So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact. When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

A country that blows up foreign fishing boats for no reason is one that will shoot its own citizens for no reason.

Days since paramilitaries acting under the orders of our wannabe dictator have killed an American citizen: 0

Dead checking is a war crime. Just FYI. Dead checking unarmed people who are busy drowning? Probably doubly so.

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

This lobster loves America! (And hates fascism)* *It’s my wife.

Watching NCCA football on a Friday night (because I have a bug and I'm keeping away from Celeste) and the announcer just called a catch a "Leroy Jenkins" play. I don't know if Cal will hold on, but the geeks just won.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

It's super on-brand that people like Hegseth love the Spartans, who were artless, slave-keeping, murderous fascists despised by pretty much EVERYONE, but they never talk about how the Spartans were ultimately defeated by a heroic army of... let me double-check my notes... yep... gay democrats.

DEEP SPACE NINE "The Wire" Written by @roberthewittwolfe.bsky.social

We've had fuckups in the White House before, but never a president who seemed so deliberately intent on being a fuckup. It's been said before, but if these people were actual agents of an enemy power seeking to divide, dismantle and destroy the USA they wouldn't be doing anything different.

President Trump and Congressional Republicans just shut down the government because they refused to stop your health care costs from rising. Let me be clear: Republicans are in charge of the White House, House, and Senate. This is their shutdown.

Hey ChatGPT, is it good or bad that they're so fucking dumb?

There we are.

“Above all else , the devil cannot stand to be mocked.” C. S. Lewis

Yay! Rain.

"Breach" by Twenty One Pilots is terrific. I kinda prefer the interpretation of "City Walls" that I painted in my head for how the story ends as opposed to the MV, but YMMV. "Drum Show" is a stand-out. "Cottonwood" makes me cry. That's my album review.

Really enjoyed SUPERMAN. I thought it did a great job capturing the essential goodness of the character while still making him interesting. Some wonderful filmmaking as well. The Mr. Terrific action sequence was a standout but lots of beautiful moments.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner did a guest role for us on "The Irrational." It was during the WGA strike, so there was no writer on set, but I later heard from the cast and crew how lovely he was. He turned in a terrific performance and helped make it one of our best episodes. What a horrible tragedy. RIP.

I hate when someone unearths my pube-autograph to the world's most famous pedophile while I'm dying of cankles

This is really well described, and since it’s REALLY important these days (trade deficits, tariffs, trade wars and how stupid Trump and his people are about the economy), you should definitely watch it, and definitely share it. Every single repost does some real good.

Look, to be fair to Dean Cain, he's not the dumbest, bootlickingest, most wrong-headed actor I've ever written for...

Just a reminder that JOHNNY CASH released his take on "The Gambler" (written by Don Schlitz) months before Kenny Rogers' did his. It made no splash at all. Rogers' version is one of most beloved country songs ever and was a crossover smash. In the arts, sometimes success is random as lightning.

Can't help it, if all the world is ending / All the life is gone / while you're calling out this name / Where are the Americans? Your dimmed conscience, your hands and eyes that wander / Stumbling down the road / Or collapsing on parade “Quiet Americans” by Shearwater

Five things to remember about war:

I wrote about how the 2020 protests hurt Trump politically. I also wrote about how counternarratives about left-wing violence are just spin — and wildly at odds with the reality of extremist violence. Gift link: wapo.st/3SOEv6e

From the Nitpicker's Guide for Deep Space Nine Trekkers, published in 1996. The reviewer didn't think the state of the United States in 2024 as shown in the episode Past Tense, Part 1 was believable. Sounds like @roberthewittwolfe.bsky.social and Ira Steven Behr were pretty close....

These are the only monarchs we love in California. #NoKings

So… as an Army brat, I saw lots of military parades growing up. And here’s the thing… military parades are cool for like 15 minutes and after that… not so much. Not enough bands and gear is gear and there are no floats. Which FauxKing would have known if he weren’t a draft dodging coward.

In other news today, the TACO king’s administration dropped pursuing undocumented workers in agriculture and hospitality, the two largest employers of same, because his rich backers were upset about losing their exploited workers, surprising… no one.

Lap dogs gonna lap dog.

Magic The Gathering event vs. Trump's Birthday Party

Trump parade vs No Kings march, San Diego

Just a reminder that tolerating intolerance leads to institutionalized intolerance.

A sign sighted at a Rhode Island #nokings rally. I definitely can get behind this.

[Exit King.]

Watching LAPD officers shoot rubber bullets directly at protesters is like watching the LA city budget get diverted in real time to lawsuit payouts

Celeste and I had to attend a funeral in the Bay Area and the event we tried to attend was pulled because of a nearby accident, so we didn't protest. But then we drove down El Camino on the way to SJO and it was PACKED with protestors for seven solid miles, from Palo Alto to Sunnyvale. Felt good.

Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."

Bet the Marines and National Guard would disperse faster if we asked them to read our spec scripts.

Area of tonight's curfew in Los Angeles: 1 square mile. Total area of L.A. City: 498 square miles Total area of L.A. County: 4751 square miles. Number of lives being ruined by the current President: Countless

As an Army brat, I would love an unpolluted celebration of the 250th anniversary of the US Army. But of course that fucking narcissistic has to make the day all about him and steal the spotlight from 250 years of courage and service.