Andrew Bridges
@andrewbridges.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, Philhellene, wannabe philosopher but still just a philotheamon. SF Bay Area, Greece (Μεσσηνία), Michigan. Interested in the Rule of Justice, FoE, disestablishment, Mediterranean cultures & history, and defeating fascism and the Confederacy.
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ICE is detaining a 5 year old boy.
If you get off on this, you’re a monster and don’t you dare pretend to worship God.
If you get off on this, you’re a monster and don’t you dare pretend to worship God.
January 22, 2026 at 11:18 PM
ICE is detaining a 5 year old boy.
If you get off on this, you’re a monster and don’t you dare pretend to worship God.
If you get off on this, you’re a monster and don’t you dare pretend to worship God.
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Know what else defies logic? That Trump is still in office.
January 20, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Know what else defies logic? That Trump is still in office.
Ban Fox News for the over-50s first.
What do you think? Should social media be banned for under-16s?
Share you thoughts in the thread ⬇️
#socialmediaban
Share you thoughts in the thread ⬇️
#socialmediaban
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Ban Fox News for the over-50s first.
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What do you think? Should social media be banned for under-16s?
Share you thoughts in the thread ⬇️
#socialmediaban
Share you thoughts in the thread ⬇️
#socialmediaban
January 20, 2026 at 9:49 AM
What do you think? Should social media be banned for under-16s?
Share you thoughts in the thread ⬇️
#socialmediaban
Share you thoughts in the thread ⬇️
#socialmediaban
Chief Justice Roberts and MAGA justices bear grave responsibility for the disaster that is Trump because, among other things, the presidential immunity decision, wrong in itself, has given Trump a feeling of invincibility and empowered his dictatorial ambitions. No guardrails now. Impeach them.
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Chief Justice Roberts and MAGA justices bear grave responsibility for the disaster that is Trump because, among other things, the presidential immunity decision, wrong in itself, has given Trump a feeling of invincibility and empowered his dictatorial ambitions. No guardrails now. Impeach them.
This just arrived! I am looking forward to reading it.
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
This just arrived! I am looking forward to reading it.
If Trump is acting president of Venezuela then Putin is acting president of the USA.
January 12, 2026 at 3:20 AM
If Trump is acting president of Venezuela then Putin is acting president of the USA.
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With Trump going full authoritarian on Venezuela-Greenland, ICE, and the Fed, the response has to be serious. Four Republican senators (Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Collins?) could announce they’ll caucus for now with the Dems to give them control of the Senate to check Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
With Trump going full authoritarian on Venezuela-Greenland, ICE, and the Fed, the response has to be serious. Four Republican senators (Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Collins?) could announce they’ll caucus for now with the Dems to give them control of the Senate to check Trump.
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January 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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When MAGA types tout the performance of the US stock market under Trump it may be useful to point out that he European stock markets grew at double the US rate in the past year and those markets aren’t being inflated so much by the AI bubble. That is, if MAGA types even cared about facts.
January 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
When MAGA types tout the performance of the US stock market under Trump it may be useful to point out that he European stock markets grew at double the US rate in the past year and those markets aren’t being inflated so much by the AI bubble. That is, if MAGA types even cared about facts.
We should raise money to place a statue of Renee Good on every state university campus in the US, with her last words and the murderer’s reply inscribed on the plinth together with their names. And let’s name streets after her.
January 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
We should raise money to place a statue of Renee Good on every state university campus in the US, with her last words and the murderer’s reply inscribed on the plinth together with their names. And let’s name streets after her.
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Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
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Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
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It's almost as if the Enlightenment figures who founded the US had learned the lessons of Europe's wars of religion and created a secular state that would both protect worshippers from political interference, AND protect the polity from becoming dominated by religious sectarians.
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It's almost as if the Enlightenment figures who founded the US had learned the lessons of Europe's wars of religion and created a secular state that would both protect worshippers from political interference, AND protect the polity from becoming dominated by religious sectarians.
From Jan 1 the US will impose a foreign remittance tax of 1% on the types of foreign money transfers used by the non-affluent. Interesting idea. Let’s expand it to a 90% remittance tax on all money transfers by any means to tax havens such as Cayman Islands. www.westernunion.com/blog/en/us-r...
U.S. Remittance Tax: What It Means for You
Learn what the remittance tax is and how you can avoid paying more than you need to when sending money abroad.
www.westernunion.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
From Jan 1 the US will impose a foreign remittance tax of 1% on the types of foreign money transfers used by the non-affluent. Interesting idea. Let’s expand it to a 90% remittance tax on all money transfers by any means to tax havens such as Cayman Islands. www.westernunion.com/blog/en/us-r...
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I don't do much looking back at my own writing, but I've been thinking about this piece a lot today. From tenderly protecting Trump from criminal consequences to enthusiastically helping him dismantle the administrative state, Roberts owns it all.
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I don't do much looking back at my own writing, but I've been thinking about this piece a lot today. From tenderly protecting Trump from criminal consequences to enthusiastically helping him dismantle the administrative state, Roberts owns it all.
Cigarettes kill over 480,000 Americans year while Fentanyl kills about 72,000. We are in a fentanyl panic. Should we also ban cigarettes now? Unlike fentanyl, cigarettes have no medicinal use. “Oh, but many people want their cigarettes, you can’t take them away!” Many persons want fentanyl too.
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Cigarettes kill over 480,000 Americans year while Fentanyl kills about 72,000. We are in a fentanyl panic. Should we also ban cigarettes now? Unlike fentanyl, cigarettes have no medicinal use. “Oh, but many people want their cigarettes, you can’t take them away!” Many persons want fentanyl too.
Nah. Those teenage girls are slapping him on the hands when he gets handsy.
Everyone knows that a common result of repeatedly shaking hands is a decaying limb. That is why so many politicians have hooks instead of hands.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Nah. Those teenage girls are slapping him on the hands when he gets handsy.
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Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
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The fact that 12% of federal judges are Black shows the corruption of DEI. The fact that 67% of Supreme Court Justices belong to a small legal cult called the Federalist Society shows the power of meritocracy.
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The fact that 12% of federal judges are Black shows the corruption of DEI. The fact that 67% of Supreme Court Justices belong to a small legal cult called the Federalist Society shows the power of meritocracy.
Ro Khanna used a phrase on O’Donnell: “the Epstein class.” We should use it for all who think they are masters of the universe such as Larry Summers, Henry Rosovsky, & Alan Dershowitz of Harvard; Ken Starr of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Baylor ; the Clintons; an Israeli prime minister & many others.
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Ro Khanna used a phrase on O’Donnell: “the Epstein class.” We should use it for all who think they are masters of the universe such as Larry Summers, Henry Rosovsky, & Alan Dershowitz of Harvard; Ken Starr of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Baylor ; the Clintons; an Israeli prime minister & many others.
But his emails!
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
But his emails!