Reposted by Brian Moffitt Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 17/09/2026For west coasters starting their day, please read and share my newest piece for @atrupar.com Public Notice, this one focusing on MIA Mitch and the need for means to force incapacitated members of Congress to retire: open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...open.substack.comRetire in peaceMcConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go. 1837885
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward 17894631799
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Matt Royer 🤘🏼 @mattroyer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026-’member those $5000 DOGE dividends? -’member those $2000 “tariff dividends"? -’member those $1000+ expiring ACA subsidies savings? Surely this will be different? 30681151
Reposted by Brian Moffitt konnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Putting the :/ in https:// 92260688
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026NEVER FORGET: On 9/11, Donald Trump bragged his building was now the tallest in NYC. Listen for yourself... 641252420
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026@marvelsnap.bsky.social Agatha should not be an eligible card in draft mode (Triskelion location) 😑 000
Reposted by Brian Moffitt A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Right-size Scotus and declare their rulings void. Enforce the constitutional edict against insurrectionists holding office. Overturn all their work. Demolish their buildings. Money out of politics. Nazis out of government. Cancel all Musk contracts; seize his property for a global restitution fund. 15508129
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Arte Moreno being out of the league is huge. Not that a new owner will be a good guy or whatever but we've got an awful lot of evidence piled up that says Moreno's meddling vs. doesn't know what he's doing ratio is way off 35511
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Marvel Snap Is Finally Getting A Draft Mode… great, another game mode which I’m sure will be well balanced and bug free!gamespot.comMarvel Snap Is Finally Getting A Draft Mode, And It's Unlike Any You've PlayedSecond Dinner is delivering on one of the most requested features for its popular card game, and we have the first details. 000
Reposted by Brian Moffitt mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026cool we finally discovered what the military equivalent of bankrupting a casino is 5948481132
Reposted by Brian Moffitt A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Haven't watched yet, but as it has a new season let's bring over to Bluesky my cast list for Lord of the Rings using the cast of S1-3 of Ted Lasso. Let's start with an easy one: Aragorn. No fucking second breakfasts for any fucking hobbits or any other fucking muppets with this Aragorn. 24965235
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Diamond Life @diamondlifeca.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Operation Orange Chicken 1635461
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The older he gets, the less slick he is and the more the incompetency shows through. 011
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 04/08/2026#MarvelSnap conquest gripe: it is established etiquette when you snap and fist bump in Proving Grounds, you stay through the whole game, even if you know you will lose, because sometimes people are trying to complete the "Win 8 Cubes in a Match" bounty. 😑 020
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Fangride | Amascut @fangride.bsky.social · 01/08/2026🤠 Giddy up and yee haw, the Marvel Snap Fractured Frontier season is coming soon! We've got 8 brand new cards coming this season, with two game modes and a ton of mini events too. This season should keep us all busy, so let me handle the reviews down below!👇 #MarvelSnap 153
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Dr. Anthony Fauci in no way deserves the harassment and bile he receives from Republicans (and Repub adjacent). He deserves a statue. I wish I knew where to send him encouragement, so he is reminded that there are millions of people who are grateful for what he got us through during COVID. 050
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/07/2026"I challenge anyone to defend it: a war built on lies told by a White House utterly absent figures of integrity to dissuade the president from his delusions" -- Jon Ossoff's entire address today at the Barean Christian Church is worth watchingyoutube.comJon Ossoff on the spiritual rot of TrumpismYouTube video by Aaron Rupar 8241401178
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/07/2026There's a reason Elon Musk rarely does interviews with real news outlets.gizmodo.comElon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview"Maybe some people do loathe me. And that's probably true. I don't care," said Musk. 30154521397
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This rarely beats the broken Doom deck, but pretty competitive against everything else. Custom Thanos Grand Arena Showdown @marvelsnap.bsky.social @snapdecks.bsky.social 241
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 17/07/2026Trump's declassified election intelligence pretty clearly shows that China *could have,* but didn't, meddle in the 2020 election to help Biden win. But that Russia *did* meddle to help Trump win. 262755924
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The US govt, markets, and a lot of media told you there's peace with Iran and shipping is flowing. What's actually happened is the war entered a new phase: the fight for Hormuz. Trump lost his war so badly the US aim now is just to get back to the pre-war status quo. I explain in @ms.now, ICYMI:ms.nowThe U.S.-Iran war just entered a new phase. Here's what's at stake.Now the conflict is over whether Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz and can charge fees, or if the U.S. can restore the pre-war status quo. 21771266
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social · 06/07/2026People would feel a lot better if they remembered 1) Trump has never done good on purpose 2) he's a huge liar 3) he takes credit for stuff he didn't do. When you remember that and see he didn't say anything about it until after the suspension was lifted, it's obvious he had nothing to do with it. 413529
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 29/06/2026What's the matter smoothskin? Never seen a ghoul before? 424631
Reposted by Brian Moffitt derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Justice Brown Jackson's argument for birthright citizenship is very moving. I recommend reading it in full. An excerpt with alt-text below. “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” — KBJ 3854111492
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026the egg price thing under biden was all fake lol 313103113028
Reposted by Brian Moffitt The Onion @theonion.com · 27/06/2026Dad Carrying 2-Person Inner Tube Up Waterslide Steps Like Christ Bearing Cross 353827394
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026JD Vance made up a horrific and racist lie about a group of people, and now those people will be deported because the Supreme Court refuses to acknowledge, let along regard as disqualifying, the clear racial bias of this administration. 8847651385
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026A metamodern leftist would say no one needs to assimilate because non-assimilation is quintessentially American. A metamodern rightist would say everyone needs to assimilate more than they do now, starting with whites. What *Emmer* represents is neo-Victorianism—which *isn’t even American at all*. 312924
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Just for fun, my GA tiers: T1: LW TorchFS, Sizer Thor, SB ThingFS, Hoogland GS T2: Untap Hulk, Braude IM, Guest DrD, Cougarrr MM, FUDGE Herbie, Bynx Magneto T3: Cana RR, Zombie Thanos, Interro Sentinel, STG BP, PC Annihilus T4: Sankta WX, Dekkster Cap, Owi Carnage, 0Drag IW, KoC GR, W's Mr F.fourthlocation.comRating all 21 Grand Arena Decks!A very special run of Grand Arena starts today featuring a whopping 21 creator-made pre-constructed decks! From June 22-29, join in on the Grand Arena Massive Melee! Let's go through them all and find... 020
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I am seeing so many mirror matches in Grand Arena, which seems improbable based on the # of deck options. Is it just me? 000
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026kinda pathetic watching the chinless chuds who run the regime's social accounts try (and fail) to co-opt the vibes. you hate soccer man, we know that. you don't know ball. don't act like you know ball. keep downing that meatloaf in mom's basement and leave the good soccer vibes alone. 1624526
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/06/2026They laughed at Barack HUSSEIN Obama for being dumb enough to give them $1.7 billion dollars, but they respect Mr. Super President Trump for giving them $300 billion dollars, they respect him so much 1162024445
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years. 14864832580
Reposted by Brian Moffitt Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/06/2026A Michelle Obama Appreciation Post: I deeply admire your elegance, graciousness, beauty, accomplishments, relatability & effortless class. Thank you for being one of the greatest First Ladies of all time!🙏 Much ❤️ from one of your countless fans, Mar🐫 776310086277
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Yeah but “unitary executive theory is a great idea”! What a bunch of horseshit. I 000
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 08/06/2026@marvelsnap.bsky.social your Collector's Vault rewards are terrible. I think I get the same 10 variants rotated in and out every time. 120
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 08/06/2026That GG Supergiant deck is definitely still solid. A better snapper than me would probably have a 1.0 or better cube rate. 041
Brian Moffitt @bmoff.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Only infinite conquest border of the season, with an EPIC Game 5 matchup with very talented @livelegend.bsky.social. Used a modified Doom2099 / WM location control deck that's been doing pretty well for me. 210
![Still, most freed Blacks resisted the pressure to self-deport. Instead, many started organizing toward the creation of the kind of Nation the colonizationists opposed—one that guaranteed liberty and justice for all. In the decades leading up to the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, Black Americans organized and gathered at more than 600 local and national conventions across the country. There, delegates erected the political and intellectual scaffolding for the Fourteenth Amendment and, later, for the Black Civil Rights Movement more generally.
Critically for present purposes, these visionaries already understood themselves to be American citizens. “The refrains ‘we are Americans’ and ‘we are citizens’ echoed in conferences throughout the North.” Moreover, “[b]irthright figured importantly” as “delegates frequently characterized their status as that of native-born citizens.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreieuwdbxpjo22e7fg26a65dobwofwaytq6ilqp4cy7bcicw5fsk63a)
![The delegates argued that, as such, they had the requisite allegiance, so, at a minimum, the Federal Government owed them the duty of protection.
The famed orator Frederick Douglass was one of these delegates. Capturing the spirit of the moment, Douglass proclaimed that Chief Justice Taney—the author of the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 How. 393 (1857)—“[could] do many things, but he [could not] … change the essential nature of things.” In the absence of the artificial evils of slavery and racial subordination, Douglass explained, “the glorious birthright of our common humanity, will become the inheritance of all the inhabitants of this highly favored country.”
Do note this: The citizenship thesis of the Colored Conventions was thus not that some new status should be created and conferred on freed Blacks.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreidxenf7ggfe5sghdwpe5v7pwn3kfh4mqkxiccusnrknq7zfr7qhtm)
![It was instead that freed Blacks already had a rightful claim to citizenship because they had been born on American soil. After all, the Nation, from its founding, had “boldly proclaim[ed] that all men are born free and equal, and that consequently life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, are inherent in every individual, vested inalienably by natural birthright.” No ideal was more inherently American. Now, “rest[ing their] cause on the republican standard of the revolutionary Fathers,” freed Blacks were “knock[ing] at the doors of the constitution and demand[ing] an entrance.” And “[i]f … asked what evidence [they] bring to sustain [their] qualifications for citizenship, [they would] offer them certificates of … BIRTH and NATIVITY.” Would the Nation live up to its promise?
Such universalist appeals were a conscious choice. Yes, Black Americans had suffered a singular wrong. And yes, they had “fought and bled” for the Union, paying a steep price for their freedom. But the delegates did not rest on these laurels. Rather, they drew upon the moral and political force of the universal principles that were already core to the Nation’s identity.
That bears repeating: Freed Blacks did not advocate for a unique set of rules that catered only to their situation. Nor did they seek to advance their own position relative to, or at the expense and exclusion of, other marginalized groups.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreig7o5wpfpkbjt7zcvghbco4zafj6m64etq7blz7r542gh7b3gn3oa)
![Instead, those whose gatherings helped galvanize the push for full equality understood that “[a] diverse origin does not disprove a common nature, nor does it disprove a united destiny.” The firmest foundation for freedom would require an anticaste reset—“both for his sake and for ours”—and would benefit all.
During his U. S. Senate candidacy, Abraham Lincoln developed a similar vision. In the lead-up to the now-famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln explained that the promise of liberty and equality in the Declaration of Independence “was held sacred by all, and thought to include all.” Lincoln expressly and intentionally linked the fate of Black Americans and immigrant groups (“among us perhaps half our people who are not descendants at all” of the Founders), and noted that the Nation’s future hinged on a universal definition of citizenship that excluded neither. He explained that the Declaration’s promise that “all men are created equal” was the “electric cord … that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together,” regardless of race or descent.
The case was made. First, there was war. And then, the delegates’ (and Lincoln’s) universalist view of citizenship made its mark on the Constitution.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreigucpltb6mmwuwxswipazl56ki3v4dmsr7fx4lkmf5jncrsuvwp4a)
