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@ostensiblyethan.bsky.social

Lawyer in Dallas. He/him.

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Latest posts by ostensiblyethan.bsky.social on Bluesky

He's going to end up flying in on Elon's pj.

10.11.2025 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump wants it, and Johnson does what Trump wants. Can't see it getting derailed at this point. It's not like Republicans feel any obligation to actually adhere to the bargain, anyway, so they don't really lose anything by passing it.

10.11.2025 03:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They knew it already had the votes. Itโ€™s not courage.

10.11.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's just cover because he's a coward and won't own that he brokered this whole thing. He doesn't have control of the party, but he does have control of the quisling caucus. They have enough votes without him. He's doing his job, which is representing the Baileys.

10.11.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œWe already fired enough people for a few months, and weโ€™re scrambling to rehire some, but let the Dems feel like they got a win here.โ€

10.11.2025 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always the same fucking ones.

09.11.2025 23:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No they don't. And they haven't won any of them.

09.11.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The ketamine has him and is carrying him like a stallion into the dumbest possible dystopia that misunderstanding 80s movies can fashion.

06.11.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump on 9/11 with a visible droop to the right side of his mouth, typically associated with a stroke.

Trump on 9/11 with a visible droop to the right side of his mouth, typically associated with a stroke.

Partially why Crockett wants an investigation.

crockett.house.gov/media/press-...

06.11.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

JD fast on his heels.

06.11.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That seems like an unforced error. Make them pay a nominal bond of $1000 or something, just to take the argument away from ICE on appeal. They'll argue this is a nationwide injunction (though it's not) that requires a bond.

06.11.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whataboutism is bullshit, and there's something wrong with a person who says shit like "I hope his kids die in their mother's arms." But (this is Bluesky! There has to be a but!) this type of accelerationism is a natural result of MAGA opening, and running on, this Pandora's box.

06.11.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We need a ruling @darthbluesky.bsky.social

06.11.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please define โ€œdrug use,โ€ โ€œpalliative care,โ€ criminalized,โ€ โ€œdealer quantities,โ€ and โ€œdeath.โ€ Also, please explain how this would fit into the American Constitution. Take your time. Be thoughtful.

06.11.2025 05:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He did do delayed implementationโ€ฆad hoc and haphazardly because theyโ€™re making it up as they go.

06.11.2025 04:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe you just have shitty personal conversations.

06.11.2025 04:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Theyโ€™re using this as an excuse for him to practice his teleprompter reading. He wonโ€™t do it unless he gets to create content. Too late for todayโ€™s โ€œSouth Africaโ€ debacle, though.

05.11.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, huh! More people voted in 2020!

05.11.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is dramatically wrong.

05.11.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is there much competition for new stock exchanges?

05.11.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mike Johnson, of Louisiana, has not yet heard about the State of Mississippi. He's been very busy. He can't comment on that because he doesn't know about it.

05.11.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And ICE goons "monitoring" all of the polling places in major metropolitan areas.

05.11.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fuck yeah.

05.11.2025 02:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Israel is also being used by increasingly crazy rightwingers on Fox and online. People like Huckabee have embraced Israel for their own means, and the MAGA party has embraced it for lulz and because Trump likes autocrats. Young people identify Israel with those groups now, and are recoiling.

04.11.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, god, we're going to see some very annoying discourse when someone uses the phrase "death penalty sanctions" about this discovery abuse.

04.11.2025 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/katm...

02.11.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m just so confused about why we care about this now. There have been sexless men (30 is not young) for all time. Why are we told we need to care that there are dudes out there not fucking? Why *should* we care now?

02.11.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, I don't think he is actually a Nazi or even shares Nazi ideas, I just think he's one of a lot of white dudes--especially military white dudes--who think Nazi iconography is badass. Art from artist, as it were...but for fascism.

31.10.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nothing to do with Venezuela. This is just preemptive retaliation for Bad Bunnyโ€™s Super Bowl performance in February.

31.10.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She canโ€™t twist doorknobs with all that, but sheโ€™s willing to suffer for fashion because the rings remind JD of upholstery tacks.

31.10.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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