pfcass
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Appellate law. Occasional dog valet. (he/him)
I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide . . .
I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide . . .
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Hey I have an almost 25 yo blog with a community I just described as "one of the most loathesome, miserable, no good groups of foul-mouthed misanthropic miscreants and ne’er-do-wells to ever congeal together in a sump basin in this online sewer." Come join us.
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Balloon Juice - Monday Night Open Thread
Before I do anything else, just a quick shout out to Watergirl and the team for the calendar- it’s awesome as usual and they went through some real stuff finding a replacement after CafePress once aga...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Hey I have an almost 25 yo blog with a community I just described as "one of the most loathesome, miserable, no good groups of foul-mouthed misanthropic miscreants and ne’er-do-wells to ever congeal together in a sump basin in this online sewer." Come join us.
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CECOT 60 Minutes segment about the Trump admin torturing people in a notoriously cruel prison in El Salvador is here, provided you are visiting the desktop site and using a VPN. The segment was spiked by newly installed right-wing CBS News head Bari Weiss.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
CECOT 60 Minutes segment about the Trump admin torturing people in a notoriously cruel prison in El Salvador is here, provided you are visiting the desktop site and using a VPN. The segment was spiked by newly installed right-wing CBS News head Bari Weiss.
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The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
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Illinois Accountability Commission hears testimony about excessive force by ICE agents
Attendees call on the commission to review the Chicago Police and the Illinois State Police for any role they had in assisting federal immigration agents. www.wqad.com/article/news...
Attendees call on the commission to review the Chicago Police and the Illinois State Police for any role they had in assisting federal immigration agents. www.wqad.com/article/news...
Illinois Accountability Commission hears testimony about excessive force by ICE agents
Attendees call on the commission to review the Chicago Police and the Illinois State Police for any role they had in assisting federal immigration agents.
www.wqad.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Illinois Accountability Commission hears testimony about excessive force by ICE agents
Attendees call on the commission to review the Chicago Police and the Illinois State Police for any role they had in assisting federal immigration agents. www.wqad.com/article/news...
Attendees call on the commission to review the Chicago Police and the Illinois State Police for any role they had in assisting federal immigration agents. www.wqad.com/article/news...
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The person you’re sneering at is an actual historian who knows the job a million times better than you.
You don’t have the slightest goddamn clue what you’re talking about, which makes sense given how impressed you are by AI.
You don’t have the slightest goddamn clue what you’re talking about, which makes sense given how impressed you are by AI.
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The person you’re sneering at is an actual historian who knows the job a million times better than you.
You don’t have the slightest goddamn clue what you’re talking about, which makes sense given how impressed you are by AI.
You don’t have the slightest goddamn clue what you’re talking about, which makes sense given how impressed you are by AI.
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67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
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Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
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December 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Border Patrol's Greg Bovino walked away when I asked him today if it were hypocritical to talk about foreigners with DUIs when there's a history of that in his family.
Bovino's dad went to prison after killing a woman while driving drunk - as we detailed in this profile www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Bovino's dad went to prison after killing a woman while driving drunk - as we detailed in this profile www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
www.wbez.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Border Patrol's Greg Bovino walked away when I asked him today if it were hypocritical to talk about foreigners with DUIs when there's a history of that in his family.
Bovino's dad went to prison after killing a woman while driving drunk - as we detailed in this profile www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Bovino's dad went to prison after killing a woman while driving drunk - as we detailed in this profile www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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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
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The police recognize ICE/CBP as fellow cops and treat them accordingly.
Conflicts between them *only* arise when ICE/CBP doesn't reciprocate professional courtesy.
Conflicts between them *only* arise when ICE/CBP doesn't reciprocate professional courtesy.
In case you still think that local police are going to stand up to federal immigration agents:
A few of minutes ago CPD swooped in on a community caravan that was tailing CBP agents to honk horns and warn neighbors, blocking the caravan from following and giving agents a clean break from scrutiny.
A few of minutes ago CPD swooped in on a community caravan that was tailing CBP agents to honk horns and warn neighbors, blocking the caravan from following and giving agents a clean break from scrutiny.
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The police recognize ICE/CBP as fellow cops and treat them accordingly.
Conflicts between them *only* arise when ICE/CBP doesn't reciprocate professional courtesy.
Conflicts between them *only* arise when ICE/CBP doesn't reciprocate professional courtesy.
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Donald Trump is commemorating Rob Reiner’s death the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Donald Trump is commemorating Rob Reiner’s death the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Stephen King wrote about "Stand by Me" and his relationship with Rob Reiner. Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Stephen King wrote about "Stand by Me" and his relationship with Rob Reiner. Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
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Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
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This isn’t even all of the AIDS quilt. It was so long they didn’t have room to display it all. Reagan flat out fucking murdered queer people
These are the "good and decent people" who didn't survive the Reagan presidency.
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This isn’t even all of the AIDS quilt. It was so long they didn’t have room to display it all. Reagan flat out fucking murdered queer people
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No wonder the FBI hasn't found the Brown University shooter yet when so many agents have been shifted to the campaign to make America whiter.
Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement
Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
No wonder the FBI hasn't found the Brown University shooter yet when so many agents have been shifted to the campaign to make America whiter.
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A church "was hosting a holiday food giveaway with crowds bundled up outside waiting for food when Border Patrol agents showed up," and
"Students ... were escorted back into the building by teachers who put up barricades as crowds formed around agents’ vehicles, @blockclubchi.bsky.social reports
"Students ... were escorted back into the building by teachers who put up barricades as crowds formed around agents’ vehicles, @blockclubchi.bsky.social reports
Border Patrol Boss Bovino Back In Chicago As Agents Target Southwest Side
Bovino and about 200 Border Patrol agents have arrived in Chicago for more enforcement action, sources said.
blockclubchicago.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A church "was hosting a holiday food giveaway with crowds bundled up outside waiting for food when Border Patrol agents showed up," and
"Students ... were escorted back into the building by teachers who put up barricades as crowds formed around agents’ vehicles, @blockclubchi.bsky.social reports
"Students ... were escorted back into the building by teachers who put up barricades as crowds formed around agents’ vehicles, @blockclubchi.bsky.social reports
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Three Chicago police officers violated the constitutional rights of a Black man who was improperly searched during a downtown traffic stop and should be suspended, the agency tasked with investigating police misconduct and department leaders agreed, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
Police Brass Agrees to Suspend Officers for Violating Rights of Black Driver During Downtown Traffic Stop
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined that three tactical team officers assigned to patrol the Near North (18th) Police District improperly searched Limorris Bell and his car on Sept...
news.wttw.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Three Chicago police officers violated the constitutional rights of a Black man who was improperly searched during a downtown traffic stop and should be suspended, the agency tasked with investigating police misconduct and department leaders agreed, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
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It is pretty interesting how both elected officials and the media generally refuse to act like reality is reality, mostly because the people whose opinions they value are in the 17%
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It is pretty interesting how both elected officials and the media generally refuse to act like reality is reality, mostly because the people whose opinions they value are in the 17%
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Head on a swivel, Chicago
border patrol agents, including greg bovino, are slamming chicago’s southwest side/near suburbs already today.
at least one person abducted from tbe walmart parking at cicero/33rd in cicero—a frequent target for agents (photos below). also confirmed in back of the yards and brighton park.
at least one person abducted from tbe walmart parking at cicero/33rd in cicero—a frequent target for agents (photos below). also confirmed in back of the yards and brighton park.
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Head on a swivel, Chicago
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I’m not a Pollyanna. I know many of our Presidents have been bad people. And most have done some bad things.
But almost all at least modeled some kind of dignity and humanity.
It’s simply intolerable for the most grotesque piece of shit lumbering around this earth to be President.
But almost all at least modeled some kind of dignity and humanity.
It’s simply intolerable for the most grotesque piece of shit lumbering around this earth to be President.
December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I’m not a Pollyanna. I know many of our Presidents have been bad people. And most have done some bad things.
But almost all at least modeled some kind of dignity and humanity.
It’s simply intolerable for the most grotesque piece of shit lumbering around this earth to be President.
But almost all at least modeled some kind of dignity and humanity.
It’s simply intolerable for the most grotesque piece of shit lumbering around this earth to be President.
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I’m glad things are awesome for spoiled dickhead pro golfers who sold out to Saudi Arabia. Real man of the people shit here.
Bryson DeChambeau praises Trump for creating “the greatest economy we’ve ever had”
December 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’m glad things are awesome for spoiled dickhead pro golfers who sold out to Saudi Arabia. Real man of the people shit here.
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Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
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25 years ago today, five GOP justices who claimed fealty to states’ rights, and who were skeptical of a broad equal protection clause, told Florida it could not finish counting ballots despite the Florida SCT ruling to the contrary b/c of an equal protection principle never used before or since.
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
25 years ago today, five GOP justices who claimed fealty to states’ rights, and who were skeptical of a broad equal protection clause, told Florida it could not finish counting ballots despite the Florida SCT ruling to the contrary b/c of an equal protection principle never used before or since.