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David Koepsell

@drkoepsell.bsky.social

Philosopher. Unabashedly liberal, anti-fascist, defender of democracy. http://davidkoepsell.com All views expressed are my personal views alone.

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Question for MAGA Iran bombing supporters: when Trump warned you VP Harris would start a war with Iran, were you like "hey, that's one policy of hers I would actually like!"?

28.02.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as β€˜violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

22.02.2026 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 23768    πŸ” 8396    πŸ’¬ 622    πŸ“Œ 438
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If they can arrest a Prince then we can arrest a President.

19.02.2026 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Seeing a few lefty folks responding to the trump administration's lawlessness by denouncing the Rule of Law, as a concept. And, hmm. Idk about that.

10.02.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 317    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

So we are learning through the files that Qanon, Brexit, MAHA, alt-right groups, crypto-bros, and most of MAGA, are all literally groomed by Epstein. Remind all of them they are a sad bunch of beta cucks manipulated by a convicted pedophile sex trafficker.

04.02.2026 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article) Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.

Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:

03.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8417    πŸ” 2956    πŸ’¬ 238    πŸ“Œ 106
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www.rawstory.com Trump's obscene cover-up blown apart by just one sentence

Trump's obscene cover-up blown apart by just one sentence

03.02.2026 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump, Vance, and the Mainstreaming of Far-Right Hate The betrayal behind the rhetoric of safety

Donald Trump pardoned the β€œCamp Auschwitz” rioter.
He dined with a Holocaust‑denying white nationalist.
He said Jews who vote Democratic β€œhate their religion.”

Now Greg Bovino is accused of mocking Jewish observance.

That’s not coincidence β€” it’s a culture.

My recent essay breaks it down.

01.02.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 332    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
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I won’t stop reporting the truth. The First Amendment is the bedrock of our democracy, and I’ll continue to fight to protect it πŸ€πŸΎπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

31.01.2026 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 22209    πŸ” 3970    πŸ’¬ 552    πŸ“Œ 146

We are witnessing the dismantling of the Republic because you couldn't vote for the black woman prosecutor over the rapist convicted felon.

29.01.2026 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Everdice - Fantasy RPG Companion Create characters, manage campaigns, and roll dice with our AI-powered tabletop RPG companion. SRD 5.1 compatible.

Friends, if you haven't yet, please check out realmofeverdice.com especially if you either are D&D-curious, or relatively experienced #DnD I appreciate your feedback!

28.01.2026 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

22.01.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 45274    πŸ” 14154    πŸ’¬ 871    πŸ“Œ 682

So I saw a review of Starfleet Academy complaining that there hasn't been any optimistic Trek since Enterprise. And I contest that the post 9-11 Enterprise was optimistic, but...SA seems incredibly optimistic. They're rebuilding the Federation after the Burn (ugh)

18.01.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 375    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 1
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Everdice - Fantasy RPG Companion Create characters, manage campaigns, and roll dice with our AI-powered tabletop RPG companion. SRD 5.1 compatible.

Fellow D&D nerds, I made this app to help my kids learn D&D and so we can play together in table-top fashion when I am working in Texas. Please check it out and give me your opinions. I keep making iterative improvements so if you tried it before it may have changed. realmofeverdice.com

17.01.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Defund and disband ICE

08.01.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FYI:

In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the β€œDanish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would β€œnot object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

07.01.2026 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 9099    πŸ” 3702    πŸ’¬ 357    πŸ“Œ 202
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous - Texas News Beep Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide.

Texas A&M Bans Plato – Daily Nous

https://www.newsbeep.com/us-tx/113711/

Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course.…

07.01.2026 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Blatantly unconstitutional prior restraint on protected speech

06.01.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Everdice - Fantasy RPG Companion Create characters, manage campaigns, and roll dice with our AI-powered D&D companion app.

I've been working on that mix my interests in ontology/standards and Dungeons & Dragons:

I made substantial improvements to my D&D companion app: everdice-realm-davidkoepsell.replit.app

I also developed a standard for adventure building and sharing for any tabletop game github.com/dkoepsell/CA...

05.01.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m old enough to remember when the Iraq War was criticized by those in power as unjustified and illegal. If indeed the USA has invaded a sovereign nation and kidnapped its leader, then we have become a rogue state, anathema to all international norms and laws. It’s shameful.

03.01.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still up. Glad I posted here and not YouTube. This is what Bari Weiss and CBS tried to hide from us.

27.12.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13009    πŸ” 4915    πŸ’¬ 288    πŸ“Œ 132
IRAC+ | Structural Legal Issue Analyzer

As part of my book, A Structural Ontology of the Law, forthcoming from Palgrave, I created several repos, webpages, and apps, including one that implements my ontology as a legal reasoning and contradiction-finding engine. I call it IRACplus davidkoepsell.com/IRACplus/

27.12.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sending three ghosts tonight to fuck up Stephen Miller.

25.12.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 14744    πŸ” 1548    πŸ’¬ 660    πŸ“Œ 109
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?

23.12.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 25719    πŸ” 7262    πŸ’¬ 1131    πŸ“Œ 563

Release the Epstein files.
Release the Jan. 6 documents.
Lock up the war criminals.
Abolish the ICE Gestapo.
Lock up the felon.

09.12.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9999    πŸ” 2560    πŸ’¬ 249    πŸ“Œ 106
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They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.πŸ‘‡
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

08.12.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6342    πŸ” 3070    πŸ’¬ 414    πŸ“Œ 226
A screenshot of a social media post from a parody account styled as a governor’s press office. The post uses all caps and mocks a political figure by describing a fake award in exaggerated, insulting language. Below it is another post sharing a short video clip from a televised event at the Kennedy Center. In the video still a man in a suit is being given a large decorative medal by another man while cameras and a news chyron run along the bottom. The scene takes place on a stage with a blurred backdrop.

A screenshot of a social media post from a parody account styled as a governor’s press office. The post uses all caps and mocks a political figure by describing a fake award in exaggerated, insulting language. Below it is another post sharing a short video clip from a televised event at the Kennedy Center. In the video still a man in a suit is being given a large decorative medal by another man while cameras and a news chyron run along the bottom. The scene takes place on a stage with a blurred backdrop.

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07.12.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 25342    πŸ” 6981    πŸ’¬ 875    πŸ“Œ 435

Grover Norquist used to say that government should be so small you could drown it in a bathtub. Trump's innovation is making it so stupid the rest of us would want to.

06.12.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: β€œThis is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”

29.11.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 10755    πŸ” 3440    πŸ’¬ 587    πŸ“Œ 213
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The Geometry of The Good: Ethics in a Relational Field Title: The Geometry of The Good Subtitle: Ethics in a Relational Field Subject Classification:Β  Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Morals Β  BIC Classification: HPQ, UYQ BISAC Classification: PHI0050...

In case you're looking for Christmas presents:
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