Universal Public Freak
@madroselaw.bsky.social
Chicago area transgender lawyer fighting for a world with dignity and equality for all. Also TTRPGs, Math, and Labor. The Office of the Public Guardian must be destroyed.
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Remember when “please clap” was considered hilariously pathetic? Well
Vance's midterms pitch: "Give us another chance. Give us another couple of years"
September 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Remember when “please clap” was considered hilariously pathetic? Well
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no amnesty
according to politico, since Jan. 2025, Trump admin has deported 170+ people “in violation of court orders,” “in defiance of legally mandated due process protections,” or “to countries from which they had sought or received protection from torture and persecution”
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The Trump Justice Department Is Way Too Comfortable Violating Court Orders
Judges have tools for responding to noncompliance. They just have to use them.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 16, 2026 at 10:41 PM
no amnesty
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this isn’t a matter of bleeding heart morality vs. cold but effective politics. the political case for moving away from trans rights is, on its own terms, extremely weak.
September 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
this isn’t a matter of bleeding heart morality vs. cold but effective politics. the political case for moving away from trans rights is, on its own terms, extremely weak.
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i see a lot of debate around this issue that takes it for granted that supporting trans rights (especially in the sports context) will hurt you electorally. it’s worth highlighting that that’s just not what the data shows.
September 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
i see a lot of debate around this issue that takes it for granted that supporting trans rights (especially in the sports context) will hurt you electorally. it’s worth highlighting that that’s just not what the data shows.
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these people, for the most part, believe what they say. they’re putting billions of dollars on the line for it. failisson the younger legitimately believed (and probably still believes) that bari weiss is going to make him into rupert murdoch, and failure father moneybags is willing to bankroll
September 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM
these people, for the most part, believe what they say. they’re putting billions of dollars on the line for it. failisson the younger legitimately believed (and probably still believes) that bari weiss is going to make him into rupert murdoch, and failure father moneybags is willing to bankroll
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a lot of people think that faillison hired bari weiss to deliberately destroy CBS news and i think all of you need to consider the possibility that he hired her because he genuinely thought she would be successful.
a wild thing is that they didn’t just give her editorial control, they gave her what sounds like operational control (over hiring/firing), which would be objectively an insane thing to do even if she was good at editorial, which she isn’t, or had experience at an org this size, which she doesn’t
Once again for the people in the back. Bari does not have any talent. She can throw a good party and chat you up but good, and people mistake that for ability. It was fine enough to open her empty vessel of a newsletter. It can't run a real organization.
September 16, 2026 at 7:04 AM
a lot of people think that faillison hired bari weiss to deliberately destroy CBS news and i think all of you need to consider the possibility that he hired her because he genuinely thought she would be successful.
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Ellison also invested in Theranos and thought Elizabeth Holmes was magnificent. He’s not playing 4d chess he’s losing a game of Go Fish to a 7 year old who’s lying about their cards.
a lot of people think that faillison hired bari weiss to deliberately destroy CBS news and i think all of you need to consider the possibility that he hired her because he genuinely thought she would be successful.
a wild thing is that they didn’t just give her editorial control, they gave her what sounds like operational control (over hiring/firing), which would be objectively an insane thing to do even if she was good at editorial, which she isn’t, or had experience at an org this size, which she doesn’t
September 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Ellison also invested in Theranos and thought Elizabeth Holmes was magnificent. He’s not playing 4d chess he’s losing a game of Go Fish to a 7 year old who’s lying about their cards.
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i described lewis hamilton this way to point out how mainstream and major the sheerhan/macklemore/kraft situation has become, but now people are mad because they think i was trying to diminish hamilton's many achievements and that it's disrespectful to define him as someone's boyfriend. lol. lmao.
kim kardashian's boyfriend!!!
F1 Driver Lewis Hamilton expresses support for Macklemore:
“Thank you for using your voice, standing with you.”
“Thank you for using your voice, standing with you.”
September 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
i described lewis hamilton this way to point out how mainstream and major the sheerhan/macklemore/kraft situation has become, but now people are mad because they think i was trying to diminish hamilton's many achievements and that it's disrespectful to define him as someone's boyfriend. lol. lmao.
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BREAKING: Wyld Stallyns will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran
September 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: Wyld Stallyns will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran
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This almost always consists of conservatives saying "people no longer trust your institution" after spending decades doing everything they can to destroy trust in the institution. True of the press, true of academia, true of public health.
When I was trying to conceptualize "the trust trap" my examples were RFK and HHS, Bezos at the Post, and Bari Weiss at CBS.
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September 16, 2026 at 3:13 AM
This almost always consists of conservatives saying "people no longer trust your institution" after spending decades doing everything they can to destroy trust in the institution. True of the press, true of academia, true of public health.
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The naive premise behind all this—which I think some of them sincerely believe!—is that if public trust in an institution has declined, it MUST be because that institution has done something wrong to lose that trust, and the status quo ante will be naturally restored if the mistake is corrected.
When I was trying to conceptualize "the trust trap" my examples were RFK and HHS, Bezos at the Post, and Bari Weiss at CBS.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trust-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trust-...
September 16, 2026 at 2:54 AM
The naive premise behind all this—which I think some of them sincerely believe!—is that if public trust in an institution has declined, it MUST be because that institution has done something wrong to lose that trust, and the status quo ante will be naturally restored if the mistake is corrected.
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Rough week to tell people that your application to join the FBI finally went through.
September 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Rough week to tell people that your application to join the FBI finally went through.
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seeing all these artists sacrifice money for what they believe in is really quite moving.
September 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
seeing all these artists sacrifice money for what they believe in is really quite moving.
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wow. with this announcement, all of ed sheeran's openers for this tour have pulled out:
Lukas Graham, another support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour, also now withdrawing from the tour.
September 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
wow. with this announcement, all of ed sheeran's openers for this tour have pulled out:
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If Macklemore ends up being the spearhead that changes the celebrity optics around the Palestinian crisis, my brain is going to break.
The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.
September 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
If Macklemore ends up being the spearhead that changes the celebrity optics around the Palestinian crisis, my brain is going to break.
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Literacy crisis: everyone is mad at Ed Sheeran, but if you actually read his statement he specifically said he’s not complicit
September 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Literacy crisis: everyone is mad at Ed Sheeran, but if you actually read his statement he specifically said he’s not complicit
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a bit motivator for many who flipped to trump in 24 was they thought the covid stimulus checks were his personal money
Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."
September 15, 2026 at 1:25 PM
a bit motivator for many who flipped to trump in 24 was they thought the covid stimulus checks were his personal money
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I've been thinking about this a lot because of all the talk about how Dolly Parton "didn't take sides" and I think she's proof that if you don't want to talk about politics you don't have to, but she took sides with her money & her actions and her side was pretty clear.
So is Sheeran's, I guess.
So is Sheeran's, I guess.
I fucking hate "I don't take sides" people, which is just siding with the oppressor and hoping you'll have plausible deniability. You're not apolitical, you're not neutral, you're just doing this:
According to too many,
there is white and then there is political
there is male and then there is political
there is capitalism and then there is political
there is straight and then there is political
there is cis and then there is political
there is non-disabled and then there is political
there is white and then there is political
there is male and then there is political
there is capitalism and then there is political
there is straight and then there is political
there is cis and then there is political
there is non-disabled and then there is political
September 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I've been thinking about this a lot because of all the talk about how Dolly Parton "didn't take sides" and I think she's proof that if you don't want to talk about politics you don't have to, but she took sides with her money & her actions and her side was pretty clear.
So is Sheeran's, I guess.
So is Sheeran's, I guess.
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What SCOTUS did today is refuse to lift a preliminary injunction issued by Judge Talwani against the Trump order/USPS rule, that's all. A long process lies ahead for the litigation against the rule, that will most likely end back in front of SCOTUS ahead 2028.
They're almost certainly planning to try again for the 2028 presidential election, and they'll argue that they've corrected all of the constitutional defects that SCOTUS identified for the midterms.
September 15, 2026 at 4:52 AM
What SCOTUS did today is refuse to lift a preliminary injunction issued by Judge Talwani against the Trump order/USPS rule, that's all. A long process lies ahead for the litigation against the rule, that will most likely end back in front of SCOTUS ahead 2028.
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Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay
September 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay
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It’s wild you’re expected to celebrate SCOTUS not allowing the president to dismantle a voting method used by tens of millions at the 11th hour — and also, at the same time, it absolutely is a big deal and couldn’t be taken for granted.
September 15, 2026 at 4:21 AM
It’s wild you’re expected to celebrate SCOTUS not allowing the president to dismantle a voting method used by tens of millions at the 11th hour — and also, at the same time, it absolutely is a big deal and couldn’t be taken for granted.
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I would be more convinced nativism is a response to economic concerns if the people least likely to lose their jobs to immigrants weren’t the ones most concerned about it
September 8, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I would be more convinced nativism is a response to economic concerns if the people least likely to lose their jobs to immigrants weren’t the ones most concerned about it
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Fox News, for all its crimes, did not create and sell child sexual abuse material! It didn’t help people organize to storm the capitol! They don’t use the slurs on-air! Being around that shit ruins minds.
September 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Fox News, for all its crimes, did not create and sell child sexual abuse material! It didn’t help people organize to storm the capitol! They don’t use the slurs on-air! Being around that shit ruins minds.
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There are a lot of people who think their parents got their brains destroyed by Fox News, but somehow they’re not getting their brains destroyed by staying on Twitter.
September 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
There are a lot of people who think their parents got their brains destroyed by Fox News, but somehow they’re not getting their brains destroyed by staying on Twitter.