Andrew M. Svec
@asvec.bsky.social
Comms professional, barstool philosopher, extroverted introvert, optimistic pessimist, sci-fi aficionado, music addict. Minnesota native married to a California native, and we're living in the south Seattle suburbs. Opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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This new @jamellebouie.net video, which is good, has MythBusters vibes
What Can Donald Trump Do to the Midterm Elections?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:34 AM
This new @jamellebouie.net video, which is good, has MythBusters vibes
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JUST IN: Fed judge in Seattle strikes down several provisions in Trump executive order on election integrity. Judge John Chun (Biden) says the Constitution assigns the president no role in election administration. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:10 PM
JUST IN: Fed judge in Seattle strikes down several provisions in Trump executive order on election integrity. Judge John Chun (Biden) says the Constitution assigns the president no role in election administration. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Things I want more than Greenland as an American:
•Affordable Housing
•Universal Healthcare
•Ability to travel and explore
•Chance to pursue passions not money
•To make a difference in other people’s lives
So I want #StarTrek
The future Gene Roddenberry envisioned
•Affordable Housing
•Universal Healthcare
•Ability to travel and explore
•Chance to pursue passions not money
•To make a difference in other people’s lives
So I want #StarTrek
The future Gene Roddenberry envisioned
a man in a red and black jacket stands in front of a window looking out
ALT: a man in a red and black jacket stands in front of a window looking out
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Things I want more than Greenland as an American:
•Affordable Housing
•Universal Healthcare
•Ability to travel and explore
•Chance to pursue passions not money
•To make a difference in other people’s lives
So I want #StarTrek
The future Gene Roddenberry envisioned
•Affordable Housing
•Universal Healthcare
•Ability to travel and explore
•Chance to pursue passions not money
•To make a difference in other people’s lives
So I want #StarTrek
The future Gene Roddenberry envisioned
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You know who else shot civilians in the street?
Nazis
Nazis
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
You know who else shot civilians in the street?
Nazis
Nazis
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Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
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I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.
December 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.
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I miss the days when FBI Directors caught mass shooters and didn’t fly to wresting events on a government jet to watch their girlfriend sing.
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I miss the days when FBI Directors caught mass shooters and didn’t fly to wresting events on a government jet to watch their girlfriend sing.
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White House Dementia Care Unit Lets Trump Write Walk Of Fame Plaques All By Himself!
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
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White House Dementia Care Unit Lets Trump Write Walk Of Fame Plaques All By Himself!
It's good for him to have activities.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
White House Dementia Care Unit Lets Trump Write Walk Of Fame Plaques All By Himself!
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For the youngins who follow me: It is not normal for the president's chief of staff to say that he has an "alcoholic's personality." It is, moreover, manifestly not normal for said president to admit, yes, I have an "alcoholic's personality."
apnews.com/article/trum...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For the youngins who follow me: It is not normal for the president's chief of staff to say that he has an "alcoholic's personality." It is, moreover, manifestly not normal for said president to admit, yes, I have an "alcoholic's personality."
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Narcissistic pedophile.
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Narcissistic pedophile.
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Feds are ordering church leaders to take down Nativity scenes that protest ICE. These are not just political expressions. They are exercises in religious liberty. “This nativity is a visual reminder … that the attacks on our immigrant neighbors are attacks on God’s own self,” a pastor told People.
December 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Feds are ordering church leaders to take down Nativity scenes that protest ICE. These are not just political expressions. They are exercises in religious liberty. “This nativity is a visual reminder … that the attacks on our immigrant neighbors are attacks on God’s own self,” a pastor told People.
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Some takeaways from the Susie Wiles interview in no particular order. 1) Before anyone congratulates her on telling the truth, we must first acknowledge that when it comes to the craziest and most unqualified cabinet members...she absolutely fucking loves it because deep state something something.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Some takeaways from the Susie Wiles interview in no particular order. 1) Before anyone congratulates her on telling the truth, we must first acknowledge that when it comes to the craziest and most unqualified cabinet members...she absolutely fucking loves it because deep state something something.
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Today I am once again making loads of new Bluesky friends by insisting on one of my most sincerely held beliefs that makes way too many people fucking furious: that teenagers are autonomous beings who are not their parents' property and who possess independent volition and interiority
December 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Today I am once again making loads of new Bluesky friends by insisting on one of my most sincerely held beliefs that makes way too many people fucking furious: that teenagers are autonomous beings who are not their parents' property and who possess independent volition and interiority
Humbly submitted: my list of favourite songs of 2025. Each year I have to work a bit harder to find it, but there is still what I consider to be good music being released. Playlist of top 40 in comments. asvecplanetx.blogspot.com/2025/12/100-...
December 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Humbly submitted: my list of favourite songs of 2025. Each year I have to work a bit harder to find it, but there is still what I consider to be good music being released. Playlist of top 40 in comments. asvecplanetx.blogspot.com/2025/12/100-...
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Elaborating b/c there's a lot of misunderstanding on this.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Even if he did, which I'd bet is likelier than not, none of this is true. The Insurrection Act is not a declaration of martial law. It doesn't close the courts. It doesn't suspend habeas corpus. It means you can use the military to enforce federal laws, but the laws themselves remain the same.
Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."
October 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Elaborating b/c there's a lot of misunderstanding on this.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
Insurrection Act does nothing except you can then use soldiers as cops. They can enforce laws, but they're the same old laws. It doesn't suspend the Constitution. No martial law, no closing courts, no removing state officials, none of that.
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Genuinely fascinating and terrifying to have a person who has never read a book or basically anything and only learns and retains about 5% of what the last person he spoke with told him running the country
Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Genuinely fascinating and terrifying to have a person who has never read a book or basically anything and only learns and retains about 5% of what the last person he spoke with told him running the country
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Dear Leader was rage tweeting about how awful conditions are in Chicago and included a video with a weird voiceover from him describing the scene.
Except it was filmed in April.
And had lots of palm trees.
With police cars with Florida plates…
Except it was filmed in April.
And had lots of palm trees.
With police cars with Florida plates…
October 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Dear Leader was rage tweeting about how awful conditions are in Chicago and included a video with a weird voiceover from him describing the scene.
Except it was filmed in April.
And had lots of palm trees.
With police cars with Florida plates…
Except it was filmed in April.
And had lots of palm trees.
With police cars with Florida plates…
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Irony: if Charlie Kirk had been speaking in Chicago, L.A., etc., they'd have swept the rooftops and had tighter security. But Utah? Nah...So, the myth of white innocence, which he believed in, got him killed. Fascinating. My latest piece explores this, below...
timjwise.medium.com/the-myth-of-...
timjwise.medium.com/the-myth-of-...
The Myth of White Innocence Got Charlie Kirk Killed
If he’d been speaking in Chicago, Los Angeles, or anywhere with lots of people of color, they’d have checked the rooftops
timjwise.medium.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Irony: if Charlie Kirk had been speaking in Chicago, L.A., etc., they'd have swept the rooftops and had tighter security. But Utah? Nah...So, the myth of white innocence, which he believed in, got him killed. Fascinating. My latest piece explores this, below...
timjwise.medium.com/the-myth-of-...
timjwise.medium.com/the-myth-of-...
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This ought to be engraved somewhere.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...