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Thing namer. Word writer. Creative director. Dad. Husband. Goofball. All opinions are mine—but, really, c'mon, they should be yours as well.
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Help us build out our rapidly growing list of townhalls where GOPs got rocked last week over people who hate the Elon and DOGE crime spree talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ye-ol...

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Trump kill baby

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Alright, putting this out there: I’m a communications professional who specializes in turning complex science into compelling, credible, and actionable messages. If you’re a scientist impacted by the DOGE/Trump/Musk horror show, hit me up and let’s get your message out there!

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

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These connections are incredible. I knew about Musk and Theil, but hadn’t connected the other two, and didn’t know much about Theil’s background. 🧵

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gulfof.mapquest.com?name=Eggs

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I love a badass Governor who’s willing to tell Trump to screw off to his face — particularly when it’s a straight Governor willing to stick up for trans people when it isn’t popular to do so.

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Considering this dude posted, basically, "I did it, I leaked all your data to DOGE. Fight me liberals" on LinkedIn..

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

See y'all in San Francisco at noon!

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Between this and his comments to the governor of Maine it looks clear that he is using unconstitutional coercion/extortion to compel policy outcomes at the state level that his office doesn’t give him the authority to dictate.

submitted 6 hours ago • 18 comments

When I say “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party,” this is what I’m banging on about. Our entire post-WWII/Cold War system of massive delegation of powers to executive agencies has rested on the assumption that both parties are normal.

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"This is the kind of error from which a career is not supposed to recover. By the time I had lunch with Kevin Hassett in 2007, he should have been a laughingstock." Meet your director of the National Economic Council:

submitted 7 hours ago • 24 comments

They're only rehiring people who accepted Neuralink implants

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America is an old gangster alone in a bathroom with no bullets in his gun

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Pop quiz, hotshot: 1. What country is this about 2. During what time period 3. When was this book written Extra credit: what group of thinkers is the book about

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trump take egg

submitted 18 hours ago • 9 comments

Good Lord

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it. Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺

submitted 22 hours ago • 11 comments

Reasons I won't ever trust my demo: right here. This was a cruelty vote:

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broke: dems will flip the house in 2026 woke: dems flip the house in 2025

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Leatherfacing very strongly

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In a feat of impeccable timing, the wonderful editors at the Lewis & Clark Law Review have finished their work on my article, "Is Originalism Bullshit?" The final version is now online at SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Wayho

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Pinned post

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First thing I thought after the Presidio Trust news is "What is Nancy Pelosi going to say about this?" @heatherknightsf.bsky.social got her on the phone ... and she's not happy.

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This is of course an utterly false statement made by someone who does not know what he is talking about. There's a lot of that these days.

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I do not know what to do with this information

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French still hate the boches. The mere existence of Hitler as a *German* fascist leader (not as an antisemite) was enough to turn a bunch of French fascists in the 30s away from actually seizing/exercising power.

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Trudoeuf give egg

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