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I was Hodorific back on the Xitter but that name was taken over here. Here's hoping this place has fewer Nazis than the old one...
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Questions are information to
January 25, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Questions are information to
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For "One First," I wrote about DOJ's unprecedented attempt to secretly strong-arm a widely respected district judge in the Cities Church protest case—and why everyone, especially other federal judges, should read Chief Judge Schiltz's two letters in response:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-...
205. Chief Judge Schiltz and the Department of Justice
Every federal judge (and justice) should read the two letters from Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz in the church protest case—and what they tell us about the Department of Justice's litigation behavior.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:13 PM
For "One First," I wrote about DOJ's unprecedented attempt to secretly strong-arm a widely respected district judge in the Cities Church protest case—and why everyone, especially other federal judges, should read Chief Judge Schiltz's two letters in response:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-...
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Analysis | Whether it was furnishing Jeffrey Epstein with young girls in the 1990s or furnishing Stephen Miller with murders in the 2020s, Donald Trump has always helped his closest associates get an erection.
January 25, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Analysis | Whether it was furnishing Jeffrey Epstein with young girls in the 1990s or furnishing Stephen Miller with murders in the 2020s, Donald Trump has always helped his closest associates get an erection.
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"We lived happily during the war," Ilya Kaminsky
January 25, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"We lived happily during the war," Ilya Kaminsky
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Dave Matthews and Tim Ryenolds playing Neil Young’s Ohio last night and ends with some Rage Against the Machine.
January 24, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Dave Matthews and Tim Ryenolds playing Neil Young’s Ohio last night and ends with some Rage Against the Machine.
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Just saw someone say that obviously the shooting must have been legal because otherwise ICE couldn't have done it and in addition to being racist AF, all of us white people in this country are apparently five years old
January 25, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Just saw someone say that obviously the shooting must have been legal because otherwise ICE couldn't have done it and in addition to being racist AF, all of us white people in this country are apparently five years old
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Ok, wife and I finally watched K-Pop Demon Hunters tonight.
First, that shit slapped.
Second, holy cow - did yet another extremely genre thing blow up in pop culture? Because I love that all the cool stuff these days is the stuff we nerds got serious grief for being into back in the olden days.
First, that shit slapped.
Second, holy cow - did yet another extremely genre thing blow up in pop culture? Because I love that all the cool stuff these days is the stuff we nerds got serious grief for being into back in the olden days.
January 25, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Ok, wife and I finally watched K-Pop Demon Hunters tonight.
First, that shit slapped.
Second, holy cow - did yet another extremely genre thing blow up in pop culture? Because I love that all the cool stuff these days is the stuff we nerds got serious grief for being into back in the olden days.
First, that shit slapped.
Second, holy cow - did yet another extremely genre thing blow up in pop culture? Because I love that all the cool stuff these days is the stuff we nerds got serious grief for being into back in the olden days.
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I'm not asking for reform because arguing on paper about what ICE has to do is not the fucking point, because--and this is important--they are not following the fucking paper.
I said "abolish" and I did not stutter, because if fascists goons can take over every four years, there is no paper reform.
I said "abolish" and I did not stutter, because if fascists goons can take over every four years, there is no paper reform.
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I'm not asking for reform because arguing on paper about what ICE has to do is not the fucking point, because--and this is important--they are not following the fucking paper.
I said "abolish" and I did not stutter, because if fascists goons can take over every four years, there is no paper reform.
I said "abolish" and I did not stutter, because if fascists goons can take over every four years, there is no paper reform.
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It’s time.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It’s time.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
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AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
January 22, 2026 at 11:29 PM
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
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One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
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"As the White Walkers marched inexorably south, nearly 90 percent of the Realm insisted on calling them monsters, abominations, and evil incarnate. The Democrats of the Seven Kingdoms cautioned against such language."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Democrats of the Seven Kingdoms
“As support for abolishing ICE grows among Democratic voters, party leadership continues to argue for reform instead.” —Salon - - -The Delegation t...
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 20, 2026 at 7:27 PM
"As the White Walkers marched inexorably south, nearly 90 percent of the Realm insisted on calling them monsters, abominations, and evil incarnate. The Democrats of the Seven Kingdoms cautioned against such language."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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The only Punisher stickers that count because just driving down the street with one on your car will probably take out more creeps than Frank has time for.
January 20, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The only Punisher stickers that count because just driving down the street with one on your car will probably take out more creeps than Frank has time for.
Isn't this just the definition of business? Insert "buggy whip" in place of AI and how threatening does that sound? If you don't like that one pick any allegedly world altering technology of the last 20 years that went nowhere (Metaverse? Theranos?) If your product is worthless we get to reject it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Isn't this just the definition of business? Insert "buggy whip" in place of AI and how threatening does that sound? If you don't like that one pick any allegedly world altering technology of the last 20 years that went nowhere (Metaverse? Theranos?) If your product is worthless we get to reject it.
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Danish parliamentarian fresh on the scene doing better retail politics than any American Democrat
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
January 20, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Danish parliamentarian fresh on the scene doing better retail politics than any American Democrat
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So this church, where the pastor is also a high-ranking ICE official, was protested and confronted by members of the congregation and community yesterday, and now ICE is hosting a press event about how protested are persecuting Christians. The place will likely be teeming with right-wing influencers
CONFIRMED:
Earlier today Don Lemon reported a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, MN where they said pastor David Easterwood is Acting Director of the ICE Field Office.
They were 100% right.
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/homeland-security-secretary-noem-on-ice-operations/667821
Earlier today Don Lemon reported a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, MN where they said pastor David Easterwood is Acting Director of the ICE Field Office.
They were 100% right.
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/homeland-security-secretary-noem-on-ice-operations/667821
January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
So this church, where the pastor is also a high-ranking ICE official, was protested and confronted by members of the congregation and community yesterday, and now ICE is hosting a press event about how protested are persecuting Christians. The place will likely be teeming with right-wing influencers
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This MLK Day I'm going to tell a story from May 1968 when a right wing provocateur got the nation talking about how "white conservative Christians" like him were reguularly victimized by Black/leftist mobs while the "liberal elite" looked the other way. The story was a lie, & the "victim" was a Nazi
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This MLK Day I'm going to tell a story from May 1968 when a right wing provocateur got the nation talking about how "white conservative Christians" like him were reguularly victimized by Black/leftist mobs while the "liberal elite" looked the other way. The story was a lie, & the "victim" was a Nazi
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*Homer Simpson voice*: The dumbest diplomatic crisis of your life *so far*
this is the dumbest diplomatic crisis of my life
January 19, 2026 at 5:21 PM
*Homer Simpson voice*: The dumbest diplomatic crisis of your life *so far*
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This IS Stephen Miller's ideology. Full fucking stop. I won't even bother to pull out the salient quotes. Just click the link and read the whole thing.
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
January 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
This IS Stephen Miller's ideology. Full fucking stop. I won't even bother to pull out the salient quotes. Just click the link and read the whole thing.
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
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We don't need to play games parsing US law or international treaties to figure out if it's legal for Trump to do this. It's not. It's crystal clear it's all illegal. Everyone's just pretending we're not at the point where the thing to do is to remove him. It's an advanced state of political denial.
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
January 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
We don't need to play games parsing US law or international treaties to figure out if it's legal for Trump to do this. It's not. It's crystal clear it's all illegal. Everyone's just pretending we're not at the point where the thing to do is to remove him. It's an advanced state of political denial.
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A fucking toy store because they are outspoken in their defense of their neighbors.
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
A fucking toy store because they are outspoken in their defense of their neighbors.
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behold, courtesy of my amazing wife, the coolest thing anyone has ever made for me
the Imperial Ministry of Silly Walks
the Imperial Ministry of Silly Walks
January 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
behold, courtesy of my amazing wife, the coolest thing anyone has ever made for me
the Imperial Ministry of Silly Walks
the Imperial Ministry of Silly Walks
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“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”