false narrative surrounding this case has reached all the way to the United States Supreme Court. In a recent Supreme Court decision, Justice Samuel Alito relied on the Government’s briefing repeating the false narratives surrounding this case and wrote: In a widely publicized event on October 4, a federal vehicle carrying Border Patrol agents was boxed in on a public road by 10 civilian vehicles, and 2 of those vehicles rammed the Government vehicle. As the agents exited their vehicle, one of the civilian vehicles was driven directly at an agent, forcing the agent to fire in self-defense. Trump v. Illinois, No. 25A443, 607 U.S. ___ (Dec. 23, 2025), at 8.

Marimar Martinez is asking the body camera showing what really happened when a CBP goon shot her on October 4 be released, in part bc Tricia McLaughlin continues to lie about her, in part bc Sam Alito believes those lies.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.

This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

I just want people who are seeing the crowd pics to know, every single piece of Mpls infrastructure was strained to the limit today to get people there. I’m able bodied and prepared, was outside for 2 hours and still never made it bc our trains downtown were never meant to be packed like they were.

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

genuinely stunning image

This is the guy Trump wanted to appoint as Attorney General of The United Fucking States of America!

This is it. This is The Great Filter. We've created Sexy Barista Is Super Interested in Watching You Solo Game (SBISIIWYS).

People Are Still Not Getting Trump Right His Letter Was Not And Is Not The Story

Trump sent out a batsh!t crazy letter yesterday and people once again fell for it. The real story is not the letter, its just another tactic to get what he wants. It shows how he despises Europe and is helping Putin. Yet people comfort themselves by mocking him. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

this is not a bit. this is a notice that the quoted video is the best video i have ever seen on youtube and you should watch it in full. absolute cinema.

I'm perfectly aware this is by far not the worst thing he's done, but Trump's constant presence - day after day after day - in the lives and headspaces of hundreds of millions of people (billions?), in the US and outside, is so taxing. Every morning, we wake up and have to think about this asshole.

If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head

⚡️THANK YOU, EXCELLENT!
Rep. Jason Crow ⚡️⚡️⚡️
I listened to your great interview with Heather Cox Richardson.
And then this message for America and The World:⚡️🌍⚡️
“I went to war 3 times for America”
-this kept echoing✨
After 3 times at war, I cannot even imagine how you and
other #Vets are feeling! 🙏

I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.

This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.

He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.

(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)

Do any Republicans in Congress care about Trump grabbing oil from Venezuela, handing it off to his megadonors to sell on the international market to whoever, depositing the proceeds in foreign bank accounts, then spending the money however he sees fit with no input from Congress?