Dave Kearn
@davekearnjr.bsky.social
Son, brother, uncle. Teacher, retired bartender, (slowly) improving golfer. RIP E.B.
“It’s a fragile thing, this life we lead…”
“It’s a fragile thing, this life we lead…”
Pinned
Limited nuclear war and the defense of Taiwan
This article assesses proposals to address the challenge of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan with the threat of first use of tactical nuclear weapons by the United States. While it is not clear that a ...
www.tandfonline.com
For anyone interested, a new article I’ve been working on for some time. Nice to see in print.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/H6RJT...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/H6RJT...
Reposted by Dave Kearn
“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial,” Mr. Trump said, referring to the murdered columnist. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you like him, or didn’t like him, things happen."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial,” Mr. Trump said, referring to the murdered columnist. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you like him, or didn’t like him, things happen."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Well… it is! Naked and obscene corruption.
But MAGA world is fine with it.
But MAGA world is fine with it.
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
"60 Minutes" reported President Trump pardoned the founder of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange after he "enriched" the Trump family during its crypto push
The post ‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Well… it is! Naked and obscene corruption.
But MAGA world is fine with it.
But MAGA world is fine with it.
This corrupt creep was as dirty as the day is long before he even ran for Governor.
Thanks Florida. Really bang up, job!
Thanks Florida. Really bang up, job!
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This corrupt creep was as dirty as the day is long before he even ran for Governor.
Thanks Florida. Really bang up, job!
Thanks Florida. Really bang up, job!
Totally normal response from a Chinese Consul General… 🙈
Taiwan is back at the center of Sino-Japanese tensions. PM Takaichi’s remarks on a “survival-threatening” Taiwan scenario sparked fury in Beijing—but the audience that matters most is in Taipei.
Taipei is watching Takaichi’s standoff with Beijing
Taiwan is back at the center of Sino-Japanese relations after Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae told the Diet last week that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could pose a “survival-threatening situation” for Ja...
www.tokyoreview.net
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Totally normal response from a Chinese Consul General… 🙈
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Guess Margaret Brennan has jumped on the pro-Trump Ellison bandwagon.
This question is demented!
She should be ashamed, but of course, isn’t.
This question is demented!
She should be ashamed, but of course, isn’t.
Margaret Brennan to Tom Suozzi: "Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is this a tactic to distract from the failure to extract healthcare changes?"
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Guess Margaret Brennan has jumped on the pro-Trump Ellison bandwagon.
This question is demented!
She should be ashamed, but of course, isn’t.
This question is demented!
She should be ashamed, but of course, isn’t.
Reposted by Dave Kearn
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Reposted by Dave Kearn
To my students: Lean into skills AI amplifies, not ones it bulldozes. Frame good questions, scope problems, interpret messy data, apply judgment, explain clearly. The bot can autocomplete; you bring curiosity, context, and ethics.
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
To my students: Lean into skills AI amplifies, not ones it bulldozes. Frame good questions, scope problems, interpret messy data, apply judgment, explain clearly. The bot can autocomplete; you bring curiosity, context, and ethics.
Hey @kevinmkruse.bsky.social - a student asked if I could recommend a good one volume history of Reconstruction (and it failings).
Any favorites? Good recommendations?
Great appreciate any help!
Any favorites? Good recommendations?
Great appreciate any help!
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hey @kevinmkruse.bsky.social - a student asked if I could recommend a good one volume history of Reconstruction (and it failings).
Any favorites? Good recommendations?
Great appreciate any help!
Any favorites? Good recommendations?
Great appreciate any help!
Reposted by Dave Kearn
In this post, I explain why the major questions doctrine provides additional reason to reject Trump's claims of sweeping detention/deportation power under the Alien Enemies Act, which he claims is triggered by illegal migration and drug smuggling: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
The Alien Enemies Act and the Major Questions Doctrine
The Trump administration's claims that illegal migration and drug smuggling qualify as an "invasion" or a "predatory incursion" under the Alien Enemies Act go against the major questions doctrine.
reason.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In this post, I explain why the major questions doctrine provides additional reason to reject Trump's claims of sweeping detention/deportation power under the Alien Enemies Act, which he claims is triggered by illegal migration and drug smuggling: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
“I never thought the leopard would eat MY face…”
“I never thought an unprincipled lying pedophile could end up disappointing me.”
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“I never thought the leopard would eat MY face…”
Reposted by Dave Kearn
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
Driving through town on Saturday afternoon. A line wrapping around the corner and through the center of the square from the Chevalier Theater (a pretty cool venue that used to be the amphitheater of the old high school). Who could bring out this crowd?
Former VP Kamala Harris. 🤷🏻♂️
Former VP Kamala Harris. 🤷🏻♂️
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Driving through town on Saturday afternoon. A line wrapping around the corner and through the center of the square from the Chevalier Theater (a pretty cool venue that used to be the amphitheater of the old high school). Who could bring out this crowd?
Former VP Kamala Harris. 🤷🏻♂️
Former VP Kamala Harris. 🤷🏻♂️
“Fartcoin!?!”
I think this country has some serious, serious problems!
I think this country has some serious, serious problems!
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Fartcoin!?!”
I think this country has some serious, serious problems!
I think this country has some serious, serious problems!
This is 100% correct, and Dems should start hammering on this!
Dems should say this right now, loudly and clearly: Anyone who is trusting Donald Trump, of all people, when he says what he’s directing you to do is lawful and that you’ll be protected later may be putting themselves in a very precarious position. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is 100% correct, and Dems should start hammering on this!
Reposted by Dave Kearn
Trump should release all of the Epstein files: every person and every document in the files.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Trump should release all of the Epstein files: every person and every document in the files.
Gotta really suck to be so thirsty for high level jobs that you shred every last bit of integrity to grovel for a job working for a drunk halfwit in the administration of a corrupt insurrectionist sexual predator.
This dude truly deserves all that he’s getting! Bravo!
This dude truly deserves all that he’s getting! Bravo!
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Gotta really suck to be so thirsty for high level jobs that you shred every last bit of integrity to grovel for a job working for a drunk halfwit in the administration of a corrupt insurrectionist sexual predator.
This dude truly deserves all that he’s getting! Bravo!
This dude truly deserves all that he’s getting! Bravo!
Moronic.
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Moronic.
When you’re an ideological hack - regardless of the degrees you’ve accrued - it’s easy to say things like this that will inevitably be proven untrue.
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
When you’re an ideological hack - regardless of the degrees you’ve accrued - it’s easy to say things like this that will inevitably be proven untrue.
What a great image for the United States?
Where’s the “born again Catholic” Vice President?
Fraud.
Where’s the “born again Catholic” Vice President?
Fraud.
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What a great image for the United States?
Where’s the “born again Catholic” Vice President?
Fraud.
Where’s the “born again Catholic” Vice President?
Fraud.
This pathetic, corrupt, thick-skulled, empty-headed, goon…
A walking embarrassment to public service in the United States.
A walking embarrassment to public service in the United States.
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This pathetic, corrupt, thick-skulled, empty-headed, goon…
A walking embarrassment to public service in the United States.
A walking embarrassment to public service in the United States.
Reposted by Dave Kearn
A new post. I think I am not the only person feeling this way. It's personal enough that I've limited discussion and will limit discussion on this post.
I Am So Tired
[This post is very personal. I think it needs to be said, because I am not the only one feeling this way. I posted it at Lawyers, Guns & Money and immediately got a jocular response. So I delet…
nucleardiner.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A new post. I think I am not the only person feeling this way. It's personal enough that I've limited discussion and will limit discussion on this post.
Reposted by Dave Kearn
It’s the hottest economy in history with $21 trillion coming in.
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s the hottest economy in history with $21 trillion coming in.
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
Reposted by Dave Kearn
Donald Trump has gone bye bye, folks.
a man behind a red curtain with the words he 's losing his mind written in yellow
ALT: a man behind a red curtain with the words he 's losing his mind written in yellow
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Donald Trump has gone bye bye, folks.