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Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own.
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Joe Lonsdale's defense of the Caribbean boat strikes came up in my US foreign policy class.
I explained why Lonsdale was wrong that the attacks would be a deterrent. And when I mentioned Lonsdale's "masculinity" argument, one young woman blurted out: he's 5'5"!
So take of that what you will.
I explained why Lonsdale was wrong that the attacks would be a deterrent. And when I mentioned Lonsdale's "masculinity" argument, one young woman blurted out: he's 5'5"!
So take of that what you will.
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Joe Lonsdale's defense of the Caribbean boat strikes came up in my US foreign policy class.
I explained why Lonsdale was wrong that the attacks would be a deterrent. And when I mentioned Lonsdale's "masculinity" argument, one young woman blurted out: he's 5'5"!
So take of that what you will.
I explained why Lonsdale was wrong that the attacks would be a deterrent. And when I mentioned Lonsdale's "masculinity" argument, one young woman blurted out: he's 5'5"!
So take of that what you will.
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Bari Weiss’ anti-woke “university” is chaired and co-founded by Joe Lonsdale, the tech billionaire who recently defended Trump’s illegal boat bombing campaign on the grounds that it’s “masculine.”
I wasn’t aware of that, but it tracks. The same few moneyed elites pushing these ideas in many places.
I wasn’t aware of that, but it tracks. The same few moneyed elites pushing these ideas in many places.
For those unfamiliar, the University of Austin is not serious or an institution. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...
December 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Bari Weiss’ anti-woke “university” is chaired and co-founded by Joe Lonsdale, the tech billionaire who recently defended Trump’s illegal boat bombing campaign on the grounds that it’s “masculine.”
I wasn’t aware of that, but it tracks. The same few moneyed elites pushing these ideas in many places.
I wasn’t aware of that, but it tracks. The same few moneyed elites pushing these ideas in many places.
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This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
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Oh, you mean TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet who was interviewed by the NYTimes’s Ross Douthat THIS WEEK where he talked about how much he cares about fact-based, non-conspiratorial media and Ross didn’t challenge him at all on that assertion?
Brown University released a statement about a Palestinian student that's being smeared online as the shooting suspect.
Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.
Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Oh, you mean TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet who was interviewed by the NYTimes’s Ross Douthat THIS WEEK where he talked about how much he cares about fact-based, non-conspiratorial media and Ross didn’t challenge him at all on that assertion?
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A close second for Maureen Dowd...
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A close second for Maureen Dowd...
The nice thing about Bluesky is that you can easily transition between macro insanity, like declaring war on a country based on gibberish, to micro insanity, like shrieking incoherently at parents in a car line that they are ruining their kids by coddling them.
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The nice thing about Bluesky is that you can easily transition between macro insanity, like declaring war on a country based on gibberish, to micro insanity, like shrieking incoherently at parents in a car line that they are ruining their kids by coddling them.
The Trump promise: a foreign policy you need a massive stroke to appreciate
Fetterman expresses support for Trump's bonkers Truth Social post and aggression toward Venezuela: "It makes it that Iran is involved on that, and Russia is involved on that, and China as well too. That's sanctioned oil right now ... it makes a lot of sense."
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The Trump promise: a foreign policy you need a massive stroke to appreciate
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"Yglesias claims to think “rights are good,” but would have us ignore how neutral rules can be used to deny people their rights. Earlier this month, the Trump Department of Justice issued a memo that follows from Yglesias’s reasoning" www.liberalcurrents.com/a-tent-big-e...
A Tent Big Enough for Bigots but Too Small for Critical Race Theory
Like so many of critical race theory's detractors, Matthew Yglesias fails to engage with the actual scholarship.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Yglesias claims to think “rights are good,” but would have us ignore how neutral rules can be used to deny people their rights. Earlier this month, the Trump Department of Justice issued a memo that follows from Yglesias’s reasoning" www.liberalcurrents.com/a-tent-big-e...
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
Also do we really know any of this is happening? I mean what if someone just mentioned to him that someone named Amanda was visiting Venezuela and he riffed on it?
Just out of curiosity, do I have a large gap in my historical knowledge about oil, land, and assets that Venezuela took from the United States? Sometimes my mind wanders in class so it is totally possible
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Also do we really know any of this is happening? I mean what if someone just mentioned to him that someone named Amanda was visiting Venezuela and he riffed on it?
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This
"No mainstream reporter has the stomach to say, 'By the way, this administration lies all the time and we should assume this is a lie too' after every unsupported statement." They should, because it's true.
Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie
The war against Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It’s about the destruction of regular order.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This
Just out of curiosity, do I have a large gap in my historical knowledge about oil, land, and assets that Venezuela took from the United States? Sometimes my mind wanders in class so it is totally possible
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Just out of curiosity, do I have a large gap in my historical knowledge about oil, land, and assets that Venezuela took from the United States? Sometimes my mind wanders in class so it is totally possible
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The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
FIRE files suit on behalf of a TN public employee fired for a social media post about Charlie Kirk.
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
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Complaint - Meeks v. Lawrence
Tennessee state employee sues after unlawful firing for Charlie Kirk post.
www.thefire.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
FIRE files suit on behalf of a TN public employee fired for a social media post about Charlie Kirk.
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
We’ve given Imran Ahmed a get-out-of-jail-free card when it comes to being a dolt; it’s called the First Amendment.
"Without checks and balances, [social media companies] have become a little bit tyrannical, very arrogant, and completely dismissive of their impact on our society."
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December 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We’ve given Imran Ahmed a get-out-of-jail-free card when it comes to being a dolt; it’s called the First Amendment.
Confidential to N.S.: live so that you never feel compelled to write a snide, defensive, multi-paragraph explanation of what an analogy is in order to refute people saying you’re a dipshit.
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Confidential to N.S.: live so that you never feel compelled to write a snide, defensive, multi-paragraph explanation of what an analogy is in order to refute people saying you’re a dipshit.
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Just say women. This is taking forever.
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just say women. This is taking forever.
I mean that would have to be “holy shit this barista is really into me” levels of self-delusion but she is a Trumpist so
“Hi I am calling my boss the most powerful man in the world basically like a drunk but less charming, and I am telling it to Vanity Fair. I assume this is private.”
The best and the brightest
The best and the brightest
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I mean that would have to be “holy shit this barista is really into me” levels of self-delusion but she is a Trumpist so
“Hi I am calling my boss the most powerful man in the world basically like a drunk but less charming, and I am telling it to Vanity Fair. I assume this is private.”
The best and the brightest
The best and the brightest
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“Hi I am calling my boss the most powerful man in the world basically like a drunk but less charming, and I am telling it to Vanity Fair. I assume this is private.”
The best and the brightest
The best and the brightest
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I see this argument made all the time and it's embarrassing for CCDH to keep making it, because it's a lie. Section 230, what they're talking about, does not give anyone a "get out of jail free" card. It simply puts the liability on the party who actually engaged in the violative behavior.
"Without checks and balances, [social media companies] have become a little bit tyrannical, very arrogant, and completely dismissive of their impact on our society."
Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @kpbssandiego.bsky.social ⤵️
https://bit.ly/48Xjtdl
Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @kpbssandiego.bsky.social ⤵️
https://bit.ly/48Xjtdl
December 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I see this argument made all the time and it's embarrassing for CCDH to keep making it, because it's a lie. Section 230, what they're talking about, does not give anyone a "get out of jail free" card. It simply puts the liability on the party who actually engaged in the violative behavior.
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Here is the Department of Homeland Security touting this new ban by describing the (among others) spouses and children of U.S. citizens coming on visas as "foreign invaders."
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here is the Department of Homeland Security touting this new ban by describing the (among others) spouses and children of U.S. citizens coming on visas as "foreign invaders."
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.