Jas Easterly
@jaseasterly.bsky.social
13th Gen Virginian. I bow and scrape for no one—neither should anyone else. Dietrich Bonhoeffer fan. Summum Nec Metuam Diem Nec Optem. Mon Mothma’s old man. JET's Pop. NYU MFA—still writing 1st novel. Afghan War Vet. Journeyman lawyer—no problem too small.
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Jas Easterly
@jaseasterly.bsky.social
· Nov 29
When someone keeps punching you in the mouth, you break their f . . .ing arms.
Unfortunately, servicemembers are required to follow stupid orders.
It takes a savvy staff officer or senior NCO to convince a commander that the order is, if not stupid, not destined to reap the desired results.
It takes a savvy staff officer or senior NCO to convince a commander that the order is, if not stupid, not destined to reap the desired results.
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Unfortunately, servicemembers are required to follow stupid orders.
It takes a savvy staff officer or senior NCO to convince a commander that the order is, if not stupid, not destined to reap the desired results.
It takes a savvy staff officer or senior NCO to convince a commander that the order is, if not stupid, not destined to reap the desired results.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Grateful Dead
Dave Matthews Band
Blues Traveler
Elvis Costello
House of Freaks
Grateful Dead
Dave Matthews Band
Blues Traveler
Elvis Costello
House of Freaks
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Bruce Springsteen
Neil Young
Jackson Browne
Elvis Costello
Billy Bragg
Bruce Springsteen
Neil Young
Jackson Browne
Elvis Costello
Billy Bragg
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Grateful Dead
Dave Matthews Band
Blues Traveler
Elvis Costello
House of Freaks
Grateful Dead
Dave Matthews Band
Blues Traveler
Elvis Costello
House of Freaks
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Phillips P O'Brien: trump's 28-point plan put one thing in stark relief—and that was how much better the Biden Administration was for Ukraine than Trump's. There is no comparison. Biden was Ukraine's friend and Trump is not (he is Russia's).
The Change From Biden To Trump Has Been Devastating For Ukraine
And Why it is Important for the Direction of US Foreign Policy
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Phillips P O'Brien: trump's 28-point plan put one thing in stark relief—and that was how much better the Biden Administration was for Ukraine than Trump's. There is no comparison. Biden was Ukraine's friend and Trump is not (he is Russia's).
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Except that’s what everyone on the right was doing before we learned it was the Trump admin that granted him asylum - and most are still doing it. If only Republicans would blame the shooters more often instead of trying to use deranged acts by individuals for political gain.
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Except that’s what everyone on the right was doing before we learned it was the Trump admin that granted him asylum - and most are still doing it. If only Republicans would blame the shooters more often instead of trying to use deranged acts by individuals for political gain.
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Bluesky doesn’t have a central algorithm that’s forced on everybody, and allows users to create their own feeds.
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Algorithms do widen the divide: Social media feeds shape political polarization
A study shows that the order in which platforms like X display content to their users affects their animosity towards other ideological groups
english.elpais.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Bluesky doesn’t have a central algorithm that’s forced on everybody, and allows users to create their own feeds.
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
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So what effect is Hegseth's drug interdicting program having? The one that pursues its objective by blowing fishing boats out of the water and killing everyone on board? No discernible effect at all. But it entertains the MAGA base. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
‘Deliver or Die’: Inside the Drug-Boat Crews Ferrying Cocaine to the U.S.
The high-seas cowboys who speed tons of cocaine to American consumers are now getting blown out of the water. They say it won’t stop them.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
So what effect is Hegseth's drug interdicting program having? The one that pursues its objective by blowing fishing boats out of the water and killing everyone on board? No discernible effect at all. But it entertains the MAGA base. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Stephen hates the Statue of Liberty.
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Stephen hates the Statue of Liberty.
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Someone must say the unsayable.
Sarah Beckstrom Died for Donald Trump’s Vanity
Sarah Beckstrom was twenty years old.
www.notesfromthecircus.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Someone must say the unsayable.
bsky.app/profile/did:... Can one get radicalized by a steady diet of serious journalism, live coverage of authoritarianism with training wheels, and a prequel of a prequel of the only film I will ever call Star Wars?
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
bsky.app/profile/did:... Can one get radicalized by a steady diet of serious journalism, live coverage of authoritarianism with training wheels, and a prequel of a prequel of the only film I will ever call Star Wars?
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Trump refuses to directly admit his administration granted the DC shooter asylum and then wraps up the press availability
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Trump refuses to directly admit his administration granted the DC shooter asylum and then wraps up the press availability
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A Conversation with Mike Fanone: Fighting the Inhumanity & Lawlessness of the Trump Administration
youtu.be/zcu1YTVKCpU?...
youtu.be/zcu1YTVKCpU?...
A Conversation with Mike Fanone: Fighting the Inhumanity & Lawlessness of the Trump Administration
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A Conversation with Mike Fanone: Fighting the Inhumanity & Lawlessness of the Trump Administration
youtu.be/zcu1YTVKCpU?...
youtu.be/zcu1YTVKCpU?...
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One notable thing about this is they're being investigated by a court-appointed USA in Maryland, because they've failed to get a Senate-confirmed one. A future reform worth considering is expanding that, perhaps carving out public corruption cases and making them always under a court appointee.
"Weeks of watching Florida insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan flail around like a toddler trying to teach calculus should serve as a warning about the perils of crowdsourcing legal research to literal randos on the internet. *But it won’t.*" — @lizdye.bsky.social
Bill Pulte and Ed Martin's shitposting legal strategy
It's backfired so spectacularly that now *they're* the ones being investigated.
www.publicnotice.co
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
One notable thing about this is they're being investigated by a court-appointed USA in Maryland, because they've failed to get a Senate-confirmed one. A future reform worth considering is expanding that, perhaps carving out public corruption cases and making them always under a court appointee.
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What happens when you pick an American Pope: he builds an entire international trip around a Thanksgiving Turkey pun
Pope Leo XIV embarked on his first international trip as pontiff on Thursday, traveling to Turkey to start a six-day tour that will also include Lebanon. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
What happens when you pick an American Pope: he builds an entire international trip around a Thanksgiving Turkey pun
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Attention any veterans near Killeen, Texas.
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Attention any veterans near Killeen, Texas.
Live Updates: ‘She Has a Mortal Wound,’ Father of National Guard Member Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Ilya Somin: "In this post, I explain why Trump's collective punishment of Afghan migrants in response to yesterday's awful attack is both unjust and counterproductive to the goal of combating terrorism." reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Trump's Unjust and Counterproductive Collective Punishment of Afghan Migrants
Stopping all immigration processing for Afghan migrants is unjust and undermines rather than furthers the goal of combatting terrorism.
reason.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ilya Somin: "In this post, I explain why Trump's collective punishment of Afghan migrants in response to yesterday's awful attack is both unjust and counterproductive to the goal of combating terrorism." reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Decide yourself come in on a boat
Media's too fast
Keep me out of country and the word
Disappointment into us absurd
Straight off the boat, where to go
Calling out in transit
Calling out in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
—Stipe, Buck, Berry, and Mills
Media's too fast
Keep me out of country and the word
Disappointment into us absurd
Straight off the boat, where to go
Calling out in transit
Calling out in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
—Stipe, Buck, Berry, and Mills
With the Kremlin now running US foreign policy, having lured Trump's team with promises of Russian riches, its all about assuring Ukraine FIRSTLY agree to Russian demands and only THEN vague discussions with the Americans for nonsense "security guarantees" that never happen.
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Decide yourself come in on a boat
Media's too fast
Keep me out of country and the word
Disappointment into us absurd
Straight off the boat, where to go
Calling out in transit
Calling out in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
—Stipe, Buck, Berry, and Mills
Media's too fast
Keep me out of country and the word
Disappointment into us absurd
Straight off the boat, where to go
Calling out in transit
Calling out in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
—Stipe, Buck, Berry, and Mills
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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www.axios.com/2024/06/06/t... Presidents don’t have rights. They have authorities and, more importantly, duties.
Trump says he would have "every right to go after" political enemies if elected
"When this election is over, based on what they've done, I would have every right to go after them."
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
www.axios.com/2024/06/06/t... Presidents don’t have rights. They have authorities and, more importantly, duties.
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Press question for the president: define sedition…
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Press question for the president: define sedition…
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FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
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Upholding $1M sanction against Trump & Habba, 11th Cir. held:
• Arguments were "frivolous"
• "Malicious prosecution claim without a prosecution"
• "Trade secrets claim without a trade secret"
• 7 claims w/o cause of action
• 11 of 16 claims not even appealed
• "Pattern of misusing the courts"
1/2
• Arguments were "frivolous"
• "Malicious prosecution claim without a prosecution"
• "Trade secrets claim without a trade secret"
• 7 claims w/o cause of action
• 11 of 16 claims not even appealed
• "Pattern of misusing the courts"
1/2
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Upholding $1M sanction against Trump & Habba, 11th Cir. held:
• Arguments were "frivolous"
• "Malicious prosecution claim without a prosecution"
• "Trade secrets claim without a trade secret"
• 7 claims w/o cause of action
• 11 of 16 claims not even appealed
• "Pattern of misusing the courts"
1/2
• Arguments were "frivolous"
• "Malicious prosecution claim without a prosecution"
• "Trade secrets claim without a trade secret"
• 7 claims w/o cause of action
• 11 of 16 claims not even appealed
• "Pattern of misusing the courts"
1/2
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