Michael Powell
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I don't know what it is, but every time I start a new anime at this point it always winds up centering on psychics fighting evil spirits. First Jujutsu Kaisen (natch) then Dan Da Dan, and now Mob Psycho 100. It's weird
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I don't know what it is, but every time I start a new anime at this point it always winds up centering on psychics fighting evil spirits. First Jujutsu Kaisen (natch) then Dan Da Dan, and now Mob Psycho 100. It's weird
Imagine living in a country with a Fourth Amendment
ICE kidnapped a 17-year-old U.S. citizen named Christian Jimenez. Jimenez, a high school senior born in Newberg, Oregon, was driving on his school’s lunch break when ICE/CBP agents stopped his car, smashed his window, and abducted him on November 21, 2025.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Imagine living in a country with a Fourth Amendment
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Then why didn't he just say that? Any normal person would have calmly said, "Of course no one should follow illegal orders and we do not issue them." Instead he got hysterical and basically said "how dare they say not to follow my illegal orders! I'll give any orders I want & they WILL follow them."
WELKER: Are you confident that every order President Trump gives is lawful?
BESSENT: What I am confident of is that this was a display of gross, gross negligence here
WELKER: But are you confident that every order President Trump is lawful?
BESSENT: I am confident of that
BESSENT: What I am confident of is that this was a display of gross, gross negligence here
WELKER: But are you confident that every order President Trump is lawful?
BESSENT: I am confident of that
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Then why didn't he just say that? Any normal person would have calmly said, "Of course no one should follow illegal orders and we do not issue them." Instead he got hysterical and basically said "how dare they say not to follow my illegal orders! I'll give any orders I want & they WILL follow them."
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This is a huge win that you might have missed last week: we successfully pressured airlines to shut down their data broker, which was selling passenger data to the government without a court order. I'm going to keep at it until other industries to follow suit.
After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is a huge win that you might have missed last week: we successfully pressured airlines to shut down their data broker, which was selling passenger data to the government without a court order. I'm going to keep at it until other industries to follow suit.
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Me on DOJ’s behavior: “it’s malevolence *exacerbated* by incompetence. That’s problematic enough for the government’s credibility before federal district judges. But at some point soon, one suspects that the Supreme Court itself may well have to grapple with its consequences—or risk being duped.”
194. Another Bad Week for the Presumption of Regularity
Three different flashpoints highlight how much the Trump administration has done, in such short order, to undermine its own litigation efforts and to damage—perhaps irreparably—DOJ's credibility.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Me on DOJ’s behavior: “it’s malevolence *exacerbated* by incompetence. That’s problematic enough for the government’s credibility before federal district judges. But at some point soon, one suspects that the Supreme Court itself may well have to grapple with its consequences—or risk being duped.”
I decided to watch the entire November 2025 sumo tournament in NHK Highlights, which consists of daily 27min videos showing 15 matches for days. The tournament ended over the weekend but NHK hasn't posted a video since Thursday's and I'm refreshing their youtube page like a crackhead.
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I decided to watch the entire November 2025 sumo tournament in NHK Highlights, which consists of daily 27min videos showing 15 matches for days. The tournament ended over the weekend but NHK hasn't posted a video since Thursday's and I'm refreshing their youtube page like a crackhead.
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Democrats should make crystal clear that whether it is high level Trump officials, commanders carrying out illegal murders, or ICE/CPB goons, investigations and indictments are coming—referring to state AGs if Trump blanket pardons for federal crimes.
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Democrats should make crystal clear that whether it is high level Trump officials, commanders carrying out illegal murders, or ICE/CPB goons, investigations and indictments are coming—referring to state AGs if Trump blanket pardons for federal crimes.
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I need 5 seasons asap!
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I need 5 seasons asap!
At this point Mamdani had better watch out he doesn't get Khashoggi'd
1. lol
2. today's White House meeting with Mamdani is currently scheduled as "closed press," which means it might not be much of a showdown
2. today's White House meeting with Mamdani is currently scheduled as "closed press," which means it might not be much of a showdown
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
At this point Mamdani had better watch out he doesn't get Khashoggi'd
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Shocking exactly no one, it turns out making random and chaotic arrests results in innocent people getting rolled up. The brownshirt thuggery of this version of ICE is absolutely indefensible.
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Shocking exactly no one, it turns out making random and chaotic arrests results in innocent people getting rolled up. The brownshirt thuggery of this version of ICE is absolutely indefensible.
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Mike Pence wrote an opinion piece for Fox News. Reading the headline, I was like, "Okay, seems like a normal take."
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mike Pence wrote an opinion piece for Fox News. Reading the headline, I was like, "Okay, seems like a normal take."
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
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It rocks that the online voice of the US government is "computer-damaged reactionary virgin."
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It rocks that the online voice of the US government is "computer-damaged reactionary virgin."
When websites redact my email address on screen it looks like a slur
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
When websites redact my email address on screen it looks like a slur
This sweet tea has a frisson of garden hose
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This sweet tea has a frisson of garden hose
Something something political violence something something the exclusive domain of the Left
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Something something political violence something something the exclusive domain of the Left
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Another kicker - the person at the top can issue obviously illegal orders & he is immune from prosecution for doing it. Every person below him is put in unenviable position of disobeying a direct order or refusing on grounds of it being illegal.
Fuck this SC for giving him that power.
Fuck this SC for giving him that power.
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Another kicker - the person at the top can issue obviously illegal orders & he is immune from prosecution for doing it. Every person below him is put in unenviable position of disobeying a direct order or refusing on grounds of it being illegal.
Fuck this SC for giving him that power.
Fuck this SC for giving him that power.
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/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
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/10 One could argue that this is not a serious discussion, because there is no serious argument that it’s sedition or treason to tell the truth about the Constitution. But this is an unserious time marked by unserious and frankly evil people.
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
/10 One could argue that this is not a serious discussion, because there is no serious argument that it’s sedition or treason to tell the truth about the Constitution. But this is an unserious time marked by unserious and frankly evil people.
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Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have dismissed all charges against two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, who were accused of ramming a vehicle driven by Border Patrol agents on Oct. 4, court records show.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
2 Chicagoans, Including Woman Shot by Federal Agents, Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle
Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are facing felony charges of “forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer,” federal prosecutors announc...
news.wttw.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have dismissed all charges against two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, who were accused of ramming a vehicle driven by Border Patrol agents on Oct. 4, court records show.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
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This is the ad for which Trump thinks Democratic lawmakers should be executed:
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is the ad for which Trump thinks Democratic lawmakers should be executed:
Hoshoryu watching Onosato's loss with great satisfaction
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hoshoryu watching Onosato's loss with great satisfaction
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Weird how conservatives didn't mention all those years that they think it's fine to fire people for their beliefs! What an unfortunate misunderstanding we've had around this. Oh well!
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Weird how conservatives didn't mention all those years that they think it's fine to fire people for their beliefs! What an unfortunate misunderstanding we've had around this. Oh well!
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”