ArchPundit
@archpundit.bsky.social
Blog on Illinois, Chicago, national, and now Minnesota politics. Early local blogger and I chose the name long before the Gateway jackass.
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who's ready to become the joker!!!
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
who's ready to become the joker!!!
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The Supply Depot is looking for someone to sponsor 150 hygiene kits. Demand is outpacing our ability to supply them. Do you know anyone who could?
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Supply Depot is looking for someone to sponsor 150 hygiene kits. Demand is outpacing our ability to supply them. Do you know anyone who could?
Timed tests mostly exist because we have time slots for classes and a whole bunch of people who think it’s a challenge to the meritocracy only feel that way because that’s how they did it.
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Timed tests mostly exist because we have time slots for classes and a whole bunch of people who think it’s a challenge to the meritocracy only feel that way because that’s how they did it.
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The people who are trying to destroy universities when it comes to inclusion around race and gender are also opposed to inclusion around disability. This bullshit gives them cover. Once again, legacy media laundering far right complaints because it makes elites feel smug.
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The people who are trying to destroy universities when it comes to inclusion around race and gender are also opposed to inclusion around disability. This bullshit gives them cover. Once again, legacy media laundering far right complaints because it makes elites feel smug.
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If they were drug King pins they'd already have secured a pardon from King Trump.
Only the poor will be tortured to death for the entertainment of fox news anchors in the glorious New Republic.
Only the poor will be tortured to death for the entertainment of fox news anchors in the glorious New Republic.
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If they were drug King pins they'd already have secured a pardon from King Trump.
Only the poor will be tortured to death for the entertainment of fox news anchors in the glorious New Republic.
Only the poor will be tortured to death for the entertainment of fox news anchors in the glorious New Republic.
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
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“It’s all about arresting people,” Trump's border chief Greg Bovino was captured saying on body cam video—instructing agents to randomly arrest peaceful ICE protesters in Broadview, IL
Our @jtcestkowski.bsky.social reports other revelations from body cam www.statuscoupsubstack.com/p/teach-em-a...
Our @jtcestkowski.bsky.social reports other revelations from body cam www.statuscoupsubstack.com/p/teach-em-a...
"Teach ‘Em A Lesson": Shocking Body Cam Video Exposes Trump Border Chief’s Illegal Arrests
“It’s all about arresting people,” Trump border chief Greg Bovino says in explosive new video revealing the cruelty— and incompetence—of DHS agents during "Operation Midway Blitz" in Chicago
www.statuscoupsubstack.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“It’s all about arresting people,” Trump's border chief Greg Bovino was captured saying on body cam video—instructing agents to randomly arrest peaceful ICE protesters in Broadview, IL
Our @jtcestkowski.bsky.social reports other revelations from body cam www.statuscoupsubstack.com/p/teach-em-a...
Our @jtcestkowski.bsky.social reports other revelations from body cam www.statuscoupsubstack.com/p/teach-em-a...
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Worth pointing out that having Patrick Healy, whose focus groups repeatedly featured Republican staffers playing as undecided voters on top of him being unfathomably credulous to right wing BS, conduct this interview is a “fuck you” by itself.
Krugman named him as a reason for leaving the paper.
Krugman named him as a reason for leaving the paper.
For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Worth pointing out that having Patrick Healy, whose focus groups repeatedly featured Republican staffers playing as undecided voters on top of him being unfathomably credulous to right wing BS, conduct this interview is a “fuck you” by itself.
Krugman named him as a reason for leaving the paper.
Krugman named him as a reason for leaving the paper.
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he was just trying to fulfill king charles's dream www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...
American Student Ends Up Trapped in Giant Vagina Sculpture
Firefighters embarked on an "extraordinary rescue mission" when an American exchange student got his leg trapped inside a giant vagina sculpture.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
he was just trying to fulfill king charles's dream www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...
These aren’t kingpins on the boats. Even when drugs are being trafficked they are mostly poor people trying to get by and maybe buy a boat for fishing
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
These aren’t kingpins on the boats. Even when drugs are being trafficked they are mostly poor people trying to get by and maybe buy a boat for fishing
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Just another example of how tenants have acquired too many rights.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Just another example of how tenants have acquired too many rights.
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Kristi Noem is knowledgeable about travel bans because she was banned from entering all the Native reservations in her own state at one point.
She was not welcome in a substantial portion of her own state
She was not welcome in a substantial portion of her own state
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Kristi Noem is knowledgeable about travel bans because she was banned from entering all the Native reservations in her own state at one point.
She was not welcome in a substantial portion of her own state
She was not welcome in a substantial portion of her own state
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If you’re curious what the latest content looks like, Trump’s account is now posting Alex Jones videos. It’s still rapid fire.
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
If you’re curious what the latest content looks like, Trump’s account is now posting Alex Jones videos. It’s still rapid fire.
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Normally the creators of beloved children’s cartoon characters would not need to disavow the U.S. Secretary of Defense, but ours is a drunken miscreant, a loutish boor with the dignity and nobility of a counterfeit butt-plug
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Normally the creators of beloved children’s cartoon characters would not need to disavow the U.S. Secretary of Defense, but ours is a drunken miscreant, a loutish boor with the dignity and nobility of a counterfeit butt-plug
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“Newly released federal data shows that immigration agents booked in roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz – two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pending charges.”
Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record.
Newly released federal data shows that immigration agents booked in roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz – two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pe…
www.chicagotribune.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“Newly released federal data shows that immigration agents booked in roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz – two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pending charges.”
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Whingeing about some grading, and one of my daughters volunteers “you shouldn’t have suspense in you research paper.”
Exactly. I am reminded of a colleague’s quip “A research paper isn’t a mystery novel. You don’t have to read to the last page of Marx to find out the capitalists did it.”
Exactly. I am reminded of a colleague’s quip “A research paper isn’t a mystery novel. You don’t have to read to the last page of Marx to find out the capitalists did it.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Whingeing about some grading, and one of my daughters volunteers “you shouldn’t have suspense in you research paper.”
Exactly. I am reminded of a colleague’s quip “A research paper isn’t a mystery novel. You don’t have to read to the last page of Marx to find out the capitalists did it.”
Exactly. I am reminded of a colleague’s quip “A research paper isn’t a mystery novel. You don’t have to read to the last page of Marx to find out the capitalists did it.”
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Code name: PATCHES
Kash Patel Plays a G-Man on TV
In his press conference announcing the capture of Charlie Kirk’s killer, the F.B.I. director revealed himself.
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Code name: PATCHES
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Armando Iannucci eat your heart out.
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Armando Iannucci eat your heart out.
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The fact that this is a surprise to Bradley, presumably Fenton, and a whole bunch of large adult son SOF officers is a justifiable reason alone to fire everyone at SOCOM, just for being fucking stupid
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
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December 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The fact that this is a surprise to Bradley, presumably Fenton, and a whole bunch of large adult son SOF officers is a justifiable reason alone to fire everyone at SOCOM, just for being fucking stupid
How testosterone transformed his body…
Yeah, it’s a steroid and he’s abusing it
Yeah, it’s a steroid and he’s abusing it
What's depressing is that it's not just reporters who want to have RFK Jr.'s baby who convinced themselves that RFK Jr. wasn't *really* anti-vaxx despite absolutely overwhelming evidence that he is extremely anti-vaxx. (Hello Senator Cassidy!)
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
How testosterone transformed his body…
Yeah, it’s a steroid and he’s abusing it
Yeah, it’s a steroid and he’s abusing it
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I know I should be inured by now but it still amazes me how people with large megaphones and respected (past) professional affiliations can just vomit shit out like this online
First time I’ve seen a post complaining about (((Norwegians)))
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I know I should be inured by now but it still amazes me how people with large megaphones and respected (past) professional affiliations can just vomit shit out like this online
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Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
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I received an "F" on my dental school paper for writing "the tooth fairy takes 'em while you sleep" and now I'm suing the school for religious discrimination
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I received an "F" on my dental school paper for writing "the tooth fairy takes 'em while you sleep" and now I'm suing the school for religious discrimination
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Well, this is exhibit number one in any lawsuit challenging a new travel ban on unconstitutional animus grounds.
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Well, this is exhibit number one in any lawsuit challenging a new travel ban on unconstitutional animus grounds.