Nick Fish
@nickfish.me
President of @atheists.org. Adopted. Philadelphian by choice, but forever a Midwesterner.
"My 'no longer proposing executing my political opponents' shirt is raising a lot of questions previously answered by the shirt"
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"My 'no longer proposing executing my political opponents' shirt is raising a lot of questions previously answered by the shirt"
So when it's "ballots might take a day or two because of the way the mail works," Jason is saying even the perception of a problem is bad. But when it comes to sexually harassing your students or palling around with a convicted sex trafficker and pedophile, meh, whatevs. Got it.
Great work, WaPo.
Great work, WaPo.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
So when it's "ballots might take a day or two because of the way the mail works," Jason is saying even the perception of a problem is bad. But when it comes to sexually harassing your students or palling around with a convicted sex trafficker and pedophile, meh, whatevs. Got it.
Great work, WaPo.
Great work, WaPo.
Can we get a state Attorney General to subpoena this man's email accounts? Because yikes.
The Catholic League's response to the Epstein files? Arguing technicalities over the ages of the victims.
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Can we get a state Attorney General to subpoena this man's email accounts? Because yikes.
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if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
I discuss this every year with my team. We pay 100% of their premiums. Asked them if they'd rather have cheaper plans with higher deductibles — and we'd give them the difference as salary and a stocked HSA/FSA. No one wanted that. EVERYONE didn't want to have to worry about navigating the system.
Dr. Oz is clearly a moron who, incredibly, doesn't understand anything about how the insurance system works.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I discuss this every year with my team. We pay 100% of their premiums. Asked them if they'd rather have cheaper plans with higher deductibles — and we'd give them the difference as salary and a stocked HSA/FSA. No one wanted that. EVERYONE didn't want to have to worry about navigating the system.
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Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/phil...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
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I don’t know anything about Nordic paganism, but I do know something about evidence of animus under Masterpiece Cakeshop — and no one has given this guy the talk.
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I don’t know anything about Nordic paganism, but I do know something about evidence of animus under Masterpiece Cakeshop — and no one has given this guy the talk.
Yeah but James Talarico follows a couple of models on Instagram and once thanked one for sharing a clip from his campaign. So, uh, both sides!
House Democrats release Epstein emails, including one in which he flatly asserted that Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage. @migold.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Yeah but James Talarico follows a couple of models on Instagram and once thanked one for sharing a clip from his campaign. So, uh, both sides!
Holy shit finally an Op-Ed that Gets It
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Holy shit finally an Op-Ed that Gets It
My Bluesky posting is mostly About Work™ with occasional cat-related spillover. In that vein: Carter was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in August. He's been responding well to treatment. But this week he took a turn for the worse. Basically stopped eating. We said goodbye last night here at home.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My Bluesky posting is mostly About Work™ with occasional cat-related spillover. In that vein: Carter was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in August. He's been responding well to treatment. But this week he took a turn for the worse. Basically stopped eating. We said goodbye last night here at home.
Everything @friendlyatheist.com says here is right.
But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM
But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM
Axios tried to shame Christian U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico—and ended up exposing itself
The so-called scandal over who a progressive Christian follows on Instagram says more about lazy journalism than it does about faith or politics
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November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Everything @friendlyatheist.com says here is right.
But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM
But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM
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The Supreme Court had three religious freedom cases last Term. With @richschragger.bsky.social and @nelsontebbe.bsky.social, our latest comments on them, extending our analysis of religious preferentialism under the First Amendment.
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
The Structure of Religious Preference - Harvard Law Review
A revolution has occurred in the law of religious freedom. At this point, the picture is reasonably clear. The Supreme Court has greatly expanded the scope of the Free Exercise Clause.
harvardlawreview.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The Supreme Court had three religious freedom cases last Term. With @richschragger.bsky.social and @nelsontebbe.bsky.social, our latest comments on them, extending our analysis of religious preferentialism under the First Amendment.
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
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New, from me, in today's @inquirer.com: The GOP is becoming the party of white Christian nationalism
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The GOP is becoming the party of white Christian nationalism | Opinion
The administration’s attempts to delegitimize the “No Kings” protests reveal its conviction that anyone who is not white, native-born, or Christian should have no say or representation in government.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New, from me, in today's @inquirer.com: The GOP is becoming the party of white Christian nationalism
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New, from me, in today's @inquirer.com: The GOP is becoming the party of white Christian nationalism
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The GOP is becoming the party of white Christian nationalism | Opinion
The administration’s attempts to delegitimize the “No Kings” protests reveal its conviction that anyone who is not white, native-born, or Christian should have no say or representation in government.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New, from me, in today's @inquirer.com: The GOP is becoming the party of white Christian nationalism
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"Forcing women to become mothers by denying their humanity, stripping them of access to abortion and birth control, and requiring them to sacrifice education and careers to do so reduces women to their reproductive capacity."
Pronatalism: Just White Christian Nationalism in Disguise
Scratch just beneath the surface of the so-called pronatalism movement—a movement all over the pages of Project 2025 that’s based on the belief that people need to have more babies because declining birth rates are a threat to civilization—and you’ll find that it’s basically just white Christian nationalism in disguise.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Forcing women to become mothers by denying their humanity, stripping them of access to abortion and birth control, and requiring them to sacrifice education and careers to do so reduces women to their reproductive capacity."
Ya know, you don't have to just repeat the lies they tell in your headlines.
Trump says tariffs to yield dividends 'of at least $2,000 a person'
Trump says tariffs to yield dividends 'of at least $2,000 a person'
But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cast the discussion in a bit of a different light.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ya know, you don't have to just repeat the lies they tell in your headlines.
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go
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It will take years to undo the regime, but it will take decades to undo this Court.
BREAKING: the Supreme Court has granted Trump administration’s request.
So the justices will weigh the irreparable harm to the government of having to transfer the funds against the irreparable harm of tens of millions of people not eating
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It will take years to undo the regime, but it will take decades to undo this Court.
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Just naked bigotry, they don't even bother trying to hide anymore
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Just naked bigotry, they don't even bother trying to hide anymore
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To show how bad things are — and, no, I am not even saying this is new, but — here is the latest from the Trump admin on conditions at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.
A humane govt would be addressing bedding and food before starting detentions — not needing time after a TRO to do so.
A humane govt would be addressing bedding and food before starting detentions — not needing time after a TRO to do so.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
To show how bad things are — and, no, I am not even saying this is new, but — here is the latest from the Trump admin on conditions at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.
A humane govt would be addressing bedding and food before starting detentions — not needing time after a TRO to do so.
A humane govt would be addressing bedding and food before starting detentions — not needing time after a TRO to do so.
The fact that Texas, the second largest state in America, pays their legislators $600 a month (plus a per diem when in session) and gives members barely enough money to hire 2 or 3 staffers is an existential threat to our democracy.
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The fact that Texas, the second largest state in America, pays their legislators $600 a month (plus a per diem when in session) and gives members barely enough money to hire 2 or 3 staffers is an existential threat to our democracy.
Rep. Janelle Bynum: "If you want an America that reflects your values, it isn't optional to participate."
#crookedcon
#crookedcon
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Rep. Janelle Bynum: "If you want an America that reflects your values, it isn't optional to participate."
#crookedcon
#crookedcon
I was 20" tall and 7.5 pounds at birth. A "historical fact" that has just about as much relevance for identifying me now as a trans person's sex at birth.
Honestly one of the worst, most disturbing paragraphs — on the basis of process, substance, and effect — I’ve read in a Supreme Court order or opinion in a very long time.
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I was 20" tall and 7.5 pounds at birth. A "historical fact" that has just about as much relevance for identifying me now as a trans person's sex at birth.