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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's not a coincidence. The Space Force uniform graphic Trump tweeted out actually said they were inspired by Starship Troopers. www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/41536
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Donald J. Trump image post from September 6, 2026 - Trump’s Truth
United States Space Force service dress uniform with design features labeled, including collar insignia, shoulder detail, sleeve patch, and belt buckle. The ...
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Does not name a single work of art he thinks was snubbed. Surely there must be hundreds or thousands? If you disagree with a subjective choice, you should be ready with a different one.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Is this a prophylactic, or will it fight a demon(s) I already have inside me?
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The woke radical left DSA ripped out the Berenstein Bears exhibit and replaced it with a Berenstain Bears one.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
West Virginia v. MyIRA
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Copy editing is Copy editing is my passion
Text from page 111 of White House report PDF: In addition to attacking America’s white Christian Founders, NMAH’s exhibits also portray 
restrictive immigration laws as a tool of white supremacy. The Many Voices, One Nation
didactic entitled “Negotiating Inclusion” alleges that when “thousands of Chinese journeyed to 
the American West, encouraged by the promise of gold rush opportunity” in the 1850s, “[t]heir 
race…troubled white Americans,” leading to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, “the first of many 
restrictive immigration laws.”457 Another states, “White laborers considered the Chinese 
competition and responded with hostility.”458
One American Democracy didactic asks “How Diverse Should the Citizenry Be?” and notes that 
“In a nation created by immigrants…One view is that ‘multiculturalism,’ the preservation of 
diverse cultural heritage, enriches the country…Still others challenged diversity by seeking to
restrict immigration and exclude certain racial and ethnic groups.”459
In addition to attacking America’s white Christian Founders, NMAH’s exhibits also portray 
restrictive immigration laws as a tool of white supremacy. The Many Voices, One Nation
didactic entitled “Negotiating Inclusion” alleges that when “thousands of Chinese journeyed to 
the American West, encouraged by the promise of gold rush opportunity” in the 1850s, “[t]heir 
race…troubled white Americans,” leading to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, “the first of many 
restrictive immigration laws.”460 Another states, “White laborers considered the Chinese 
competition and responded with hostility.”461
One American Democracy didactic asks “How Diverse Should the Citizenry Be?” and notes that 
“In a nation created by immigrants…One view is that ‘multiculturalism,’ the preservation of 
diverse cultural heritage, enriches the country…Still others challenged diversity by seeking to
restrict immigration and exclude certain racial and ethnic groups.”
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Friends don't let friends continue to give exams and papers that are not adapted to the current AI landscape www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... (this is AFTER 27 bailed so the reality is even worse) PS Props to students 1, 22, and 31
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Did they bother to try and distinguish Slaughter from Seila Law? Or did they really discover a new way the Constitution always required things to work in the last six years?
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”
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‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
After the decision is released, I feel like this simile is now too kind to SCOTUS! It's like the shitty boyfriend only remembered your birthday because his mom bought a present for him to give you.
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Want to qualify to celebrate America's 250th July 4? The Kennedy School is offering a "free, short, nonpartisan HarvardX online course on the U.S. Constitution" (tbc: it's 250 since the Declaration, not the Constitution (trick question #1)): bit.ly/FreeCourseHa... (click “audit” 4 free ver.)
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HarvardX: American Government: Constitutional Foundations | edX
Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Did we learn nothing from printing the magazines before Betty White actually turned 100?
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Coincidentally, Eric Metaxas wrote the most famous recent book about Bonhoeffer... and then went hard down the Trump rabbit hole. You'd hope for better awareness from a guy who wrote about a principled stand against a budding fascist, but alas...
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Professor Wurman complained that my paper did not devote attention to his historical fiction. Well, he got his wish in a new paper by Keener and Whittington, who thoroughly demolish the hackery: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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Birthright Citizenship, the Common Law, and the 39th Congress
Ben Keener and I have posted a new paper on the original meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This one provides an extended analysis of the English common law origins of the ...
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The UFC is doing a very clever thing: they have given each fighter an honor guard that includes a medal of honor recipient, which means every service member must salute as the fighter walks past
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Pleased to post my draft article, “Discovering the Historical Anglo-American Constitution.” I study the history of birthright citizenship from the 1100s to the 1700s. The English common-law rule of natural-born subjects was always tied to territory and jurisdiction. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Not enough people talking about this, and the correspondents' dinner is actually an example. 1,000 person capacity at the ballroom vs 2,600 dinners served at the WHCD.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Cheektovegas. You can just say it.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is what they're actually going to do to the 2028 Dem nominee.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Soft power; emphasis on the "soft"
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I picture the parties after the news breaks will be like the end of RotJ, so I'm right there with you
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Few things have shocked me as much as learning he was defending one of the worst, most ahistorical, anti constitutional Trump policies while masked federal goons were occupying his city and murdering people in the street.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I assume you press a button next to the product you have a question about, then they come 30 minutes later?
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Don't forget the chalk!
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Lunatics react to the full moon; he's unstable every day.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Was William of Orange not available?
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
"Would you like to humanize your file?" 🤮
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The answer is always the Nunavut polar bear plate. No matter the question.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
In his linked January 6th column, the word "Trump" appears once... referring to protests during the 2017 inauguration.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Iran used to have a good reason to hate us. They still do, but they used to, too.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Perhaps she was working around some heavy machinery and that is definitely the only reason she took her wedding ring off
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
It's not yes/no; it's more over/under. I've got the line at 1.5
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Best read (if at all) after refreshing one's recollection about the rants in his interview with Isaac Chotiner www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Q: You wrote last week, “In the United States, if the total death toll increases at about the same rate, the current 67 deaths should translate into about 500 deaths at the end.” We are currently at eight hundred deaths—over eight hundred deaths. [This was true when we spoke; the number is now over two thousand.]

A: First of all, let me just say I wrote an amendment to that, the thing I regret most in that whole paper. But I was not so much interested in explaining why my number was right. I was interested in explaining why the other projections were wrong.Q: And you’re not an epidemiologist, correct?

A: No, I’m trained in all of these things. I’ve done a lot of work in these particular areas. And one of the things that is most annoying about this debate is you see all sorts of people putting up expertise on these subjects, but they won’t let anybody question their particular judgment. One of the things you get as a lawyer is a skill of cross-examination. I spent an enormous amount of time over my career teaching medical people about some of this stuff, and their great strengths are procedures and diagnoses in the cases. Their great weakness is understanding general-equilibrium theory.Q: I’m not saying anything of the sort.

A: Admit to it. You’re saying I’m a crackpot.

Q: I’m not saying anything of the—

A: Well, what am I then? I’m an amateur? You’re the great scholar on this?

Q: No, no. I’m not a great scholar on this.

A: Tell me what you think about the quality of the work!

Q; O.K. I’m going to tell you. I think the fact that I am not a great scholar on this and I’m able to find these flaws or these holes in what you wrote is a sign that maybe you should’ve thought harder before writing it.

A: What it shows is that you are a complete intellectual amateur. Period.Q: O.K. Can I ask you one more question?

A: You just don’t know anything about anything. You’re a journalist. Would you like to compare your résumé to mine?

Q: No, actually, I would not.

A: Then good. Then maybe what you want to do is to say, “Gee, I’m not quite sure that this is right. I’m going to check with somebody else.” But, you want to come at me hard, I am going to come back harder at you. And then if I can’t jam my fingers down your throat, then I am not worth it. But you have basically gone over the line. If you want to ask questions, ask questions. I put forward a model. But a little bit of respect.

Q: O.K. Let me ask you this question. All my questions are asked with respect.

A: That’s not the way I hear it.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I'd never seen the special Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett did together about fifteen years back, but stumbled across it last night. Really worth your time if you haven't seen it. Amazing stories.
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Mel Brooks And Dick Cavet Together Again - Shakespeare
YouTube video by HBO
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Oops, you've gone to Plaid and you ended up in the John Birch Society instead
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two men are sitting at a table with their faces obscured by a red light
ALT: two men are sitting at a table with their faces obscured by a red light
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
And it was only possible because he explained his reasoning when they often haven't bothered.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Capital B and lowercase i
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The idea that you're going to "rejoin the fight" on a table-sized anything in the ocean is absolutely disgusting
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
DOJ on the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights: “After receiving … legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador.” At Law Dork, I cover what happened Tuesday:
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DOJ lawyers state that DHS Sec. Kristi Noem made decision not to return March 15 flights
Also Tuesday, ACLU lawyers name Emil Bove, now a federal judge, as a possible witness in Boasberg's contempt inquiry over the flights. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
It's so easy to raise a child these days, it even fixes your unrelated pre-existing problems!
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
THANKSGIVING RECIPES THREAD 🧵🍁🦃 I’m Head Chef at this year’s Bower family Thanksgiving. The soup season thread was a hit, so now I’m turning to Bluesky for your best Turkey Day recipes. What’s the one dish you can’t live without? Drop recipes and tips in the replies ⬇️ (Photo: my fave appetizer)
Cranberry brie tarts on a baking dish. There are approximately 10 tarts on the plate, and the cranberries are sprinkled with thyme

Recipe available here: https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/cranberry-brie-pastry-tarts/
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
They tried some crazy stuff while they thought nobody would be paying attention for Easter and Labor Day... imagine what they're planning for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
They treated her WORSE because somebody made CSAM of her. Unless she put him in the hospital, what are the odds a random fight on a bus results in expulsion?
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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer. Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss. 'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Might as well wait until November 5th at this point
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
He's going to be so mad if he ever finds out his own state is redistricting twice in four years from the same census!
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
They made an audiobook version of Harlan Ellison's original "City on the Edge of Forever" script. He was famously unhappy with the changes made before the show aired. It began with a LENGTHY recounting of all the 30+ year old drama, read by the author himself. share.libbyapp.com/title/2718050
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The City on the Edge of Forever
The original teleplay that became the classic Star Trek episode, with an expanded introductory essay by Harlan Ellison, The City on the Edge of Forever has been surrounded by controversy since the air...
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jonstepien.bsky.social @jonstepien.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Just imagine the crazy shit they're gonna try to get away with on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve...
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