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Shan

@shansplaining.bsky.social
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DC lawyer who enjoys consumer tech and bad reality shows. Despite the name, I’m here to listen ;)

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
He isn't leaving. Be prepared. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump is trying to change how the midterm elections are conducted
Many of these endeavors go far beyond typical political persuasion, challenging long-established democratic norms.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
AOC on a 2028 presidential race against JD Vance: “I would stomp him.”
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Well there goes the GOP messaging. Lol.
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I’m still laughing at the idea that in 2025 a document production of 20k docs was supposed to overwhelm folks.
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Snow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
My view is that if you speak ill of someone in life, you should also speak ill of them in death.
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Cool Breeze 🥑🖤 @maine-char.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Josh Johnson going on the Daily Show is awesome. It’s what he deserves. Him and that grey hoodie put in well over 1000 hours.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 22/07/2025
Jon Stewart Reacts to Colbert's Cancellation & Trump's "Bawdy" Epstein Doodles youtu.be/TwOLo_U6bTw
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Jon Stewart Reacts to Colbert's Cancellation & Trump's "Bawdy" Epstein Doodles | The Daily Show
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Lawd. Lmfao!
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This administration sent 200+ fathers, sons, and husbands to be tortured in a foreign prison for the rest of their lives. 9 in 10 have no criminal record. None received any due process. If you *aren’t* outraged, you need to check your fucking humanity.
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I’ve been trying to articulate this in scattered story posts. This is it.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back? The answer is due process.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/04/2025
i'm watching a group of conservative law professors insist that there is a grand debate over birthright citizenship that somehow escaped generations of scholarship and only popped into existence after a right-wing president announced an effort to nullify the 14th amendment.
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Walter MOONdale @dabenner.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
He is a union apprentice and raising three special needs kids, two of them from his wife's previous relationships so yes he is certainly in the running.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/04/2025
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Imagine kneeling for a dictator but throwing a fit over pronouns.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe." But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment. 1/
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
They’ll pressure a NATO ally to release a sex trafficker and racketeer but they won’t pressure a tiny dictatorship to return a man it’s holding on our behalf, who they admit they sent there by accident
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Brought to you by the Pro-Life* Brigade. Absolutely barbaric.
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Trump is reportedly targeting the slavery section of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture for possible removal. “Black people are not going to stand for this,” says Nikole Hannah Jones, the author of the 1619 Project.
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Trump Targets a Slavery Removal from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The museum's slavery facts and substantiating artifacts of the 250 years of the enslavement of Africans in America, curated by historians, are the bull’s-eye for the Trump adm...
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Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is high art
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𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐨 & 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 06/04/2025
You gotta romanticize your errands. Wake up early, put on some make up, grab a little energy drink or iced coffee, blast some tunes with some big shades on.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 02/04/2025
what did you expect, you fuckin morons www.reuters.com/world/us-off...
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US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally
U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
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Snow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
You know things have reached a truly unprecedented level of fucked up when China, Japan, and South Korea are on the same side of ANY international relations issue.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/03/2025
merit is back baby
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
IDK what kind of people you hang out with but… Could you add a “random” to your group chat without anyone noticing?
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Dogs really earn their keep
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This is an important piece about resisting Trump’s attempt to “flood the zone.” “He has always wanted to be king. His plan this time is to first play king on TV. If we believe he is already king, we will be likelier to let him govern as a king. Don’t believe him.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
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Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article)
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Purely AI-generated art can’t get copyright protection, says Copyright Office
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Purely AI-generated art can’t get copyright protection, says Copyright Office
AI prompts are different from Jackson Pollock’s paintings, apparently.
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
My most prized possession is my queen sized heated blanket
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I call every motorized bike a SCOOT-E bike.
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
It really does feel this way. Fawk.
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mamamoo @thelovelymc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
give yourself more credit, you're trying to grow while trying to heal
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I’d like to submit a nomination for Minnesota.
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I’m going to start selling screws and wall anchors in front of my local IKEA. I could probably retire by Q2.
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I’m back in the waiting room after initial intake at the ENT, and realize the entire waiting room probably heard me answer the depression questions and get the additional sad girl questionnaire 😂
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Did y’all get your powers yesterday?
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Anya 🌹 @arose230.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Please leave X, it’s run by a ghost president now. Not a US born citizen. A billionaire trying to take away your, our, rights. Also filled with ads and bots. It will take time to build Bluesky but it needs your interaction. ❤️
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The fact that I read this exactly as intended on the first pass 😂
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Talia | DC, Books & Black-owned Biz @taliacadet.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Well! 😉
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I lost my glasses. Guess what would be helpful in finding them…
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Shan @shansplaining.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I’d like this doctor’s appt to end before the sun sets :-/
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Talia | DC, Books & Black-owned Biz @taliacadet.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Made a playlist of all my favorite songs from 1999. Seven hours or pure joy and nostalgia. Listen here: open.spotify.com/playlist/2FY... #musicsky
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The Nine-Nine
Playlist · @taliacadet · 114 items · 8 saves
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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
"Do not take this medication within an hour of drinking tea or coffee" Sir, that is not a time that exists in my waking life.
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