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Mr Unfocused

@mrunfocused.bsky.social
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New Yorker by birth, Chicagoan by choice. Husband, newly empty-nest Dad, ADHD, Peloton rider, Pathfinder/Starfinder player & GM, attorney, and scratching post for two Cornish Rex cats

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Micah @rincewind.run · 16/10/2026
called it baby
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Captain Holt Brooklyn Nine Nine
Alt: Captain Holt Vindication gif
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
New measurement of time: one zacharia is less than half a scaramucci
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Paul Southworth ☢️ 🐟 @southworth.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
My wife is a teacher. They're not even allowed to give the students Tylenol.
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Can’t wait to see the affidavit DOJ submitted to get a judge to issue the warrant asserting a supposed basis for probable cause to find evidence at Rep. Omar’s home of an alleged crime by her parents that would have taken place more than 25 years ago.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Many churches have whatever position they have on divorce and remarriage, and many churches including his own either don't allow or else have various restrictions on interfaith marriage. Civil marriage has never been coterminous with the many different religious scopes of marriage in this country.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trumpers, famous opponents of border walls
Every communist country eventually builds a wall. It's never to keep people OUT.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This “game” on the White House website, a version of Snake where you play as a white man in a suit and you run around picking up identifiably black, Asian, and Latino men and putting them in orange jumpsuits, might be the most openly white supremacist thing I’ve ever seen the US government produce
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This movie is so great! My personal favorite is the president’s “Bullshit” song. The lyrics go something like this: “Bullshit! Bullshit Bullshit Bullshit Bullshit Bullshit Bullshit Bull bull bull bull Shit shit shit shit BUUUUULLLLLSHIIIIIIT!”
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Both the Social Sciences division AND the law school. I still have some real issues w my alma mater, but genuine credit where due: that’s a pretty solid one-two punch there from both parts I attended against that attitude.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/08/2026
Trump on the bond market: "The ultimate intervention is our military, and if we have to use it, we will"
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Chevron @lachevron.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I hate it when I have to use this meme more than once a day but it's required on this day
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
John Roberts is Natalie Harp in a robe. A cringeworthy handmaiden
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New headline: “Republicans Kill Horses, Don’t They?” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Chauvin was, in fact, the cause of Floyd’s death. He used a technique that MPD and most other agencies have banned, specifically because it causes death. And the crime for which he was convicted is unintentional second-degree murder, which by definition does not require intent to kill.
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
As a theatre kid who married a chorus-and-theatre kid (lots of overlap) I heartily endorse this post. Also, wrt to the last point, why not both?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I think polio is bad and the vaccine for it is good.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trump just dismantled this so his blatant corruption and his cronies overseas can operate without consequences or detection. Organized crime is now legal and the US is open for exploitation by foreign and domestic criminals. Don’t expect Rubio to say a word.
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
What happened and "changed our children?" The reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990s that and included autism as a covered disabilities. Schools had to report how many autistic students they served. Who was a cosponsor of that bill? RFK Jr.'s uncle Ted Kennedy.
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Daily Bloops. @dailybloops.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
1973: the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from the DSM. Not a political favor — the science never supported it being classified as an illness. Every major U.S. medical body (APA, AMA, AAP) has agreed for decades: being gay isn't a disorder. #LGBTQ #TransRights
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Lots of people understand this basic concept but a high percentage of people don’t. Good 🧵
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thanks AGAIN, Senator Cassidy.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
Haley Stevens tweet reading

I love Michigan and am so proud to have put up my hand to serve. I spoke with Abdul a few moments ago to offer him my full support as we work to defeat Mike Rogers this November. 

Thank you, Michigan.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump administration concedes it canceled research grants in blue states
The administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.
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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We all live in a sweatbox now, with no shade or water breaks from the cruelty of a mad king. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
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Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections (Gift Article)
The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Delightful thread.
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New GOP slogan for the midterms: “Let them eat liver!”
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
News: The U.S. economy grew at a disappointing 1.5% in the 2nd quarter of 2026. Congratulations to @sarahbca.bsky.social for her “Bookmark this” comment last December when Howard Lutnick said 2Q of 2026 would be “amazing.” @atrupar.com
Lutnick: "Look for the second quarter of 2026 to be amazing."
SarahBCalif: "Bookmark this."
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Trump administration admits, in court filings, that it canceled billions in federal grants not for policy or performance reasons, but because recipients lived in blue states. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Months later, in court filings, federal officials indicated there was little else that had informed the final decision about which grants to cancel.

“With one exception,” a lawyer for the Energy Department conceded in a court filing this month, “the 284 terminated grants had a recipient location and/or at least one place of performance in a state that awarded its electoral votes to Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and has two Democratic-caucusing senators.”

The lawyer acknowledged that none of the grants were included in the October terminations “based on any programmatic, statutory, cost-reduction or performance-based factor.”

In contrast, the administration left untouched hundreds of additional energy grants in states that were represented by Republicans and had backed Mr. Trump in the last election, even though the Energy Department had recommended canceling them, the government confirmed in the July court filing.

The cancellations coincided with a broader White House effort at the time to pressure Democratic lawmakers to cave in a fight over funding that had shut down the government. That month, Mr. Trump had vocalized the strategy: He threatened openly to slash what he described as “Democrat agencies,” while Mr. Vought announced a series of additional spending cuts targeting other Democratic-led states.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/07/2026
28. To everyone who should know better but is still saying "actually, I agree with this one point in the report" or "to be fair Kratsios is right about this" — I give you Derek Lowe's reponse.
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The Assault On Science Funding Continues
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Basically every drug you have ever heard of had its origins in public research funding, in a field that didn't seem like it was going anywhere, because some researchers were interested in the basic science.
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I’m sure this plan was crafted and will be implemented with the thoughtful care, diligence, caution, and respect for the rights of all Americans that is the hallmark of the <checks notes> Never mind. Screw these assholes.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“The Guardian wins the ‘Caption of the Year’ competition: - William Merrin @theguardian.com
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
1/ Over the weekend, the FDA announced that a lettuce sample from Taylor Farms tested positive for Cyclospora. Within 24 hours, the FDA backtracked, calling the result a false positive. Taylor Farms quickly deleted its own posts about its bagged lettuce and boasted the FDA had apologized to them.
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In spare moments, I’ve been watching Babylon 5 recently. I’d never watched it before - it was aired when I was a law student & then a baby lawyer and too busy for TV, and I never got around to it later. I’m most of the way through season 3 now. Why didn’t anyone tell me it was this good?
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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Watching ICE agents literally run away from a Mount Laurel Starbucks without their coffee because the neighborhood completely rejected them is pure gold. South Jersey will make you unwelcome every single time you show your faces.
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Terribly sad, and rage-inducing.
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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The Thin Man 1934: William Powell & Myrna Loy
Alt: Still wearing her fur coat, Nora Charles sits at a table in a bar with her husband Nick, who has a drink in his hand and has been there for quite some time already. Nora orders six martinis at once to catch up to him, telling the waiter, “You can line them up right here” (on the table in front of her). Later, she will regret the sixth martini. The Thin Man 1934: William Powell & Myrna Loy
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Not sure I’m in the mood to see a long film adaptation of a 2500+ year old epic poem but if it pisses off these right wing assholes this much it’s probably pretty good
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Wait wait I know this one: Thanks, Sen. Cassidy!
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.
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Another stolen summer day
What are we still waiting to learn?
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
to hear Trump tell it, American elections were completely corrupted while he was president and he was helpless to stop it, then they were cleaned up by Biden ahead of Trump's victory in 2024, and now that Trump is president again they are once again becoming third world caliber
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 15/07/2026
Outside the Civil War, the military budget for fighting Americans on our own shores has always been and should always be $0
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Mr Unfocused @mrunfocused.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Mike Johnson wants to increase the defense budget to fund operations against domestic politicians who are democratic socialists, apparently.
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Alex Aronson @alexaronson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Amy Coney Barrett just told Congress that it would be inappropriate to explain the reasoning behind the Court’s unreasoned shadow docket orders. As if unreasoned judicial orders are a thing. They are not. The reasoning is the whole point.
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