Ed Walker
@edwalker.bsky.social
I read a lot of books, Some of them are interesting enough to write about at emptywheel.net. Retired lawyer. Currently reading The Ethics Of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir.
Avatar: detail from Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden by Masaccio.
Avatar: detail from Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden by Masaccio.
Judge Ellis kindly listed the weapons the ICE goons and the other thugs use against my fellow Chicago residents.
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Judge Ellis kindly listed the weapons the ICE goons and the other thugs use against my fellow Chicago residents.
From the order, a handy list of weapons ICE goons deploy against my fellow Chicagoans.
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
From the order, a handy list of weapons ICE goons deploy against my fellow Chicagoans.
The judge is not thrilled with Bovino. Apparently sua sponte she increased the time he must sit for depositions. The pics in this article are shocking.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The judge is not thrilled with Bovino. Apparently sua sponte she increased the time he must sit for depositions. The pics in this article are shocking.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
This is a hot judge. She already extended the time that thug has to sit for depositions from 2 to 5 hours apparently sua sponte. The plaintiffs will be ready to cross-examine him.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is a hot judge. She already extended the time that thug has to sit for depositions from 2 to 5 hours apparently sua sponte. The plaintiffs will be ready to cross-examine him.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
This is Wheelbarrow. He’s about 20 years old and about 15 poudsds. He likes people food.
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is Wheelbarrow. He’s about 20 years old and about 15 poudsds. He likes people food.
AI is making us stupid. Think what it's doing to the kids. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
October 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
AI is making us stupid. Think what it's doing to the kids. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Texas National Guard troops are "protecting" the ICE facility in Broadview IL, near Chicago. news.wttw.com/2025/10/09/n...
October 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Texas National Guard troops are "protecting" the ICE facility in Broadview IL, near Chicago. news.wttw.com/2025/10/09/n...
Well, ducks have already become tape.
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October 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Well, ducks have already become tape.
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Vampire generated by AI. AT Jeu de Paume. Are we impressed?
September 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Vampire generated by AI. AT Jeu de Paume. Are we impressed?
CNN: it's a "brazen breach of Senate protocol" to violate a Senate Tradition that nobody ever heard of.
Repub Senators: we can't release the Epstein Files because Protocol!
Non-pedophile Americans: if that's what it takes to out rich pedos, then it's great.
Repub Senators: we can't release the Epstein Files because Protocol!
Non-pedophile Americans: if that's what it takes to out rich pedos, then it's great.
September 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
CNN: it's a "brazen breach of Senate protocol" to violate a Senate Tradition that nobody ever heard of.
Repub Senators: we can't release the Epstein Files because Protocol!
Non-pedophile Americans: if that's what it takes to out rich pedos, then it's great.
Repub Senators: we can't release the Epstein Files because Protocol!
Non-pedophile Americans: if that's what it takes to out rich pedos, then it's great.
The District Court made extensive findings of fact. Kavanaugh made up his own. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
September 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The District Court made extensive findings of fact. Kavanaugh made up his own. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
This is from a WaPo description of the District Court opinion. Kavanaugh says that there's a law and a rule, so the Constitution doesn't. matter. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
September 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is from a WaPo description of the District Court opinion. Kavanaugh says that there's a law and a rule, so the Constitution doesn't. matter. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Kavanaugh explains that if you have a statute and a rule, the Constitution doesn't matter. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
September 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Kavanaugh explains that if you have a statute and a rule, the Constitution doesn't matter. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Kavanaugh says a statute + a rule > the Constitution.
September 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Kavanaugh says a statute + a rule > the Constitution.
Here's a woman riling up a crowd, and the terrifying violence that followed.
September 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Here's a woman riling up a crowd, and the terrifying violence that followed.
Warning for MAGAts, a 🧵
Big cities are terribly dangerous and scary. I took these pics today in the frightening city pf Paris. That's the capital city of France, and it's very big and dangerous.
Here's a guy attacking a woman on the street. People are just watching!
Big cities are terribly dangerous and scary. I took these pics today in the frightening city pf Paris. That's the capital city of France, and it's very big and dangerous.
Here's a guy attacking a woman on the street. People are just watching!
September 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Warning for MAGAts, a 🧵
Big cities are terribly dangerous and scary. I took these pics today in the frightening city pf Paris. That's the capital city of France, and it's very big and dangerous.
Here's a guy attacking a woman on the street. People are just watching!
Big cities are terribly dangerous and scary. I took these pics today in the frightening city pf Paris. That's the capital city of France, and it's very big and dangerous.
Here's a guy attacking a woman on the street. People are just watching!
The Ilympic rising over the Tuileries with the Eiffel Tower in the background. There was a big crowd out on a beautiful evening.
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Ilympic rising over the Tuileries with the Eiffel Tower in the background. There was a big crowd out on a beautiful evening.
OK, which of you Democrats told Hakeem Jeffries this is what you wanted?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
September 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
OK, which of you Democrats told Hakeem Jeffries this is what you wanted?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Add this to your list of reasons to dump Jeffries. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
September 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Add this to your list of reasons to dump Jeffries. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Greatest fountain ever!
Trocadero, Paris
Trocadero, Paris
September 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Greatest fountain ever!
Trocadero, Paris
Trocadero, Paris
How hard would it be for a reporter to ask the sickly old man who told him this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
How hard would it be for a reporter to ask the sickly old man who told him this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I don't need a poll to know Slotkin is wrong. I think we should all demonize billionaires, laugh at them, shame them, shun them, and avoid doing business with them to the maximum extent possible.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
August 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don't need a poll to know Slotkin is wrong. I think we should all demonize billionaires, laugh at them, shame them, shun them, and avoid doing business with them to the maximum extent possible.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
RFK,Jr, on mRNA vaccines.
Help me out here. How do you measure the energy of a vaccine?
www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-j...
Help me out here. How do you measure the energy of a vaccine?
www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-j...
August 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
RFK,Jr, on mRNA vaccines.
Help me out here. How do you measure the energy of a vaccine?
www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-j...
Help me out here. How do you measure the energy of a vaccine?
www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-j...
This is how centrists see John Roberts and the Fasces. They won't say out loud what they see, that the six right-wingers are imposing their political vision on an unwilling nation. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
July 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is how centrists see John Roberts and the Fasces. They won't say out loud what they see, that the six right-wingers are imposing their political vision on an unwilling nation. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
