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befuddledbemused.bsky.social
Public policy consultant. Unabashed believer in Western liberalism; one of those dreaded moderates. No, I'm not sarcastic at all, why do you ask? Opinions here are my own.
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Drunk mediocre reactionary sex pest hostile to women as judges, big surprise

and yet millions of rube MAGAs will swear Trump is engaged in the holy work of fighting sex trafficking, pedophilia, etc. they hear the words and never compare them with the actions, if they're even aware of the actions in the first place

The Trump administration helped bring back the Tate brothers (charged with rape and sexual trafficking), hosted Conor MacGregor (multiple allegations of sexual assault), and now invited Dom Lucre (horrific CSAM stuff) to the White House. These are the people they're celebrating and defending.

DOGE: "oh, you wanted us to INCREASE efficiency?"

More than five years ago, I wrote about the American conservatives who admire Russia dictatorship. Now they run America www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Your daily dose of Tesla schadenfreude. www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/b... This paragraph is delicious.

as it should be

“Anyone who demonstrated any support for President Trump,” she said, “is completely ostracized.”

So very efficient

Ossoff: Trump’s cabinet is worth like $60 billion. That’s not even including Elon. They are literally the elites they pretend to hate.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Yea, no. Many of these people are not "long gone." They are very much alive. Nice to have the President admit to doxxing innocent people, including his own supporters.

And to remind folks, I'm pretty much the only lawyer on that list who holds everyone accountable www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/belt...

I'm teary-eyed to see such free speech champions in action

linkedin can be fun sometimes too

Using tax info to target undocumented people puts the lie to the claim that undocumented people don't pay taxes. It also makes them much less likely to pay taxes in the future. It's similar to detaining them at hearings and check-ins while claiming they never show up for hearings and check-ins.

Huge dipshit obviously, but also extremely telling that for the DUI hire "military planning" consists solely of field-grade exercises and company-level instruction

incredibly eye-opening to see which of my ostensible peers have decided to treat hanania like he's anything other than the worst gutter bigot

Opinion | I am a Republican because I believe in traditional family values. Here's why I support a government run by two men who between them have 19 children by 8 different women.

Nobody in America has been more coddled than these incessantly whiny conservatives but they couldn’t use slurs on social media so they think they’re Anne Frank.

Musk’s own lawyers said in a filing he is “in charge of” DOGE.

Folks, it's not just about Biglaw. Sure, Trump hates those people. But they do a pitifully small amount of immigration work. Who do you think does most of those asylum cases the memo mentions? (It's not Biglaw.) It's small firms.

This is much more than just a "do a Paul, Weiss." This says that every lawyer that the government decides has made a frivolous filing will be reported by DOJ to their bar association. Which means thousands of lawyers not in BigLaw but in their own practices have to deal with this garbage.

JUST IN: Judge Hollander has issued a *second* letter today warning Social Security acting commissioner Dudek not to shut down all operations over her order barring DOGE's access to sensitive systems. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Hegseth using “she/they” as an insult just boosts Judge Reyes’ conclusion that the transgender ban is based on animus, not a genuine concern for military preparedness.

“I’m doing good things,” I tell myself as I delete the military service of a dead woman. “I’m still a good person.”

But the really important question is: are people who approve of this being made to feel uncomfortable saying so?

This is how law firms should do it.

“As the firm explains on its website, ‘We have an unwavering commitment to providing pro bono legal assistance to the most vulnerable members of our society and in support of the public interest.’ How could it not chip in to help this vulnerable man, Donald Trump?” www.thebulwark.com/p/big-laws-b...

RFK's group set up a fake CDC site full of vaccine disinfo. Very reminiscient of the fake "abortion" websites antis put up, to trick women seeking abortions into being too afraid to do it.

🚨 NEW 🚨 The IRS is on the cusp of an agreement with ICE to assist with deportations. The IRS would use confidential taxpayer information to verify addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants ICE is attempting to locate, @jeffstein.bsky.social & I can report.

I was struck by these words from a veteran who attended a Utah town hall.

"Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country." www.politico.eu/article/musk...

NEW: Over 20 GOP & conservative former officials joined together to send a clear message: Trump’s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act is UNPRECEDENTED & UNLAWFUL His move to deport individuals without due process cannot and should not be tolerated

The White House quietly released a Friday night EO that would eradicate privacy protections, make enemies lists a lot easier to assemble, and basically set the stage for a police state.

Kaufmann: DOGE claims to have found Social Security loans going to 11 year olds and under. It's a survivor benefit annuity to young children whose parents have passed. That's the problem billionaires without a clue doing a job they don't understand

WITAOD WATCH: Elon Musk’s own lawyers told a judge in Delaware that he is “in charge of Establishing and Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency…”

Flabbergasting how quickly Hanania redeemed his image from Racist Creep With Racist History Still Tweeting Racist Shit as of 2022 to Serious Person Serious People Treat Seriously.