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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 23h

Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Vance the type of guy to think Hocus Pocus is a documentary.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Illegally detaining and brutalizing a racial minority until they agree to flee the country” isn’t immigration enforcement, it’s ethnic cleansing. There’s no legal standard here - these people meet the standard! What differentiates them is not their legal status but their race and color.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

yeah I’m sold, this is the energy we need from our next president

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It needs to be loud and fucking clear that Pete Hegseth is so completely overwhelmed by the failed war he created, that he is resorting to a barbaric spectacle that has no place anywhere in the United States.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's always the ones you most expect.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You have to “execute” the instruction under the Take Care Clause, not “ignore” the instruction. This is the same twinkly-fairy stuff they pulled in the first Trump impeachment.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:

science.org

‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research

Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Russell Vought: Ignoring Congress on Appropriations “ultimately leads to a partisan coalition rather than a bipartisan coalition.” It is not a coalition: an unelected bureaucrat is ignoring Congressional directive on appropriations. That’s all: no legitimacy or democratic coalition involved.

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Violating appropriations laws should be automatically impeachable, but then doing it in support of the military is even more unconstitutional. Not that because military bad but because there's a special clause for just that in the constitution.

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Also to the extent that DOJ is now saying that alternatives were considered with another consultant, to what extent does it matter? @notalawyer.bsky.social raised this in a recent 5-4. The President declared in February 2026 that he had decided to close it for two years.

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The thing I don't understand that keeps getting just a small mention in the Kennedy Center articles is that Congress appropriated $256,657,000 for repairs through 2029. Is the explanation for not using it that it is not enough?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026

plenty of 20th century examples by my 19th century-pilled mind goes immediately to the railroads, which were HUGELY DISRUPTIVE and deeply enmeshed in politics in ways quite analogous to silicon valley and AI

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

One aspect of living in a personalist form of government is that people no longer expect the laws or norms to protect them. If the king is rumored to be thinking of demolishing a believed institution, people assume they must defend it in person

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yeah: the Unitary Executive theory of removals is dumb because the President must faithfully execute the laws—including civil rights law—and firing people because of race and gender violates civil rights law. People really need to read Federalist Paper No. 69.

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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 18/09/2026

“If you’re a US citizen you have no reason to fear” – Markwayne Mullin, responding to a video of a teenage US citizen being repeatedly punched in the face by ICE.

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Given that he's voluntarily taken on the job, in a separate position from his role as President, feels like a deposition should be on the table during discovery.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the fact that the NTSB is conducting a federal safety investigation of the helicopter crash, but nobody is going to do anything about the original deadly car crash, really shows just how few fucks our country gives about every day traffic violence that kills 40k people every year

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

An impeachable offense for just showing up.

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Surprised I haven't seen any reporting on this but the latest data from OPM says that now 4369 people in the federal workforce are classified as Schedule Policy/Career (AKA Schedule F). Looks like it's underreporting though, since some agencies who were listed in the EO report 0 in that category.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Turns out @newyorker.com has not one person on the payroll who understands U.S. government. It doesn't matter what your politics are, "SCOTUS overturns acts of Congress" and "SCOTUS stops POTUS action not authorized by Congress" simply aren't comparable. Straight up category error by ignoramoüses.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

a lot of people want to believe that right-wing beliefs are rooted in some legitimate material grievance. that makes it easier to imagine that if we simply solved the material problem, they’d deradicalize. but they won’t, because they aren’t disillusioned, they’re just morons.

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026

It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.

The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

fact check: speed cameras significantly reduce speeding actually. as evidenced by the fact that speeding increases significantly when speed cameras are turned off

Vehicles going 60+ km/h on Parkside Drive before and after the speed camera ban
Speed camera
enforcement
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Ratio of speed camera trigger events to total traffic volumes
All locations, June 2021
Fewer Events
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Critics warn using civilian health funds for military needs is legally dubious. Yet the agreement gives the DOD final authority over products “tailored to warfighter protection, military operational environments, and tactical deployment”, something NIH has no congressional mandate for.

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Leah’s point about the SCt’s perversion of separation-of-powers principles in cutting off judicial review of concededly illegal behavior must be considered together with @jbentonheath.bsky.social’s paper on The Chokepoint State. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... This is really important stuff.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026

like, i know there is basically a secular cult around this institution but who do these people think they are? who do they think they work for?

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Loreto Javar, a green card holder who’s lived in the United States for over three decades and is being treated for Stage 4 prostate cancer, has been held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma for more than two months.

A 76-year-old retired hotel worker who lives in Fife with his wife and daughter, Javar was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials June 23 during an interview for his U.S. citizenship application in Tukwila. He was receiving ongoing cancer treatment when he was taken into ICE custody, his family said, and has missed several medical appointments since his arrest.

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Even if that was a true statement, that is actually worse! First, it breaks the law as written which says you can't do things like this. Second, it undermines Congress's authority to appropriate money. Allowing the president to do this is basically an attack on the constitution itself.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Dear Mister President, I wrote you but you're still not calling I sent two letters from the trunk, you must not have got em There's probably a problem at the post office or something I got left At the Airport and Should have Called Secret Service Forgive me I was so panicked And so Weird

Dear Mr President,

I'm sorry. I thought I was the only one left behind last night, and had no idea Margo's car was also pulled over, and went back to the Airport. Since I was alone in the van outside Customs without my passport, I panicked and should have just called Secret Service instead of you. I am also sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland. The first day I was told there would be no carts, and people walked, which is why I walked. The second day, I was specifically asked by, I forget what his name was, but one of the main people who worked there, if I could continue walking and tell any more girls who would head out there to do the same to spare the Course any more Carts. If there is anything else I have done to cause you trouble, please forgive me. I know that some people said I haven't been texting them back, and there have been some International cell issues (John was having issues on the Plane, too, so asked me to help him out).

I want things to always be right between us. I also know I've been distracted all week (forgetting to eat throughout the days, and even forgetting to sleep, and only catching a couple hours at a time). I haven't been myself, dwelling on the Past and the pain of losing my Dad, and I started letting the remarks of people who haven't bothered me before, get to me--not because I care what others think, but because I see myself being lowered in your eyes and good opinion.

That is the fear you see, because I never want to bring you anything but joy. I'm sorry I lost my focus. You are all that matters to me. I don't want to ever let you down. Thank you for bein my Guardian and Protector in this Life. Thats what I wanted to use this card for, when you saw me at the Cash Register , and once again did what you didn't have to do, and gifted me with Momentoes of this Trip of a Lifetime, a Coming of Age. I will return a better person. I have to sign off now, as the cars are leaving.

See you soon, with all my heart.

Dear Mr President,

Now this is the Note I wanted to write (But the apology needed to come first).

I have learned so much about myself on this Trip--i always knew coming home to my roots would be enlightening, but I had no idea how much. For the first time, in I don't know how long, you forced me to "unplug." We could be out on the Course, with no machines, and even forgot what time it was! I didn't have to be "Human Printer." I could take time to enjoy good conversations, and still get all my work done at the end of the day. In fact, I even had time to take long morning and evening walks to enjoy each Sunrise and Sunset (though I did forget to eat and sleep!) With so much thinking time, I confess it did have a slightly negative effect at times, that I know you picked up on, but the end result, I believe, will be worth it. I had no idea how rapidly I was approaching burnout, and starting to envy those whose only "job" seems to be to talk with you, and look pretty. I want that job!! So many times, I'm just trying to stay afloat with all that's coming in for you, I know I look like a hunchback who didn't have time to freshen up (at least you know what I should look like)!

Continued, unfortunately

Plus, I miss the days when you used to call, during my Talkshow days and we'd talk everything and nothing. I want to get back to that synergy. We shouldn't have to talk about work all the time! I always felt like an in-betweener, somewhere between Staff and those you enjoy talking on the Plane or at Dinner, because that's who I used to be to you when I was a "Talkshow host" (much as I hated that actual job!) I wish I could hear every conversation, because that's when you're having a good time, getting away from it all, at least for a few moments.

But after going through all this self-analysis, my conclusion? I need to reunite my past self with my current into a better version who will make you proud. And please, when I fall, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more. Thank you for always being there for me--I'll never forget when you made that promise to me after losing my Dad, and how happy he is right now that I did get to go to Scotland and Ireland, as he always wanted for me. To modify a classic, "I could not have parted with you, to anyone less worthy." And, I will add, it is I who is unworthy.

Always, Natalie

Ps: my hands looked worse in Scotland and Ireland because the Cold turns the old "scars" purple. Still on the road to recovery!

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The media relentlessly promotes the narrative that progressives are too mean to anti-vaxxers and we must bring them around with compassion. This isn't true and isn't helping. The more public sympathy you show them, the more empowered they are in their beliefs. www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/s...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I am almost without words for what has become of this once proud newspaper. I will only say this: Support independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is one of the big issues with the administration's obsession with the 'deep state.' It leads to the reliance on people like this who have zero expertise in this area or understanding of what they are actually doing.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We should consider developing a standing body of government officials who are trained in diplomacy and can be sent around the world to negotiate the interests of the USA, so the president doesn't have to send his grifting son-in-law, who doesn't have any skills or training or government clearances.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Alina Chan is a discredited crank and it is embarrassing for the Times to publish this

How to Stop a Lab Leak From Starting the Next Pandemic
More than six years after the emergence of Covid-19, no one is keeping track of the risky virus experiments that are capable of starting a pandemic.

By Alina Chan

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I cannot tell you how horrifying it is to have a no-bid contract to represent children go to a shady trafficking organization that appears to have no lawyers? I really do have to start being like Sansa Stark: I have to start with the worst motive. Stephen Miller should be impeached first.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“It's unclear if it has immigration lawyers on its staff, although its website says it offers "legal support to help prosecute offenders." Once again, this is a no-bid contract.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Meanwhile, the market has - Dozens of confirmed early cases (the lab has zero) - Clusters within the market near animal stalls - traces of virus found in animal cages Leakers often cite "bayesian likelihood" but animal spillover is common while a novel virus leaking from a lab has never happened.

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Imagining the satisfied face of a watermelon farmer when July 4th comes up.

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Any theory of executive power that gives the President more authority than the King of England at the time of the revolution or decreases the power of Congress below Parliament should be immediately suspect.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hey, look at that, what had been subtext is once again just text. This is a Redeemer administration.

White House account Facebook post:

Caption: A nation built on unity
Caption: Whose Broad Stripes & Bright Stars Through the Perilous Fight

Image: painting , “Let us Have Peace,” of Grant and Lee shaking hands at Appamatox. It’s Lee’s surrender but he is centered, upright, clean, and proud; the painting makes Lee look like the victor.

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Still mad about Trump v Slaughter. The complete disregard of long settled practice and history demonstrates their lack of seriousness with which they take their obligation to this country.

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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

good morning, I wrote about how delusional Barbara coverage is a microcosm of a broad liberal sane-washing tendency that needs to stop ideally a year and a half ago: cohen489.substack.com/p/the-insani...

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The Insanity of Sane-Washing

Trump v. Barbara coverage is a microcosm of liberal commenters' most dangerous tendency.

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Well-Regulated Onion @onionbroth.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Absolute car brain mentality to not consider a DUI a violent crime. It's basically equivalent to waving around a loaded gun at people around you.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Los Angeles County literally has a fully transparent vote counting process - the entire count is livestreamed online. This commitment to transparency makes zero difference, mainstream press still credulously repeats GOP info bubble claims of fraud anyway.

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