darwin roberts
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people will say the framers never could have predicted this, but that's not true at all, they absolutely *did* expect someone like trump, they thought congress would *stop* him, and they thought they made that clear
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
people will say the framers never could have predicted this, but that's not true at all, they absolutely *did* expect someone like trump, they thought congress would *stop* him, and they thought they made that clear
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"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
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trained police are allowed to react with unpredictable lethal violence and untrained civilians are obligated to behave entirely predictably to the threat of lethal violence
January 9, 2026 at 4:52 AM
trained police are allowed to react with unpredictable lethal violence and untrained civilians are obligated to behave entirely predictably to the threat of lethal violence
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Remember: Federal officials do not enjoy categorical, absolute immunity from state-level prosecutions. They are entitled to removal to federal court. But conduct that is unreasonable or unnecessary for the execution of their law enforcement duties is susceptible to criminal prosecution.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Remember: Federal officials do not enjoy categorical, absolute immunity from state-level prosecutions. They are entitled to removal to federal court. But conduct that is unreasonable or unnecessary for the execution of their law enforcement duties is susceptible to criminal prosecution.
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Humanity emitted more Greenhouse Gases in 2025 than any year ever
January 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Humanity emitted more Greenhouse Gases in 2025 than any year ever
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Again, it is utterly shameful & demonstrates the total failure of all of our political institutions that threatening our closest NATO allies with territorial conquest has not immediately ended this presidency.
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Again, it is utterly shameful & demonstrates the total failure of all of our political institutions that threatening our closest NATO allies with territorial conquest has not immediately ended this presidency.
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Well this is just a bunch of bullshit. Not only do I have to work all week, they're making me go into the office on CHRISTMAS EVE to work a full day and THEN they're having the company Christmas party right after. Not anywhere fancy either, no, but right there in our unfinished Nakatomi building.
December 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Well this is just a bunch of bullshit. Not only do I have to work all week, they're making me go into the office on CHRISTMAS EVE to work a full day and THEN they're having the company Christmas party right after. Not anywhere fancy either, no, but right there in our unfinished Nakatomi building.
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JD Vance cozying up to the sort of white supremacists who would consider his wife and children insufficiently white (and hence American) is pretty bleak, and says a lot about his character.
December 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
JD Vance cozying up to the sort of white supremacists who would consider his wife and children insufficiently white (and hence American) is pretty bleak, and says a lot about his character.
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2025: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
2025: A SPACE ODYSSEY
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Anyone who treats violence perpetrated by the state as a joke should be nowhere near decisions regarding the use of force.
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Anyone who treats violence perpetrated by the state as a joke should be nowhere near decisions regarding the use of force.
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I should probably have just published this in the morning, but I had some thoughts about the East Wing — particularly given something Trump said during his 2020 speech accepting the GOP nomination. www.pbump.net/o/the-presid...
The president has never understood that the White House (and government) aren’t his
Even if only intuitively, Donald Trump knows that the White House is a storehouse of power. He understands that, like the government itself, it is an institution that our impartial democratic system h...
www.pbump.net
October 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I should probably have just published this in the morning, but I had some thoughts about the East Wing — particularly given something Trump said during his 2020 speech accepting the GOP nomination. www.pbump.net/o/the-presid...
@sickoscommittee.org throwback Benny Beaver sadly appropriate for a team heading to 0-7
October 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@sickoscommittee.org throwback Benny Beaver sadly appropriate for a team heading to 0-7
Naylor gutting it out even with a severe case of pinkarm
October 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Naylor gutting it out even with a severe case of pinkarm
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Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods
Humans Just Pushed Earth across Another 'Planetary Boundary'
Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods
www.scientificamerican.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social Donald of Orange?
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social Donald of Orange?
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Nice pull, Carl.
Seriously, read this statement they launched on day one of the administration and see how long you can make it before you feel like you're going insane.
Seriously, read this statement they launched on day one of the administration and see how long you can make it before you feel like you're going insane.
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Nice pull, Carl.
Seriously, read this statement they launched on day one of the administration and see how long you can make it before you feel like you're going insane.
Seriously, read this statement they launched on day one of the administration and see how long you can make it before you feel like you're going insane.
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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the crisis in which the University of Chicago is now engulfed -- one entirely of its own making, and which has led to the (hopefully temporary) suspension of admissions into numerous PhD programs in the humanities -- represents I think a seismic event in the history of American higher education
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August 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
the crisis in which the University of Chicago is now engulfed -- one entirely of its own making, and which has led to the (hopefully temporary) suspension of admissions into numerous PhD programs in the humanities -- represents I think a seismic event in the history of American higher education
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/r...
When a dentist builds a mansion and the color scheme is "tooth with filling"
When a dentist builds a mansion and the color scheme is "tooth with filling"
In Brooklyn, a Palatial House on the Market for $25 Million
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/r...
When a dentist builds a mansion and the color scheme is "tooth with filling"
When a dentist builds a mansion and the color scheme is "tooth with filling"
@dbeekman.bsky.social
Thanks for covering the driver crashing their SUV into Mioposto. Any chance the Times could get SPD on the record about why the driver was not arrested for anything?
@seattlebikeblog.com @theurbanist.org
app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default....
Thanks for covering the driver crashing their SUV into Mioposto. Any chance the Times could get SPD on the record about why the driver was not arrested for anything?
@seattlebikeblog.com @theurbanist.org
app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default....
July 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@dbeekman.bsky.social
Thanks for covering the driver crashing their SUV into Mioposto. Any chance the Times could get SPD on the record about why the driver was not arrested for anything?
@seattlebikeblog.com @theurbanist.org
app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default....
Thanks for covering the driver crashing their SUV into Mioposto. Any chance the Times could get SPD on the record about why the driver was not arrested for anything?
@seattlebikeblog.com @theurbanist.org
app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default....
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It's only a universal injunction if it's sourced from the Amarillo courthouse region. Otherwise it's just sparkling authority exceeding.
June 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It's only a universal injunction if it's sourced from the Amarillo courthouse region. Otherwise it's just sparkling authority exceeding.