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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I heard that they can only be killed with holy grenades.

Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It may seem like the statute of limitations will/has expired, given it's 5 years. But the crime, conspiracy against rights, is a capital offense when death results, as happened on J6. And there ain't no time limitation for filing death penalty charges. Refile, & let a jury give him the wall.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Not all, but you have to pay about 10 bucks for it. Here's Kagi's results:

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bribery in laymen's language, yes, but not "bribery" under federal statutes. A more specific statute applies, however: expenditures to influence voters, 18 USC 597. The maximum penalty is 2 years for willful violations.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Not money laundering, which requires: 1. Proceeds from a felony 2. Used in a financial transaction 3. To promote the unlawful activity, or to conceal the source of the proceeds. See 18 USC 1956. Tariffs are unlawful, but not criminal, and definitely not a felony. See instead 18 USC 597

Statutory definition of proceeds from unlawful activities

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bribery under federal laws is also tenuous. Bribery for getting people government jobs is also illegal, but that statute applies to "appointed" positions, not elected. 18 USC 211. The crime here is expenditures to influencing voters, with a 2-years max term for willful conduct. 18 USC 597.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bribery? Maybe. But it's not money laundering, which requires: 1. Proceeds from a felony 2. Used in a financial transaction 3. To promote the unlawful activity, or to conceal the source of the proceeds. Tariffs are unlawful, but not criminal, and definitely not a felony. 18 USC s. 1956.

Definition of proceeds from some form of unlawful activity

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You either know Kansas history, or you don't.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"made progress" does not usually include complete collapse, because that's how words work

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not even the goddamn courtesy for a reach around.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

All was well-known before 1977. Hypothesis in 1824 (woman scientist!), results in 1856, peer-reviewed conclusion in 1861. And here's a newspaper clip from 1912 relying on that science: daily.jstor.org/how-19th-cen...

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

His advisors have also complimented the regime leader's new wardrobe.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"The average American uses 141 rolls of toilet paper per year, making them No 1 for No 2s globally, just ahead of Germans, each using an average of 134 rolls annually." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The mayor put on a helmet last week, apparently, after spending most of his term pressing for safe bike lanes. God damn, some people.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

When Mount St. Helens erupted, which occurred before the next one I remember, when the Bush (HW was CIA, incl. director in the '70s, following his WWII flyboy days) family attempted to kill Ronald Reagan. www.upi.com/Archives/198...

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Taney proved that the abolitionists had no political/legal solutions, true regardless of Scott. (Side note, legally Taney wasn't wrong. The original Constitution was a racist shitrag that chattled Af.-Amer'ns & disallowed citizenship. See Art. IV, s. 2. constitution.congress.gov/constitution... )

United States Constitution Article IV, section 2 paragraph 3: "No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due."

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The "quiet revolution" saw Quebec nationalize its energy grid. It now supplies electricity to the upper portion of the Northeast United States, generating over 12 billion a year in revenue. Prime Minister Carney's speech was an implicit threat.

"Maîtres chez nous" ('Masters in Our Own Home') was the electoral slogan of the Liberal Party during the 1962 election.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Yes, but which state has the best statehouse mural? (It's Kansas)

Mural " tragic prelude" from the Kansas State House

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I would recommend carjacking with a 15-year mandatory minimum.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Simple solution: Charge them with carjacking. Mandatory minimum of 15 years in Virginia, it seems.

Text from Virginia carjacking statute:

§ 18.2-58.1. Carjacking; penalty.
A. Any person who commits carjacking, as herein defined, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or a term not less than fifteen years.

B. As used in this section, "carjacking" means the intentional seizure or seizure of control of a motor vehicle of another with intent to permanently or temporarily deprive another in possession or control of the vehicle of that possession or control by means of partial strangulation, or suffocation, or by striking or beating, or by other violence to the person, or by assault or otherwise putting a person in fear of serious bodily harm, or by the threat or presenting of firearms, or other deadly weapon or instrumentality whatsoever. "Motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 46.2-100.

C. The provisions of this section shall not preclude the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law of the Commonwealth which may apply to any course of conduct which violates this section.

1993, c. 500.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In the book "on fascism", the author points out that historically Americans are roughly 15% authoritarian, and another 15% authoritarian leaning. 30% or so will always support the strong man.

Book cover " on fascism: 12 lessons from American history" by Matthew C. MacWilliams

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Wait, the left hates the one thing that led to America's peak labor union participation, which substantially increased the political and economic power of the working class? At least we know they love their false dichotomies: we good; them bad.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

At least hard tack is unlikely to sicken you, and I'd bet a slab of rancid bacon against whatever that half-breaded congealed, Bass-o-Matic horror might be.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Real photo, sent to me by a friend/family/acquaintance/partner of a Marine with the 13th MEU. This was dinner a few weeks ago. They are not getting enough food, and what they are getting looks barely edible.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A friend of mine in a punk band 30 years ago snagged his dad's Sears Roebuck from the closet, and it was fucking brilliant.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"that's how my old scoutmaster shakes hands"

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Steven Crowder advocating for fascism. They've stopped hiding, and are now fully converted. Put on the old steel toes and be ready to fight everywhere.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Headline from Iranian international media. centcom denied. @midastouchmedia.bsky.social now publishing satellite footage from menchosint (Twitter?) account showing successful strikes

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

If they take their phones, the troops will not be able to take pictures of the delicious meals they get every night:

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

There's a reason the US commander quit: capital courts martial suck.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Your childhood UHF reruns did not already convince you?

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Predictable and consistent, Iran has maintained a mostly response-only posture. With reports that the US is nearly out of both ammo and radar signals, Iran still firing, & 13th MEU malnourished, guessing that the US junta hopes to avoid the oncoming The Night of Ten Thousand Drones

Photo of 13th Marine expeditionary unit dinner plate, appears to be three chicken nuggets, a chicken wing, and an apple.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Marines facing malnourishment. This photo was sent to me by a former client whose boyfriend is with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit somewhere near Iran. This was dinner a few nights ago. They do not have enough food.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Whole-hearted belief but only halfway there

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My daughter just got back from a fellowship on the Normandy beaches. I just asked her. This high school senior said not an expectation, just a preference if you can live through it.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Marsha is going to "hunt down communists"

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Once the most densely populated place on Earth, Gaza is now Dresden-a-day. The only surprise is the number of Americans who still support this atrocity. But the numbers are moving, and one day Israel will become the pariah State it deserves to be.

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Courthouse Trenchman @stepperleffer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Date yourself with a snap of your first ever computer. TI-99

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