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John Wallach

@jmwallach.bsky.social

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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. (PfP defaced sign from Seattle in 2000s stick figure man with claw hand and caption "Stop for me it's the claw" where the original sign had no claw on figure and said law. Banner is early ARPA map.) He/him

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 4d

I demand we make America great like when my relatives arrived and there were open borders.

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 1d

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 11h

i'm sorry but i'm so goddamn tired of all these old weird tech twitter/postrat etc people getting random sinecures for what is nothing more than dressing up fascists as lurid and fascinating individuals who, half of the time, they're openly friends with.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 3h

Old enough to remember when scenes like this would have been unthinkable in America. (It was 9 months ago)

PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 3h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 11h

Young Republicans say they love Hitler. But what does that tell us about their politics?

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

Someone said something mean about Bernie in an email so it is all corrupt.

John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

This is exactly what the framers wanted in 1790 and I know because I am an originalist.

Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 10h

Don't look now but Trump just freaked out the market again by continuing to escalate the trade war.

I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.

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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 3h

Loose Bostonian translation.

Fuh q

Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 4h

Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

Yes and they would be firing SAMs from well inside Russia.

John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

* amount and speed regarding aid of course.

John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

Compared to how it would have without aid I would say yes. Anyway I agree with you that the pace and depth was insufficient there is no way that America would have got into a shooting war with the Russians over Ukraine.

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

It is a difference of kind rather than degree to talk about a no fly zone with required SEAD and expecting it from anyone other than a treaty ally is not serious.

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

That would essentially be a declaration of war which while I agree with you that other things were far less impeded by political concerns than the administration thought would never have passed.

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

What would you have the US do if a SAM in Belarus shot at an USAF plane?

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

My opinion is that a no fly zone is insane.

John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

No American president would have tried to implement a no fly zone.

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

Yup.

John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

He respected Congress because he didn't realize that the whole Republican party is subordinate to Trump.

John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 3h

Yes because he thought he was balancing domestic political concerns and would win reelection.

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 12h

Most of the time, headlines don’t need to convey this much information, but I think this one did.

Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 14h

People knew how to write headlines, once upon a time.

Tell children today that, they won't believe you.

Newspaper website headline: "Blind bisexual goose named Thomas who spent six years in a love triangle with two swans and helped raise 68 babies dies at the ripe old age of 40."

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 5h

Sorry about the pronoun thing. Habit. Biden could certainly find Ukraine on a map before the invasion since it was in his portfolio before the Revolution of Dignity.

John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 7h

When they get the cases dismissed for federal supremacy be sure to ask why they are so afraid of going to trial.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 9h

www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ra...

Thinking about presidents lately.

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Radio Address to the French People on the North African Invasion. | The American Presidency Project

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John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 9h

Random OF accounts liking my posts makes me feel so special.

John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 9h

Words are violence

John Wallach @jmwallach.bsky.social · 9h

It turns out we were right about them.

Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 10h

My God, what has the party of Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, and George W Bush become?

The party of Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, and George W Bush.

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.