MostlyNotLost
@kodiakkemax.bsky.social
Former Xitter. Former Threads. You probably don't know me, but I love otters. Mostly reading in PDX and trying to learn shtuff.
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When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
March 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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i honestly have never seen a political leader so thoroughly destroy their credibility so quickly and, on the other side, it is abundantly clear that if anyone can claim a genuine leadership of large parts of the democratic party, it is AOC.
Folks is it good when your own party's leadership in the House is dropping "listen to the women" and MLK quotes on you while swing state members of your caucus are talking about new leadership
March 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
i honestly have never seen a political leader so thoroughly destroy their credibility so quickly and, on the other side, it is abundantly clear that if anyone can claim a genuine leadership of large parts of the democratic party, it is AOC.
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Here's the list of who needs to be primaried. They betrayed the American people. They are complicit in handing the power of Congress + a giant slush fund over to an unelected ketamine addict. That have betrayed the working class and thrown away the only leverage Dems had in Congress. For what?
March 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Here's the list of who needs to be primaried. They betrayed the American people. They are complicit in handing the power of Congress + a giant slush fund over to an unelected ketamine addict. That have betrayed the working class and thrown away the only leverage Dems had in Congress. For what?
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NEW: Here are the 10 “democratic” senators that voted to sell out veterans, the American people, and their colleagues in the House.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
King
Peters
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
King
Peters
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
March 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NEW: Here are the 10 “democratic” senators that voted to sell out veterans, the American people, and their colleagues in the House.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
King
Peters
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
King
Peters
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
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Days since a trash can mishap: 0
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
March 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Days since a trash can mishap: 0
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
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USAID official tells remaining staffers: Shred and burn all your documents
www.politico.com/news/2025/03... in case there wasn’t enough fodder for conspiracy theories till the end of time…
And also, what the actual fuck?!?
www.politico.com/news/2025/03... in case there wasn’t enough fodder for conspiracy theories till the end of time…
And also, what the actual fuck?!?
USAID official tells remaining staffers: Shred and burn all your documents
The mass document destruction order marks the latest step to dismantle the agency.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
USAID official tells remaining staffers: Shred and burn all your documents
www.politico.com/news/2025/03... in case there wasn’t enough fodder for conspiracy theories till the end of time…
And also, what the actual fuck?!?
www.politico.com/news/2025/03... in case there wasn’t enough fodder for conspiracy theories till the end of time…
And also, what the actual fuck?!?
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Contacted both my senators, and sent this to all my friends. Your turn.
House Democrats held strong against the Musk-Takeover Spending Bill Yesterday. We need your help to ensure that the Senate Democrats do the same. Follow the link and script below to make calls. This vote happens TODAY!
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell Senate Democrats to Hold the Line Against the Extreme MAGA Continuing Resolution
indivisible.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Contacted both my senators, and sent this to all my friends. Your turn.
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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Funny....All of a sudden, no one's performing arbitrary sex-change operations on unexpecting grade-schoolers anymore.
March 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Funny....All of a sudden, no one's performing arbitrary sex-change operations on unexpecting grade-schoolers anymore.
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TBH, I kind of thought my 60s would be about painting & making cool instead of thinking about my response to an impending invasion.
March 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
TBH, I kind of thought my 60s would be about painting & making cool instead of thinking about my response to an impending invasion.
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Dogs do not respect time changes. There is only belly time. Belly empty, it’s time.
March 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Dogs do not respect time changes. There is only belly time. Belly empty, it’s time.
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Same thing w/ the “crisis of boys/men.” When it was just Black, Latino, and Native boys & men, it was all “a pathology born of bad cultures.” Now that it’s impacting white boys & men, it’s suddenly a complex melange of social trends 🙄
March 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Same thing w/ the “crisis of boys/men.” When it was just Black, Latino, and Native boys & men, it was all “a pathology born of bad cultures.” Now that it’s impacting white boys & men, it’s suddenly a complex melange of social trends 🙄
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Not the first person to make this observation, but it's so striking how the media covered the crack epidemic as a problem caused by black/urban drug users and the fentanyl epidemic as a problem imposed externally on white/rural drug users.
March 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Not the first person to make this observation, but it's so striking how the media covered the crack epidemic as a problem caused by black/urban drug users and the fentanyl epidemic as a problem imposed externally on white/rural drug users.
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Yes, this is a very important thing to acknowledge; the statements of the ICE officers on the scene re: the legal basis is as trustworthy as to the actual bounds of the law as the legal musings of a random beat cop or detective. They’re not lawyers or prosecutors. bsky.app/profile/davi...
ICE can't unilaterally revoke someone's green card, even if some ICE agents think they can. ICE agents in general don't know much about immigration law because they don't have to. They just detain people and let the courts sort it out.
March 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Yes, this is a very important thing to acknowledge; the statements of the ICE officers on the scene re: the legal basis is as trustworthy as to the actual bounds of the law as the legal musings of a random beat cop or detective. They’re not lawyers or prosecutors. bsky.app/profile/davi...
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You are not wrong. The ICE Detainee locator can take up to 24 hours to update, at times. bsky.app/profile/masb...
March 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
You are not wrong. The ICE Detainee locator can take up to 24 hours to update, at times. bsky.app/profile/masb...
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Yes. In 2003, the Supreme Court even blessed *mandatory* pre-removal hearing detention with no right to seek bond.
There is a process to challenge the legal basis for detention, but that’s not an option for most people as the law does generally permit detention in nearly all cases.
There is a process to challenge the legal basis for detention, but that’s not an option for most people as the law does generally permit detention in nearly all cases.
Can they lawfully detain someone prior to the removal hearing being held?
March 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Yes. In 2003, the Supreme Court even blessed *mandatory* pre-removal hearing detention with no right to seek bond.
There is a process to challenge the legal basis for detention, but that’s not an option for most people as the law does generally permit detention in nearly all cases.
There is a process to challenge the legal basis for detention, but that’s not an option for most people as the law does generally permit detention in nearly all cases.
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While the State Department CAN revoke *visas* with very little legal process involved, stripping someone of a green card is done by DHS (not the State Department) and requires filing formal charges alleging a violation of immigration law and a removal hearing in front of an immigration judge.
March 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
While the State Department CAN revoke *visas* with very little legal process involved, stripping someone of a green card is done by DHS (not the State Department) and requires filing formal charges alleging a violation of immigration law and a removal hearing in front of an immigration judge.
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Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.
UPDATE — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now commented on the Trump admin’s detaining & attempted green card revocation of a Columbia Gaza encampment student negotiator:
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
March 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.
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The essential holding was that even non-citizens have due-process rights. Arbitrary expulsion is not allowed, but in the new age we are now in....who TF knows.
March 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The essential holding was that even non-citizens have due-process rights. Arbitrary expulsion is not allowed, but in the new age we are now in....who TF knows.
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In order to defeat CHAOTIC EVIL…
…you’re gonna need CHAOTIC GOOD.
Am I right?
Level 5 Dungeon Masters, please check in.
…you’re gonna need CHAOTIC GOOD.
Am I right?
Level 5 Dungeon Masters, please check in.
March 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In order to defeat CHAOTIC EVIL…
…you’re gonna need CHAOTIC GOOD.
Am I right?
Level 5 Dungeon Masters, please check in.
…you’re gonna need CHAOTIC GOOD.
Am I right?
Level 5 Dungeon Masters, please check in.
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New, from me: you were told that the threats to free speech came from wokeness. Some compared it to Maoist China.
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Real chilling effects
A extraordinary pattern of government censorship and threats to speech
open.substack.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New, from me: you were told that the threats to free speech came from wokeness. Some compared it to Maoist China.
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...