Aaron Champagne
@mr-champagne.bsky.social
Husband, father, sibling, teacher, fan.
sic semper tyrannis
sic semper tyrannis
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Add the CIA World Factbook to the long and growing list of disappearing government datasets: www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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I am so excited to not watch Melania's movie that I'm not watching it right now and will be not watching it all weekend!
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I am so excited to not watch Melania's movie that I'm not watching it right now and will be not watching it all weekend!
Bold of Homan to call out the Trump Admin and DHS like this...
Homan: "I call upon those officials to stand shoulder to shoulder with us to tone down the dangerous rhetoric and condemn all unlawful acts against law enforcement in the community"
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Bold of Homan to call out the Trump Admin and DHS like this...
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In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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You should read everything @adamserwer.bsky.social writes, but this one really stands out. He's given a gift link below.
January 27, 2026 at 2:09 PM
You should read everything @adamserwer.bsky.social writes, but this one really stands out. He's given a gift link below.
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In today's @nytimes.com, @barryfriedman1.bsky.social and I argue that, with no *other* means of pursuing accountability for lawlessness by ICE, local/state prosecutions become not just legally viable, but necessary—both to punish past abuses and to deter future ones:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Opinion | Local Prosecution Is the Answer to Federal Lawlessness
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:56 AM
In today's @nytimes.com, @barryfriedman1.bsky.social and I argue that, with no *other* means of pursuing accountability for lawlessness by ICE, local/state prosecutions become not just legally viable, but necessary—both to punish past abuses and to deter future ones:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
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"From where I stood, a few yards back from the scrum last Wednesday afternoon, it looked, at best, to be a savage caricature of our national divide: on one side, militarized men demanded respect at the butt of a gun; on the other, angry protesters screamed for justice."
"behind the violence in Minneapolis—captured in so many chilling photographs in recent weeks—is a different reality: a meticulous urban choreography of civic protest."
from Robert worth, @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
from Robert worth, @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:24 PM
"From where I stood, a few yards back from the scrum last Wednesday afternoon, it looked, at best, to be a savage caricature of our national divide: on one side, militarized men demanded respect at the butt of a gun; on the other, angry protesters screamed for justice."
ZERO historical knowledge in this guy
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
ZERO historical knowledge in this guy
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It has been ignored but the questioning of Trump on the stage at Davos yesterday was nauseatingly sycophantic.
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 PM
It has been ignored but the questioning of Trump on the stage at Davos yesterday was nauseatingly sycophantic.
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America’s illegal attack on Venezuela, its theft of Venezuelan oil, its abandonment of real support for Ukraine, it’s illegal pullout from the WHO and more than three dozen international organizations and the destruction of our own democracy have all been overshadowed and all but ignored at Davos.
January 22, 2026 at 1:54 PM
America’s illegal attack on Venezuela, its theft of Venezuelan oil, its abandonment of real support for Ukraine, it’s illegal pullout from the WHO and more than three dozen international organizations and the destruction of our own democracy have all been overshadowed and all but ignored at Davos.
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It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
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this is just conservatism, no understanding of the systems they benefit from and constant false victimhood
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 21, 2026 at 12:56 PM
this is just conservatism, no understanding of the systems they benefit from and constant false victimhood
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The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
THIS!! The world should boycott the World Cup.
Europeans should announce they will boycott the World Cup if Trump invades Greenland.
Trump: "I'm seeking immediate negotiations to discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States"
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
THIS!! The world should boycott the World Cup.
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When the racist meme becomes national policy
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Speaking from the Old Continent, it isn't. It really, really isn't. It's a message to a country that we all thought of as a friend and ally but is now extremely unwell.
VARNEY: Troops from Germany, France, Sweden, and Norway are taking part in a military exercise in Greenland. What kind of message are they sending to America?
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Well, I don't think this is a message to the US. This is a message to China and Russia.
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Well, I don't think this is a message to the US. This is a message to China and Russia.
January 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Speaking from the Old Continent, it isn't. It really, really isn't. It's a message to a country that we all thought of as a friend and ally but is now extremely unwell.
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Everyone knows the really dangerous criminals like to follow the police right as the criminals are doing their crimes, it's just common sense
HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
January 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Everyone knows the really dangerous criminals like to follow the police right as the criminals are doing their crimes, it's just common sense
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Of course Trump wants to cancel elections. But it's not his choice!
When you game out scenarios from the perspective of the states who will have to choose to cancel their elections - imagine the local backlash - there doesn't seem much upside except Orange Man Happy - but the downsides are serious.
When you game out scenarios from the perspective of the states who will have to choose to cancel their elections - imagine the local backlash - there doesn't seem much upside except Orange Man Happy - but the downsides are serious.
January 13, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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Translation: "The killings will continue until morale improves"
Homan: "There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric"
January 12, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Translation: "The killings will continue until morale improves"
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Not a joke.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Not a joke.
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a decade of "participation trophy" bullshit from the right could only reach this conclusion bsky.app/profile/eric...
I thought Trump would never get the Nobel Peace Prize. He's about to prove me wrong!
January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
a decade of "participation trophy" bullshit from the right could only reach this conclusion bsky.app/profile/eric...