AmberWavesofFlame
@amberwavesofflame.bsky.social
She/her, ADHD, nerd, Open Mind, Open Hearts, Open Doors, unpaid shill for the imperfect.
You write something insightful, and now I’m reading old nested threads like a Wikipedia binge and ❤️ing everywhere. Promise I’m not a stalker, just appreciative.
You write something insightful, and now I’m reading old nested threads like a Wikipedia binge and ❤️ing everywhere. Promise I’m not a stalker, just appreciative.
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Good work, Minnesota residents!
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Good work, Minnesota residents!
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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You know who’s opposed to protections for workers of all races? Racists. That’s a great argument for summarily firing them. Good talk!
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
You know who’s opposed to protections for workers of all races? Racists. That’s a great argument for summarily firing them. Good talk!
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Interesting. I was told I would be completely discredited when the evidence comes out.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Interesting. I was told I would be completely discredited when the evidence comes out.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
Welp, ditching the widely used term shadow docket for inaccurate weasel words tells us exactly what to expect from SCOTUSblog’s transfer of ownership.
Introducing ... the Interim Docket Blog! Check it regularly to see analysis from Jack Goldsmith, William Baude, and Daniel Epps on the latest developments on the Supreme Court's interim docket.
Interim Docket Blog
www.scotusblog.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Welp, ditching the widely used term shadow docket for inaccurate weasel words tells us exactly what to expect from SCOTUSblog’s transfer of ownership.
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It is not! A “scrivener’s error” is for things like fixing typos or very minor non-material errors, not retroactively adding a deportation order that doesn’t current exist!
Is "correcting" a previous order like this a real thing?
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It is not! A “scrivener’s error” is for things like fixing typos or very minor non-material errors, not retroactively adding a deportation order that doesn’t current exist!
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We need to stop being so institutionally provincial! For every seemingly intractable institutional problem we face, other countries have pioneered multiple alternatives, some of which might even be quite trivial to implement!
"One thing that presidential countries have done to give impeachment teeth is to make the removal trial a secret ballot. South Korea does this, and that is why they were successful in removing their president after he attempted to impose martial law on the country on a thin pretense."
Impeach and Remove the Bastards
A scenario for 2027.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We need to stop being so institutionally provincial! For every seemingly intractable institutional problem we face, other countries have pioneered multiple alternatives, some of which might even be quite trivial to implement!
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“The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one.”
NEW: Following last week’s arguments, Judge Charles Breyer orders an end to Trump’s federalization and deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles.
The order is stayed until noon PT Monday (Dec. 15).
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The order is stayed until noon PT Monday (Dec. 15).
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one.”
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Student debt relief activists have been some of the most self-defeating and stupid advocacy groups in recent memory. The public agreed with them and activists had the opportunity explicitly link debt relief to Democratic policy, but instead they lied for years that Dems were trying to sabotage it.
The delta between what Biden did and how much anger he got for it and the absolute crickets Trump has gotten for making the student loan landscape *magnitudes worse than it was before* is absolutely one of the most enraging things about this entirely enraging era.
Congrats again to the people who continuously said Biden did nothing about student loans for four years! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/s...
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Student debt relief activists have been some of the most self-defeating and stupid advocacy groups in recent memory. The public agreed with them and activists had the opportunity explicitly link debt relief to Democratic policy, but instead they lied for years that Dems were trying to sabotage it.
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Honestly I think THIS is how Mamdani really represents the future of the Democratic party: Turning away from nasty primary fights for more collaborative "we're both on the same side in the end" mutual love-ins.
@jamestalarico.bsky.social sent this video to his 10,000 volunteers:
“We will make the case for why we are best positioned to win this race — but we will always treat Congresswoman Crockett with the utmost respect. She is my colleague and she is a leader in our state. She deserves nothing less.”
“We will make the case for why we are best positioned to win this race — but we will always treat Congresswoman Crockett with the utmost respect. She is my colleague and she is a leader in our state. She deserves nothing less.”
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Honestly I think THIS is how Mamdani really represents the future of the Democratic party: Turning away from nasty primary fights for more collaborative "we're both on the same side in the end" mutual love-ins.
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An entire section on his Wikipedia page is labeled “Allegations of grift, ethical misconduct, philandering, nepotism and cronyism.”
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
An entire section on his Wikipedia page is labeled “Allegations of grift, ethical misconduct, philandering, nepotism and cronyism.”
Echoes of Canada’s starlight tours.
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Echoes of Canada’s starlight tours.
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14/ slight correction here: he didn't even intentionally overstay the visa, he was seeking a reasonable extension, which DHS denied. This left him immediately out of status. "Doing it the right way" all the way down
bsky.app/profile/matt...
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2/ Client is from an EU country, and married to a US citizen. He slightly overstayed his tourist visa at last entry & then applied for residency through his spouse. He has every right to do this through USCIS in a classic "one-step" process, so prior atty filed the visa petition & residency app
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Every time I look at Elon Musk’s Twitter feed, I’m astounded his open white supremacy isn’t a bigger story. Musk is saying stuff that would make even my most racist uncle blush.
This post by the world’s richest and most divorced man on the site he bought to promote his far right extremism is ripped straight from the Klan messaging of the 1870s or the 1915 film Birth of a Nation that inspired the Klan’s rebirth as a PR stunt/Ponzi scheme/terrorist organization in the 1920s.
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Every time I look at Elon Musk’s Twitter feed, I’m astounded his open white supremacy isn’t a bigger story. Musk is saying stuff that would make even my most racist uncle blush.
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We must spend some time talking about why the institutions of liberal democracy matter. We cannot take it for granted that most citizens support democracy. And it must not be partisan. If it smacks of “D v R” then most folks will say “That’s just politics”.
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We must spend some time talking about why the institutions of liberal democracy matter. We cannot take it for granted that most citizens support democracy. And it must not be partisan. If it smacks of “D v R” then most folks will say “That’s just politics”.
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Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
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Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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This is Hugh Thompson Jr., the U.S. Army pilot who stopped the Mỹ Lai massacre by landing his helicopter between soldiers and civilians
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is Hugh Thompson Jr., the U.S. Army pilot who stopped the Mỹ Lai massacre by landing his helicopter between soldiers and civilians
When you talk about the ulterior motives driving a large movement, it is critical to understand what you are focused on is largely irrelevant for the vast majority of them, and definitely wasn’t what drew them in. If you don’t engage w the face value arguments of non “shills”, you don’t u/s it well.
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
When you talk about the ulterior motives driving a large movement, it is critical to understand what you are focused on is largely irrelevant for the vast majority of them, and definitely wasn’t what drew them in. If you don’t engage w the face value arguments of non “shills”, you don’t u/s it well.
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Even ignoring Dr. Høeg's antivaccine views and obvious bias, she has no qualifications for the job. She does not know regulations, she does not know drug approvals, and she has no expertise in any relevant scientific area.
No wonder people are resigning.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
No wonder people are resigning.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like "an atom bomb," scientists there say
The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
www.cbsnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Even ignoring Dr. Høeg's antivaccine views and obvious bias, she has no qualifications for the job. She does not know regulations, she does not know drug approvals, and she has no expertise in any relevant scientific area.
No wonder people are resigning.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
No wonder people are resigning.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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In the debates in 1868 “does this means the children of Chinese migrants would be citizens” directly comes up, gets a “yep” from the sponsor, and they sort of move on to copy editing
December 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
In the debates in 1868 “does this means the children of Chinese migrants would be citizens” directly comes up, gets a “yep” from the sponsor, and they sort of move on to copy editing
How could it not, though? Once you see the detailing, what else could they have possibly be going for?
If I was still an art reporter, I would write about the sculptor behind this and whether it intentionally looks like the hands of decaying people
Like hands above the ocean tides holding onto to a shipwreck.
December 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
How could it not, though? Once you see the detailing, what else could they have possibly be going for?
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