Shawn Whitt
@shawnwhitt.bsky.social
sometimes scribe | civil liberties | policy | long-suffering enthusiast of third amendment jurisprudence | serial semicolon abuser | begrudging distance runner
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Gerald Ketoconazole
your baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought i’ll go first mine’s Dominic Sandals
July 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Gerald Ketoconazole
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The fact that we are not treating a white supremacist paramilitary openly occupying public transit and public streets in DC as an actual national emergency is absolutely fucking insane.
“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
July 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The fact that we are not treating a white supremacist paramilitary openly occupying public transit and public streets in DC as an actual national emergency is absolutely fucking insane.
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The legal arguments for Trump's birthright citizenship executive order are vapid and embarrassing. Multiple lower court judges legit laughed DOJ lawyers out of the room. The fact that four Supreme Court justices twisted themselves into logical pretzels to buy it is a constitutional emergency.
The Constitution Is On Life Support
Four justices are prepared to stuff the Fourteenth Amendment’s promises in the garbage because Mister Trump demands it.
ballsandstrikes.org
June 30, 2026 at 7:24 PM
The legal arguments for Trump's birthright citizenship executive order are vapid and embarrassing. Multiple lower court judges legit laughed DOJ lawyers out of the room. The fact that four Supreme Court justices twisted themselves into logical pretzels to buy it is a constitutional emergency.
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Call me crazy but probably the first step of Project 2029 should be "Reverse every part of Project 2025 and encode it all in law"????
Shouldn't that be the bare minimum???
Shouldn't that be the bare minimum???
Dems' "Project 2029" first major policy proposal: an online child safety plan — narrowing Sec. 230, banning social media for kids under 16, promoting phone-free childhoods and more. Already backed by Cory Booker, Mikie Sherrill, Randi Weingarten + Jonathan Haidt.
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
June 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Call me crazy but probably the first step of Project 2029 should be "Reverse every part of Project 2025 and encode it all in law"????
Shouldn't that be the bare minimum???
Shouldn't that be the bare minimum???
Are the algae vandals in the room with us, sir?
Trump: "The United States Park Police have arrested multiple individuals for vandalizing our Nations magnificent Reflecting Poll. Who would do such a thing? These are very serious crimes having to do w/ the destruction of National Monuments. Years in jail! Work will begin immediately on its repair"
June 20, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Are the algae vandals in the room with us, sir?
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If the president throws a tantrum when he's pressed about his lies about election fraud and walks away from the interview, your response should be to remind your viewers of all the ways in which those lies were dismissed by the courts.
Not promise to give him a do over after he's had nap time.
Not promise to give him a do over after he's had nap time.
And then she ends by saying she spoke to Trump and set up ANOTHER INTERVIEW.
This is why I’ve lost all respect for the cringing complicit corporate media. Spineless. Pathetic.
This is why I’ve lost all respect for the cringing complicit corporate media. Spineless. Pathetic.
WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged
"You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her"
"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads
"You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her"
"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads
June 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
If the president throws a tantrum when he's pressed about his lies about election fraud and walks away from the interview, your response should be to remind your viewers of all the ways in which those lies were dismissed by the courts.
Not promise to give him a do over after he's had nap time.
Not promise to give him a do over after he's had nap time.
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BREAKING: In an unsigned, per curiam opinion on the shadow docket, the SCOTUS conservatives allow Alabama to use a congressional map held repeatedly by a lower court to have been enacted with discriminatory intent.
June 3, 2026 at 1:31 AM
BREAKING: In an unsigned, per curiam opinion on the shadow docket, the SCOTUS conservatives allow Alabama to use a congressional map held repeatedly by a lower court to have been enacted with discriminatory intent.
The principal intelligence advisor to the president, responsible for overseeing 18 intelligence agencies in a cabinet level position I'm repeatedly told is absolutely imperative to prevent another 9/11, is a man whose chief credential is being heir to a homebuilding empire.
BREAKING: President Trump taps housing finance director Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard.
Trump taps housing finance director Pulte as acting director of national intelligence after Gabbard
President Donald Trump has tapped federal housing finance Director Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard.
bit.ly
June 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The principal intelligence advisor to the president, responsible for overseeing 18 intelligence agencies in a cabinet level position I'm repeatedly told is absolutely imperative to prevent another 9/11, is a man whose chief credential is being heir to a homebuilding empire.
The last 10 years have been nothing if not a continual exercise in lowering expectations but, my God, I would, at this point, give anything on earth to just simply not be living in the stupidest timeline imaginable.
May 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The last 10 years have been nothing if not a continual exercise in lowering expectations but, my God, I would, at this point, give anything on earth to just simply not be living in the stupidest timeline imaginable.
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this is the closest I've ever come to actually suggesting a "one neat trick" suggestion for anything, but I'm so serious here. the Virginia Constitution gives the legislature the power to set retirement ages for judges "REGARDLESS OF THE TERM TO WHICH ELECTED OR APPOINTED." make it 54 right now.
How Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme Court
The state Constitution gives lawmakers complete latitude to set the judicial retirement age. They should use it.
www.the-downballot.com
May 9, 2026 at 12:52 AM
this is the closest I've ever come to actually suggesting a "one neat trick" suggestion for anything, but I'm so serious here. the Virginia Constitution gives the legislature the power to set retirement ages for judges "REGARDLESS OF THE TERM TO WHICH ELECTED OR APPOINTED." make it 54 right now.
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You really need to read this to appreciate how deranged it sounds. The standard view that judicial warrants are necessary to forcibly enter residences is blamed on “subversion” by “deep state actors.”
As far as I know, this is DHS's first effort to explain their position that I-205 forms allow entry into the home. They rely on the dicta in the 1960 Abel case (before Payton) and re-imagine the plurality opinion in Lucas as if it were the majority (and then overrely on it).
February 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
You really need to read this to appreciate how deranged it sounds. The standard view that judicial warrants are necessary to forcibly enter residences is blamed on “subversion” by “deep state actors.”
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This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
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Keep trying.
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Keep trying.
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as a lesbian activist & proud race traitor, I'll say it: Alex Pretti was the hero we needed to lay his life down for freedom, because the people who weren't already aware of the stakes didn't see themselves in Renee Macklin Good (ask me how I know)
when you’ve even lost the biggest psychopath to ever compete on survivor
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
as a lesbian activist & proud race traitor, I'll say it: Alex Pretti was the hero we needed to lay his life down for freedom, because the people who weren't already aware of the stakes didn't see themselves in Renee Macklin Good (ask me how I know)
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Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
Roughly 10 years too late, but nonetheless worth noting…
January 25, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Roughly 10 years too late, but nonetheless worth noting…
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A completely insane take.
Also, guess what gun ICE issues to it's officers? That's right, the same Sig P320 Pretti was carrying.
Also, guess what gun ICE issues to it's officers? That's right, the same Sig P320 Pretti was carrying.
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
A completely insane take.
Also, guess what gun ICE issues to it's officers? That's right, the same Sig P320 Pretti was carrying.
Also, guess what gun ICE issues to it's officers? That's right, the same Sig P320 Pretti was carrying.
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Understand that 370 days ago even bringing a motion like this would probably have been treated as sanctionably frivolous
Today it was granted ex parte
Today it was granted ex parte
A federal judge issues a restraining order against the feds, barring them from "destroying or altering evidence"
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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January 25, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Understand that 370 days ago even bringing a motion like this would probably have been treated as sanctionably frivolous
Today it was granted ex parte
Today it was granted ex parte
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A state government is having to file an emergency lawsuit to be able to ensure that the federal government is not actively obstructing justice.
BREAKING: MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension & Hennepin DA file fed lawsuit dmeanding immediate access to federal evidence in DHS agent's deadly shooting of observer during immigration enforcement operation Sat. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
#1 in Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00628) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants (filing fee $ 405, receipt number AMNDC-12575332) filed by Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Filer requests summons issued....
storage.courtlistener.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:53 AM
A state government is having to file an emergency lawsuit to be able to ensure that the federal government is not actively obstructing justice.
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How many January 6 insurrectionists were armed? Is the position now that Capitol police could have shot them all? Just trying to keep up
January 24, 2026 at 11:49 PM
How many January 6 insurrectionists were armed? Is the position now that Capitol police could have shot them all? Just trying to keep up
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Had limited access to my phone all morning. Came back and reviewed multiple videos of the killing of Alex Pretti.
It was an execution. He did not pose a threat. He was on the ground and his gun was taken from its holster by one officer. Then he was shot multiple times and killed by another.
It was an execution. He did not pose a threat. He was on the ground and his gun was taken from its holster by one officer. Then he was shot multiple times and killed by another.
January 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Had limited access to my phone all morning. Came back and reviewed multiple videos of the killing of Alex Pretti.
It was an execution. He did not pose a threat. He was on the ground and his gun was taken from its holster by one officer. Then he was shot multiple times and killed by another.
It was an execution. He did not pose a threat. He was on the ground and his gun was taken from its holster by one officer. Then he was shot multiple times and killed by another.
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Honestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Honestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt
Loyalists turning fearful is not noise; it is a late-stage indicator of a political environment sliding directly into pre-authoritarian destabilization. And if this were happening in any other country we would be discussing it in precisely those terms.
This is a Texas Republican who was part of the January 6th mob
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Loyalists turning fearful is not noise; it is a late-stage indicator of a political environment sliding directly into pre-authoritarian destabilization. And if this were happening in any other country we would be discussing it in precisely those terms.