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arleighhelfer.bsky.social
Literate lawyer, advocate for free expression, erstwhile Reagan Youth conscript, and chap with a quirky, dark sense of humor. Fond of dandelion breaks. Fan of 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵. My opinions are mine, but I'm willing to share.
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In Philadelphia. No to Kings. We the people of the United States

submitted 12 hours ago • 75 comments

If you're heading to a protest today, please prepare adequately. Now get your butt out there and let them know this aggression will not stand, man.

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Happy Fathers Day weekend. "You love your wife and kids, Just like your dad did." Legend.

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

I've been reaching back to tunes from the 1980s, back when Reagan was a galvanizing lightning rod for countercultural and progressive opposition. Feels right again.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

This is Kristi Noem admitting that Homeland Security is currently occupying Los Angeles, not to protect citizens, but for purely *political* reasons. Yes, she really is that stupid.

submitted 2 days ago • 899 comments

I remember when I'd pick up a paper and read news on the front page about an attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan or the US invasion of Grenada. Now? I'm delighted to read on the NY Times' frontpage that, as the world is spiraling chaotically, Audrey Gelman’s World Isn’t Millennial Pink Anymore.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I was a member of a dadaist intramural basketball team in college, The Flygirls. We lost every game, but I learned then that one can seize the advantage by confounding and perplexing people. Hit them with something from left field. Disorientation is a powerful tool.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Señor Gustavo Queso Beans wants to scratch some fascists.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

“Pretty much wherever you are, you’re probably less than 30 minutes away from your closest No Kings event.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @democracynow.org We hope to see you at your local #NoKings Day mobilization on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

submitted 3 days ago • 287 comments

I saw Schoolhouse Rock. I know that power derives from a mandate from the masses, not some farcical aquatic ceremony. And I'm taking that knowledge to the streets this weekend. Hope to see you there.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Truth hurts liars. Sunlight disinfects. Live in the truth. As Havel wrote, living authentically and standing up to the lie is the power of the powerless.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I'm attending “NO KINGS in Philadelphia”—sign up now to join me! Or visit www.mobilize.us/nokings/ to find a local rally. Get your butts out there, people!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This just in—Battle: Los Angeles aired on Trump's favorite TV station a few days ago. There is a high probability that he saw it, thought it was news footage (despite the lack of blonde talking heads), and now believes L.A. is being invaded by actual murderous aliens.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

We've gotten so used to seeing pictures of heavily policed protest crowds that sometimes we forget police's primary job at a protest is supposed to be ensuring that people can exercise their First Amendment protected rights, not shutting the protest down as quickly as possible.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Dude, tomorrow's already the tenth.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

This administration is so fragile. Even the faintest criticism stings them to the quick.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

What's the over/under for how many days before Elon perishes because of a "freak plane crash," "drug overdose," "killer robot rampage," "rocket accident," or "experimental Li-ion battery explosion"? Are there Vegas odds yet? If not, maybe the AI that generated the tariffs could take a shot at it.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Don't screw around on the internets with an insanely rich, ketamine-infused manchild, no matter how much he reminds you of one of the campier Bond villains. It's not a rule yet, but it's one I'm proposing at this year's nominating convention.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Elsewhere in the multiverse . . . .

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

submitted 9 days ago • 3029 comments

if Musk left the gig without copying every piece of incriminating information he alleges onto multiple secure devices then his script kiddie status is eternal. when you get inside you copy it or you are the lowest zero-privileges warez forum non-poster, i don't make the rules

submitted 9 days ago • 7 comments

A fight in a madhouse about who is Napoleon...

submitted 9 days ago • 76 comments

Oh yeah

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Universities should be home to disagreement and debate. We do not make progress when we regurgitate received knowledge we've learned by rote. (AI can do that better than we can anyway.)

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him? KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents

submitted 11 days ago • 1574 comments

6/1/2025- Free Speech www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ma...

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

I had a weekday morning ritual growing up. Before middle school and high school, it consisted of making myself some breakfast, checking the baseball box scores, and reading "Bloom County." Bloom County, George Carlin, and Frank Zappa taught me to be an attentive smartass in Reagan's 1980s.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments