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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Four days before yesterday’s ICE shooting in the Bronx, Judge Gary Brown of EDNY (Trump apptee) listed 7 outrages in an ICE case before him, including evasive & apparently perjurious testimony, post-hoc sworn arrest warrant containing false info, woeful lack of training … 1/2

The evidence points to numerous failings on the part of both ICE and the officers
who testified, including:
1. evasive and apparently perjurious testimony by the ICE agents, including the
testimony concerning supposed observations of the petitioner engaging in drug
transactions, which bear all the hallmarks of coordinated fabrication,12 the absence of any recovered drugs, paraphernalia or cash from the petitioner,
the failure of the agents to follow up upon these supposed observations or refer
the matter to another law enforcement agency, and the notable absence of any
reference to these observations in the voluminous documentary records, further undermining the agents' testimony;
2. the seemingly reflexive, though false, claims that the petitioner was
"misidentified" as the target of the operation;
3. fundamental misconceptions about ICE agents authorities and duties;
4. illegality of the arrest and detention of petitioner and Concepcion;
5. the post-arrest documents, which not only were procedurally and legally
suspect, but contain false statements;

Notably, in its filings, Government counsel has not referenced this testimony, seemingly abandoning any argument predicated upon these sworn assertions by the agents.

6. the database search process used to justify the administrative warrant, as
described by the ranking supervisory officer, which appears designed to generate misleading information in official records; and
7. the inexperience of the agents involved, their woeful lack of proper training, understanding of law, policies and procedures, and their ready recourse to false testimony to conceal these failings.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sorry, but we know the truth.

A Successories style block border meme, showing a photo of British Parliament and Big Ben from across the Thames. A giant cartoon hedgehog (drawn by Terry Gilliam) is looming over the buildings. The captions are "SPINY NORMAN" (the character's name) and "DINSDALE!!!" (the character's only dialogue).

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

To add context to this, Chestnut Blight kills the trees before they reach maturity. The trees in this particular grove have a rare resistance to the blight that allows them to survive long enough to produce seeds.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yeah, this is a 200-tree stand of pure American Chestnuts, which have enough resistance to the blight to actually reach maturity and produce seeds before it kills them.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The State Department has announced that the US declined to invite international election observers, because they do not want to waste the OSCE's precious resources. (Press X to doubt)

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm guessing it was teargas. They seem more likely to get self righteous than people confused about bacterial vs viral.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That's because it goes against the narrative. They want him to be ostracized by the libs, because their only counterargument to "Vote blue, no matter who" is to bemoan it as a one-way street. Once it translates to liberal support for a leftist candidate, "No True Leftist!" is the only option left.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

She was also too tall to join the military during WWII, which is why she joined the OSS.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pneumonia isn't a specific disease in the same way as the flu or strep. It's a condition caused by just about any kind of lung infection. So treatment for pneumonia caused by pneumonic plague will involve treatment of the plague, but that will be different from treatment for pneumonia from COVID-19.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's been weird watching Tapper actually challenge the Republicans in his interviews these past couple days. But then he gives that little head nod, and you remember he's Tapper.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

She checked into the hospital four days after the accident with "severe pneumonia." Which means she broke the tube, either wasn't wearing proper ppe or didn't decontaminate correctly, inhaled the bacteria, and spent several days breathing pneumonic plague on everyone she spoke to.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Man, Dr. Phil is looking haggard.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I like to think that every time she sees gender-swapped Malfoy, Rowling pops a blood vessel.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Jackson Hinkle tends to be completely full of it, so I wouldn't hold my breath on any receipts. That he's even being reposted here is somewhat embarrassing.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I believe Hinkle prefers to describe himself as a "MAGA Communist"

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

100%. The number of legs and the tail change from clip to clip.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And she had anger issues. At one point I had to stop her beating our dog with a closed fist (it wasn't until after he tried to take her hand off that I realized it might not have been an isolated incident).

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I will not joke about my ex-wife. I will not joke about my ex-wife. I will not joke about my ex-wife.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It means it's time to learn how to use the three seashells.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It was 100% intentional, trolling the trucknutz crowd. In her own words, it's what happens when nobody tells her no. She was also recently fundraising for the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights (again), while on tour.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'll take 'Things that never happened' for 500, Alex. I don't know who you think this is, but Kacey Musgraves is not on the MAGA invite list to anything.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sorry, I saw Paperclip and was thinking Allies (which makes me feel even dumber, because I caught myself from doing that yesterday when I originally read his post).

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

OK, but are we still allowed to make shovel memes?

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This wasn't that. She busted a tube of live plague bacteria a week ago, and didn't check herself into the hospital until she came down with "severe pneumonia" four days later.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I won't be surprised if the appeals court overturns it, but by the letter of the law, and by implication (Art. 1, Sec. 2, Clause 1 makes no mention of citizenship, while Clause 2 does), citizenship is not required, and Congress has no authority to impose such a restriction.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I mean, when you think about it, the federal aspect of the Presidential Election is the 538 electors submitting their votes. The Constitution explicitly leaves it up to the states how those electors are chosen, and it's state law that shapes it as a popular (state) election.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And since Article 1, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution does explicitly mention citizenship as a requirement to serve in the House of Representatives, it can be presumed that it's omission from Clause 1 regarding voter eligibility is meaningful.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Elsewhere I described him as that friendly, casually racist neighbor who thinks you're "one of the good ones," but it's more accurate to call him nativist than racist. And it's weird, because he's got this absolutely disqualifying stance on immigration, but his other positions are mainstream NYC.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

But not, hilariously, any of their nuclear physicists. We captured them, interrogated them, then sent them all back because they didn't have a clue.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A solid argument could be made that the only truly federal aspect of any federal election is the Electoral College voting for President. Everything else (including choosing said electors) involves officers of the individual states.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, complete rando from a month in the future here. Just letting you know you were absolutely right. 😆

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sliwa is basically that avuncular neighbor, who’s casually racist, but thinks you’re “one of the good ones.” but he’s also a true believer who wants to make the city better, rather than just climbing to the top for the sake of being on top.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That's why, if you look at the truck he's talking about, it's got all the bullshit built-in. Fuel was already the biggest cost in trucking when I started driving, and they were doing everything they could to squeeze an extra 0.1mpg out of those trucks.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's amazing how many self-proclaimed politically savvy individuals can't wrap their head around the concept of First Past the Post.

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Torven @torven42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Tramway gas station closed down over 30 years ago. The building is still there, but it's the Palm Springs Visitor Center now. Unfortunately, it's on the outskirts of the city, and improvements to I-10 and Indian Canyon Drive shifted a lot of the inbound traffic away from Hwy 111 over the years.