@jvl.bsky.social at his very best.
You should read this as though I'm shouting the entire time. www.thebulwark.com/p/george-w-b...
George W. Bush Can Suck It
He didn’t throw shade at Trump; he whitewashed authoritarianism.
www.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
@jvl.bsky.social at his very best.
JESUS.
It's almost as if the entire point of a warrant is to prevent the government from just rounding up whomever it wants
Rep. Buddy Carter: "Some of the demands that the Democrats have put forth, we're not gonna be able to obtain that. We can't have a warrant every time."
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
JESUS.
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Oh, okay. I'll bite.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Oh, okay. I'll bite.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
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I'm mystified by this GOP push, since conservative women are more likely to have adopted their husband's names than liberal women are; Republicans want women to get married and submit to their husbands; but if their husbands tell them how to vote but they can't because of this [brain melts on desk]
the new Republican talking point is that it's insulting to complain about requiring women to show their birth certificate and passport in order to vote because they're smart enough to figure it out
February 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I'm mystified by this GOP push, since conservative women are more likely to have adopted their husband's names than liberal women are; Republicans want women to get married and submit to their husbands; but if their husbands tell them how to vote but they can't because of this [brain melts on desk]
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gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
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Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.
FBI will not provide the BCA access to evidence gathered from Pretti shooting, BCA says
Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.
www.mprnews.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.
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Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.
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👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.
Trump administration formally denies Minnesota investigators access to evidence in Alex Pretti shooting
Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota BCA, said the FBI has formally denied his agency access to evidence and information from the killing of Pretti at the hands of federal officers.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.
Such a great discussion about fascinating research into GenAI and political persuasion... youtu.be/5s1IuQe311I?...
Scaling Laws: The Persuasion Machine: David Rand on How LLMs Can Reshape Political Beliefs
YouTube video by Lawfare
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Such a great discussion about fascinating research into GenAI and political persuasion... youtu.be/5s1IuQe311I?...
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The Department of Homeland Security’s new tool to check voters’ citizenship is mistakenly identifying people as noncitizens, according to a report Friday from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. trib.al/xTaHwIL
February 14, 2026 at 1:18 AM
The Department of Homeland Security’s new tool to check voters’ citizenship is mistakenly identifying people as noncitizens, according to a report Friday from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. trib.al/xTaHwIL
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DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
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It will not surprise you that ICE is filled with pro-Russian goons.
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
Laughing ICE Goons Seize Dad Who Fled Ukraine War at Walmart
Dmytro Kulyk is facing deportation as refugees become the Trump administration’s latest target.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
It will not surprise you that ICE is filled with pro-Russian goons.
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
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I gotta say things are not looking good for white culture if we’ve got this guy out here as our spokesperson
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I gotta say things are not looking good for white culture if we’ve got this guy out here as our spokesperson
"failed to plan for it..."
This is actually an ESSENTIAL articulation of this admin’s immigration policy.
Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them.
Policymaking is about weighing equities. In normal policymaking, the rights of the people you’re going after count as an equity. It appears for all the world that this administration’s decisionmaking simply ignores them.
BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 AM
"failed to plan for it..."
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NEW. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on Trump's mass deportation regime.
“The government wants to arrest, detain, and deport one in every 24 people—4% of the population. That can't be done without transforming who we are and our relationship to law enforcement.”
youtu.be/AJ9WFEhCpTM?...
“The government wants to arrest, detain, and deport one in every 24 people—4% of the population. That can't be done without transforming who we are and our relationship to law enforcement.”
youtu.be/AJ9WFEhCpTM?...
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
NEW. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on Trump's mass deportation regime.
“The government wants to arrest, detain, and deport one in every 24 people—4% of the population. That can't be done without transforming who we are and our relationship to law enforcement.”
youtu.be/AJ9WFEhCpTM?...
“The government wants to arrest, detain, and deport one in every 24 people—4% of the population. That can't be done without transforming who we are and our relationship to law enforcement.”
youtu.be/AJ9WFEhCpTM?...
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Not promoting the Gateway Pundit is censorship.
I’m not kidding. That’s where they’ve taken this bullshit argument. 😂 The FTC is mad that Apple News seemingly editorially curates more from AP, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, & WaPo. (1A etc etc)
I’m not kidding. That’s where they’ve taken this bullshit argument. 😂 The FTC is mad that Apple News seemingly editorially curates more from AP, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, & WaPo. (1A etc etc)
The FTC has sent a letter to Tim Cook because Apple News is too woke and needs to include more right wing content.
This would sound silly even for The Onion but it’s our current reality.
This would sound silly even for The Onion but it’s our current reality.
Apple faces new tensions with Trump administration
US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Not promoting the Gateway Pundit is censorship.
I’m not kidding. That’s where they’ve taken this bullshit argument. 😂 The FTC is mad that Apple News seemingly editorially curates more from AP, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, & WaPo. (1A etc etc)
I’m not kidding. That’s where they’ve taken this bullshit argument. 😂 The FTC is mad that Apple News seemingly editorially curates more from AP, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, & WaPo. (1A etc etc)
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130 days. That's how long it took CPB to suspend agent Charles Exum after he shot Chicago teacher Marimar Martinez five times and then lied about the circumstances.
JUST IN: U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Border Patrol agent Charles Exum, who shot Chicago's Marimar Martinez, "was placed on administrative leave":
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
130 days. That's how long it took CPB to suspend agent Charles Exum after he shot Chicago teacher Marimar Martinez five times and then lied about the circumstances.
Holy crap.
💥Dramatic turn in Hungary’s election race: Orbán rival Péter Magyar says that in 2024 his ex-girlfriend set a honey trap to secretly record them having sex—footage he claims Orbán’s camp plans to publish to ruin and blackmail him.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
February 12, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Holy crap.
HAHAHAHA!
February 12, 2026 at 7:24 PM
HAHAHAHA!
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The El Paso event was a perfect distillation of the moment because there were 50 immediate Bond Villain-type conspiracy theories doing the rounds and it turned out to be a bunch of clueless chucklefucks fooling around with dangerous toys borrowed from Drunk Uncle Pete at the Pentagon.
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The El Paso event was a perfect distillation of the moment because there were 50 immediate Bond Villain-type conspiracy theories doing the rounds and it turned out to be a bunch of clueless chucklefucks fooling around with dangerous toys borrowed from Drunk Uncle Pete at the Pentagon.
Disappearing people and stripping them of their civil rights is EXACTLY what ICE/CPB did. Precisely and exactly.
Spoiler alert: When top officials have to start saying in an agency’s defense “no, no, no, that’s a totally legitimate law enforcement agency,” they have already lost and it is, in fact, no longer a legitimate law enforcement agency.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Disappearing people and stripping them of their civil rights is EXACTLY what ICE/CPB did. Precisely and exactly.
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Tom Homan: “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude…We will continue to enforce Title A immigration law throughout this nation…Those who say we are backing down from immigration enforcement or the promise of mass deportations, you are simply wrong.”
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Tom Homan: “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude…We will continue to enforce Title A immigration law throughout this nation…Those who say we are backing down from immigration enforcement or the promise of mass deportations, you are simply wrong.”
@criterion.bsky.social What should I watch tonight? Comedy, satire, great docs, old Hollywood, and MORE are my appetites. Recs?
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
@criterion.bsky.social What should I watch tonight? Comedy, satire, great docs, old Hollywood, and MORE are my appetites. Recs?
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?