The Marvelous Mr Merle
@clmerle.bsky.social
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Passive/Aggressive Stoic
AKA Chris Merle
Lives in Tucson, Arizona
Passive/Aggressive Stoic
AKA Chris Merle
Lives in Tucson, Arizona
A Christmas Story
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
A Christmas Story
Not to mention fall asleep, shit his pants, or say something deranged.
"The Real Reason Trump Is Skipping the Super Bowl on Sunday"
Trump claimed the big game is ‘too far away.’ Privately, his advisers warned he’d likely get booed if he went, sources tell Zeteo's @swin24.bsky.social
Trump claimed the big game is ‘too far away.’ Privately, his advisers warned he’d likely get booed if he went, sources tell Zeteo's @swin24.bsky.social
The Real Reason Trump Is Skipping the Super Bowl on Sunday
Trump claimed the big game is ‘too far away.’ Privately, his advisers warned he’d likely get booed if he went, sources tell Zeteo.
zeteo.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Not to mention fall asleep, shit his pants, or say something deranged.
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The funny thing is, Trump will dump her the moment she displeases him in the least.
Imagine seeing photos and videos of ugly old men raping underage girls and thinking, "I need to protect those horrible men at all costs."?
Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 AM
The funny thing is, Trump will dump her the moment she displeases him in the least.
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I feel like getting the dudes who demand government issued girlfriends out of the gene pool might be one of those problems that solves itself
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I feel like getting the dudes who demand government issued girlfriends out of the gene pool might be one of those problems that solves itself
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The Nobel committee never reveals who has been nominated until decades later. The nominators can crow that they nominated someone or group of people. So whoever nominated Minneapolis was allowed to nominate them.
The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM
The Nobel committee never reveals who has been nominated until decades later. The nominators can crow that they nominated someone or group of people. So whoever nominated Minneapolis was allowed to nominate them.
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Extraordinary US government surveillance of ordinary people is beginning
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Extraordinary US government surveillance of ordinary people is beginning
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Fascinating research on how often and for what reasons female economists are interrupted while presenting their work. Obviously this has applications outside economics. Nice to see actual hard data backing this up, instead of being gaslit about how it's all in our minds.
Here’s what they found:
Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars.
Those interruptions are more likely to:
- Cut women off mid-sentence
- Come from men
- Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature
Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars.
Those interruptions are more likely to:
- Cut women off mid-sentence
- Come from men
- Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature
February 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Fascinating research on how often and for what reasons female economists are interrupted while presenting their work. Obviously this has applications outside economics. Nice to see actual hard data backing this up, instead of being gaslit about how it's all in our minds.
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Are you smarter than Mike Johnson? All signs point to yes.
February 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Are you smarter than Mike Johnson? All signs point to yes.
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It’s not a crime to do lunch with Jeffrey Dahmer.
February 3, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It’s not a crime to do lunch with Jeffrey Dahmer.
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Once more with feeling: gotta throw the whole department away. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Once more with feeling: gotta throw the whole department away. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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The whole far right using social media as an incubator for weaponizing the most effective way to make regular people hate minorities isn't new btw
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
The whole far right using social media as an incubator for weaponizing the most effective way to make regular people hate minorities isn't new btw
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I’m interviewed in the February 2026 issue of Locus Magazine. Had no time to go over what I said when they sent the draft to me, so it is what it is, I said what I said, 😆.
🦉🕷️🌻👽🤖🦋🐦🔥🌞🪐🧙🏾♀️🤠🌍📚
🦉🕷️🌻👽🤖🦋🐦🔥🌞🪐🧙🏾♀️🤠🌍📚
February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I’m interviewed in the February 2026 issue of Locus Magazine. Had no time to go over what I said when they sent the draft to me, so it is what it is, I said what I said, 😆.
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🦉🕷️🌻👽🤖🦋🐦🔥🌞🪐🧙🏾♀️🤠🌍📚
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This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
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Railway firm warns that routes in eastern Ukraine are becoming increasingly 'high risk', urges travellers to take buses.
Zelenskyy warns of ‘logistics terror' as Russia hits Ukraine railway
Railway firm warns that routes in eastern Ukraine are becoming increasingly 'high risk', urges travellers to take buses.
www.aljazeera.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Railway firm warns that routes in eastern Ukraine are becoming increasingly 'high risk', urges travellers to take buses.
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My Catholicism is so lapsed that the Vatican has a photo of me behind the counter saying “Do not accept prayers from this woman.”
Nevertheless, a lot of churches of many different denominations are doing a lot of genuinely good things!
apnews.com/article/minn...
Nevertheless, a lot of churches of many different denominations are doing a lot of genuinely good things!
apnews.com/article/minn...
Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures
Police have arrested about 100 clergy who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 PM
My Catholicism is so lapsed that the Vatican has a photo of me behind the counter saying “Do not accept prayers from this woman.”
Nevertheless, a lot of churches of many different denominations are doing a lot of genuinely good things!
apnews.com/article/minn...
Nevertheless, a lot of churches of many different denominations are doing a lot of genuinely good things!
apnews.com/article/minn...
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They’re feeding thousands of families who are justly terrified of leaving their homes:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This Minneapolis church is feeding thousands of families fearing ICE
"I just think they're reading their Bible backwards."
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
They’re feeding thousands of families who are justly terrified of leaving their homes:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Discombobulator? Discombobulator? Discombobulator?
Could even say the word?
Could even say the word?
President Donald Trump said US military forces used a weapon that he referred to as “the discombobulator” during the US operation in Caracas to remove former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power.
Trump Says US Used ‘Discombobulator’ Weapon in Maduro Raid
President Donald Trump said US military forces used a weapon that he referred to as “the discombobulator” during the US operation in Caracas to remove former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power earlier this month.
bloom.bg
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Discombobulator? Discombobulator? Discombobulator?
Could even say the word?
Could even say the word?
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There is absolutely no way he said”discombobulator”, that is way too many syllables for his feeble mind.
January 24, 2026 at 2:20 PM
There is absolutely no way he said”discombobulator”, that is way too many syllables for his feeble mind.
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The idea that there is a "Left" in American politics is an absurd right wing fantasy, which of course is politically useful to them, but unfortunately it's also useful to centrist media figures who need it to be true for their somber above-it-all commentary to make sense
September 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The idea that there is a "Left" in American politics is an absurd right wing fantasy, which of course is politically useful to them, but unfortunately it's also useful to centrist media figures who need it to be true for their somber above-it-all commentary to make sense
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This quite literally should be all over the news‼️
January 25, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This quite literally should be all over the news‼️
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REMINDER: If you want Dem senators to shut down ICE/DHS funding here are the Senators to focus on:
Cortez-Masto
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And also probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Light up the phone lines on Monday am: (202) 224-3121
Cortez-Masto
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And also probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Light up the phone lines on Monday am: (202) 224-3121
Kaine is engaging in performance art and it’s bullshit kabuki. Murray is already touting it so Dems are gonna offer the votes with wink and nods.
Dems likely to collaborate:
CCM
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Cowards.
Dems likely to collaborate:
CCM
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Cowards.
👀 Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., one of 8 Senate Dems who voted for the November deal, slams the House-passed approps package. His concerns include ICE. As a bundle, he doesn’t support it “without significant amendment.”
This still needs 60 senators to avert a shutdown next Friday. Stay tuned.
This still needs 60 senators to avert a shutdown next Friday. Stay tuned.
January 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
REMINDER: If you want Dem senators to shut down ICE/DHS funding here are the Senators to focus on:
Cortez-Masto
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And also probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Light up the phone lines on Monday am: (202) 224-3121
Cortez-Masto
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And also probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Light up the phone lines on Monday am: (202) 224-3121
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Here is the newly-unsealed State Department memo confirming -- finally -- that the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was based on an op-ed.
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Action Memo for Senior Bureau Official John Armstrong
FROM:
SUBJECT:
CA/VO - Stuart Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(SBU) Revocation of Fl Visa for Rumeysa OZTURK
(SBU) Recommendation 1: That you approve the revocation of the Fl visa,
effective immediately, for
under section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA). Due to ongoing ICE operational security, this revocation will be silent;
the Department will not notify the subject. (Approve/Disapprove by
03/21/25)
Decision: [Approved]
(SBU) Recommendation 2: That you authorize the transmission of the
attached notification to the Department of Homeland Security noting the,
immediate revocation of OZTURK's visa. (Approve/Disapprove by 03/21/25)
Decision: [Approved]
Background
(SBU} On March 21, 2025, the Assistant Director of the National Security Division of DHS/ICE's Homeland Security Investigations referred to CA information regarding Rumeysa OZTURK, a Turkish national, for a possible determination by the Secretary that the alien is deportable under INA section 237(a)(4)(C). As a nonimmigrant visa holder, such a determination is not necessary for OHS/ICE to pursue removal of OZTURK from the United States, as INA section 237(a}(1)(B) provides that an alien is deportable if their nonimmigrant visa has been revoked under INA section 221(i).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7r477jd7q7p2mzmyqfm7jmp7/bafkreigphzxypvufgeipmnblj3rj5bjvnpsifwim4gx2nxdcv3cqhgqj5q@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Here is the newly-unsealed State Department memo confirming -- finally -- that the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was based on an op-ed.
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Bill Kristol again outperforming the Democratic Party leadership.
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Bill Kristol again outperforming the Democratic Party leadership.