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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III

@dctoedt.bsky.social

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Now: (Mostly:) Part-time law prof. (course: advanced contract drafting); tech/IP attorney. Before: BigLaw partner, GC of public software company. TX, CA bars. Ex-Navy (USS Enterprise nuke SWO). Last name pronounced "Tate." https://www.OnContracts.com/About

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 250th birthday today to the U.S. Navy: "... At this time, all Navy and Nation 250 events are paused as part of the government shutdown protocols. We hope to recommence planning once appropriations are provided."
www.navy.mil/Navy-250/

Screenshot of navy.mil home page with "Navy and Nation 250" in large type on a dark-blue background, with "250" in gold lettering. A red stripe at the bottom includes the caption reproduced in this BSky post.

Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 1d

Re the Oregon undercurrent: In the 70s I was stationed in the SF Bay Area and occasionally saw bumper stickers on cars with Oregon plates such as:

• "Don't Californicate Oregon"

• "Last year 12 Oregonians fell off their bicycles .. and drowned"

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 2d

When oh when will people realize that the ability to make money is just one of those cases of "a very particular set of skills" — to coin a phrase .... that cannot be presumed to translate to other areas of life.

(Example: Michael Jordan wasn't even arguably the GOAT ... as a baseball player.)

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 2d

In the 1960s there was a sitcom episode where the overweight LCDR McHale had to take a Navy physical exam that would have washed him out of command. So one of PT-73's young, impressively-fit crewmen successfully impersonated McHale.

youtu.be/GF1YJEueAS8?...

McHale's Navy - 1x21 - Six Pounds from Paradise

YouTube video by Souza Philip

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 4d

There's a corollary to the First Commandment: Face the facts — deal with the world as it exists.

Violence will just make the "honkies" (!) fight harder. That's what the Germans and Japanese did in 1944 and '45 — and we don't have the means to do today what we did to them, nor would we want to.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 4d

It might feel good to let rage vent unrestrained. But it won't help persuade the people who need to be persuaded — and we HAVE to persuade them, because it's simply not possible to run roughshod over them, at least not without unacceptable cost.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 6d

YGBFKM

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 6d

BZ, shipmate.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 6d

The Army isn't doing that — it's the National Guards of a couple of different states, a.k.a. "weekend warriors" who drill 1 wkend/month + 2 wks/year Technically the Guard does becomes part of the Army when federalized (as Trump has done). But nobody in the military thinks of them as "the Army."

Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 6d

You're badly misinformed if you think the U.S. Army and ICE are poTAYto poTAHto.

Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 6d

That wasn't the Army AFAICT.

Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 7d

LSOS. Again.

(I don't have personal knowledge but I have more than a little confidence that Sen. Whitehouse ~isn't lying.)

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 7d

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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Rachel Haimowitz @rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social · 7d

I know it's vanishingly unlikely this cop will face any consequences for this egregiously unnecessary use of force, but I think it's important that we keep pointing out how ILLEGAL this all is anyway. It's happening so often people might just... assume otherwise. Don't let them normalize this.

Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 10d

Either the police are mighty and fearless warriors, or they’re scared enough of a sassy 20-something woman to unload a canister of pepper spray in her face from 2 feet away, but they cannot be both.

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Shaun Barnes @scbesque.bsky.social · 7d

Important piece from @brianbeutler.bsky.social One feature of conservatives’ refusal to provide any reasoning in emergency docket orders is it allows to see which way the political winds are blowing when they finally rule on the merits & adjust outcomes as needed

open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 8d

I own multiple identical charcoal-gray suits, the same with white shirts, plus a couple of navy-blue suits — I have them made every few years, always in the same pattern. So, no decisions to make in getting dressed for class or church, apart from which necktie to wear.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 9d

It's time to say:

What. An. Idiot.

I am being polite.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 10d

Complete and utter bullshit — but we do need to know what happened just before that (not that anything short of physical assault would excuse the agents' behavior).

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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 10d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 10d

Not necessarily.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 10d

Maybe state authorities start arresting feds for violating, I dunno, the Constitution?

Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 10d

Nit: The 82nd fought in WWI as regular infantry; they weren't an airborne unit till WWII.

Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 11d

More, from the NY Times (unlocked article):

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...

After Centuries, a Woman Will Lead the Church of England

www.nytimes.com

Dell C. "DC" Toedt III @dctoedt.bsky.social · 11d

NY Times article about the new Archbishop-designate of Canterbury (gift link):

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...

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