Reposted by Nick WeiningerJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 3hIf we’re all going to have to make choices like this eventually, and we all will, each of us should hope to one day find out we have this kind of moral clarity. 340498
Reposted by Nick WeiningerLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 6hNormalcy bias is all that's keeping Pete Hegseth from being universally recognized as a mass murderer. 213532
Reposted by Nick WeiningerZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 12hNot true. The stage-managed *appearance* of due process is something a lot of authoritarian states put real investment into, because it directly affects the perceived legitimacy of the government. 529819
Reposted by Nick WeiningerJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 5hSo basically Trump has only been slightly less disastrous for international tourism than COVID. 151751444
Reposted by Nick WeiningerJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12hSaying it again: the destruction of the service academies as actual universities is a very importany piece of the Trump administration's undermining of both higher ed and the civilian-military constitutional order. thehill.com/policy/defen...thehill.comHegseth freezes hiring of civilian tenured faculty at US military academiesDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed departments on Tuesday to halt appointments of civilian staff to tenured positions at U.S. military service academies and develop hiring plans that prioritiz… 16732
Reposted by Nick WeiningerWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of the absolute worst mental habits you can have for thinking about politics is treating large groups of people as a single person with a single coherent rationale for behaving in a particular way. It’s the Terrible Dem Consultant mindset: “Voters want us to win the argument about X and Y” 41247
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAmrk @amrk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Peter Magyar is currently enacting a Liberal Currents fantasy where he amends the constitution to ban anyone associated with the old regime from ever holding office again and is somehow polling at 68% (he won with 53%) and I’m not saying that’s possible anywhere else but Dems should like, ask him 11697135
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15hCorrect. A LOT of people deluded themselves into thinking that Trump's mass deportation pledge was "round up the criminals and gangbangers Biden let in," which was, of course, a completely false narrative. And now people who supported it because they believed in that goal have realized what's up. 2636577
Reposted by Nick Weiningerrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026an aspiring art student could never have bad politics 942138
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23hNot just impeachable. Impeachment, both pres. and agency heads, is the only option. It's impeachment or nothing. Courts won't stop it. Other tools are impotent. Put them on trial the only way you can. Even if you can't get 2/3, use process as punishment. Make it miserable and costly. It can be done. 13446119
Reposted by Nick WeiningerJosh Yunis @joshyunis.bsky.social · 22h“It’s also a huge moral problem: We are responsible. We control the land, we have the power, and I think it’s incumbent upon us to prevent these things and to oppose them,” he says.” Good profile of Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle...csmonitor.comThis West Bank rabbi condemns Jewish settlers’ violent attacksAn Israeli rabbi from a West Bank settlement says vigilante violence by Jewish settlers toward Palestinians is a “disgrace.” 155
Reposted by Nick WeiningerMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 18hPeople have heard about the phonics vs triple-queuing fiasco but there is a similar issue in math where ed school ideologues have stigmatized the normal and necessary work of drilling novice students in the fundamentals. www.slowboring.com/p/math-needs...slowboring.comMath needs a phonics-style reckoningTeachers should teach students how to do stuff correctly. 97610
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 16hMerely being unpopular at the end isn't enough. Lots of two-term presidents left office unpopular only to then be rehabilitated and remembered as history's winners, or at least within the acceptable bounds of mainstream politics. That's the real danger for where we'll be 20, 30, 40 years from now. 2495
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 14hI have a new example to use next time I need to do my rant about how signature matching is woo-woo pseudoscience that has no good place in how we run elections. 211617
Reposted by Nick WeiningerDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it's evidently too much to ask the rw justices to consider the irreparable harm to individuals treated to such inhumanity. they are complicit in this criminality. shame on all six of them. and shame on us for having a system that allows this illegality. 12411132
Reposted by Nick WeiningerCalliope @calliope5431.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes, there have been real, substantial improvements! Acid rain and ozone depletion are distant memories. Renewable energy is now *cheaper* than fossil fuels. Global poverty numbers have collapsed. It really is a much better world. 717934
Reposted by Nick Weiningerae @aelkus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026either not exist altogether or be beneath its dignity to do anything about. It is a universal trend, irrespective of ideological valence, to come up with elaborate excuses as to why curbing bad behavior among the flock is counterproductive, impossible, or even an enemy trick 1396
Reposted by Nick Weiningerae @aelkus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026every faction online claims to be waging a struggle of absolute necessity, and makes a sport of lambasting everyone that shows even the slightest slackening of resolve in such a titanic struggle. every faction online also has an endemic harassment problem, which it claims to 1468
Reposted by Nick WeiningerSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21074892442
Reposted by Nick WeiningerJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Critical reporting by @theguardian.com: The SS goes stealth. Their quiet crimes are all around us. Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comGone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than everAfter public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere 214078
Reposted by Nick WeiningerWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A great illustration of the way social media has essentially shredded society’s informational immune system: The USSR spent a fortune trying to spread conspiracy theories, without success because they couldn’t crack newsrooms. Today, you can reach the globe with a post that costs $20 to make. 13841229
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We could also just let them freely sell their water rights, which effectively isn't allowed. Same result: growing cheap alfalfa stops making sense when someone will pay several times more for the water. Let them have their windfall if that's what it takes. It's literally cheaper to buy them off. 313222
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 28/09/2026I think students should read full books. 1065375
Reposted by Nick Weiningeramanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know for a fact an ICE detainment happened. I am being told it does not exist. That is what I need help with. If you have any insight, my DM‘s are open 328296
Reposted by Nick WeiningerIsaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026this is why i’m not interested in “Bibi told Trump to do this war so it’s Bibi’s fault.” Bibi had told every president since Clinton to bomb Iran. It’s the President’s job to know when a foreign leader is being a bloodthirsty idiot and NOT LISTEN TO THAT GUY. This war is because of Trump. 14530132
Nick Weininger @nweininger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is indeed extremely good: well-told, terse yet thorough, and much more careful, fair, and nuanced than other Takes (tm) on the whole hairball I have seen. FWIW, I say that as a Bay Area (mostly-ex-)techie who is probably 2-3 social degrees from a bunch of the people described. 110
Reposted by Nick WeiningerMatthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026EOIR quietly issued a new 5-page policy on public observation of immigration court hearings this week. It contains some significant new limitations, most notably for people trying to observe hearings remotely on WebEx. Here are the changes I've noticed. www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...justice.govFact Sheet September 2026 | United States Department of Justice 14729
Reposted by Nick WeiningerEli Sennesh @elisennesh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026No I don't think Netanyahu makes guys in NYC chase Jews down the streets yelling "hail Hitler!" and trying to beat them up or stab them. That is not true. 58316
Reposted by Nick Weininger🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 121121715155
Reposted by Nick WeiningerKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction upbraiding ICE for mass arrests that have strained detention facilities and forced detainees all over the country into "overcrowded, squalid, and degrading rooms for excessive periods of time" www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul... 9733481039
Reposted by Nick WeiningerDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW 2722961002
Reposted by Nick WeiningerIsaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026giving madonna and child 061
Reposted by Nick WeiningerJacob Schriner-Briggs @jschrinerbriggs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This point has been exhausted, but it really is worth sitting with: under any other administration in recent memory, the ejection of disfavored news outlets followed by flagrant disregard of court orders would get wall-to-wall coverage and end political careers. 622368
Reposted by Nick WeiningerJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution. 562272532
Reposted by Nick WeiningerDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is (was) the Arch of the Philaeni, built by Mussolini in the Libyan desert in 1937. Gaddafi (hardly averse to overblown architectural gestures himself) knocked it down in the early 70s. 1154
Reposted by Nick WeiningerRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026They also made him sleep on the floor of a holding cell. With the bullet in his back. And no pain medication. They also failed to provide medical care after they shot him. People need to go to prison for this. 381816675
Nick Weininger @nweininger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I miss the days when "In My Country There Is Problem" read as an absurd over-the-top exaggeration. 000
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAshley DeAzevedo @afuashley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ICE could deport Pastor Molis Augustave, husband of a U.S. citizen, as soon as Thursday. We told Newsweek, "What benefit is it to the United States to deny this man his place among us?" www.newsweek.com/ice-poised-t...newsweek.comICE poised to deport Christian pastor after green card application rejectedA pastor is facing imminent deportation to Haiti after immigration officials denied his application for lawful permanent residence, advocates said. 27427
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The CW idea impeachment backfires isn't true. Nor is there any value in surrendering in advance on conviction. But there's a more important long-term consideration. Looking at all this and saying nope, we're not even going to say he should be removed, is locking in a message for future presidents. 517346
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is an extremely harrowing analogy and one I think is very much in the ballpark 59411
Reposted by Nick WeiningerPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping. 1665759953
Reposted by Nick WeiningerMission Local @missionlocal.org · 23/09/2026The entire San Francisco Board of Supervisors signed a letter demanding Ho Yin Mo's release. ICE detained Mo, an aide to Assemblywoman Catherine Stefani and former London Breed campaign staffer, at a Las Vegas airport last week. missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-...missionlocal.orgSan Francisco elected officials call for feds to release Ho Yin Mo, detained assembly legislative aideFormer Chinese-language TV anchor, detained last week at Vegas airport, works for Assemblymember Catherine Stefanie and previously served as field organizer for Mayor London Breed 26335
Reposted by Nick WeiningerBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Boasting of an illegal war and the war crime of pillage. 691637379
Reposted by Nick WeiningerIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026By "ordinary" I don't mean cognitively or w/e, but that past a certain point any persona is artifice supported by a team, and social media lets you skip the team and thus be constantly subject to halting and catching fire 457930
Reposted by Nick WeiningerIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I think we need to take seriously that ordinary folks aren't meant to have audiences in the tens of thousands or more. This is novel and disruptive in human experiences 221530189
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com · 21/09/2026When the Dems regain the presidency, we need to commit to prosecuting members of the American military, from leader down through enlisted, who carried out illegal commands from Trump and Hegseth. We can't allow any "only following orders" excuses. 24719
Reposted by Nick WeiningerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The lawyer for the Venezuelan man shot by ICE yesterday says he was discharged from the hospital and transferred to ICE detention while the bullet was still inside of him, and that in Pearsall he's not received any pain meds and was forced to sleep on the floor. 13638341785
Reposted by Nick WeiningerJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_... 4827881161
Reposted by Nick WeiningerGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 2821991231
Reposted by Nick WeiningerWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The thing that makes ICE a rogue agency isn't just that it hurts and kills people, it's that when it hurts and kills people it always circles the wagons and tries to hide the evidence. A culture of zero rules and zero accountability. 324740
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