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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.” Struggle on, sir. Don't stop struggling

A post from "anarchostalinist" reads,
"I stand with Russia (Russian flag emoji) against imperialism"
Seriously

Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Know any 11-yr olds? Picture them. Trump is absolutely fine with a country that targets them. He wants to make deals with that country. He wants that country's help in an election again. His only problem with Russia killing kids would be if it made people vote against him. Vote against him

A tweet from Pepel Klaasa reads, over a picture of Ukrainian rescuers tending to the body of an 11-yr old targeted and killed by Russian drone operators,

"In Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian drone dropped an explosive device on an 11-year-old boy, killing him. Two other children were injured.

The drone operator could clearly see that they were children. This was the deliberate killing of children."

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

For the record, The Onion called this 5 months ago

Under an image of Todd Blanche at a podium, an Onion headline reads
"DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment"

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How my friends in civilized countries are reacting

A message from a friend reads "A fucking public firing squad"

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good news, everyone! Stephen is back from the ER

BACK FROM ER

We got home last night. I was battling a virus that dehydrated me, causing difficult symptoms. My docs told me to go to ER to make sure I wasn’t in kidney rejection.

There was some inflammation around my kidney but the kidney itself is fine and functioning well.

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I appreciate this direct rebuke, by Trump-appointee Judge Brown, of both an illegal ICE arrest *and* ICE's illegal attempts to excuse it. This is practically ICE's standard operating procedure: the behavior of an unaccountable, lawless federal army. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Agents allegedly arrested petitioner based on a physical description and
photograph of one target. Yet the description disproves the match: the target was five
inches shorter and 80 pounds lighter than the petitioner. As to the photograph, the team
leader acknowledged upon cross-examination that “it’s very easy to see they’re two
different people.” Trying to legitimize petitioner’s arrest, ICE issued a post-hoc sworn
administrative warrant containing false information and later issued a Notice to
Appear. At the hearing, the officers proffered inconsistent, false and misleading
testimony.
The result is troubling: compelling evidence here belies the ICE agents’ reflexive
invocation of misidentification as an excuse for erroneous arrests. Particularly
problematic in this case, the evidence suggests that ICE attempted to support their
unsupported misidentification argument through false or misleading documentation
and testimony. The claims of misidentification here prove baseless, the arrests were
procedurally deficient and legally invalid, and ICE agents falsified official records
trying to conceal their illegal actions, which included significant injury to a U.S. citizen.
The arrest and detention of petitioner were illegal. The petition must be granted.
Furthermore, given the false testimony and records supplied to the Court and the other
matters revealed, further action must be considered.

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Heads up, friends of Stephen Simpson. Forgive my alt text not working, but he's heading to the ER after doing worse lately

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Eric Schmitt: “Have you or have you not, since leaving a career in the military police, led the life of a modern-day knight errant, using your imposing size and intellect to fight crime and corruption, no matter where the facts lead you?” Jack Smith: “That was Jack Reacher.”

A splitscreen of Sen. Eric Schmitt (MO) and Jack Smith

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Eric Schmitt: “Did you or did you not, in or around 1984, not only deduce that Soviet Navy Captain Marko Ramius planned to defect to the United States, but also lead the mission that took possession of his submarine, the Red October?” Jack Smith: “That was Jack Ryan.”

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Eric Schmitt: “Did you or did you not, on or around December 1972, become the only geologist to land on the moon, the second-to-last human to walk on the moon, and return from said moon to the Earth with 254 lbs of moon rock samples?” Jack Smith: “That was Jack Schmitt.”

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Eric Schmitt: “Did you or did you not eat no fat, and your wife no lean, so that between you both, you licked the platter clean?” Jack Smith: “That was Jack Sprat.”

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Eric Schmitt: “Did you or did you not, on or around April 1970, not only fail to land on the moon and fail to follow established procedures, but instead take part in an ad hoc series of maneuvers that barely steered Apollo 13 back to Earth?” Jack Smith: “That was Jack Swigert.”

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Day 451 of The President and The Pedophile

Norm Eisen @NormEisen on Twitter wrote
"BIG WIN for making the Epstein Files public

Judge Kollar-Kotelly grants summary judgment to us at
@DDFund_

Orders DOJ to get busy giving us the docs. We will hold their feet to the fire!"

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Apparently, Bailey had (some) red lines www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...

The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional.

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is a good result, but one we need many more of. Unconstitutional schemes like this to violate the 4th Amendment become pilot programs for authoritarians elsewhere in the country. ij.org/press-releas...

The unconstitutional program ran in five steps: First, surveillance cameras across the state and country recorded license plates and logged when and where cars went. Second, analysts and anonymous tipsters flagged ordinary travel, like driving toward the border and back, as suspicious. Third, Bexar County sheriff’s deputies invented a traffic violation to justify pulling over the flagged driver. Fourth, deputies pulled drivers into their front seats, interrogated them and asked consent to search their car. Finally, fifth, if the driver refused to consent to a search, a K-9 alert from a manipulated dog supplied the probable cause to search anyway. This practice happened for four years to countless motorists.

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thoughts with Stephen Simpson tomorrow

Tweet from Stephen Simpson, @BamaStephen, from Twitter:
"Tomorrow, I am scheduled to have a heart cath and stent repair. Your prayers are appreciated."

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's 2026 in the United States, this is a real social media post, and it refers to real Congressional testimony of the real Director of the FBI. With shame, I must inform future historians that nothing in the post is made up

A post by @emptywheel.bsky.social reads
"Here's one reason to suspect Kash is lying his ass off about the new goat-fucking rules."

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thanks to Andrew Solander on Twitter who screenshot Massie's articles of impeachment against Hegseth. Apologies for my ALT text not working

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Y'all, Stephen Simpson is back at UAB today for some followup on his kidney transplant, and next week he has a heart cath and stent repair. I can relay any well wishes for those who've left That Place, but drop him a note if you're still on the site

Tweet from @BamaStephen on Twitter:

"My wife and I are back at UAB Hospital in Birmingham for scheduled labs and consults regarding my recent kidney transplant. Next week, I will have a heart cath and stent repair back in Mobile.

Please keep us in your prayers as we walk through this season. The Lord is with us."

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Every year my awesome sister-in-law mails us a relief package from Australia. Tim Tams, BBQ shapes, vegemite, plus assorted Australiana. They last hours, whole hours!

A packet of Tim Tams, a jar of Vegemite, and a box of BBQ shapes. I should run a pool on which one will last the longest in our house

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Mate on London reports someone is putting these up across the city 😂

A pic of a "Ray Ban/Meta Smart Glasses Amnesty Bin"
The text on the bin reads,
"Wearing hidden camera glasses massively increases the chances of people thinking you're a nonce.
Drop them in and walk away with what's left of your dignity."

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

About 10 miles from the WTC in New Jersey

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Canadian city council considers changing street named after Trump to Taco Avenue www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/a...

Ottawa City Councilor Tim Tierney told CNN that suggestions for the new name have included: Obama Avenue, Ontario Avenue, Canada Avenue, Beaver Avenue, Gulf of Mexico Avenue, Canada Goose Avenue, Pelosi Avenue and even Taco Avenue – a reference to the acronym Trump Always Chickens Out. Another suggestion: Rosie O’Donnell Avenue — a reference to the comedian and longtime Trump antagonist who moved to Ireland after his reelection.

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Google caved on the Gulf of Mexico, so we'll see how long this lasts

A screenshot of Google Maps showing that it still calls Lake Ontario Lake Ontario. At least, it did as of 11:24 pm EST, Aug 27.

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

From this NPR interview with Lara Korte. You have to hear Korte's answer to get the full effect, at 3 min 20 sec into the interview www.npr.org/2026/08/22/n...

KURTZLEBEN: Do you still think that Stars and Stripes is editorially independent?

KORTE: That's a good question, right (laughter)? It's the kind of thing that needs to be proven. It's been stated many times, and I'm glad to see that it's been stated. But I think that answer will come out in the coming, you know, weeks and months. I think it is vital to the mission of the paper and the mission of the military that we remain editorially independent and able to report on the facts of what is happening to our military community.

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Please don't call this term his revenge tour. He was never wronged. He was investigated, often with kid gloves on, for a tiny fraction of the many criminal and impeachable acts he committed in his first term. This is his continued attack on the rule of law

From Kyle Griffin on Twitter:
The Trump Justice Department has requested to interview FBI officials who were involved in the 2022 search of Trump's ‌Mar-a-Lago resort as part of a wide-ranging probe examining past investigations of the president, four sources familiar with the matter said.

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Dear New Jersey Transit, please tell everyone involved in installing these Antarctic air conditioners in Penn Station that they are absolute lifesavers. Thanks

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Number of times I have asked "is that even legal?" since arriving in the U.S. (I know, I know. It's not enough.)

A bar chart showing a random spread of roughly a dozen times a year in non-Trump presidencies and significantly higher numbers during Trump presidencies

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

These are fun. Our Texas friends taught us to obey, so me and the boys trooped down to the basement for the duration

Emergency alert: Extreme

National Weather Service: TORNADO WARNING in this area until 3:45 PM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media.

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Who is this fool? Immigrants often assimilate in one or two generations. In fact, I would back the average immigrant over the average multigenerational American in a civics quiz

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Trump card (from my mate in London)

A photoshopped image showing Folarin Balogun countering the referee's red card with a card with Trump's picture on it.

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Tough result for valiant Mexico

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Ass-melting weather here in New Jersey. How's everyone doing?

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Individual Stock trades During Term by U.S. president since 1990 (x.com/i/status/207...)

The chart shows 0 individual stock trades during their terms by all U.S. Presidents since 1990, with sole exception of Donald Trump. He made 50 such trades during his first term, and, so far, has made 3,642 such trades in his second term. Link in tweet

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"The White House is considering granting mass pardons for the nation’s birthday. The prospect set off an international frenzy of lobbying and dealmaking in which even slight proximity to the president can be monetized." Sarah Fitzpatrick & Michael Scherer. Gift: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Five current and former administration officials and nine private-sector lawyers, lobbyists, and other individuals with ties to Trump’s orbit told us that the jockeying among those seeking clemency for past crimes has been intense. One criminal-defense attorney called it “a three-ring circus,” and a former administration official said that it was “batshit crazy.” One lobbyist told us that he had started turning off his cellphone as the ”“aggressive” requests from clients intensified in recent weeks. All spoke with us on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters with high stakes in the days ahead.

One former Trump associate who had been approached to help facilitate a pardon described the push to be included in the possible 250 for the celebration of American independence as distinctly different from what had occurred in Trump’s first term. “Everything is now out in the open,” he told me, drawing a contrast to previous attempts to keep plans under wraps and disguise the appearance of selling access. For those hoping to obtain a presidential pardon or other form of clemency, this person said, “now is the time.”

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

There are two reasons I'm still on Twitter. First, I lack the power to make a host of Ukrainian, Polish, Baltic, and other European politicians move to Bluesky, so I have to stay on Twitter to read them. Second, I block 20-50 accounts on Twitter per day. That absolutely helps

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Content warning: the character of Megyn Kelly. The “culture” she's proud of is one with no reading, no humanity, and no morals. The average Haitian is her superior in all three. Megyn Kelly is human waste

A tweet by @MegynKellyShow reads:

Megyn sends a message to the Haitians who lost their TPS today:

"Go home! Get out! We know our country is better than yours. That's because we filled it with our work ethic, culture, and values. You being here only dilutes it for us... GO BACK TO FUCKING HAITI!"

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Rob Fardon @robfardon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I asked this the other day and the answer appears to be yes

In new court filing, plaintiffs accuse Team Trump of "petty defiance" and "inexcliable" conduct in its handling of the removal of Trump's name from Kennedy Center

They argue the tarp and scaffolding are a "transparent effort" to frustrate a return of the rightful name

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